Naruto: The Beautiful Uchiha is Actually Me?

What are we striving for in Chapter 112?

"Brother, this is it! It's still quite simple now... but it will get better in the future!" Takita held his brother's hand as they strolled around the newly formed Konoha Village.

Although most of the area is still forest, a large open space has been cleared in the center of the village. Timber is plentiful in this forest, so building houses has always been quite efficient.

"This place is great! Are we going to live here from now on?" Xiao Guang looked around, his eyes full of curiosity and anticipation.

"Um, brother... are you still going to live with me?" Takita asked tentatively.

He wasn't stupid enough not to realize that his brother must have someone very important to him, since Xiaoguang's expressions often made it quite obvious.

“I…of course,” Xiaoguang replied casually.

He didn't know what the injured, one-armed boy's current condition was.

Perhaps because he is a member of the Hagoromo clan, he, like his younger brother Takita, is acutely aware of the feelings he harbors—that of love...

I just don't know what Watama was thinking...

It's been many years since I last saw him, but in Xiao Guang's heart, he is still that figure who is trying hard to recover, constantly falling down and getting back up.

"Brother?" Takita noticed that Hikaru seemed lost in thought and couldn't help but remind him, "Brother...it's okay, we can talk about things later, things will definitely get better!"

Xiao Guang was taken aback, and gripped his younger brother's hand even tighter...

That's right. Although he was a younger brother whom he only recognized later, he has been really happy these past few years. At least Takita is very important to him now!

......

Meanwhile, on the other side, the Senju brothers coincidentally gathered together again.

Hashirama has been very busy. After all, as the only person who knows that amazing Wood Release technique, he's probably responsible for about half of the newly built houses in the village recently...

Now that the village is taking shape and a bunch of Sarutobi clan laborers have joined the effort, this place is gradually becoming more prosperous...

Well, calling it prosperous is just a slight improvement compared to the barren open space of the past. But at least there are enough houses to live in, so it's a rare occasion for me to come to the village with my brothers, since I've been staying in the clan's ancestral home for so long.

"Itama, take good care of your third brother. I still need to go find Madara..." Hashirama smiled apologetically, then left without worry.

He still has quotas for fifty houses to meet today, and he needs to go with Ban to study the future operating model of the village...

Tobirama sighed softly and spoke up, "You all know my brother's personality, so most of the time it's Madara and me who discuss things, so..."

"Ah, it's alright, second brother, it's very safe here! I'll take good care of third brother... You can go ahead and do your work!" Itama knew that his second brother Tobirama was also very busy, so the task of taking care of Tobirama fell to him.

"What? I'm not incapable of taking care of myself... Besides, this is a village that everyone built, what danger could there be?"

Wajian pouted awkwardly, but didn't break free from his younger brother's grasp, letting him hold his hand.

"Okay, brother, let's go! I'll show you around!"

"Great! I've been wanting to see this place for a long time!" Watama was still the same as always, his smile was infectious.

Itama held his brother's hand tightly, in a good mood... His third brother, Watama, was the one he had spent the most time with in recent years and the one who understood him the most.

The plank room, where I could be alone with the tiled room, immediately made me feel relaxed.

"That's our Senju clan's village territory over there... We'll be living nearby from now on! And then... that's the Uchiha direction. Although we're still not quite used to each other, we're trying our best to make it work!"

Itama introduced them one by one, and his eyes lit up noticeably when he mentioned the Uchiha clan.

Wajima observed his younger brother's expression discreetly, a sense of melancholy creeping into his heart...

Although my younger brother's life wasn't happy before, thankfully, he no longer has to be at odds with the person he likes.

Itama himself didn't know, but Watama could clearly see that his younger brother Itama had definitely fallen for the little Uchiha he'd been talking about...

"Ahem... well, it's about Itama... you..." Watama hesitated, wondering whether to enlighten his younger brother, but after thinking about it... he felt it was a bit abrupt, so he immediately changed what he was about to say, "It's just... are you particularly concerned about that friend of yours?"

Itama was taken aback for a moment, then nodded with a slight blush.

"Yes...yes...what's wrong, brother?"

Seeing Itama's expression, Watama became even more certain.

"Cherish him! You absolutely must! When the time comes, you must fight for him! Don't let yourself regret it..."

"ah...?"

Banjian was completely bewildered, not understanding what his third brother meant by his cryptic words.

Strive...strive...what exactly are we striving for?

"It's alright, maybe you'll understand after a while, haha~" Watama shook his head and didn't continue.

He himself felt the same way... Now that the rare war was over, he should have a better chance to return to the small mountains near the Feathered Robe Clan to find Hikari, but he was still in this state... He simply didn't have the ability to make him happy...

When he first left those mountains, that feeling had already reached his heart... Even though he kept thinking about whether there were other possibilities, Wajima couldn't lie to himself.

Because I, too, may have fallen in love with that gray-haired little boy during those most difficult and painful days. The image of him taking care of me and encouraging me still flickers in my mind...

“Let’s go take a look over there? You haven’t shown us over there yet!” Wajian tugged at his younger brother’s hand, perked up again, and pointed to the building on the other side with a curious look on his face.

Distracted by Kawarama again, Itama didn't dwell on his brother's words. He turned to look in the direction Kawarama was pointing, his expression suddenly becoming somewhat strange...

"That's the territory of the Feathered Robe Clan..."

Speaking of the Feathered Robe Clan, Itama immediately thought of the young clan leader.

He didn't dislike the other person, but he sensed that the young clan leader also had a strange concern for Yan Yi... He was also Yan Yi's good friend, and compared to himself... he was much more outstanding.

Itama thought to himself that he was probably inferior to the other party in every way, whether it was strength or the resources he controlled.

He could truly help Yan Yi, while he... besides causing Yan Yi trouble and worrying him, he was utterly useless...

The two brothers walked side by side toward the Hagoromo clan. Watama didn't know what his younger brother was thinking, because he himself... also had a strange fear of the Hagoromo clan.

My arm was severed by a ninja from the Hagoromo clan back then, and even now, thinking about that scene still makes my right arm ache...

However, the brothers' silence did not last long, because around the next corner, Watama saw a scene that instantly made him lose his ability to think.