Chapter 268 Your sister is back!
"Are you done?"
Haruko's questioning voice suddenly rang out to him.
Suddenly realizing the foolish thing he had done, Sasuke Uchiha's ears instantly turned bright red.
He withdrew his hand with a barely perceptible tremor, turning half of his face to the side, his bright red face fully exposed to Haruko Hayama's view, and he stubbornly refused to meet her gaze.
Haruko Hayama: ?
"So, is it clean now...?"
Haruko muttered to herself in the morning, then touched her forehead again.
“No…” Sasuke Uchiha raised his voice a little as she asked in confusion, “You have a purple diamond-shaped mark on your forehead.”
"Mark?"
Uchiha Sasuke hurriedly got up and left the room as if fleeing.
When he returned, he was holding a small mirror, and the blush on his face had faded somewhat; I don't know what method he used to make it disappear so quickly.
Looking at her forehead in the mirror, Haruko saw the exact same diamond-shaped mark as Tsunade.
"Strange, when did I learn the Yin Seal?"
...
The vegetable shop owner, tears streaming down his face, rushed to the police station without stopping. He didn't even have time to wipe his tears before hurriedly calling out his son, who was on duty.
He waved his hands and gestured, "Haruko! I saw Haruko come back!"
The young man in police uniform scratched his head, not understanding what he was gesturing about.
"Haruko? Who's that?"
Seeing the genuine confusion in his eyes, the vegetable shop owner glared at him and immediately gave him a hard slap.
He roared, "I'll beat you to death, you heartless brat!"
He used all the same tactics he used to vent his frustration at his wife's disappointment on himself on his forgotten son.
Despite being a police officer and standing over 1.8 meters tall, the young man could only bend over to dodge his attacks, vividly portraying a sense of frustration.
Taking advantage of the brief lull in his father's breathing as he got older, he relentlessly pressed for answers.
"Wait, who exactly is Haruko?"
The vegetable shop owner pointed at him, his hand trembling with anger. He looked into his son's clear yet foolish eyes and wiped his face with difficulty.
"Go, go, go!" The vegetable shop owner shoved him toward the police station. "Call the clan chief out!"
"ah?"
Seeing that his father was about to hit him again as soon as he made a sound, the young man quickly explained.
"The captain went home early today!"
The vegetable shop owner was stunned, and repeated incredulously, "Back? The clan leader???"
I've always seen the clan chief leave early and return late, sometimes even staying overnight at the police department to handle official business; I've never heard of him ever going home early.
The young man was clearly confused as well. "The captain seems to be in a bad mood today. His face is more serious than usual."
...
"Fugaku! Fugaku!"
"Fugaku, look! There are butterflies outside!"
"Anyway... Fugaku is just not good!"
In the dim and chaotic world, only a petite and lively figure moved about.
Despite his frail body, he was brimming with vitality, shining brightly every second and illuminating his mundane world.
The little one grows taller day by day, and grows bigger step by step.
Before he could even notice, the little one had already grown into a beautiful young woman.
"I come from the future, and I want to change the fate of the Uchiha clan."
"The Uchiha clan will get better and better, Fugaku, believe me."
"Fugaku, I'm going on a trip."
"I will miss you..."
She said her farewells and left this world forever, taking all life and vitality with her.
He was left standing there, speechless, unable to say anything to persuade him to stay.
Fugaku Uchiha opened his eyes and remained silent for a while before getting up to change his clothes.
He knew without looking in a mirror that what he saw was a kaleidoscope that hadn't been used for years.
After the kaleidoscope was turned off, he ate and went out as usual, greeted the tribespeople he met on the way, and went to the police department to handle official business.
It was like a long dream that was cast into his uneventful life, leaving no trace.
"Captain, are you in a bad mood?"
Fugaku Uchiha paused in his writing, not quite understanding why he said that.
"No, it's just a feeling. Anyway, nothing much is going on today. Captain, why don't you go back and rest early?"
Just as the team members were preparing for him to continue working, Fugaku Uchiha's response made his eyes widen in surprise.
"……good."
As dusk settled and the sun began to rise, Fugaku Uchiha walked slowly home.
He wasn't unmoved; rather, he completely concealed the heavy emotions that lingered within him, letting them rage and permeate his body.
Her appearance in my memory has become blurry, and even her voice seems to be veiled by a thick gauze.
Every moment they shared over eleven years has flowed into the river of time, irretrievable.
Even if Fugaku Uchiha wanted to find her, he wouldn't know where to start.
She comes from the future, but how far into the future exactly?
Will he be able to see her in this world? How long will it take for him to meet her?
Is she doing well now? Does she have family?
If she had no family, how would she, a single child, take care of herself?
She is physically weak and will get sick if she is exposed to the wind for too long. She can't eat much and is a picky eater. If no one takes care of her, she will definitely not live well on her own.
What if the illness gets worse? She's so gentle, she might get bullied.
But her only brother was completely helpless...
Once the thoughts related to that petite figure were unleashed, they flowed endlessly.
Countless worries weighed on his mind, and a sense of powerless exhaustion crept into Fugaku Uchiha's expression.
As I approached my house, the chattering noise gradually became more noticeable.
Fugaku Uchiha snapped out of his daze and looked up, stunned by the scene before him.
Several groups of people had gathered in front of my usually quiet home.
Upon closer inspection, they were all Uchiha clan members, mostly elderly or middle-aged people, with a few women holding the hands of bewildered children as they peered inside.
This makes one wonder if, apart from the younger generation, all the Uchiha clan members are here.
They whispered to each other in front of the door, their voices very low, as if afraid of disturbing the people inside.
What puzzled Fugaku Uchiha the most was that many of them had tears on their faces and were pacing anxiously at the door.
Someone spotted Fugaku Uchiha and shouted, "The clan leader is back!"
A group of people immediately turned their tearful eyes toward Uchiha Fugaku, as if they had found hope, and surrounded him.
With so many people crowding around him all at once, chattering away, Fugaku Uchiha couldn't hear them all at once. He waved his hands up and down, signaling them to come one by one.
A pair of aged hands covered his arm, trembling slightly.
When Fugaku Uchiha saw it, he realized it was an old man living at the end of the street. He had the worst temper, and many children in the clan were afraid to go to the end of the street to be caught and disciplined by him.
The stern old man, however, trembled, tears streaming from his cloudy eyes, and clung tightly to his arm.
She said tremblingly, "Haru... Haruko!"
The anxious woman behind added, "Haruko's back! Your sister's back!"
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