Land of Fire, Konoha Village.
Residence of the Uchiha clan.
Uchiha Sasuke walked along the road, his eyes filled with hatred, confusion, and panic...
There was even a hint of unreality!
The once bustling residence, with people coming and going, was now deserted.
Ants were licking the uncleaned blood, and crows emitted eerie cries, making this place feel like a haunted house, cold and lifeless.
Because half a month ago, a horrifying massacre occurred here!
Uchiha Itachi, a renegade ninja of the Uchiha clan, killed all the members of the Uchiha clan and left triumphantly.
The renowned Uchiha clan of the Sengoku period was almost completely wiped out!
The only two remaining members were...
Sasuke arrived at a simple small building, where a handsome young man was standing at the entrance.
He was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with slender limbs, flowing black hair, and the handsome face typical of the Uchiha clan. The back of his clothes also had the same ping pong ball emblem as Sasuke.
"Brother Natsu..." Sasuke's voice was hoarse.
"Sasuke, you're back from the hospital." Uchiha Natsu looked at the young boy in front of him and smiled gently. His voice was soft. "How's your body? Do you still feel uncomfortable anywhere?"
"The vast Uchiha clan is now reduced to just the two of us. We can't afford any more problems."
Sasuke moved his lips, biting them tightly, as if trying to hold back the urge to cry.
Yes!
The Uchiha clan was now only the two of them!
One was himself, who was deliberately spared by Uchiha Itachi, and the other was this fortunate Natsu!
The reason Natsu was alive was that before the Uchiha clan was annihilated by Itachi, Chūnin Natsu had gone out on a mission and hadn't returned for half a year. He had already been considered a sacrifice by Konoha.
Who would have thought that he would return after the Uchiha clan was annihilated by Itachi?
Just a few hours away!
If he had come back a little earlier, he would have been gone too!
"Thank goodness! Thank goodness for Brother Natsu!" Sasuke bit his lip hard, almost drawing blood.
Otherwise, he didn't know what he would do as a lonely person!
"Be good, everything will be fine." Natsu gently patted his back. "Don't cry. We are the last members of the Uchiha clan, representing the glory of the Uchiha clan."
"A true Uchiha man would rather shed blood than tears..."
"Okay!" Sasuke wiped away his tears forcefully, making his eyes red.
Although Natsu felt somewhat invisible within the Uchiha clan.
But now that there were only two of them left, Sasuke immediately felt the warmth of several branch house members from him.
Natsu comforted him softly for a while.
After a moment of silence, he asked, "Sasuke, as the son of the clan head, you should inherit the position of the Uchiha clan head... Although you're still young, I don't see you as just a child."
"So, what are your plans for the future?"
"Brother Natsu, how can someone like me, the brother of an assassin, be worthy of being the clan head?" Sasuke smiled bitterly, with a hint of self-mockery.
"But when I was in the hospital, I had already thought about it... I want to revive the clan, and then..."
His eyes were filled with hatred.
"I must personally kill that man!"
Although he was only a seven-year-old child, his killing intent was palpable.
But soon, his killing intent subsided, and he looked up and asked.
"What about you, Brother Natsu?"
"I have a clear understanding of my own abilities." Natsu smiled bitterly, self-deprecatingly. "Revenge is no longer a realistic hope... So I plan to specialize and do my best to revive the Uchiha clan!"
"Okay!" Sasuke nodded vigorously. "In that case, let's work hard together, Brother Natsu!"
"Train hard, make a name for ourselves in the ninja world, and revive the Uchiha clan!"
However, Natsu shook his head.
"No, Sasuke, you have a too narrow view of reviving the Uchiha clan."
"Do you think reviving the Uchiha clan means producing a powerful ninja?"
"No!"
Natsu gestured to the deserted residence. "Look at this place. With only the two of us in the Uchiha clan, even if we both train like crazy and become top-level experts like Uchiha Madara, we still wouldn't have the right to claim that we have revived the Uchiha clan!"
"What the revival of the Uchiha clan needs most is population!"
"We should start with childbirth!"
Sasuke was instantly dumbfounded.