Naruto : My system is weird

"So, this is your brother?"

When Kaito swapped places with Runtu, the cold voice of Uchiha Hikari, who had been idly leaning against the rooftop, reached their ears.

She glanced at the timid figure behind Kaito, and her first impression of Sasuke wasn't exactly favorable.

The most cowardly of the three brothers?

Compared to Kaito, he did seem more like what a six-year-old should act like.

As Hikari scrutinized Sasuke, a faint trace of mockery curled at the corner of her lips, as if to say...

You claimed I wasn't as good as your brother...

And this is what you meant?

Sasuke, who had just escaped the clutches of the underworld enforcer, still had a dazed look in his eyes, clearly shaken. But the moment that icy female voice rang out, he was forcibly pulled out of his imagined horror story and turned to examine the woman in the distance.

After about ten seconds, Sasuke suddenly frowned and snapped back to reality, looking at Kaito beside him.

"What are you up to now?"

"We've barely left the village—how do you already have another woman with you?"

Thwack! Thwack!

Almost instantly, two crisp sounds rang out.

Kaito and Hikari struck at the same time. As the elder brother, Kaito didn't hit too hard—just a loud flick to the forehead.

The kind that proved it was a good head.

Hikari, considering the brat was her student's brother, also held back from outright killing him. Instead, she flashed forward and swept his legs out from under him, sending him tumbling to the ground as punishment.

"Know your place, weakling."

Her cold words, however, instantly ignited Sasuke's fury. He had trained so hard in the village precisely to shed the label of "weakling" one day.

For this woman to say it to his face was like slapping him outright!

"Woman! You've pissed me off!!"

Imitating his father's angry demeanor, Sasuke lowered his voice and activated his prized Sharingan, hands already gripping the hilts of his blades as he glared at the arrogant woman with a hint of killing intent.

"You're using the Sharingan on me?"

"A brat who hasn't even fully awakened the Three Tomoe?"

Hikari seemed to find his words amusing, letting out a few cold chuckles before her expression hardened. With the next blink, the Kaleidoscope Sharingan spun to life in her eyes.

The sheer pressure radiating from her instantly left Sasuke breathless.

Wait—

What kind of eyes were these???

Sasuke was stunned.The familiar ocular power in the other's eyes was unmistakably the Sharingan, but this particular form was something he had never seen before.

After all, in his understanding, the Three Tomoe was already the most powerful force the Uchiha clan possessed.

Bam—

Kaito intervened to break the standoff between the two, giving Sasuke a firm knock on the head before forcefully pressing the boy down to kneel on the ground.

"No respect for your elders!"

"This is the ancestor of our Uchiha clan."

Kaito's tone was brimming with pride and reverence, causing Sasuke's eyes to widen in shock. Meanwhile, the so-called "ancestor" who was supposed to be the source of this pride suddenly showed a flicker of panic, her voice even cracking slightly as she spoke.

"Kaito! Don't—!!"

But her words were too slow. Uchiha Kaito had already clasped his fists and raised them at a 45-degree angle, a gesture that conveyed both respect and just the right amount of arrogance.

"Our ancestor was a legendary figure during the Warring States period."

"Uchiha Madara? Hashirama Senju? Those two were nothing. Our ancestor only needed to lift a finger to reach the pinnacle of this world."

Sasuke's mouth hung open in an "O" shape, his eyes growing wider with each word Kaito spoke.

"So... so amazing!"

Hikari: "..."

Hearing about the clan's ancestor, Sasuke finally understood why Kaito dared to swagger around so boldly even in the Pure Land. It turned out the Uchiha clan's influence remained formidable even in the afterlife.

This... this was what it meant to have the heritage of a great Sect!

Incredible!

Meanwhile, Hikari had already retreated to a corner, alternating between covering her face and her ears. The cringe-worthy words coming from Kaito felt like some kind of torture to her, making her skin crawl as if tiny insects were gnawing at her. She couldn't stand still, nor could she sit still.

Her entire body had turned as red as a boiled shrimp, her ears burning with embarrassment.

Please...

Uchiha Kaito, just spare me...

Kaito spent a full ten minutes lecturing about the clan's history, while Sasuke spent fifteen minutes exclaiming things like "Amazing!" "So strong!" and "Wow!" to express his awe.

By the end of the story, when Sasuke looked at Hikari again, there was no trace of his earlier disdain or disrespect—only a burning desire for power in his eyes.

Thud—

Without hesitation, he knelt before the clan's ancestor, slamming his fists together above his head in a gesture of utmost reverence. His expression was more serious and worshipful than ever before.

"Junior Uchiha Sasuke!!"

"Pays respects to the clan's ancestor!"

Uchiha Hikari had curled into a ball by this point, but when Sasuke uttered those final words, she finally snapped. In a fit of humiliation and fury, she lashed out at Kaito with a kick, sending the idiot flying straight under the eaves.

"Idiot! Just die!!"

Sasuke: "?"

Still kneeling, Sasuke watched as the ancestor kicked Kaito away, unable to even perceive how the Sect's ancient monster had moved.

As he pondered what to say next, the ancestor suddenly appeared right in front of him.

"You too—scram!"

Another figure went flying from the rooftop. Even as he picked himself up from the ground, Sasuke excitedly shouted at Kaito in the distance.

"I get it now!!"

"Kaito, you must be planning to use the ancestor's power to revive all our clansmen, right?"

He then fell into a daze, muttering to himself in admiration.

"So strong... truly so strong!""If only I could possess such power..."

Little Sasuke was deeply shaken by the immense power displayed by the clan ancestor. He even began contemplating how to ask the ancestor about the awakening conditions for the Kaleidoscope Sharingan.

"Idiot! If you dare spout any more nonsense to your younger brother..."

"I'll rip your tongue out!"

Hikari's cold voice came from afar, making Kaito—who had been about to say something to trigger a quest—quickly shut his mouth, not daring to mention anything about the ancestor's triumphant return.

Of course...

He knew Hikari was just bluffing. That tsundere attitude was typical of the Uchiha clan.

No one understood it better than him.

"By the way, Kaito, weren't you supposed to take me to see Father and the others?"

"Where are they? Let's hurry and bring the ancestor to revive everyone!"

"Hmph, what Ten Kings of Hell, what Black and White Impermanence..."

"They're nothing more than stray dogs on the streets of Konoha compared to our ancestor's power!"

Sasuke was overjoyed.

He believed the ancestor, with such formidable power, was an omnipotent existence. Something as trivial as resurrection was surely within his grasp.

But these words only made Kaito wince in pain.

He couldn't shake the feeling that his foolish little brother had misunderstood something.

"Is there a possibility..."

"That Mom and Dad are actually still alive?"

Kaito pointed at a figure standing by the well in the distance—his father, Fugaku, directing clansmen to set up camp.

"You still think I don't know this is the Pure Land?"

Sasuke crossed his arms, smugly declaring as if he had seen through everything.

"Then explain this..."

"If this isn't the Pure Land, why does the ancestor from the Warring States period still look like a teenager?"

Kaito: "..."

Damn!

Why does this kid's logic kinda make sense??