As an ordinary person who had received a good education and had a normal set of values, Uchiha Kazuto could accept this completely. He didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
Wasn't this perfectly normal?
Afterward, Uchiha Kazuto offered some words of encouragement and left the Research Department.
Next, he issued an order and established an Administrative Training Class in Konoha, recruiting a group of students from the village. Anyone could apply, whether they were civilians or shinobi.
Konoha's political education was still far too weak. How could a group of people whose only thoughts were about fighting and killing, who knew nothing but killing, serving the nobles like dogs, and completing missions, possibly manage politics well?
Managing Konoha alone already took everything the shinobi had. How could they manage the entire Land of Fire?
So Uchiha Kazuto established an Administrative Training Class and added a special curriculum to reshape these people's values and improve their ability to learn. He also gathered a large number of books and wrote a set of guidelines for them to study on their own. The rest could be learned through practical experience later.
After finishing all this, Uchiha Kazuto began to wait for the seeds to bloom and bear fruit.
Training, studying, drafting new laws...
"Waaah..."
Mount Myōboku. Jiraiya was still crying uncontrollably. His eyes were swollen and red, his tears had run dry, and his voice had gone hoarse. The pain in his body had grown numb, and he felt like he was going to die.
He was going to cry himself to death.
He had been at Mount Myōboku for several days. At first, although he had been a little nervous, even somewhat alarmed, he hadn't panicked too much. He'd thought that as long as he came to Mount Myōboku and met the Great Toad Sage, everything would be all right.
But now he realized he'd been wrong.
The toads of Mount Myōboku were just as baffled by his condition. They had no idea what was wrong with his body. Even the Great Toad Sage was completely helpless.
No, there was one solution: Sage Mode. But it had only helped a little at first.
After entering Sage Mode, his condition had indeed improved somewhat. He still felt overwhelming sadness and pain, but at least he stopped crying.
However, that didn't last long. Before long, even in Sage Mode, he was still in agony, wailing uncontrollably. This proved that Sage Mode worked, but only to a limited extent.
"Little Jiraiya, let's activate Sage Mode!"
Just then, the two Toad Sages came in and hopped onto Jiraiya. Before long, Jiraiya's crying stopped. With Sage Mode's help, his body began to recover, and then he started crying again, wailing at the top of his lungs.
Without Sage Mode, Jiraiya would already have been on the verge of death. He really would have cried himself to death.
"Little Jiraiya, I've brought you some bad news and some good news. Which would you like to hear?"
A little while later, Shima, the Toad Sage with purple hair, spoke to Jiraiya.
"Waaah... Good news? Bad news? Sage Shima, does that mean I can be saved? Tell me the good news first!"
Jiraiya's face was a mix of joy and sorrow. At a time like this, what could count as good news besides a cure for his condition?
He had suffered terribly during this time. For the first time, he'd learned that a person could actually die from misery. If Sage Mode hadn't kept him alive, he would already be dead.
"Little Jiraiya, before you turned out like this, did you peek at someone while they were bathing?"
Shima hopped down from Jiraiya's shoulder and asked with a serious expression.
"Th-this... Waaah... Sage Shima, that wasn't peeking! I was gathering material for Icha Icha Paradise. It was for... Waaah... for my writing... my writing!!! Waaah... Ah..."
Jiraiya cried as he argued loudly, waving his arms.
"Then it seems that's what happened!"
Shima nodded.
"What's going on, Sage Shima? Is my condition connected to my research? Did one of those people know some kind of curse?"
Jiraiya stepped back, confused.
"No, this is the good news I wanted to tell you, Little Jiraiya. I know why you turned out like this. You're crying because you peeked at someone while they were bathing. Since you're from Konoha, and you're a member of Konoha, breaking Konoha's laws has made you like this. If you want to recover, you have no choice but to return to Konoha and accept your punishment!"
Shima explained.
"What?"
Jiraiya was stunned by Shima's words. He looked as if he couldn't understand what he'd heard, as though he suspected he'd misheard.
He understood every word, but why couldn't he understand them when they were put together? Was this really Konoha?
What did she mean, breaking Konoha's laws meant you had to wail uncontrollably?
No, what was going on? When had the village gained this kind of power?
And when it came to peeking, wasn't his teacher the real offender? He was always walking around with that Crystal Ball, looking everywhere. Jiraiya couldn't understand how the world had come to this. He couldn't help but reflect...
"This is the bad news I wanted to tell you, Little Jiraiya. Your teacher is dead. Someone cut off his head. Konoha is no longer ruled by your teacher!"
No, that couldn't be right, could it?
"Sage Shima, what did you say? My teacher is dead? What happened!!!"
Jiraiya was truly shocked this time. His voice rose several notches, and he stared fixedly at Shima as he continued to cry.
"That's right. Your teacher is dead. The person who made you turn out like this is the one who cut off Hiruzen Sarutobi's head: Uchiha Kazuto, the current Hokage. After becoming Hokage, he enacted a series of laws. Anyone who breaks them suffers consequences. The lightest punishment is what you're experiencing now: crying nonstop. If you don't accept your punishment, you'll keep crying until you die. The more severe punishment is being burned to death!"
"Your condition must be the power of Uchiha Kazuto's Sharingan!"
Shima explained.
H-how could this happen... His teacher had actually died, and at the hands of the Uchiha Clan.
"Waaah... Was it a Coup?"
Jiraiya asked through his tears. A blazing fire ignited in his heart. He wanted nothing more than to rush back to Konoha and kill Uchiha Kazuto, the madman who had launched the Coup.
"Not exactly..."
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