Chapter 223: Do Any Uchiha Pass Politics Class!?
A week later, the Hidden Rain Village had returned to its gloomy, rainy weather.
Itachi Uchiha sat numbly on a high tower. These past few days assisting Tobirama Senju in governing the Hidden Rain Village had left him mentally and physically exhausted.
Kitahara had helped him summarize Tobirama's core philosophy: take credit for things everyone agrees are right, and find a scapegoat for things everyone agrees are wrong.
This sort of thing wasn't very honorable.
Come to think of it, wasn't their Uchiha clan played by Lord Second Hokage's creation of the Konoha Military Police Force back in the day? They were saddled with a thankless job that offended people, and they did it for decades…
From this, it was clear that this person, Tobirama Senju's, political skill was a bit off the charts among the past Hokage. Couldn't he learn from his elder brother and make his own life a little happier?
In Tobirama's hands, the Hidden Rain Village had returned to its original order within a week. Several Hidden Rain Jonin formed a puppet government. They signed a preliminary peace agreement with the representative of the Hidden Leaf Village, Itachi Uchiha, and announced their joint effort to combat the evil Akatsuki organization and maintain peace in the ninja world.
At the same time, the puppet government, with the support of Tobirama Senju, led people to slaughter the opposition in the Hidden Rain Village until blood flowed like rivers. Any Rain ninja who attacked the representative of the Hidden Leaf Village was branded a spy from Iwagakure or Sunagakure…
The Hidden Rain ninjas, who had originally been moved by Konan's dream of peace, all died under the butcher's knife. Thereafter, the hidden resistors would refer to this period as the Hidden Rain Village's darkest "Bloody Rainy Season."
Itachi Uchiha's days weren't much better. Not only did he have to endure Tobirama Senju's sarcastic "politics lessons," but he also had to put up with Hashirama Senju's nagging.
At first, there was still a shark-faced man in their organization who was interested in the God of Shinobi and would accompany him as an auditing student.
However, after listening to one 'First Hokage Special Class', Kisame Hoshigaki chose to dismiss himself from school.
"A so-called ninja is a person who can endure…"
The great First Hokage said with a serious face, "The most important of a ninja's talents is not how vast your chakra is, or how many jutsu you can use, but the perseverance to never give up in the face of any difficulty…"
When he heard that Tobirama was going to educate the future Hokage of Konoha, he had taken it upon himself to add a few lessons for Itachi Uchiha.
Itachi Uchiha nodded. "…"
What you're saying sounds very correct, but Lord First Hokage, do you have any self-awareness about your own chakra levels and the number of ninjutsu you've mastered?
According to Kitahara's summary, the First Hokage's core philosophy was: even if your chakra reserves are vast, no matter how strong you are, or how many enemies you have killed, in front of others, you must always brand yourself as someone who doesn't care about power.
Because there was a crow giving him tutoring every day after the two Hokages' classes, the young Jonin felt like his worldview was collapsing a little every time he attended a lecture…
Observing that his junior's interest was clearly not high, Hashirama Senju sat down beside him, looked at the high towers of the Hidden Rain Village, and said softly, "Itachi, want to hear the story of Madara and me?"
"Hm?"
The young Jonin's interest was clearly piqued. "I've heard that the First Hokage and Madara Uchiha were once friends. Did you know him well?"
"Of course, there should be no one in the entire ninja world who knows Madara better than I do…" Hashirama Senju scratched the back of his head sheepishly. "There might even be some secrets about your Uchiha clan in there! Hahahaha…"
"Madara, compared to you, he was a pure Uchiha…"
"Of all the members of the Uchiha clan I have met, including you, none have come close to his ocular power, and their strength is also far inferior…"
"In the Warring States Period where we once lived, peace was an unattainable thing. The wars between the major ninja clans never ceased. People didn't even dare to say their surnames in daily conversation, because once they did, the two people would draw their weapons on each other…"
Hashirama Senju's voice was leisurely as he recounted the story of what had happened between him and Madara Uchiha, from the first time they met in the Warring States Period, bit by bit, until their final parting.
It's unknown whether it was because too much time had passed, or because the First Hokage's heart was too strong, but he showed little emotion when recounting many of the things that would make one's blood boil.
He had probably seen too much…
Kitahara didn't pay much attention to Madara Uchiha's story either. Listening to Hashirama tell his story, it drowsily fell asleep. It was the one who had truly seen and heard it all.
"…Madara may have heard Tobirama's words, and perhaps because of my breach of faith, he chose to leave the village. No one knew where he went, including his own clansmen…"
"Later, he captured the Nine-Tails and suddenly launched an attack on Konoha…"
"…"
"…I know Madara well. He never liked having someone standing behind him."
"I knew that when I stood behind him, he wouldn't be able to sense me, so I won the battle at the Valley of the End and successfully killed him…"
Hashirama Senju rambled on for a long time, not even noticing the arrival of Tobirama Senju and Kisame Hoshigaki. The story he told could hardly be called lively or interesting, but as someone who had experienced it firsthand, it was very real.
Compared to the somewhat shaken Kisame, Tobirama just frowned and said, "Big brother, you're talking about those old-fashioned things again…"
"Am I? Ahahahaha… I guess I'm just getting too old, so I'm a bit nostalgic for the past!" Hashirama wasn't bothered. He patted Itachi Uchiha's head and sighed softly, "I really want to tell him that our dream from back then has been realized…"
This little fellow is an Uchiha that even Tobirama is willing to acknowledge!
"Don't bring up those past matters anymore!" Tobirama couldn't be bothered with his brother's unrealistic thoughts and said softly, "I have something very important. Iwagakure has sent a diplomatic notice to the Hidden Rain Village. They are sending a ninja squad to enter the village…"
"Lord Tobirama, does this matter have anything to do with us?" Kisame Hoshigaki raised the Samehada greatsword in his hand and chuckled. "Do you need me to go kill them?"
"It has a lot to do with us!"
Tobirama looked at the young Konoha Jonin. "That little brat Onoki has suddenly announced that he wants to exchange envoys with the Hidden Rain Village. Itachi Uchiha, you will be responsible for receiving them as Konoha's representative, because in this team, there is a disciple of the Third Tsuchikage…"
"…Hm?"
Itachi Uchiha looked up and asked curiously, "Lord Second, what do you need me to do? Kill them?"
"That's a matter to be decided after the negotiations are complete."
Tobirama Senju's crimson eyes stared at him, and he said calmly, "This is a test. I've heard that the little brat named Deidara is violent and extremely arrogant. He will definitely cause trouble in the Hidden Rain Village. Understand what I mean?"
"I roughly understand… When he causes trouble, I'll be on the side…"
The young Jonin spoke woodenly, clenching his two fists as if he were holding a rope between them, and gave a虚虚 pull. Clearly, this motion of strangling the enemy was not what Tobirama meant.
The Sharingan clan, really, none of them pass politics class.
Tobirama Senju's test was too difficult for an Uchiha.
Author's Note:
Tobirama: This is a giveaway question! A giveaway question!
Itachi: Yes, I understand.
Deidara: Get lost!
It seems the political sensitivity of the Uchiha clan is quite poor, not many good ones…
The only one who was halfway decent was actually Madara Uchiha! Because he had already recognized that only Tobirama Senju could be the Second Hokage…
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