章節 15: Remains of the family

Opening the door, I immediately went to the gate. The fence door was solid and only Sasuke's hair was visible from above. Sasuke knew how to enter this house, and he himself grew up in it, but apparently, he did not dare because he partly did not believe that someone else had survived. It was evident in his hair trembling.

Finally pulling back the bolt, I opened the door and saw Sasuke standing and staring at me in shock with tears in his eyes.

"Brother Renjiro, you are really alive!" Sasuke immediately hugged me and cried.

"Yes, I'm alive. Let's go into the house and have some tea and talk at the same time." - I answered. But first, I reached out to Sasuke's face and pinched his cheek, channeling the chakra imperceptibly.

Sasuke yelled at the surprise attack, "Ay! What was that? It hurts." - he said, sobbing without moving away from the storm of emotions that he was holding back every day.

To which I replied: "I checked if you were the real Sasuke, in case if you were in disguise."

Sasuke frowned and began to look at me with a strange look: "What if you are not my brother? Let me punch you and check it out."

To which I chuckled and decided to say what only our family knew.

"When you were three years old you wore diapers. One day Mikoto went somewhere and you remained under Itachi's supervision. One moment diapers on you felt uncomfortable and you started to rake everything from it and throw it into the trees imagining shurikens. Still not your brother? " - I said holding back a burst of wild laughter. That day Itachi and I were afraid that he would start throwing shit at us and hid behind the trees waiting for Mikoto while Sasuke laughed wildly like mad.

Sasuke blushed and was blown away instantly. But suddenly he thought about something and looked at me seriously: "If you tell someone about this, I will kill you."

To which I laughed even more.

Finally, we sat down and poured tea into cups. Raising mine, I slowly inhaled the aroma of hot tea. I still did not understand these tea ceremonies, but the taste of the tea was excellent. After drinking a little, I decided to be the first to break the silence and tell what happened to me. I did not hide from Sasuke and told him how it was. Sasuke listened forgetting about tea.

"And this is how I learned that time flows slower for these parrots than in our world. When I returned I was terrified when the whole area was empty and there was emptiness." - I finished.

"Then I will tell you what happened when you disappeared. Itachi ... Came to the father. And father went with a request to Hokage to find the seal master, but the Hokage refused them saying that there were no free ones. Father explained the situation but Hirzuen refused to help, saying that they could leave the scroll and wait for the results. Unfortunately, our clan is not famous for seals, so we could not free you and after 4 months all declared you dead. A year later, Shisui, best friend of Itachi, disappeared. However, it was at that moment when you disappeared that my father became angry when Itachi mentioned the Hokage. In the end, a couple of years passed, we missed you a lot. Sorry for not being able to help you. " Sasuke bowed his head and started looking at the tea as if there was something interesting in it.

I waited for the continuation and Sasuke began to cry and said through tears: "And then ... And then when I was 5 years old," sniffing "I came back from the park and saw dead bodies on the street, frightened, I ran home and there ... And there ... Itachi, he stood on the bodies of our parents and just looked at them without trying to help !!! I was still a fool hoping that he simply did not have time to save them despite the blood on the blade. Then he attacked me and put me in genjutsu where I watched him killed my parents again and again. and again ... "- after a while, he calmed down again.

"Nii-san, I hate Itachi for what he did and despite the fact that he was once my brother. One day I will kill him for what he did to Mom and Dad and the entire clan." - Having finished his speech, he looked at me as if expecting support.

In turn, I looked at him and thought. It was easy to read how Itachi killed everyone in the manga. But in reality, everything is much more complicated and here I am sitting in the middle of it. What should I say to him?

I replied, "When I heard what Itachi did from the Hokage, I didn't believe it. But now that you told me everything, I also want to kill him for how he betrayed our clan. But Sasuke, you really think that he just destroyed it to test his strength, a whole clan? He was smart. Do you want to admit it or not, he was smarter than you and me, smarter than anyone else - he was a genius. Something darker lies in the extermination of the Uchiha clan. " When I finished, I lifted my eyes from the teapot and looked at Sasuke. He looked shocked because he didn't think so deeply. Hatred blinded his mind. Well, I gave him a hint if he understands that he will grow up as a character.

