"Ahhhhh—!"
Uchiha Retsu let out a blood-curdling scream. It was clear his ribs had been broken.
Seeing this, Uchiha Shun instinctively furrowed his brows, but said nothing.
"Remember this—know your place and act good in front of someone stronger."
Renya looked down at Retsu with cold eyes, his tone mocking.
He truly couldn't understand what Retsu was thinking…
Clearly a weakling, yet he dared to provoke someone stronger than him.
Wasn't that just asking for death?
Renya wasn't like Hatake Sakumo, that brainwashed fool of the Will of Fire.
When faced with insults from the weak, his first instinct wasn't to silently endure it and eventually shatter his own spirit in despair.
If it were Renya, they would have been dead already.
The dignity of the strong is not something the weak can trample on at will.
If you anger the strong… be prepared to lose your head!
As for Retsu's provocation, Renya wouldn't go as far as to kill him.
This was still the village of Konoha, and killing a comrade was absolutely forbidden.
But teaching him a lesson? That much was fine...
...
The commotion drew a crowd. Both shinobi and villagers began whispering among themselves.
"Hey, look, isn't that guy from the Uchiha clan?"
"Sure looks like it! Tsk, he's finished. Can't believe he messed with an Uchiha."
"Wait, that guy has the Sharingan!"
"Oh… so it's an internal Uchiha feud, huh..."
Uchiha Shun frowned as he saw the onlookers gossiping.
He turned to Renya.
"Renya, give me some respect. Let it go."
This was the first time in years that Shun had spoken to Renya.
Renya looked at him with amusement.
"Give you some respect? Who the hell do you think you are? Is your respect worth that much?"
To Renya, Shun was nothing more than a childhood acquaintance of the original body.
They hadn't interacted much, especially after Renya had left the Uchiha clan. They barely had any contact since.
At first, Renya used to visit the orphanage now and then,
But after realizing the clan didn't welcome him, he never returned to the Uchiha district again.
He wasn't the type to grovel where he wasn't wanted.
Uchiha Shun froze, clearly not expecting Renya's blunt response.
"You bastard… are you really trying to go against the Uchiha?"
Another young boy glared at Renya in anger.
So many people were watching—this was a huge embarrassment for the Uchiha.
Especially since the one on the ground was the clan leader's son...
Thinking about that made him want to dig a hole and crawl in.
As for why he wasn't stepping in himself… well, obviously because he couldn't win!
He didn't want to end up like Retsu, stomped underfoot.
"You really have no respect for the Uchiha at all."
Just then, three Uchiha boys walked over.
Renya recognized them immediately. They were his former classmates—Uchiha Retsufū, Uchiha Rin, and Uchiha Gen.
The wailing Retsu stopped crying the moment he saw the boy in the lead. He looked aggrieved and called out:
"Big brother… he hit me..."
"Useless. Shut up."
Uchiha Retsufū glared coldly at Retsu.
He held no affection for his younger brother, who was nothing but a constant embarrassment.
Retsu looked even more wronged after being scolded, but dared not say another word.
"Well, if it isn't my old punching bags."
Renya grinned teasingly at the three of them.
"What? You guys here for revenge?"
Uchiha Retsufū's expression turned grim.
"You think this is still the academy, Renya?"
Under their father's guidance, Retsufū had long surpassed who he used to be.
As he spoke, he activated his Sharingan—three tomoe spinning in the blood-red eyes.
Renya's face didn't show the slightest reaction. After all, he wasn't the only one who could grow stronger.
To him, Retsufū awakening the three tomoe wasn't anything impressive.
There was still a gap between different Sharingan users...
Seeing Renya remain indifferent, Retsufū unconsciously clenched his fists.
"You always act so damn superior!"
You were like this in school, and you're still like this now!
He had trained all these years just to surpass Renya.
But this guy only ever appeared during missions or hid away in the Senju compound—he never had a chance to face him directly.
Now that he finally did, he wasn't going to waste it.
Renya saw that Retsufū wasn't here for peace and casually drew the weapon from his waist.
"What, you want to fight me?"
"Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!"
Uchiha Retsufū didn't waste words and launched an immediate attack.
Renya raised an eyebrow.
"This lunatic."
Didn't he see his little brother was still at Renya's feet?
Weren't the Uchiha known for being overprotective of their siblings?
What the hell was going on...
As the roaring fireball surged forward, Renya kicked Retsu aside and instantly vanished to dodge it.
The huge fireball flew straight toward a group of villagers who had been watching from afar.
Seeing the massive fireball rushing toward them, they were stunned.
Fortunately, nearby shinobi reacted in time and used Earth Style to block it.
Uchiha Retsufū was about to launch another attack when he saw Renya looking at him with a mocking expression.
"Heh… Using jutsu in the village and almost injuring civilians. Uchiha Retsufū, you're screwed."
Hearing that, Retsufū's face went pale.
Only now did he realize the seriousness of what he'd done.
Using ninjutsu in the village wasn't a huge deal, but if a civilian got hurt… then he'd be in deep trouble.
He instinctively glanced at the terrified villagers in the distance.
"Damn it, why the hell are they even here watching?!" Retsufū gritted his teeth.
These useless shinobi-wannabes had no business butting in!
...
At that moment, Senju Tobirama and Uchiha Tanaka arrived on the scene.
When Uchiha Tanaka saw his unconscious son lying on the ground, his face darkened as he turned to Tobirama.
"Hokage-sama, don't you think our Uchiha clan deserves an explanation for this?"
Before Tobirama could speak, Renya cut him off.
"Explanation? What kind of explanation are you looking for?"
"Your useless son came and provoked me. I beat him up. How's that for an explanation?"
"Tsk tsk, Tanaka-sama really failed as a parent."
Renya smirked in disdain.
"It's one thing for your son to be weak, but does he have to be this stupid too?"
Uchiha Tanaka's face turned green, then purple.
"Shut your mouth!"
Since the gloves were off, Renya had no intention of backing down.
The surrounding onlookers gasped.
They didn't expect someone from the Uchiha clan to speak to their own clan head like that. What a scoop!
"Renya, is that how you speak to Tanaka-sama?"
Senju Tobirama reprimanded him, but he couldn't quite hide the smirk tugging at the corners of his mouth.
Seeing this, Uchiha Tanaka nearly popped a blood vessel.
These two bastards were clearly in cahoots, ganging up on the Uchiha!
"Kid… we'll see about this!"
Uchiha Tanaka growled, scooping up the unconscious Retsu and turning to leave.
Just then, Senju Tobirama's calm, chilling voice echoed across the field.
"Uchiha Tanaka... did I say you could leave?"
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