"Uchiha Xuantou, it's time to fulfill your promise."
"When can you resurrect my parents?"
Uchiha Hikari tidied up the scene and, before she even had time to wipe the sweat from her body, began urging Xuandou.
Even now, Uchiha Hikari's expression remained unruffled, as though nothing in the world mattered to her.
But Xuandou knew it was all a facade.
Uchiha Hikari cared deeply about this. Otherwise, she would never have paid such a steep price for nothing more than a verbal promise.
The fact that she had awakened her Mangekyō immediately after her parents' deaths showed just how deeply she felt about them.
Xuandou certainly did not believe it.
Without the prospect of resurrecting her parents dangling before her, Uchiha Hikari would never have been so compliant.
If she really were like that, she would never have so brazenly turned all the remains of her Uchiha enemies from centuries ago into fireworks and set them off.
At that thought, the corner of Xuandou's eye twitched again.
Uchiha Itachi in the original story, Madara Uchiha in the past, Obito Uchiha, and now Uchiha Hikari.
Their Uchiha Clan truly was a breeding ground for outstanding people, producing one talent after another.
Without some special talent, one could hardly have the nerve to call oneself an Uchiha clan member.
Still, he thought of how Uchiha Hikari had immediately obeyed every instruction during their earlier battle, remaining outwardly unruffled while constantly making little covert moves during the latter half.
Heat stirred in Xuandou's heart.
Powerful kunoichi who pretended to be cold and aloof tasted the best.
First Uzuki Yugao, and now Uchiha Hikari.
Xuandou was especially eager to see how delicious the sight would be when he stripped away Uchiha Hikari's facade and made her composure crumble.
"Uchiha Xuantou... what exactly are you