“I’m… the protagonist?”
Sakura pointed to her own nose, her beautiful jade-like eyes widening slightly.
Upon hearing this, even Naruto, who had already been stunned by his own true identity, turned around, equally curious.
“That’s right, the protagonist.”
Wang Yan said with a serious tone, “You’ve heard of prophecy, right?”
Both Naruto and Sakura shook their heads.
The former didn’t understand, which was expected, and the latter, although she had good grades in theoretical classes at school, wasn’t taught anything “irrelevant” like this at ninja school.
Sasuke nodded slightly, indicating that he had heard of it before. “I saw it in the secret scrolls of the clan. It is said that the toads of Mount Myoboku and the Great Toad Sage both have the ability to predict the future. I’m not sure if it’s true or not.”
The Great Toad Sage’s real name was Gamamaru, not Gamabunta. He had predicted the existence of Jiraiya and his pupil.
However, the Uchiha clan’s records were not very detailed, and Sasuke only knew a little bit, so he couldn’t be considered truly knowledgeable.
“Well, the power of prophecy does exist. Many beings have the ability to observe timelines, such as predicting the future and understanding the past.”
Wang Yan smiled slightly. “Have you ever heard of the multiverse and endless dimensions?”
This time, even Sasuke looked puzzled.
The three young ninjas suddenly felt like ignorant bumpkins in front of Wang Yan, not knowing anything when asked.
Fortunately, they were still young and didn’t feel ashamed of their ignorance, so they all asked for an explanation.
“Perhaps you once thought that the Five Great Shinobi Countries encompassed all the forces in the heavens and the earth, but in reality, that’s not the case. In the boundless universe, there are many colorful worlds.”
“For example, the Hero Academy world, the Marvel world, the Pirate world, the Bleach world… In many worlds, there are great prophets called ‘timeline observers’ who know the past and predict the future.”
At this point, Wang Yan paused for a moment, giving them some space to digest the information, before continuing, “And many timeline observers, besides their own world, occasionally predict events that will happen in other worlds.”
“Could it be…” Sasuke’s black pupils, which had returned to their usual state, suddenly contracted like needlepoints, like a startled cat with its fur standing on end.
If everything in the future had already been determined and predicted by someone else, then what was the meaning of everything he did? Was his struggle, his efforts, all unnecessary?
“You have a quick reaction. I’ll reward you a bit.”
Wang Yan tilted his head, giving Sasuke a approving look.
After a moment of thought, he continued on his own, “It’s true that Itachi was indeed the executioner of the Uchiha clan, but he also had his own reasons.”
“Reasons?!” Sasuke exuded a dark and violent aura all over his body. “What reasons could there be to make him kill his own parents with his own hands?”
His strict, always high-expectations-but-also-protective father!
His gentle and kind mother!
Both were killed by that damned brother of his!
Sasuke, engulfed in pain, made a firm decision: no matter what reasons the other party had, he would never forgive!
“After experiencing the tragic Shinobi World War, Itachi had always detested war. But just as he finally endured until the end of the war and the era of peace arrived, the conflict between the Senju clan and the Uchiha clan, the First Hokage’s lineage, began to intensify.”
At this point, Wang Yan’s tone became somewhat mocking. “Heh, without external wars to relieve pressure or divert conflicts, it’s all internal strife.”
“Due to the severe oppression, the Uchiha clan’s head, Fugaku Uchiha, was unwilling to tolerate it any longer and devised a plan to rebel against Konoha.”
Hearing his father’s name, Sasuke’s eyes turned slightly red, the muscles in his arms twitching, tightly clenching his fists until his nails dug into his palms.
Drip… Drip…
Drop by drop of bright red blood fell to the ground, merging with the earth, leaving behind a black bloodstain.
“In fact, at that time, Fugaku’s plan was flawless and had a very high chance of success. If there were no unexpected incidents, perhaps he would be sitting in the position of Hokage now.”
Wang Yan’s tone was calm. “However, at that time, the genius Uchiha Itachi, who possessed the most powerful genjutsu, Tsukuyomi, decided to stop this coup. Because of his intervention, on that day, most of the Uchiha clan’s fighting strength was temporarily disabled.”
Itachi wanted to minimize bloodshed, but the outcome turned into the Uchiha Massacre.
“In such a situation, Itachi, who loved peace, believed that if the greatly weakened Uchiha clan rebelled, they would inevitably fail, and the entire clan would be slaughtered, leaving no one alive.”
“In order to protect his beloved younger brother, he accepted Danzo’s proposal and decided to join forces with someone claiming to be ‘Uchiha Madara’ to kill everyone in the clan, including his own parents.”
At this point, Sasuke completely darkened.
His eyes were bloodshot, his voice hoarse and grating. “Enough, you lying scammer. Even if you want to defend that guy, at least come up with a better reason! You just said that because of Itachi’s betrayal, most of the Uchiha clan’s fighting strength was only temporarily disabled! Just genjutsu, at most it would only take a day for everyone to recover to their peak strength!”
Despite his words, Sasuke still held onto a sliver of hope.
If he had already made up his mind, he wouldn’t have listened to Wang Yan’s words.
“Do you think you’re wrong?”
Sasuke raised his neck, not accepting Wang Yan’s explanation.
“You’ve already awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, and you still haven’t realized it?” Wang Yan’s expression was strange, smiling at Sasuke with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile. “From the moment you passed the assessment yesterday until now, you’ve been under the influence of my genjutsu.”
With that said, Wang Yan clapped his hands.
Sasuke, as if waking up from a dream, broke out in a cold sweat.
He remembered!
He remembered the memories he had deliberately ignored!
After returning home yesterday, he found some paper and wrote a sentence repeatedly until dawn.
“I am Uchiha Sasuke, I have a brother complex, I am the spokesperson for Chuunibyou.”
The straightforward Sasuke didn’t know what “brother complex” meant, nor did he understand what Chuunibyou was.
However, this extremely strange thing did indeed happen…
Until Wang Yan voluntarily released the genjutsu, he didn’t even feel that anything was wrong!
A chill ran down his spine, and as he looked at the calm and composed Wang Yan beside him, Sasuke broke out in goosebumps.
How could someone with this kind of ability be an ordinary jonin?
What conspiracy does he have while still staying in Konoha?
He also realized that the conversation he had with Wang Yan during this time, Naruto and Sakura didn’t seem to hear it at all, but instead kept repeating questions about the “protagonist.”
“Well then.”
Sasuke’s mentality changed quickly, swiftly returning to his usual expressionless face, his tone somewhat solemn. “Regardless of whatever scheme you have, it has nothing to do with me. Also… thank you for telling me the truth about what happened back then.”
Wang Yan didn’t need Sasuke’s gratitude.
After all, everything he did was in accordance with his own desires.
Redirecting the trajectory of others’ destinies to the direction he desired…
Wasn’t that interesting?
“The things that were originally going to happen in the Shinobi World are all in this book.”
A mischievous smile appeared on Wang Yan’s lips as dozens of manga books flew out of his storage ring, landing beside Sakura in a pile.
“This… is my gift to you.”
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