The classroom fell into dead silence.
The students who once ostracized Uchiha Mikoto and Uzumaki Kushina now wore expressions of fear.
Inside the room, tension crackled between Nawaki and Fugaku. One was Kushina's cousin, the other Mikoto's cousin — and not merely distant relatives, but blood-related family.
Mikoto's mother was Fugaku's mother's younger sister — her biological sister. Moreover, Mikoto's father had died on the battlefield saving Fugaku's father, who was now the current head of the Uchiha Clan. With such ties, it was only natural for Fugaku to protect Mikoto from being bullied.
As for Nawaki, his grandmother was Uzumaki Mito. Kushina's grandmother was Mito's biological sister. The family relations were tangled, but neither Nawaki nor Fugaku was exaggerating their claim.
The two ten-year-olds locked eyes, as if a battle could erupt at any second.
Ruo Feng watched quietly — yet suddenly his vision blurred.
He lowered his head.
His eyes felt as if they were being set ablaze.
Gritting his teeth, he roared inwardly:
"What's happening… why do my eyes hurt like this?!"
Beside him, Mikoto seemed to sense something strange and glanced toward him.
At that moment, Ruo Feng abruptly opened his eyes.
Scarlet pupils emerged.
The instant Mikoto saw them, she screamed.
"Ah—!"
Her cry shattered the tense atmosphere. Nawaki and Fugaku both turned toward her in surprise.
Fugaku frowned.
"What's wrong? Did this brat bully you?"
His gaze shifted to Ruo Feng, carrying a faint warning.
Mikoto quickly shook her head.
"No! Ruo Feng didn't bully me. He just… doesn't look well!"
Kushina's expression changed.
"Ruo Feng isn't feeling well?"
Ruo Feng kept his head lowered, as if he hadn't heard a word.
Nawaki noticed the slight trembling in Ruo Feng's body — and the faint, terrifying aura emanating from him.
He frowned and turned to Fugaku.
"Fugaku… we're already ten. Causing trouble in a classroom is embarrassing. If you've got guts, settle it with me outside."
Fugaku sneered.
"Fine. I'll show you the power of the Sharingan today."
As his words fell, his followers cheered.
His eyes turned crimson.
The young Uchiha Fugaku activated his Sharingan.
He and Nawaki left the classroom, but as Fugaku glanced back at Ruo Feng, he felt an inexplicable chill crawl down his spine.
At that moment, Ruo Feng covered his eyes.
Through the narrow gaps between his fingers, he saw Fugaku's scarlet gaze.
A surge of fury rose uncontrollably within him.
An instinctive hatred.
An overwhelming urge — to kill Uchiha Fugaku.
The violent fluctuation of his spiritual power radiated outward, and Fugaku, now outside, felt it clearly. His heart pounded as fear gripped him. Without realizing why, he hurried away from the classroom.
Kushina, however, felt none of that dark aura. She only looked worried.
"Ruo Feng… should we go to the hospital?"
Ruo Feng shook his head, still covering his eyes.
"No need. I just didn't sleep well last night. My head hurts. I'll go rest in the dance room. Don't worry."
Slowly, he stood up and walked out of the classroom, peering through his fingers to guide his steps.
Kushina started to follow, but Mikoto gently shook her head.
"Kushina… if Ruo Feng doesn't want us to know, we shouldn't force it."
Kushina hesitated, then nodded.
"…Alright."
Though something felt off, she chose to respect his wishes.
Ruo Feng left.
The classroom gradually returned to noise and whispers.
Mikoto, however, remained frozen in place.
Her voice trembled as she muttered to herself:
"That's impossible… how could that be? That was the Sharingan. It was the Sharingan."
Her eyes trembled with disbelief.
"But the pattern wasn't tomoe. Grandpa once said… if the Sharingan doesn't show tomoe, then it's the Mangekyō."
Her lips paled.
"How could Ruo Feng possess the Mangekyō Sharingan…?"
Not long after, Ruo Feng entered the empty dance studio.
The Ninja Academy didn't just have music rooms and training grounds — it even had dance studios, tea ceremony rooms, and other miscellaneous classrooms. Hardly anyone ever used them, so they remained deserted year-round.
The moment he stepped inside, Ruo Feng bit his finger and formed hand seals with both hands.
"Summoning Jutsu!"
"Bang—!"
A burst of white smoke filled the room.
Ruo Feng vanished.
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The instant he arrived at Beast King Mountain, he roared in fury:
"Damn you… what exactly did you leave inside me?!"
His voice echoed through the grand hall.
Before him stood a massive crystal mirror. His reflection shimmered within it.
Scarlet eyes.
Within them burned three clusters of black flames.
It was the Sharingan.
No—
It was the Mangekyō Sharingan.
Ruo Feng stared at his reflection, breathing heavily.
"So… my so-called deceased father actually sealed three dōjutsu inside my eyes."
Anger surged through him.
Earlier, when he saw Uchiha Fugaku, his blood had boiled uncontrollably. The urge to kill had nearly overwhelmed him.
Now he understood why.
When Ruo Feng had just been born, his father had secretly sealed ocular techniques within his eyes. He had always wondered why he could see the Sharingan as an infant — it wasn't awakening.
It had been implanted.
Even his grandfather likely didn't know.
Worse still, his father had set activation conditions.
If Ruo Feng encountered a member of the Uchiha Clan — especially one who had awakened the three-tomoe Sharingan — the sealed dōjutsu would activate automatically and annihilate the target.
It was similar to how Uchiha Itachi implanted Amaterasu within Sasuke's eyes in the original story to target Uchiha Obito.
But Ruo Feng's father had prepared three ocular techniques.
And the true target had been Uchiha Madara.
His father had hated Madara deeply. Because of Madara, he had lost his own mother.
So he had designed the seal to trigger upon encountering the Uchiha Clan — and once facing a three-tomoe Sharingan, the ocular technique would unleash automatically.
After all, Madara's Sharingan was almost always active, typically in its three-tomoe state. That was likely why such a condition had been set.
But today, when Ruo Feng saw Fugaku activate only a single tomoe, the seal had been stimulated — yet not fully triggered.
From fragmented memories sealed within his eyes, Ruo Feng now understood all this.
Which only made him angrier.
"Damn it… this is just asking for trouble. If I had killed Fugaku in the classroom, things would have exploded."
He exhaled sharply.
"Even if Fugaku only awakened one tomoe at age ten… that's still considered a genius at this stage."
Ruo Feng clenched his fists.
For the first time, he genuinely felt that his father had been reckless — even foolish.
Planting such a dangerous contingency inside his son without consent…
If the seal ever fully triggered in the wrong place—
The consequences would be catastrophic.
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