"Uchiha Gentō, it's time you kept your promise."
"When can you bring my parents back?"
After tidying up the scene, Uchiha Hikari began pressing Gentō before she even had time to wipe the sweat off her body.
Her expression remained impassive, as though nothing in the world mattered to her.
But Gentō knew it was all an act.
Uchiha Hikari cared deeply about this. Otherwise, she would never have paid such a steep price for a mere verbal promise.
The fact that she had awakened her Mangekyō immediately after her parents' deaths showed just how deeply she loved them.
Gentō certainly didn't believe it.
Without the prospect of resurrecting her parents dangling before her, Uchiha Hikari would never have been so compliant.
If she really were that indifferent, she wouldn't have turned all the remains of her Uchiha enemies from centuries ago into fireworks and set them off without a second thought.
At that thought, the corner of Gentō's eye twitched again.
Uchiha Itachi from the original story, Madara Uchiha and Obito Uchiha in the past, and now Uchiha Hikari.
The Uchiha Clan really was blessed with outstanding people, producing one remarkable talent after another.
Without some special talent, you could hardly bring yourself to claim you were an Uchiha.
Still, he recalled how Uchiha Hikari had immediately obeyed every instruction during their earlier battle, her expression placid even as she kept making furtive little moves throughout the latter half.
Heat stirred in Gentō's chest.
Powerful female ninja who pretended to be aloof were the most delicious of all.
First Uzuki Yugao, and now Uchiha Hikari.
Gentō eagerly anticipated how delectable the sight would be when he stripped away Uchiha Hikari's facade and shattered her composure.
"Uchiha Gentō... what exactly are you hesitating over?"
Uchiha Hikari raised her voice a