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After a while, Uchiha Haru responded, "That depends on the price you pay."
"What if... it's your life?"
Fugaku looked directly into Haru's eyes.
Haru met his gaze without flinching. "I don't want to."
It was clearly not the answer Fugaku had hoped to hear.
Yet, to Haru's surprise, Fugaku didn't appear angry or disappointed. Instead, he gave a faint smile, shook his head, exhaled slowly, and said, "Yeah, it's your own life. Who would willingly give it up?"
Haru remained silent.
But the tense atmosphere between them had dissolved.
Fugaku drank the last of his tea and patted Haru on the shoulder.
"I'll do my best to protect you," he said, "but you need to understand something. I won't gamble with the safety of the Uchiha clan."
"Our rebellion is still in the preparatory stages. Cutting ties with Konoha now would gain us nothing and only doom the clan to failure."
"You're a smart man. You must realize that, often, we are powerless."
"No one truly controls their life. Not you. Not me."
"This world doesn't bend to your will. The longer you live, the higher you climb, the more you'll come to see that reality is full of helplessness, pain, and emptiness."
At these words, a distant look crossed Fugaku's face, as if he were lost in memories.
After a pause, he added softly, "Stay home and rest for the next few days. I'll send someone to contact you if anything comes up."
With that, he set down his cup and left.
Uchiha Haru remained seated, unmoving.
People can't control their own lives?
That's the excuse of the powerless.
Haru believed in something else — that his fate was his own to command.
No one, no matter who they were, had the right to dictate his future.
Fugaku's visit didn't shake Haru's beliefs or stir any emotion within him.
From the beginning, Haru had never relied on anyone else.
He had long known that strength — true strength — was the only thing he could depend on.
And so, once Fugaku left, Haru resumed his training without hesitation.
At exactly 12:00 noon the next day—
The fourth simulation began.
"The system is starting simulation."
[The Uchiha Clan Massacre Night Simulation Begins!]
[Current Fixed Abilities:]
[Ōtsutsuki Physique (Gold): Possesses extreme regeneration, nearing immortality when mastered. Can absorb ninjutsu and wield almost limitless chakra. Known as the 'Immortal Body'.]
[Wood Release (Gold): A legendary Kekkei Genkai combining Earth and Water chakra natures. Developed by Hashirama Senju, it allows the user to generate and manipulate wood infused with chakra, functioning as a living force.]
[Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack (Gold): A supreme Taijutsu that transforms massive chakra into countless physical strikes, producing devastating shockwaves with each blow.]
[Shake the World with the Sage Path, both offensive and defensive, an unrelenting fist!]
[Currently Available Abilities:]
[Immortality (Purple): No matter the injury, death does not come. Recovery is astounding.]
[Elemental Mastery (Purple): Greatly amplifies the power of all elemental ninjutsu.]
[Chakra +500 (Blue): Slightly increases chakra reserves.]
Haru scrolled through the options, eyes scanning the list.
As expected, no new golden abilities appeared.
At his current level, even purple abilities offered limited progression.
True leaps in strength required more golden-tier abilities.
But, he mused, even scraps are meat. Any improvement, however minor, was still worth it.
With a practiced touch, Haru made his selections:
[Ōtsutsuki Physique (Gold)]
[Wood Release (Gold)]
[Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack (Gold)]
[Immortality (Purple)]
[Elemental Mastery (Purple)]
Three gold, two purple, one blue.
A luxurious combination by any standard.
[Ability selection complete!]
[Initiating Uchiha Clan Massacre Night Simulation...]
The world around Haru shifted.
Once again, he was thrust into the night he knew all too well.
But this time, the setting had changed drastically.
He was no longer in his room.
Instead, he found himself in a dark, damp chamber. It was pitch black save for a narrow window through which a few weak rays of light filtered.
"This place... is it the Konoha Police Force Detention Cell?"
For Haru, the location was not unfamiliar.
He had worked here for years. The layout, the atmosphere — he recognized it immediately.
But why was he here now?
Shouldn't he have begun the simulation from his room?
Haru's brows furrowed in thought.
According to previous simulations, real-life events influenced how each simulation unfolded.
In all prior scenarios, he'd always begun in his own quarters.
This time, something had changed.
The difference had to be tied to real-world developments.
The killing of the envoy from Kumogakure.
It had finally come to this.
Haru's eyes narrowed.
In the original timeline:
The envoy from Kumogakure had attempted to kidnap Hyūga Hinata. He was discovered and killed by Hyūga Hiashi.
Kumo then demanded retribution, threatening war. They insisted on Hiashi's corpse.
To prevent bloodshed, Hiashi's twin brother was sacrificed instead.
But in this altered life, it was Haru who had saved Hinata.
And now, that same curse had fallen on him.
After thinking it through, Haru understood the core of the situation.
It was clear — Konoha's leadership and perhaps even the Uchiha clan were planning to hand him over.
All in the name of "peace."
So noble that sacrificing one life was "justified."
Haru let out a cold, derisive snort.
Once, he hadn't felt too strongly about Konoha or even the Uchiha clan. He had no deep affection, but no deep hate either.
Now, all he felt was contempt and mockery.
Especially for the powers at the top — the cowardice, the rot, the hypocrisy.
He rose and walked toward the thick iron door of the cell.
With his current power, such a door posed no obstacle.
He had likely let himself be locked in merely to ensure a quiet environment for his next simulation.
He activated his chakra, preparing to break through—
Just then, a sound came from beyond the door.
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