Dan looked at his son for a moment, contemplating him, then asked him.
"So, how did you find your encounter with those two children?"
Leon raised his head toward his father, a faint smile appearing on his face as he recalled the scenes of the encounter in his mind, then said.
"Disturbingly familiar, Father. It felt as though I was living through a moment from the past, as if I had seen them before, but in smaller bodies and with different expressions."
Dan smiled at his son, for he understood exactly what he meant, because Madara and Hashirama's personalities were remarkably similar to those of Ishin Senju and Hiroshi Uchiha, with whom Leon had fought many enjoyable battles in the past, causing him to appreciate and respect them.
As for the reason Leon had grown closer to Madara and Hashirama, it was not merely passing curiosity or a chance encounter. There were several deeper reasons behind it.
The first was that Leon knew from his father that these two children would play pivotal roles in the events to come in the world, and that their actions in the future would drastically alter the current state of the world, redraw the balance of power, and bring about radical changes in the course of history. Therefore, Leon felt deeply curious about them, wanting to know how they would develop, how their personalities would take shape, and how they would deal with the challenges that awaited them. These questions occupied his thoughts and made his eyes shine with curiosity.
And that was not all. There was another reason, a more personal one. During his final battle with Ishin, Ishin had said a sentence that had affected him deeply and remained lodged in his mind, a sentence he had never been able to forget even now.
"I wish we had been friends."
Since then, Leon had begun trying to give every encounter a chance, especially during his journey through the Inner World whenever he encountered someone whose temperament or behavior reminded him of Ishin.
That was exactly what he had felt when he met Hashirama, because he found a great deal of Ishin within him, not in appearance, but in spirit and in the way he looked at the world.
However, he also knew that these two children were not reincarnations of Ishin and Hiroshi, because at his current level of power, he understood that things such as reincarnation were impossible and could not exist, that a soul could not return to another body, and that every individual was unique in their existence. But that did not prevent him from feeling that there was a spiritual resemblance, as though certain souls could share some fundamental traits even when their bodies and eras were completely different.
Therefore, he wanted to try to play a role in the lives of the two main heroes of this era, not as a teacher or mentor, but as a friend.
Dan looked at his son with eyes that carried both approval and warning, then said.
"You are allowed to help them a little, only a little, because I want them to walk their natural path. So remember, do not teach them anything dangerous that could affect the course of events in the world. Everything has its time, and everything that happens has a reason. You must be careful, because the wrong interference could change more than it should."
Leon smiled, feeling happy that his father had approved of his desire, then said enthusiastically as he rose from his place.
"Alright, Father. I'll be careful. I'll be nothing more than a light presence in their lives, nothing more. I just want to see how these little seeds will grow, and how they will eventually become great trees that change the face of the world."
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