Uchiha Mori looked in the direction Uchiha Ryo was facing. After the sparrow disappeared, his expression became puzzled. "What do you mean by 'don't ignore others just because you're powerful'? Isn't it natural for the strong to rule the weak?"
"Well, not necessarily," Uchiha Ryo chuckled. "Aren't you and Uchiha Yugu a good example?"
Uchiha Mori showed a disgusted expression. "What? How can you treat family and enemies the same way? And my brother can never beat me."
"Really? But in my opinion, in a real life-and-death battle, as long as they don't face each other head-on at the beginning, the one who'll win will only be Uchiha Yugu."
Hearing this, Uchiha Mori was stunned. The strength in his wrestling hands loosened. Immediately, he was tightly grabbed by the neck by Uchiha Yugu and struggled desperately like a fish out of water.
Uchiha Yugu tightened his arms with a cold face. "Acting tough, huh? Why not now? You just never learn your lesson."
The smile on Uchiha Ryo's lips widened a bit. "See, I told you? Mori can hardly beat Uchiha Yugu."
Uchiha Mori was finally let go. After coughing violently several times, he began to argue that if it weren't for the fact that it was Uchiha Yugu who grabbed his neck, he would have broken the other's arm and escaped long ago. But before he could finish his words, he was grabbed by the back of his collar by Uchiha Yugu and dragged away.
Rin scoffed and shifted her gaze. "He's so stupid it's unbearable to look at."
"Come on, don't say that. Mori's still quite strong," Uchiha Ryo whispered with a smile, then turned his head to look at the wall on one side. "This is really... Well, let's go. Let's finish shopping and go back quickly."
Rin looked at the stray cat trotting past on the wall. Her three-tomoe Sharingan emerged briefly but quickly disappeared. "There's no trace of the Transformation Technique... Is there something wrong with that cat?"
"No, I just think the looks in humans' and animals' eyes are really different." Uchiha Ryo walked forward, tapping his staff-sword. "Speaking of which, that dessert shop we passed by earlier was really good. Let's go there."
However, Rin noticed that no matter where they went later, Uchiha Ryo would always unconsciously turn towards the animals around him. Sometimes, he wouldn't turn to face the passing animals right away, but would do so after they had passed for a while.
Finally, when they left the town, he smiled and sighed that the Uchiha were really unwelcome guests outside.
This made the others a bit confused.
On the way back, they also met other ninja on missions. But after seeing their clan uniforms, the others retreated one after another and no conflict occurred.
After returning to the clan land and reporting the mission, Uchiha Ryo was also visited by Uchiha Akihiko, who brought several volumes of Bamboo Carving Book.
"Thanks, Uchiha Akihiko," Uchiha Ryo took the packed Bamboo Carving Book. "Do you have time now? I might have some Mondai (Questions) to ask you when I'm looking at these."
Uchiha Akihiko had no problem with that. "Sure, I do. But you just got back from a mission. Don't you want to spend some time with your family back home first?"
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"Haha, it'll be great to have a family gathering in the evening. I've got plenty of time this afternoon to finish reading these books and then ask questions."
"Okay, then I'll bring the Ninjutsu Scroll to your place later."
After chatting briefly about the recent situation within the Uchiha clan, the two went their separate ways. After Uchiha Ryo got home, he just freshened up briefly, greeted his family at home, and then couldn't wait to take out a Bamboo Carving Book.
As a member of the Uchiha clan, it's impossible not to long for the Strength of the Mangekyo Sharingan. Uchiha Ryo also daydreamed about what it would be like after he gained that Strength. However, before he could achieve his wish, he encountered an accident, and this matter naturally came to nothing. But now that he had the opportunity to learn information about this aspect, he wouldn't miss it.
Uchiha Ryo gently stroked the engravings on the surface of the bamboo slips. After a moment of identification, he picked up the Bamboo Carving Book marked [One] and opened it. To his surprise, the first volume didn't contain stories about the Strength of the Mangekyo Sharingan, but a mythological story about their ancestors.
It was written that their Uchiha clan was the descendants of the Sage of the Six Paths. This was also the fundamental reason why the Sharingan had Strength comparable to that of the sages. However...
After finishing the story, Uchiha Ryo frowned and put his hand back to the start of the story. Why did this story feel so strange?
According to the story in the Bamboo Carving Book, the Sage of the Six Paths couldn't bear the suffering of sentient beings, so he taught the world the method of cultivating chakra and founded Ninshu.
He had two sons. The elder one was Indra, and the younger one was Shura.
Indra was super smart. He was the first person in the world to use chakra in battle and the first to master ninjutsu. Due to his high talent, Indra was independent and powerful, and he could accomplish anything on his own.
Shura, on the other hand, had so - so talent and couldn't do anything right. He always needed the help of others to complete a task. So, other people always paid more attention to Shura. Even the Sage of the Six Paths finally chose to pass on Ninshu to Shura instead of the more outstanding Indra.
When Indra felt it was unfair and went to confront the Sage of the Six Paths, the Sage of the Six Paths said that he was excellent and hoped that he could assist Shura in strengthening Ninshu.
Indra couldn't accept this, so he left angrily and declared war on Ninshu. During his lifetime, he constantly fought with Shura but was ultimately outnumbered. He didn't get the fairness he wanted even until his death.
Under Indra's continuous attacks, the Ninshu ruled by Shura gradually collapsed. The ninjas of Ninshu gradually scattered around the world and formed various ninja clans.
What surprised Uchiha Ryo the most was that the Bamboo Carving Book actually said that their Uchiha clan was the descendants of Indra and that they should strive to clear the injustice suffered by their ancestors.
And the simplest way to obtain this "purity" is to kill your own relatives with your own hands and then transplant their eyes to gain strength. Only those who possess the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan can truly be considered Uchiha.
"It's really absurd that family members would turn against each other to such an extent..." Uchiha Ryo frowned tightly. "As an elder brother, shouldn't he be happy about his younger brother's growth? Instead, he became jealous and even resentful, and then asked his descendants to avenge him..."
The Sage of the Six Paths is also quite absurd. Because the eldest son had high talent, he gave all his love to his youngest son. When the eldest son felt unjust and his emotions flared up, he even said things like hoping him to continue helping his younger brother...
As for this Shura, does his elder brother lack Ninshu? What he lacks is love! Otherwise, with such a huge gap in strength, if he really wanted to kill you, wouldn't he have done it long ago? As a younger brother, can't he even express dependence and act coquettishly towards his elder brother?
None of them can truly fulfill their duties... Your family deserves to have conflicts. And you have to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan to read this lousy story? Which unreliable ancestor recorded it? Do they think adding the title of sage can beautify the story? It's just a waste of time and only makes people angry.
However, at this moment, Uchiha Ryo still failed to realize that this story, full of flaws in his eyes, was not fabricated by the ancestors, but a historical fact recorded by them.