Chapter 21: Student Yamanaka Chujiu Kowtows to You!

Ever since Itachi Uchiha learned the knowledge of the Execution Line yesterday, he had accepted Yamanaka Chujiu from the bottom of his heart.

His worship of Yamanaka Chujiu's wisdom (borrowed knowledge) generated a faint sense of faith, which was sensed by the Mind Severing Realm and connected to the link.

In the dream of the link, Itachi Uchiha once again received the infusion of Yamanaka Chujiu's philosophy, solving the problem that had plagued him for an entire year: how to achieve peace.

The answer was that peace cannot be achieved out of thin air; the brave must stand up and block war outside the paradise of peace.

However, the brave are not gods, and they cannot withstand the damage of being attacked from both front and rear, so there must absolutely be no threats behind the brave who block war.

Unfortunately, there is a huge threat within Konohagakure: he is Shimura Danzo, who eyes the Uchiha Clan covetously, and the Root led by Danzo.

Even more unfortunately, the reason Shimura Danzo poses such a great threat is because the Third Hokage is shielding him.

Itachi Uchiha immediately reached a conclusion: to protect peace, one needs the brave; to protect the brave, one must oppose Shimura Danzo; to eliminate Shimura Danzo...

... one must get rid of the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen!

Although the details of the dream could not be recalled, the change in cognition would not automatically roll back just because the details were missing.

Thus, Itachi Uchiha underwent a tremendous change overnight.

First, his stance changed.

Yesterday's Itachi Uchiha was a supporter of the Hokage who backed the Third Hokage, but today he was an opposition member who opposed the Third Hokage.

Secondly, his relationship with Yamanaka Chujiu changed; before falling asleep, he had a preliminary approval of Yamanaka Chujiu, but upon waking from the dream, it reached the level of naturally generating a strong sense of closeness.

Therefore, after Yamanaka Chujiu reached out his hand, Itachi subconsciously reached out and held his hand, obediently following him as they left the home of Yamanaka Inoichi.

Yamanaka Inoichi, Yamanaka Rino, and Nara Shikaku, who was observing from the shadows, were not familiar with Itachi Uchiha, so naturally, they did not know how strange this was.

But Uchiha Mikoto was different; she was completely stunned, to the point that her mouth could not even close.

Since childhood, Itachi Uchiha had been like a little adult, rarely making the affectionate gestures of an ordinary child; ever since he learned to walk, he had not even held hands with his father, Fugaku.

Now, when holding hands with Yamanaka Chujiu, it was as natural as if they had held hands countless times before, as if it had long since become a habit.

Mikoto tried her best to hide her shock and followed them as they left.

The treatment process went very smoothly.

Yamanaka Chujiu brought Itachi Uchiha to Konoha Hospital, used his face to gain entry into the high-level treatment area, used the Brass Key to open the key nodes of the sealing array, and activated the Mental Sealing Array.

With the help of the amplification from the sealing array, he easily poured his own spirit into Itachi Uchiha's brain, performing a series of operations such as sealing, blurring, and connecting the logic of his memories.

Because Itachi Uchiha's thoughts had been updated last night, forming a complete logical pathway, the treatment was a complete success after just this one session, clearing the obstacles in his new logical thinking and shielding his past psychological shadows.

Itachi Uchiha still yearned for peace, but he no longer harbored the delusion of making the Ninja World completely peaceful; instead, he set his goals on protecting Konohagakure, protecting the Uchiha Clan, and protecting his own family.

The clarified goals, along with the implementation path, concrete efforts, and steps instilled by Yamanaka Chujiu, swept away the pressure that had been weighing on his heart.

When Yamanaka Chujiu brought Itachi Uchiha out of the sealing array, that face, which had not smiled since he was four years old, naturally bloomed with a smile: "Mother, I'm better."

Uchiha Mikoto was overjoyed, hugged her eldest son, and kissed him: "You're better, my son is better!"

No one knows how many people in the hospital saw this scene; no one cared about the Uchiha identity, everyone let out kind laughter, and some were even clapping, which made Itachi Uchiha blush deeply.

But he was not so shy that he pushed his mother away; instead, he boldly kissed her back.

Uchiha Mikoto was so happy she felt like she was flying; she shed tears without realizing it, but her smile was even more radiant.

A moment later, Mikoto regained her composure and pulled Yamanaka Chujiu aside, saying: "You have been busy from morning until afternoon to treat Itachi; it must have been very exhausting for you."

"In any case, please let me treat you to a meal at the barbecue restaurant to express my gratitude."

This kind woman had no idea that this interaction, which exceeded the doctor-patient relationship, was nothing but trouble for Yamanaka Chujiu.

But Yamanaka Chujiu smiled and nodded: "I really am hungry, so I won't stand on ceremony with you, Senior Mikoto."

At this moment, Itachi Uchiha also realized the problem, but when he wanted to warn his mother, he was interrupted by Yamanaka Chujiu's smile.

Itachi understood Chujiu's meaning with absolute clarity: It's fine, it's exactly what I wanted.

He was a little puzzled as to why he could see a smile and completely understand Yamanaka Chujiu's meaning, yet he did not doubt whether he had misunderstood.

This was Yamanaka Chujiu's first believer; after the link was established through the Mind Severing Realm, he understood and trusted Yamanaka Chujiu as a matter of course, without any reason.

Soon, Itachi Uchiha cast his last bit of doubt to the back of his mind and happily enjoyed a big meal with his mother and Yamanaka Chujiu.

When the meal ended and Yamanaka Chujiu left the Akimichi Barbecue Restaurant, he felt the familiar indifferent emotion without any surprise.

It was a Root ninja assigned by Shimura Danzo to monitor him.

Judging from the extreme indifference of the emotion, the Root ninja monitoring Yamanaka Chujiu had almost no self; he had been brainwashed to a fanatical degree.

The moment the threads of thought wrapped around him, the two Root ninjas were controlled without any resistance, and in the blink of an eye, they became Yamanaka Chujiu's Living Puppets.

Yesterday, to stop the Uchiha ninjas from rushing into the Shanty Town, Yamanaka Chujiu had sacrificed eight Living Puppets at the Chunin level.

Although he only got two today, their strength was greater; they were definitely elites among Chunin, and they were able to carry out missions freely in the village, so it was enough to make up for the loss.

Therefore, this wasn't monitoring at all; they had simply come to deliver gifts.

Thanks for the tip, old Danzo!

Hmm, good things come in pairs!

Yamanaka Chujiu turned around on the spot, took the two Root ninjas to the Shanty Town, selected the twenty corpses of the highest quality from those processed by the Root, and sealed them into the Sealing Scroll he carried with him.

Ten minutes later, these corpses became Orochimaru's experimental materials, and Yamanaka Chujiu harvested some delightful wealth.

Orochimaru asked again: "Have you considered it?"

Yamanaka Chujiu put the money away, gave Orochimaru a brilliant smile, knelt down with a "thud," and kowtowed three times with a "bang," "bang," "bang."

"Teacher Orochimaru, your student Yamanaka Chujiu kowtows to you!"

Orochimaru: "..."