Nohara Rin

"Outstanding..."

If he remembered correctly, wasn't this ability a passive skill used by a certain black-stocking-wearing, ball-playing older sister?

This ability made Haori incredibly excited, because with it, the evolution of his eyes would no longer be a problem!

The reward for the main quest truly shocked him, but what he found regrettable was that completing main quests was no easy task.

From the moment he obtained the system until now, he had only completed one main quest.

Before this, he had even assumed that main quests were unique.

"At least it's done; with this ability, I can pursue even greater things."

Haori secretly rejoiced. He had relied on side quests to obtain skills from other ninjas.

That was the only reason his eyes could slowly accumulate energy and upgrade to two tomoe, and now, they were already nearing their limit.

With this ability, he believed he would soon possess three-tomoed eyes, and he wouldn't need to worry too much about the future!

"It's just that this new main quest is really..."

Seeing this brand-new main quest, Haori didn't know what to say for a moment.

He seemed to recall that the phrase should have been 'I shall raise your wife and children,' right?

Was there something wrong with this system? Killing someone and then abducting their wife—wasn't that a bit...

"It's a good thing it didn't ask me to raise Uchiha Itachi!"

But at the thought of Uchiha Itachi, Haori felt the system was actually quite good; he had no desire to raise an ungrateful wretch.

The saying that the Uchiha clan had two super traitors was actually somewhat problematic.

Uchiha Shisui was truly naive; he was so naive that he actually told the high-ranking officials of Konoha about the abilities of his Mangekyo.

Especially telling Danzo—how could this not make the Konoha leadership anxious, and how could it not tempt Danzo?

Although the guy's intentions were good—aiming to make Konoha believe that he could control the Uchiha through Kotoamatsukami—the problem was, would someone like Danzo, who had broken every law in the Konoha code except for the cover, ever trust an Uchiha?

This kind of person was too naive, though it couldn't be denied that he was someone who placed his clan and the village on the same scale.

Otherwise, after being ambushed by Danzo and realizing that neither he nor his clan were trusted by Konoha, he wouldn't have just thrown in the towel, dumped everything on Uchiha Itachi, and chosen to commit suicide.

As for Uchiha Itachi...

"Like father, like son; these two are both rotten to the core—neither of them is any good."

Because Shisui's first method of directly changing the clan's mindset was too crude, he simply chose the second one, an even cruder approach.

If I kill the whole family, won't the conflict between the clan and the village disappear?

"I'm afraid he thinks everything he did was right, and he wouldn't listen to anything anyone else had to say, would he?"

Besides these two, there was actually another traitor in the Uchiha clan: Uchiha Obito.

Although Haori sympathized with Obito's plight, this guy was absolutely a selfish person as well.

Because Rin died, he wanted the whole world to be buried with her, and the first ones he targeted were Namikaze Minato and his wife, who had trusted him deeply.

It's said that grievances should be settled and grudges avenged, but even if it hadn't happened yet, Haori couldn't accept such a method.

Moreover, his relationship with Obito wasn't exactly good, because...

"Haori!"

Haori, who was looking down and lost in thought, suddenly heard someone calling him. He looked up and saw Nohara Rin walking toward him.

"Oh, it's Rin. Are you looking for Obito?"

Haori immediately pulled himself together and replied with a smile.

Nohara Rin was his classmate, and they had a pretty good relationship.

After all, good-looking people always manage to end up together.

Although Haori's grades at the ninja academy weren't quite as abysmal as Uchiha Obito's, constantly hovering at the bottom, they weren't exactly ideal either. However, he couldn't help that he was good-looking.

In fact, no matter what job you do, physical appearance is always a form of combat power.

When taking photos, some people look like they belong in a fashion magazine, while others look like they belong on a missing person's poster.

"Yeah, our rotation break is over, and we have another mission."

Rin nodded, though she sighed when mentioning the mission.

"War, when will it ever end..."

Once you finish this mission, won't it be over?

Haori muttered to himself, but he couldn't bring himself to say those words out loud.

After a moment of thought, he smiled and said, "Actually, war will never end."

"Huh?" Nohara Rin seemed not to have expected Haori to say that, and it left her not knowing how to respond.

"Wherever there are people, there will be conflicts of interest, and where there are conflicts of interest, the situation will escalate."

Haori walked slowly forward, and after a moment of silence, Nohara Rin followed him.

"Whether it is between clans or between villages, it is merely a difference in the form it takes."

"Then is there no way to eliminate war?"

Nohara Rin's mood dampened, and she sighed as she spoke.

"No. Should we kill everyone just to avoid the possibility of war?"

Haori tilted his head, taking a shot at Uchiha Obito without a moment's hesitation.

"Or perhaps, cast some kind of genjutsu to lock everyone inside, letting them enjoy a world of their own?"

"No, your way of thinking is too extreme."

Nohara Rin was very dissatisfied with Haori's suggestion, and she shook her head while pouting.

"You must not have thoughts like that, Haori."

"That goes without saying, because I know what I want to do and what I should do."

Haori blinked and spoke with a smile.

"War will not cease, but each of us has our own convictions.

Whether it is defending our home, protecting the people we want to protect, or living up to those who gave their lives to protect us.

These are the convictions that support us as we continue to fight. When fighting for these beliefs, war is actually not that terrifying."

Regarding Konoha, regardless of whether Haori truly thought this way, he knew these were the words that had to be said.

In truth, he had left one thing out: his own life!

For the sake of his own life, he would fight with everything he had no matter what he encountered.

"Is that so?"

Upon hearing these words, Nohara Rin's mood improved instantly, and the way she looked at Haori changed slightly.

War might indeed be unavoidable, even in the future, but for the sake of one's inner convictions, war was not so terrifying after all!

"Thank you, Haori. I wonder, what is the conviction in your heart?"

"Me?"

Hearing this question, Haori almost blurted out: My life is the most important!

However, he tilted his head and thought for a moment, then looked at Rin and smiled.

"Of course, it is to protect the things I want to protect, as well as the people worth protecting."

"You guy..."

Hearing these words, Nohara Rin couldn't help but lower her head slightly.

But before she could say anything else, she realized that Haori was already holding her hand and leading her outside.

"Haori, this..."

"We are heading out on a mission, so of course we have to put it into practice."

Haori held Nohara Rin's hand and continued walking outside without looking back.

"Just take it as a blessing—a blessing that we can all return smoothly and safely. As for notifying Obito, I'll have someone help with that, so don't worry."

Nohara Rin nodded gently upon hearing this, then broke into a smile and followed Haori as they walked outside.

The sun set in the west, stretching their shadows out long.

However, at this moment, Obito was already fuming.

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