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"Get lost, get lost! This is a legitimate establishment, no minors allowed!"
Amidst the rough shouts, Uchiha Shi was thrown out of the door by two burly, muscular men.
Uchiha Shi, his face filled with resentment, grumbled and got up.
"Damn, a place that doesn't even let minors in and still calls itself legitimate?"
"He~tui!"
Hearing the commotion from Uchiha Shi, the villagers inside looked at him with a peculiar gaze.
"You little brat, you thought we wouldn't see through your Transformation Jutsu?" The guard sneered, his face full of disdain.
"Get out of here quickly, or I'll call one of your clan's elders to take you back!"
This immediately made Uchiha Shi shrink his neck.
He glared fiercely at the two guards.
If only social death was covered by insurance...
"Still daring to look back in? Do you want me to call someone?" The guard wrinkled his nose and was about to shout inside.
Uchiha Shi quickly dispelled the pleasant thoughts in his mind and ran out of the alley, covering his face.
When he walked back onto the street, the number of people had already thinned out.
The full moon quietly observed everything in the world.
The early spring wind, still carrying the chill of winter, blew across his face, and Uchiha Shi shivered, his mind returning to its usual calm.
At this moment, Uchiha Seiichiro, a fellow clan member and a member of Uchiha Shi's team, wobbled out of the alley, holding a bottle of sake.
Seeing Uchiha Shi, Seiichiro gave him a once-over and couldn't help but smirk when he noticed the dusty marks on Uchiha Shi's body.
"Hey, isn't this the pride of the Uchiha clan?"
"What, got thrown out?"
Uchiha Shi's face tightened immediately: "No, I just got stepped on by an elephant while walking on the road."
"Hehe, who doesn't have a time when they're young and foolish?" Seiichiro's face was flushed, the smell of alcohol wafting, and he chortled, "I understand, I really do."
"After all, we're about to go on a mission like this."
Seiichiro's tone dropped slightly, his gaze shifting several times as if thinking of something unbearable.
He suddenly frowned and said impatiently:
"Your name is Shi, right? Listen up—"
Seiichiro paused, his eyes narrowing slightly:
"On this mission, don't count on me to help you."
[Seiichiro Uchiha has developed a grudge against you.]
Uchiha Shi glanced at the sudden text that appeared before his eyes, his gaze lifting slightly, and then he replied calmly: "Don't worry, Senior Seiichiro."
"I won't be a burden to you."
"Hehe, looks like you still don't understand what kind of trouble you've gotten yourself into!" Seiichiro's face darkened at Uchiha Shi's indifferent response.
"I don't know why the Elder chose you for this mission."
"But this mission, in our faction's plan, was supposed to be carried out by three Jonin-level clan members."
"But because of your ninja games, the Elder changed his mind and added me, a mere Chunin, to this dangerous mission!"
Seiichiro's gaze grew colder, and he snorted.
"You have no idea what kind of lunatics you'll be facing on this mission!"
"Without the Sharingan, you're nothing more than a plaything in front of those lunatics!"
Uchiha Shi raised an eyebrow slightly. How could he not know what kind of things were in the Land of Hot Water, having read the original story?
The destination of this mission.
Within the Hell Valley of the Land of Hot Water, it was the Blood Pool Clan.
Their Blood Dragon Eye reflected the hatred they harbored against the Uchiha clan, which had lasted from the Warring States period to the present day!
Seiichiro was actually right.
Without the Sharingan, he had no advantage against the Blood Dragon Eye, a bloodline limit similar to the Sharingan.
The Blood Dragon Eye, like the Sharingan, requires intense emotional stimulation to activate.
Unlike the Sharingan, once the Blood Dragon Eye is activated, it immediately possesses abilities like hypnotic eyes, enhanced genjutsu, blood ninjutsu, and human bombs, comparable to a two-tomoe Sharingan.
As the eye's power increases, it may develop even more terrifying abilities.
