The Will of Fire Means Burning the Uchiha Clan?

Konoha, Uchiha clan.

Sasuke, who had been training, suddenly stopped. He went to the side, picked up a cup of water, took a few sips, and paused to rest.

Beside him sat A Luo, who had just arrived and joined him.

Izuna, who had recently been floating around after Sasuke, descended from the roof and sat on A Luo's other side.

"You brat, where have you been these past few days? Has that Itachi Uchiha finally been behaving himself?"

Izuna draped an arm over A Luo's shoulder and asked about the matter Sasuke had also been concerned with.

Two days ago, A Luo had suddenly come by and mentioned that Itachi Uchiha had appeared of his own accord and been captured.

Because they needed to deal with the Kotoamatsukami control and keep watch on him at all times, trying to prevent Itachi Uchiha from emotionally collapsing, he had said he would return once he was done.

"His emotional state definitely won't improve anytime soon. I haven't said much to him yet. We'll take it slowly..."

A Luo sighed and leaned against Izuna, looking rather troubled.

After the effects of Kotoamatsukami were lifted, Itachi Uchiha had become even more cautious when it came to his emotions.

"Take it slowly, then. That kid got screwed over too. What's the deal with Shisui Uchiha...?"

Izuna certainly did not like Itachi Uchiha, but the guy was A Luo and Sasuke's brother, so he could not say too much.

It was better to discuss something else, such as Shisui Uchiha, whose Sharingan ability had been exceptionally powerful.

"Shisui Uchiha... His father, Kagami Uchiha, was the Second Naruto's disciple and one of the most loyal followers of the Will of Fire. Before Danzo took Shisui Uchiha's eye, the one in that socket had been Kagami Uchiha's eye..."

A Luo reached out and poked Sasuke's blank-looking face. Though he appeared to be resting, he was actually waiting to hear the news. Then A Luo began explaining Shisui Uchiha's background.

Of course, the key point was that Kagami Uchiha had been taught by Tobirama Senju.

He was a "good" Uchiha whom Tobirama Senju had approved of, someone willing to burn himself for Konoha.

"So that Kagami Uchiha's son inherited the Will of Fire and burned the Uchiha Clan out of existence?"

Izuna glared furiously.

That damned Tobirama Senju again!

He did not know what the others in the village thought, but when he had been alive, and even during the time after his death when he had appeared here, he had never believed that anyone could be more important than family.

Back then, his brother had said he wanted a place where their family could live peacefully. But that had been on the premise that their family still existed—not that all their own people died so their enemies could live in peace!

"More or less, by the time it reached the Third Naruto, the Will of Fire meant burning away everyone else who got in his way to light the path for himself and his family. His grandson is still tiny, yet the nanny who plays with him every day is a jonin. His treatment surpasses even that of the heir to the Daimyo's residence..."

A Luo hated Hiruzen Sarutobi, so his personal feelings naturally seeped into certain subjects.

From beginning to end, many of the things he discussed were shaped by his own likes and dislikes. As for whether certain people had ever done a few good deeds...

He truly did not know.

He had never viewed the world from anyone else's position. He only looked at whether those people had been good or bad to his own side.

"Hmph!"

Sasuke was upset by what he had heard. He jumped down to the ground with a cold snort, then proceeded to savagely beat up the wooden dummy in the courtyard.

The way his fists and kicks all struck at vital points made Izuna feel a little melancholy.

"What kind of treatment did your brother have when he was little?"

Izuna leaned closer to A Luo and quietly asked whether something they had said had upset Sasuke.

"He was just an ordinary kid, more or less like now. The few times someone took him to or from school, it was when Big Brother had time off and Sasuke acted spoiled, asking to be carried to school or carried home from school."

A Luo shook his head. Before the clan massacre, their Sasuke had not received any special treatment.

Besides, although Fugaku Uchiha was the clan head, he did not have enough authority to assign an Uchiha ninja to watch his son.

If he had possessed that much control, people would not have dared to crowd outside the clan head's home and demand trouble from Itachi Uchiha!

"What was Sasuke like when he acted spoiled?"

Watching Sasuke's movements gradually become less coordinated, Izuna deliberately picked out a key subject to chat about with A Luo.

"What else could he be like? He just... Ancestor, when you were little, did you ever act spoiled with your brother? Like asking to be held, carried on his back, or lifted up high... Ow!"

A Luo had just begun to explain when he noticed Sasuke had turned around and seemingly glanced over casually. He immediately redirected the topic toward Izuna.

Everyone had an older brother, so surely their ancestor had also acted spoiled with his brother before, right?

But before he could even finish, Izuna slapped him on the head.

"None of that. But... I would ask my brother to train with me. Sometimes, I was so exhausted that I fell asleep at the training ground, and my brother would carry me home..."

After giving him that slap, Izuna rubbed A Luo's head with his palm and began describing how he and his brother had spent time together long ago.

There had not been many games back then, and his brother had been rather sensitive, so most of their time had been spent training. He had taken quite a few beatings from his brother at the training ground.

But everyone could be sent to the battlefield to risk their lives at any time. Training harder at home and becoming stronger meant they could return from the battlefield alive.

He had not actually been weak back then. He was fast, highly skilled with a sword, and quite capable in genjutsu as well...

He just had not expected Tobirama Senju to develop a technique called the Flying Thunder God Slash specifically to deal with him.

In the end, speed had lost to spatial transfer.

"The Flying Thunder God..."

A Luo shook his head, escaping from beneath Izuna's hand. Then, under Izuna's gaze, he instantly appeared beside Sasuke.

The Flying Thunder God was this technique.

"Can I learn that?"

Izuna watched A Luo use it several times before he returned to sit beside him, and he suddenly became interested in the technique.

The enemies who had excelled at it were all dead now, but if he ever encountered it again someday, he absolutely could not suffer in the same way twice.