Will of Fire Can't Make Chinjao Eat Bell Peppers

Shin Nohara clutched his schoolbag and ambled into the school building. The corridor was empty, so quiet that only the sound of his own footsteps could be heard.

"Huh? Why is no one here?" Shin muttered as he walked to the door of Class A's classroom.

He opened the door.

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Swish.

More than a dozen pairs of eyes snapped to look at him.

Teacher Ibuki stood on the podium, chalk in hand, looking at him with a complicated expression.

"Shin Nohara."

"Here." Shin raised his hand.

"Do you know what time it is?"

Shin thought for a moment and answered seriously, "No, I don't have a watch."

"..."

"But judging by the sun's position, it should be almost time for Heart-eating time?"

Teacher Ibuki's temple twitched.

"It's ten past eight in the morning. The bell rang ten minutes ago."

"Oh." Shin nodded, then started walking to his seat.

"Wait." Teacher Ibuki called out to him. "Do you have anything to say?"

Shin stopped, tilted his head, thought for a moment, then turned around and bowed to the teacher and the entire class. "I'm sorry I'm late. I'll come earlier tomorrow."

"..." Teacher Ibuki took a deep breath. "Sit down. If you're late again next time, you'll stand in the corridor."

Shin nodded and walked to the seat next to Uchiha Toru and sat down.

"Xiao Che, morning," he whispered.

"Morning," Uchiha Toru whispered back. "Why are you late?"

"Couldn't help it, Mother walks too slowly."

Uchiha Toru was silent for two seconds and decided not to pursue the question.

Teacher Ibuki rapped on the blackboard. "Alright, everyone quiet down. Today, we're going to discuss a very important topic."

Then he turned and wrote four large characters on the blackboard:

Will of Fire.

Shin-chan blinked his eyes and quietly asked Uchiha Toru, "What is the Will of Fire? Can you eat it?"

Uchiha Toru's mouth twitched. "You can't eat it."

"Then what's the point?"

"Listen to the teacher."

Teacher Ibuki drew a simple tree on the blackboard, with branches and leaves. "The so-called Will of Fire is the will to protect what is important to oneself and to guard the Village. Konohagakure was founded so that children would no longer have to go to war and could live in peace."

After speaking, he looked at the children in the audience.

"Where the leaves dance, the fire is born and never dies. This is the Will of Fire, not living selfishly, but living to protect."

The classroom was silent for a few seconds.

Obito's eyes sparkled. "Amazing."

Might Guy's eyes were already turning red. "Youth, this is youth!"

Kakashi's expression was blank, but his gaze fell on the blackboard, as if he were thinking about something.

Then, a hand was raised.

Teacher Ibuki looked at the hand. "Shin Nohara."

"Teacher, if the Will of Fire is to protect important people, then am I considered an important person?"

"Of course."

"Then can I not eat green peppers to 'protect myself'?"

Teacher Ibuki was stunned.

The classroom was silent for a second, then erupted in laughter.

"Quiet." Teacher Ibuki tapped the blackboard. "This has nothing to do with the Will of Fire."

"But you said it, teacher. I am also an important person, so I want to protect myself. Green peppers will harm me, so to protect myself, I won't eat green peppers. Isn't this the Will of Fire?"

Teacher Ibuki's mouth twitched. "Green peppers won't harm you."

"They will," Shin-chan said with a serious expression. "They make me uncomfortable, make me want to vomit, and make me unable to eat. What is that if not harm?"

"That's just because you don't like the taste."

"Isn't that a kind of harm?" Shin-chan tilted his head. "Taste is also a kind of harm."

Teacher Ibuki opened his mouth, finding himself unable to refute for a moment.

Uchiha Toru whispered from the side, "Shin-chan, that's not how the Will of Fire is used."

"Then how is it used?"

Uchiha Toru thought for a moment and explained seriously, "The Will of Fire is the spirit of sacrificing oneself to protect others, not for avoiding eating Chinjao."

Shin-chan blinked, silent for two seconds. "The Will of Fire can't help me not eat Chinjao either?"

"No."

On the podium, Teacher Ibuki heard this conversation, his expression unreadable.

"Shin Nohara."

"Here."

"The Will of Fire isn't for you to find loopholes."

"But teacher..."

"No buts. Go back and write an essay today about your understanding of the Will of Fire."

Shin-chan's face fell. "Ah, I still have to write."

"Yes, three hundred characters."

"How much is three hundred characters?"

"It's a lot."

Shin-chan sighed and slumped onto the desk. "The Will of Fire is so difficult."

Uchiha Toru beside him couldn't help but laugh.

"You're still laughing," Shin-chan looked at him resentfully. "It's all your fault, you didn't help me say anything."

"How could I help you? What you said was completely wrong."

"What's wrong?"

Uchiha Toru thought for a moment and said seriously, "The Will of Fire is for everyone to be happy, not just for oneself to be happy."

Shin-chan blinked and looked at him. "Then Xiao Che, what do you want to do in the future?"

Uchiha Toru was stunned for a moment, not expecting the topic to shift so quickly.

"I... I don't know."

"Don't you have a dream?"

Uchiha Toru lowered his head. "We Uchiha usually become ninjas and then serve the Village."

Shin-chan tilted his head. "Then what's your own dream?"

Uchiha Toru was silent for a moment, then whispered, "Minister of Chocolate Sticks?"

"Oh, right." Shin-chan seemed to remember something. "We also need to defeat Chinjao."

Uchiha Toru's mouth twitched. "Can't you just forget about Chinjao?"

"No." Shin-chan said with a serious expression. "Chinjao is my lifelong enemy."

On the podium, Teacher Ibuki was still explaining the Will of Fire.

"Therefore, the core of the Will of Fire is protection. Protecting the Village, protecting comrades, protecting the future. Perhaps some of you will become Hokage in the future."

"Me." Obito suddenly stood up. "I'm going to be Hokage."

Teacher Ibuki was startled, then smiled helplessly. "Sit down, Obito."

"But Teacher, I really want to be Hokage."

"I know, I know, sit down first."

Obito sat down, but his excitement didn't diminish at all.

"I want to be Hokage too." Might Guy raised his hand. "For youth!"

"Teacher." Rin also raised her hand. "Can girls be Hokage?"

"Of course." Teacher Ibuki nodded. "Hokage doesn't depend on gender."

Kakashi remained expressionless, saying nothing.

Teacher Ibuki suddenly looked at him. "Kakashi, what about you? Do you have anything to say?"

Kakashi glanced at him indifferently. "No."

"You don't want to be Hokage?"

"Troublesome."

Teacher Ibuki: "..."

Shin-chan muttered softly beside him. "Kakashi is so cool."

Uchiha Toru nodded. "Mm, he's always like this."

"But does he eat green peppers in the morning too?"

"I don't know."

"If he doesn't eat green peppers either, I'll admire him even more."

Uchiha Toru sighed, deciding not to continue the conversation.