Threat

"What's going on?"

In Houka's mansion, Deidara looked all around and turned the entire place upside down, yet he still couldn't find anyone.

"Where the hell did that bastard Uchiha Houka go?"

"He didn't just leave me here alone, did he?"

"Damn it, what the hell is that bastard thinking?!"

Houka had been out of sight for days, and Deidara was furious. Without another word, he smashed all the tables, chairs, and vases in the living room.

Just then, a strange sound suddenly came from outside. Deidara hurried out and saw red and green liquid splashing in over the wall, dyeing the floor tiles all sorts of colors.

"That brat again?!"

Deidara opened the door and, sure enough, saw a blond, whisker-faced little brat splashing paint inside.

"Hey, brat, are you done yet, hmm?" Deidara snorted.

Naruto glanced at Deidara, who also had a head of golden hair, then quickly hurled the paint bucket at him and ran off in a flash, taunting as he ran, "Idiot! Moron! Come catch me if you can!"

Veins bulged across Deidara's forehead as rage surged through him.

If his Chakra hadn't been sealed, he would have blown that brat into the sky!

Deidara slammed the door shut. Looking at the eye-searing colors on the floor, his expression turned fierce. He fetched a shovel and pried the whole area up.

Before the Stone Tablet in the Uchiha Clan's Ancestral Land, Uchiha Itachi opened his Mangekyou and read the contents inscribed upon it. After a long while, he let out a soft sigh.

"The Uchiha are a clan of sin."

At some point, Uchiha Shin had appeared behind him. He spoke calmly, "They betrayed me back then. Today, they will betray Konoha as well."

Itachi put away his Mangekyou and said without turning around,