The Arrogant Uchiha

Following the sound, three children, appearing to be six or seven years old, walked out from the nearby woods one after another.

They were each wearing short-sleeved ninja hoodies in dark purple, dark blue, and dark gray, with the Uchiha clan's flame fan crest printed on the back.

"Ah, my friends are calling me."

"I should head back, Yu. See you next time."

Seeing his Uchiha companions calling for him, Shisui chuckled, winked at Yu, and turned to leave.

"What the... so this kid isn't from the Uchiha clan."

"How could a boring brat like him be worthy of being friends with our Uchiha clan's genius, Shisui?"

At that moment, the three Uchiha children had already walked onto the grass nearby.

The child in the middle with short black hair stood with his arms crossed, looking arrogant, his gaze toward Yu filled with slight disdain.

What the hell?!

Just like that, he was being mocked for no reason?!

Yu, who had already said goodbye to Shisui, was suddenly subjected to the mockery of this Uchiha child and couldn't help but feel bewildered.

And what was with that tone that automatically drew aggro?!

Does this kid think he's Madara?!

Facing the inexplicable sense of superiority from the three Uchiha children, Yu smiled helplessly.

Sure enough, aside from the three outliers—Shisui, Itachi, and Obito—every member of the Uchiha clan had the personality of a protagonist in a trashy novel, and even Sasuke in the future was no exception.

"Um, I'd like to say..."

Looking at the three overbearing Uchiha children, Yu spoke in a flat tone.

"The friend I made is Shisui, not you three guys, right?"

Ever since their old rivals, the Senju clan, had vanished from the ninja world, the Uchiha clan had become the premier clan in Konoha and even the entire ninja world.

Their glorious history had forged a self-centered and overbearing personality in every member of the Uchiha clan.

Although the Nine-Tails incident had not yet occurred, it was not hard to see that this arrogant style of conduct had already begun to create invisible friction and barriers between the Uchiha clan and other Konoha families and ordinary ninjas.

So much so that whenever the Uchiha clan was mentioned, the other ninjas in Konoha would show that strange expression on their faces.

"What did you say, brat?!"

Sure enough, the moment Yu finished speaking, the black-haired Uchiha child was instantly enraged by Yu's flat tone.

"It seems I need to teach you a lesson..."

"And let you know what kind of attitude you should have when speaking to an Uchiha!"

After speaking, the black-haired Uchiha child dropped his arms from his chest.

His chakra surged throughout his body; clearly, all three of these Uchiha children were already students at the Ninja Academy.

"Izuma! Kan! En! You three, stop!"

Seeing the actions of the black-haired child, Uchiha Izuma, Shisui's expression changed instantly.

"Heh, you want to teach me a lesson..."

Facing Uchiha Izuma, who was rolling up his sleeves to come and teach him a lesson, Yu, standing in place, curled his lip in disdain. He secretly activated the power of the String-String Fruit, his right middle finger, thumb, and pinky finger slightly raised.

"If you can do it... then come and try!"

Parasitic Thread!!

Countless transparent, invisible threads scattered into the air above everyone's heads, then quickly vanished from sight.

"Don't try to stop me, Shisui! Your temper is just too good!"

At this moment, ignoring Shisui's attempt to dissuade him, Uchiha Izuma lowered his body slightly, a malicious smile appearing on his lips.

"A brat like this who doesn't know his place deserves a good beating..."

Bang!!

Uchiha Izuma had not yet finished speaking.

A fist slammed hard into his face, and blood immediately began to stream from his nose.

This sudden turn of events stunned everyone present, Shisui included.

"Homura! What are you doing?!"

Uchiha Izuma, his face smeared with blood, turned back in disbelief.

He saw a familiar face with long, black, center-parted hair—it was his own comrade, Uchiha Homura!

"What the hell! My body isn't listening to me!!"

But just like Uchiha Izuma, Uchiha Homura wore an expression of utter shock, his eyes suddenly widening in terror.

"Izuma! Watch out behind you!!"

Bang!!

Uchiha Izuma took another heavy kick to his back.

The person who had attacked him was none other than Uchiha Kan, standing on the other side!

"What the hell is going on?!"

"Kan! Why are you too?!"

Attacked simultaneously by both of his comrades, Uchiha Izuma, already battered and bruised, was both shocked and furious.

"I don't know what's happening either!"

"I can't control my own body! Look out!!"

Uchiha Kan looked equally terrified, yet his body moved against his will to land another punch on Uchiha Izuma.

"Hahahaha..."

Watching the overbearing Uchiha Izuma being beaten into a sorry state by his two companions, Yu, who remained standing in place, could not help but laugh out loud.

He twitched the middle finger, thumb, and little finger of his right hand.

He continued to manipulate Uchiha Homura and Uchiha Kan to attack Uchiha Izuma.

Parasitic Thread—one of the abilities of the String-String Fruit.

Dozens of threads are first scattered into the air, then descend like a meteor shower to pierce the target's body, thereby controlling their physical movements.

However, because the threads Yu could currently manipulate were only wrapped around the skin of the controlled targets, he had no way to interfere with the targets' own wills.

"What is this??"

Watching this incredible scene, Shisui's eyes widened slightly as he noticed the subtle movements of Yu's hand.

"A Kekkei Genkai..."

Seeing Yu perform such a bizarre ability without weaving any hand signs, Shisui, a genius of the Uchiha clan, immediately thought of a Kekkei Genkai.

"So it was you, you brat, who was pulling the strings!!"

By this time, seeing Yu standing to the side, laughing as he watched the show, Uchiha Izuma finally realized what was happening.

Flames of rage erupted in his eyes as Uchiha Izuma let out a roar and charged toward Yu.

Click!!

But he didn't get very far.

The wrist of Uchiha Izuma's clenched fist was caught by someone.

Before he knew it, Shisui was already standing beside him.

Such fast movement...

Noticing this, Yu narrowed his eyes slightly.

It seemed that as an unparalleled genius of the Uchiha clan, even though Shisui was the same age as him and had not yet entered the Ninja Academy, his strength was already greater than that of the three Academy students, Izuma and the others.

"Enough..."

"Let's end this here."

Holding Uchiha Izuma's wrist, Shisui spoke in a calm tone, yet the aura in his eyes was impossible to refuse.

"But..."

Facing Shisui's obstruction, Uchiha Izuma was clearly still unwilling to let it go, his indignation evident.

"I said, that's enough!"

Shisui cut Uchiha Izuma's words off with a sharp, stern command.

Gazing at the Uchiha Izuma before him, even though he had yet to awaken the Uchiha clan's bloodline limit, Shisui's piercing glare was in no way inferior to the legendary Sharingan.