Seeking Refuge with Hiruzen Sarutobi First, Then Visiting the Yamanaka Clan! (Please Follow)

After class, Uchiha Setsuna hurried home.

The night passed quietly.

"Start simulation!"

[At age 6, you displayed the bearing of a genius, drawing countless people's attention.]

[At 6 years and 1 month old, Yamanaka Ino confessed to you. You accepted, and Yamanaka Ino was very happy.]

[However, your other deskmate, Hyuga Hinata, seemed somewhat downcast.]

[At 6 years and 2 months old, Sakura came to you, hoping you would help arrange a meeting with Second Pillar. You agreed, but Second Pillar refused and loudly berated Sakura. Sakura cried.]

[At 6 years and 3 months old, your relationship with Yamanaka Ino grew closer. The two of you often came and went together, like a real couple, making many people envious.]

[At 6 years and 4 months old, you went on a date with Yamanaka Ino.]

[After confirming that the area was empty except for the two of you, you used Genjutsu: Sharingan on Yamanaka Ino, hoping to obtain the Yamanaka Clan's information-searching secret technique from her.]

[But you failed. Yamanaka Ino did not know it.]

[You tried to obtain the Mind Body Switch Technique.]

[But you failed again. Learning the Mind Body Switch Technique required a special ninjutsu scroll. Without that scroll, it was simply impossible to learn.]

[At 6 years and 5 months old, you received a warning from the Yamanaka Clan, telling you to stay away from Yamanaka Ino.]

[At 6 years and 6 months old, you went on another date with Yamanaka Ino.]

[You made a request, asking Yamanaka Ino to invite you to visit the Yamanaka Clan compound.]

[Yamanaka Ino agreed.]

[On the way to visit the Yamanaka Clan, you were intercepted by Anbu Ninja.]

[You killed two Anbu Ninja, but more Anbu Ninja appeared.]

[You died!]

[This simulation has ended.]

[Please choose the reward you want from the two options below.]

[1: Nothing.]

[2: The object you were holding when you died.]

Uchiha Setsuna opened his eyes.

"Failed!"

"Those people really were ruthless."

"What did I even do?"

"I was only going to visit the Yamanaka Clan, yet those Anbu Ninja tried to kill me."

"And the Anbu belonged to Hiruzen Sarutobi."

"Those people didn't want to leave the Uchiha Clan even the slightest hope."

"They didn't want to spare a single Uchiha."

Previously, Uchiha Setsuna had considered whether he could use Yamanaka Ino's affection for him to gain the Yamanaka Clan's protection.

But now, it seemed there was no possibility at all.

Hiruzen Sarutobi would not allow such a thing to happen.

"Night of the Uchiha Clan Downfall: death."

"Escape in advance: death!"

"Seek refuge with Hiruzen Sarutobi: death!"

"Seek refuge with Danzo: death!"

"Get too close to the Yamanaka Clan: death!"

"No matter what I do, it's a dead end."

"For the entire Uchiha Clan in Konoha, apart from Second Pillar and Uchiha Itachi, no one else had even half a chance of surviving. This was Konoha!"

"Disgusting!"

Uchiha Setsuna had long known how vicious and shameless the Konoha High Command was, but this still startled him.

In this Life Simulation, Uchiha Setsuna's actions had not been serious at all.

Yet the Konoha High Command refused to give Uchiha Setsuna even the slightest hope.

"I choose 2!"

Uchiha Setsuna had died too suddenly in the Life Simulation and had not had time to obtain any ninjutsu, so he could only choose option 2.

The next moment, a ninja blade appeared in Uchiha Setsuna's hand.

An Anbu ninja blade.

He arrived at the classroom.

"Setsuna, good morning."

"Good morning."

Uchiha Setsuna's voice was somewhat hoarse.

When Yamanaka Ino saw Uchiha Setsuna's eyes, she suddenly felt heartache for some reason.

"Setsuna..."

Yamanaka Ino wanted to say something, but Uchiha Setsuna had already lowered his head.

"Why did Setsuna have that look in his eyes?"

"Anger, despair, and when he looked at me, there was even some apology."

"Did something happen?"

Iruka's voice rang out.

The morning was for academic lessons.

Some listened attentively, represented by Second Pillar and Sakura.

Second Pillar wanted to be a perfect student.

He wanted to maintain his position as first in the grade, in every subject.

Sakura was not particularly gifted in other subjects, but she had talent in academic classes. She worked especially hard at them, hoping to get closer to Second Pillar that way.

Kiba Inuzuka and Naruto sat in the back row. Neither of them listened to the lesson.

Akimichi Choji secretly ate snacks.

Nara Shikamaru stared blankly into space.

Yamanaka Ino kept replaying the look in Uchiha Setsuna's eyes.

Meanwhile, Uchiha Setsuna was thinking of a way to achieve his goal in the Life Simulator.

"It seems I can do this."

"In one of the previous Life Simulations, I sought refuge with Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed."

"He didn't kill me immediately. He even assigned me a mission."

"Only after the Night of the Uchiha Clan Downfall, after discussing it with Uchiha Itachi, Danzo, and the others, did he order the Anbu Ninja to kill me."

"Then, can I do this?"

"First, seek refuge with Hiruzen Sarutobi."

"Then accept Yamanaka Ino's confession."

"Not long after accepting it, have Yamanaka Ino invite me to the Yamanaka Clan."

"Use the Shadow Clone Technique, Transformation Technique, and genjutsu to obtain the Yamanaka Clan Secret Technique scroll."

"I won't need to escape. The instant I get it, I'll kill myself."

"That secret technique scroll will become the object I was holding before I died in the Life Simulation."

"Once the Life Simulation ends, I can choose that secret technique scroll as my reward."

"In the real world, I'll learn the secret technique written on it."

"Or I can spend one Life Simulation learning that secret technique."

This was the third way to use the Life Simulator.

The first was to obtain an item.

The second was to test a plan.

The third was to use a Life Simulation as a period of time. A Life Simulation might last more than a year, and perhaps even longer in the future.

But for Uchiha Setsuna in the real world, it was only an instant.

Uchiha Setsuna could conduct one Life Simulation per day.

Iruka glanced down from the podium.

He shook his head helplessly. There were simply too many students not paying attention.

Only when his gaze fell on Sakura and Second Pillar did Iruka feel somewhat gratified.

Any serious and responsible teacher hoped their students would study diligently.

Like Iruka, Sakura came from a civilian ninja background, and that naturally made Iruka feel close to her.

But Iruka held no prejudice against Second Pillar either.

The relationship between the Uchiha Clan and Konoha was indeed extremely tense and disharmonious.

But Iruka did not care much about such things.

Moreover, Iruka did not know about the Konoha High Command's plan. His rank was far too low.