"Okay, you're going to kill him. How do you do that?" I asked.

Sasuke was embarrassed, "I'll just get stronger and kill him."

Opening my mouth, I looked at Sasuke. I really wanted to make a facepalm.

"Great plan though. How do you train?"

"I'm waiting for the academy, but now I throw kunai and train my body every day." - Having said that, he looked at me expecting approval.

"Well, this is already better. Listen, in this world, only the strong can decide their own destiny. If you continue to rely on the help and mercy of others, then you will remain a tool that can be used and thrown away.

I have not been to the academy yet but I have collected enough information about it. It is not ninjas who grow up in it, not at all. Tools grow in it for the good of the village and the nation. Only clan children are able to receive a stronger upbringing, techniques, training, and resources. Civilians kids who want to become a ninja? They remain cannon fodder to replenish the pocket of the daimyo and his advisers. I have the techniques, I know how to train, we have the resources. So do you want to stay at the level of civilians or forge your own destiny?"

Sasuke looked at me with a surprised Pikachu face.

Sasuke.exe seems to have stopped working. Having exhaled such a speech at a time, I poured myself tea into a mug and drank a little.

"I don't want to stay weak. How can I get stronger? I don't want to be someone's pawn." Sasuke asked me with a frown when he realized what I told him.

Surprisingly, he is only 5 years old and his thought process is like that of an adult sometimes. Children really grow up quickly in this world.

Sasuke continued: "From the age of 6 you can join the academy, I will only be able to go to it next year. Thanks, nii-san for opening my eyes to this. Now I don't know what to do, everything looks so complicated ... How can I get stronger? "

"Move here Sasuke. I know you have a feeling for this house, but this house is equipped with everything you need. Seals against thieves or nosy spies." - Sasuke was hesitant so I decided to finish him off.

"And also Sasuke, what do you know about our Library?" - I asked him

Sasuke replied blankly, "We only had the clan library, but it burned down after Itachi, or are you talking about something else?"

With a grin, I got up and walked to the secret door. Beckoning him with a finger, we came to the right place.

"Sasuke you have a Sharingan?" - I asked and turned to look at him with my red eyes.

Sasuke was surprised and instinctively activated his two tomoe. At the same time, I noticed how strongly my influence influenced history. Now the future is completely unclear to me. Not only was the massacre so early, but Sasuke's eyes were awakened so early.

"Memorize the sequence." - I said and poked at six tiles. clicking, all the tiles returned back. But if you look closely, the outline of the door appeared on the wall.

Pushing it, I entered, Sasuke came in after me, awesome from the number of shelves with books and scrolls.

"Knowledge, techniques, history are all here. Sasuke's two rules. Let's set the rules." - Looking into his eyes, I made a serious face.

Sasuke sensed the gravity of the situation and did not take his eyes off me.

"The first is not to take books out of the house. They will explode from the seals." - in fact, it turns out there are no seals I checked. Itachi was just joking, but who knows, maybe the book was defective, so I didn't risk it.

"And the second is not to share knowledge with anyone from here. That's why it's a secret library." - to which Sasuke nodded instantly.

"If they ask how do you know, then say none of their business or our parents taught us." - I finished.

Sasuke nodded and continued to inspect the shelves.

"Ni-san why didn't my parents tell me about the library?" Sasuke asked confusedly. He lived in this house for so many years and never knew everything. What else have your parents not told?

"Maybe they wanted to give you a happy life, don't know," I shrugged. - "Anyway, let's go, we need to start training and prepare for your move in. Or are you still against?" I asked with a smile.

Sasuke shook his head furiously, "I'll move back here nii-san. Are we going to train together?" he asked hopefully.

With a nod of my head, I confirmed: "Yes, but we need to buy food for proper nutrition, this is also important. In the meantime, go pack your things. Do you have any sealing scrolls for the move?" - to which Sasuke nodded, - "Then go. In the meantime, I'll go to the Hokage for new documents and need to discuss about Academia."

Leaving the house, we went our separate ways. Walking through the deserted streets was incredibly awkward as if I was walking in a dead village. The academy began a month ago, it was already autumn on the nose. But I do not think that this is a problem for me since 90% of their training is zombifying children at the will of fire and self-sacrifice for the highest good.