Chapter 12: Another Fight

Seeing that Kakashi was suffering from indigestion after being fed a bowl of poisonous chicken soup by Uchiha Hiha, Hatake Sakumo turned his head to look at Uchiha Hiha, as if he really hoped that Uchiha Hiha could enlighten Kakashi.

Uchiha Feiyu secretly rolled his eyes, but he couldn't ignore his current top henchman, so he could only continue to speak to Kakashi:
"I know what you want to say about ninjas being tools and having to obey orders, or that it's a bond between companions, but please think carefully: Are ninjas made up of people?"

"Since it is made up of humans, it is impossible to completely erase humanity and turn it into a true tool."

"Otherwise, if all ninjas are tools, then why elect a Hokage? What's the point of dividing them into jonin, chuunin, and genin? We are all tools anyway. Have you ever seen a tool that can command other tools?"

"We are all tools, so why fight a ninja war? Is there a grudge between tools?"

The ninja tool theory and the like is simply brainwashing by the upper echelons of the ninja village on ordinary ninjas. There are so many logical flaws in it that even Uchiha Feiyu is not bothered to point them out.

If ninjas are all tools, then what are the Hokage, Mizukage, etc. selected from the ninjas? Advanced tools?
But advanced tools are still tools, why can they command other tools? Your impact drill can also command nails to be hammered into the wall by itself!

They are all tools, and the Ninja War was even more ridiculous, but no one has ever seen the hammer and axe in the toolbox hitting each other!
These words made Kakashi feel dizzy. He spoke with confused eyes:
"So... we should cherish our companions more?"

"Didn't I say it? It's more important to cherish yourself than to cherish your companions!"

"I once heard a saying in some ancient books: Respect the old and the young, and respect the old and the young of others. I think this saying makes a lot of sense. Most people should follow this rule when getting along with others!"

Respect the old, as well as the old of my own family; love the young, as well as the young of others' family. This saying comes from Mencius. It means that we should respect the elders in our own family and thus extend it to respecting the elders in other people's families; love our children in our own family and thus extend it to loving the children in other people's families.

In other words, love your family first, and then extend your love to other strangers.

This is also the true mentality of a normal person. Even the so-called saints only love more broadly and deeply. The distinction between close and distant, and between insiders and outsiders still exists.

As for the boundless love, loving everyone broadly and equally - that kind of thing, the ancient Chinese called it God!
If a person thinks that he can love everyone as widely and equally as God does, he can basically be determined to be a psychopath.

Hatake Sakumo's behavior is more or less tainted with mental problems. It is probably because he was brainwashed too much when he was young. Even though he has grown up, the root of the disease is still quite stubborn.

Of course, after dying once, the condition of this Konoha White Fang improved greatly, and it was his son's turn that started to have problems.

Fortunately, Kakashi's illness is still in the early stages. He received the inheritance scroll from his father and was repeatedly fed some poisonous chicken soup and real truths by Uchiha Feiyu. Now he seems to have come to his senses and returned to the right path.

"Respect the old and the young, not only my own but also those of others... I didn't expect you to say such sensible words, but why did your father choose that path?" Uchiha Feiyu curled his lips and wanted to say that it was the result of your father being obsessed with a mental illness and being unable to think straight.

However, considering that Hatake Sakumo's soul was right beside him and he had to give him some face, and that Kakashi might chop him if he spoke too harshly, he still held back the words he wanted to complain about and spoke more gently instead:
"Perhaps it is because Senior Hatake Sakumo does not understand this truth that he cares so much about other people's gossips. If it were me, wouldn't I still not care even if that group of idiots in the entire ninja school talked about me behind my back for three or four years?"

Kakashi, who was originally thinking carefully, couldn't help but roll his eyes after hearing Uchiha Feiyu's words. This guy is really shameless!
(But he was right. If his father was really as shameless as him, he probably wouldn't care about the gossip outside!)

Seeing that Kakashi had finally regained some of his agility and no longer looked like an emotionless tool like in the original book, Uchiha Feiyu finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at Kakashi as if he had thought of something:

"Do you want to go out and practice? You've been staying at home for a while. You haven't exercised for a long time, right?"

"I have learned a lot from Senior White Fang's scroll. How about it? Do you want to spar with me?"

Kakashi had recovered a little, even his arrogant attitude as the first genius of Konoha Village had recovered a little, and he spoke lightly:
"It would be nice to have a sparring match. My father's swordsmanship is not that easy to learn. If there is anything you don't understand, I can teach you. At least in terms of the basics, even my father admits that I am qualified to be his apprentice."

Kakashi's pride was soon shattered by Uchiha Feiyu's performance.

On the training ground, looking at the flashing lightning on Uchiha Feiyu's body and his figure as fast as lightning, after a few moves, this famous genius ninja of Konoha had his short sword put on his neck by Uchiha Feiyu, making him look like cursing.

"How is this possible?! How long has it been since you got the scroll? In such a short time, you have already mastered the White Fang Sword Technique!"

Apart from the lack of wind attribute chakra, which reduced Uchiha Hiha's speed and attack range, the other differences between Uchiha Hiha and Hatake Sakumo are that his chakra is not pure enough, his swordsmanship is not proficient enough, and his combat experience is still insufficient, but he has already mastered the basic swordsmanship.

"Haha, after all, I am an Uchiha, and my Sharingan has been upgraded recently, so the ability of the Copy Eye is still very useful."

Kakashi closed his eyes and stared at Uchiha Feiyu in front of him without saying a word. Although Uchiha's Sharingan was known as the copying eye, in fact, it could only copy some ordinary attribute ninjutsu.

For example, some ninjutsu that require extremely high chakra control ability and chakra property changes to perform cannot be copied by the Sharingan at all.

As for other truly unique skills such as various secret techniques, ninjutsu related to Yin-tun and Yang-tun, sealing techniques, barrier techniques, ninjutsu, composite blood limits, etc., the Sharingan is completely ineffective.

Hatake Sakumo's White Fang Sword Technique itself belongs to the category of Ninjutsu, and it also has extremely high requirements for chakra control ability and chakra attribute changes. Even if a normal Uchiha's eyes pop out, he will not be able to learn it at all!

Could it be that... this guy is actually my father's disciple? He just never publicized it?
(End of this chapter)