I have a bunch of relatives who want to be Hokage

The Uchiha Itachi in front of him didn't look like a weirdo who would draw his sword towards his parents.

It's not even cold, but rather silly and cute.

His change seems to have started when he joined ANBU. To be honest, Uchiha Shingen didn't understand this saucy operation - he actually threw his own son into someone else's ideological education base.

Among the various departments in Konoha Hidden Village, ANBU is the most special. What is special about it is that the people who can enter this department must be the well-established Hokage sect.

Of course, the current ANBU is still run by people from the Third Hokage faction, and there is nothing that can be done about it.

Uchiha Shingen didn't remember how old Uchiha Itachi was when he entered ANBU. He only remembered that he was still very young - he couldn't be older. The child was only thirteen years old on the night of the genocide in the original time and space.

But Uchiha Shingen is not worried about genocide at all now.

If two weeks of accumulation cannot protect an Uchiha, it would be a good thing for him to start three weeks as soon as possible.

"Itachi, you come to work with me today. This is also training."

Uchiha Itachi's face was full of doubts. Although he didn't know what this had to do with practice, he was used to accepting the arrangements of adults and did not question it and nodded honestly.

Uchiha Shingen noticed this, but he didn't take it to heart at the moment and took Uchiha Itachi home first.

After returning home, everyone in the family had already gone to work. Uchiha Shingen asked Itachi to sit at home for a while. He put down his things, took a shower and changed into the uniform of the security force. After everything was ready, he took Itachi with him Out the door.

When he arrived at the police department, Uchiha Shingen took the task and took a good look at the task list.

"Hey." Uchiha Shingen looked at Uchiha Itachi, "I'm going to patrol Hokage Rock today, which is quite suitable for you."

Chapter 35 Uchiha Itachi goes to Hokage Rock

Viewed from a high altitude, Hokage Rock is the easternmost point of Konoha Hidden Village.

Geographically, Hokage Rock is actually carved on the fault plane of a highland. A small part of this highland legally belongs to the territory of Konoha Hidden Village.

Since it was his own territory, he naturally wanted to make use of it. Not only did Konoha carve several large faces along the fault plane, he also dug passages and built shelters here.

In principle, the patrol scope of the security forces will not cover the area near the Hokage Building, including the Ninja School and Konoha Hospital, because it is not necessary, but the highlands are an exception. In theory, this is a leakage point in Konoha's defense system.

With Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Shingen climbed up the open-air ladder built on Hokage Rock and climbed to the high ground.

Uchiha Itachi was a little excited when he climbed to the high ground for the first time. He had never been up there before, and he was simply out of tune with the mainstream bratty kids in Konoha.

The feeling of overlooking Konoha Hidden Village from the high ground is different. This is the true highest point in Konoha territory, with an unobstructed view.

This highland area is extremely vast and the terrain is flat. In order to satisfy Uchiha Itachi's desire to enjoy the scenery of Konoha from here, Uchiha Shingen took him along the border.

I also met other Konoha ninjas on the way, which may be a bit crazy to say the least, because the terrain here is flat and the view is so good. Many ninjas like to bring their families here to play and have picnics and so on during non-working hours.

There are also ANBU wearing masks patrolling here, and they will be released after both parties verify each other's identities.

Even though ANBU appear to be mysterious wearing masks, in fact, infiltrators like to pretend to be ANBU. After all, once the mask is put on and the cloak is draped, who knows whether it is a human or a dog inside.

The Anbu themselves are also aware of this kind of thing, and will have a corresponding process to connect with the security forces, and the two parties will work together to ensure that such funny things will not happen.

After completing a set of "The King of Heaven Covers the Earth's Tiger" process with the ANBU ninja for the fifth time, Uchiha Shingen saw his temporary student looking at him curiously.

"What's wrong?"

"Brother Shingen, is that an ANBU ninja?"

"yes."

"If you stop them like this, won't it affect their mission?" Uchiha Itachi looked back several times. The ANBU ninja had long since disappeared. "Maybe it's an important mission."

"All ninjas are public servants, so of course they act according to the rules." Uchiha Shingen said, "It will be the same when you become a ninja in the future. When you enter the public service, you should act according to the rules. If you encounter someone who is still chattering without a Hokage warrant, you will be arrested. Yeah, he’s either a spy or someone who uses power for personal gain.”

"Brother Shingen, isn't this too arbitrary?" Itachi Uchiha was obviously making up some nonsense in his own mind, "Anbu specially perform special tasks for the village. They are all powerful ninjas. In case of urgent tasks and us If a conflict occurs, the relationship between the family and Hokage-sama will become tense."

Uchiha Shingen didn't reply, just looked at Uchiha Itachi.

As the patriarch of the Uchiha clan and the head of the Konoha Police Department, Uchiha Fugaku's education for children is simply hard to describe.

Not to mention that he is only five years old, in the world of Naruto, those who can be ninjas have a high "sage" value, and their mental maturity is much faster than that of Blue Star.

