The possibility of Kumogakure making a move was not important to Genkawa Uchiha.
Even if he knew it was bound to happen, he did not care.
During the Third Shinobi World War, Kumogakure had practically been crushed by Namikaze Minato alone.
The Yellow Flash's name could stop children from crying at night in Kumogakure. Those battle-hardened Kumogakure elites would turn and run the moment they saw a figure with yellow hair.
That was not an exaggeration at all.
Now that Namikaze Minato was dead, Kumogakure would only celebrate.
Then they would look for a chance to retaliate. That was inevitable.
After all, among all the ninja villages in the Ninja World, great and small, Kumogakure was unquestionably the most militant.
They believed in strength, revered the strong, and held grudges the longest.
Konoha had lost the stabilizing force that was the Yellow Flash. It truly lacked high-level deterrence now, so Kumogakure provoking them or even directly attacking was entirely possible.
But what did that have to do with Genkawa Uchiha?
He was not a ninja and did not need to go to the battlefield.
If Konoha won, he would keep living his life.
If Konoha lost, he would still keep living his life.
At most, the village would hang a different flag. It would not affect him much.
So he did not take the matter to heart.
The days passed one by one.
Itachi Uchiha came to the Old Clan Grounds every two or three days to study under Genkawa Uchiha.
Each time he came, he brought new questions.
At first, they were only questions about ninjutsu, such as Fire Style chakra control, shuriken throwing angles, and techniques for exerting force in taijutsu. Genkawa Uchiha could answer all of them, and his insights were far from ordinary.
But as time