True and False

"Keep up!"

Yamanaka Feng reacted quickly, calling for Uchiha Itachi to get to his feet.

The latter walked forward as well, yet he could not help turning back to look at himself lying on the ground, reduced to an unwanted old dog.

He took a deep breath and followed Sarada out of the Uchiha Clan cemetery, replaying everything over and over in his mind as he walked.

He should not have been thinking so much. A ninja's greatest taboo was letting his thoughts run wild.

They were not supposed to have minds. They were supposed to devote all their energy to missions and orders, not think about their past or future.

Once a ninja started thinking too much, his fate would probably not be much better than Kakashi's father's.

Uchiha Itachi had once been like that. He had not thought much about anything, but now he had begun to think.

The Uchiha Clan was not a clan particularly capable of reflection. They had no philosophers. They only believed in what they had decided to believe. They thought even less than ordinary ninja, but once they began to think, they began to deny themselves.

Fortunately, Sarada was walking ahead of him, and Yamanaka Feng had noticed his problem.

The Yamanaka Clan was good at thinking, not only because their secret techniques were tied to the mind, but also because Ino-Shika-Cho stood together. When you had a clever friend, either you gave up thinking entirely and gambled that your friend was truly your friend, or you chose to become clever together.

The Nara Clan were certainly true friends, but becoming idiots because of that was not what the Yamanaka Clan wanted. Naturally, they became a little smarter too, at least smarter than other ninja.

Yamanaka Feng had seen through Sarada's purpose. This