r18novel Chapter 44 Pain, so much pain
Chapter 44 Pain, so much pain
"Wait a minute, there must be some misunderstanding here!"
Looking at the anxious-looking Uchiha Yatsuhoshi.
Uchiha Ike, standing under the shade of a tree, almost chuckled.
Misunderstand?
Of course he knew there was a misunderstanding.
No one knew this better than him.
but......
Since the clan chief has sent someone to come and find us.
So it's perfectly reasonable for him to misunderstand, right?
"Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding could there be! The truth is the truth, there's no room for hiding it!"
Uchiha Ike stepped out of the shade, his eyes like sharp daggers, staring directly at Uchiha Yatsuho, as if trying to pierce his heart.
"My parents died on the battlefield in Sunagakure, but Fugaku Uchiha, who led the team, survived unscathed, even awakening the three-tomoe Sharingan, and later becoming the head of the Uchiha clan after returning to Konoha!"
Faced with Uchiha Ike's aggressive questioning.
Uchiha Hachimoku instinctively looked away: "That's not how it is, it can't be like that..."
His expression remained resolute, but his voice carried a hint of wavering.
Uchiha Ike accurately sensed this wavering.
"That's not how it is?"
"hehe!"
Uchiha Ike seemed to have heard a joke, and a mocking smile appeared on his lips.
"I was once just as naive as you, harboring expectations of Lord Fugaku... until he disappointed me time and time again!"
Uchiha Yatsuho was stunned and stared blankly at Uchiha Ike.
"You mean, you were also a fan of Lord Fugaku in the past...?"
"That's right, I was once a follower of Uchiha Fugaku." Uchiha Ike nodded, revealing his visor, but his eyes became even more bloodshot.
As if recalling the deception he had suffered, the emotions hidden deep within him surged forth uncontrollably, and he covered his face and laughed bitterly.
"Do you know who I told immediately after I awakened my Sharingan?"
"Is it... Lord Fugaku?" Uchiha Yatsuho asked with difficulty, his throat bobbing.
The first time he heard his own voice, it was so dry and trembling, like a riverbed dried up by the sun.
"You guessed right, it's him."
Uchiha Ike looked up at the moon. His voice sounded distant, as light as a feather, yet it reached Uchiha Hachidai's ears clearly.
"That was the first time I realized how terrifying a person's expression could be... I thought I was going to be killed."
He warned me not to tell anyone, that I absolutely couldn't reveal the fact that I had awakened the Sharingan, and told me that it was all for my own good...
"But I still saw it," a hint of fear flashed in Uchiha Ike's eyes, "the killing intent hidden in his eyes."
"this..."
The Eighth Hokage of Uchiha was slightly moved.
After a few seconds, as if he had just realized something, he said with a sudden realization, "Is this why you've remained unknown all these years even though you've awakened the Sharingan...?"
Still saying this?
Uchiha Ike glanced at the other person with slight surprise, pondered for a moment, and then slowly nodded:
"That's right, that's exactly it."
Uchiha Hachimoku's expression became even more complicated.
A secret unknown to outsiders, a hidden Uchiha genius.
What exactly has Uchiha Ike gone through all these years...?
At this moment.
The familiar figure of Uchiha Fugaku gradually blurred in his mind, becoming further and further away from the image of a 'reliable clan leader full of authority'.
But those memories of his time working in the security force still helped him retain a last shred of rationality.
"Perhaps Lord Fugaku really does want to protect you?"
Uchiha Yatsuho clenched his fists and said unwillingly, "Lord Fugaku had no reason to harm his clansmen. Although he has not accomplished anything great over the years... his intentions were good, and he always cared about the Uchiha."
There's no reason to do this?
Uchiha Ike smiled calmly.
It's very simple, just change his stance.
"It's normal for you to think that way; after all, I used to think that way too."
Uchiha Ike nodded slightly, not denying Uchiha Yatsuho's idea, "That's why I've listened to him all these years and never shown myself in front of the clan."
"but......"
Uchiha Ike sighed and said softly, "I only gradually understood everything after I discovered his collusion with outsiders."
"What!?"
Colluding with forces outside the clan!?
The Eighth Hokage's pupils dilated in shock. "How is this possible?"
Uchiha Ike didn't answer, but instead changed the subject: "Has your security force recently increased patrols of the clan's territory?"
The Eighth Hokage's mouth gaped slightly. "How did you know?"
They have indeed increased patrols recently.
But they always seem like a swarm of headless flies, wandering aimlessly...
next second.
As if it could read his mind, Uchiha Ike directly read out the question in his mind:
"Does it feel like you're looking for someone, but you have no idea who you're looking for?"
"Do you ever feel like you're being watched, but you can never find the other person no matter what you do?"
"Did you ask Fugaku Uchiha privately, but your respected captain was very wary of it and told you not to ask any further questions?"
A series of questions, like bullets, accurately struck the heart of Uchiha Hachimoku.
His mouth opened and closed repeatedly, and for a moment he even forgot how to speak, with only one question remaining in his mind.
Why...
Why does Uchiha Ike know everything, even though he's not a member of the police force?
"As for why I know, it's simple," Uchiha Ike said, "because I discovered the spies planted by an external force within the clan's territory."
"what?"
"I reported this to him, and in order to shut me up and gain my trust, he sent you to find those informants."
"ah??"
"Because he would tip off you every time you searched, that's why you couldn't find him."
"ah???"
"It was after discovering this truth that I was unable to accept the facts and thus awakened the three-tomoe Sharingan."
"Some time ago, I ignored his warnings and investigated on my own...that's why he wanted you to bring me to him."
"..." From this point on, Uchiha Yatsuhoshi's brain completely shut down. He stared blankly at Uchiha Ike, with wisps of white smoke even rising from his head.
Looking at Uchiha Hachidai, who was completely questioning the meaning of life.
Uchiha Ike clenched his fist slightly.
He pressed his upturned lips down completely, trying to suppress a laugh.
Endure...endure even more...
But... how could I possibly hold back something so ridiculous!?
"Yashiro-senpai, you still refuse to believe the truth, thinking I might be lying..."
"Since that's the case, then... feel my pain!"
Uchiha Ike threw his head back and burst into laughter, as if mocking Uchiha Hachika, or perhaps mocking his former self, his voice gradually rising from a low tone to a high one.
"The Uchiha might lie... but the Sharingan will never lie!"
Like a windmill facing a gale, the six tomoe in his eyes spun wildly, their intense pupil power almost blinding.
Genjutsu: Sharingan, activate!
Looking into Uchiha Ike's crimson eyes, Uchiha Hachiro subconsciously activated his eye power, wanting to resist, but felt like a small sailboat caught in a storm.
No matter how much they struggled, they could not defy the power of nature and were violently battered, washed away, and shattered by the huge waves.
Unfamiliar scenes flashed through his mind; they were memories sent to him by Uchiha Ike after the genjutsu was activated. The more Uchiha Hachimoku looked at them, the more horrified and chilled he became.
It hurts, it hurts so much...
After a few breaths.
The Eighth Hokage of Uchiha stopped struggling and sat down on the ground.
He stared at the pitch-black night, his right hand clutching his chest, hot tears streaming down his face.
At this moment, the Uchiha who had been promoted to Jonin for ten years cried like a 300-pound child.
"Captain Fugaku, what have you done...?"