It's Going to Rain
"After the Second Hokage took office, he made a decision due to Uchiha Madara's attack on the village."
Lin Ke slowly recounted everything he knew from the manga.
"Under the guise of monitoring criminals, the Security Force and the prison were moved together, isolating the Uchiha clan to a corner of the village..."
['Even though the Uchiha clan is not what it used to be,' that man told me...]
Uchiha Sasuke recalled a conversation he had with Uchiha Itachi when he was a child, while Itachi carried him on his back in front of the Konoha Military Police Force headquarters.
"The Uchiha clan gradually became dissatisfied, but they still loved the village, until the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox Incident." Lin Ke suddenly jumped forward in time.
"With the example of Uchiha Madara controlling the Nine-Tails, the village's exclusion of the Uchiha became even more obvious, and another voice was finally born within the Uchiha..."
"To achieve the restoration of the Uchiha clan through rebellion and coup, and the person who led it was the head of the Uchiha clan at that time."
"Bang!" Uchiha Sasuke stood up abruptly, the chair behind him knocked over by his sudden movement. His Sharingan, with two tomoe in each eye, had already appeared.
Lin Ke looked directly into his eyes and said, "Sasuke, would you like to hear the rest of this story?"
Uchiha Sasuke stood there, his hands clenched tightly. His mind was clear. According to the other party's 'story' and logic, then the clan head who attempted the rebellion was...
"Uchiha Fugaku," Lin Ke said a name, directly draining all his strength.
[Where did your position go?]
[Itachi, you are a link connecting the clan and the core of the village...]
[...]
Uchiha Sasuke felt a great confusion in his head. His childhood memories and his reason told him that what the other party was saying was very likely to be true, but his emotions were screaming madly that the story was all lies...
But, did the other party really have a reason to deceive him?
"Before the Uchiha clan rebelled, Uchiha Itachi, who was then a member of the Anbu, received a mission from the village's higher-ups..."
Lin Ke did not reveal everything all at once, but stopped there, holding up a finger, and said, "The first story ends here."
"When you're ready, you can come to me to hear the second story."
Uchiha Sasuke left the medical room in a daze, not even bothering to close the door behind him.
[Second step of the plan...]
Lin Ke breathed a sigh of relief. The first step in cultivating Uchiha Sasuke as a meat shield was to become a recognized 'companion,' which had already been completed before today.
The next second step was to inform him of the truth about the Uchiha clan's extermination.
In the manga, Orochimaru, Uchiha Itachi, and Uchiha Obito were all using hatred to influence and exploit Uchiha Sasuke.
What he had to do was to tell the 'truth' first, isolating others from influencing and exploiting him, while deepening his trust in himself.
It seemed that everyone around Sasuke was hiding the 'truth' from him, until the Fourth Shinobi World War, when the First Hokage revealed the reason: [He is still a pure child of the Uchiha clan.]
As Sasuke himself said: he was neither a child nor pure.
He was Uchiha Sasuke, a genius who worked hard, not a child who needed to be protected.
For companions, recognition and being recognized are equally important.
"Knock, knock, knock!" A colleague from the Medical Team knocked on the door of the medical room, which had not been closed, and said, "It's time to go, Lin Ke."
"Okay."
Lin Ke packed his things and left the Death Forest with his bag.
...
One day later, Seventh Training Ground.
"Sorry, boss." Yuan Wei's face was full of guilt. He really didn't expect that he wouldn't even pass the written test, which was a bit too absurd.
Xia lowered her head and didn't dare to speak either. It was too embarrassing. It would be understandable if they couldn't beat some powerful opponents, but instead...
Lin Ke looked at the two of them, shook his head, and said, "Forget it, I won't say too much. For the next month, triple the training."
"Yes!" X2 The two shouted in unison.
After all, the Konoha Crush Plan was about to begin. At that time, many Jonin from the Sand Ninja Village and the Sound Ninja Village would directly enter the battle in the village as the battlefield. They had to work hard to survive.
"Sasuke isn't here?" Yuan Wei asked strangely. Sasuke was usually the most active one, but today it was already past the time for the gathering and training, and he still hadn't arrived.
"He—" Lin Ke interrupted himself, turning his face to look at the guy who was walking over with his hands in his pockets, trying to look cool.
"Sorry, I'm late."
Uchiha Sasuke indeed didn't disappoint him, enduring through after learning part of the truth with great resilience.
Lin Ke smiled as he looked at him, saying, "Welcome back."
Yuan Wei, not understanding what was going on, walked over and hugged Sasuke, laughing loudly, "Congratulations, I heard you advanced to the third round of the competition, damn it, if it wasn't for that guy..."
Xia was more perceptive, noticing that something seemed to have happened between the boss and the newcomer, quietly observing without speaking.
Uchiha Sasuke didn't resist Yuan Wei's arm around his shoulder, but looked at Lin Ke, saying, "Are we starting training now?"
"Of course."
After giving his answer, Lin Ke took off his jacket, revealing the weights attached to his body. Ever since he realized that his strength had grown to the point where simple strength training didn't provide much improvement, he had been wearing extremely heavy weights at all times.
The excessive weights, which would affect the internal organs of others, had almost zero impact on him due to the Mystical Palm Technique.
"Come on." Uchiha Sasuke moved his body expressionlessly.
...
Land of Fire, border, in a forest.
"Crackle~" The campfire splattered sparks, reflecting on the two men sitting in front of it.
They were both wearing black robes with red cloud patterns, one of them with a shark-like face spoke, "Itachi, this time's mission is to go to Konoha Village, maybe we'll see your cute little brother..."
"..."
The man called Itachi had two deep tear troughs on his face, looking at the constantly leaping campfire in front of him, without responding.
"Just thinking about inviting a newcomer to join, I'm reminded of that brat Deidara, I wonder if this target will be as troublesome as him," the shark-faced man said to himself, "I heard he's a ten-year-old kid, ha, the newcomers are getting more and more amazing..."
"I'll make the first move this time, last time it was you..."
"Don't be careless, Kisame." Itachi said coldly, "According to the leader's information, the target possesses a very dangerous technique. Once touched, one will completely lose the ability to form hand seals."
As he spoke, he looked up at the crescent moon obscured by dark clouds in the sky, and after a while, he said softly, "It looks like it's going to rain."
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