"Mio, you're the genius of the Senju clan, right? Then let's have a fight!", Uchiha Katsu said loudly.
"Ah?"
Senju Mio froze on the spot, her mind going completely blank.
The next second, her face flushed bright red, burning from her cheeks down to her neck, even the tips of her ears turning a ripe crimson. She felt both embarrassed and awkward.
'Th-this?'
Just now her mind had been in complete turmoil, imagining all kinds of ridiculous and shy scenes, yet this guy only wanted to spar with her?
"You… you…"
Mio's face darkened, though she also felt a bit relieved inside.
After all, the Uchiha and Senju were mortal enemies. In the end, they were destined to fight and kill.
"Hm?"
Uchiha Katsu froze for a moment. Seeing the girl's red cheeks and evasive gaze, something stirred in his heart.
Uchiha Katsu was very smart and had already realized something.
But Uchiha Katsu wouldn't say it.
Uchiha Katsu did like Mio, but within that liking there was also calculation.
"Come on, let's spar a little. Let me see how big the gap is between me and a real genius!"
Uchiha Katsu stretched out his hand and said, "I'm an orphan. No one teaches me, no one helps me. I can only rely on myself.
"I can't awaken the Sharingan, so I train my taijutsu and slowly grind forward with ninjutsu. But practicing alone isn't enough. I need a real opponent."
At this point, Katsu raised his eyes to look at Mio. His gaze was sincere and serious.
"On the entire battlefield, the only person I can trust is you."
The words "only you" suddenly softened Mio's heart. The embarrassment and awkwardness from before instantly disappeared, leaving only warmth in her heart.
She raised her eyes and looked at the Uchiha boy in front of her, someone who had been bullied since childhood, surviving in the cracks, yet had never truly given up on himself.
"Alright!"
Mio took a light breath, letting go of her shyness. She assumed the posture of a Senju genius as blue chakra slowly wrapped around her fists.
"If you lose, don't cry."
Mio lifted her chin slightly, a faint smile appearing at the corner of her mouth. "I won't hold back just because you're pitiful."
"Heh, then please teach me."
Uchiha Katsu's eyes lit up. His body instantly tensed as he assumed a real combat stance.
"Come at me!"
On the clearing, one blue and one pale green chakra aura quietly rose.
On one side was the naturally monstrous-strength genius of the Senju clan, with a soft heart.
On the other side was the restrained lone-wolf boy of the Uchiha, longing to grow stronger.
Whoosh!! Whoosh!!
The two instantly clashed together.
After several rounds, Senju Mio was shocked because she suddenly realized that Uchiha Katsu's real strength was actually about the same as hers.
The two figures stepped back and steadied themselves, their chests rising slightly.
The fight ended, ultimately finishing in a draw.
"Katsu! Your strength… has actually already reached this level?", Senju Mio looked at the Uchiha Katsu before her, her almond eyes wide open, filled with disbelief.
In the sparring just now, Mio had used her monstrous strength and taijutsu to the fullest, yet she still couldn't suppress Uchiha Katsu, and it ended in a draw.
This was the true taijutsu inheritance of the Senju clan.
And Katsu was only an orphaned Uchiha who had never been taught by anyone, surviving in the cracks.
"After enduring so long on the front lines, I've never been the kind of old ninja who just muddles through the days.", A faint smile appeared on Uchiha Katsu's lips, but hidden within it was sharpness.
"In the past at the clan compound, I had no father or mother. Even the most basic ninjutsu had to be secretly learned, let alone high-level techniques. I didn't even realize I had talent for this."
"But when I came to the front lines and received ninjutsu, I could understand them just by picking them up, and master them quickly once I learned them."
"Only then did I realize that I was never someone with mediocre talent.", Uchiha Katsu's lips curved slightly.
Even he himself hadn't known his talent was so high.
But he had never thought of making this sudden talent known to others.
In the Uchiha clan, where the strong devour the weak and bloodline status is everything, it was never a good thing for an orphan to reveal brilliance.
It would only cause the elders to treat him as better cannon fodder and push him into even more dangerous situations.
Just another weapon of war.
"I only reveal this strength in front of you. Normally in the clan and on the battlefield, I hide it very carefully."
Uchiha Katsu said with a faint smile.
Senju Mio frowned tightly, completely confused. She stepped forward and asked, "Why? With the strength you just showed, if you achieved some merit on the battlefield, you would definitely gain the Uchiha clan's recognition."
"You would never have to be bullied again, nor be randomly sent to your death!"
Hearing this, Uchiha Katsu's mouth suddenly curled into a cold sneer. That laugh carried resentment and distance that had been suppressed for many years. It was complete disappointment toward the clan that had raised him.
"Recognition?"
Katsu raised his eyes toward the direction of the Uchiha clan's territory. There wasn't a trace of belonging in his gaze, only piercing coldness.
"A clan that is so cold and heartless, that only values bloodline and family background, that treats orphans like weeds and casually throws them away as cannon fodder… is that really a clan worth risking my life for? Worth serving with my life?"
"You…"
Senju Mio stood there stunned, looking at the indifferent yet stubborn profile of the boy in front of her.
It seemed that Uchiha Katsu had very little sense of belonging to the Uchiha clan.
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[Mount Myoboku]
"From the current situation, Senju Mio looks like the reincarnation of Asura. Is the Asura reincarnation in this life a girl?", Arisu muttered in slight confusion, stroking his chin.
This life was rather unexpected, the reincarnation of Asura was female.
Of course, Arisu hadn't captured Senju Mio to examine her carefully. He was only making a rough guess.
'But who is the reincarnation of Indra in this life?', Arisu thought slightly.
At the moment he still couldn't tell who the reincarnation of Indra was, because there weren't any particularly outstanding geniuses showing themselves among the Uchiha yet.
'This time the reincarnation of Indra is being quite cautious… still hasn't appeared…'
Arisu had no intention of actively investigating it.
When the time came, the two would naturally reveal themselves.
There was no need for him to personally look into it.
Letting it slowly unfold like this instead made Arisu more interested.
Arisu shook his head and flipped open his affairs.
"Fukasaku and Shima are getting married? Marriage between toads…"
Arisu saw this piece of news.
He didn't need to attend personally. He only needed to pick up a brush and write a congratulatory message.
Arisu picked up his brush and wrote a few big characters on the paper.
He couldn't write something like "may you have a happy union for a hundred years." After all, Fukasaku and Shima had lived for far too long. Saying "a hundred years of happiness" would be a bit ridiculous.
"Ah! Come to think of it, I shouldn't have said that to Kaguya back then…'
Arisu suddenly remembered the words he had said to Kaguya nearly a thousand years ago.
At that time, Arisu had been too excited and directly congratulated Kaguya by saying, "May you have a happy union for a hundred years and give birth to a noble child soon."
Thinking about it now, that was really awkward.
Kaguya could live for a thousand years, yet he wished her a hundred-year union. Wouldn't that be like wishing someone to live only to ten years old and then die?
"Hahaha, then I'll wish them ten thousand years of harmony, until the seas dry up and the rocks crumble, never changing!"
After writing that, Arisu received urgent intelligence.
Something had happened on the Moon.
The branch family on the Moon had gathered the Byakugan together and fused them into the Tenseigan.
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