Witty Naruto Life

Chapter 246 The Uchiha Clan, More Terrifying Than Tailed Beasts...

Naruto gazed silently into Sasuke's eyes and said:
"no problem."

He took a dice cup and placed it in front of him.

The night is getting darker.

Darkness spread out all around them like ink, with only the incandescent bulbs above their heads providing light.

The room was quiet, with only scattered chatter, the shopkeeper's calls, and the chirping of cicadas in the trees becoming amplified.

The two exchanged a glance, and Naruto said, "Let's begin."

The dice rattled in the dice cup, making a "clattering" sound.

Naruto opened the dice cup first, and it showed three fives.

Sasuke is number one, two, three.

"I won! Truth or Dare?"

Sasuke pondered for a moment: "Is the grand adventure to fulfill one of your requests?"

"Correct."

"Then let's take a big risk."

Naruto remained silent, observing Sasuke's calm expression.

His decision to take such a risk must have been driven by a secret he was hiding.

There's something on my mind.

“Alright,” Naruto said, feigning contemplation, then added, “Give me all your ‘weapons’ and I’ll keep them for one night.”

Sasuke was taken aback, somewhat surprised by this request.

Then, with a suspicious look, he took the ninja tool bag and the Kusanagi sword from the wall and handed them to Naruto.

The latter took it, raising an eyebrow: "Hmm, you should know that your Sharingan, your techniques, and your cursed seal are also part of your 'weapon,' right?"

Sasuke frowned, while Naruto's lips first curved into a cunning smile, then he said leisurely:

"So no matter what happens from now on, you cannot use the Sharingan or the Cursed Seal's abilities,"

"No weapons allowed tonight, understand what I mean?"

Sasuke suddenly realized, but his expression clearly showed displeasure: "Naruto, I'm not a child anymore."

He felt that Naruto was looking down on him and even predicted that Naruto would react excessively.

Let's wait and see.

Continue rolling the dice.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

"boom!"

It was slammed onto the table and then flipped over.

Sasuke: "Three, four, five."

"One, one, two... Hmm, I'll choose Truth or Dare too."

Sasuke leaned forward slightly, placing his hands on the table: "Whatever decisions I make next, don't stop me. This will take effect in one week."

Silence fell all around, and the chirping of cicadas outside the window began to grow noisy.

"Wow..." Naruto shrugged: "You've already gotten the hang of this game."

“You’ll abide by the rules of the game, right…” Sasuke stared at Naruto: “Big brother.”

The subtext of this statement is: If you want me to truly accept your status as the elder brother, you must keep your word.

"No problem, you're not a child, you'll be responsible for the consequences."

The two continued rolling the dice, but Sasuke stopped Naruto from doing so before the dice were opened.

“I have a question,” Sasuke said, moving the dice cup away, “If you’re unwilling to share secrets with me, will you keep choosing dare or dare?”

"Because we chose dare in both of these rounds."

Naruto thought for a moment, then shrugged and said, "It depends on what question you ask."

Sasuke was silent for a moment, then said, "Let's change the rules of the game."

"To choose the truth, the questioner cannot ask open-ended questions, and the respondent only needs to answer 'yes' or 'no'."

"But there's one condition: you must answer all my questions truthfully and you can't refuse."

This time, Naruto put away his relaxed expression, sat up slightly, and looked directly into Sasuke's eyes.

a long time.

"no problem."

Sasuke nodded, opened the dice cup, and Naruto did the same. After checking the dice, his eyes flickered slightly.

He gestured to Sasuke as if to ask, "Go ahead and ask."

"Dong dong!"

Sasuke's heart raced instantly. He took a deep breath and said, "Itachi... there was a hidden reason why he chose to exterminate his clan back then, wasn't there?"

Judging from Itachi's various reactions, he instinctively felt uncomfortable with Itachi's actions.

He had a private conversation with Naruto, transferring his eye power, and the aura of twilight emanating from him...

Naruto nodded: "Yes."

"Bang!" A crisp sound of slamming the table.

"I knew it!"

Sasuke couldn't help but stand up and adjust his posture, his eyes twitching slightly and his left fist clenching slightly. He couldn't hide the surging emotions within him.

Revenge was the most important thing in his life, and from the moment he sensed something was wrong to the point where it was too late to turn back, only a few days had passed.

That's unacceptable.

Sasuke now only hopes that he can face the truth honestly.

Continue rolling the dice.

Remove the dice cup by hand.

“It’s me again.” Sasuke started tapping the table with his fingers, but Naruto remained calm and continued, “Ask.”

"Is there someone else responsible for the extermination of the entire clan?"

"..."

Naruto shook his head and explained, "He was the one who did the massacre of the clan, but he also brought an accomplice along with him."

Sasuke couldn't help but stand up: "Who is it?"

"Sorry, the rules of the game don't allow me to answer your question,"

"Sasuke, please have a seat."

As Naruto spoke, he couldn't help but think of the famous scene in Attack on Titan where Eren offered Reiner a seat.

I hope things don't come to this with Sasuke...

