A Slap Sent Him Flying

"All right, if there are no problems, get on the field already. Don't keep Hyuga Monza waiting."

Seeing Sasuke finally respond, Iruka urged him helplessly.

"Sorry, Iruka-sensei, but I suddenly don't feel well. I'd like to take leave and go home to rest."

After a pause, Sasuke said indifferently,

"As for the match, forget it. Let him have the win."

The events of the Night of the Massacre would unfold within the next few days. Time was tight, and Sasuke had no intention of staying at the Ninja Academy to play ninja games.

He might as well return to the clan and prepare in advance for the coming massacre.

With that, Sasuke turned and left, not caring whether Iruka approved or not.

He claimed to be asking Iruka for leave, but it was more like informing him.

Whether Iruka agreed or not was meaningless.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk!"

A mocking laugh came from behind him.

"Some people can't even make up a decent excuse!"

"You're obviously scared that you're no match for Lord Monza, so you made up an excuse! Saying you don't feel well? What a joke!"

"Hahaha! So this is the Uchiha clan head's son? With you being such a cowardly wimp, how can the Uchiha clan be mentioned in the same breath as our Hyuga clan?"

"As expected, the Hyuga clan is Konoha's number one clan. The Uchiha clan is nothing but crap!"

Sasuke stopped in his tracks and abruptly turned around, only to see Hyuga Monza wearing a mocking, contemptuous expression.

"Are you asking to be slapped?"

Sasuke turned fully around and spoke in an icy tone.

He did not care how the other boy mocked the Uchiha clan. After all, he had only just transmigrated here and had little sense of belonging to the clan.

But calling him a coward was something he could not tolerate!

Even if the other party was just a seven- or eight-year-old brat, Sasuke intended to teach him a lesson.

However, before Sasuke could act, an angry voice sounded beside him.

"Hey! What is wrong with you?! Didn't you hear Sasuke-kun say he wasn't feeling well?! Sasuke-kun is already like this, yet you're still forcing him onto the field. What exactly are you planning? Are you trying to take the chance to hurt Sasuke-kun to death?!"

The speaker was Sakura Haruno. The little pink-haired girl was glaring furiously at Hyuga Monza.

"That's right! Hyuga Monza, you've gone too far! Sasuke-kun already said you could have the win, but you keep pressing him. You must have ulterior motives. This is way too much!"

Ino Yamanaka chimed in from the other side.

"Exactly! Hyuga Monza, you've gone too far!"

"Hyuga Monza, you're disgusting!"

"..."

The other girls in class gathered around Sasuke, chattering as they verbally attacked Hyuga Monza.

Sasuke looked at the little girls surrounding him and felt speechless.

He had not expected the original owner of this body to be so charming!

If I'd had this kind of charm in my previous life, why would I have been single for more than twenty years? I'd have gotten a girlfriend ages ago!

The other boys in class gritted their teeth in envy.

Damn it! Sasuke is only a tiny bit more handsome than us! Why are there so many girls fawning over him?!

Aaaah! I want to take his place!

Hyuga Monza's face darkened completely, and he gnashed his teeth in fury.

He had only tried to provoke Sasuke into returning for a duel. How had he somehow become the public enemy of all the girls?!

"Uchiha Sasuke, are you just a piece of trash who likes hiding behind women?! Do you dare come out and fight me head-on?!"

Hyuga Monza roared in grief and rage!

"Uchiha Sasuke! Get out here and fight Monza head-on!"

"Could it be that you really are a coward, Uchiha Sasuke? All you can do is hide like a turtle!"

"..."

The boys who usually could not stand Sasuke also began echoing him.

"Sasuke-kun, don't listen to them! You're not feeling well, so don't push yourself! Come on, Sasuke-kun, I'll take you home!"

Sakura Haruno's voice was filled with concern, and her face was equally worried.

Yet inwardly, Sakura Haruno was already laughing wildly.

Hahaha! I finally caught my chance! As long as I successfully take Sasuke home, marrying into the Uchiha clan will be easy!

Over there, Hyuga Monza was still shouting, "Uchiha Sasuke, you piece of trash who only knows how to hide behind women! Get out here and die already!"

"The weaker people are, the more they like to bark."

Sasuke said expressionlessly. Then he pulled his arm out of Sakura's embrace, pushed aside the little girls blocking his way, and strode to the center of the sparring field to face Hyuga Monza.

"Hmph! You finally came out? In a moment, I'll beat you until you're crawling around looking for your teeth. I'll show them that aside from that pretty face, you're good for nothing!"

Hyuga Monza licked his lips, looking eager to fight. His face was filled with excitement, as if he could already see Sasuke kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy.

Sasuke ignored him and instead turned to Iruka, who was serving as referee, and said flatly,

"Iruka-sensei, can we start? I'm in a hurry."

Iruka glanced at Sasuke and said nothing else.

"Both sides, take your positions. Uchiha Sasuke versus Hyuga Monza. Form the Sign of Confrontation. The match begins!"

As soon as the words fell, Hyuga Monza swiftly formed the Sign of Confrontation with both hands, his Byakugan fixed firmly on Sasuke across from him.

Sasuke kept both hands in his pockets, too lazy to form any Sign of Confrontation.

Seeing this, Iruka frowned. "Sasuke, according to the rules of ninja sparring, you should form the Sign of Confrontation. It is a sign of respect for your opponent."

Sasuke kept his hands in his pockets and replied calmly, "Don't get it wrong. Trash like him isn't worthy of being my opponent!"

"Uchiha Sasuke, you—"

Iruka was somewhat angered. Sasuke had repeatedly refused to give him any face. It was truly infuriating.

But before he could say anything, an enraged voice rang out.

"You damn pretty boy! You dare look down on me? I'll show you how powerful the Byakugan is!"

"Byakugan, activate!"

As soon as he spoke, bulging veins appeared on both sides of Hyuga Monza's face.

Hyuga Monza had activated his Byakugan.

Although awakening the Byakugan was far easier than awakening the Sharingan, awakening it at such a young age was still enough to make him a genius.

That was precisely why Hyuga Monza dared to shout so wildly. He refused to believe Sasuke could have awakened the Sharingan at this age!

One had awakened a Bloodline Limit while the other had not. With one gaining and the other losing, he would definitely be able to grind Uchiha Sasuke into the dirt!

Just as Hyuga Monza thought this, Sasuke vanished from his field of vision.

"Huh? Where did he go?"

The question had barely formed in his mind when a piercing pain suddenly exploded in his left cheek, as though someone had forcibly torn a chunk of flesh from his face.

Slap!

The crisp sound of the slap echoed across the entire sparring field.

Hyuga Monza's cheek warped, and his entire body was sent flying sideways. With a bang, he crashed into a massive tree more than ten meters away before stopping, leaving behind more than a dozen bloody teeth along the way.

Since the other boy had said he would beat Sasuke until he was crawling around looking for his teeth, Sasuke did not mind helping him make that wish come true.

After all, returning courtesy in kind was a traditional virtue of the great food-loving empire.