Jing Xiu watched Uchiha Itachi burst in without the slightest surprise.
His fingers tapped the floor again, and Uchiha Itachi was also pulled into the Inner Landscape Space.
As scene after scene unfolded before them, Jing Xiu ignored the bewildered Uchiha Fugaku.
He reprimanded Uchiha Itachi, "Uchiha Itachi, when you were three, I told you."
"If you only know how to think without putting your heart into learning, you will forever be nothing more than a tool with some talent."
"You will never become a leader with the breadth of mind, perspective, and vision to lead the Uchiha Clan."
"Let me ask you: have you ever seriously studied the history of Konoha's founding?"
Uchiha Itachi tightened his grip on his ninja blade without directly answering Uchiha Jing Xiu's question.
Uchiha Fugaku, however, stared somewhat absently at the scene before him.
What they were witnessing was the Battle of Honnō-ji's Four Gates.
The strength Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju displayed in that battle far surpassed that of Uchiha Fugaku, a veteran elite jōnin.
Even Uchiha Itachi was momentarily distracted.
"This was merely a battle between Madara and Hashirama at twenty-three."
"A ninja's prime is between twenty-five and thirty-five."
Ignoring the grim expressions on the father and son's faces, he continued his measured account.
"Konoha's founding was, from the outset, a concession the defeated Uchiha made to the Senju."
"Madara Uchiha was no match for Hashirama Senju, but Madara was still the second strongest in the shinobi world."
"He could even have single-handedly destroyed the other four great nations apart from Konoha."
"The Nine-Tails you consider so dangerous was nothing more than a pet fox in Madara's hands."
"The Uchiha had a place in Konoha not because of so-called love, much less the so-called Will of Fire."
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