This Uchiha Itachi is very lonely

"My speech is over."

Without rambling words, Hiruzaru Sarutobi made it clear what every child must understand when going to a ninja school, and took a step back decisively, "Next, the Fourth Hokage will give a speech to everyone."

As he spoke, he stepped off the podium.

Immediately afterwards, a blond man in a white robe with "Fourth Hokage" slowly walked up to the podium and took his place.

He is very young, completely different from the old Sarutobi Hiruzen, full of vitality and beauty.

Namikaze Minato's face did not have the kind of modest smile he used to treat others, but was very serious.

"I think you all heard what Principal Sarutobi said just now."

"I hope everyone can take the remarks just now seriously and feel the meaning carefully. Don't let the dead souls feel ashamed, and don't let the seniors who are still stationed on the border defense line to defend their homes and the country feel uncomfortable. value!"

"We should take responsibility for those seniors who risked their lives to protect Konoha and provided us with a safe place to live. We should carry out their will and make their sacrifice worthwhile!"

"Where the leaves are flying, the fire will continue to grow. The fire will continue to illuminate the village and allow the new leaves to sprout."

"You are the new sprouts!"

"In the future, you will replace us and become the pillars of Konoha, the giant tree of the sky..."

……

Mixed in the crowd, Itachi stood beside Fugaku, calmly looking at Minato Namakaze on the podium.

He could easily feel the inspiring words coming out of Namikaze Minato's mouth one after another.

Beside me, those children who have longed for the profession of ninja in the ninja game and aspired to become heroes in the history of Konoha, all have high morale!

Their eyes became eager, their fists clenched, their blood seemed to be boiling...

"Is this what school is about? A powerful concept."

Artoria was next to Itachi, with longing on her face, "Cultivating children's beliefs and guiding them in the right direction, it's a very good institution."

Itachi also appreciates this education system, "Konoha will not pin its hopes on one generation, but use the school's institutions to pass on this idea and let it be passed on from generation to generation."

"Education should be the third important factor in a power besides military and economics."

But Arturia is not all praise, "But there are also disadvantages, knowledge is the key to people's thinking."

"If there are more people with wisdom, it will increase the difficulty of managing a force."

"I used to want to change the fact that the British nobles hold most of the books and knowledge, so that some wise people can stand out among the common people. But after carefully thinking about the situation in Britain at that time, I gave up this idea..."

……

On the podium, Namikaze Minato talked about the essence of Konoha Village and the "will of fire" that Konoha inherited.

Itachi and Arturia only analyzed the pros and cons of these concepts, institutions, and policies for a force in their hearts, without paying too much attention to their deep meaning.

Regarding "Will of Fire" and "History of Konoha", they are not passed down in words, but also recorded in many books.

As the courseware of the ninja school, the Ninja Handbook records many words and detailed explanations of the words and words of the first Hokage, the second Hokage, and even the podium.

So actually...

Itachi and the others didn't feel much about what Sarutobi Hiruzen and Namikaze Minato had said.

Because they have already privately used this manual as part of their cultural courses and analyzed the content on it.

What's more, Itachi has seen similar scenes more than once in Artoria's memory.

Dressed in battle armor, holding a sharp sword, and wearing a snow-white cloak, Arturia stood solemnly and seriously on the city wall, looking at the densely packed crowd below, loudly declared victory and glory, and engraved the name of the martyr on the British history...

He had seen this kind of scene more than once when he read his memory.

Compared to being immersed and influenced by these words and emotions, Itachi has long understood the essence of "agitation".So I can clearly stand on the outside and look at the inside calmly.

"Speaking of which, among your group of students, there are also a few Uchiha people."

But soon, Artoria stopped evaluating.After all, she and Itachi had discussed this kind of thing too much.

She turned her attention to the nearby crowd, and found a person with the Uchiha clan pattern engraved on her clothes, just like Itachi and Fuyue.

"Three girls, two boys, counting you, there are a total of six Uchihas in this group of students..."

Chapter 67:【Uchiha Shisui】

"This is Uncle Huomen and Uncle Yu, remember? We went to the front line together."

"This Aunt Xiuyun is... the wife of the temple."

"There is also this one, you can call her Auntie Ye Yue, she opened a sweet shop in the clan area, and your mother often goes to take care of it."

"The last is Zhishui, I told you, the pride of our clan."

……

When the new year passed, the ninja school ushered in the entrance ceremony.

Because the time of admission and the beginning of school are different, after a short report and two generations of Hokage's successive speeches, Fu Yue took Itachi and left the ninja school, and met in the Chunyu building the clansmen who entered the ninja school with him in the same batch. ……elder……

"Good afternoon, my name is Itachi Uchiha."

After entering the door, there were already several adults and children waiting at the dinner table.Following his father's explanations one by one, Itachi politely introduced himself to several adults.

In his heart, he already had a concept for these people.

I have already seen the radical faction of Uchiha.

So right now, these clansmen that my father can take the initiative to introduce me to know are probably the conservatives in the clan, right?

"Compared to a year ago, nothing seems to have changed."

Uchiha Homon looked at Itachi seriously, and looked at Fuyue solemnly, "Patriarch, I suggest that you carry out strict training on Itachi, so that he can take over your position earlier and better."

