Uchiha Tajima had already lost one child. He did not want to lose another!
Even though Uchiha Tajima knew that slaughter would come someday, and death could strike without warning!
But Uchiha Tajima dared not imagine what would follow that death. At that moment, all he knew was that he did not want Kangetsu to carry on!
Because if a six-year-old child went straight onto that blood-soaked battlefield, who could say whether he would survive the next time? It was simply too dangerous!
That was what had led to this scene, this shocking scene!
At that moment, shock appeared in Kangetsu's scarlet Sharingan!
Because no one understood better than Kangetsu just how astonishing Uchiha Tajima's actions were!
In the rigidly hierarchical Uchiha Clan, a clan that had inherited every last ancient rule from the previous era, someone doing such a thing and saying such words was something seen only once in a hundred years!
But at that moment, a trace of emotion showed in Kangetsu's shocked eyes!
And warmth welled up in his heart!
It was the warmth of a father's love!
Yet after feeling that warmth, Kangetsu's resolve to protect it all grew even firmer!
At that moment, Kangetsu yearned desperately for power, yearned desperately for slaughter!
Slaughter could make him stronger, and only by becoming stronger could he protect the love in his heart and the family he cherished!
So at that moment, a hint of emotion lingered in Kangetsu's cold gaze! Yet the words he spoke were icy: "I'm sorry, Father! I've disappointed you, but I won't give up on continuing my missions! Though slaughter is still an unfamiliar word for a six-year-old child!
"But in the Warring States Period, 'slaughter' is only a matter of time! Encountering it early or encountering it late makes no difference!
"I slaughter now to become stronger, and I become stronger to slaughter!
"And it's also for the convictions in my heart! So, Father, I can't do what you ask!"
After he finished speaking, his scarlet eyes reverted to ordinary black pupils!
At that moment, Kangetsu shifted his gaze through the darkness of the night to the moon in the sky!
He let out a long breath, then said, "Father, it's late. I'm going to bed!"
With that, he walked straight toward his room on silent footsteps!
Uchiha Tajima watched that somewhat forlorn, cold figure retreat and let out a long sigh!
With Uchiha Tajima's intelligence, how could he fail to understand what Kangetsu meant?
But alongside his relief, Uchiha Tajima felt incomprehension, a profound incomprehension!
Because Uchiha Tajima did not know what rested on Kangetsu's small shoulders, much less what burden he carried!
All Uchiha Tajima could do was let out a long sigh, while drops of something he could not name spilled from his scarlet eyes!
As though melting into the darkness, the figure within it silently disappeared!
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