But logically speaking, they should have won the next game, right?
"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

Naruto lifted the dice cup and couldn't help but curse under his breath, "Two, two, four, how much do you have?"

"Three, five, six."

Naruto was impressed; he had actually managed to lose four times in a row.

But before he could speak, Sasuke asked directly, "Itachi, isn't he a bad person?"

Silence fell again, just as the shopkeeper's cursing could be heard from outside the window, as if he had encountered some bad luck.

Naruto shook his head: "Your question is too subjective, I can't answer it."

"subjective?"

"Are you asking me to categorize him as good or bad? If you're just asking for my opinion, then I'd say he's not a good person,"

Naruto explained to Sasuke, "He killed both of your parents with his own hands, and that alone is enough for him to commit seppuku."

Sasuke's expression turned grim: "But could there be some hidden story here?"

Naruto braced his hands on the table and rubbed his face: "...Actually, deep down you hope your own brother is innocent, right?"

"What did you say?!" Sasuke roared in anger, immediately retorting, "I can never forgive him! He killed an entire clan; that alone is enough to make him suffer a thousand cuts!!"

“Yes, yes, yes…” Naruto gestured for him to sit down first, then changed the subject:
"Do you know Stockholm? When victims are in extreme circumstances, they develop an emotional identification with their perpetrators, which is a very distorted emotion,"

"It's normal for your own brother to have Stockholm syndrome. He used to treat you very well, but now he's abusing you like crazy."

This is why Naruto has always avoided telling Sasuke the truth. Based on his knowledge and observations of Sasuke in the original story, only this symptom can perfectly explain his motivation.

Sasuke glared at Naruto, looking somewhat out of control.

It wasn't just that Naruto was speculating about his thoughts; more importantly, he understood Naruto's unspoken meaning.

This means that if Naruto tells her the truth, she will inevitably start to favor her older brother, which is why she tries so hard to prevent him from learning the truth.

Suddenly, Sasuke came to an unusual conclusion.

"Ha..." He pointed at Naruto with a knowing look on his face: "You're jealous of Uchiha Itachi."

"???"

Naruto was caught off guard by this absurd line of thought.

"Isn't that right?" Sasuke suddenly raised his voice: "I'm biased towards my own brother, so haven't I 'neglected' you, my cousin?!"

"..." Naruto was amused by this explanation.

But he quickly calmed himself down and said, "First of all, I'm not your cousin; secondly, can you please stop thinking so childishly..."

"He's usually perfectly fine, so why does he suddenly become so stupid when the Uchiha clan is mentioned?"

"I do not know!"

Sasuke suddenly stood up, leaned against the wall behind him, and crossed his arms: "Maybe you can help me clear my head?!"

The two stared at each other, the surroundings eerily quiet.

A long, long time later.

Naruto broke the silence and slowly asked, "How much do you know about the history of the Uchiha clan?"

Sasuke paused, picked up the cup on the table to moisten his throat, and his tone softened considerably: "I understand the basics."

"Are you familiar with recent history, specifically the period from your birth to age seven?"

"...I'm all ears."

Sasuke realized that the truth behind the massacre of his clan was related to the history of the Uchiha clan in recent years.

Naruto looked at him quietly, leaning back in his chair, and slowly recounted the complex situation during that special period:
"This story begins with the Nine-Tails' rampage..."

He explained the Sharingan's control over the Nine-Tails, introduced the Second Hokage's police department policy, and objectively described the negative impact of this policy on the Uchiha clan.

This negative impact naturally fueled the discontent of the Uchiha clan, and thus, the sentiment for a Uchiha coup began to take root.

As a key figure caught between Konoha and the Uchiha clan, Itachi Uchiha directly influenced the fate of the Uchiha clan.

But Naruto doesn't intend to stop here.

"An average Uchiha might be an ordinary housewife, a three-year-old child, or a regular police officer in the Konoha Police Department,"

"They live peaceful lives. Some may have lost loved ones in World War III, some are struggling to make a living, and some are grateful to God, but they are generally doing alright."

“They are all real, living people,”

"Then one night, their door was suddenly forced open by a man holding a blood-dripping knife,"

"They were either frozen in fear, fought desperately for their families, or watched helplessly as the chieftain's son's face fell before dying with resentment in their eyes,"

"Soon their eyes will be gouged out and become the collection of the masked man who calls himself Uchiha Madara, while the Sharingan of their family members will be embedded in Danzo's arm."

Naruto gazed silently at Sasuke, whose expression was blank, and slowly said:
“I know you might forgive him because he was merely an executor of the massacre, Danzo’s gun,”

"If you wish to forgive the executioner on the gallows, then there's nothing I can do about it,"

"But you must remember, if you ever need to use the Impure World Reincarnation technique, never reincarnate those Uchiha civilians,"

"They are more terrifying than the tailed beasts just by standing there."

Naruto will not force Sasuke to hate his own brother; it is Sasuke's freedom to choose how to treat him.

But he himself also has the right to express his views on this matter.

(End of this chapter)