Beyond the (Bar)code

In this Modern AU, Itachi Uchiha, the brilliant seventeen-year-old heir to the Uchiha Corp, is framed by his jealous twelve-year-old brother, Sasuke. In a calculated move to seize his brother's position and parents' favor, Sasuke plants evidence of massive embezzlement, leading to Itachi's public disownment and a five-year sentence in juvenile prison.
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​Five years later, Itachi is released into the bustling streets of Tokyo with nothing-no degree, no money, and a blackened name. He is taken in by the sharp-tongued Old Lady Chiyo, who runs a "men's home stay" mansion. There, he lives in a cramped attic, working as a street sweeper and janitor to rebuild his life from the ground up.

​Unbeknownst to the elite world he left behind, Itachi shares this chaotic house with a colourful cast of characters-teachers, police officers, and a prying journalist-all of whom are "lost men" in their own right. While Sasuke struggles to maintain the crumbling Uchiha legacy through arrogance and deceit, Itachi quietly masters the art of the shadow, reclaiming his brilliance one math problem and one swept sidewalk at a time.

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