Chapter 36: Arranging the Rising Sun Organization

Seeing the excitement of Itachi Uchiha and Shisui Uchiha, Yamanaka Chujiu smirked and began to pour cold water on them:

"It's a pity, but the clear path you see now will change, and the hope that feels within your grasp is an illusory delusion!"

"Huh?"

Both youths were dumbfounded, left speechless.

No, we were just happy for a few minutes, how did it turn into a delusion again?

This is too stimulating; now, not only do they not know what to say, they don't even know what to think.

Two brains: I'm tired, let me slow down.

Fortunately, young people are full of vitality, and they soon regained their enthusiasm, actively asking what they had overlooked that caused such a delusion.

Facing such positive youths, Yamanaka Chujiu explained enthusiastically and patiently.

In fact, this is a very simple truth; nothing can be achieved overnight.

Even simple cooking requires following steps one by one; if any link goes wrong, it will lead to all previous efforts being wasted, eventually resulting in a pot of undercooked rice.

Under the suppression of the Konoha high-level officials led by the Third Hokage, the steps to change the situation of the Uchiha Clan will only be more numerous, and the links where problems might occur are as numerous as the hairs on an ox.

Moreover, the worst result could be total destruction, which is far more serious than a pot of undercooked rice.

Undercooked rice can be eaten if you grit your teeth, but if the Uchiha Clan is wiped out, it is completely gone.

Yamanaka Chujiu smiled bitterly: "The most hateful thing is that many times, even when not a single step was taken wrong, the originally clear goal changes on its own, countless efforts are instantly wasted, and everything can only start from the beginning."

"Therefore, the animal instinct of humans is laziness, is giving up, is seeking momentary pleasure."

"Shisui, Itachi, will you follow your animal instincts?"

Itachi Uchiha said firmly without hesitation: "No! I will never succumb to my own instincts."

Shisui Uchiha pondered for a moment and answered even more firmly: "Neither will I."

Yamanaka Chujiu said: "Then what will you do if you encounter failure halfway?"

The two youths looked at each other and said in unison: "We didn't know before, but starting today, we will do as Senior Chujiu said, and even if we encounter failure, we will start everything from the beginning!"

Yamanaka Chujiu looked at them, hoping they would remember his words.

In the original history, Shisui Uchiha was ambushed by Danzo, had one eye gouged out, and was hunted down by Root ninja.

After suffering a total failure, Shisui did not choose to start from the beginning.

He chose to drag his broken body to find Itachi, entrusted his eyes, responsibilities, and all difficulties to Itachi, and jumped into the rushing river to commit suicide.

Itachi Uchiha was only thirteen years old; he could not bear such a heavy burden, and his already riddled heart completely collapsed.

The Itachi who encountered failure also did not choose to start from the beginning, but instead let the Uchiha Clan be completely ended.

Regardless of how you put it, killing the victims can also be considered solving the problem.

Afterwards, he threw the mountain-like hatred and heavy pressure all onto his younger brother, Sasuke.

That's not even the end of it!

To "help" Sasuke grow, Itachi Uchiha even specifically used Tsukuyomi to crush Sasuke's originally healthy mind, planting the most terrifying hidden danger for his dear brother.

Now the two Uchiha youths are impassioned, as if no hardship or difficulty could defeat them.

But it is easier to change rivers and mountains than to change a person's nature.

When the moment of truth arrives, whether they can live up to their bold words, only the heavens know.

Of course, Yamanaka Chujiu does not intend to leave fate to the heavens; he wants to be the master of the two youths' fate himself!

Yamanaka Chujiu said with emotion: "Failure is not the end, but the starting point of success."

"Only by learning to summarize experience from failure can one walk the path to success."

"To suffer in silence is tempering, to smile without a word is growth; when one day you can remain resilient in the face of pain and humble in the face of achievement, that is the moment you are truly mature."

His words, accompanied by Thought Threads, penetrated deep into the minds of the two believers, laying down logical nodes one by one, converging into a Thought Seal.

From then on, no matter what difficulties, setbacks, and failures they encounter, they will be as unyielding as green pines and bamboo facing heavy snow.

The heavy snow cannot crush them; when the snow melts, they stand tall again.

As for whether this will extinguish their originally free souls, Yamanaka Chujiu does not care.

Shisui Uchiha died at seventeen after having his eyes gouged out; Itachi Uchiha wiped out his entire clan at thirteen and died cleanly in his early twenties.

Yamanaka Chujiu believes that after they are branded with the Thought Seal, they can at least live safely, and perhaps even marry, have children, and pass on their bloodline.

No matter how you look at this exchange, the two of them are making a huge profit!

After cheering up the two Uchihas, Yamanaka Chujiu gathered the core of the Rising Sun Organization, which was the five believer squad leaders besides Anko.

The children of the Rising Sun Organization all had fathers, brothers, or elders who sacrificed on the battlefield and had felt the pain of losing loved ones.

They were either families of Konoha villagers or abandoned children cast aside by ninja clans, thus becoming outcasts ignored by the Third Hokage, whose pensions were swallowed up in the name of cost-cutting and efficiency.

They had all personally felt the despair of that class descent.

Most of the children were defeated; after accepting Yamanaka Chujiu's private pension, they were content to degenerate into ordinary villagers along with their broken families.

The children of the Rising Sun Organization were not defeated by pain and despair; instead, their own potential was stimulated.

Kazamatsuri Harume, Yano Shoichi, Mitsuki, Aoki Takayuki, and Kurama Hidechi, these five youths, were the children in the Rising Sun Organization with the best talent, the sharpest minds, and clear intellects.

Only by combining their own experiences and deeply understanding the philosophy conveyed by Yamanaka Chujiu could they become the first batch of believers after Itachi Uchiha.

Yamanaka Chujiu officially handed over the work of the Rising Sun Organization to the five squad leaders.

The agricultural mutual aid work is the responsibility of Kazamatsuri Harume; she not only possesses the Wood Style Bloodline Limit and is the absolute core of terraced farming, but she is also meticulous and thoughtful, and is already a skilled agricultural product salesperson.

The crude salt refining work is the responsibility of Mitsuki and Aoki Takayuki; Mitsuki is skilled in Water Style, and Aoki Takayuki is skilled in Wind Style; the two of them working together can replace Yamanaka Chujiu in presiding over the Ninjutsu for refined salt purification.

Yano Shoichi's intelligence is no less than that of the Nara Clan; he was already the advisor Yamanaka Chujiu relied on most, responsible for coordinating the overall situation and dealing with various emergencies.

Finally, the most critical intelligence work was handed to Kurama Hidechi.

Kurama Hidechi: "Me?"

"Intelligence work, I don't know how to do that."

Yamanaka Chujiu said, "It doesn't matter; the intelligence work you are going to do is different from traditional ninja intelligence. Just try to start doing it first!"

"There is nothing that one learns before doing; everything is learned while doing."

"Start by pretending, slowly become decent, and finally become as skilled as the real thing."