Chapter 69 Retiring in Peacetime (18) Don't look for the Uchiha...
While Senju Takeya and Indra were busy repairing the shrine, Konoha was also engaged in a fierce and heated battle during the Chunin Exams.
After Konoha returned to peace, the shrine once again welcomed the last descendant of the Uchiha clan.
“You’re strong.” The boy, who was staggering and still wrapped in bandages, looked at Senju Takeya with a determined gaze. “I’m willing to do anything to become stronger.”
If Senju Take also rejects him, then he will choose another path.
Senju Take also silently looked at the obsessive boy whose eyes were filled with hatred. He did not answer directly, but asked, "Why do you think I can make you stronger?"
“That’s what my heart tells me.” Sasuke Uchiha coughed. He was able to drag his still-healing body out of the hospital step by step, entirely because of his determination to become stronger and his hatred. He clenched his fist with the crutch in his hand. “Also, the shimenawa you gave me… erased the cursed seal that Orochimaru had placed on me.”
Sasuke Uchiha waited anxiously for an answer, but then he saw Takeya Senju suddenly look up at the sky and remain silent for a while, as if lost in thought. Just when Sasuke was about to lose patience, he heard a soft "Okay".
“During my stay at the shrine, I will do my best to help you become stronger.” Senju Takeya paused, then said sincerely, “However, I’m not very good at teaching others.”
"It's alright!" Uchiha Sasuke's tone lightened. He coughed slightly after raising his voice, then let out a long sigh of relief and said, "It's alright, I'll leave you to my care for now... I'm Uchiha Sasuke, what's yours?"
“Senju Takeya, call me whatever you like,” Senju Takeya replied.
"Senju?!" Uchiha Sasuke never expected that finding a teacher for himself would lead to the Senju clan. "Is it the Senju I know?"
“If there are no other Senju,” Senju Takeya said.
Sasuke Uchiha immediately realized that the person in front of him was the Senju he knew.
Why would a Senju choose an Uchiha shrine as a temporary residence?!
Sasuke Uchiha no longer cared about these things; after all, both the Senju and Uchiha clans were now a thing of the past.
Senju Takeshi patted Uchiha Sasuke's head, noticing the awkwardness and discomfort the boy showed. He thought of his own Sasuke, who was cheerful and lively but always pretended to be cool and expressionless. He lowered his hand and asked, "Does your body still hurt?"
Sasuke Uchiha belatedly realized that the warm and comforting feeling on his body was gradually fading away. Although it wasn't that no one cared about him, the person in front of him seemed different. He felt a long-lost tenderness because of the other person's care and concern, and his whole body seemed to become light and airy, as if he were walking on clouds.
“It’s all over now…” Uchiha Sasuke paused, his ears turning visibly red under Senju Takeya’s gaze. “Takeya-san—I’ll just call you that. If you don’t want to attract too much attention in Konoha, it’s best not to tell anyone that your surname is ‘Senju’.”
Senju Take remained silent, only looking at Uchiha Sasuke.
Sasuke Uchiha felt uncomfortable under her gaze. "What's wrong? Is something the problem?"
"Good boy." Senju Takeshi gently patted Uchiha Sasuke's head with satisfaction. "You're thinking of me."
Uchiha Sasuke: !!!
Uchiha Sasuke jumped up as if he had been startled, "No! I'm just stating the facts!"
“Your underlying nature is very gentle,” Senju Takeya concluded once again. “Good child.”
Sasuke Uchiha's face turned completely red. "I don't want to be a good kid!"
“Yes, you have the right to choose what kind of person you want to be.” Senju Take nodded, then asked, “So what kind of person do you want to be?”
Uchiha Sasuke remained silent for a moment, and unable to answer, he said, "This won't help me become stronger, will it?"
“It’s useful,” Senju Take said. “If you have the opportunity to obtain that power, then your beliefs, ideals, and goals will be of paramount importance.”
Sasuke Uchiha's heart skipped a beat: "What power?"
Senju Take, who was officially teaching for the third time, patiently explained to Uchiha Sasuke: "The power of the mind."
“Once you obtain the power of the mind, even when facing an enemy stronger than yourself, as long as your heart is strong and resilient enough, and you have enough love and bonds, you can gain power that surpasses your enemy. This power is instantaneous; it is fleeting, only born when this power of the mind responds to your heart, but its upper limit is limitless.” A brown-haired man with the same hairstyle as Senju Takeya walked out carrying a vegetable basket. “Moreover, the strength of the chosen one is not a necessary condition; the power of the mind only cares about the heart.”
The two men looked at Uchiha Sasuke with their similar dark eyes. Not only their eyes and temperament, but even their chakra auras were so similar, as if they could merge together at any time. Their kinship was self-evident.
Sasuke Uchiha felt a pang in his heart. The pain of losing something you've already possessed is the most agonizing. He instinctively asked, "Can't I feel hatred?"
The brown-haired man said bluntly, "Hatred can be the most efficient driving force and fuel, but it can also burn away a person's soul and will, eventually dragging them into an abyss of no return. As far as I know, only positive emotions and bonds can lead a person into a state of idealism, and it is not possible for one person alone."
Hatred won't do, only bonds and love will...?
If he still believes in such things now, it's utterly ridiculous, considering how much that person used to love him...
Uchiha Sasuke lowered his eyelids, concealing the darkness in his eyes. Then he saw the brown-haired man take a washed tomato from the vegetable basket and feed it to Senju Takeya. After a pause, he couldn't help but retort, "...And who are you?"
