What a shame

At the mention of Kakashi, Uchiha Yan thought of how Kakashi's Sharingan had evolved. He wondered whether he could use the same method to evolve his own Sharingan.

Uchiha Yan knew himself. Getting him to develop feelings in this two-dimensional world would be harder than catching the Nine-Tails.

Getting his negative emotions to awaken the Mangekyo was even more impossible.

What a headache! If I'd known, I never should have practiced meditation in my previous life, or spent every day poring over the Daozang. I even experimented with the Yangming School of Mind.

Now I instinctively suppress even the slightest negative emotion. How am I supposed to awaken my eyes like this? Without awakening them, where would I get a Gundam?

Forget it! I'll deal with Kakashi first, then find ninjutsu and documents so the Tianyan System can deduce how to evolve the Sharingan. Finally, I'll crush Danzo in Root.

From yesterday's video, he understood that to get what he wanted from the Tianyan System, he had to gain a comprehensive understanding of how chakra operated, as well as all sorts of historical documents.

He currently had no deduction points, and Uchiha Fugaku would not give him many ninjutsu or training notes. He might not even get a single chance at deduction.

He also lacked the ability to find large quantities of ninjutsu right now, so he could only spend his few opportunities on the Sharingan. For things like Fire Release and Taijutsu, he could ask other people.

Half an hour later, Uchiha Yan arrived at Hokage Rock. Apart from a member of the Hyuga Branch Family waiting there, no one else was around.

Uchiha Yan glanced at the village below the mountain and froze. Half the village had been razed to the ground, and the people were all concentrated in the other half.

"That much destruction? And it hadn't even fired a Tailed Beast Bomb! What a shame!"

"Yeah! I think it's a shame too. It almost reached the Hyuga Clan Compound. What a shame!"

Uchiha Yan looked at the speaker with a strange expression.

"I was lamenting the Fourth Hokage's death. What were you lamenting? That the Hyuga Clan wasn't wiped out?"

"Huh?"

Hyuga Taichi pointed at himself, his face full of confusion.

"Were you talking to me?"

"Who else?"

"Hello! My name is Hyuga Taichi. We'll be teammates from now on. I look forward to working with you."

Looking at Taichi's goofy expression, Uchiha Yan wondered whether he had hallucinated. He had clearly heard this guy speaking just now, so how had he suddenly turned into a fool like Might Guy?

An act! This guy is definitely acting! Putting on a performance in front of a best actor? Just wait until Kakashi gets here. I'll make you crack!

"Uchiha Yan. I look forward to working with you!"

"Yan, when do you think Captain Kakashi will get here? I'm so hungry!"

"We agreed on nine, and it's only nine thirty now. Let's wait a little longer!"

"Aaargh!"

Taichi picked up a stone and hurled it toward the village, looking every bit an irritable teenager.

"He's a ninja! Punctuality is the bare minimum. No, I'm going to use my Byakugan to find him, then beat him flat."

"Do you know Kakashi?"

"No! I only know he has white hair. I just have to find someone with white hair!"

"What if you beat up the wrong person?"

"Huh? Oh, right! Beating up the wrong person would be bad. Let's wait a little longer!"

Uchiha Yan did not really want to talk anymore. He felt exhausted, and his future looked bleak.

A teenager suffering from depression and a fool who loved acting. He felt he would go mad if he spent too long with them.

The two waited on Hokage Rock for another half hour before Kakashi finally arrived.

As soon as he saw them, Kakashi fixed his gaze on Uchiha Yan. The lifeless look in his eyes sent a jolt through the heart.

"Uchiha Yan. I know you. Sensei died because of you."

????????

Uchiha Yan's head was full of question marks. The Fourth Hokage died because of me? Do you fucking hear yourself? How could I possibly be capable of that?!

No! This is one hundred percent Danzo's doing. And right now, Kakashi has no ability to tell truth from lies. Or rather, he doesn't want to. He just wants to make himself feel better.

At that thought, Yan could not help rubbing his temples. They had not even started going on missions, and his captain already had him in his sights. In the future, he might end up being screwed to death without even knowing how.

"Captain Kakashi, aren't you giving me too much credit?

