Brainwashing Starts Young

Uchiha Shisui rose rapidly after the Third Great Ninja War ended, shaking the ninja world under the name "Body Flicker Shisui."

In the original work, Shisui had never truly displayed his strength. Most of his power was shown through what others said about him.

For example, Ao of Kirigakure once said, "Uchiha Shisui's Dojutsu enters his opponent's mind and manipulates it, a technique that makes the opponent experience things as if they were real according to his own will, while the one being manipulated remains completely unaware. It is the highest level of Dojutsu!"

The Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Killer B, had also said that Uchiha Shisui was the strongest Genjutsu ninja in the Uchiha Clan.

There were many similar evaluations.

In Uchiha Yuan's impression, Uchiha Shisui became a Genin in Konoha 46. In Konoha 47, he killed his close friend and awakened the Mangekyo. In Konoha 48, Itachi Uchiha and Uchiha Shisui met, and that same year, the Nine-Tails' Rampage broke out. (PS: This data comes from Itachi Shinden and Itachi's novel.)

Because the Nine-Tails had been controlled by the Sharingan, and because the Uchiha Clan had not acted to stop the Nine-Tails at the time due to Danzo's obstruction, the Uchiha Clan's position in Konoha became extremely awkward.

Against this backdrop, Uchiha Shisui joined the Anbu.

The personalities of the Uchiha Clan could be called all kinds of varied: Madara Uchiha's flamboyance, Uchiha Obito's early sunshine and later ruthlessness, Itachi Uchiha's gloominess, and Uchiha Sasuke's irritability.

Uchiha Shisui, however, was not quite the same as these members of the Uchiha Clan. He was just like Obito before Rin's death: cheerful, with a smile often hanging on his face.

With such a personality and strength, if he had not been born into the Uchiha Clan, he might have been loved by many people like the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze.

But unfortunately, Shisui's surname was Uchiha.

In Uchiha Yuan's view, Uchiha Shisui was not quite the same as Itachi Uchiha either.

Itachi Uchiha was a pure executioner brainwashed by the Will of Fire. Calling him a lunatic would not be going too far. What normal person would turn a blade on his own clan and wipe them out to the last?

Uchiha Shisui was different. Between the village and the clan, he actually had not blindly favored either side. His greatest wish was to maintain harmony between the village and the clan, not to destroy the clan for the sake of the village.

To put it plainly, Shisui was not completely on Konoha's side. He only wanted to do everything he could to prevent bloodshed.

This could be seen from how, when Danzo attacked him, Uchiha Shisui counterattacked without hesitation, as well as from Uchiha Shisui's tough attitude toward Danzo.

Uchiha Shisui's thinking leaned more toward the idea that the clan and the village were one entity: they prospered together and suffered together.

He did not want the two sides to be hostile, so he could only mediate between them as much as possible.

Fundamentally, Shisui's thinking was not wrong. But he had overlooked one key point: the current upper echelon of the village did not want the Uchiha Clan to continue existing. Under their various methods, the conflict between the village and the Uchiha Clan had already reached an irreconcilable point.

Later, even if Uchiha Shisui had truly used Kotoamatsukami to stop his clansmen and made the Uchiha Clan stop rebelling, the Uchiha Clan would still have been wiped out.

And Shisui's ending had only one path: death.

Because the moment Shisui revealed the ability of Kotoamatsukami, his death had already been decided.

When facing someone who could control your thoughts at any time, anyone would feel fear, let alone Konoha's power holders like the Third Hokage.

They would definitely worry about what they should do if Uchiha Shisui one day turned his spearhead toward them, Konoha's upper echelon.

If Uchiha Shisui's thinking changed in some way, he could even take the entire Konoha into his hands and turn a village into his own Puppet.

The system of ninja villages destined that as long as one controlled their upper echelon, one could control the entire village. Obito had relied on controlling the Fourth Mizukage to control the entire Kirigakure.

It would have been one thing if Konoha's upper echelon simply did not trust Shisui. The key was that among the upper echelon, there were also people who wanted to obtain his power.

In the original work, Danzo had said to Shisui, "Possessing the strongest Genjutsu, you actually intend to use such precious power to stop a mere Coup?"

So judging from Shisui's thoughts and actions, it was absolutely impossible for him to save the Uchiha Clan.

As a transmigrator, when he clearly knew that Shisui's thinking and path were flawed, was it appropriate to let him keep growing like this?

Of course it was not!

Uchiha Yuan looked at the little boy in front of him and made up his mind. He was going to guide Shisui back onto the right path.

And the prerequisite for guiding Shisui back onto the right path was definitely to build a good relationship with him first.

Thinking of this, Uchiha Yuan asked with a kind smile, "Shisui, how old are you this year?"

"I'm six this year, a Second Year Ninja Academy Student."

"Six years old. In other words, Shisui is four years younger than me, and three years younger than Obito and Kakashi?" Uchiha Yuan thought inwardly.

"Then Shisui, have you refined Chakra yet?" Uchiha Yuan continued asking.

"Of course! I already refined Chakra when I was in first year, and I was the first in our class to refine Chakra!" Uchiha Shisui answered with a proud expression.

"I see! All right then! I'll teach you the Body Flicker Technique. But there are two prerequisites for learning the Body Flicker Technique. One is that your control over your own Chakra must be strong enough, and the other is that your reflexes must be quick.

You're a Second Year Ninja Academy Student, so your control over Chakra definitely isn't enough yet. If you want to learn the Body Flicker Technique, then first improve your Chakra control!"

"Senior, how do I improve my Chakra control?" Uchiha Shisui asked.

"Well! First, you have to start with Tree Climbing and Water Walking. So-called Tree Climbing and Water Walking are..." Uchiha Yuan explained the two training directions of Tree Climbing and Water Walking to Shisui.

However, he did not demonstrate them for Uchiha Shisui.

Uchiha Yuan himself had only just mastered Tree Climbing and Water Walking, and was not too skilled yet. He was afraid that if some accident happened during the demonstration and it failed, it would be embarrassing.

"Tree Climbing and Water Walking? I understand. Senior, I'll definitely practice hard."

"Mm. Then one week from now, still at this Training Ground, I'll come check the results of your practice. If you can master Tree Climbing and Water Walking, I'll teach you the content that comes after."

"Okay, thank you, Senior!"

"No need to be polite. We're both members of the Uchiha Clan, so we ought to help each other. Right, my name is Uchiha Yuan." After saying that, Uchiha Yuan rubbed Shisui's head, then turned and left.

Watching Uchiha Yuan's back, Uchiha Shisui murmured to himself, "What a gentle senior. He's completely different from Senior Tekka!"

Tekka Uchiha was the same age as Obito, both nine years old, but he had not entered the Upper Ninja School in the same year as Uchiha Yuan and Uchiha Obito. Instead, he had gone in the next class.