Rage

"Danzo?" Miao murmured doubtfully, his gaze gradually turning cold. "Where is Mother now?" he asked, his tone agitated.

Hayato let out a deep sigh and slowly began, "Because she was not accepted by the Uchiha Clan, Konoha's High-Level had no reservations about laying a hand on your mother. I had originally thought that your mother's identity as a member of the Uzumaki Clan would earn her Konoha's protection, but I never expected them to be a pack of vicious jackals as well. Even though the Third Hokage opposed it, Danzo, as The Darkest Part of Konoha, opposed the Third Hokage at every turn. Once he set his mind on something, he would not listen even to the Third Hokage!!!"

"And most importantly, Konoha's High-Level had reached some sort of agreement with the Uchiha Clan. They must have paid some political price. Therefore, when Konoha moved against our family, the Uchiha Clan offered us no protection whatsoever. It was not only because Konoha's High-Level had paid a political price, but also because the Uchiha Clan hoped you would die in the womb." As Hayato spoke, his tone became incomparably sharp, and intense hatred instantly radiated from him. His unfocused pupils suddenly turned scarlet.

Three Black Tomoe spun rapidly within those scarlet pupils. It was the Three-Tomoe Sharingan. Miao was startled, then understood. As an elite ninja of the Uchiha Clan, it was only natural for Hayato to possess the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

But at that moment, "Cough!!!" A cough abruptly interrupted Miao's thoughts. Hayato's expression suddenly changed, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood.

"Father!!!!" Miao's expression changed drastically. He hurried forward to support his father, his eyes full of worry. "Father, what's wrong!!!!"

Hayato's face was so pale that there was not a trace of color in it, as though he had just recovered from a serious illness. He waved his hand to show that he was fine, then looked at Miao and slowly said, "It's nothing. I just got too emotional thinking about certain things. They're only some old wounds."

He continued, "Afterward, the Uchiha Clan cooperated with Danzo and Konoha's High-Level. To ensure they could kill you and your mother, they even used the excuse of holding a Clan Meeting to lure me away from your mother's side. I had already broken with the Uchiha Clan, but because I still held hopes for them and felt guilty toward them, I did not think too much about it at the time. Fortunately, there were still a few people within the Uchiha Clan who opposed their act of selling out their own clansmen for profit, and they warned me at the crucial moment."

At this point, Hayato looked at Miao and slowly said, "I immediately rushed out of the assembly hall. By the time I got home, Konoha Root had already erected a barrier around the area. Your mother, carrying you, was struggling to fend off the attacks of Root ninja."

Hearing this, Miao's fists suddenly clenched, producing a creaking sound of bones grinding together. "Afterward, I killed a Root ninja maintaining the barrier and rushed inside. By then, your mother was already severely wounded, yet she was still desperately protecting you inside her womb. Seeing her in such pain, I was consumed by guilt and grief. At the same time, I awakened a greater power. Then, just as you imagined, I took your badly injured mother and fought our way out of Konoha." By this point, Hayato's eyes had filled with tears.

"Although her injuries were severe, they were not fatal because your mother had the bloodline of the Uzumaki Clan, and she stubbornly survived. Over the following year, I took your mother down a road of escape that was both brief and endlessly long. During our flight, countless Konoha Root ninja, and even the Hokage's Direct Anbu, hunted us down. Fortunately, I had awakened a new power and repelled them all, but I was severely injured as well, and my eyes were nearly blind." A trace of sorrow appeared in Hayato's eyes. "This is the fate of the Uchiha Clan. While gaining great power, we also gradually walk toward darkness."

"Later, while we were fleeing, your mother gave birth to you. But her previous injuries had been far from healed, and combined with the forced childbirth, she ultimately died from exhaustion after bringing you into the world. In the end, I brought you, still an infant, to the Water Country and settled in seclusion in this village. Because the Water Country followed a closed-door policy, it was nearly impossible for outside forces to infiltrate this nation. That gave us a protective umbrella."

Upon hearing that his mother had died from exhaustion after giving birth to him, Miao bit his lip hard. Blood had begun to flow from the corner of his mouth at some point, and his fists clenched tightly. "Konoha!! Uchiha!!!! You hypocritical, despicable and shameless bastards!!!!" he roared hoarsely, the hatred in his heart toward Konoha and the Uchiha instantly becoming incomparably intense.

"Now I have told you everything about your mother, as well as all the grievances between me, Konoha, and the clan. There is no more concealment. Though you are still young, your maturity and calm far surpass those of children your age. You also have the right to know about your mother, which is why I told you these things. I believe you will not be blinded by hatred." Hayato looked at his son with a relieved expression.

"I understand!!" Miao took a deep breath and slowly raised his head. As he did, the original Two-Tomoe within his scarlet Sharingan vanished, replaced by Three Black Tomoe spinning rapidly.

Seeing that Miao's Sharingan had become Three-Tomoe, Hayato's expression changed drastically. He stared in shock at his cold-faced son. Those pupils, more sinister and evil than before, contained an incomparably intense killing intent.

He silently watched his son for a long time, then let out a deep sigh. As though he had made up his mind, he said in a somewhat hoarse voice, "I originally did not want to tell you this yet, but your growth has far exceeded my expectations. I have changed my mind."

Miao's Sharingan gradually faded, returning to black pupils. The burning stinging sensation around his eye sockets also slowly dissipated. Hearing his father's words, Miao looked at him in confusion.

"The most important secret of the Sharingan."