Chapter 162: Living in peace—on what basis?

Uchiha Itachi was silent for a moment.

After taking a deep breath, he looked at Uchiha Jin.

Without the slightest hesitation, he spoke every single realization he had on the battlefield.

Finally, he summarized:

"Teacher, why?"

"I have never been able to understand, why must everyone go to war?"

"Can't we live in peace?"

"It's like that between Konoha and other ninja villages, and it's the same between Konoha and the Uchiha."

"Why can't everyone sit down and handle disputes in a more peaceful way?"

"Can hatred really not be stopped?"

Itachi's face was full of pain.

Uchiha Jin looked at his small face, and even though he knew how ruthless this guy was in the original story, he still felt a faint ache in his heart at this moment.

He was only a four-year-old child!

He couldn't help but pat Itachi's head, a faint smile appearing on his face.

"Don't be in such pain, Itachi!"

"I didn't want to talk about such serious issues with a child like you."

"But, I can tell."

"You are not an ordinary child, starting to think about such deep questions at such a young age."

"If I cannot mold a correct worldview for you, then it is certain that you will definitely go down a crooked path in the future."

Uchiha Jin couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Yes!

Whose four-year-old child thinks about these philosophical questions?

Let alone those twenty-something-year-olds in his past life who were still playing games and flirting with girls, even in a chaotic world like Naruto, the goal of a four or five-year-old child would at most be to become Hokage.

Thinking with such depth—throughout the entire Naruto series, Uchiha Itachi was one of a kind.

He knew this matter could not be brushed off.

Therefore.

After thinking for a moment, he spoke faintly.

"Itachi, let me ask you a question."

"Why do you say wolves eat sheep?"

"Did the sheep provoke the wolf? They are honest and dutiful, so on what basis do you say the wolf eats them?"

"Do you think this wolf is rotten to the core?"

"Also, why do sheep eat grass?"

"The grass is growing just fine, and it didn't provoke the sheep, did it?"

"On what basis does the sheep eat them?"

Itachi was stunned.

His mind went blank, and he looked at Uchiha Jin in astonishment.

He had never considered this question.

Now that he heard Jin put it this way, his train of thought was instantly broken.

Yes!

What did the sheep do wrong?

But, wait.

That doesn't seem right!

His reaction speed was very fast, and he immediately shook his head and spoke.

"Teacher, that's not right!" Itachi couldn't help but say, "Wolves eating sheep is nature; that doesn't prove anything."

"This is completely different from the question I asked!"

Uchiha Jin's expression was calm.

He had never thought he could simply persuade Itachi, so after hearing his rebuttal, he immediately spoke again.

"Never mind that for now."

"Answer my question first."

"On what basis?"

"The sheep eaten by the wolf, the grass eaten by the sheep—would you say they are aggrieved?"

Uchiha Itachi's brows furrowed tightly.

Although he always felt something was a bit off, since his teacher said so, he naturally had to start thinking.

After a long time, there was no answer.

So he could only say, "This is their nature; if the wolf doesn't eat the sheep, it will starve to death, and if the sheep doesn't eat the grass, it will also starve to death."

"Hmm, you are very smart." Uchiha Jin said with a smile, "This is actually the answer."

"You asked me why there is war, why everyone can't live in peace?"

"The answer, you said it yourself."

"Starving to death!"

Itachi was bewildered.

This was the answer?

After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't understand.

To know what you know, and to know what you don't know. ===== CHAPTER 163 =====