Konoha: We, the Uchiha, are ready to give up!

"Don't take this lightly!"

Uchiha Jin spoke softly.

His tone was quite serious, but Itachi was completely dumbfounded when he heard these words.

This……

What the heck?!

His lips twitched violently, and his eyes kept rolling back.

"Teacher, you..." Itachi sighed, rubbing his forehead, and said helplessly, "Can't you be serious for once?"

He was truly helpless.

Although he wasn't in school yet, and his clan didn't teach him anything like the Will of Fire, he didn't understand it.

The problem is, this idea is too popular.

Throughout the entire Hidden Leaf Village, everyone is talking about this.

Of course he'd heard of it!

very beginning.

He also really liked this idea, and even studied and thought about it specifically.

However, after becoming a student of Uchiha Jin and being exposed to deeper concepts and ways of thinking, he instantly discovered the flaws in this system.

Wherever the leaves dance, the fire will never go out.

The Konoha ninja burned themselves to protect the village's new seedlings.

This concept is really great!

But the problem is that, taking this war as an example, it was actually the students who had just graduated who were truly burning themselves out.

Even many students who hadn't reached graduation season, or even submitted graduation applications, were forced to graduate by the village and thrown into the war without any basic training.

His teacher, Uchiha Jin, was one of them!

Furthermore, the Ninja Academy taught about cultivating bonds and valuing comrades, but Hatake Sakumo saved a comrade, which led to rumors and ultimately forced the Leaf Village's White Fang to his death.

At this point, it became clear that ninjas should prioritize missions.

Good guy!

To paraphrase my teacher, the village has the final say, right?

All that looks good on the outside, but rotten inside!

Itachi clearly scoffed at the ideas the village was promoting.

There are many similar examples; in short, these things completely changed Itachi's true thoughts.

To put it bluntly, it's about these kinds of conceptual things.

It's just a tool used by the village's upper echelons to rule over the lower classes.

But what about now?

Why would your own teacher make you study?

Also, what the heck is getting a girlfriend (bjfg)?

Is this considered a mission?

He didn't understand at all.

“Itachi, I’m being serious.” Uchiha Jin said helplessly, “You’re still too childish.”

"The Will of Fire is a good thing, it just depends on your perspective."

"You think this thing is a cancer, but that's because you haven't seen it from the perspective of Konoha's higher-ups."

"At the very least, the Will of Fire has played a crucial role in Konoha's current cohesion!"

“Even other villages have something similar to the Will of Fire. This thing that you call a malignant tumor is actually the foundation that allows a village to unite.”

I call it, ideology!

"What you should do is understand it, thoroughly grasp it, and then use your ideas to integrate it into something better."

"Your ideal is world peace, right? Having overwhelming military power is just the foundation; it can only allow you to forcibly unify the entire ninja world."

"But this peace is only a false peace."

"Just like Hashirama Senju, why was there peace when he was alive, but the moment he died, the Fourth Shinobi World War broke out?"

"It's simply because he was strong enough that no one dared to start a war while he was alive!"

"But he didn't pay attention to ideological issues, so everything changed after he died."

"So if you want to achieve peace, you first need to be strong enough to wipe out the leaders of each village and completely unify the ninja world."

"Promote a more suitable ideology so that everyone will wholeheartedly agree with what you are advocating."

"Only in this way can long-term peace be guaranteed."

"Do you still think that learning the Will of Fire is useless?"

Uchiha Jin looked helpless.

The ninja world is quite peculiar.

An ideology has been created, but no one is exploring it in depth; it's simply used as a tool.

This is simply a waste!

Since Itachi has this intention, he doesn't mind nurturing him a little.

Itachi was stunned.

He truly hadn't expected that the seemingly absurd learning task contained so many profound truths.

"Teacher, I was wrong!" Itachi could only nod, but he was still puzzled: "What about getting a girlfriend?"

Yes.

This is what he understands the least.

Seeing this, Uchiha Jin said helplessly.

"First of all, I won't assign you any tasks, because with your temperament, you'll never even think about it."

"Secondly, only when a person gets married and has a wife and children will he be able to look at problems from a more comprehensive and cautious perspective."

"Your thinking seems profound, but it is actually quite broad."

"It's like a tall building that looks majestic and imposing, but in reality, it has an unstable foundation and will collapse immediately if the wind blows."

"Right now, your teacher is here to lay a solid foundation for you!"

He wasn't lying!

Although Itachi is intelligent, he can be considered a genius.

But, same thing.

Because he was too talented, he often skipped around and couldn't be down-to-earth.

The arrangements he's making now are to help him settle down!

Of course, there are many more.

It's true that Jin could have a girlfriend, since she's his apprentice now, and as her teacher, he naturally has to consider things for his student.

He's not like Fugaku, who's all about having kids but not raising them.

"This, okay!"

Although Itachi was still a little awkward, since the teacher had said so much and it seemed to make a lot of sense.

So, forget it!

After hesitating for a moment, he agreed.

Just as he was about to say something, Tie Huo rushed in anxiously.

"My lord, the situation is dire!"

"Our surveillance team has sent word that the three elders, Koharu Utatane, Homura Mitokado, and Danzo Shimura, secretly visited the heads of the various ninja clans today."

"The leaders of all the major ninja clans are now secretly heading to the Hokage Building."

"I'm afraid this is targeting my Uchiha clan!"

His forehead was covered in sweat.

His face instantly turned pale.

Even now, his tone of voice has started to stutter.

Yes.

He is not stupid.

The Hokage's actions have already indicated that something is wrong.