This time, Yanbai listened to Obito talk at length.
Today, Obito was late yet again, without fail.
But Obito opened the door to an entirely new perspective for Yanbai.
Obito said his grandmother had told him that life had its priorities.
Back when they had first emerged from the Warring States Period, everyone in the Uchiha Clan had lived at the mercy of Princess Senju's moods.
Many of the policies Yanbai devised were indeed for everyone's benefit.
But while the Uchiha Clan had some strength, their limited experience left them full of doubts.
As they forced themselves to carry out Yanbai's policies, they were anxious inside.
Back then, the Uchiha Clan had been struggling to survive.
Now, after decades of change, everyone felt grateful to Yanbai.
At the same time, the younger generation was different from them. Their priority was to "live better."
Almost every Shinobi Clan household in Konoha had become well-off, with money and a home. Going from "nothing" to "something" was a leap, but adding more comforts on top of what they already had was no such leap.
For the Uchiha Clan's younger generation, earning money and surviving were not their first priorities.
Despite the prolonged peace, Obito's parents had still died young. Yanbai did not ask how they had died, and Obito had still been raised by his grandmother.
Even so, Obito still came from a comfortable home.
In fact, even if Obito had been an orphan with no one to care for him, the Uchiha Clan would certainly have arranged a respectable guardian for him to preserve the clan's reputation.
After listening to Obito at length, Yanbai roughly understood what his grandmother meant.
Obito was merely repeating what he had been told. There was much he did not actually understand. His grandmother wanted him to