Fear He Could Not Face

His cousin had challenged him with absolute confidence, determined to wash away the humiliation he had suffered before.

His vain uncle, bursting with pride, immediately spread the news of the brothers' upcoming match, drawing many clan members over to watch.

Watching Sosuke warm up, some clan members could not help worrying. "He's still so young. This match is hardly fair."

"Fair? Do you expect enemies on the battlefield to show you the spirit of a samurai?"

"Hmph, stop arguing for the sake of it. He's not on the battlefield right now."

"Fairness has always been an excuse for the weak."

"How interesting. Go draw your blade and challenge the Clan Head right now, and I'll believe you mean that."

"Heh, why would I do that? I'm not today's main character."

"You know you're not? Then clench your asshole and shut the hell up."

The match had yet to begin, but two people in the audience had already started fighting.

Both spectators were quite strong, and it would be difficult to determine a winner in a short time. After exchanging a few blows, they tacitly stopped.

If they continued, things could easily turn serious. Bringing out the clan's Enforcement Team would be disastrous.

Everyone else was happy to watch the show, while only his cheap uncle sulked by himself.

"Today is the day my son shows off his skills! What the hell are you two bastards doing?!"

Glancing at the little brat quietly doing his calisthenics, Uchiha Takeshi could not conceal the smugness on his face.

In his eyes, his son, who was four years older, had no chance of losing. No matter how famous that brat was, after today, people would only madly praise his son.

Uchiha Takeshi was an extremely vain man. He would never allow his son to be trampled beneath someone else, especially not the child of that bastard younger brother of his.

"If I'd known this day would come, I would've secretly killed you long ago." His uncle's thoughts were vicious beyond measure. He had kept his younger brother's child alive only so he could vent the resentment he had once suffered on him.

He had never expected that, through one moment of carelessness, the little bastard would grow into someone formidable.

"Son, don't be too harsh. He's your cousin, after all." His uncle shouted toward the arena.

Hearing this, Uchiha Tetsuya turned around and nodded politely at his father. "Don't worry. I'll show him as much mercy as I can."

Despite saying that, the father and son had already decided to teach the boy a brutal lesson.

He did not dare kill him, but breaking a few bones would be no problem. He would make the Clan Head realize who the true genius was and completely trample his useless cousin into the dust.

Sosuke paid no attention to the hypocritical act and continued with his national elementary-school radio calisthenics.

Only when agitation slowly surfaced on his opponent's face did he suddenly stop, his scarlet eyes locking with his cousin's.

"Come on."

"Hmph, you insolent fool." Uchiha Tetsuya rushed forward, moving far faster than Sosuke could at present.

There was still no better way to make up for the gap in their physical abilities.

After a few strides, Uchiha Tetsuya reached his cousin. He dipped his body and shot his right leg straight at his opponent's face like a sharp sword.

"What a fine jumping step, high-level front kick." His uncle began acting as a temporary commentator from the sidelines.

This drew displeased looks from those around them.

We're not idiots. Do you really think we need you to explain this to us?!

Unfortunately, the profound meaning in their eyes could not reach the spirited man at all.

"Another spinning back kick! Son, your Taijutsu is getting stronger and stronger."

Facing Uchiha Tetsuya's fierce assault, even with his Sharingan, he could only keep retreating.

"Three, two, one... That should do it." Sosuke silently counted down, his blood-red pupils fixed on his enemy.

"You dare get distracted?!" Uchiha Tetsuya seized the opportunity and drove a heavy lead-hand straight punch through his opponent's guard, blooming a spray of blood across that handsome face.

"Hahahaha!" Amid bursts of wild laughter, Uchiha Tetsuya used his Taijutsu to completely suppress his opponent. Warm applause from the clan members rang out around them.

It was as though one more step forward would make him an unparalleled genius favored by the Clan Head.

"As long as I defeat him, everything I want will be within reach."

Yet his cousin on the other side seemed impossible to kill. No matter how he attacked, he remained firmly standing in place.

Gradually, Uchiha Tetsuya grew anxious, and his movements began to lose control. When he came to his senses, a Kunai had already pierced Sosuke's heart.

"You... actually... killed me." Uchiha Sosuke was dead.

He had died at the hands of his cousin, who would also face the Enforcement Team's harshest punishment.

"No!!!"

Thinking that everything he had once possessed would disappear, Uchiha Tetsuya clutched his head with both hands and looked toward the father he respected most.

Who could have known that his father was staring at him coldly? The disappointment in his eyes tore his heart apart.

All this time, he had wanted to earn his father's approval, sparing no effort and making countless sacrifices for it.

His father's disappointed gaze was the deepest fear hidden within his heart.

"Ah!!!" Uchiha Tetsuya's emotions collapsed.

Seeing his fallen son, Uchiha Takeshi rushed straight over, afraid that the little bastard would take the opportunity to strike him viciously.

After briefly checking his son's condition, his uncle breathed a small sigh of relief. He turned around with an extremely ugly expression and said, "I never thought little Sosuke would be a master of Genjutsu."

The Hell Viewing Technique was a Genjutsu that could provoke the fear hidden deep within one's heart.

Regardless of a person's willpower, everyone had a scene they feared most in their heart.

This technique exploited each person's fear, causing it to materialize within the Genjutsu world. The greater the target's fear, the stronger the technique's impact.

Unable to face the fear in his heart, he was destined to escape neither the trap Sosuke had laid for him nor its consequences.

Hearing his uncle's insincere praise, Sosuke smiled and said, "As long as Uncle doesn't blame me for being too heavy-handed. I had no idea my cousin would be so fragile."

"Heh heh, excellent. My Uchiha clan truly produces heroes in every generation." Uchiha Takeshi left. No matter how thick-skinned he was, he could not stay any longer.

He had thought his son would win easily, but instead, he had only strengthened that little bastard's arrogance.

"Just you wait. I won't let this go easily."

As for everyone else present, they were all staring at the boy in shock.

Genjutsu was nothing unusual, and the Hell Viewing Technique was not especially rare either.

But a six-year-old boy using Genjutsu to instantly kill a ten-year-old Genin was far less common.

What everyone did not know was that Sosuke's mental power was far beyond that of an ordinary Genin. It would have been strange if he had failed to defeat his opponent instantly.

"Next, perhaps I can shift my focus appropriately and include Genjutsu training in my path to becoming stronger."

After his humiliating defeat, Uchiha Tetsuya locked himself in his room for three full days.

When his uncle forcibly broke down the door, the first thing he saw was the ominous red light in his son's eyes.

"Son, you..."