At this moment, the more Jiraiya looked at the kid in front of him, the more something felt off.
The boy claimed he was just asking casually, but that thoughtful expression was anything but casual.
His instincts told him something was going on.
Jiraiya immediately became wary.
The youth before him was an Uchiha with a Mangekyō.
He had not been back a few days ago, but the old man had told him about that battle.
Obito Uchiha had been the true culprit behind the Nine-Tails Incident. He possessed Space-Time Ninjutsu and Wood Release, yet this boy had beaten him until he fled with an arm severed, even shattering his mask.
They were around the same age. Obito Uchiha also possessed a Mangekyō, had caused the Nine-Tails Incident, and was the one responsible for the deaths of the Fourth Hokage and his wife.
If someone that powerful could be suppressed so thoroughly by him, then if this kid went out and got influenced by someone, completely falling out with the village...
Jiraiya shuddered.
He did not dare imagine the consequences.
So it was better to keep a kid like this in the village. Difficult or not, it was still better than having him run off somewhere and make everyone worry.
After all, Jiraiya had been that age once. He had been young too, so he naturally knew what boys that age tended to think about.
Either they dreamed of becoming Hokage, or they dreamed of changing the world. But this kid was different. His thoughts might run even deeper.
Still, Jiraiya could tell that whatever this kid was thinking probably was not good for Konoha.
Just as he was pondering this, a voice came from across the table.
"I get the feeling you're thinking some very rude things."
Genkawa Uchiha