Uchiha Kindergarten

Before answering, Uchiha Yato posed a question to everyone.

"If we teach ninjutsu, what happens to Konoha Village's reward system?"

Only then did everyone remember that they lived in Konoha Village. If they included the village's role, it would be easy for others to misinterpret the Uchiha Clan's intentions.

Uchiha Kei said, "What about civilian ninja?"

At that moment, the First Elder thought of a solution. "We can't teach them ninjutsu, but we can discuss our experiences and insights regarding ninjutsu."

Uchiha Yato was quite satisfied that someone had joined the discussion.

More and more Uchiha joined in, making the matter more well-rounded. Otherwise, if everyone merely listened to him, outsiders would only think that Uchiha Yato might be trying to seize power.

Such behavior was undesirable in any organization. Fortunately, the Uchiha Clan was currently extremely united internally, and no such struggle existed.

Following up on the First Elder's words, Uchiha Yato said, "Our Uchiha Clan's Fire Release ninjutsu is very famous, but that doesn't mean we have to teach it to them."

"We can exchange experiences and insights on using Fire Release."

His words also enlightened the Uchiha jonin below. While improving themselves, they could also bring the two sides closer together.

Several more ninja then raised questions.

Afterward, even the Second Elder and the others from the war faction joined the discussion, gradually providing answers.

Now, after a question was raised, it was no longer only the elders, Yato, the clan head, and the others who answered.

The jonin could also raise their hands and enthusiastically speak. This was the atmosphere Uchiha Yato wanted to see.

The final concluding remarks naturally had to be delivered by Uchiha Kei, the clan head.

Uchiha Kei said, "Then, Dojo No. 2 will be renamed Uchiha Kindergarten."

"Furthermore, every jonin serving as a teacher may receive 3,000 ryo afterward."

"The children must earn the ninjutsu they need through labor before they can exchange for it."

"For now, there are no issues with this, right, everyone?"

After he finished speaking, for the first time ever, all the Uchiha collectively agreed.

No matter what, all three factions were Uchiha, and their shared starting point was the hope that the Uchiha Clan would become increasingly prosperous.

This approach of cultivating the next generation and strengthening the Uchiha Clan's cohesion became even more outstanding after being refined and improved through everyone's participation.

Then Uchiha Yato raised one final question.

"Next, I'd like to ask everyone: how do you plan to make these children willingly attend Uchiha Kindergarten?"

The First Elder and Uchiha Kei instantly understood what Uchiha Yato meant.

They had no intention of speaking, because they knew that as Konoha Village's former king of the children, Uchiha Yato had tricks up his sleeve one after another.

He merely needed everyone to give him their stance, and then he could openly and properly straighten those children out.

Realizing this, both the First Elder and Uchiha Kei felt sorrow for these Uchiha seedlings. They were about to endure a very harsh storm.

The hot-tempered Second Elder spoke directly. "We know you brat have plenty of sneaky ideas, so hurry up and say it."

Uchiha Yato revealed his "harmless" smile.

"I won't tell you the method. What I need now is authority from all of you."

"I know that the children of the jonin present should all meet the training requirements for Uchiha Kindergarten. I'm afraid you'll go home and tip off your children."

"So what I want is authority, and to give everyone a notice—not discuss it."

Well then. Upon hearing that, the First Elder and Uchiha Kei remained expressionless.

Sure enough, everything this little rascal does is like this.

Uchiha Kei said directly, "You may not injure or cripple them."

"You may not use the genjutsu you developed on them."

"You may not publicly humiliate them in any setting."

He glanced at the jonin present before adding one final remark.

"I'll grant you the authority. Once you've done that, if anything else comes up, we'll discuss it then. For now, that's it."

After receiving his authorization, Uchiha Yato bared his teeth in a grin and left Naka Shrine.

After he left, Uchiha Kei and the other jonin continued confirming several important matters, as well as making detailed plans to guard against Uchiha Yato potentially "harming" Uchiha children.

In the end, they reached a simple conclusion: someone had to be present on the day Uchiha Yato was on duty.

As a result, this most unfortunate task was assigned to their adorable Uchiha Lian.

Uchiha Lian was truly overjoyed. He had helped the clan head call Yato over, only to end up taking the blame.

He handled the daily guard unit affairs, only to spend six days living with two grown men.

Now it was even a long-term assignment. Uchiha Lian was truly exhausted.

But under the "care" of the elders and clan head, he still agreed.

That night, at the First Elder's home.

Uchiha Yato was playing with Uchiha Shisui.

Seeing this scene, the First Elder could not help but feel warmth in his heart.

He had watched both children grow up. Now, this peaceful moment truly felt exceptionally warm.

Uchiha Yato said, "Shisui, do you want to go to school and meet more good friends?"

Hearing Uchiha Yato's words, Uchiha Shisui thought for a while before replying.

"Is it fun? Grandpa First Elder works very hard every day. I want to spend more time with him."

Shisui was currently a blank sheet of paper, and the colors of his life's path would be written by Uchiha Yato.

In the original story, when Shisui was fourteen, Danzo took his eye. Carrying his regrets, his disappointment in the higher-ups of the Hokage's administration, and his final hopes for his clansmen, he jumped into the Naka River.

But now, such a tragic story would never be allowed to unfold.

Uchiha Yato said, "Whether it's fun isn't for me to decide. You should go see for yourself."

"The First Elder isn't home during the day, and when you grow older, you can also go out more."

Hearing their conversation, the First Elder also said, "Shisui, Yato is right."

"Some things may look good to us, but that doesn't necessarily mean they'll be good for you."

"So you can't blindly follow our arrangements. You need to think for yourself."

At that moment, Shisui successfully entered thinking mode.

Whether now or in the original story, Shisui had always been a child who was very good at thinking.

It was precisely because of his thoughts, as well as his anxiety over the Uchiha Clan's future, that he awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan. It was also the fuse that ultimately brought his fate to an end.

That did not mean thinking was a bad thing. It only meant that under those circumstances, it led to a bad outcome.

Seeing that Uchiha Yato was intentionally guiding Shisui to think independently and not blindly trust others.

This was extremely important in the First Elder's eyes, because of the importance of the Uchiha Clan's bloodline limit and the fact that, as an organ-type bloodline limit, it could be taken away.

The First Elder understood very clearly that without independent thought, one would only become a tool, and that was deeply tragic.

That was why the two of them guided Uchiha Shisui's way of thinking, hoping that he could walk his own path.

This was also meant to let Uchiha Shisui begin making his own choices.

After thinking briefly, Shisui slowly said,

"You're right. I also want to go out and see a different Uchiha."

At that, Uchiha Yato corrected him.

"It's not only Uchiha."

"The place where we live is called Konoha Village. Here, there are not only Uchiha, but other people as well."

"So you must listen more, observe more, and learn more. Only by understanding things more comprehensively can you live more happily in Konoha."

Finally, after some further guidance from the First Elder, it was decided that Uchiha Shisui would first attend Uchiha Kindergarten.

At that moment, Uchiha Yato was carefully planning a "storm" for the Uchiha children.