Konoha Ninja Wants an Ordinary Life

After reporting to the Third Hokage that the roots had taken over the protection of Santai, the smile on Sarutobi Hiruzen's face froze for a moment, but then he stopped mentioning the topic and instead asked Mochizuki Kagetoki and Uchiha Itachi to go home. Take a good rest and prepare yourself for the next task.

When they reached the respective intersections, Mochizuki Kagetoki and Uchiha Itachi stopped at the same time. Their backs were to each other, but they invariably moved their gazes behind them, wanting to peek at each other's movements, and then again in their sights. The moment they met, they shifted their gazes back to the front of each other.

"Itachi, if you really have any questions, tonight is a good time." Wangyue Jingshi spoke first.

Uchiha Itachi closed his eyes and answered after a while: "Okay."

"See you tonight, then."

"See you tonight."

After Wang Yue Jingshi finished speaking, he turned his head and looked, but he could no longer see Uchiha Itachi's figure, and all he could see was an empty road.

"It's too early, Uchiha Itachi, why did you join ANBU so early?" Mochizuki Jingshi murmured to himself, "and"

His voice became deeper and deeper, and the words were blown away by the autumn breeze as soon as he left his mouth.

When the moon was at its peak, he turned off the lights in the kitchen while looking at the moonscape, then walked step by step up to the second floor of his house, stretched out his hand to turn on the light in the study room, and suddenly saw Itachi Uchiha squatting on the window sill of his house, like a statue. Silent statue.

Uchiha Itachi waited until the light on the window sill turned on before climbing in through the window. Then when he looked up at the moonscape, he spoke out the questions he had been hiding in his heart without any hesitation.

"Senior, as Orochimaru's spy, how do you feel about staying in Konoha?"

How do you feel?

Uchiha Itachi's question stopped Mochizuki Kageshi. Maybe he had thought about this question at first, but since he agreed to Orochimaru's conditions, he seemed to have stopped thinking about it.

Because after the actual contact, Konoha and Orochimaru are all the same in his mind, there is not much difference.

Konoha accepted him because his recommender was Uetsuki Tango, whom Konoha could not offend;

Orochimaru needs him because he is Konoha's ANBU and can provide countless information.

"How should I put it?" Wang Yue Jingshi stretched his body, then sat down on the only chair in the study, his hands hanging on his sides very naturally, "It doesn't make any difference. It's good to work for Konoha, It’s okay to work for Orochimaru, it’s just a different leader.”

"Don't you have any feelings for Konoha?" Itachi Uchiha asked.

Mochizuki Jingshi shook his head and asked: "Uchiha Itachi, what do you think the first Hokage and Uchiha Madara's ideals were when they founded the Ninja Village? Or, what kind of changes do they think the Ninja Village will bring to the world?"

This question can't stump Uchiha Itachi, because what he thinks about the most and what others tell him the most are essentially the same as this question. What is a Ninja Village?

He said directly: "Create an era of peace."

"An era of peace" Wang Yuejing repeated Uchiha Itachi's answer in a weird tone, then sat up suddenly and said: "Although it is a ridiculous ideal, the two people at the beginning did think so. End the era of chaos and create an era of peace.”

"It's just" Wangzuki Jingshi's eyes became sharp. He looked at Uchiha Itachi and said word by word, "This is just their imagination. From the melee between the ninja clan to the ninja village In the war with the Ninja Village, the number of people participating in the war, the number of ninja casualties, and the number of civilians involved are all constantly increasing. To this day, there are alliances and betrayals between the five major countries, and there is an endless series of alliances and betrayals between the ninjas of the five major nations. The hatred tramples on that ideal again and again and makes the light of that ideal shine brighter."

"It's just that the brighter it is, the more people who are close to it can't open their eyes. If you can't see it, it means you can't catch it."

"In your eyes, doesn't the Ninja Village have any merit?" Uchiha Itachi asked, "Does the Ninja Village only bring about the expansion of war?"

Looking at the moon scene, he shook his head again, and he slowly lay down again, rotating the chair under him, picking up a book from the desk and throwing it to Uchiha Itachi, and at the same time said: "The Ninja Village is not without any advantages, at least The emergence of ninja villages eliminated a large number of small countries and reduced the possibility of war."

"At the same time, the system of the Ninja Village ensures the relative safety around the Ninja Village, ensures a safe life for a considerable number of ordinary people, and also ensures the survival rate of children among the Ninja clan."

"You know, during the chaotic Warring States Period, the younger brothers of the first Hokage Senju Hashirama and the second Hokage Senju Tobirama, Senju Itama and Senju Wama, both died in the battle. This is what the first Hokage wanted to create. The reason for the Ninja Village.”

Uchiha Itachi listened to Moon View's words while flipping through the book that the other person had just thrown to him.

This book is more like a thin volume than a book.The content of the booklet is also very simple. The first half records only the number of people who have died in Konoha every year over the years, and the second half records the new population of Konoha every year.

It is difficult for people to feel the cold numbers that fresh life turns into.Only when you subtract the two figures, you will find that the number of people in this village has been rising steadily, which will make Uchiha Itachi, a ninja, feel a little warm.

Uchiha Itachi closed the thin book in his hand and looked with clear eyes at the moonscape where he was sitting. The other person narrowed his eyes the moment their eyes met and continued: "Itachi, you are very smart. Your thinking and People of the same age are completely different, which makes it difficult for you to talk to your peers. At the same time, you are looked down upon by adults because of your age. Therefore, you hide many things in your heart and silently bear the burden of things that should not be in your life. The problems of age.”

"However, some things are not something a person can bear, and some things are not what you think they should be, because there is nothing more complicated than the human heart in this world."

Uchiha Itachi vaguely felt that Mochizuki Jingshi's words meant something, but he couldn't imagine what the other party was referring to.

It wasn't until he finished that thing and saw Sasuke's desperate eyes that he remembered this passage.

Uchiha Itachi left and took a book from Mochizuki Kage that Mochizuki Kage had sent from Tokyo.

"The history of ninja is the history of fighting, I hope you understand that, Itachi."