"Saying I caused the Fourth Hokage's death is like saying Hyuga Taichi killed Hyuga Hiashi, isn't it?

"Forget killing him! Ask Taichi whether he even dares say one bad word about Senior Hiashi!"

"Bastard! Leave me out of your business!"

"Don't mind it! It's just an analogy. Everyone knows the Hyuga Branch Family has a Cursed Seal. It looks quite nice! Mm, pretty pitiful too!"

"..."

Taichi clenched his fists until his knuckles turned white. His Byakugan activated involuntarily, and his Adam's apple bobbed in his taut throat.

Seeing this, Uchiha Yan hurriedly spoke.

"Don't get angry! Anger is bad for your health! Look at Captain Kakashi. He lost his mother as a little boy and his father in his youth. One teammate died saving him, and he killed another with his own hands. His sensei and his sensei's wife died in the Nine-Tails' Attack too.

"Look, he isn't even angry. Both your parents are alive. What do you have to be angry about?"

Taichi froze slightly. For a moment, he forgot Uchiha Yan's mockery and stared blankly at Kakashi, sympathy unconsciously showing in his eyes.

That pitiful? All his family and friends are dead. No wonder his hair is completely white!

"Bzzzt..."

Uchiha Yan turned to look and saw a blue light suddenly radiating from Kakashi's right hand. Countless bird cries rang out from it.

"Gulp!"

Yan swallowed. He really is the type to act rather than talk. He's already going to attack? Should I keep going?

Kakashi gave him no time to think. He charged straight at Uchiha Yan, the flickering light of Chidori rapidly growing in Uchiha Yan's eyes.

"Senior Obito!"

Those two short words made Chidori skim past Uchiha Yan's head.

Boom!

A head-sized crater was blasted into the rock face behind him.

Before Uchiha Yan could breathe a sigh of relief, a kunai was pressed across his neck, and an icy voice spoke slowly beside his ear.

"Uchiha Yan, why didn't you promptly give Lord Danzo the information Sensei entrusted to you? Why did you insist on waiting for the Third Hokage?"

"It's not what you think. It's a long story..."

"Hmm?"

Kakashi pressed harder, and blood began to seep from Uchiha Yan's neck.

"You have one last chance to explain. This is a chance Obito earned for the Uchiha."

"I went to the Hokage Building and was arrested as a spy by the Anbu Ninja. They wanted to use that as a pretext to target the Uchiha.

"With the Fourth Hokage's abilities, nobody could have killed him if he wanted to escape. His death can only mean one thing: he wanted to die.

"I don't know the exact reason. It might have been because of Senior Kushina, or because of the village. More likely, it was because of his own child. Or it could have been all three."

"Child?"

"Clatter!"

Kakashi's grip on the dagger suddenly loosened. Less than a second later, his right hand abruptly clamped around Yan's neck, and his eyes turned bloodshot.

"Child! What child? Didn't Sensei's child die?"

"Urgh..."

Uchiha Yan's face flushed red, and he struggled to breathe. In desperation, he kicked between Kakashi's legs, only to be blocked.

At the critical moment, Hyuga Taichi rammed into Kakashi from the side, knocking him away.

"Captain Kakashi, are you trying to kill your own teammate?"

"Get lost!"

"Bzzzt..."

Bird cries rang out over Hokage Rock once again. Kakashi stared at Uchiha Yan with an icy gaze.

"Uchiha Yan, tell me everything you know!"

"Cough, cough, cough..."

"Hah... hah..."

Uchiha Yan braced both hands against the ground and gasped for breath. He had nearly gone to meet his great-grandmother.

What had just happened finally shifted Uchiha Yan's mindset. This was a Shinobi World where people killed without blinking. One wrong word or one wrong action could get him killed.

"Heh heh heh..."

Uchiha Yan looked up at Kakashi, his face full of mockery.

"The Third Hokage clearly knows everything, yet you don't dare ask him. What exactly are you afraid of?

"If I tell you everything I know, will you believe what I say?

"No! You'll only believe what you want to believe. Just like after Konoha's White Fang killed himself, you believed your father was wrong, so you didn't want to investigate the truth.

"Captain Kakashi, you really are pitiful! Do you know how you're supposed to live this life of yours?"