The next day, earth-shattering news erupted throughout Konoha.
And it spread through the shinobi world at a terrifying speed.
The Uchiha Clan, whose fame rivaled that of the Senju Clan, one of Konoha's founding clans,
had actually been wiped out in a single night.
The one who destroyed the Uchiha Clan wasn't the Hyuga Clan, which stood on equal footing with it.
It was a thirteen-year-old boy from within their own clan, Uchiha Itachi.
This sparked intense interest in the mysterious Uchiha Itachi among many people in the shinobi world.
About a week passed.
After suffering under Uchiha Itachi's Tsukuyomi for an entire week, Sasuke staggered into the classroom.
Within the illusion, he had been forced to watch Uchiha Itachi murder his parents over and over again.
Those scenes had, without a doubt, utterly killed the innocent boy he had once been.
The voice of that bastard Uchiha Itachi still echoed endlessly in his mind.
"My foolish little brother... you're too weak. So weak you aren't even worth killing."
"If you want to kill me, then hate me... despise me..."
Sasuke Uchiha returned to his seat without expression.
He had always seemed cold, but not so cold that he was difficult to get along with.
Now, however, Sasuke Uchiha's eyes were hollow, and a powerful aura of negativity radiated from him.
Many people didn't dare let their gazes linger on him.
His eyes looked ready to devour someone, brimming with a thirst for revenge.
Yemu Hyuga naturally noticed this.
There was a hint of pity in his gaze as he looked at Sasuke.
Sasuke was all alone now, his once-happy family shattered.
Such a blow was something most people simply couldn't bear.
Only Uchiha Itachi's deliberate arrangements had given Sasuke Uchiha a target for revenge and, with it, a reason to keep living.
!!!
Sasuke Uchiha noticed Yemu Hyuga's gaze.
His expression turned somewhat frightening.
What he couldn't accept, without a doubt, was the pity in Yemu Hyuga's eyes.
He didn't need anyone's pity!!
He was the last remaining face of the Uchiha Clan!!!
Huh?
Just as Sasuke Uchiha was thinking this, he suddenly noticed a girl with long, straight black hair beside Yemu Hyuga.
Wait?
How was that simp still alive??
Sasuke Uchiha suppressed his shock and curiosity.
The information he had received said that the entire Uchiha Clan had been wiped out.
Yet now, upon seeing another survivor, he instantly felt as though he had found a safe harbor.
A little warmth welled up within Sasuke Uchiha.
But soon, Sasuke Uchiha's gaze turned cold.
Because he realized that Qingxue Uchiha showed no signs of grief or dejection.
She was still the same simp as before, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Yemu Hyuga.
Sasuke Uchiha's face darkened, and he felt worse than if he had eaten shit.
No, he absolutely had to question her properly later!!
Didn't this bastard have any sense of clan pride at all!!
Sure enough, after their afternoon PE class ended,
Sasuke Uchiha came over to Yemu.
His expression was stern as he stared fixedly at Qingxue Uchiha, trying to see whether she felt anything at all about the Uchiha Clan's destruction.
"Sasuke Uchiha, did you need something?"
Yemu Hyuga knew that Sasuke had probably already become the sort who would fight anyone who rubbed him the wrong way, so he didn't rub salt into his wounds.
As long as the kid didn't go looking for trouble.
Sasuke Uchiha ignored Yemu's question and continued staring at Qingxue Uchiha before demanding, "Qingxue Uchiha, what's wrong with you? Your parents died at that damned bastard's hands. Don't you feel even a little sad? Don't you even want revenge??"
Qingxue Uchiha hadn't expected the boy to be after her.
Her gaze was indifferent as she slowly spoke.
"So, what do you want? Do you want to see me hiding in some dark corner, crying alone? Or should I act like you, wearing that bitter expression as though everyone owes you millions?"
"Don't you think you're acting pretty stupid right now?"
Qingxue Uchiha's sharp tongue left Sasuke utterly dumbfounded.
He had long known that this girl wasn't someone to mess with.
But he hadn't expected Qingxue Uchiha to spare him absolutely no consideration. They were from the same clan, weren't they?
As the Uchiha Clan's last survivors, shouldn't they stick together for comfort?
Sasuke Uchiha's expression stiffened, and at that thought, he turned his gaze toward Yemu Hyuga.
Fine, fine. So he was the real clown here.
Even after losing her family, this girl still had that hateful Yemu Hyuga beside her.
But what about him?
He was truly all alone.
"Qingxue Uchiha, aren't you being a little too harsh? Sasuke-kun lost his parents, you know!!"
Seeing Sasuke Uchiha being humiliated, Sakura Haruno came forward of her own accord to challenge her.
Sasuke Uchiha didn't look pleased by Sakura Haruno's help. He turned toward her and snapped viciously, "Shut up!!"
He had already said that he didn't need anyone's pity.
"Sasuke-kun?"
Sakura Haruno stopped in her tracks, looking at Sasuke Uchiha with concern.
She didn't resent him for treating her badly.
But the others were different. Ino Yamanaka, for instance, clearly thought a little less of Sasuke as she looked at him.
Sasuke Uchiha didn't care that the people around him were more or less afraid of him and keeping their distance. There was only one thing on his mind now.
Get stronger, keep getting stronger, then take revenge on Uchiha Itachi.
With that thought,
he turned his gaze toward Yemu Hyuga.
It was all because of this guy. His presence was the reason Qingxue Uchiha had no sense of pride or belonging in her clan, despite being an Uchiha.
Instead, she had become a simp.
"Yemu Hyuga, fight me!"
"Unless you're a coward!"
Sasuke Uchiha's eyes were serious. He believed that as long as he could defeat this bastard,
he should be able to bring his fellow clan member back onto the right path.
At that thought, Sasuke Uchiha looked at Qingxue with a hint of pity.
This poor girl had been bewitched by that Hyuga Clan bastard through some unknown means.
Today, he would be the one to rescue her from her misery.
"Fucking idiot."
Qingxue Uchiha muttered the insult. Naturally, she had noticed Sasuke's gaze, and his thoughts were all too obvious.
In her previous life, she had studied psychology in depth to gain control of her family.
She could discern someone's thoughts from a few simple facial expressions.
Hearing Qingxue Uchiha's cutting words,
Sasuke Uchiha clenched his fists tightly, becoming even more convinced that Yemu Hyuga must have used some underhanded means to bewitch Qingxue Uchiha.
"Yemu Hyuga, don't run away. You're fighting me today!"
"No rules!!"
Sasuke Uchiha raised his voice, drawing the attention of every student in the class.
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