Uchiha Shisui

"I need a reasonable explanation for attacking someone from the same village and breaking the rules!"

"Otherwise, Hyuga Kagami, you can explain this to Lord Hokage!"

As an Anbu member, he knew the names of every ninja in Konoha!

Uchiha Shisui looked at the tall Hyuga Kagami before him, and couldn't help feeling startled!

Wasn't Hyuga Kagami only eight years old?

Why did he have such a powerful presence? And... he looked as tall as a sixteen- or seventeen-year-old!

Those White Eyes revealed an intimidating force without meaning to, like some primordial beast from ancient times. They made people's hearts tremble!

"Three-Tomoe Sharingan?"

Hyuga Kagami's expression was calm, and he paid it no mind.

He raised his eyes slightly.

He showed no hint of backing down from the Anbu ninja before him!

"While serving in Anbu, you fought an entire enemy squad alone during the Third Shinobi World War and won through your incredible speed and the powerful genjutsu of your Three-Tomoe Sharingan, earning the name 'Body Flicker Shisui.'"

He spoke slowly, one word at a time.

"Konoha says Uchiha Shisui is a genius of the Uchiha Clan, sharp-minded and one of the Hokage's most capable aides."

"But when you're out on a mission, you can't even ask about the most basic circumstances?"

Hyuga Kagami sneered. "Is it because... a donkey kicked your brain?"

His White Eyes were calm.

But his voice was forceful!

He looked ready to throw a punch at the slightest provocation!

Seeing Uchiha Shisui, Uchiha Lengfeng struggled to his feet, feeling as if his whole body had fallen apart. He roared furiously.

"Shisui, hurry up and arrest this guy!"

He said venomously, "He's nothing but a member of the Hyuga Branch Family, yet he dares to obstruct the Uchiha Clan. What a joke!"

"Today, I'll show you that our Uchiha Clan is the strongest in all of Konoha!"

When heaven wants someone destroyed, it first drives them mad.

Hyuga Kagami didn't even glance at Uchiha Lengfeng.

Just how arrogant was the Uchiha Clan these days?

Just like what had happened today, most members of the Uchiha Clan thought it was perfectly justified to attack someone from their own village and force their will on them!

Their Uchiha Clan was the strongest!

"What an honorable clan."

Hyuga Kagami sneered, his expression full of contempt.

No wonder even Sarutobi Hiruzen, who usually kept up appearances, couldn't stand it anymore.

"Lengfeng!"

Uchiha Shisui shouted sternly, his expression grim.

He realized at once that he had misjudged the situation!

Hyuga Kagami hadn't attacked someone from the same village without cause. Lengfeng was the one at fault!

He drew a deep breath. "You two, I'm truly sorry! I apologize! Lengfeng, your injuries are serious. I'll take you to the clan for treatment now!"

Uchiha Shisui felt a headache coming on.

There was a trace of helplessness and sadness in his eyes.

Why... were his clansmen always like this? Why were they always so impulsive and domineering?

He couldn't help murmuring, "Putting your own will above everyone else's... that's not what a strong person does."

At that moment,

he was at a loss.

Had everything he had stood by until now been wrong?

He nodded apologetically to Hyuga Kagami, then turned and left with Uchiha Lengfeng!

He didn't linger a moment longer. Hyuga Kagami's words had made his face burn with shame!

"Uchiha Shisui, the compassionate one, really is different from the others."

Hyuga Kagami hadn't expected Uchiha Shisui to apologize.

That would have been perfectly normal from anyone else.

But for someone from the Uchiha Clan to do it was about as likely as a rooster laying an egg!

Uzuki Yugao hurriedly bowed in thanks, her beautiful eyes reddening. "Kagami... thank you... Kagami-kun, if you hadn't been here, I wouldn't have known what to do today."

"After what happened today, I'm sure Uchiha Lengfeng will take the hint and stop bothering me."

If not for Hyuga Kagami,

she couldn't imagine what might have happened today.

But the next moment, she grew worried!

"Kagami-kun, I'm really sorry I got you on the wrong side of the Uchiha Clan. I've caused you trouble!"

The Uchiha Clan was domineering in Konoha!

Everyone had been bullied by them to some degree, even the Hokage's son!

"They're not good enough to cause me trouble!"

Hyuga Kagami didn't care. He looked Uzuki Yugao over. She had bright eyes and pearly teeth, cascading purple hair, and a faint, captivating fragrance.

Her crimson lips looked like cherries, glimmering faintly.

She had a gentle air about her.

It was no exaggeration to say that Uzuki Yugao's beauty and figure could outshine countless celebrities from his previous life!

No wonder Uchiha Lengfeng had tried to force himself on her!

Even if he ended up in prison...

Wouldn't seven years be worth it?

Wouldn't three years be a bargain?

"They're just bullies who pick on the weak."

"As long as you're stronger than them, the Uchiha Clan is nothing but a pack of wild dogs that can only bark."

Hiss!

Wild dogs?

Uzuki Yugao's beautiful eyes widened. She couldn't help staring at Hyuga Kagami. He was handsome, with a detached air about him, and his White Eyes always held a hint of indifference, as if nothing could touch him!

He wore the white robes of the Hyuga Clan.

On anyone else, they would have looked utterly plain.

But on Hyuga Kagami, they gave him a carefree, unrestrained air!

"So this is... what a real man is like?"

Uzuki Yugao's beautiful eyes quivered as she felt a sense of security unlike anything she had ever known.

She had never felt this way before.

But... why had she never met him before?

She couldn't help asking, "Next time... if Uchiha Lengfeng comes to bother me again, could you protect me, Kagami-kun?"

"Only true strength lets you look down on everything."

Hyuga Kagami said calmly, "So instead of blaming fate, you'd be better off making yourself stronger. No one can protect you forever, not even your parents."

With that, he turned and left.

Protect Uzuki Yugao?

He had no time for that.

"What a cold-hearted guy."

Uzuki Yugao clenched her little fists, feeling dejected. "But since you helped me today, Kagami-kun, that proves... even if you seem cold, you're actually a warm-hearted person!"

At the thought,

she was suddenly filled with determination.

Just then, a delighted voice came from behind her.

But on closer listening, one could hear the tremble in it.

"Yugao! What are you doing here?"

Gekko Hayate's gaze wavered as he forced a smile. "What a coincidence. We keep running into each other. By the way... who was that just now?"

"He looked about our age."

Uzuki Yugao's face remained calm, and she didn't answer.

But there was a trace of disappointment in her beautiful eyes.

He had clearly seen everything just now, but because he was afraid of the Uchiha Clan's power, he had chosen to look the other way?

"Yugao, are you free today? Would you like to... go for a walk around the snack street together?"

Uzuki Yugao had never been this calm, almost cold. Gekko Hayate had never seen her like this!

He stammered, hurrying to speak.

"Maybe some other time. I'm a little tired today."

Uzuki Yugao answered politely, then turned and left.

Some people seem perfectly fine at first.

But then someone else appears,

and the difference between them becomes like heaven and earth.