In the Psychology Department at Konoha Hospital, Senju Risa smiled when she saw that familiar face enter the doorway. Since the Shinobi World War ended, Uchiha Ken had frequently come here for psychological therapy with her, and over time, the two had become very familiar with each other.
Uchiha Ken had thought he could withstand other people's suspicious looks, but it had not been as easy as he imagined. Although his actions during the war had proved his loyalty, dissenting voices remained, and there was no way to silence them completely. At first, he had not cared much, but somehow, he had gradually started paying more and more attention to them. Those voices were insignificant compared with the village as a whole, yet he simply could not ignore them!
So, after locating Senju Risa's department at Konoha Hospital, he had immediately come to see her, asking her to help him as she had during the war so that he could feel more at ease, both physically and mentally.
Senju Risa understood Uchiha Ken's psychological strain. Whether because of the task Kazemori Masaki had entrusted to her or her sympathy for Ken, she did everything she could to help ease his burden.
From Senju Risa's observations, Uchiha Ken undoubtedly possessed a very strong will, but something else was influencing him. She knew his Mangekyō Sharingan was to blame. While granting immense power, the Mangekyō Sharingan also affected the brain because of the nature of that power.
As an experienced Medical Ninja, Senju Risa understood that influencing the mind through the body was always easier than influencing it through the mind. For instance, erasing someone's memories through genjutsu required considerable skill, whereas physical methods required only destroying the part of the brain that stored those memories. The former took more than ten