"Senju Wakama became serious. "Hmm, let me see. We need to learn subtraction, to reduce over-caring about others' opinions. Besides yourself, no one will truly care about your destiny. One day, you will meet the person who truly 'sees' you. At that time, you will understand that to truly explain you isn't to belittle you, but to genuinely see you..."
Meanwhile.
At the top of the cave mountain.
As the insect swarm carried more and more dust.
The mountain cracks beneath their feet also grew wider.
Tree roots played a significant role; the intertwined roots and stems provided convenience for the insect swarm to chisel holes.
Before long, Senju Wakama's voice became clearly audible in this deep forest.
Aburame Aoi and Tamayo Nara crouched furtively on the ground, ears pressed to the gaps. Facing each other, both saw the strange expressions on each other's faces.
Tamayo Nara frowned, seemingly regretting not hearing what she wished to hear.
Aburame Aoi's expression conveyed, "What were you expecting?"
Tamayo Nara shrugged.
At this point, they could clearly hear Senju Wakama's voice, meaning that if they made any movement, Senju Wakama would also be able to sense it.
To be safe, they dared not make a sound.
Tamayo Nara could only communicate with Aburame Aoi beside her by writing. She pulled out paper and a pen, and quickly wrote: "Why aren't they in bed?"
Aburame Aoi: "Did you come here to observe their indescribable activities?"
Tamayo Nara: "Didn't you have that thought at first?"
Aburame Aoi: "I'm doing this for the money. Who Senju Wakama is close with, what's it to me?"
Tamayo Nara: …
Aburame Aoi: "So, what are you going to do now? Listen to this lecture indirectly? I don't care, but this hole can't get any bigger."
Tamayo Nara: "Right."
To be honest, a young couple running to these deep mountains and old forests, plunging into a secret cave fully furnished with everything needed.
Anyone would assume they'd be engaging in indescribable activities.
Who would have thought this Senju Wakama fellow wouldn't play by the usual rules?
Who the hell gives their lover a lecture on a date?
Are they sick?
Even if he had a teaching fetish, after a long separation, where a brief reunion feels like a new marriage, shouldn't something intimate happen first, and then the teaching?
Nevertheless, despite her internal complaints, Tamayo Nara continued to listen attentively.
From below, the voices of Senju Wakama and Uchiha Yuki could be heard conversing.
Uchiha Yuki quietly asked, "Wakama, Princess… she's already so powerful, why doesn't she just directly establish a dream kingdom?"
Senju Wakama, following her question, was silent for a moment before responding, "...My father asked that too. But my sister said we've already built high walls, amassed vast provisions, and greatly accumulated wealth, which is essentially establishing our own territory. However, to truly become kings and dominate, it's far from enough, nor is it a manifestation of self-worth. Instead, due to insufficient preparation and accumulation, it would lead to self-inflation and cause us to lose more."
Uchiha Yuki's questioning voice rose, "Lose more?"
"Yes, I didn't quite understand it at the time," Senju Wakama sighed. "I don't think my father understood it either. However, concerning gains and losses, my father would choose carefully."
"When my sister was staying with the Uchiha clan, my father disregarded principles and sent letters to various ninja clans, requesting a merger, but they completely ignored him."
"After my sister returned, she informed father that he had violated his principles because he wanted to realize her dream. Due to his urgent desire for the great ninja clans to reconcile, he had actually belittled himself when sending those letters."
"Even though other ninja clans were far inferior to our Senju clan in terms of financial resources and strength, my father's self-deprecating actions still led to other ninja clans looking down on us, and even treating us with malice."
"You know, what my sister said soon came true."
…
When Senju Wakama reached this point.
Whether it was Uchiha Yuki by his side.
Or Aburame Aoi and Tamayo Nara, who were eavesdropping, all fell into deep thought.
But Senju Wakama did not stop narrating.
He said, "Later, my sister immediately took action. The mess my father left behind, she resolved directly from the root cause."
"She brazenly displayed her principles and bottom lines. Her principle was: 'My strength is immense. Once I act, you will be unable to resist. I will create the risk of clan extermination for you. Are you afraid of me? If I wanted to kill all of you, you wouldn't survive, and I could do it without anyone knowing. Are you afraid of me?'"
"My sister showed the various ninja clans: 'I have the power, I don't use it, not because I can't, but because I don't want to. Don't provoke me,' and 'If you ninja clans treat me well, I will treat you well.'"
When he reached this point, Uchiha Yuki asked again, "But… after that turmoil ended, just as Lord Madara said, various ninja clans sent letters asking the Senju clan for refuge, but the Princess rejected them all…"
"Haven't I explained this?" Senju Wakama chuckled softly. "My sister said their intentions weren't sincere. To align with our Senju clan is the good fortune of the various ninja clans, but if their hearts aren't sincere, why should we help them?"
"A merger would benefit them, not our Senju clan."
"They chose to merge because they feared death, not out of submission. My sister wants to truly strike fear into their hearts."
At this very moment.
Tamayo Nara and Aburame Aoi, lying on the forest floor eavesdropping, both widened their eyes.
Tamayo Nara had not yet reacted.
Aburame Aoi then picked up her pen and quickly wrote down "Uchiha clan."
Tamayo Nara's expression turned solemn.
In recent months, the Senju clan and the Uchiha clan had been in continuous conflict.
Battlefield intelligence was also continuously sent to the various ninja clans.
Senju Hashirama of the Senju clan and Uchiha Madara of the Uchiha clan had gradually earned terrifying reputations.
Their power was utterly terrifying. Senju Hashirama's Wood Release could create towering ancient Buddhas, while Uchiha Madara's Sharingan could generate gigantic Tengu statues.
Every time these two fought, they caused cataclysmic destruction. Even observing from afar would create an infinite shock for onlookers, making them unable to conceive of resistance.
Such power was no longer something humans could contend with.
Any ninja clan that had knowledge of this information did not wish to confront these two god-like men.
Just seeing those two terrifying gigantic statues from afar was enough to fill people with despair.
Most ninja clans still harbored a glimmer of hope that, thankfully, the Senju clan and the Uchiha clan were mortal enemies, and only when these two factions fought could they find room to survive.
But now, the conversation between Senju Wakama and Uchiha Yuki sent a chill down the spines of both Aburame Aoi and Tamayo Nara.
These two young women were not ordinary people; achieving their current status within a great ninja clan was already not easy.
They were not fools, and naturally understood what the crucial information in Senju Wakama and Uchiha Yuki's conversation implied.
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