She was now almost certain that Raizen's innocent demeanor that day had been an act to avoid offending her.
If she had known, she would have been kinder.
Uchiha Uzuki sighed inwardly.
Who could have guessed that Raizen was nothing like the stereotypes of the Land of Lightning? He just seemed like an unusually well-developed Uchiha.
"Sister Uzuki, you're here to buy gear too?"
Raizen asked.
"I came with Hiro to help him shop."
"Oh. So… are you two boyfriend and girlfriend?"
"N-No, not yet…"
Uchiha Uzuki waved her hands hurriedly, embarrassed.
How could she say something like that out loud?
"You're so lucky."
Raizen said, as if sighing with admiration.
Just as Uzuki thought he was offering genuine congratulations, Raizen's tone shifted.
"Does that mean someone like me—an outsider—doesn't deserve happiness? Even though I was supposed to receive ninjutsu scrolls, you delayed it for a whole month. I know, Sister Uzuki… deep down, you still look down on me, don't you?"
Raizen stared directly at her.
The Uchiha were known as the clan of "love."
It sounded ridiculous.
But in truth, the Uchiha felt love far more intensely than the Senju, Uzumaki, or any other clan in the ninja world.
So much love that they had to seal it away.
Their overwhelming emotions made their personalities extreme and self-centered—black-and-white thinking.
Itachi slaughtered his entire clan in the name of extreme ideals.
Sasuke wanted to destroy Konoha.
Fugaku gave his life for his son.
Madara planned the Moon's Eye Plan for his ideals.
Obito, driven mad by love, turned the world upside down.
Even Sarada, upon awakening her Sharingan, believed the entire world was wrong rather than herself.
At their core, the Uchiha were proud and deeply self-centered.
Uchiha Uzuki was no exception. Her attitude that day had been a subconscious reflection of her arrogance.
She had assumed someone from the Land of Lightning was inherently inferior—a crude, uncivilized brute.
"N-No, that day I just…"
Uchiha Uzuki froze, wanting to explain herself.
"And that day, I wasn't even allowed to choose the ninjutsu I wanted."
Raizen brought up another point.
Uzuki had skipped the selection process entirely to save herself the trouble.
"Lord Fugaku didn't specify which one you should learn—just that it had to be D-rank."
Uchiha Uzuki immediately countered.
"But he didn't say I couldn't choose, did he? And didn't Lord Fugaku say we should all be united?"
Pulling the clan head's name?
Anyone could do that.
Raizen directly invoked Fugaku.
Honestly, Uzuki had dragged her feet. Raizen had waited a full month for those scrolls!
She could make excuses—say it was to help him adjust to the academy.
But Raizen gave her no time to think.
"What do you think Lord Fugaku would feel if he knew how you treated me?"
As he spoke, Raizen's dark eyes turned scarlet.
A single black tomoe spun slowly in each eye, giving off an eerie glow.
"!"
In her shock, Uchiha Uzuki unconsciously activated her own Sharingan.
Two pairs of scarlet Sharingan locked onto each other in silence.
Uchiha Raizen had none of the drawbacks of mixed blood—both eyes could awaken perfectly!
Uchiha Uzuki's brows furrowed tightly. She bit her lower lip, the full curve of it clearly visible.
This was bad.
She had already thought Raizen was a prodigy. Now, with both eyes awakened, he had fully inherited the clan's kekkei genkai.
How many Uchiha awakened their Sharingan at his age?
In peacetime, Uzuki had never seen anyone awaken so quickly.
Raizen was only a newly graduated genin!
"Sister Uzuki, it seems you've only changed your opinion because of my talent. But I'm still a person."
Raizen sighed.
"What do you want?"
Uchiha Uzuki asked—the same question Samui had once asked.
"I want to repair the bond between us as clansmen."
Raizen looked into her scarlet Sharingan and smiled.
The Uchiha clan would subconsciously activate their Sharingan whenever emotions ran high.
"How?"
Uchiha Uzuki felt an inexplicable sense of dread growing stronger.
She didn't believe Raizen meant it literally.
Raizen stepped closer to Uchiha Uzuki.
Though she was a chūnin
, she instinctively retreated until her back hit the wall.
This wasn't fear of his strength.
It was fear of what would happen if this reached Fugaku.
Given Raizen's talent and unique background, Fugaku would likely deal with the matter seriously.
If she were punished with a reassignment to the border or somewhere remote, what would happen to her relationship with Yamada Hiro?
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