The Naturally Evil Uchiha × Solitary Yang Cannot Grow, Solitary Yin Cannot Thrive
Roy chuckled and patted Itachi's head again, then Youyou got up. Just a second ago, he was lazily stretching with his arms outstretched, but then his body swayed and flickered, leaving afterimages in his wake... As Itachi's sideburns swayed slightly, the Sun-Earring Boy, kneeling on the corridor, suddenly felt his arms go empty. In another glance, his Nii-san had already pulled back the curtain and walked out, only a blurry shadow visible.
"Nii-san..." Itachi's precocious, childlike eyes flickered as he stared intently at...
Roy used the "Mastered Shadow Step" technique to warm up his body slightly, and his "Main Body Power Reception Rate" jumped from 80% to 81%...
The Sun-Earring Boy, with his long, black hair flowing down his shoulders, smiled and said, "Father."
Uchiha Fugaku had just returned from his shift, his brows furrowed. He was still wearing his black, tight-fitting combat suit, over which he wore a green Jonin vest. His face was stern, and only when he saw Roy at home did his brows relax slightly. He nodded gently to the Sun-Earring Boy: "You're all grown up now, there are some things you should know."
The man imitated Roy stroking the weasel's head, ruffling Roy's hair and saying, "Come with me to the clan meeting today. Don't make a sound, listen carefully, and tell me your thoughts when you get back."
"Fugaku, isn't it a bit too early?" The kitchen curtain was lifted, revealing a gentle face.
Uchiha Mikoto, wearing an apron and carrying a trench coat with a red and white fan pattern, came out. While talking, she didn't stop, quickly putting the coat on Roy. She looked the Sun-Earring Boy up and down, a satisfied smile appearing on her face, "So handsome."
"You were born to a good mother."
"Of course." Uchiha Mikoto narrowed her eyes, her smile as bright as a flower.
Uchiha Fugaku patted Roy on the shoulder. He had to admit, the Sun-Earring Boy really did look quite convincing in the trench coat bearing the Uchiha clan crest. For a moment, Fugaku couldn't help but think of his own childhood, when he'd been taken by his father to a clan gathering around this age, and it was there he first witnessed... the complexities of the adult world...
"It's getting late," Uchiha Fugaku said expressionlessly. "The clan has suffered heavy casualties this time. The situation waits for no one, and the younger generation needs to step up."
The battlefield is never just a game of fighting; it's a true life-or-death struggle. Roy had run into Obito a few days ago and heard from the latter's loose tongue that this clan gathering wasn't just a clan gathering, but also a memorial service... Every single Uchiha clan member who died on the battlefield would be invited to the Uchiha Clan's ancestral land, the Naka Shrine, to be enshrined alongside their ancestors who died during the Warring States period, World War I, World War II, and in missions...
As Fugaku's bedmate, Mikoto, having spent so much time with her husband, was well aware of the current situation. She nodded, allowing Roy to leave with Uchiha Fugaku, and then...
The curtain was pulled back, revealing Itachi's chubby little face. Uchiha Mikoto took Itachi's small hand, watched the two leave, and then said to Itachi, "Itachi, tell Daddy and Brother to come back early. Mommy has made hamburger steaks for them."
Itachi pursed his lips, hesitated for a moment, then waved to Roy and Uchiha Fugaku.
"Squeak~"
The closed door separated the inside from the outside, creating two separate worlds between the small family and the larger family or even the village.
"Tap... tap..."
On the way to the shrine, Uchiha Fugaku walked ahead, with Roy following leisurely behind... They came across a flowerbed.
Uchiha Fugaku stopped in his tracks. "Jin, pick some flowers for your deceased uncles, aunts, brothers, and sisters."
As he spoke, the man set an example by bending down and personally picking a few stalks, which he then gathered into a bunch and held in his hand.
Roy was momentarily lost in thought, then suddenly remembered that his great-grandfather Maha, had told him to bring a pot of his grandfather Jager's favorite chrysanthemums when he paid respects at his grandfather's memorial service. A thought, seemingly out of nowhere, surfaced in his mind. "The joys and sorrows of humankind are all interconnected..."
Whether they are "Hunter," "Demon Slayer," or "Ninja," they are all made of flesh and blood. They experience joy and sorrow, hope and despair, goals and confusion; these contradictions coexist in perfect harmony.
The Sun-Earring Boy bent down, picked a few white chrysanthemums, and held them in his hand. His lips moved silently, muttering the word "contradiction." He vaguely sensed that he had been overlooking something all along... He tried to think about it carefully, but it was all shrouded in mystery, impossible to grasp. He stood up again...
As Uchiha Fugaku approached the shrine, he encountered many members of the Uchiha clan.
