"Uh, uh, uh! How could that be!"
It was as if Nawaki had witnessed the most impossible scene in his life. Hyuga Reiko had actually rejected Uchiha Yū. He wanted to know what had happened, but unfortunately, this was not a good time.
As Uchiha Yū's best brother, he should properly comfort him when his brother had suffered a heartbreak.
But he could not offend Hyuga Reiko too badly. Their iron triangle relationship could not be shattered over a single pursuit.
He could only give Uchiha Yū's shoulder a decent pat and tell him to keep trying next time. Reiko would not fall for anyone else anyway, so they still had a chance.
Faced with Nawaki's clownish expression, Uchiha Yū merely nodded lightly in acknowledgment. To him, this matter was no longer important. What mattered was that Nawaki, the only other person involved, simply believed that his pursuit had failed.
"I won't be defeated by a woman, even if that woman is Hyuga Reiko."
Uchiha Yū faced the sunlight head-on, driving away the darkness in his heart.
Seeing his good brother like this, Nawaki finally relaxed, already thinking about how he could play wingman and bring the two together.
Using the excuse of a failed pursuit to dismiss the others, the three parted ways at the tavern. Uchiha Yū quickly left Konoha's central district and arrived at the Forest of Death. After finding a hidden spot and pressing a switch, the stone before him split open down the middle. Uchiha Yū strode inside.
The moment he reached the entrance, he heard screams one after another. Uchiha Yū frowned slightly. He did not need to think to know what was happening. Sure enough, after pushing the door open, he saw Orochimaru using living people to perform Impure World Reincarnation.
"Yū? You