But Uchiha Itachi didn't seem to understand that the Uchiha clan and the police department were two completely different entities, and he had no idea about the organizational design of Konoha Hidden Village.

This child who likes to think about issues from the perspective of the village actually knows nothing about the village. On the contrary, he is a person who is bound by the family's localism.

Uchiha Fugaku has to take the blame, and he, the father, is the first person responsible.

Uchiha Shingen felt that he seemed to have discovered the reason why the filial son would be so weird in the future.

"I know what I should teach you." Uchiha Shingen stretched out his hand and rubbed Uchiha Itachi's little head, "What you want to learn now is not ninjutsu. Don't talk yet, watch more and listen more."

Uchiha Itachi nodded obediently. With his sensitive personality, he noticed that Uchiha Shingen's attitude towards him seemed to have changed.

Before, Uchiha Shingen was polite and unfamiliar. Uchiha Itachi was familiar with this and was used to it, but just now, Uchiha Shingen felt a bit like Uchiha Shisui.

As a child with a sensitive personality, Uchiha Itachi was a little overwhelmed by this kindness.

He doesn't want to be disliked and is afraid of betraying the goodwill of others because of his inappropriate behavior or language.

For now, only Uchiha Shisui can adapt to his rhythm.

Uchiha Shingen asked him not to speak yet, but he felt relieved.

Next, he followed Uchiha Shingen's instructions very honestly, not speaking during the whole process, just watching.

He didn't know if it was his own misunderstanding. When he suppressed the urge to ask questions and began to observe Uchiha Shingen's work purely from the perspective of a bystander, he suddenly felt that he might have made a fuss out of a molehill before.

The ANBU ninjas who were stopped did not show any impatience. On the contrary, they were all skillful in dealing with Uchiha Shingen, who was wearing the uniform of a security force.

Those ninjas who came to collect food or take their families to play, and were reminded by Uchiha Shingen to dispose of garbage in designated places, were not unhappy. Some people took the initiative to ask where the garbage collection place was.

Just like what Uchiha Shingen said to him, everything was done according to the rules, and those who implemented them took the trouble to do so, and no one who was asked or reminded felt offended.

Two naughty kids got into a fight and cried loudly. Uchiha Shingen gave each of them a lollipop, and they happily decided not to fight for the time being. They were very harmonious.

After walking around, Uchiha Itachi suddenly felt that there didn't seem to be anything bad about the public security regulations established by the family.

Unknowingly, time passed.

When another ninja from the security force appeared and started handing over work with Uchiha Shingen, Uchiha Itachi was surprised to realize that it was already over.

Uchiha Itachi was actually no stranger to the security force. After all, he was the clan leader's son. Sometimes when Uchiha Fugaku took him to the ministry, no one would say anything.

He also walked through the streets of Konoha with others, and was familiar with the law enforcement process of the security forces. Uchiha Fugaku even took him to watch the security forces capture the spies from the outer village.

But those were all watching from a distance and never participated in it. But today's experience gave him a different feeling.

It was clear that Uchiha Shingen didn't actually do anything, but the places he walked through seemed different, with an added sense of comfort.

Uchiha Itachi saw Uchiha Shingen who had completed the handover, turned around and glanced at him, motioning for him to follow.

Uchiha Itachi hurriedly followed, following step by step.

When Uchiha Shingen stopped, the place where the two of them were standing was directly above the sculpture of the face of the first Hokage on the Hokage Rock.

Chapter 36 Let’s read a book, young man

Uchiha Itachi stood on the edge of the fault and looked up. Under the blue sky and white clouds, surrounded by dense green forests, the hidden village of Konohagakure showed a completely different look from what he usually saw.

The city looks leisurely and peaceful at high altitudes. Rows of buildings are spread out along the ground. There are crisscrossing streets in the distance and winding rivers passing through the green fields, shining in the sun.

Uchiha Shingen looked at him, and this little kid finally showed a smile that was consistent with his age...smirk!

"How's it going? Isn't it nice to see the scenery here?" Uchiha Shingen asked with a smile.

"Yeah!" Itachi Uchiha nodded.

"When you climb high and look far, you can see more clearly than usual." Uchiha Shingen said, "But if you only look at the distance without looking at your feet, you will fall to pieces."

Uchiha Itachi lowered his head subconsciously and saw the mountain wall as sharp as a knife.

He wanted to ask a question out of habit, but he thought of Uchiha Shingen's previous request for him to read more and listen more, so he closed his slightly opened mouth.

This behavior all fell into the eyes of Uchiha Shingen.

He decided to talk more.

"Itachi, do you know the meaning of where you are standing now?"

"Higher than the first generation?" Uchiha Itachi tried to answer.

Obviously this answer cannot be correct.

Facing Uchiha Itachi's expectant gaze, Uchiha Shingen didn't give in.

"This is the birthplace of Konoha Hidden Village. It was here that Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara told each other their ideals when they were children."

This is history that Uchiha Itachi doesn't know.

His eyes widened.

"What kind of ideal?"