"Clan Chief..."
"Fugaku...
"Jin is here too..."
One face after another greeted and left, among them were several familiar faces... such as Uchiha Tekka, Inabi... Uchiha Yashiro... Uchiha Obito... and...
Excited to see Roy, Uchiha Shisui ran towards him at top speed on his short legs.
"Nii-san!" At only five years old, Uchiha Shisui ran with the flair of the original "Shisui of the Body Flicker Technique." Unlike his future lean physique, his chubby face still retained a hint of baby fat. Carrying a sword on his back, he rushed to Roy, excitedly holding up five fingers. "Five, Nii-san!"
"I used the Swordsmanship you taught me to kill five enemies!"
[Hint: Detecting one "Potential Believer"...]
[Potential Believer: Uchiha Shisui... Grateful for the host's life-saving grace and teachings, he greatly admires the host.]
Loyalty: Absolutely loyal, you can entrust your life to them, and they can Officialization- fledged member at any time...
..]
Roy smiled as he looked at the Sun-Earring Boy before him. Ever since he saved Shisui and started practicing Swordsmanship, he had been relentlessly pestered by Total Concentration. After teaching him "Flame Breathing," the Sun-Earring Boy's progress was rapid, and he quickly mastered the essence of the Breathing Style... In addition to his innate talent, he had already shown his prowess on the battlefield at the age of five, which indirectly proves...
Konoha is truly short of manpower right now... Not only him, Shisui, and even Itachi next year, will all be taken to the battlefield to defend against the Kumogakure's attack. Especially after the Kumogakure sent A and Killer B as the AB Duo, wreaking havoc on the battlefield... the situation has become even more dire...
"Showing off, let me check if you're hurt." Roy grabbed Shisui by the Shisui and lifted him up like a rabbit, giving him a shake that nearly made the Sun-Earring Boy's pants fall down. He quickly covered his crotch.
"Nii-san, I'm a grown-up now, can't you give me some face...?"
"There are so many people coming and going in front of the shrine, it's embarrassing..." Shisui said resentfully, pulling up his pants.
Roy ignored him and kicked him in the butt. "Go away, go play somewhere else."
Shisui feigned pain, but actually dodged aside, and respectfully bowed to Fugaku, saying, "Fugaku."
As usual, the person followed closely behind Roy like a little tail...
Uchiha Fugaku watched the Sun-Earring Boy playfully frolicking, his gloomy aura lessening slightly. He said nothing, only giving Shisui's head an encouraging pat, then glancing at Roy. His thoughts drifted back to that day Sakumo Hatake had visited late at night and said to him, "If you agree, I'll immediately report to the Hokage and try to become Roy's mentor."
Uchiha Fugaku looked at the snow-white longsword hanging at Roy's waist. Roy said it was a trophy he had captured on the battlefield. Fugaku had never denied his son's Swordsmanship talent until White Fang came to visit. Fugaku then realized that he had underestimated his son's Swordsmanship.
"With his self-created Swordsmanship, Roy is the most talented Swordsmanship I have ever seen, without exception." This was the fair assessment given by Sakumo Hatake after witnessing Roy's Swordsmanship on the battlefield that day.
Unfortunately... Sakumo Hatake's idea is impossible to realize, and he probably knows it... This might just be wishful thinking on his part... Because... Uchiha Fugaku's face was gloomy. Neither the Hokage nor the three Hokage Assistant would want the Hatake clan and the Uchiha clan to get too close. This time, the heavy casualties among the young and strong members of the clan may have been due to someone behind the scenes deliberately pushing things along.
Hayek's invisible hand is the most deadly...
As one Uchiha after another greeted Uchiha Fugaku, they entered the shrine.
Uchiha Fugaku took a deep breath, lifted his foot, and led Roy and Shisui into the shrine. After a few steps, they arrived at the main hall, where they saw rows of coffins neatly arranged, each containing the remains of Uchiha clan members who had died on the battlefield.
Some were lucky enough to survive with their entire family intact, others were missing limbs, and some... simply disappeared, leaving behind only a set of their favorite clothes placed in their coffins...
Roy followed Uchiha Fugaku across the shrine threshold and into the main hall. A row of Uchiha made way for him and Fugaku in front of the coffins. At the very front... an old man, a middle-aged man, and two young men nodded to him...
Uchiha Fugaku silently stepped forward, stood quietly before the coffin, closed his eyes to compose himself, and then opened them again to offer flowers to each coffin. Roy quietly followed behind, offering flowers with Uchiha Fugaku, followed by the old man, the middle-aged man, and the young man...
And every single Uchiha clansman inside the hall...
Until the very last bouquet was offered...
