"This place really does feel familiar!"
Sitting on the sofa and looking at the cave that had long since become unrecognizable, Uchiha Izuna sighed with emotion. Mingye suddenly walked up to Uchiha Izuna and dropped to his knees before him.
"I'm sorry!"
"Where's Big Brother?!"
Those words—I'm sorry—were something he had wanted to say for over fifty years, repeated tens of thousands of times in his mind every day. Yet Uchiha Izuna merely turned his head dismissively and kicked Mingye over, preventing him from continuing to kneel before him. Lying on the ground, Mingye burst into laughter.
Though not all his guilt vanished in that instant, Izuna's action eased the burden in his heart. Izuna did not ask why, did not curse Mingye, and had not completely let go either. That painful kick represented Izuna's anger, while his question about their brother's whereabouts brushed aside the matter of Mingye killing him.
"We're brothers! I don't know why you did it, but it's obvious that you being alive is far better than me being alive. Mingye, remember this: other than our parents and elder brother, you don't need to kneel before anyone. You bowed to me today not because I was killed by you, but because I am your elder brother! Enough nonsense. There's no need for us to be so sentimental with each other! Tell me, you didn't revive me over some bullshit like world peace, did you?"
Uchiha Izuna suddenly smiled as he spoke to Mingye, and Mingye smiled as well, shaking his head. Everything was understood without words. Brothers did not need apologies. The bond between brothers of the Uchiha Clan was something no weapon could sever, and the bond between the three strongest Uchiha brothers was something not even heaven, earth, the universe, or all creation could