"Senju Hashirama hopes to build a village of his own, where children no longer have to kill each other, and Uchiha Madara's wish is to protect his younger brother in such a village."

Uchiha Itachi was stunned.

He instinctively felt that this was real.

"But such a wish is the fundamental reason for their future break." Uchiha Shingen continued.

"Why?" Uchiha Itachi couldn't help it, "Aren't their wishes the same?"

"Because the things we want to protect are different." Uchiha Shingen sighed. "What Senju Hashirama hopes is that the war will stop forever and tragedies like his brother will never happen again. During the Warring States Period, the average life expectancy of ninjas and citizens was less than 30 years old. The main reason is that the rival parties will deliberately hunt each other's children. When Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama met, three of his younger brothers had already died, so his wish was just to protect his only surviving brother, and soon after, Senju Hashirama Tehashirama only has one younger brother left."

"Because...Uchiha?" Uchiha Itachi asked.

"Of course, the Senju of Mori and the Uchiha clan have been enemies for generations, and they will hunt each other's children whenever they have the opportunity. In the words of Senju Hashirama, the father of Senju Hashirama, this is a sign of respect for the enemy, and The love of a parent is to cultivate a child into a person of his own, and the brothers Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara who died in childhood all died at the hands of the other family."

"Brother Shingen, why do you know this?"

"I like reading books." Uchiha Shingen responded casually, "Besides, among the two people, the one who first proposed that stopping the war can only be achieved through mutual understanding between the two sides was Uchiha Madara, so he made a wish and hoped to find a way. , it’s also Uchiha Madara, Senju Hashirama’s friendship with him made him feel that this path might be feasible, but you know the final result.”

Uchiha Itachi cast his gaze downward again.

There was no picture of Uchiha Madara there.

"So, don't think that having a good ideal can definitely be realized." Uchiha Shingen looked at Uchiha Itachi, "When you think that the path you are taking is the right one, it is often a sign of failure."

"Brother Shingen, why are you telling me this?" Uchiha Itachi asked.

"Didn't I say that what you need to learn most now is not actually ninjutsu." Uchiha Shingen put his hand on Uchiha Itachi's shoulder, "but history, the history of Uchiha and Mori no Senju, and There is the history of Konohagakure."

Before he finished speaking, Uchiha Itachi felt the world spin, and everything in front of him seemed to have lost its color.

When he came to his senses, he found that he was standing on top of the stone statue of the first Hokage with a human face.

"Look at this village." Uchiha Shingen pointed to the street below, "Konoha Hidden Village is first and foremost a military base. Everything here serves the ninja army. Do you know how many ninjas there are in Konoha?"

Without waiting for Uchiha Itachi's answer, he continued: "There are no less than 20,000 ninjas at chunin and above, and most of them do not hold public office in Konoha. Compared with this number, the ANBU is better, and the security Whether it's the army or not, it doesn't matter at all, all departments in Konoha Hidden Village and even the Hokage himself serve this group."

"But... ANBU is a department that performs special operations for the village and does not deal with ordinary ninjas." Although Uchiha Itachi felt that he had seen a new world today, he still disagreed with this view.

"Itachi, in an organization, no department can be particularly important." Uchiha Shingen said, "The meaning of the existence of a department is to serve the survival of the organization. The meaning of the existence of Konoha Hidden Village is to make the Konoha Ninja Army Powerful, if the Hokage cannot fulfill this function, then betrayal and separation will be his best end."

He put his hand on Uchiha Itachi's shoulder again.

Then, the familiar dizziness hit Uchiha Itachi's head again.

The city disappeared, and what appeared before his eyes were roaring waterfalls and towering giant statues.

Uchiha Itachi looked at the two statues, stunned.

This is the Valley of the End, far away from Konoha.

The two statues were built to commemorate the first Hokage Senju Hashirama and Konoha Shura Uchiha Madara. This was the battlefield of their last battle.

"Brother Shingen, you..." Uchiha Itachi recalled the feeling before.

"It's just an auxiliary ninjutsu, don't worry about it." Uchiha Shingen pointed to the statue of Uchiha Madara, "If Uchiha Madara is a villain and a dangerous person in your heart, it means that you don't understand the village at all. My own family, but if you think that the Uchiha clan’s current situation is their own fault and that the Hokage Building is fair and just, then it means that you are ignorant. If you change your mind and think that the Uchiha clan has made further demands on the Hokage Building It’s a reasonable behavior, then you really shouldn’t be a ninja, I’m afraid you’ll cheat yourself with your brain.”

After saying so much, Uchiha Shingen also felt tired, and he looked at Uchiha Itachi.

"Can you digest what I'm saying?"

Uchiha Itachi seemed dumbfounded. Hearing Uchiha Shingen's words, he shook his head reflexively.

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand. You can go back and ask your dad, and then read more books. When did you figure out the relationship between the family and the police department, and the relationship between Naruto and the village? You don't have to graduate from the ninja school to be a qualified Konoha ninja. ”

Chapter 37 Return to ordinary life