[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starting-off-with-horse-and-sword-in-konoha":3,"chapter-starting-off-with-horse-and-sword-in-konoha-starting-off-with-horse-and-sword-in-konoha-chapter-128":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Starting Off with Horse and Sword in Konoha",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2349179,4591,"Chapter 128: The Will of Fire","starting-off-with-horse-and-sword-in-konoha-chapter-128",128,"\u003Cp>Each chapter is about an individual or a team’s heroic deeds, followed by analysis and summary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After reading one chapter, the Will of Fire has already quietly taken root in the heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What is the Will of Fire?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No language is needed to describe it—figures and events simply arise directly in the mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hashirama Senju, Madara Uchiha, Tobirama Senju…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These individuals may be dead, but they are not far removed; they might be your ancestors, or some still live in Konoha.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The book “Will of Fire” has forty-nine chapters; the final nine heroic stories were selected by Fujinaka Genma from secret Root archives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eight of them died in battle and sacrificed their lives; only one remains alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That one is Yakushi Hanare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yakushi Hanare is also a talent; Fujinaka Genma personally retrieved her to train Root ninjas in espionage while still letting her serve as director of her orphanage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a talent must not be wasted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, she is an outstanding medical ninja.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When everyone finished reading the entire “Will of Fire,” Fujinaka Genma spoke: “This is your first lesson—the highest achievement and greatest honor of a ninja are all within this book.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It could be the Hokage, an ordinary ninja, an Anbu ninja, or even a Root ninja who has lived in darkness all his life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is the meaning of our existence?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What self-worth must we realize?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujinaka Genma’s gaze swept over them all, then said: “I want Itachi to reflect on these two questions after today’s training ends, write them down, and submit them to me tomorrow.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Fujinaka-sama!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sasuke Uchiha and the others responded in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next came other lessons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Root already had a meticulous system in place, which Fujinaka Genma did not alter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he reformed was the Root’s former method of training killing machines—the practice of turning ninjas against each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evidence proves that an army with faith and ideals is the most elite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujinaka Genma’s reform of the Root aims to forge such an army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, the instructor for political ideology class became Hiruzen Sarutobi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The audience now included not only members of the Hyuga clan and Uchiha clan, but also newly joined ninjas and some original Root ninjas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is a mandatory course that will be extended to every Root ninja.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the Root serves as a pilot program.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the results are positive, Minato Namikaze will establish this course at the Ninja Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Political education must begin with the young.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ninja Academy already has similar ideological courses, but Fujinaka Genma finds them insufficiently systematic, insufficiently profound, and insufficiently emphasized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the third day, the instructor for political ideology class changed again to Fujinaka Genma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the blackboard, he wrote two characters: GOAL!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thought is the guiding principle of action; thought has now been established.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Concrete action must follow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The concrete guiding principle is the goal—the steps to achieve it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without these, thought alone is useless—it is a castle in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Busy days always pass swiftly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the tenth day after confirming the engagement, Fujinaka Genma quietly held an engagement ceremony with Hyuga Mio.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hyuga Mio officially became Fujinaka Genma’s fiancée, and on this same day, her Caged Bird Seal was removed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was an unprecedented move by the Hyuga clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evidence proves that no rule in the world is unbreakable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one seems unbreakable, it is only because Itachi are not strong enough!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three months passed in the blink of an eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On this day, the first batch of new Root recruits under Fujinaka Genma’s leadership faced their evaluation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This evaluation had been agreed upon beforehand by Fujinaka Genma, Minato Namikaze, and Hiruzen Sarutobi, to test the effectiveness of the new rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, this evaluation was led by Minato Namikaze and Hiruzen Sarutobi, with Fujinaka Genma participating as a special observer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond assessing ability, the most important aspects were psychological and ideological evaluation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the Forest of Death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujinaka Genma looked at the forty men he had personally trained, his expression solemn: “Though this is merely an evaluation, a drill, I want Itachi to treat it as a real war.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This evaluation carries a mortality risk—I hope Itachi all survive it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Fujinaka-sama!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sasuke Uchiha and the others responded in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fujinaka Genma nodded, then vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, Minato Namikaze gave the order: “Form teams of four—depart now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Fourth Hokage!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As their responses echoed, Sasuke Uchiha and the others vanished in a blur of motion, streaking into the dense, vast Forest of Death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The previously vanished Fujinaka Genma now appeared deep within the Forest of Death, and began forming hand seals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom! Boom! Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid bursts of smoke, ten Shadow Clones appeared, then disappeared one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Correct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The enemies for Sasuke Uchiha and the others this time are Fujinaka Genma’s Shadow Clones.\u003C\u002Fp>",798,"2026-06-21T02:29:34.312Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","a7f666a42065747fea013754f4350001efbc9d50325849c82f3ba65be0279066","starting-off-with-horse-and-sword-in-konoha-chapter-129","starting-off-with-horse-and-sword-in-konoha-chapter-127",157,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-off-with-horse-and-sword-in-konoha-cover.jpg"]