Yanbai's words made Uchiha Sumi pause for a few seconds.
In truth, Yanbai hadn't said it deliberately. Uchiha Sumi was Uchiha Tama's grandson, and his family had produced two Hokage.
Both Uchiha Akira and Kagami Uchiha had served as Hokage. Growing up surrounded by his family's influence, Uchiha Sumi had made excellence a habit from childhood.
Whether in his studies or his ninjutsu training, Uchiha Sumi consciously sought ways to "live up to his status." He didn't find that effort painful; he considered it necessary.
In a sense, Uchiha Sumi's upbringing was the complete opposite of Senju Nawaki's.
Senju Nawaki's parents urged him to follow his older sister Tsunade's example and keep improving. They feared the Senju Clan's decline, and they needed Senju Nawaki to shoulder the burden of their entire clan.
But that pressure left Senju Nawaki struggling to breathe, wanting only to escape.
Uchiha Sumi, on the other hand, had a grandfather who was the clan leader's trusted right-hand man and a confidant of their forebears, Lord Izuna and Lord Madara. His father had been Hokage, and so had his uncle...
From the earliest days of Konoha Shinobi Village, the Uchiha Clan had been one of the "Three Noble Clans of Konoha."
And Uchiha Sumi's family stood at the head of the "Three Noble Families of the Uchiha Clan." Madara and Izuna's branch had left no descendants, while Uchiha Sumi's family had inherited everything from them.
From the Warring States Period to the present, Uchiha Sumi's family had been nobility even within the Uchiha Clan, one of Konoha's great houses.
With so much power, the elders of his family always had certain concerns to keep in mind. They weren't so fixated on power and position, nor did they insist that Sumi, as their descendant, reach the pinnacle of