Our Clan Head Won't Let Your Leader Off! (Please Keep Reading)

"Ah?"

Under the cold moonlight, White Zetsu Afie looked at Uchiha Chi in confusion.

Every word this youth spoke derailed its train of thought. It had already lost count of how many times it had been dumbfounded tonight.

[Detected self-doubt from White Zetsu Afie!]

[Received 10 points, and Damage Increase rose by 2%!]

Uchiha Chi glanced at the system, and the corners of his eyes immediately lifted slightly.

Sure enough, White Zetsu was easy to fleece, and every time, he got a huge haul.

After spending some time with them, Uchiha Chi had already figured out the pattern:

He could not be nice to them directly. Only harsh but sincere advice, along with these warm palms, could move their hearts.

That was the only way to form a bond with them and truly get along with them.

At that thought, Uchiha Chi's eyes flickered with a crimson gleam. Two tomoe quietly spun within them.

He kept his face grim, silently gathered his ocular power, and fixed Afie with a sharp stare before snorting coldly.

"Idiot. Did you really think we knew nothing?

"Clan Head Fugaku already told me that Danzo had secretly sent a few rats here, which was why I was searching everywhere for you...

"Now that I've caught you, you still want to play dumb?"

With that, he swung his hand hard.

Slap!

The crisp, resounding sound echoed through the alley.

That slap smoothed out the wrinkles on Afie's face, making it look twenty years younger.

"I..." Afie opened its mouth.

It wanted to say that it did not understand a word the other person was saying and did not know anyone named Shimura Danzō.

But its mouthful of shattered teeth clogged its throat, leaving it completely unable to speak.

To make matters worse, Uchiha Chi seemed to take its silence as defiance, and the killing intent in his eyes grew even heavier.

Uchiha Chi pulled a cold Kunai from his waist, grabbed Afie by the collar, and demanded, "Why aren't you talking? Are you provoking me?"

Afie's eyes filled with bloodshot veins as it roared inwardly.

I fucking want to talk too!

Let go of me first!

[Detected grievance from White Zetsu Afie!]

[Received 15 points, and Damage Increase rose by 3%!]

"I'll give you one more chance." Uchiha Chi let go of Afie and rose to his feet, looking down at it from above. His crimson Sharingan spun like a death warrant. "Are you one of the rats Danzo sent to monitor the clan grounds?"

Pushed back onto the ground, White Zetsu spat out the broken teeth in its mouth, then raised its head to look at Uchiha Chi.

It did not notice anything unusual about the other's eyes and unconsciously met Uchiha Chi's gaze.

Then, for the first time, it felt fear.

White Zetsu's body could not feel pain, and its vitality and regenerative ability were both incredibly strong. Logically, it should not have been capable of an emotion like fear.

Yet for some reason, facing the Uchiha youth before it, White Zetsu Afie genuinely felt that emotion.

It seemed to be a warning from biological instinct, telling it that it had to say something. Otherwise, if this continued...

It would die.

It did not want to die.

It did not want to die...

At the very least, it did not want to die so inexplicably...

In such a chaotic situation.

White Zetsu Afie failed to notice that its thoughts had been carrying a strange undertone the entire time.

In the underlying logic of an unnatural creation like it, there should have been no biological instinct at all, nor any desire to survive.

But it had no time to think about anything else.

Under Uchiha Chi's icy gaze, Afie, now bestowed with a "desire to survive," struggled to speak.

"Yes... I was sent by Lord Danzo to monitor you Uchiha."

Afie had almost lost all its teeth, so its words came out with a lisp. Uchiha Chi nearly burst out laughing when he heard it.

But he held it in, because he could not laugh yet.

"So it really was you rats!"

Uchiha Chi yanked Afie up from the ground and slammed it hard against the wall. "For all these years, we've silently contributed to the village, yet you and your leader never think about how to build Konoha. All you think about is how to secretly harm us...

"How could Konoha ever be governed properly with vermin like you around!"

Suspended against the wall, White Zetsu stared blankly at the impassioned Uchiha Chi. The corner of its mouth twitched, but in the end, it said nothing.

It had already admitted it, so it might as well admit to all of it.

It was not necessarily a bad thing. At least it would not get beaten anymore... right?

Slap—

White Zetsu stared at Uchiha Chi's descending palm in disbelief, experiencing betrayal for the first time since its birth.

Didn't I already confess? Why are you still hitting me?

[Detected grievance from White Zetsu Afie!]

[Received 10 points, and Damage Increase rose by 2%!]

Uchiha Chi silently withdrew his hand and explained with complete justification, "Just seeing you pisses me off."

Afie: "!?"

[Detected dissatisfaction from White Zetsu Afie!]

[Received 10 points, and Damage Increase rose by 2%!]

Seeing the points pop up in the system, Uchiha Chi, who had already withdrawn his hand, silently stretched it out again and began beating up the Old Lady Afie had disguised himself as with even more force.

Monster Strength! Monster Strength! Monster Strength!

Bang, bang, bang...

[Detected surprise from Uchiha Obito!]

[Received 10 points, and Damage Increase rose by 2%!]

Hm?

Uchiha Chi let go of Afie and turned to look behind him, but he only saw a figure hurriedly leaving. He could not help blinking.

Why could Obito never break his habit of peeping?

He shook his head slightly, then turned back to Afie, who had slid down the wall to the ground. By now, Afie no longer looked like the old woman from when they first met.

The wrinkles all over its face had been beaten smooth by Uchiha Chi's fists. Even its originally pale skin was nearly impossible to conceal. It looked decades younger, and if this went on much longer, it would practically return to childhood.

However, it no longer triggered the system. Its gaze was vacant and numb, as though it had been thoroughly broken.

So Uchiha Chi no longer felt like continuing.

He gave White Zetsu Afie a kick, then said viciously, "Go back and tell your leader not to pull such lowly tricks again. Otherwise... our Clan Head is not someone to be trifled with!"

As he spoke, Uchiha Chi gathered all the Chakra and strength in his body and kicked White Zetsu Afie square in the rear!

Biu—

Afie streaked across the night sky like a shooting star, flying into the distance.

"That still didn't trigger it..."

Uchiha Chi watched Afie fly away and spoke regretfully.

"Sigh, looks like I won't be able to fleece Afie for a while..."

Uchiha Chi sighed. The blood-red color in his eyes gradually faded, returning to their usual blackish gray, and he turned to leave the alley.

The moment he stepped out, he saw Uchiha Obito standing there with his guard up.

"What was that thing that just flew out?"

Obito pointed in the direction Afie had vanished and asked in a low voice, his gaze toward Uchiha Chi full of wariness.

At that, Uchiha Chi gave him a friendly smile.

"Just a soccer ball."