Sasuke shook his head. "Standing up for justice doesn't mean helping everyone who's weak. With the low and high arrayed, the noble and humble have their places. The weak are only weak at this particular moment.
Heaven's principles tell me not to act at this moment!
Naruto, seeing Tajima being bullied stirred anger in you. Your thoughts were controlled by rage."
"Impossible! They were suffering, so of course I had to help. That was my purpose."
Hinata spoke calmly. "They've already left. Let's discuss it tomorrow!"
At that, Sasuke and Naruto stopped arguing. After finishing their meal, they each returned to their rooms to rest.
Under Uchiha Itachi's influence, Sasuke had never believed that the weak would always remain weak, nor that helping the weak was necessarily a good deed.
In Sasuke's eyes, true goodness was doing something inadvertently that helped someone else at some future point, without either that person or himself knowing. Only that was true goodness.
Accumulating hidden virtue meant accumulating good deeds that could neither be seen nor heard.
Not long after the three returned to their rooms, Tajima came to their room with an expectant look on his face.
"Are you Konoha ninjas?"
Sasuke gave him a cold glance. "If you don't want your eyes, donate them to someone who needs them. I can gouge them out for you."
"Sasuke, where are your manners?"
After glaring at Sasuke, Naruto smiled and addressed Tajima.
"Is there something you need, Mr. Tajima?"
Thud!
Tajima dropped to his knees. "Please help us, Mr. Ninja. If this goes on, none of us will survive."
"Get up first. I'll help with anything I can!"
Naruto hurried forward to help Tajima up. "Don't worry. With me here, they won't dare do anything to you tomorrow."
"Ah..."
Tajima sighed. "I can manage