"This Life Simulation will focus on escaping Konoha early!"
[At age 6, after entering the Ninja Academy, you hid your true strength and kept a low profile. No one noticed you.] [At age 6 years and 1 month, you learned the Three Basic Jutsu.] [At age 6 years and 2 months, you trained hard.] [At age 6 years and 3 months, you trained hard.] [At age 6 years and 4 months, Yamanaka Ino confessed to you. When she received no response, she was deeply disappointed.] [At age 6 years and 5 months, you trained hard.] [At age 6 years and 6 months, Hyuga Hinata developed a strong curiosity about you.] [At age 6 years and 7 months, you trained hard.] [At age 6 years and 8 months, you trained hard.] [At age 6 years and 9 months, you prepared to escape Konoha.] [At age 6 years and 10 months, you prepared to escape Konoha.] [At age 6 years and 11 months, you escaped Konoha and used the Fox Heart Technique to trap a pursuing Root Ninja. However, more Root Ninja soon appeared.] [You used Fire Style: Great Fire Dragon Jutsu to kill two Root Ninja.] [You activated the Sharingan and used Genjutsu: Sharingan. Three Root Ninja fell under your genjutsu.] [You were hit by the Mind Body Switch Technique.] [You were taken to a Root base.] [Your Sharingan was gouged out.] [You died!] [This simulation has ended.] [Please choose the reward you want from the following two options.] [1: Three Basic Jutsu.] [2: The item you were holding in your hand before you died.]
Uchiha Setsuna's expression was rather grim, not only because he had failed to escape Konoha in this Life Simulation, but also because of the way he had died.
"Compared to before, my strength has indeed improved greatly."
"Before, I was killed directly by the Root Ninja."
"This time, I killed several Root Ninja before I was killed."
"The Root Ninja's surveillance of the Uchiha is this thorough."
"As long as I intend to leave Konoha, no matter how much preparation I make, they will inevitably discover me when I leave."
"There's simply no solution."
Uchiha Setsuna frowned tightly.
For a moment, Uchiha Setsuna could not think of any way to break the deadlock.
He had already learned all the ninjutsu a Genin could learn, all the ninjutsu he could acquire, through the Life Simulator.
His next step had to be escaping Konoha, gaining more time, and raising his Chakra level to Chunin level.
"If I escape on the Night of the Uchiha Clan Downfall, Uchiha Itachi will kill me directly."
"If I escape before the Night of the Uchiha Clan Downfall, the Root Organization will inevitably set its sights on me."
Uchiha Setsuna's gaze flickered uncertainly.
"There are only three options now."
"The first is to expose Uchiha Itachi and the Konoha High Command's plan to Fugaku Uchiha. With Fugaku Uchiha's help, I can escape Konoha and buy myself time."
Uchiha Setsuna did not expect Fugaku Uchiha to save the Uchiha Clan, which was why he had not told Fugaku Uchiha anything about the Night of the Uchiha Clan Downfall in the real world.
For one thing, Fugaku Uchiha was Uchiha Itachi's father.
Fugaku Uchiha had raised a son like that, so Uchiha Setsuna had no favorable impression of him either.
Uchiha Setsuna still remembered that in the original story, when faced with Uchiha Itachi's extermination of the clan, Fugaku Uchiha had actually chosen not to resist at all, allowing Uchiha Itachi to kill freely.
One had to know that Fugaku Uchiha also possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan.
Uchiha Setsuna had no idea what these people were thinking.
A tiny family of four, yet it had both a crouching dragon and a fledgling phoenix.
The other reason was that the Uchiha Clan was still far weaker than the entire Konoha High Command.
Especially with Uchiha Itachi's betrayal.
Even if Fugaku Uchiha led the Uchiha Clan out of Konoha, they would inevitably suffer heavy casualties.
Uchiha Setsuna had not yet reached the point where he needed to make such a choice.
"The second option is to seek refuge with Hiruzen Sarutobi."
But Hiruzen Sarutobi might not accept him.
However, if Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted him, Uchiha Setsuna would have enough time in this Life Simulation. He might even raise his strength to Kage level, or perhaps beyond Kage level, before the simulation ended.
"The third option is to seek refuge with Shimura Danzō."
This would have an effect similar to seeking refuge with Hiruzen Sarutobi, though there would be slight differences.
The chances of Shimura Danzō agreeing would be somewhat higher.
But the ceiling might be lower.
"I'll try Fugaku Uchiha's route first."
Uchiha Setsuna made his decision.
Only after leaving his room did he realize that he had not yet chosen his reward from this Life Simulation.
"I choose 1!"
He had been captured by Root, and even his eyes had been gouged out. What could he possibly have still been holding in his hand?
A stream of information entered Uchiha Setsuna's mind.
"The Three Basic Jutsu are better than nothing."
On his way to the Ninja Academy, Uchiha Setsuna could not help glancing toward the hidden corners and concealed places around him.
"In the Life Simulation, I knew the Transformation Technique. Before escaping, I definitely would have used it. Yet the Root Ninja still found me, which proves they must have been watching me in secret beforehand."
"When did the extermination plan begin?"
"Now?"
"Or when Uchiha Shisui revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan?"
"Or did it begin with the Nine-Tails Attack?"
"How long have they been monitoring the Uchiha Clan?"
"To see through the Transformation Technique so easily, they either used the Byakugan, some kind of secret technique, or placed some sort of mark on us Uchiha."
Uchiha Setsuna felt a wave of helplessness.
The whole of Konoha was like a massive prison for the Uchiha.
They could not live, nor could they escape.
Their only fate was the extermination of their clan.
Walls surrounded them on every side. Even underground and the sky above were sealed off.
Thorns were everywhere.
"And that's with me possessing something as overpowered as the Life Simulator."
"This shows just how extreme the Konoha High Command's malice toward the Uchiha has become."
"However, I definitely won't lose."
"With the Life Simulator, if I still can't break the Night of the Uchiha Clan Downfall or defeat you Konoha High Command bastards, then I'd be utterly worthless. I can definitely do it."
A day of classes ended.
Uchiha Setsuna returned home, trained, ate dinner, and went to sleep.
The next day, Uchiha Setsuna woke up very early.
"The main direction of this simulation is to use Fugaku Uchiha to buy myself enough time."
"At the very least, at the very least, enough time to raise my Chakra to Chunin level."
"Start the simulation!"
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