Uchiha Sen

"Excuse me, are you Hoshiryu Uchiha?"

As soon as he opened the door, a young man sized Hoshiryu Uchiha up before directly asking the question.

Hoshiryu Uchiha scratched his head and yawned, looking at the man before him in confusion.

"Did the clan need something from me?"

Uchiha Sen was very polite, completely unlike an ordinary Uchiha, and he was also rather familiar by nature.

After indicating that this was not a suitable place to talk, he entered the house once Hoshiryu Uchiha stepped aside, acting as though he were the owner of the place.

Only after entering the house and taking a seat did Uchiha Sen speak.

"Here's the situation. In response to the Second Hokage's policy, the clan has decided to send you to the Ninja Academy."

"Of course, you won't be treated poorly. Your monthly clan stipend will increase by one hundred thousand Ryo, and when you graduate, you'll receive a B-Rank Ninjutsu."

Yes, this era was different from the future. The Ninja Academy was not held in high regard.

In this era, ninja clans still followed the old ways, training their own bloodlines within the clan.

The Ninja Academy created by the Second Hokage made education widespread, broke the monopoly, and gave civilians a chance to change their fate.

It was like a supernatural academy suddenly appearing in the real world—except it was a military academy.

When war broke out in the future, you would be required to fight.

If such an opportunity appeared before you, what would you choose?

Besides, if the ninjas on the battlefield could not hold the line, those civilians would not be able to protect themselves either.

Thus, although many Civilian Ninjas lacked talent and could only remain low- or mid-ranking ninjas for their entire lives,

it was still a leap across social classes for them, and they were willing to enter the Ninja Academy to study.

Moreover, compared to those trained by ninja clans themselves, Ninja Academy graduates placed greater emphasis on teamwork.

The teamwork here was not the simple cooperation of a few people, but large-scale coordinated group warfare.

Unless one person's strength completely crushed everyone else's, the power of a team would always surpass that of an individual.

Ninja abilities were indeed suited for solo operations.

But on the battlefield, there were not that many special operations.

If they could not hold the front line, the entire battle line would collapse.

Were they supposed to wait until the enemy reached Konoha before confronting them head-on?

Therefore, ninja clans would eventually send their Clan Members to the Ninja Academy as well, then use their spare time to teach them their own clan's secret techniques.

That way, they could achieve twice the results with half the effort and let them grow faster.

To promote the Ninja Academy system, the Second Hokage even selected several graduates as his direct subordinates.

The first ones to get a slice of that cake were the future upper echelon of the Sarutobi-Shimura Faction.

During Hiruzen Sarutobi's era, those who entered the Ninja Academy were considered to bear the Hokage's mark.

Thus, for the future of their clans, no matter how they looked at it, ninja clans could only obediently send their people to school.

As for those old fossils who claimed the Ninja Academy was raising cannon fodder, they were not wrong.

However, once war came, the people trained by ninja clans would be cannon fodder too.

Could they avoid the war then and keep their Clan Members off the battlefield?

At that point, if every ninja clan fought on its own, being picked off one by one would be inevitable.

Otherwise, the other nations would not have followed Konoha's example and founded Ninja Academies.

Of course, they could not see any of this yet.

They only stubbornly believed that the Ninja Academy was inferior to their own methods.

And now, in order not to embarrass the Hokage, they would naturally respond to his policy and arrange for some Clan Members to enroll.

Those arranged to enter the Ninja Academy were essentially in a half-abandoned state, so the clan would offer them some compensation.

They were called half-abandoned because, without being trained within the clan, they naturally would not form friendships with their peers.

Once those people from the clan grew up, no matter what benefits there were to gain, they would not think of you.

Therefore, in the current era, entering the Ninja Academy was a sign that one's clan did not value them.

Most of the Clan Members assigned there were orphans, because orphans had no one to back them up and were easy to bully.

In the end, every world was like this. People always picked on the weak.

But entering the Ninja Academy was actually a good thing for Hoshiryu Uchiha, even setting aside the various hidden benefits of attending it.

Hoshiryu Uchiha had been worrying over how to approach the people included in his plans, especially Tsunade. The Uchiha Clan and the Senju Clan did not have a good relationship.

If he casually went looking for Tsunade, the Senju Clan might just hang him up and whip him.

The news Uchiha Sen brought was exactly what he needed.

After all, based on the information from the anime, Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya were all certain to attend the Ninja Academy.

The Hatake Clan, to which the White Fang belonged, was not a major clan either. By his calculations, Hatake Sakumo should also be attending the Ninja Academy right now.

Joining the Ninja Academy would give Hoshiryu Uchiha a legitimate chance to come into contact with these people.

So when he heard Uchiha Sen's words, he could not help but smile.

Not only had it provided a way to carry out his plans, it also came with generous compensation.

The Uchiha Clan Members he had once found unpleasant now suddenly looked kind and benevolent.

Suppressing the joy in his heart, Hoshiryu Uchiha wanted to see whether he could ask for even more compensation, so he said dejectedly, "Is the clan abandoning me?"

Uchiha Sen panicked slightly upon hearing that, completely lacking the Uchiha Clan's usual arrogance.

Hoshiryu Uchiha was only Six Years Old. When a six-year-old child looked at you so pitifully, especially when you knew he had just lost the family closest to him,

anyone with a conscience would feel uneasy. Uchiha Sen hurriedly explained.

"It's not like that. How could the clan abandon you?"

"You can still come to the clan to study after school or during holidays. It won't have much of an impact."

That was naturally not what Hoshiryu Uchiha wanted. Seeing the panic on Uchiha Sen's face, he decided to keep acting until the end.

After making up his mind, his eyes immediately reddened. He stood up, lifted his head, and looked at Uchiha Sen pitifully as he asked, "Really? Then could you give me a little more compensation? Could you give me some medical knowledge, for example?"

Uchiha Sen grew even more flustered at his performance and agreed at once.

"Really, really. I have some basic medical knowledge. I'll personally give it to you as additional compensation, but what do you need it for?"

As he spoke, Uchiha Sen calmed down somewhat and looked at Hoshiryu Uchiha with confusion.

Hoshiryu Uchiha did not panic when he heard that. Instead, he acted even harder.

"Uncle, I want to become a Medical Ninja and treat everyone. That way, they won't die, and they can go home and be reunited with their families."

After saying that, two tears slowly rolled down from Hoshiryu Uchiha's slightly reddened eyes, making Uchiha Sen's heart ache a little.

He stepped forward and rubbed Hoshiryu Uchiha's head, consoling him for quite a while before speaking.

"What a good child. Don't worry, I'll bring the medical knowledge over tonight."

"Thank you... Uncle."

Hearing that, Hoshiryu Uchiha stopped crying, wiped his eyes, and thanked him with a slight sniffle.

Even an Oscar Gold Award winner would have to give this acting a thumbs-up. This little golden statue should have gone to Hoshiryu Uchiha.

After quite some time, once he saw that Hoshiryu Uchiha had calmed down, Uchiha Sen stood and prepared to leave.

When he reached the door, he turned back and looked at Hoshiryu Uchiha for a while. He did not say anything else, merely nodded at him before leaving.

Hoshiryu Uchiha frowned. He felt that Uchiha Sen might have seen through something, but he could not be sure.

However, he soon stopped dwelling on it. After all, asking for medical knowledge to study was not an excessive request.

Even if his acting had been seen through, at most Uchiha Sen would dislike him.

Still, Hoshiryu Uchiha had a feeling that this Uchiha, who had never appeared in the original story and whose personality and way of doing things were so different from the rest, would be of help to his future plans.