Identity

"My identity is a bit unusual. Your performance yesterday made me feel I could trust you."

"Do you want to hear it?" Uchiha Yu paused abruptly before asking.

Listening to Yu's question, Haku fell silent.

They were currently in a wooden house on the outskirts of the village, with a private training ground that looked frequently used nearby. Looking at the simple but clearly lived-in interior of the house, Haku understood this was where Uchiha Yu usually lived and trained.

Furthermore, given Yu's serious demeanor, the secret she was about to reveal was likely something significant. Knowing it would probably bring him risks. But Haku figured he wouldn't be able to leave here today without giving her a satisfactory answer.

Besides, he was a transmigrator with a System! A little courage now and then should be fine, right? Even if this System was a copycat and had been dormant, it was still a System.

What Haku didn't know was that his decision to get involved in Uchiha Yu's affairs was influenced by his Saiyan bloodline. After he was injured yesterday, his Saiyan bloodline had begun to truly exert its power for the first time.

"Tell me! If you tell me your secret, it means we're companions now."

Hearing Haku's reply, Yu's eyes briefly unfocused, and she murmured.

"Companions? I hope you won't regret knowing."

To Haku's surprise, Yu didn't continue speaking. Instead, she turned around.

When Yu turned back again, Haku's pupils contracted. Even though he had read the original work, Haku understood at this moment why Yu was so cautious.

Uchiha Yu's clothes hadn't changed; she was still wearing the same black training clothes, her long hair casually draped over her shoulders. If one only saw this, combined with her exquisite face, anyone would praise her, "What a beautiful little girl."

But when Haku looked up at her eyes, the only word to describe them was bizarre.

Uchiha Yu had indeed awakened her Sharingan at the age of six. Her current crimson right eye had a single tomoe slowly rotating within it.

However, her left eye hadn't awakened, or rather, it wasn't accurate to say it hadn't awakened. Her left eye had also awakened, but it wasn't a Sharingan.

Yu's left eye was completely devoid of black. The blood vessels near her temples bulged – clear characteristics of an awakened Byakugan. Haku could swear on his System that he wasn't mistaken.

"So? This is your secret." After a long silence, Haku only managed to ask this.

"Do you regret it?" Seeing Haku's reaction, Yu lowered her head.

"Regret what! I'm just marveling. You'll definitely reach Elite Jonin level when you grow up, right? Can I just slack off from now on and rely on you?"

Haku's reaction seemed to catch Yu off guard. After hearing his words, she froze in place, seemingly unable to process why she would be the one Haku would rely on in the future.

Under Haku's gaze, Yu's small face visibly turned from fair to crimson.

Seeing that things seemed about to take an unexpected turn, Haku quickly interrupted Yu.

"Put away your eyes for now. Tell me about your situation. I won't tell anyone about your business. Don't worry."

Hearing Haku's assurance, Yu snapped back to attention. She first retracted her Byakugan and Sharingan. Then, in front of Haku, she put a contact lens on her left eye.

"Contact lens?" Haku wondered inwardly. How could such a thing exist in the ninja world? If it did, how could the Hyuga clan's main family members avoid the threat of kidnapping year after year?

"My father was a Chunin of the Uchiha clan. He sacrificed himself on a mission two years ago. After his death, the clan only provided me with the most basic living support."

"I started to be ostracized and bullied by other Uchiha children, so I had no choice but to move here and live alone."

"My Sharingan showed signs of awakening when I learned of my father's sacrifice, but it didn't succeed then. It wasn't until I turned six that it awakened."

"As for my Byakugan, I inherited it from my mother's bloodline. She died during childbirth. As for this thing covering my eye, it was left to me by my mother."

"My mother wasn't from the Hyuga clan in this village. My father met my mother when he was injured on a mission. At the time, he didn't know my mother had the Byakugan."

"My mother took care of my father when he was injured. Later, I was conceived. After giving birth to me, my mother, on her deathbed, told my father about her Byakugan and entrusted him to take good care of me."

"Later, my father brought me back to the village. Knowing that my pair of eyes were taboo and would attract covetous gazes, he built a small cabin for us alone in this forest and lived with me until he met with an accident."