The All-Knowing Habara

The look in Shisui's eyes made Habara a little unable to bear it. In his worldview, one man looking at another man like that was simply unacceptable.

But slowly, Habara realized that the reason Shisui had such a look was not because there was anything wrong with his orientation.

Rather, this guy truly was filled with respect for him, because over the next few days, he acted nothing like his friend and classmate at all.

He looked more like a student humbly seeking instruction, and after asking for the information he wanted, he would honestly record it all.

Seeing how eager he was to learn, Habara could not help but sigh a little. If back then he had been like Shisui, he probably would have gotten into Qingbei Fudan Jiaotong long ago, right?

"Forget it. Something like that is better left as a thought. If I get jolted awake by a stream of sweet-smelling piss, that'd be a huge loss."

Shisui's change made Habara extremely happy, though in This World, talking about Marxism-Leninism and such was not exactly appropriate.

After all, this was a world that possessed supernatural power, but he still had a lot he could talk to Shisui about.

Right now, he was truly grateful for the education from his previous life, because he discovered that This World simply had no such thing as political education.

What was spoken of most in Konoha was the "Will of Fire," but Habara felt it would be more accurate to call that thing brainwashing.

Because that kind of education never told you the essence of the world, nor would it tell you how to understand This World and how to change This World.

Even more so, it would not tell you or teach you the concept of contradictions, leaving you not even knowing what the target of your own contradictions was.

They would only tell you to be loyal to this village, loyal to the Hokage, only speak of the "Will of Fire," and then there was nothing else.

"Perhaps from the very beginning, in Senju Hashirama's eyes, ninja were 'family,' but after developing to this point, they've already become 'tools.'"

The concept that ninja were tools had actually always circulated within the village, and in fact, that concept had always been very prevalent.

Kakashi had once become a tool-like ninja, and over at Shimura Danzō's place, his definition of ninja was even more completely placed under the category of "tools."

Actually, thinking about it carefully, there was nothing wrong with that. A tool without a will of its own was indeed much easier to control than someone who understood everything clearly.

"You're sure it's this location, right?"

Traveling in starts and stops, Habara and Shisui had made their way east from the Land of Hot Water to the coast. From here, they could take a boat directly to the Land of Waves.

But clearly, their destination would not be the Land of Waves. Their destination was a small village on the coastal border of the Land of Hot Water.

And their target This Time was a former member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, Raiga, who had now chosen to defect!

Actually, Habara rather wanted to go looking for that guy Zabuza, but unfortunately, Zabuza had not defected yet.

Kubikiribōchō was still in Juzo Biwa's hands, and Uchiha Itachi had not yet gone with Juzo Biwa to Kirigakure to deliver the blade from a thousand miles away.

Therefore, Habara could only give up on the idea of Zabuza and instead set his sights on his former teammate.

According to the intelligence, Raiga had entered the Land of Hot Water from the Land of Waves, and the place he entered happened to be territory under Konoha's jurisdiction.

Small Nations had always been so sorrowful. During times of war, they were the battlegrounds of the great ninja villages.

And during times of peace, they would all be divided into different spheres of influence by the great nations according to geopolitical factors.

So Raiga running into Konoha's sphere of influence within the Land of Hot Water and being discovered was only natural.

"That's right. According to Anbu intelligence, this was where he last appeared. It seems that, like that previous guy, he plans to occupy a village here."

After Shisui carefully observed the surroundings, he confirmed the question Habara had raised.

"He actually wants to occupy a village again. What exactly are these guys thinking?"

Although Habara, who had read the Original Work, knew that Raiga did indeed seem to have that idea, he still could not help but ridicule it.

"With a village that small, does he really think he can develop it to the scale of a ninja village? Isn't that way too fanciful?"

"Who knows." Shisui shook his head, then asked curiously, "Do we set out now, or wait until tomorrow?"

By now, the sun had already set, and a silver moon hung high among the clouds. Carrying out a mission at this hour was not impossible.

In fact, for some ninja, carrying out a mission at this time might even produce better results.

But after pondering for a moment, Habara gently shook his head and directly rejected the suggestion. "We rushed all the way here, so we need rest too. And you should still have quite a lot of vacation left, so there's no rush for this moment, right?"

"Mm, there's indeed no rush. Resting a little to recover our condition is also a wise move." Shisui had originally been eager to act, but now he directly agreed with the idea of resting.

This change in his attitude made Habara not know whether to laugh or cry, but no matter what, it was a good thing. After all, this was also a sign that Shisui trusted him.

No, now Shisui's view of Habara could no longer be described simply with the word trust.

Habara felt that if he truly wanted to make a move against Uchiha Fugaku, Shisui would absolutely be the first person to help him strike.

"Speaking of which, Habara, what do you plan to do after returning to the clan?"

After they made a simple bonfire in the forest, and after Shisui caught a wild rabbit for dinner, Shisui once again opened his mouth and asked.

"Although you already have a certain plan, I'm still very curious about exactly how you're going to do it. You should at least tell me this much, right? That way I can prepare too."

"How long has it been since you stopped, and you're starting again already?"

Habara smiled at Shisui and shook his head, but he was still very happy with his words, because Shisui had already expressed his own stance.

What kind of preparation was preparation? Naturally, preparation to overthrow Uchiha Fugaku!

"Actually, what I have to do is very simple. A Great Man once said to unite all forces that can be united. I feel this sentence can also be used by us now.

"What kind of people are the most numerous in the clan? Actually, this question is very simple. It's the most ordinary Uchiha members, especially Uchiha ninja who haven't awakened the Sharingan.

"Although their strength is the weakest, and they are also the people with the least presence and the least influence, they are the true majority within the Uchiha Clan.

"Let me ask you something. Do you know where authority comes from? Within the clan, is it the Clan Head, the elders, or the ordinary majority?"

"This..." Shisui froze for a moment before frowning and saying, "The Clan Head and the others, right?"

"I only told you recently to look past appearances and see the essence. Don't be misled by the experience you already have."

Habara sighed softly, then said seriously, "Always remember, in the mechanism by which power operates, the Clan Head and the others are the ones who use power. They are the higher-ups.

But the ones who grant them that power are the majority of the Uchiha. You can understand it as true power actually coming from the obedience of those below.

"So."

At this point, Habara paused slightly, while Shisui first froze in astonishment, then seemed to suddenly come to a realization.

"So that's how it is. I understand now. If those below stop choosing to obey them and instead choose to listen to us, then they'll lose their power, and we'll gain the Right to Speak!

"Habara, you're really amazing. It's like there's nothing you don't know."