Perfect Ninja? Perfect Dog

"I..."

Yamanaka Feng bit his lip. His heart was still locked in conflict, the scales perhaps already perfectly balanced. All it would take was one step—he might reach the end, or he might fall into eternal damnation.

He looked at Uchiha Itachi, suddenly thought of something, then raised his head and asked, "I remember that Uchiha girl told me that, at this time, I was in prison?"

"Yes, at this time, you were in prison." Uchiha Jie nodded, confirming Yamanaka Feng's thought.

"If I was in prison at this time, then was I a person or a dog at this time?" Yamanaka Feng pressed on.

"That's quite a good question." Uchiha Jie smiled and asked in return, "What kind of place do you think the village prison is?"

Yamanaka Feng froze. He wondered why such a question even needed asking. A prison was obviously where they locked up bad people, criminals, and enemies.

But then he suddenly recalled the details that little girl named Sarada had told him. If he had not escaped on his own initiative, they might have released him in a couple of years.

Yes. Some people sent to prison would remain there forever, never getting another chance to see the light of day, but

those guilty of petty theft would only be locked up for a while and lightly punished.

"Prison is a place that reforms people: it reforms bad people and criminals into people. Of course, it can also reform dogs into people."

Without waiting for Yamanaka Feng's answer, Uchiha Jie continued on his own. "Even if you remove the leash tied around a dog's neck, it still retains a dog's habits. It will not immediately become a person. At that point, it needs a place where it can become a person again."

"At first,