All Beings of the Ninja World Should Be Grateful

Genkawa Uchiha met his gaze, and the two simply looked at each other, as though each were trying to see something in the other.

Unfortunately, Genkawa Uchiha's expression remained extremely calm. Even after hearing how his parents had died, he showed little emotional reaction.

This surprised Uchiha Setsuna somewhat, but more than that, it filled him with an indescribable sense of emotion.

At such a young age, he could already conceal his true thoughts so well. Especially for an Uchiha, that was truly rare.

As time passed and Genkawa Uchiha still gave no direct response, Uchiha Setsuna's heart could not help sinking.

The reason he had stepped forward today, the reason he had stood before Genkawa Uchiha and laid everything bare, was because he had already prepared himself. As long as Genkawa Uchiha made up his mind, he would devote all his strength to helping him succeed.

But now, it seemed... he had merely thought too highly of himself.

Sure enough, Genkawa Uchiha's next words completely shattered his fantasy.

"I refuse."

As he said this, Genkawa Uchiha's expression was calm, without the slightest hint of emotional fluctuation.

He pushed the books and booklet on the table toward Uchiha Setsuna, then rose to his feet.

"I appreciate you telling me all this, and I understand what you want. But... the Uchiha's affairs are not my responsibility, nor should they be borne by a child who has not even come of age."

With that, Genkawa Uchiha turned and headed outside without the slightest hesitation.

Uchiha Setsuna's expression abruptly darkened.

"Genkawa Uchiha!"

He suddenly growled, the scarlet in his eyes growing more pronounced. The three tomoe spun rapidly, faintly showing signs of linking together.

Genkawa Uchiha paused but did not turn around, merely tilting his head slightly.

His eyes were equally scarlet, though his gaze was not directed at the other man.

"Do not mistake my youth for childishness. Your methods of controlling subordinates will not work on me. So, for the sake of your dignity, I suggest you refrain from making any unnecessary moves."

Seeing the Three-Tomoe Sharingan in Genkawa Uchiha's eyes, along with the eye power that even faintly threatened him, Uchiha Setsuna forced himself to calm down.

Only at this moment did he begin to understand the strength of the youth before him.

This was no longer merely a matter of talent. He had genuinely felt threatened.

Who was Uchiha Setsuna?

He was one who had inherited Madara Uchiha's will within the Uchiha Clan, an old veteran ninja of the clan. Though he was old now, anyone who claimed he was incapable would be gravely underestimating him.

Yet such a man was now intimidated by Genkawa Uchiha's gaze.

The more one was an Uchiha, the more one understood what eye power represented.

Especially Uchiha Setsuna. As he sensed Genkawa Uchiha's eye power, his previously dark expression unexpectedly broke into a smile.

"Heh heh..."

"Hahaha..."

It began as a quiet chuckle, but soon he seemed unable to control himself, throwing back his head in loud laughter.

Genkawa Uchiha simply assumed the old man had gone mad. He ignored him and continued toward the exit.

Uchiha were like that. No matter how normal they acted on ordinary days, they always had their episodes. Perfectly normal.

Just as Genkawa Uchiha reached the door, Uchiha Setsuna's voice came from behind him.

"The people in the clan are truly laughable. They all think you merely possess unusual talent, yet not a single one of them considered those eyes of yours. If this old man did not sense wrongly, that was the Mangekyō, was it not? There can be no mistake."

Although Genkawa Uchiha had displayed only the Three-Tomoe state earlier, Uchiha Setsuna was an old powerhouse of the Uchiha Clan and had seen the Mangekyō Sharingan before. He knew all too well what that eye power represented.

"A true powerhouse stands right beside them, yet they have excluded you from the clan. How utterly laughable."

Seeing that Genkawa Uchiha still ignored him, Uchiha Setsuna added at last, "Genkawa Uchiha, this old man will wait for you. You will have need of my strength."

Unfortunately, Genkawa Uchiha remained unmoved. He left directly without looking back.

Once the door closed and the room returned to its desolate silence, Uchiha Setsuna's smile slowly faded.

