After dinner, Shisui and Obito went to Uchiha Fugaku's house to invite Uchiha Itachi for a walk.
To prevent Uchiha Itachi from becoming an extremist and future Clan Destroyer, Shisui wanted Uchiha Itachi to have a normal worldview.
However, the influence that strangers can give is limited, so Shisui was working hard to become Uchiha Itachi's friend.
At Uchiha Fugaku's house, they had also just finished dinner. Uchiha Fugaku, being confident in these two geniuses from the clan, did not stop them.
"Itachi, do you know Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara?" Shisui asked with a smile.
Uchiha Itachi thought for a moment, then shook his head in denial.
He was still young and hadn't received Uchiha education.
"Senju Hashirama is one of the founders of Konoha, and the First Hokage. Uchiha Madara was once the Clan Leader of the Uchiha and also one of the founders of Konoha." Shisui gave a simple introduction to both.
"During the Warring States period, the Senju Clan and the Uchiha Clan were mortal enemies..." Shisui explained the history of Senju Hashirama founding Konoha as they walked.
Before coming, Shisui had a discussion with Obito, asking him to reduce his interaction with Uchiha Itachi, so that this time, he could take the lead.
Uchiha Itachi listened intently, though he didn't quite understand, he felt it was an exciting story.
Given Uchiha Itachi's age, Shisui didn't go into too much detail, just roughly talking about the difficulties and efforts Senju Hashirama encountered in creating Konoha.
"Itachi, do you have any thoughts you want to share after listening?" Shisui asked Uchiha Itachi after the story. "Do you think the First Hokage and Uchiha Madara were amazing for achieving peace to such an extent?"
Obito, who was also pondering the exam questions, instinctively looked at Uchiha Itachi.
"I didn't really understand, so I don't have any thoughts, but Shisui brother, your story was very exciting," Uchiha Itachi answered honestly.
He was just a one-year-old child; he knew it was wrong to steal an old granny's lollipop, but to understand war and peace was too much for him.
"You're still too young, it's normal not to understand, but you can remember it first, and tell me if you have any thoughts in the future." Shisui smiled and patted Itachi's head.
He didn't expect Uchiha Itachi to understand, the reason he talked about Senju Hashirama and the founding of Konoha was because it was sufficiently positive.
He hoped that by telling these stories, Itachi would admire someone like Senju Hashirama and learn from their qualities.
"Let me tell a story too." An idea suddenly struck Obito.
"Material one, in the early Ninja Village era, Konoha captured Tailed Beasts from the Ninja World..."
"Itachi, why do you think Konoha sold the Tailed Beasts to other Ninja Villages, and what impact did that have?"
Uchiha Itachi looked baffled at Obito; was this a story? Why couldn't he understand it?
Shisui was speechless watching Obito, letting a one-year-old Uchiha Itachi tackle history questions was too much, be human!
Maybe Obito also realized he might have gone too far, so when they reached Konoha Shopping Street, he bought some tri-color dango and offered Uchiha Itachi a skewer.
This slightly improved Obito's image in Uchiha Itachi's mind.
From being a big brother who liked to bully old grannies and talk in a way he couldn't understand, to a big brother who treated him to dango but still liked to bully old grannies and talk in confusing ways.
Watching Uchiha Itachi immersed in eating the dango, Obito smiled proudly, little kids were so easy to manage.
...
Land of Rain.
Two ninjas were pushing their Chakra to speed up their journey.
"Is there really a chance to learn Ninjutsu? Could there be some kind of conspiracy?" one of the ninjas said worriedly.
"Kuroda, you're overthinking it. Who cares if there's a conspiracy or not? They aren't even charging, if we can't learn any Ninjutsu, we'll just leave," Ike Masaya said nonchalantly.
They were Wandering Ninjas mingling around nearby; they heard that a ninja in Xiaozhen Village was giving lectures teaching Ninjutsu, so they came to see the excitement.
At first, Ike Masaya, like Kuroda, thought there had to be some kind of conspiracy, because philanthropy isn't done this way.
But a ninja Ike Masaya knew gained Ninjutsu, which left him unsettled.
Kuroda thought about it and felt Ike Masaya made a good point. Since they were already here, if they really could learn Ninjutsu and backed out, wouldn't that be a huge loss?
There are many types of Wandering Ninjas, some are Traitorous Ninjas from Ninja Villages, while others are ordinary people who unintentionally gained ninja heritage. The latter lack systematic ninja knowledge.
Kuroda and Ike Masaya belonged to the latter group, and a decent C-rank Ninjutsu was very precious knowledge to them.
After entering Xiaozhen Village, they quickly found the person they were looking for because he was too conspicuous.
On a piece of open ground, a brown-haired man in a long white robe stood on a temporary low platform. Below him, dozens of people of different appearances sat on the ground listening.
The two thought Ninjutsu was being taught and quickly sat down to listen, only to find it wasn't about Ninjutsu, but about peace and the Ninja Sect.
"The Six Paths Sage established the Ninja Sect to create a peace world without wars..."
Ike Masaya now realized that among the dozens listening were ordinary people. It wasn't because he could use Perception Ninjutsu, but the person looked like a farmer after work.
"Didn't they say you could learn Ninjutsu here? How can we learn Ninjutsu?" Ike Masaya interrupted to ask directly.
He wasn't there to listen to mythical stories; if he couldn't learn Ninjutsu, he still needed to think of ways to earn money to buy cultivation resources and Ninjutsu.
In the next moment, Ike Masaya somewhat regretted it because all eyes were on him, and some of them looked dissatisfied.