"Things have reached this point. There's nothing left to hide..."
Supported by Uchiha Mikoto, Uchiha Kagami sat down on a stone.
Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Mikoto exchanged a look, then saw excitement... and gossip in each other's eyes.
A father and son recognizing each other...
How interesting!
"Wuye... actually, I..."
Uchiha Kagami's voice was somewhat dry, and he was not even facing Wuye.
He was very nervous.
Wuye realized that.
So, he prepared himself.
"Our ages do match up..."
Wuye suddenly looked at Uchiha Kagami and spoke calmly. "So, what you want to tell me is... that you're my biological father?"
Uchiha Kagami's entire body trembled. "You... you..."
Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Mikoto also looked at Wuye in confusion, unable to understand how he had guessed it outright.
"Was it that hard to guess?"
Wuye merely smiled serenely. "Of course, I've made some guesses about my origins. The strangest part was that, since I have Uchiha blood, why had no branch of the Uchiha Clan come forward to claim me? Doing so would have truly tied me to the Uchiha war chariot..."
"So, my father wasn't part of the current Uchiha Clan. Combined with what I heard today, doesn't the answer become obvious?"
He looked calmly at Uchiha Kagami. "Is that what you wanted to say? That you're actually my biological father?"
Uchiha Kagami opened his mouth, and only after a long while did he let out a hoarse voice. "Yes..."
Wuye silently watched him, his expression calm.
It would have been a lie to say his heart felt no ripples at all, but neither was there any overwhelming turmoil.
To him, a father he had never spent time with was merely a stranger. He could not suddenly become close to him just because they shared blood.
"Why are you