Cherreads

Chapter 30 - Chapter 30: The Cursed Fate of the Uchiha Heir

[Congratulations, host. You have obtained the Uchiha Ultimate Talent Gift Pack.]

[For this simulation, all talents will be forcibly selected. Please prepare yourself.]

Shiro: …Ehh?

So this time, I don't even get to choose? They're just dumping everything on me?

"System, didn't you say I could only select up to three talents?"

[Gift packs are an exception.]

"…Figures. Damn system, you just love messing with me, don't you?"

[Please refrain from baseless accusations. Everything is purely random.]

[Simulation begins.]

[You were born into the once-greatest clan of Konoha, the Uchiha, as its rightful heir.]

[At the time of your birth, the Seventh Hokage, Uzumaki Naruto, ruled Konoha. Your father was his lifelong comrade and the village's lone wandering shinobi—Uchiha Sasuke.]

Shiro: …Wait, what? Σ(д|||)!!!

Cough! So now the second emo king is my dad?!

So… anyone I successfully BS my way through in real life ends up as my father in the simulation?!

And why the hell did the timeline jump all the way to Boruto?!

[Born alongside you was your twin sister—Uchiha Sarada.]

[Your father, Uchiha Sasuke, your sister, Uchiha Sarada, and you, Uchiha Shiro, were the only pure-blooded Uchiha left in the ninja world.]

[Since your father was rarely in the village, even your and your sister's birth didn't bring him back. Most of your childhood was spent being raised by your mother, Haruno Sakura.]

[As you grew up, you deeply loved your mother and sister, but you barely knew your father, Sasuke.]

Shiro: System, I already know who my dad is! You don't have to keep reminding me!

[Understood. Continuing simulation.]

[At six years old, you had only seen your father a handful of times.]

[Each year, on your birthday or your mother's, she would always sigh deeply in her room after the celebrations, disappointed once again.]

[Your father had never been present for a single birthday.]

[This year, at your and your sister's birthday party, Sarada waited anxiously for the hawk that usually delivered a birthday gift from your father. But this time, she waited until morning… and nothing came.]

[Sarada was devastated.]

[Your frustration toward your absent father turned into anger.* That bastard! Not only does he never show up, but he even forgot our birthday gift this year?!*]

[As your anger peaked, you felt a shackle in your mind shatter. The world before you suddenly became clearer, and everything around you slowed down.]

[You walked into the bathroom and looked at your reflection in the mirror.]

[Your pupils had turned a bright crimson, each bearing three slowly rotating tomoe.]

[You had awakened the Sharingan—straight to three tomoe!]

[Your mother was ecstatic, calling you the Uchiha clan's new prodigy.]

[That same year, you and Sarada entered the Ninja Academy.]

[You made several friends at the Academy. However, for some unknown reason, many of them started experiencing strange accidents.]

[One broke a leg. Another got hit by a falling flower pot.* Your friends began whispering that you were cursed.*]

[After a few months, one of your closest friends, Nara Shikadai, collapsed at home while playing shogi with his father. He suffered a sudden brain hemorrhage and was rushed to the ICU.* He became the youngest person in Konoha's history to suffer from a stroke.*]

[Your remaining friends, who once claimed they "didn't believe in bad luck," promptly changed their minds.]

[Three months later, you heard that Shikadai's condition had improved, and he was about to be discharged. Happy for him, you bought a bunch of gifts and went to visit him.]

[However, the moment you stepped into his hospital room, his condition suddenly deteriorated.* Within two minutes, he passed away.*]

[The genius of the Nara Clan, praised for surpassing his father's intelligence, was no more. Aged six years, three months, eleven days, five hours, and twenty-two minutes.]

[From then on, aside from your mother and sister, no one dared to stay close to you.]

[You had no more friends.]

Shiro: Damn… the "Heaven's Curse Lone Star" talent is no joke! Just took out one of the main characters of Boruto in one go…

[At seven years old, your Sharingan greatly accelerated your training. You became stronger than your peers by several times.]

[But you noticed something—your mother had begun falling ill.* The stronger you became, the worse her condition got.*]

[You stopped training. Her condition stabilized, but she never recovered.]

[Six months later, despite everything, she passed away.]

…Wow. So now Sakura gets killed off.

[Lying weakly on her deathbed, she smiled at you.]

["Shiro, you've awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan… Just like your father…"]

[Before she could finish speaking, she closed her eyes forever.]

[Her death solidified your Mangekyō Sharingan's power.]

[You began to wonder… Were you really cursed?* Was everyone close to you destined to die?*]

[Watching Sarada sob uncontrollably, you feared that one day… she would be next.]

[You made an important decision.]

[Three days later, you silently left Konoha while your sister slept.]

[You decided to go as far away as possible, believing that the greater the distance, the safer Sarada would be.]

[At eight years old, while wandering the ninja world,* you unexpectedly encountered your father—Uchiha Sasuke.*]

Shiro: I told you, stop saying his name every damn time!!!

To Be Continued…

More Chapters