Looking in the direction Genkawa Uchiha had left, the scarlet in his eyes flashed. The three tomoe fully linked together, forming a pattern resembling a four-bladed windmill.

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Then the pattern faded, the Sharingan vanished, and his eyes returned to their original aged, cloudy appearance.

"How interesting. I truly wonder what expressions those fools will make when they learn this secret. I can hardly wait."

Genkawa Uchiha did not take Uchiha Setsuna's matter to heart.

To be honest, he understood Uchiha Setsuna's thoughts, but that sort of thing had nothing to do with him.

His parents were his parents, and their ideals were their ideals. As a transmigrator, after his parents' deaths, his connection with the Uchiha Clan had in fact become extremely weak.

After all, he was not the cause of any of this.

Shimura Danzō had coveted his talent and even his body, and had clashed with him before. But was the Uchiha Clan any different?

They had merely turned that covetousness into an attempt to control him as an individual. Using the name of clan and bloodline glory, they had carried out nothing more than coercion.

During that time, the clan had put considerable effort into him.

They had offered proactive personal care and tried to build emotional bonds, all in an attempt to brainwash him into becoming a qualified Uchiha.

To put it simply, before Mikoto Uchiha, he had two caretakers sent by the clan.

Those two bore assignments from the clan. They subtly instilled the glory of the Uchiha Clan into him, appearing caring while actually brainwashing him.

Then he drove them both out.

Only after that did Mikoto Uchiha come to his door, and she never mentioned those things again.

Put someone else in his place.

Any ordinary child, before their values had fully formed, would easily have been molded into whatever those schemers wanted through such an upbringing.

But Genkawa Uchiha was a transmigrator. He already possessed a complete set of values and mature personal awareness. He could clearly distinguish who harbored what intentions and why they did what they did.

Fortunately, Mikoto Uchiha was a gentle person, and only then did he gradually come to accept her.

Unfortunately, no matter how good Mikoto Uchiha was, she was still an Uchiha.

That was why he had ultimately become estranged from the Uchiha Clan and chosen to live alone.

After returning home, he cast those matters aside and focused his attention on the scroll.

Izanagi.

This was one of the most wondrous techniques of the Uchiha Clan, an existence as bug-like as anything in the Ninja World. It was difficult not to be tempted by it.

As for the fact that Uchiha Setsuna had given him this technique, and that Uchiha Setsuna had other motives, so what?

Only what was in his hands was real. Everything else had nothing to do with him.

Call him cold-blooded or heartless if you liked. It was already good enough that a transmigrator had not turned into the Fourth Calamity. The Uchiha should be satisfied, and all beings of the Ninja World should be grateful.

Izanagi was one of the Uchiha Clan's ultimate ocular techniques. It could turn events unfavorable to the user within a certain period into things that had never happened, while turning only favorable events into reality.

Its effect was absurdly powerful, but its price was equally extreme.

After using it, the caster's Sharingan would go blind. It was a dangerous technique.

Generally speaking, every Uchiha who had awakened their eyes could use it twice. However, after replacing their eyes, they could activate it again.

That was where this ability was truly bug-like.

In a Ninja World where eyeballs could be swapped in and out like hot-pluggable parts, Izanagi could often produce terrifying results.

Shimura Danzō had demonstrated this in the original story. Unfortunately, Shimura Danzō himself was too incompetent to bring out this technique's true potential.

But if this technique were in Genkawa Uchiha's hands, he was confident he could fight his way straight to the ending.

This technique was difficult to learn, but for an Uchiha who had awakened their eyes, it was not all that difficult.

For Genkawa Uchiha, it took less than half a day to master it.

The essence of this technique lay in using the Sharingan to record the caster's current state. That state remained fixed, and as long as there was chakra, the technique would not fail.

That was right. Once activated, this thing became a passive skill. It was utterly unreasonable.

Then, at noon, Mikoto Uchiha came to his door once again, carrying a food box and bringing Genkawa Uchiha news that left him speechless.