I'm sorry.
Those three words—I don't know how many times Sora Uchiha had repeated them to himself. He had been apologizing ever since the moment he abandoned Kazuki Utsuki.
If he had been weak and utterly useless in that situation, there would have been nothing to say. But that wasn't the case. He could still use Uchiha's Glory and Karasu Tengu. Either technique would have been enough to get Kazuki Utsuki out of danger. The latter might even have killed Baki.
He still had strength to spare, yet he had abandoned Kazuki Utsuki. That was the source of his guilt.
Most people in Anbu lived in the shadows, insignificant vermin who couldn't show their faces. You could never know what was in someone's heart.
Ever since joining Anbu, he had lived by trusting no one and looking out only for himself.
He seemed to be in a pretty good state of mind now, but in truth, his first month in Anbu had been agonizing. Every day, he faced all kinds of people steeped in darkness, and it took a toll on him. Back then, he rarely even smiled.
When had things begun to change? When he had accepted Kazuki Utsuki.
Oh, right. It was during his eighth mission.
It was an assassination mission: the target was a Chunin from an enemy nation.
At the time, he thought the mission was nothing special for someone of his skill. He believed he stood head and shoulders above the other Chunin.
What he hadn't expected was that he had misjudged things. The world was vast—what made him think he was the best in it? The system?
His opponent's Shadow Clone Technique was so convincing that it was impossible to tell the clone from the real person. The moment he killed the clone, he