Honest people get bullied, while troublemakers are feared by all.
The honest one was Uchiha Kagami, and the troublemaker was Uchiha Fugaku.
As someone who excelled at reasoning with his fists, Uchiha Fugaku's home occupied the quietest and most peaceful plot in the Uchiha compound.
Originally, this had been the clan leader's residence, but after Fugaku cleverly convinced the clan head through a family competition, this land became his.
For all these years, Fugaku had consistently followed the principle of "don't bully others, but absolutely don't let others bully me," making outstanding contributions to Konoha's public safety.
As the sun set over the quiet and peaceful Fugaku household—
Uchiha Mikoto was cooking in the kitchen. In the small courtyard, Itachi sat on his father's knee, listening to him tell a story.
"After receiving the queen's orders, the hunter found Snow White hiding in the forest.
Then the hunter raised his kunai, pointed it at Snow White's chest, and shouted loudly: 'Snow White, the queen sent me to kill you! Any last words?'
Snow White collapsed to the ground, her beautiful face covered in tears as she pleaded desperately: 'Please, Mr. Hunter, let me leave! I promise I'll never appear in this country again.'
Looking at Snow White's pitiful yet breathtakingly beautiful face, the hunter's heart softened. He put away his kunai, kidnapped Snow White, and fled the country.
In the end, the hunter forced Snow White to live a happy and blissful life with him.
Itachi, what did you learn from this story?"
Hearing this, Itachi looked up at his father with his little face full of seriousness:
"The hunter was a bad person. He abandoned his mission and even kidnapped beautiful Snow White."
"Wrong, try again."
"Um... girls must protect themselves when they're outside?"
"Wrong!" Fugaku shook his head, clenched his fist tightly, and held it in front of Itachi.
"Look—the hunter wasn't a prince or a noble. He was just a commoner from the lowest class.
But he had power. When he wanted to abandon his mission, he abandoned it. When he wanted to kidnap Snow White, he kidnapped her.
What's that called? That's called freedom!
Itachi, remember this well—in our lineage, fists and voice volume match.
Big fist, loud voice."
Watching his father speak such twisted logic with complete seriousness, young Itachi bit his baby teeth and nodded with utmost gravity. Then, copying his dad's manner, he clenched his fist and shouted in his childish voice:
"Big fist, loud voice!"
Great This kid's completely grown crooked
Seeing Itachi's spirited display, Fugaku nodded with satisfaction.
My offspring is definitely promising. Just wait a bit more—when he's around ten, I'll send this kid to Rinjin-sensei for some training!
Then, to keep Mikoto from being sad, I'll raise another little one and repeat the cycle!
Damn! I'm simply a genius!
Just as Fugaku was feeling smug, Itachi suddenly looked up at his most beloved father and asked:
"Father, is Grandpa Rinjin very powerful?"
Hearing this, Fugaku was slightly stunned and reflexively asked back:
"What made you think of that? Did you meet Grandpa Rinjin today?"
"I did! Grandpa Rinjin even said I look like Mom and wondered which family's daughter would be lucky enough to have me~"
This... this is definitely something that old rascal teacher would say!
Fugaku scratched his head speechlessly and answered Itachi's question.
"It's not about whether he's strong or not. He's really that kind of... that kind of...
His fists are like sandbags—one punch can make someone cry for a long time.
His speed is like lightning—so fast even the Sharingan can't keep up.
His mind is very cunning—the type who could sell you and you'd still count money for him~"
Hearing this, little stars immediately began twinkling in Itachi's eyes.
Just then, Fugaku shifted his knee, bouncing his giggling son, and asked again:
"Did your Grandpa Rinjin say anything else?"
Hearing this, honest child Itachi reflexively answered:
"Grandpa Rinjin said: If Father wants to beat me, I should run desperately to his house, and he'll beat you!"
Hearing this, Fugaku's face instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
Children speak without thinking... children speak without thinking...
Don't take it seriously... don't get angry...
After quite a while, Fugaku finally recovered and began patiently explaining while holding Itachi.
"Itachi, you misunderstood what Grandpa Rinjin meant."
"Oh? Really? Then what did Grandpa Rinjin actually mean?"
"He meant that if you get bullied outside, you should fight back yourself first.
If you can't win, come back and find Dad—Dad will stand up for you.
If Dad can't beat them either, then you go find Grandpa Rinjin for help.
Let Grandpa Rinjin stand up for us!"
With this nonsensical explanation, the Fugaku father-son duo successfully dragged Rinjin into their so-called "beat the small one, the old one comes" bully gang.
Now they just needed some arrogant young master protagonist to come level up against them.
That said, when Fugaku heard Itachi's words, he felt like he'd swallowed a reassuring pill.
His ideals were grand, the difficulties immense—one wrong step and he'd lose everything.
But his teacher's words gave him confidence.
Since his teacher said Itachi could go to his house to find him, that meant regardless of whether the teacher was in Konoha or not, there would definitely be a Shadow Clone at his home maintaining contact.
What did this mean?
It meant that even if his ideals failed and his family suffered consequences, there would still be someone to stand up and protect them.
Although this sounded a bit like relying on connections, in Fugaku's eyes—having lost both parents at a young age—wasn't Rinjin both a strict and gentle father figure?
On the other side, at Konoha Hospital, Rin with thick bandages wrapped around her face was wheeled out of the operating room by Shizune.
The surgery was very successful. Rin showed no obvious rejection reaction to either the tissue at the optic nerve or the Sharingan.
This meant that after a few days of recovery, this girl would regain her sight and have a brand new life.
What they didn't know was that Rin's eyes came from Obito's clone.
And the flesh and blood tissue at the optic nerve came from Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama.
Sharingan, Uchiha flesh that could secrete special chakra, Hashirama Cells—
Now, the only thing missing for awakening the eyes was intense emotion.
The Sharingan is the eye that reflects the soul, manifesting the deepest thoughts in one's heart.
Shisui'sKotoamatsukami symbolized his desire to change the Uchiha and the village.
Itachi'sAmaterasu and Tsukuyomi—Amaterasu's power was for protecting the village, while Tsukuyomi was more like a reflection of his lifetime spent living in the lie of deceiving his brother.
As for Obito, witnessing Rin's death made him only want to escape this hell.
And Uchiha Sasuke'sAmaterasu and Kagutsuchi revealed his inner desire to obtain and control power.
At 66 Mingcha Street, Rinjin sat at home, looking at the sky full of stars, his eyes full of anticipation.
Rin, Amegakure's second generation—don't disappoint me!
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