"You two..."
Kakashi and Obito both clutched their backsides, still struggling to recover.
"Honestly, put some effort into reading! Your big brother is only doing this for your own good."
Xuanhui had been doing his best to shape their values, but they seemed to be getting more mischievous by the day.
"Xuanhui... please don't hit them anymore. They're just tired from reading for so long."
Rin tugged at the hem of Xuanhui's clothes, her voice so soft and sweet that no one could stay angry after hearing it.
"All right, I was just messing with you."
Xuanhui tucked his two whips into his belt and patted Rin's little head.
"War has broken out, and Minato has left on a mission. If you three run into any trouble in Konoha, just come find me."
"Oh..."
Obito Uchiha looked puzzled. He didn't really understand the concept of war.
"What's war?"
"It's just another kind of disaster. Natural disasters arise from nature, while war arises from human greed."
Xuanhui had no intention of explaining in detail. Everyone ought to form their own understanding of such broad concepts.
"Why is war a disaster?"
"Because it turns your love into hate."
Xuanhui felt this was a topic worth exploring properly.
He continued.
"War can take someone's loved ones away at random, turning intense love into intense hatred.
That's how conflict spreads.
Everyone is just an ordinary person with their own life and loved ones.
But war creates pain, then spreads that pain even further."
Xuanhui looked at them, fixing his gaze on Obito in particular.
"Obito, if Rin and Kakashi both died in the war, what would you do?
Would you feel the urge to destroy the world?"
The weight of that question struck Obito hard, and he began to think carefully.
But he was