An Uchiha who hasn't activated their Sharingan or is just newly awakened, facing the overwhelming power of the Blood Pool Clan's bloodline, would be in a hopeless situation.
Moreover, the Blood Pool Clan, living in the desolate Hell Valley, have all honed their taijutsu skills to catch birds for food.
Their throwing skills are at least at an advanced level.
Conventional ninjutsu is also suppressed by the Blood Dragon ninjutsu, which has mastered water nature transformations in the boiling spring environment.
Ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu are all overwhelmingly dominated.
This hellish level of difficulty means that even with his advanced Uchiha Style Thread Manipulation Shuriken Technique, Uchiha Shi can only watch helplessly.
It's almost too perfect.
Cough, what Uchiha Shi means is, it's an impressive enemy.
I will do my utmost to overcome it!
"Forget it, what do you, a mere kid, understand?" Seiichiro took a swig from his sake bottle, his expression dazed, muttering to himself, "I just opened my second tomoe, why, why is it me?"
He clutched his head in pain, squatting on the ground, his face full of fear.
Uchiha Shi looked at the crouching Seiichiro, his lips pressed together, sighed, and stepped forward to pat his shoulder, falling silent.
What he was worried about had happened.
Because of him, the plot had changed, affecting this poor soul.
Although they weren't close, Uchiha Shi still felt a bit of pressure in his heart.
He shook his head and finally said seriously:
"Senior Seiichiro, don't worry, I still stand by my word."
"If someone has to die, it will definitely be me."
Uchiha Shi said heavily, "You just need to protect yourself, and I have already prepared myself for death!"
"What did you say?" Seiichiro looked up, his voice filled with surprise.
Then, his face darkened slightly, and he sighed.
In his view, Uchiha Shi was still too naive, speaking without thinking.
Only when this kid truly faces death will he understand what fear is.
As a fellow clan member, he had already said too much today. Being too harsh on the other person would make him feel guilty.
After all, Uchiha Shi is still just a child.
"Forget it, forget it, this is my fate."
In an instant, as if accepting his fate, Seiichiro, holding his sake bottle, wobbled past Uchiha Shi and stumbled down the road home.
Under the moonlight, his disheveled figure resembled a dog that had lost its way home.
Suddenly, Seiichiro turned his head slightly and asked in a deep voice:
"Kid, can you tell me why you're going to such lengths?"
Uchiha Shi was slightly taken aback, scratching his head, his face slightly embarrassed.
He couldn't just say it was for insurance fraud, could he?
After a while, Uchiha Shi stood in the cold wind, under the cold, merciless moonlight, and in the long shadow cast by the Hokage Rock.
He slowly clenched his hand into a fist, pressing it against his chest over his heart.
"The reason..."
Uchiha Shi's face was dark and indistinct, but his next words were as firm as a knife piercing through the softness of the heart.
"I often think, what can a mediocre ninja like me do?"
"What is the meaning of the village and the Uchiha clan?"
"But after much thought, I can only confirm one thing."
"Without power, nothing can be accomplished."
"So, I am willing to dedicate myself to the fires of war, to offer myself in the flames, to seek the path of my insurance... the path of these eyes in life and death!"
"Then, I will use these eyes to illuminate the world!"
"To restore the glory of the Uchiha clan!"
Looking at Uchiha Shi, standing straight and firm in the cold wind, like a statue, "Is that so?"
Seiichiro, seeing such a Uchiha Shi, nodded slightly, his expression easing, and recalled the words of Shisui, a fellow dove faction member but of extremely high status, who had found him earlier.
"I understand."
After a moment of silence, Seiichiro left with these words.
Leaving Uchiha Shi, who was confused, his eyes darting around, and his face full of bewilderment, scratching his head.
"No, what the hell do you understand?"
Bang bang bang, what I wanted to say is on the ground, you get it.
(End of Chapter)