Young man, want to come find a dream with me?

Uchiha Itachi probably still thinks you sacrificed yourself for peace.

Who would have thought that you just wanted to use your death to warn everyone not to trust people like Danzo?

Why can't you just say it out loud?

but.

Even without Shisui's incident, Uchiha Itachi's choice probably wouldn't have been much different.

Gorō Satoru shook the stray hairs on his head, a bright smile appearing on his lips.

He started speaking in a tone reminiscent of someone promoting Amway.

"I said, young man."

"If you want peace, you might as well come and fight me."

???

What did you just say?

Shisui Uchiha turned his head, looking at the boy in front of him with a puzzled expression.

He chuckled softly at the end, "Such a big matter is none of your business, children."

"Leave it to us adults."

"So your way of dealing with problems is to die?" Gorō Satoru showed no mercy, his mockery delivered straight to Wu's face.

"That's so despicable!"

Shisui Uchiha, still lying on the ground, gave a bitter laugh.

"That's one way to do it," he explained.

"Heh." Gorō Satoru sneered.

"Guess what? If Konoha and the Uchiha really break off relations, what will Uchiha Itachi, who inherits your ideas, do?"

I'm afraid he's just like you, willing to sacrifice anything for peace.

"Even the lives of the entire Uchiha clan are counted."

"How is this possible?" Shisui Uchiha his head, completely disbelieving.

Then, for some reason, he started talking to Gorō Satoru about his ideas.

He's just a kid who's not very old, but there's something about him that makes him seem reliable.

"We're all here for the sake of peace between the village and the Uchiha, how could Itachi do something like this?"

Gorō Satoru calmly retorted, "What if Konoha forced him to choose between the village and the Uchiha?"

Should we choose to perish alongside the Uchiha, whose chances of success in the coup were already slim?

Or would he personally annihilate the entire clan, but still be able to preserve his brother's and the family's reputation?

Which side do you think he'll choose?

Shisui Uchiha's expression suddenly stiffened.

He stammered, "How could Konoha possibly do such a thing?"

If things really come to that, can Konoha still be called Konoha?

Shisui remained silent for a long while, then shook his head at Gorō Satoru: "As things stand right now, this is the best solution I can think of."

I really can't predict what the future holds.

If things really come to that...

He swallowed his words.

If it really comes to that, he doesn't know what to do.

Gorō Satoru at Shisui Uchiha and spoke in a deep voice.

His carefree attitude from lately has completely disappeared; he's suddenly become very proper.

"So whether you want to change these things or not is completely useless."

Shisui Uchiha paused for a moment, looking somewhat bewildered in the direction where Gorō Satoru.

This person seems completely different.

Is it just my imagination?

This is a problem that even the Third Hokage couldn't solve.

What tricks could a little kid like him possibly have?

Gorō Satoru continued speaking slowly and deliberately.

"If you don't want the Uchiha to perish, but you also want to protect Konoha, then why not try a different path?"

"Just because the Uchiha can't stay in Konoha doesn't mean they can't stay elsewhere..."

He hadn't finished speaking.

Shisui Uchiha intercepted him.

"You mean changing villages? Impossible," he said with absolute certainty.

This isn't something that can be resolved simply by moving to a different village.

Other villages wouldn't take them in so easily.

We should probably treat them as excellent research material and study them thoroughly.

He's still just a child at heart, able to come up with such outlandish ideas.

Shisui shook his head and chuckled to himself.

Gorō Satoru at him sideways, his gaze drawn out.

He smiled slightly, his tone light and cheerful.

"Why did you only think about changing villages?"

Having finally managed to extricate myself, I naturally want to build a third-party force.

I don't want to have just shaken off a bunch of old orange-loving people only to run into a new batch of orange-loving devils.

"Young man, how about coming with me to find our dreams?"

Gorō Satoru, in his unserious tone, briefly explained his plans to Shisui Uchiha.

Then wait for Shisui's reply.

What...?

Shisui Uchiha's face was filled with astonishment.

A while passed, and he still hadn't fully digested what he'd heard from Gorō Satoru.

Building a new force?

Shisui was stunned by Gorō Satoru's audacious idea.

This won't do.

They were just a bunch of ninjas.

At first, he thought it was just a ridiculous joke, a pretty bubble popping into a young man's head.

But as Gorō Satoru explained his plan point by point, he was surprised to find that it was actually feasible.

Every step of the preparation was done thoroughly and practically.

What's most terrifying is...

What?

He already has a country under his control?

When and where did this happen?

When did he secretly do something so big behind our backs?

Not a single trace was left behind.

Completely unaware.

Shisui Uchiha stared at the boy in front of him, who had just been spouting nonsense, his eyes filled with disbelief as if he had seen a ghost.

Is this still the same guy?