Death Was Often Easier Than Living

Uchiha Ensei did not release any killing intent, because he was afraid he might actually scare Sasuke Uchiha to death.

If there was anyone in this world who could make him look upon them differently, Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki, the two fated protagonists, probably counted among them.

But that was only if there was no irreconcilable grudge between them.

Looking at Sasuke Uchiha's stubborn gaze as he lay on the ground, Uchiha Ensei sighed, slowly walked over, and looked down at him.

"If you don't care about your own life, do you care about your brother Itachi Uchiha's life?"

"I don't know which idiot told you the truth."

"But if you keep looking at me with those dangerous eyes, you may never see your brother again."

Sasuke Uchiha endured the pain and climbed to his feet. He wiped away his tears with his sleeve and stared at Uchiha Ensei with a pitiful expression.

"Brother Ensei, I don't know what my brother did wrong, but could you..."

Faced with Sasuke Uchiha's soft-hearted offensive, Uchiha Ensei answered swiftly.

"No!"

After thinking for a moment, Uchiha Ensei continued, "If you can awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, I'll return your brother's eyes to you."

"As for whether you use them to return them to Itachi Uchiha or to awaken the Eternal Mangekyo yourself, that's none of my concern."

With that, Uchiha Ensei casually waved his hand, and Sasuke Uchiha appeared before Mikoto Uchiha in the next instant.

"This is... a space-time ninjutsu?"

"Sasuke, did you go looking for Lord Ensei again?"

Faced with his mother's scolding, Sasuke Uchiha stubbornly kept a straight face and said nothing. Yet deep down, he remembered the names Mangekyō Sharingan and Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

After finally escaping the combined beating from his parents, Sasuke Uchiha impatiently went to