Chapter 12

So, never mind!

Sighing inwardly, he still gave an awkward smile.

"Why are you apologizing?"

"I know you're very busy on weekdays; as a ninja, this is very normal."

"Don't stand here; come inside and talk."

Uchiha Jin stepped aside and then invited Shisui into the room.

Looking at the simple and slightly dilapidated house, Shisui's brows couldn't help but furrow slightly.

But, he didn't speak.

After the two came to the living room and sat down as host and guest, Uchiha Jin brewed a pot of tea.

"Come, Shisui, have some tea!" Uchiha Jin said.

After Shisui picked up the teacup, he couldn't help but be silent for a moment: "How have you been these past few years? Why did I see you going to Ichiraku Ramen to eat in the morning?"

Uh...

Confirmed!

The monitoring he felt before should have been Shisui in front of him.

But he really didn't expect that Shisui had been following him since the morning.

After thinking for a bit, he didn't hide it.

"Just eating."

"Eight years ago, when my parents died on a mission, I was too young, and the consumption at Ichiraku Ramen was cheap enough."

"So from that time on, I have been eating at the ramen shop."

"However, you also know."

"My parents' inheritance is not much, and I'm not a genius; if I want to become a ninja and earn money through missions, I have to at least wait until I graduate from the ninja academy."

"The food problem for so many years couldn't be covered by my parents' inheritance alone."

"So at that time, I negotiated with Uncle Teuchi, hoping that since I would eat three meals a day there until I grew up, I could see if a long-term customer like me could get a discount."

"Uncle Teuchi is kind-hearted; even though they don't open in the morning, he let me eat with them, and he didn't charge me."

"Even for lunch and dinner, he basically only charged me the cost, and even charged me much less every time."

"I am very grateful to Uncle Teuchi; I treat him as a father."

Uchiha Shisui was stunned.

He never expected that Uchiha Jin had been living so miserably all these years!

But, that's not right.

His father's death and Jin's parents' death happened around the same time.

But he had someone to take care of him since he was a child; why was it like this for Jin?

Simple-minded as he was, he really couldn't figure it out.

"Why?" Shisui couldn't help but ask: "Doesn't the clan care?"

"I remember the clan has a special orphanage; as long as they are Uchiha clansmen, they will be accepted if they lose their parents."

"Not to mention, Uncle and Aunt sacrificed themselves on a mission."

"You should have been qualified to go to the orphanage, but why is this?"

However, regarding this.

Uchiha Jin only remained silent.

After a long time.

He spoke in a deep tone.

"The reason is very simple."

"My parents were die-hard loyalists of your grandfather, Uchiha Kagami."

"Once your grandfather died, his subordinates naturally faced liquidation."

"Let alone me, you can go to the clan and see; many of the children of your grandfather's subordinates back then lived even more miserably than me."

Uchiha Shisui gasped.

His face turned pale.

Even the hand holding the teacup began to tremble slightly.

Seeing this, Uchiha Jin couldn't help but sigh deeply.

Thinking back to the original story, only Shisui and Itachi were working together.

The old subordinates who followed Uchiha Kagami back then, as well as their children, were not willing to support Shisui at all.

In his previous life, he couldn't figure it out either.

However.

After transmigrating, he instantly understood.

Uchiha Kagami's subordinates back then were liquidated after his death, and they had long since died off one after another over the years.

As for their descendants, most of them didn't live to adulthood.

Even those who barely lived to adulthood likely hated Uchiha Kagami and Shisui to death in their hearts.

Still support him?

Nonsense!

It was only Uchiha Jin, who had lived two lives, whose worldview was relatively normal.

He knew that Kagami and Shisui were good people, and his parents' choice was not wrong; he just didn't expect Uchiha Kagami to be so short-lived.

As for Shisui?

He was just a child; what the hell did he know!

It was precisely because of this that he never resented Shisui.

Choosing to stay away from Shisui was just because he knew the plot and didn't want to get involved with these plot characters.

To put it bluntly, he was afraid of trouble.

And, on the other side.

Shisui's face became increasingly livid.

"No, it's not like that!"

"How could those people do that?"

"These bastards!"

Creak.

Even as gentle as water, Shisui was filled with murderous intent after learning the truth.

He was truly angry.

You have to know that Uchiha Jin's plight was because of his grandfather, Uchiha Kagami's lineage!

Not to mention.

According to Jin's statement, he was considered relatively lucky.

At the very least.

Under the care of Teuchi's parents, he lived safely to adulthood and wouldn't have to worry about food and drink after becoming a ninja.

But, what about the others?

Thinking of that tragic scene, he was so angry that he directly activated his Sharingan.

Even, faintly.

Shisui's pair of Three-Tomoe seemed to be on the verge of evolving into Mangekyo.

This time.

Uchiha Jin was stuck.

Although he didn't know when Shisui evolved his Mangekyo in the original story.

But if he evolved it in his house, then damn it, it would be over.

The Uchiha clan, and even the Third Hokage's faction.

The eyes of the entire Konoha high-level would completely focus on him, the person involved.

In that case, how could he continue to 'lie low'?

Holy crap, no way! ===== CHAPTER 13 =====