Arranging the Rising Sun Organization

Seeing the excitement of Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui, Yamanaka Chujiu smirked and began to pour cold water on them:

"It's a pity, but the clear path you see now will change. The hope you feel is within reach is merely an illusory mirage!"

"Huh?"

Both youths were dumbfounded, gaping in shock.

Wait, we were only happy for a few minutes, how did it turn into a mirage again?

This was too stimulating; now they didn't just lack words, they didn't even know what to think.

Their two brains: I'm tired, let me slow down.

Fortunately, young people are full of vitality, and they soon regained their enthusiasm, actively asking what they had overlooked that could lead to such a misconception.

Facing such motivated youths, Yamanaka Chujiu explained with warmth and patience.

In truth, it is a simple principle: nothing can be achieved overnight.

Even simple cooking requires following steps one by one; if any link in the chain goes wrong, the previous efforts are wasted, resulting in a pot of half-cooked rice.

Under the suppression of the Konoha high-level officials led by the Third Hokage, the steps required to change the situation of the Uchiha clan are even more numerous, and the potential points of failure are as countless as the hairs on an ox.

Moreover, the worst-case result could be total annihilation, which is far more serious than a pot of half-cooked rice.

You can grit your teeth and eat half-cooked rice, but if the Uchiha clan is destroyed, it is gone forever.

Yamanaka Chujiu smiled bitterly: "The most detestable thing is that many times, even when you haven't taken a single wrong step, the once-clear goal changes on its own. Countless efforts are instantly rendered void, and everything has to start from scratch."

"Therefore, the bestial instinct of man is laziness, giving up, and seeking momentary pleasure."

"Shisui, Itachi, will you follow your bestial instincts?"

Uchiha Itachi said firmly without hesitation: "No! I will never succumb to my instincts."

Uchiha Shisui pondered for a moment, then answered even more firmly: "Neither will I."

Yamanaka Chujiu asked: "Then what will you do if you encounter failure halfway?"

The two youths looked at each other and said in unison: "We didn't know before, but from today on, we will do as Senior Chujiu said—even if we encounter failure, we will start everything over from the beginning!"

Yamanaka Chujiu watched them, hoping they would take his words to heart.

In the original history, Uchiha Shisui was ambushed by Danzo, had one eye gouged out, and was hunted down by Root ninjas.

After suffering a total defeat, Shisui did not choose to start over.

He chose to drag his broken body to find Itachi, entrusting his eye, his responsibilities, and all his difficulties to Itachi, before jumping into the rushing river to commit suicide.

Uchiha Itachi, only thirteen years old, could not bear such a heavy burden, and his already riddled heart completely collapsed.

Itachi, having encountered failure, also did not choose to start over; instead, he turned around and chose to end the Uchiha clan entirely.

Regardless of how you look at it, killing the victims counts as solving the problem.

Afterward, he dumped the mountain-like hatred and heavy pressure onto his younger brother, Sasuke.

And that wasn't even the end of it!

To "help" Sasuke grow, Uchiha Itachi specifically used Tsukuyomi to crush Sasuke's originally healthy mind, planting the most terrifying hidden danger in his dear brother.

Now, the two Uchiha youths were impassioned, as if no hardship or suffering could ever defeat them.

But mountains and rivers are easy to change; a person's nature is hard to alter.

When the moment of truth arrives, whether they can live up to their bold words is something only the heavens know.

Of course, Yamanaka Chujiu did not intend to leave their fate to the heavens; he wanted to be the master of these two youths' destinies!

Yamanaka Chujiu said with deep feeling: "Failure is not the end, but the starting point of success."

"Only by learning to summarize experience from failure can you walk the path to success."

"Remaining silent while in pain is tempering; smiling without speaking is growth. When you can one day face pain with resilience and face achievement with humility, that is the moment you have truly matured."

His words, accompanied by threads of thought, penetrated deep into the minds of the two believers, striking down logical nodes that converged into a Thought Seal.

From then on, no matter what difficulties, setbacks, or failures they encountered, they would remain unyielding like green pines and bamboo facing a heavy snow.

The heavy snow cannot crush them; when the snow melts, they stand tall once more.

As for whether this would extinguish their originally free souls, Yamanaka Chujiu did not care.

Uchiha Shisui died at seventeen with his eyes gouged out; Uchiha Itachi wiped out his entire clan at thirteen and died clean before he was twenty-five.

Yamanaka Chujiu believed that after being branded with the Thought Seal, they could at least live safely, perhaps even marry and have children, passing on their bloodline.

No matter how you look at this trade, they were both making a massive profit!

After encouraging the two Uchihas, Yamanaka Chujiu gathered the core of the Rising Sun Organization—the five squad leaders who were believers, excluding Anko.

The children of the Rising Sun Organization all had fathers or elder brothers who had sacrificed themselves on the battlefield, having felt the pain of losing loved ones.

They were either families of Konoha villagers or abandoned children cast aside by ninja clans, thus becoming outcasts ignored by the Third Hokage, their pensions swallowed up by "cost-cutting and efficiency."

They had all personally experienced the despair of that class descent.

Most of the children had been broken; after accepting private pensions from Yamanaka Chujiu, they and their shattered families were content to fall into the status of ordinary villagers.

The children of the Rising Sun Organization were not crushed by pain and despair; instead, these hardships ignited their latent potential.

Kazamatsuri Harume, Yano Shoichi, Mitsuki, Aoki Takayuki, and Kurama Hidechi—these five youths were the most gifted, sharp-witted, and clear-minded children within the Rising Sun Organization.

By synthesizing their own experiences, they were able to deeply grasp the philosophy imparted by Yamanaka Chujiu, making them the first generation of believers to follow Uchiha Itachi.

Yamanaka Chujiu officially handed over the operations of the Rising Sun Organization to the five squad leaders.

Agricultural mutual aid was placed under the charge of Kazamatsuri Harume; not only did she possess the Wood Release Kekkei Genkai, making her the absolute core of their terraced farming, but her meticulous and thoughtful nature had already made her a skilled salesperson for agricultural products.

The refining of crude salt was assigned to Mitsuki and Aoki Takayuki; Mitsuki excelled in Water Release, while Aoki Takayuki excelled in Wind Release, and by working together, the two could replace Yamanaka Chujiu in overseeing the ninjutsu-based purification of refined salt.

Yano Shoichi's intelligence was no less than that of the Nara Clan, and as Yamanaka Chujiu's most trusted advisor, he was responsible for coordinating the overall situation and responding to various emergencies.

Finally, the most critical task—intelligence gathering—was entrusted to Kurama Hidechi.

Kurama Hidechi: "Me?"

"I don't know how to do intelligence work."

Yamanaka Chujiu said: "It doesn't matter. The intelligence work you need to do is different from traditional shinobi intelligence. Just try to get started!"

"There is no such thing as learning how to do something before you actually do it; everything is learned on the job."

"Start by pretending to be capable, slowly become decent at it, and eventually, you will become as proficient as a master."