Family and Village

"All right! Stop for a moment!" Uchiha Yuan had already thrown every stone at his feet.

Hearing him, Shisui collapsed straight onto the ground, panting heavily.

"Shisui, you're very good. Honestly, your reaction speed is even faster than mine. The Body Flicker Technique should suit you extremely well," Uchiha Yuan said as he walked over.

"E-Elder Yuan, r-really? Do I have a lot of talent?" Shisui asked between gasps.

"Of course it's true. Rest for a while first and recover your chakra. I'll teach you the Body Flicker Technique in a bit."

Shisui nodded excitedly.

While Shisui was recovering, Uchiha Yuan ran ten laps around the Training Ground and did a simple warm-up.

Then he began exercising as usual. He still had not trained for a full three hours today!

A week ago, after Uchiha Yuan's left eye evolved into a two-tomoe Sharingan, his Level rose from Level 10 (15/20) to Level 12 (5/20), jumping two Levels in a row.

From the White Gift Boxes awarded after those two Level-ups, Uchiha Yuan got 20 Shuriken and 10 Smoke Bombs. Better than nothing.

As for those seven rounds of the Text Game, he did not know if it was because the round where he obtained Mind's Eye had used up too much luck, but for five days straight, Uchiha Yuan died as soon as he entered the game.

The most ridiculous was the fifth day. He arrived in a world with a somewhat western fantasy background and registered as a mercenary.

The next day, he joined a squad to subjugate Goblins, only for a Dragon to fly over in the sky halfway there. The Dragon spat at random, and a clump of thick phlegm wrapped in flames smashed down, wiping out the entire squad.

Fortunately, after that time, Uchiha Yuan's luck recovered somewhat.

He had probably paid off his debt. In the next two days' Text Games, he survived for a relatively long time, at least long enough to scrape together rewards of 2 Stat Points each.

Over seven days, Uchiha Yuan gained a total of 9 Stat Points, and he added all of them to his chakra.

His Eye Power had risen to 70, so his Chakra Amount had to keep up as well. Otherwise, not only would the Sharingan be unable to exert its original power, it might even become a burden.

After Uchiha Yuan had trained for roughly an hour, Shisui walked up to him and said, "Senior, I've recovered."

Hearing that, Uchiha Yuan handed Shisui the Body Flicker Technique scroll among his parents' keepsakes.

Uchiha Yuan's Body Flicker Technique had been taught to him by Hyuga Asana, while Hyuga Asana's Body Flicker Technique had been learned from Orochimaru. If he taught it to someone else, it might affect Hyuga Asana.

So from the beginning, Uchiha Yuan had planned to give Shisui the Body Flicker Technique scroll left behind by his parents, then tell Shisui some cultivation experience and methods for the Body Flicker Technique.

That way, the Body Flicker Technique Shisui learned should be the Body Flicker Technique left behind by his parents, not the Body Flicker Technique Hyuga Asana had taught him.

After that, Uchiha Yuan explained some of his understanding of the Body Flicker Technique to Shisui in detail twice, then demonstrated the Body Flicker Technique for Shisui a few times.

Shisui listened very seriously and would occasionally take out a notebook to record some things.

Obito, off to the side, also pricked up his ears and seized the chance to secretly learn.

"All right, that's all of my understanding of the Body Flicker Technique. Shisui, from here on, you'll have to rely on your own diligent study and hard practice."

"Thank you for your guidance, Elder Yuan!" After saying that, Shisui bowed to Uchiha Yuan in a ninety-degree bow.

"No need to be polite. I said before that we're all from the same clan, so we ought to help one another. The Uchiha Clan is one whole. Only if we clan members support each other will the clan become more prosperous."

After hearing Uchiha Yuan's words, Shisui hesitated for a moment before asking, "Elder Yuan, then which do you think is more important, the village or the clan?"

"Why ask that all of a sudden?" Uchiha Yuan asked.

"Because recently, I've discovered that we members of the Uchiha Clan don't seem very welcome in the village. Especially the members of the Police Force. Many villagers hate them very much, so..."

"So you're worried that some conflict will break out between us and the village?"

Shisui nodded.

"Your worry isn't wrong either. To be honest, Shisui, our clan's current situation in the village can't be considered good, and what you've seen really does exist.

"But things haven't gotten that bad yet, nor have we reached the point where we must decide whether the clan or the village is more important.

"If I had to say it, the village itself is a collective formed from one clan after another. The clan exists to better protect its own people, while the village exists to protect every single person in the village.

"The wish of First Hokage Hashirama Senju-sama when he founded Konoha was to protect every child, so children wouldn't have to go to the battlefield or sacrifice themselves early because of war.

"I very much agree with his ideals. So in my view, the Konoha founded by the First Hokage is worth protecting with our lives. With this village, our clan will also be able to continue on better."

After hearing Uchiha Yuan's words, Shisui fell silent. Although he was still fairly young, he understood the meaning in Uchiha Yuan's words.

Uchiha Yuan approved of and yearned for the Konoha founded by the First Hokage, but he was not that satisfied with the current Konoha.

Was it because the current Konoha made children go to the battlefield, violating the original intention behind the First Hokage's founding of Konoha? Or was it for some other reason?

Uchiha Shisui did not continue asking. He knew some questions should not have their answers obtained by asking others, but by searching for them himself.

Uchiha Yuan also had no intention of saying anything more. Some things only needed to be hinted at and left there, because answers one arrived at oneself were easier to understand than answers laid out by someone else.

Afterward, Uchiha Shisui silently turned and went to the other side of the Training Ground to practice the Body Flicker Technique.

Uchiha Yuan continued exercising at the Training Ground, and only left after gaining the chance to spin the Roulette.

Seeing this, Obito hesitated for a moment before following him.

"Why are you following me?" Uchiha Yuan stopped and asked.

"I secretly learned your Body Flicker Technique just now. I wanted to say thank you."

"No need. I didn't avoid you when I taught Shisui, which means I was tacitly allowing you to learn too.

"I just said to Shisui that everyone is a member of the Uchiha Clan, so we ought to help each other. Go back now and ask Shisui to copy out the Body Flicker Technique from the Ninjutsu Scroll for you. As for the rest, practice it yourself!" After saying that, Uchiha Yuan turned and left.

After hearing Uchiha Yuan's words, Obito clenched his fists and shouted, "I owe you one this time. I'll pay you back someday!"

Uchiha Yuan smiled at that and made no response.

Uchiha Yuan really couldn't bring himself to like Obito, and he didn't want much contact with him either.

He had not avoided him while teaching Shisui the Body Flicker Technique in order to better "brainwash" Shisui, so Shisui would know that when he said the people of the Uchiha Clan were all one family and should help one another, he meant it, rather than just saying it.

Now, having Obito go back and copy the Ninjutsu Scroll for the Body Flicker Technique was for the same reason.