I Want the Loyalty of Your Four Clans

But this is not what I want. What I want is for children in a town like yours to be able to show their innocent smiles, instead of being stuck in a training room, drilling and slaughtering!

Therefore, the request I am making is for you people—you who possess great wisdom but lack great power! Only between you, whom they view as weak, and us, who appear powerful but are incredibly pedantic, is there no so-called hatred.

If you join me, that barrier of hatred is bypassed entirely! As for the argument that clans with chakra shouldn't take you in, that doesn't apply to me. You are not joining the Uchiha; you are joining me! Given my parents' status within the Uchiha clan, even if I do this, I suspect they will simply think I am being mischievous.

Furthermore, since your strength is not overwhelming, there is a seventy percent chance you can enter the Uchiha territory. There is a vast expanse of wasteland within our lands; if we build a town like yours there, I believe it would be far safer than this place, even without setting up a barrier.

When the time comes, as long as you behave yourselves and avoid any actions that might be perceived negatively, your four clans can live there in peace and stability, waiting for me—waiting for me to grow strong.

I am six years old this year. Although I am only six, and I am not yet certain of my current strength, I will undoubtedly become a true powerhouse in the future. Of course, even if I were to die, I have my brothers to protect you, and that promise will never change, even with my death! So, you can rest assured in joining my ranks; what I have just said is my guarantee to you.

At this moment, Kangetsu stood up. Though his frame was somewhat small, it seemed to contain endless, boundless power. Having been kneeling on the floor, Kangetsu rose, and the aura about to erupt from his body flickered in and out—it was a kingly dominance!

The silence was absolute. Everyone in the room was stunned, for to them—bound tightly by the decaying, rigid ideologies of this Warring States Period—these words were like a bolt of lightning from the blue.

However, compared to those other major clans, the Nara, Akimichi, Yamanaka, and Onmyo were different; they already possessed the budding seeds of such thoughts. Thus, while they found Kangetsu's words stunning, they were not overly shocked.

If such words were spoken within the Uchiha clan, one would certainly be treated as an outcast. Just like in the original story, when Senju Hashirama said only a few such words to his father, Senju Butsuma, he was slapped across the face and threatened with death if he ever spoke that way again!

To them, such a thing was inconceivable, yet to Kangetsu, it was merely common sense. After all, Kangetsu's mindset was far beyond what this Warring States Period could compare to.