Anyone with a little cleverness always believed their own ideas were right.
Let alone a truly intelligent man like Shikaku Nara.
In Shikaku Nara's eyes, the entire Shinobi World's course lay within his grasp, and every one of his ideas had gradually come to fruition in the grand scheme of things. Uchiha Yue alone was the variable in his heart. Even Shikaku Nara, intelligent to the extreme, had never imagined that Uchiha Yue would rise so quickly and gradually seize complete dominance over the battlefield at the Land of Water's border.
However, it would be laughable to think that Uchiha Yue's earlier words could convince a truly intelligent man like Shikaku Nara. Even if Uchiha Yue claimed that strength was the only hard truth, and even if Shikaku Nara felt that his words made some sense, Shikaku Nara simply refused to believe that Konoha could gain true peace after Kirigakure's destruction—or that the entire Shinobi World could attain true peace.
Therefore, Shikaku Nara still wanted to try and persuade Uchiha Yue.
Yet just as Shikaku Nara was about to speak, Uchiha Yue suddenly smiled, stepped forward, and patted Shikaku Nara on the shoulder. "Mr. Shikaku, you're my senior. Some of what I said may have been a little excessive, so please don't take it to heart. All right, since neither of us can convince the other, let's wait and see. If I, Uchiha Yue, fail to destroy Kirigakure, then your theory may be right. But if I really do destroy Kirigakure and allow Konoha to gain a true advantage..."
"Mr. Shikaku, remember to apologize to me when the time comes!"
As he spoke, Uchiha Yue caught the well-hidden trace of helplessness in Shikaku Nara's eyes and continued, "Mr. Shikaku, I'm preparing to head to the Land of Wind now. I