“Uchiha Indra, my elder brother’s only younger brother.” Indra said, and to gain Uchiha Sasuke’s trust, three tomoe slowly appeared in his dark eyes. “Since my elder brother is willing to teach you a thing or two, I will be your sparring partner if needed.”
Sasuke Uchiha was stunned for a moment. "Are there any other Uchiha in Konoha besides me and that guy?"
Indra paused for a moment, then said, "...I am from out of town."
Uchiha Sasuke looked at Senju Takeya, the older brother Indra mentioned. Senju brother paired with Uchiha brother, this combination was simply too hellish.
Qian Shouzhu, while eating a tomato, mumbled, "I'm from out of town too."
Uchiha Sasuke: "You... are all from out of town?"
The two: "Yes, yes, yes."
Sasuke Uchiha felt he was being fooled, but he had no proof, since the Senju and Uchiha clans of Konoha were indeed mostly dead.
"Where does your elder brother intend to begin teaching?" Indra asked Senju Takeya.
"Let's start with farming," Senju Takeya said immediately after finishing his sweet tomatoes in a few bites.
"Farming?!" Sasuke Uchiha suddenly felt like he had come to the wrong place, and subconsciously tried to turn around and leave, but Indra pressed down on his shoulder.
"Do you know why you only awakened one tomoe under that kind of stimulation, and now you only have two tomoe?" Indra said calmly.
Uchiha Sasuke paused, turned his head, and asked, "Why?"
"Farming." Indra's tone was completely calm, as if he was certain that Sasuke Uchiha would make a certain choice. "My brother's orders will never be wrong."
Sasuke Uchiha gritted his teeth, "You think you can tell me just because I planted it?"
"Rather than telling you, you'll know once you plant it," Thousand Hand Bamboo stated.
"Alright! I'll plant it!" Uchiha Sasuke took a deep breath.
Then Uchiha Sasuke saw the fields that had been cultivated behind the shrine. He really didn't expect that one day fields would be planted behind his own shrine. He waited for a while, looking left and right, but the two of them didn't speak. His doubts grew even greater. "Where are the tools?"
“Use your own chakra to make it,” Indra said.
Although he bought cleaning tools specifically, since things like detergents and disinfectants can't be conjured up with Truth-Seeking Balls or chakra, he simply bought other tools as well. But farm tools are different; ninjas—no, cultivators—can even use ninjutsu to turn the ground and water plants.
Indra knew without a doubt that although Uchiha Sasuke possessed all chakra natures except Yang, he had only trained in Fire Release and Lightning Release, and then in Yin Release, which was inevitably consumed when using the Sharingan. The other chakra natures in Uchiha Sasuke's body were much weaker than the first three natures, and had not been trained at all.
However, Senju Takeya's purpose was not to harmonize Uchiha Sasuke's chakra and make him achieve a state of perfect balance in all chakra natures like Indra, but simply to train and squeeze Uchiha Sasuke's chakra to achieve a purification effect, making the density of the liquid in the unchanging container higher, thereby making his chakra more durable.
The extent to which an Uchiha can awaken the Sharingan depends on their current physical strength, the quantity and quality of their chakra, and their mysterious Sharingan talent.
Just like Uchiha Osaka, he was born with the Mangekyou Sharingan, but he was only able to use it fluently after eating the Chakra Fruit at the age of 9. Before that, Uchiha Osaka opened the Mangekyou Sharingan one tomoe at a time in a very methodical way, and then briefly opened it again, but no longer needed external conditions to stimulate the opening of the eyes.
Another typical example is Obito Uchiha. He either doesn't open his Sharingan at all, or once he does, he opens it with a wide stride.
Sasuke Uchiha was confused for a moment, "How do I pinch it?"
"Does this need to be taught?" Indra asked, puzzled.
Uchiha Sasuke: "Doesn't this need to be taught?"
Indra silently looked at Senju Takeya, who was even less likely to teach such basic things, and avoided his younger brother's gaze.
An older brother who is self-aware enough to avoid the course content is also quite adorable!
However, this meant that the person who taught Uchiha Sasuke how to 'crawl' to 'walk' became Indra.
"Do you know about chakra scalpels?" Indra thought of a way to make his move. With the world's best babysitter at home, who was occasionally called to Konoha City First People's Hospital for emergency treatment, Indra had come into contact with a lot of information about medical ninjutsu. Meeting Uchiha Sasuke's inquisitive gaze, Indra said expressionlessly, "I'll just transfer the information to your brain."
Then, with a snap, Indra crammed all the information from the Chakra Scalpel into Uchiha Sasuke's mind.
“Alright, you should know how now,” Indra said matter-of-factly. “You can start making the hoe now, just like you make Susanoo.”
After his mind was flooded with a large amount of information and images, Sasuke Uchiha, who was momentarily confused, slowly typed a question mark.
No, I don't think I can do it yet.
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Author's Note: [Mini-Theater]
Uchiha A: (Has seen some incredible gossip)
Uchiha B: ? What happened? Tell me!
Uchiha A: I don't know how to say it, you'll see. (Sharingan Quick Transfer! Activate!)
Uchiha B: (Gasping in shock) That was really exciting! Speaking of which, there's been a result on that other story. (Sharingan teleportation activated!)
Uchiha A: (Excitedly) I knew it!
Passerby: Wait, you think I'm not worthy to listen to your gossip if I don't have Sharingan?! Your gossip even comes with its own video! I'm so envious!
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