"Uh, uh, uh! How is that possible?!"
Nawaki looked as though he had just heard the most impossible thing in his life. Hyuga Reiko had actually rejected Uchiha Yuu. He wanted to know what had happened, but unfortunately, this was not a good time.
As Uchiha Yuu's best brother, he ought to comfort him properly when his brother had suffered a failed romance.
However, he could not offend Hyuga Reiko too badly. Their iron triangle relationship could not be broken over a single pursuit.
He could only give Uchiha Yuu's shoulder a proper 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 Yuu merely nodded lightly in acknowledgment. To him, this matter was no longer important. What mattered was that Nawaki, as the only person involved, merely thought his pursuit had failed.
"I won't be defeated by a woman, even if that woman is Hyuga Reiko."
Uchiha Yuu faced the sunlight head-on, driving away the darkness in his heart.
Seeing his good brother like this, Nawaki finally relaxed and began considering how he could support him and bring the two of them together.
Using the excuse of a failed pursuit to dismiss him, the three parted ways at the tavern. Uchiha Yuu quickly left Konoha's central district and arrived at the Forest of Death. After finding a secluded area and pressing a switch, the rock ahead split down the middle, and Uchiha Yuu strode inside.
The moment he reached the entrance, he heard scream after scream. Uchiha Yuu's brows furrowed slightly. He did not need to think to know what was happening. Sure enough, when he pushed open the door, he saw Orochimaru using living people for Impure World Reincarnation.