So, forget it!
He sighed inwardly, then forced a smile.
"What, apologize for what?"
"I know you're very busy normally, as a ninja, that's perfectly normal."
"Don't just stand there, come in and let's talk."
Uchiha Jin stepped aside, then invited Shisui and the other person into the room.
Looking at the simple, almost dilapidated house, Shisui's brows furrowed slightly.
But, he didn't speak.
After the two came to the living room and sat down, Uchiha Jin brewed a pot of tea.
"Here, Shisui, have some tea!" Uchiha Jin said.
After Shisui picked up the teacup, he was silent for a moment: "How have you been these past few years? Why did I see you eating at Ichiraku Ramen this morning?"
Uh... it's confirmed!
The surveillance he felt earlier must have been Shisui.
But he really didn't expect Shisui to have been following him since the morning.
After thinking for a moment, he didn't hide it.
"Eating."
"When my parents died on a mission eight years ago, I was too young, and Ichiraku Ramen was cheap enough."
"So from that time, I've always eaten at the ramen shop."
"However, you also know."
"My parents' inheritance wasn't much, and I'm not a genius. To become a ninja and earn money from missions, I'd at least have to wait until I graduated from the Ninja Academy."
"The problem of eating for so many years couldn't be covered by my parents' inheritance alone."
"So at that time, I discussed with Teuchi-san that until I grew up, I would eat three meals a day at his place, and I wanted to see if I, as a long-term customer, could get a discount."
"Teuchi-san is kind-hearted. Even if he wasn't open in the morning, he'd let me eat with him and his daughter, and he wouldn't charge me."
"Even for lunch and dinner, he would basically only charge me the cost, and sometimes even less."
"I'm very grateful to Teuchi-san; I consider him a father."
Uchiha Shisui was stunned.
He never expected that Uchiha Jin had lived such a terrible life all these years!
But, that's not right.
His father's death was around the same time as Jin's parents' death.
But he had been taken care of since he was little, so why was Jin's situation like this?
Being simple-minded, he couldn't figure it out.
"Why?" Shisui couldn't help but ask: "Doesn't the Clan care?"
"I remember the Clan has a special orphanage. As long as they are Uchiha Clan members who have lost both parents, they will be accepted."
"Not to mention, your aunt and uncle sacrificed themselves on a mission."
"You should be even more qualified to go to the orphanage, so why is this?"
However, regarding this.
Uchiha Jin only remained silent.
After a long time.
He finally spoke in a faint tone.
"The reason is very simple."
"My parents were loyal to your grandfather, Uchiha Kagami."
"Once your grandfather died, his subordinates were naturally purged."
"Let alone me, you can go to the Clan and see; many of the children of your grandfather's subordinates back then lived even more miserably than I did."
Uchiha Shisui gasped.
He, his face was pale.
Even the hand holding the teacup began to tremble slightly.
Uchiha Jin sighed faintly at this.
Recalling the original plot, only Shisui and Itachi teamed up.
The old subordinates who followed Uchiha Kagami back then, and their children, no one was willing to support Shisui.
In his previous life, he also couldn't understand it.
However.
After transmigrating, he instantly understood.
Uchiha Kagami's subordinates were purged after his death, and most of them had died over the years.
As for their descendants, most didn't live to adulthood.
Even those who managed to survive to adulthood most likely hated Uchiha Kagami and Shisui to death.
Still supporting him?
Nonsense!
It was only Uchiha Jin; he was a person of two lives, and his values were relatively normal.
He knew that Kagami and Shisui were good people, and his parents' choice was not wrong, but he just didn't expect Uchiha Kagami to have such a short life.
As for Shisui?
He was just a child, what the hell did he know!
It was precisely because of this that he never resented Shisui.
Choosing to stay away from Shisui was simply because he understood the plot and didn't want to interact with these plot characters.
To put it bluntly, he was afraid of trouble.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
Shisui's face grew even darker.
"No, it's not like that!"
"How could those people do such a thing?"
"These bastards!"
Creak.
Even the gentle Shisui, after learning these truths, was so enraged that his killing intent overflowed.
He was truly angry.
One must know that Uchiha Jin's plight was due to his grandfather, Uchiha Kagami's lineage!
Not to mention.
According to Jin's account, he was actually relatively lucky.
At the very least.
Under the care of Teuchi's parents, he managed to live safely to adulthood, and if he became a ninja in the future, he wouldn't have to worry about food and drink.
But what about the others?
Thinking of that tragic scene, he was so furious that he directly activated his Sharingan.
Even, faintly.
Shisui's Three-Tomoe seemed to be on the verge of evolving into Mangekyo.
At this moment.
Uchiha Jin was in a predicament.
Although he didn't know when Shisui's Mangekyo evolved in the original plot.
But if it evolved in his house, then it would be over.
The Uchiha Clan, and even the Third Hokage's faction.
The entire Konoha Higher-Ups' attention would be completely focused on him, the person involved.
In that case, how could he 'hide'?
Holy crap, no way!