Naruto: The Beautiful Uchiha is Actually Me?

Chapter 143 How dare a mere village clan plot against me?

“The Shimura clan…” Takita muttered, his eyes filled with anger.

Who do they think they are! Sending a little boy over just to supposedly "seduce" them? Do they think they can achieve their goal that way?

Damn it, they all deserve to die!

Takita was furious; he hadn't been this genuinely angry in a long time.

He believed that now that he had become the clan chief, what he needed to do was to calm his mind and be more peaceful in his dealings with others, and he did just that.

Even today, he still can't believe his ears... Naoki... it's the truth! He thought Naoki had encountered some unspeakable difficulty, but Takita never expected this...

"Takita..." Naoki looked at Takita with some fear, his heart pounding in his throat.

He suddenly regretted telling the truth. Perhaps he should have disappeared long ago... at least it wouldn't have been so embarrassing or despicable.

Suppressing his anger, Takita tried to calm his heaving chest and looked up at Naoki again.

“I understand what happened to you… Thank you for telling me the truth…” Takita said.

This matter concerns the future of Konoha. Now that he knows this possibility, he also has to consider whether similar situations might occur... Therefore, he needs to think calmly and not act impulsively.

After calming his anger slightly, Takita spoke again, his tone filled with reluctance and heartache...

“You…you were forced, I can tell.” Takita walked over, gently hugged Naoki, and patted him on the back.

Naoki shuddered, tears streaming down his face, dripping onto Takita's shoulder and soaking his clothes.

He thought Takita would treat him humiliated and despise him, but did he actually understand him?

"You told me the truth, so I now consider you my good friend... Can you tell me everything you know and everything that happened to you?" Takita said softly, still as gentle as ever.

Upon hearing the word "friend," Naoki's already heavy emotions of sadness and grief overflowed once more, and the sobs he had been holding back gradually broke out.

"Oh... thank you..." Naoki nodded, thanking him repeatedly.

He felt he was completely unworthy to be Takita's friend, that he had approached Takita with impure motives, repeatedly concealed his own situation, and that everything about him was deliberately fabricated.

But at this moment, can Takita really accept this hypocritical and despicable version of himself...?

......

The words that had been suppressed in his heart for so long were finally unleashed by Naoki all at once.

He now trusts Takita completely, and Naoki, whose mind was originally not complicated, seems to have rediscovered his original personality at this moment.

Naoki spoke on and off for almost an hour until Takita found out everything.

This includes the cause, the process, and the entire journey up to the present.

Upon hearing about Naoki's ordeal, Takita felt a chill run down his spine, and a bone-chilling coldness enveloped his heart... Naoki wasn't treated like a human being, at least that's how Takita felt.

He couldn't imagine what Naoki would feel when his clansmen stripped him naked and carefully examined his body to see if it was "tempting" enough.

"I'm done speaking..."

Naoki's eyes were lifeless. After recalling so much, he suddenly felt somewhat dirty. Even though his body had been thoroughly cleansed, his once pure soul was now shrouded in shadow.

The rain just wouldn't stop, showing no sign of letting up...

Naoki glanced out the window, gave a self-deprecating laugh, and said, "Takita, given the current rain, the original plan was to stay here overnight as you invited."

"..."

Takita remained silent, somewhat speechless.

His personality had been completely figured out; the Shimura clan's efficiency and intelligence-gathering abilities were truly frightening. Just like Naoki said, if he hadn't known the whole story today, he really might have let him stay here for the night.

Thinking about this made Takita feel nauseous.

He wasn't disgusted by Naoki himself, but by the powerful members of the Shimura clan who presumptuously guessed his thoughts and used various means to turn Naoki into a delicate candy, tricking him into eating it.

Naoki doesn't need any of that!

If he had met him by chance and wanted to become good friends with him, Takita would not have felt anything was wrong.

And now, this feeling of being arranged for is truly disgusting.

"Hehehe..." Takita suddenly wanted to laugh, but his laughter was full of contempt.

"The mere Shimura clan dares to mess with me..." Takita said hatefully, his eyes filled with murderous intent. "A third-rate little clan dares to mess with my Hagoromo clan, plotting against me? They even want to join Konoha..."

Takita sneered. He almost never showed this expression or demeanor, but at this moment he made no attempt to hide his murderous intent.

"Stop looking down on me! So what if I'm young? I'm the clan leader now, the clan leader of the Feather Robe Clan..." Takita said to himself as he looked out the window.

Without giving Naoki a chance to choose, Takita suddenly turned to look at Naoki and asked seriously, "Naoki, do you hate your family? Do you want to go back now?"

Naoki raised his head slightly, his eyes showing some confusion. If it were before, he would have considered it, but now...

"I don't want to. That place is no longer my family. The moment I left my family, I became Naoki, destined to become that pathetic guy who gives up his body..." Naoki answered with some disappointment, though without any hesitation.

“You’re not pathetic. At least you haven’t gotten to that point yet. And I’ll help you.” Takita smiled at Naoki and continued, “Stay with me for now, and I’ll figure out what to do next.”

After thinking about Naoki's current situation, Takita added, "As for the ninja who's with you... at least you staying with me gives him the illusion that I've accepted you."

Takita felt awkward and disgusted by the feeling of being spied on, but in order not to alert the culprits and gather evidence, he needed to discuss the matter with the other two clan leaders first...

The Shimura clan is a group driven only by indifference and self-interest. Having such people join Konoha is definitely not a good thing; in fact, it's possible that countless years from now, they might even slowly wipe out the three clans that founded Konoha...

"I understand, thank you..."

Naoki can't turn back now; after all, the mission has completely failed for the family.

Even if Takita had just abandoned him, he wouldn't have any complaints, since he said those words partly because of his own conscience.

But he didn't want to continue like this; if he did, he would definitely go insane. Perhaps he wasn't cold-blooded enough, or mercenary enough? He truly couldn't bring himself to sacrifice for his family, nor could he deceive the boy before him who was so devoted to him.

Thinking of this, Naoki's heart tightened, and he asked with some worry, "If... I wanted to become good friends with you, Takita, with my own will, would you be willing?"

Takita was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and replied, "What are you talking about? Didn't I already say that you're already my good friend?"