Huomen seems to be a more pragmatic person.

"But my temperament is different from a year ago."

Next to him, Uchiha Yu was relatively more accommodating, "I'm not so silent anymore, and...more polite."

Itachi had an impression of both of them.

They are the Jonin of Uchiha, and together with the dead Uchiha Temple, they set foot on the battlefield as the commander of the team.

After returning from the battlefield, the two of them followed Fu Yue to the Hokage Building to report on the battle.

Especially Uchiha Yu, during Fuyue's vacation, he temporarily acted as the captain of the Konoha Guard.

As for Uchiha Hazuki, Itachi once bought sweets in her shop, and she has the impression that she is a retired Chunin.

Yawen Library

Logically speaking, she, a retired ninja, would not have the opportunity to participate in this kind of dinner.But because her daughter was a student at the same time as herself, the father, as the patriarch, did not neglect to invite her to join him.

As for Uchiha Sodeun, he had never seen it once.

"Itachi's practice is my own decision."

Regarding Uchiha Fire Gate's proposal, Uchiha Fugaku replied casually, but he didn't think too much about getting involved in this topic, "Itachi, this is Han Yu's son."

As he spoke, he motioned Itachi to look at the other children beside him, "Uchiha Kotone, Uchiha Qingcheng, the daughter and son of Tera Kazumo."

"Nailu, the daughter of Huomen."

"Quan, Ye Yue's daughter."

"You are next students of the same class, you have to take care of them."

Accompanied by his father's explanation, Itachi looked at the few people who were looking at him curiously, and greeted them politely.

However, his attention was not too much on a few children.

The impression is probably... three women and two men.

Itachi's attention was mainly focused on Uchiha Shisui, who his father said "has the same talent as you, and the same strength as me".

Short hair, gentle... This is Itachi's first impression of Uchiha Shisui.

Although he didn't speak, the smile on his face gave him a feeling similar to facing Minato Namikaze.

But compared to the strong sun like Namikaze Minato, Uchiha Shisui is more like warm spring water.

The following dinner was divided into two tables.

Fuyue and the others were at the same table, and Itachi and the others were at the same table together with Shisui.

At the not-so-large round table, Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Kan were sitting next to Itachi, and the deep meaning of the arrangement of the seats was obvious.

“Very novel way of dining.”

As the oldest boy at the table, Uchiha Shisui broke the silence of the table.

I saw him curiously looking at the Itachi holding the knife and fork, "This way of eating will slow down the speed and waste extra time, right?"

"My father said that speed and timing are the most important things for a ninja."

On the side, as Yu's son, Uchiha Han took the opportunity to talk, "Although eating like this looks very... nice, but it is too complicated for a ninja."

His undeveloped brain capacity cannot find too many adjectives.

As for Uchiha Qingcheng and the others, they all ate their meals obediently and never spoke.

"The cumbersome technique can also make up for the shortcomings in speed and time after the proficiency is improved."

Itachi didn't explain much, and expressed his meaning with practical actions.

When a piece of fresh and tender meat steak was gradually dismembered into several small portions under the nimble swing of the knife and fork, and disappeared in the mouth of the ferret in less than a minute.

Originally, he planned to open his mouth to continue from the topic of "speed and time", but Uchiha Han, who enlivened the atmosphere of the table, silently closed his mouth.

"Correcting deficiencies through proficiency...an interesting idea."

Uchiha Shisui repeated what Itachi said just now.

From this short sentence, he understood part of Itachi's thoughts, "For Itachi, is sweat enough to make up for talent? Then your practice should be very hard."

In his words, there is a bit of an examination of teaching.

As a person entrusted by the patriarch, he more or less knows the level of the kid in front of him who just reported at the ninja school.

Chakra nature, Chakra shape change, Chakra control power...

This child has already mastered many conditions that Jnin should possess.

As a person who is also talented, Shishui wants to know what Itachi thinks about the difference between talent and hard work.

"I haven't thought about it."

Itachi replied calmly, words did not affect the speed and demeanor of eating, "A person who has a purpose and really wants to become stronger, no matter whether he has talent or not, he will work hard to improve himself in various ways."

"Similarly, if a person with talent wants to become stronger, he will also work very hard."

"Instead of being entangled in talent and hard work, we should pay more attention to the idea and purpose of becoming stronger."

Oh?

Zhishui's gaze was full of curiosity, he only knew Itachi had talent in cultivation, he didn't expect him to be so mature in thinking as a child.

"The idea and purpose of becoming stronger?"

Focusing on the patriarch at the other table, he asked Itachi again, "Itachi, when you attended the entrance ceremony just now, you should have heard the speeches of the third and fourth adults. Can the will be the idea and the purpose of a person becoming stronger?"

Itachi replied without hesitation: "Yes..."

The answer is a matter of course. At present, most people in the village are growing up with the "will of fire".

As for whether you can or not, that is a matter of your heart.

Even if his father was present, Itachi didn't want to explain too much about a person he had just met.

Chapter 68: [Neutral]

A very restrained, thoughtful, very precocious child.

This is Uchiha Shisui's first impression of Itachi.

A very gentle boy who let go of Uchiha's arrogance and longed for peace and stability.

This is Itachi's first impression of Uchiha Shisui.