My name is Uchiha Touhuan, and I beat the villagers so badly they cried out in pain.

Chapter 104 Sasuke's Second Lesson

After a thoroughly enjoyable banquet, it was already evening.

The others dispersed, while Kakashi, who had drunk a bit too much, took a walk along the Naka River with Uchiha Touhuan to digest their food.

"Kakashi, you've been a huge help to our operation this time. What are your thoughts on your future position?" Uchiha Touhuan asked.

"Any position is fine as long as it helps you," Kakashi said.

"Then I'll be frank. I hope you can become the Hokage's assistant and take over my duties as the captain of the security force," Uchiha Touhuan said. "Afterwards, I plan to refine the security force's authority, separating the authority to handle trivial matters within the village and the authority to legislate into two new departments. The security department will simply serve as an intelligence and violence agency targeting the Land of Fire."

"Okay, I understand." Kakashi nodded.

"You'll have to help me out from now on, okay?" Uchiha Touhuan said with a smile.

"That's natural." Kakashi smiled as well.

The two walked up the Nanga River until the sun had completely set, and they reached the edge of the village.

At that moment, Kakashi suddenly asked, "Douhuan, who exactly is that masked man?"

Uchiha Touhuan stopped and looked at the bright moon reflected in the clear waters of the Namka River, then said, "Don't you already have the answer in your heart?"

"It really is him," Kakashi sighed.

"Yes, I wonder what he went through to become like this, the hero of Konoha back then." Uchiha Touhuan said.

"This is his eye." Uchiha Touhuan took out a test tube from a scroll on his body. The nutrient solution inside contained Uchiha Obito's eye. "Take it. Judging from the ocular power fluctuations I sensed that night, your eye should have evolved to the level of the Mangekyou Sharingan as well."

"That's right." Kakashi pulled up the headband covering his left eye, revealing his Sharingan. The three tomoe inside the Sharingan slowly rotated, and soon transformed into the Mangekyou Sharingan pattern resembling the Fuma Shuriken.

"Try to use the Mangekyou Sharingan sparingly. Unlike me, you don't have Sage Mode, which uses natural energy to nourish your eye power. Using it too much will blind you. Here, take this." After giving Kakashi some instructions, Uchiha Touhuan handed him another Mangekyou Sharingan.

Kakashi silently accepted the Mangekyou Sharingan.

"As for Obito, let him die as a hero. That would be better for everyone," said Uchiha Touhuan.

"Thank you," Kakashi said. He knew that the reason why Uchiha Touhuan didn't make a big deal out of the masked man's identity later was probably more out of consideration for him.

"Why are you saying this?" Uchiha Touhuan asked with a smile, extending his hand to Kakashi.

Kakashi reached out and grasped his hand, but Uchiha Touken flipped his wrist and held Kakashi's hand tightly: "You and I will be comrades for life, right?"

"Of course," Kakashi nodded with a smile.

……

As dusk fell, after saying goodbye to Kakashi, Uchiha Touhuan returned home.

As soon as he entered the house, the butler, Uchiha Keiko, said to Uchiha Touhuan, "Clan Chief, Young Master Sasuke is waiting for you in the study."

"Really? How long has he been here?" Uchiha Touhuan nodded and then asked.

"Young Master Sasuke has been waiting for you for two hours," Keiko Uchiha replied.

"I understand," Uchiha Touhuan nodded. "For the next two hours, do not let anyone disturb the study."

"Understood." Uchiha Keiko accepted the order and left.

Uchiha Touhuan pushed open the door and entered the study. As soon as he entered, he saw Sasuke flipping through the textbook that Uchiha Touhuan had helped him compile.

Sasuke was startled by the sound of the door opening. He looked up and saw that Uchiha Touhuan had returned before putting down his book.

"Teacher, you're back."

"You've been waiting a long time, haven't you?" Uchiha Touhuan said with a gentle smile.

"No, Master, your business is more important. I'll wait a bit," Sasuke said.

Uchiha Touhuan looked Sasuke up and down. He had to admit that what he had taught Sasuke before had some effect. Sasuke had changed a lot compared to the arrogant and aloof kid he used to be. Now, Sasuke could be called a gentleman.

"Speak, what brings you here?" Uchiha Touhuan asked as he sat down in the study.

"Teacher, you said that when I feel that what you taught me can no longer explain the world I observe, I should come back to you," Sasuke said.

"Is it because of your brother?" Uchiha Touhuan asked.

Sasuke nodded.

"Do you think your brother did anything wrong in this incident?" Uchiha Touhuan asked.

Sasuke thought for a moment before speaking, "My brother shouldn't have stood against the clan."

"What if we set aside our family's position?" Uchiha Touhuan asked.