Uchiha Fugaku turned around, his back to the numerous coffins, and sat down on the ground. The clan meeting immediately began in this sorrowful atmosphere.
Shisui was perceptive; it was his first time attending a clan meeting, so he knew when he could speak and when he couldn't. He knelt quietly beside Roy, right next to Uchiha Fugaku.
In the first row at the front is Uchiha Yashiro... Uchiha Inabi, Tekka... and Uchiha Setsuna, who was like a flickering candle, about to be extinguished by a gust of wind!
As an elderly Uchiha who was active during World War II, Uchiha Danzo Shimura was a contemporary of Uchiha Setsuna and Sarutobi Hiruzen. In the past, he was Detention for secretly Senju Tobirama a rebellion because he was dissatisfied with the Second Hokage Uchiha Clan. Now, he is old and frail. His release is not out of pity, but rather because the clan made some kind of deal with Konoha.
"Let's begin." Uchiha Fugaku spoke expressionlessly.
Sitting in the front row, subtly subordinate to Uchiha Setsuna, and also Uchiha Fugaku's most trusted subordinate and advisor Uchiha Yashiro, remained silent and uttered the topic of the meeting, which was also the unspoken sentiment of all the Uchiha present, except for a few bewildered children like Uchiha Shisui Uchiha who were attending for the first time. "Clan head, this cannot continue."
The Uchiha Yashiro frowned and said, "Something's wrong with this mission. I suspect the higher-ups are deliberately trying to suppress us Uchiha."
"Yes, clan leader," Uchiha Inabi said angrily, a bandage sling over her shoulder. "I was assigned a B-rank mission, but when I got to the battlefield I found out it was an A-rank. If it weren't for Lord Yashiro's timely arrival, I don't know if I'd still be standing here talking to you!"
"Me too... and me... I got a C grade, but the result was a B..."
"No doubt about it, such a huge intelligence blunder that caused so many of our deaths must be related to what's happening above us!"
Shh... don't talk nonsense!
"Who's talking nonsense? What can't be said? This is the Uchiha, not the Hokage Building!"
"He, Sarutobi Hiruzen, did such a despicable thing, and people aren't allowed to talk about it? Ask your dead father if he'd approve!!"
"Jingle, jingle..." The wind chimes hanging in a corner of the Nanga Shrine tinkled in the breeze...
Complaints, anger, and doubts filled the air. The Uchiha, who had lost loved ones and friends, were all red-eyed. The oversights in their intelligence reports could not be easily dismissed with a simple "the battlefield is constantly Transformation."
Everyone's not stupid, and given the various overt and covert isolation policies implemented against the Uchiha Clan since the Second Hokage took office... after the Third Hokage succeeded him, he, in coordination with Danzo, intensified the suppression and weakening of the Uchiha...
Anyone with eyes in the clan can see that!
But who can blame them when the seeds of suspicion were sown the moment Tobirama Senju killed Uchiha Izuna? Roy sat quietly beside Senju Tobirama, listening intently. When it came to the conflict between the Fugaku Uchiha Clan and the village, and even the eventual extermination of the clan, perhaps no one knew the true truth of the matter better than him!
It's less a conflict between the Uchiha and Konoha, and more a conflict between Indra and Ashura, Yang Release Yin Release and Asura Release, between spear and shield... seemingly irreconcilable, yet undeniably real... completely beyond human control...
Contradictions... Yin and Yang... are actually one...
The noise inside the hall continued, even threatening to escalate... The pent-up frustration and discontent, once released, flowed like a flood bursting its banks...
Uchiha Fugaku listened quietly without saying a word.
To his left, Uchiha Setsuna also closed his eyes and remained silent... letting the situation escalate.
Roy had seen it all and finally realized what he had been overlooking all along.
He raised his chin and glanced out the window. In the afternoon, the sun was setting, its rays casting shadows on the trees, on the walls, and on people...
Yin and Yang, light and shadow, spear and shield... Wherever the sun shines, there is always a shadow... And I...
The Sun-Earring Boy lowered his eyes, gently touching the corner of his trench coat, where the Uchiha clan crest, shaped like a red and white fan, was imprinted...
His eyes, as black as ink, shone brighter than ever before...
Clear understanding and enlightenment--
"The Uchiha are born evil!"
"I used to habitually suppress the 'dark side,' but I never thought of... utilizing that dark side, controlling those Negative Emotions, and turning them into a driving force, a tool to propel me forward..."
[Circle] emerges, and the Heart Bug wriggles!
As the saying goes, "A single yang cannot produce life, nor can a single yin grow."
When Roy looked up again, all the "complaints," "anger," and "dissatisfaction"... had instantly transformed into a fragrant feast for the soul!
Give me the Heart Bug!