The Uchiha Clan's Coercion

Uchiha Yuu sat in his wheelchair, his bandaged right hand twitching slightly.

A clear dent appeared in the wheelchair's armrest. He took a deep breath, calmed himself, and said:

"What are you going to do, then?"

A kunai was thrown before Yuu. Uchiha Shuiyun looked at him coldly and mercilessly as he continued:

"Find somewhere deserted and commit seppuku. Wash away the Uchiha Clan's disgrace yourself!"

Holding the kunai against his body, Yuu's gaze turned icy. His body had yet to recover, but when facing two One-Tomoe Uchiha Clan members, the moment he lowered his head, a cold smile appeared at the corner of Uchiha Yuu's lips.

"Is that so? What a pity..."

"What's a pity?"

The two stared at Yuu. They would not personally kill Uchiha Yuu. After all, the Uchiha Clan still did not allow its members to slaughter one another. Otherwise, the village higher-ups would have something to hold against them, and they could easily be branded rogue ninja.

"What a pity there are too many people here."

Whoosh!

The sound of a kunai cutting through the air rang out.

In that instant, Uchiha Yuu flung his kunai, sending it precisely past Uchiha Shuiyun's face.

The shadow cast by the tree made it look as though Shuiyun had been killed. In reality, the other's kunai had merely taken a lock of Uchiha Qianyun's hair.

He stood there stiffly in a daze. When Uchiha Shuiyun came back to his senses and saw the mocking looks in his companion's eyes, the shame and fury in his heart erupted. He roared:

"You damned brat! You actually dared throw a kunai at me!"

Crack!

Shuiyun half-clenched his hand and swung it toward Yuu's face.

Yet his hand did not touch Uchiha Yuu's face. Ten centimeters from it was a bandage-wrapped arm.

Uchiha Yuu seized his arm in passing, his palm landing squarely on Qianyun's body. In an instant, Qianyun felt bone-piercing pain shoot through his arm.

"Damn it..."

He tried to break free, only to discover that Yuu's palm was like a pair of pincers, tightly clamping his arm. The strength in that grip continued to increase.

Shuiyun's gaze shifted from anger to astonishment, then to terror.

"Ah! Yamato, quickly!"

"Shuiyun!"

Uchiha Yamato on the other side finally reacted. At first, he had thought Shuiyun was simply toying with the other boy, but Shuiyun's whole body was now trembling.

Bang!

He launched a flying kick, trying to separate the two. It did work, opening a brief gap between Uchiha Yuu's hands.

But that was not the effect of Yamato's flying kick. Uchiha Shuiyun's arm had been crushed.

Huff!

Feeling a sharp pain in his palm, Yuu lightly shook his hand. His sneer faded into calm as he looked at Uchiha Qianyun, whose arm had been broken, and said:

"An acknowledged Uchiha waste was able to crush your arm. Leave that kunai to Senior Shuiyun so he can disembowel himself with it."

"Brat!"

Kneeling on the ground, Shuiyun was drenched in bean-sized beads of sweat from the pain. He used his remaining arm to grip the kunai and force himself to his feet.

Uchiha Yuu's figure was reflected in his One-Tomoe eyes.

"I'll kill you!"

He dashed before Yuu in an instant, his burst of speed leaving Yamato astonished.

"Shuiyun! Don't kill him!"

They could teach him a lesson, but they could not kill someone in the village. If they were discovered, Uchiha Qianyun could only become a rogue ninja.

Unfortunately, Yamato failed to react in time to the enraged Shuiyun. The kunai was about to plunge into Yuu's chest.

"It's over!"

As an "accomplice" this time, he would likely receive a major demerit.

Clang!

Another kunai appeared in Uchiha Yuu's hand, blocking Qianyun's attack.

The kunai clashed, scattering tiny sparks.

The wheelchair groaned under the strain of battle, its creaking sound making his expression shift slightly.

After bursting out with force, Yuu chose to temporarily avoid the edge of the attack. He pressed his left hand against the wheelchair and slowly rolled backward, dissipating the impact.

Because Shuiyun had lost the use of one arm, he could not unleash his full strength. He tried to counter with a flying kick, but Yuu gave him no chance.

In terms of strength, Uchiha Yuu held an absolute advantage. Even though his movements were inconvenient, Yuu intended to overwhelm him through sheer force.

He slowly rolled the wheelchair backward, but the angle of his kunai adjusted upward. His kunai reached the very tip of Shuiyun's blade.

"Watch out!"

Uchiha Yuu's kunai slashed across Qianyun's chest, and droplets of blood fell to the ground.

"Bastard!"

Yamato, who had been standing nearby, could no longer sit still. He immediately checked Shuiyun's injuries.

The gash across his chest was severe. Blood would not stop flowing from the wound that ran from his chest to his arm.

"You should be grateful this is the Uchiha Compound. Otherwise, he would have died just now."

Fresh blood stained the white bandages, adding a trace of murderous aura to Uchiha Yuu. Not even the sunlight could disperse the chill around him.

Cough, cough.

Uchiha Shuiyun, who had fallen to the ground, tried to struggle back up, but his chest injury kept him from moving recklessly.

"Uchiha Yuu!"

Yamato looked at Uchiha Yuu's indifferent eyes. It was as if the person he had injured moments ago had been an enemy, and the flame Yamato had been suppressing in his heart burst forth.

"That was an Uchiha ninja!"

Just now, he had felt that Yuu truly intended to kill Qianyun.

"Monster! Someone like you is a threat just by living among the Uchiha Clan!"

Fire Release! Fireball Jutsu!

Flames erupted from Yamato's mouth. As the Uchiha Clan's signature ninjutsu, the Fireball Jutsu was said to have never killed anyone, but facing it head-on left Uchiha Yuu stunned.

He had not expected the two to be mad enough to kill someone on the spot!

"Damn it!"

His body had not fully recovered, and his wheelchair could not possibly outrun the Fireball Jutsu.

Bang!

Wind Release! Great Breakthrough!

At the critical moment, a figure wearing a fox mask appeared before Uchiha Yuu.

"What are you Uchiha Clan members doing?! Using ninjutsu to kill a villager?!"

ANBU!

A force belonging solely to the Hokage, and also the most effective blade against the Uchiha Clan.

This was the edge of the Uchiha Compound, where ANBU members patrolled regularly. Hearing the sounds of battle nearby, he had rushed over immediately, only to see Uchiha Yamato cast ninjutsu.

"Damn ANBU! This is an internal matter of our Uchiha Clan. Are you going to interfere?!"

Yamato cursed inwardly. Yuu's actions had provoked his rage, causing him to make the mistake of using the Fireball Jutsu, and it had happened to be witnessed by an ANBU member.

One look at the other man told him this would not end easily.

"The Uchiha Compound? It is still part of Konoha Village! You violated the rules set by Lord Hokage. Come with me to the Hokage's office for an investigation!"

Even against two opponents, he was unafraid. It was daytime, and the commotion had grown so large that if they dared openly attack an ANBU member, the ANBU would have grounds to act against the Uchiha Clan.

"Damn it!"

At the crucial moment, Uchiha Yamato calmed down. He glanced at the ANBU member. Shuiyun needed to be taken to the hospital as soon as possible; they could not delay any longer.