Sasuke fell silent upon hearing this.

"Don't worry, speak freely," Uchiha Touhuan said with a smile.

"Teacher, you once taught me that when someone entrusts you with a task, you should be loyal to that person. If we look at it from the village's perspective, my brother is the captain of the village's ANBU. The Hokage trusts him and has entrusted him with such an important responsibility, so naturally my brother must fulfill his duty," Sasuke said. After speaking, Sasuke looked up at Uchiha Touhuan's expression, which was somewhat nervous.

"Don't be nervous," Uchiha Touhuan patted Sasuke's head. "Since you think your brother didn't do anything wrong in this matter, do you think the clan did something wrong?"

"No." Sasuke shook his head. "Whether it was imposing martial law in the village or arresting Jiraiya-sama who broke the law, the security department was doing its duty. So, in this matter, the clan did not do anything wrong."

"So, who exactly made the mistake in this incident?" Uchiha Touhuan asked.

"I don't know..." Sasuke lowered his head helplessly, "But my brother died that night."

"Sasuke, in this world, some things are not about right or wrong," Uchiha Touhuan said.

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"This... I don't understand." Sasuke looked puzzled.

"Actually, Sasuke, the clan was actually staging a coup that night. From the village's perspective, your brother was on the right side," Uchiha Touhuan said with a smile.

Sasuke's pupils contracted upon hearing Uchiha Touhuan's words.

"However, from the perspective of the clan, the clan also had reasons to stage a coup," Uchiha Touhuan said. "Some people in this village cannot tolerate the Uchiha clan, so the clan was already standing on the edge of a cliff, and the slightest mistake would lead to utter destruction."

"How...how could this be?" Sasuke asked, puzzled.

"You may not know what happened before, but now I will tell you everything exactly as it happened."

After speaking, Uchiha Touhuan recounted the Uchiha clan's previous predicament in detail.

"So, Sasuke, do you think the clan's coup this time was right or wrong?" After explaining the reasons, Uchiha Touhuan looked at Sasuke and asked.

Sasuke initially wanted to say that a coup was wrong, but then he thought about it again. Given the situation his clan had faced in the past, if the Uchiha clan did not take any action, it would probably decline and perish under constant suppression before long. This was something that Sasuke, who had always taken pride in the Uchiha clan, could not accept.

"Sasuke, this is the second lesson I'm going to teach you," Uchiha Touhuan said. "Some things are not about right or wrong, but about perspective."

"In terms of right and wrong, your brother did nothing wrong, but he made a mistake by choosing the wrong side," Uchiha Touhuan said. "In order to continue to exist in the village, the clan chose to stage a coup, but your brother chose to stand on the side of the village. However, he made the wrong choice, so he became the enemy of the clan. It's that simple."

"Why...why is this happening?" Uchiha Touhuan's words had a huge impact on Sasuke's worldview, which had been shaped by a hodgepodge of Confucian introductory texts. Unconsciously, Sasuke's Sharingan suddenly opened, with two tomoe spinning continuously within it.

"Sasuke, do you know why I taught you those things from before?" Uchiha Touhuan didn't answer Sasuke's question, but instead asked him in return.

"Teacher, do you want me to become the kind of gentleman depicted in those stories?" Sasuke asked.

"No, no, no." Uchiha Touhuan shook his head. "You only understand the first layer of meaning. Becoming a gentleman is certainly valuable, but what I'm teaching you is more important. I hope you can learn how to make others become gentlemen as defined by these things. In other words, these standards are not set for yourself, but for others."

"I...I don't understand," Sasuke said, full of confusion.

"It's okay if you don't understand for now. Let's go back to today's lesson. Regarding stance and right and wrong, why do you think I taught you these things?" Uchiha Touhuan asked again.

"Master, do you expect me to always stand on the side of the clan?" Sasuke asked tentatively.

"If you were just an ordinary member of the Uchiha clan, then this would be my purpose," Uchiha Touhuan said with a smile. "However, you are my disciple, so it's naturally not that simple."

"So, what should I do?" Sasuke asked.

"Sasuke, do you know how to play Go?" Uchiha Touhuan asked with a smile.

"Shogi?" Sasuke was taken aback, but quickly recovered and nodded. "Shikamaru taught me a little about shogi."

"So, what do you think the positions of the pieces on the chessboard are?" Uchiha Touhuan asked.

"The pawn's position?" Sasuke pondered. "To capture the opponent's pawn? To win the game?"

"That's right. In any game of chess, the moment each piece is placed on the board, its position and purpose are only one. In shogi, that is to trap the opponent's king."

"Then, what about the players outside the chessboard?" Uchiha Touhuan asked with a smile.

(End of this chapter)