Uchiha Kagami looked at his brother. Faced with the man who had slaughtered all his comrades in the midst of casual conversation, he did not even have the courage to draw a kunai.
After experiencing that terrifying Illusion Technique, all his desire to fight had been completely extinguished. Shuriken Technique, Fire Release—even the Illusion Technique he had once been most proud of—was not worth mentioning before this man.
What if he truly unleashed the strength he had shown in the illusion? If Kagami acted rashly, he might very well cause his comrades to die miserable deaths!
"Do you think that as long as you don't act, your comrades won't die?"
Kagami's heart sank violently. He looked up in horror and saw Shin'yu gazing at him leisurely. His eyes, as if smiling yet not smiling, seemed capable of effortlessly seeing through every one of his thoughts.
The skeletal frame appeared again. A pitch-black bone arm rose high into the air, slowly prowling above Hiruzen and the others like a giant python hunting through an ancient forest, greedily searching for its prey.
"Good little brother, who among them are you closest to?" Shin'yu asked lightly, his gentle voice like that of a kind older brother concerned about his younger brother's social life.
But to Kagami's ears, it was no different from the whisper of a demon!
"Y-you... what exactly are you trying to do?" He did not dare answer.
"What am I doing? Of course, I'm punishing you. If you hadn't betrayed me back then, I wouldn't have formed such a deep grudge with the Hidden Leaf Village."
Shin'yu smiled at his younger brother. Though his words were harsh, his smile remained clear and untainted, rippling with warm sunlight.
"Not talking? How cunning. Then I suppose... I'll have to guess for myself."