This guy was so possessive!

That afternoon, outside the Ninja Academy.

Students came out one after another. When they saw Uchiha Jin at the entrance, they instinctively gave him a wide berth.

They couldn't afford to mess with him. Not a chance.

Those students might have dared to bully a genius like Uchiha Itachi at school, but that was because they were the same age and went to the same school.

No one was stupid enough to go bully an Uchiha who looked like trouble.

Not everyone had a bully's fearless will to court death!

Most people in Konoha treated others according to who they were dealing with.

"Big brother?"

When Uchiha Izumi saw Uchiha Jin standing at the entrance, she rubbed her eyes in disbelief, looking as though she had seen a ghost.

Her brother had actually come to pick her up from school.

Had the sun risen in the west?

Uchiha Jin affectionately ruffled his sister's hair. Alongside the usual tenderness that nearly overflowed from his eyes, there was a little more heartache and sympathy today.

"Izumi, I found you a teacher."

Izumi, who had been enjoying her brother stroking her head, suddenly widened her eyes and looked up in disbelief.

"Brother, what did you say?!"

Dragging herself to school every day was already tiring enough. She had been looking forward to going home and tormenting that lazy, gluttonous fat cat.

And now he was telling her he had found her a teacher.

Was he kidding?!

"Izumi, starting today, I'll be your teacher!"

Might Guy gave her a thumbs-up, revealing a neat set of pearly white teeth.

Uchiha Izumi: "..."

This guy in a green bodysuit with a bowl cut was the teacher her brother had found for her?!

If he was going to find her a teacher, he could at least find a good one!

Seeing the little terror's devastated expression, the fat cat covered its mouth with its soft paw pads.

Hold it in. I have to hold it in.

I can't let her see me laughing, or she'll definitely settle the score later!

After all, this had happened more than once or twice...

"He's Might Guy. From now on, go train with him right after school, then come home for dinner once you're done."

Uchiha Jin tried hard not to look at his sister's face as she grew so distressed she was almost crying.

If he didn't make Izumi train hard now, she could easily find herself in danger in the future.

Although he roughly knew how the story would unfold, who could say for certain what the future held?

Only great strength gave someone the ability to withstand risks.

That made strict training important for Izumi.

"Izumi, I look forward to working with you!"

Might Guy held out his hand, his white teeth gleaming so brightly in the sunlight that it was hard to keep one's eyes open.

"I look forward to learning from you."

Uchiha Izumi reluctantly reached out and briefly shook his hand.

She understood that her brother was doing this for her own good...

She wouldn't throw a tantrum over something like this.

If she really did that, her brother would surely be disappointed in her.

She planned to take her training with Might Guy seriously. Once she truly grew stronger, her brother would definitely be happy.

Uchiha Itachi had just come out of school when he saw the scene at the entrance.

The moment he spotted Uchiha Jin, his normally calm expression grew a little unnatural.

Why did I have to run into him here?

To be honest, Itachi had never understood what he had done to offend Jin.

As far as he remembered, he had never provoked him. He truly couldn't understand where that undisguised hostility came from.

Noticing Jin's gaze fall on him, Uchiha Itachi greeted him respectfully.

"Senior Jin."

Uchiha Jin didn't respond. His gaze rested briefly on Itachi before moving away.

He simply couldn't bring himself to like that weasel.

After all, he couldn't even change Uchiha Shisui's views, let alone those of Uchiha Itachi, who was even more extreme than Shisui.

With Uchiha Jin's strength as an Elite Jonin, killing Uchiha Itachi [ninja rookie] would have been as easy as slaughtering a chicken.

If circumstances had allowed it, and if Itachi had already acted on his intentions,

he would have killed him long ago.

Of course, that also included Obito Uchiha back then...

Uchiha Itachi had long since grown used to Jin ignoring him.

He had already worked out the pattern.

Either Jin ignored him, or he made snide remarks.

What exactly was the reason?

Uchiha Itachi lowered his head in thought, recalling his encounters with Jin.

Suddenly, his expression turned strange.

Could it be because I'm close to Shisui?

He remembered that before Uchiha Shisui met him, Shisui and Uchiha Jin had always been close.

But the first time Shisui introduced him to Jin,

Jin had made no attempt to hide the disgust in his eyes the moment he saw him.

At the time, Uchiha Itachi hadn't understood what had happened.

Now that he thought about it carefully, it seemed that it was precisely because Shisui had introduced him to Jin

that Jin had come to dislike him and regard him with hostility...

So Shisui was the root of it.

Uchiha Itachi reached a conclusion: Uchiha Jin hated him because he felt that Itachi had stolen his friend Shisui.

Jin's later falling-out with Shisui had been because of this too!

With that explanation, everything made sense.

With a complicated expression, Uchiha Itachi stole a glance at Jin, who had his head lowered as he spoke to Izumi.

This guy is so possessive.

He actually dislikes me, even hates me, over something like that.

He even broke ties with Shisui over it.

He's practically the embodiment of Uchiha extremism!

"What are you looking at?"

Noticing the weasel glancing at him every so often, Uchiha Jin frowned in displeasure.

"Keep staring and I'll beat you up!"

Uchiha Itachi: "..."

Holding the straps of his schoolbag with both hands, he lowered his head and hurried past them.

My guess was right after all!

I have to tell Shisui what I discovered.

Ever since Uchiha Jin and Uchiha Shisui had fallen out, he could tell that Shisui had been in low spirits.

Telling Shisui about this might ease the tension between them.

Then Shisui wouldn't have to look so miserable every day...

"Benefactor, did that child offend you?"

Might Guy scratched his head in confusion. He could tell that Jin really disliked Itachi.

"No, I just don't like him."

Uchiha Jin told the truth.

After all, the current Uchiha Itachi had yet to slaughter his clan.

But not having done it now didn't mean he wouldn't do it in the future.

As a member of the Uchiha Clan, he had no affection whatsoever for an animal like that.

The only reason Uchiha Jin hadn't beaten him beyond his own mother's recognition was out of respect for the clan head, Uchiha Fugaku.

Might Guy nodded thoughtfully.

My benefactor is such a good person.

He couldn't possibly hate a child for no reason, unless that child had done something terrible.

He stopped thinking about Itachi and smiled at his new student.

He had never imagined that a dead last like him would one day have a student.

And she was even the sister of the benefactor he admired most!

"Izumi, I've got a present for you!"

Might Guy pulled a green bodysuit out of somewhere.

"Wear this when you train from now on. I guarantee it'll let you set your youth ablaze!"

The Uchiha siblings: "..."

Seriously, where did you pull that ridiculous outfit from?

Whoever designed this style of training outfit is an absolute genius!

Jin strongly suspected that if his sister put it on, she would most likely awaken her Sharingan from sheer humiliation.

Wait, in that case... maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea...

"Izumi, want to try it on?"

"No way!"

She would rather die than wear something like that!

"All right."

Uchiha Jin felt a little regretful.

What a shame to waste such a perfect opportunity to awaken the Sharingan.