Chapter 24 Q&A
"What do you think of Uchiha Shisui, the new member of the team?"
After the dinner, Orochimaru's shadow clone and Kagome were walking side by side on the way back to the Nara clan's territory, and suddenly asked.
"He is very powerful, and his talent is visibly excellent. He is the type that you, Master Orochimaru, like the most." Lu Nie replied.
"Deeper?" Orochimaru seemed a little dissatisfied with Luna's answer.
"Teacher Orochimaru, what do you mean?" Lu Nie stopped, looked up and met Orochimaru's gaze, and asked back.
"He was hiding his abilities today." Orochimaru suddenly changed the subject.
"Maybe he is suppressing him deliberately in order to integrate into our team?" Lu Nie did not discuss Shisui's strength with Orochimaru. As a powerful bystander, Orochimaru's eyesight and judgment are much more accurate than his, and he can see more details and things.
"The world of ninja is very cruel, Luna. Even if they are from the same village, you should still be vigilant. I have heard of Shisui's name. He is an ANBU talent that the old man is very optimistic about, and he is an ANBU member directly under the old man."
After Orochimaru finished speaking, he stopped talking and silently sent Lu Nie back to the Nara clan's territory.
In the following days, Orochimaru seemed to have forgotten what he said to Lu Nie that night. Uchiha Shisui's integration was also very smooth.
An Uchiha who is powerful, humble and polite, and does not have the inexplicable arrogance of the Uchiha clan, can still gain people's trust and friendship after getting along with them.
At least Anko didn't hate Shisui, and quickly regarded Shisui as a true member of the team.
Of course, it is hard to say whether Shisui is the only one in the team who would patiently accompany her in combat training, and every time he would explain some omissions to her and correct them, which made her very satisfied.
"Aren't you going to take Lu Ni with you during training?"
Shisui, who had just finished a training session, looked at Luna lying on a branch in the distance and asked Hongdou curiously. After a few days of contact, Shisui found that Luna rarely conducted this kind of combat training.
"Is it like this for all Nara clan members? It is said that Luna is quite diligent. But if you hadn't joined in, I wouldn't even have a training opponent." Hongdou complained a little.
"Rakuni is the support and medical ninja in the team, so it's normal that he is not good at combat. But his support and medical ninjutsu, as well as the brain of the Nara clan, are still very important when performing missions." Shisui smiled.
"Luo Nie does have fighting ability, but he just hates fighting without a purpose." Hongdou corrected Shisui's impression of Lu Nie.
If Lu Nie had no fighting ability, she would have turned the tables and become the big sister long ago.
Shisui nodded thoughtfully. Although he hadn't seen much combat power from Luna these days, the giant snake that Luna summoned with the summoning technique during his first mission proved his chakra capacity.
"Let's take a break," Shisui suggested, raising his hand.
"Then I'll go catch some game for lunch." Hongdou carelessly touched her stomach and rushed into the surrounding woods. These days, they mostly solved their own lunch, under the pretext of developing their ability to survive in the wild.
"Lu Nie-kun."
A somewhat anxious call woke up Luna, who was sleep deprived and groggy because of Orochimaru's midnight research. When he opened his eyes, he saw Shisui looking up from under the tree, his eyes full of expectation and hesitation.
"Where's Hongdou?" Lu Nie jumped down from the tree and landed steadily on the open space in front of Shisui. He glanced around and did not see Hongdou's figure, whose presence was always strong, so he asked subconsciously.
"She said she was going to catch some game for lunch." Shisui answered honestly.
"Is there anything you want to communicate with me?"
Seeing Shisui's hesitation, Lu Nie took the initiative to ask. No matter what Shisui's purpose was in joining this team, at least he was a pretty good person in the original work, plus his bloodline, Lu Nie was still willing to maintain the friendship.
"What do you think of the Uchiha clan?" Shisui hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke under Lu Ni's gaze.
Lu Nie was stunned, looking at Shisui's face, which was obviously still very young at the moment, he saw a kind of torment and confusion in his eyes.
"What aspect do you mean?" Lu Nie sat on the ground under the shade of a tree and asked Shisui who was sitting cross-legged opposite him.
"The reputation of the village and the opinions of the top leaders." Seeing that Lu Nie had no intention of refusing to communicate, Shisui breathed a sigh of relief and looked at him gratefully, letting go of the confusion in his heart.
"Is this something you want to ask yourself, or does someone want you to ask? And why do you have to ask me, a kid younger than you?" Lu Nie supported half of his face with his arm, and looked at Shisui with dull, dead fish-like eyes.
"That's what I wanted to ask!" As if afraid that Lu Nie would misunderstand, Shisui immediately knelt down seriously, put his hands on his knees, and said sincerely.
"As for why I asked you, I just felt that you are more mature than me and should be able to give me an answer. After all, the members of the Nara clan are very smart, and many of them serve as the village's think tanks.
In addition, as one of Lord Orochimaru's most valued disciples, you should be able to know some of the high-level views on the Uchiha clan. As you know, the Uchiha clan does not have a good reputation in the village, and some of the clan's elders are quite extreme when facing some things. "
"You are very sensitive! You can think so much at your age." Lu Nie said after listening to Shisui's words.
"It's just that the clan leader came to chat with me and mentioned some things, and let me know about the situation." Shisui spoke his mind and shook his head in reply frankly.
"This is a complicated issue that cannot be explained in a few words. Since it is your clan leader who has made you understand some of the issues, what does he mean?" Lu Nie asked.
"What the clan leader meant is that he wants me to be taken seriously by Lord Orochimaru." Shisui thought carefully about what the clan leader had said to him that day, summarized it, and replied.
"Just do as you are told." Lu Nie gave brief advice.
"Huh? Is it okay to just do as I say?" Shisui looked at Luna in surprise.
"Your clan leader is looking forward to a future Hokage who will be kind to the Uchiha. However, he doesn't have any better candidate now, and you have become a bet for the future of the Uchiha. Maybe there will be more than one person betting on this in the future, but you just need to do what you should do." Lu Ni didn't preach any big principles to Shisui, but just gave him a direct answer.
"The Fourth Hokage?" Shisui seemed thoughtful for a moment.
(End of this chapter)