How to Make Yakushi Kabuto Believe? (Seeking votes, seeking reads!)

"The shuriken lesson for today is on throwing shuriken."

Iruka led the group of students to the training ground.

"Compared to kunai, throwing shuriken is a bit more difficult, but it also offers more possibilities."

"In most situations, kunai can only fly in a straight line."

"But shuriken can follow an arc, making them harder for opponents to predict."

"This requires more time for training to master."

There was no change from the previous lessons. Uchiha Sasuke still performed the best in this course.

Uchiha Setsuna maintained his usual principle.

He blended in unremarkably among the crowd, acting as an ordinary Uchiha.

Class ended, he went home, trained, ate dinner, and slept.

The next morning, Uchiha Setsuna got up.

"Begin simulation!"

[Age 6, you display the demeanor of a prodigy, attracting the attention of countless people.]

[Age 6, 1 month, Uchiha Sasuke challenges you and gets thoroughly beaten. Uchiha Sasuke is extremely unwilling to accept this and vows to defeat you before graduating from the Ninja Academy.]

[Age 6, 2 months, Yamanaka Ino confesses to you. Receiving no response from you, she is very disappointed.]

[Age 6, 6 months, you become a member of Root.]

[Age 6, 7 months, you are monitoring the Uchiha Clan.]

[Age 7, the Night of the Uchiha Clan Downfall erupts, and the Uchiha Clan is annihilated.]

[Age 7, 1 month, you carry out a mission according to Shimura Danzō's orders. You kill a Konoha ninja.]

[Age 7, 5 months, you learn of an event that will occur in one month. During the mission, you choose to flee. You hide in the Land of Earth. Danzō quickly realizes your actions.]

[Danzō orders Root ninja to hunt you down.]

[You kill four Root ninja who catch up to you.]

[You flee for half a month.]

[An elite Root ninja squad appears before you. You recognize one of them as Yakushi Kabuto, so you tell Yakushi Kabuto about Yakushi Nonō.]

[Hearing the name Yakushi Nonō, Yakushi Kabuto gives you some time.]

[You reveal Danzō's conspiracy.]

[You explain that Yakushi Nonō didn't forget Yakushi Kabuto; rather, Danzō gave Yakushi Nonō a wrong photograph, causing her to fail to recognize Yakushi Kabuto.]

[This was Danzō's twisted amusement.]

[Yakushi Kabuto hesitates for a long time but does not believe you.]

[You die.]

[This simulation ends.]

[Please choose your desired reward from the two options below.]

[1: None.]

[2: The thing you were holding in your hand at the moment of your death.]

Uchiha Setsuna opened his eyes.

"Yakushi Nonō is indeed someone Yakushi Kabuto cares about deeply. Just mentioning that name gave Kabuto time to let me say more."

"But words alone won't make Kabuto believe me."

"I need evidence."

Uchiha Setsuna's eyes flickered for a moment.

Then he looked at the two reward options.

"I choose 2!"

The next moment, nothing appeared in Uchiha Setsuna's hand.

Uchiha Setsuna: "..."

"Does this mean that in this life simulation, I was holding nothing in my hand when I died?"

"Next life simulation, I should take the time to learn something."

"At least I won't come away empty-handed."

"Even some minor ninjutsu can prove useful at critical moments."

Entering the classroom, Uchiha Setsuna was still pondering the matter of Yakushi Kabuto during the lesson.

"To make Yakushi Kabuto believe, I need to find evidence. That evidence might be at the place where Yakushi Nonō used to live, but it's likely already been destroyed by Danzo."

"If evidence does exist, it's probably in Danzo's hands."

"Following normal logic, Danzo loves doing this kind of thing."

"This kind of thing gives Danzo a strong sense of accomplishment, so he would definitely preserve some evidence."

Just then, Uchiha Setsuna felt a hand reaching over from both his left and right sides.

His heart jolted, and he almost instinctively counterattacked.

But fortunately, Setsuna realized he was still in the classroom and forcibly held back.

"Setsuna, Iruka-sensei is calling you."

Yamanaka Ino said.

On the other side, Hyuga Hinata said the same, though her voice was much softer.

Uchiha Setsuna snapped back to reality and stood up.

"Iruka-sensei."

"Setsuna, today's lesson is still important. Don't zone out."

"Sorry, Iruka-sensei. I didn't sleep well last night. I'll pay attention."

"Alright, sit down."

"Yes, Iruka-sensei."

Uchiha Setsuna sat down.

Uchiha Sasuke glanced in Setsuna's direction.

"Setsuna, are you okay?"

Yamanaka Ino leaned in a little and asked quietly.

"I'm fine."

Uchiha Setsuna shook his head.

"Thanks."

Then Setsuna turned slightly toward Hyuga Hinata's direction and said softly.

"Thanks."

The morning lessons ended, and Uchiha Setsuna took out his lunchbox.

Some students who lived nearby chose to go home.

Most, like Uchiha Setsuna, ate their bento.

For a moment, the classroom was filled with the smell of all kinds of food.

"Setsuna, want to share?"

Yamanaka Ino held up her lunchbox and looked at Setsuna.

This was something many Ninja Academy students did—sharing bento with close classmates. It represented friendship and let everyone taste more food.

Killing two birds with one stone.

Before, Ino always did this with Sakura.

But today, Sakura hadn't brought a bento and had gone outside instead.

"No."

Uchiha Setsuna declined Ino's offer.

Ino looked a little disappointed.

Hyuga Hinata glanced at Setsuna and handed over a small snack.

"Setsuna, if you didn't rest well, eat this. It'll help you feel more alert."

Uchiha Setsuna looked at it. It was a snack similar to dried tangerine peel candy.

"Thanks."

"But no need. I'm fine now."

Uchiha Setsuna hadn't actually slept poorly—he was just preoccupied with his thoughts.

The Night of the Uchiha Clan Downfall weighed on him like a mountain. Setsuna had to find a way to break this fate and let Uchiha Kayan and the others survive.

But it was far harder than Setsuna had initially imagined.

Even with the Life Simulator, it wasn't an easy task.

"The enemy's viciousness is beyond words."

"And within the Uchiha clan, there are plenty of deadweight allies, plus an extremely powerful traitor."