Konoha: Uchiha Shisui's Advisor Alliance

Chapter 31 Cao Gong borrows the head [seeking votes]

bang bang bang~
Humph~
The shurikens collided with each other in the air, splashing bursts of fire, and then hit the practice targets in strange arcs, each of them was a ten-ring.

Suddenly, Shisui stopped moving, dropped his things, walked to the front yard, and said with a smile, "Welcome back, teacher."

Sima Yi had just pushed open the gate with his things when he saw Shisui coming to his side in an instant and taking the things from him. He couldn't help but smile and said, "If I had such a sensible grandson, my life would be much easier in my previous life."

Shisui paused, and immediately looked up at Sima Yi, his eyes moving slightly with some expectation, "Teacher, if you don't mind, you can treat me as your grandson, and I can call you grandpa in the future!"

Sima Yi was stunned. He just praised casually but he didn't expect Shisui to care so much.

However, he was never one to spoil a good time, and after a brief pause he raised his hand and gently stroked Shisui's head before responding, "I will be stricter with my grandson."

"It's okay, I will definitely try my best to meet your requirements, teacher."

"Hahaha, if that's the case, why do you still call me teacher?"

"Grandpa!"

Shisui's eyes were slightly red, and his cheeks were filled with shame, but he still looked up at Sima Yi, eager for a response.

"Hahaha, eat first. After you finish eating, grandpa will continue to teach you."

"Yes!"

Shisui returned to the room with bags of things with a happy look on his face and lit a fire.

"Grandpa, are you going to visit Konoha alone today?"

Shisui felt the weight of the object in his hand and was a little confused. Although Sima Yi was also a ninja, he was too young at this age.
"Hui came with me. He sent me to the door and left, taking the remaining bottle of wine with him."

Sima Yi smiled, and Hui thought he didn't see it. In fact, he knew it clearly, but Shishui was not old enough to drink, so he let him do what he wanted.

"Brother Hui!"

really!

Shisui felt a little jealous, he also wanted to go shopping with his grandfather, but unfortunately he had to go with Itachi.

"Eat it while it's hot. We still need to hire some servants in the future, and we must pay attention to some things."

Now that he had acknowledged this grandson, Sima Yi's tone became much more serious.

"Yes, Grandpa, but if I recruit servants, will it attract people with ulterior motives? I'm worried that they will hurt you."

Shisui agreed, but did not agree blindly. Instead, he raised his own doubts.

Sima Yi nodded in satisfaction and said, "The advantage of having many people is mutual. They can place people to monitor you, and you can also use these people to do other things. It depends on whose method is more clever."

In terms of means, Shisui unconditionally believed in Sima Yi and immediately stopped worrying.

"Besides, there is another purpose for hiring servants besides helping you with chores."

"Does Grandpa also want to train people like Danzo did?"

Sima Yi was silent. He really wanted to, but he really didn't have the conditions to do so now.

"The time is not right yet. You must not rush into training personnel. Before you start the rebellion, any action that may affect the Hokage's trust is not advisable. You must take a long-term view and must not ruin the Uchiha's future because of a momentary rush."

Sima Yi's expression was unprecedentedly serious, and Shisui immediately realized that this must be an important issue involving the survival of the entire Uchiha.

He nodded heavily, "Grandpa, I understand!"

"For now, recruiting servants is also a good opportunity for you to win people's hearts."

Sima Yi said as he shook his head slowly, "My identity in Uchiha is still a ninja after all. I left for only a year and no one cared about the house collapse. You can imagine the lives of the ordinary people down there."

Although the Uchiha clan is powerful, they are not all ninjas, and ordinary people still make up the majority. "The village is ostracized everywhere, and the chief of the Fugaku clan also has his difficulties."

Shisui also sighed. Even a senior ninja like Hui could hardly enjoy a barbecue on a daily basis, let alone ordinary clan members.

"This is not a problem. Success or failure is just a result. But as the clan leader, his purpose should not be here."

"What do you mean, Grandpa?" Shisui frowned and thought for a moment but to no avail.

"When facing foreign enemies, his first priority should be to integrate the internal forces and stabilize the morale of the troops.

It is not important that he cannot solve the problems of his subordinates. What is important is that he has the intention to solve the problems and that he can make his subordinates believe that he wants to solve the problems. "

Shisui's eyes lit up and he immediately reacted, "Win over people's hearts!"

"That's right. Prestige and reputation are accumulated bit by bit. Don't miss the opportunity!"

Shisui's eyes flickered, but he did not hesitate, his gaze remained firm, "I understand, Grandpa, for Konoha! For Uchiha!"

Even though this would offend the head of the Fugaku clan, he was determined to wipe out everything after making the decision that night!

For Konoha! For Uchiha!

"It's good that you have such determination, but there are still matters in Konoha and Uchiha that need you to deal with, so leave these trivial matters to me."

"Then I'll leave it to you, Grandpa."

Shisui nodded with a smile, but soon he couldn't smile anymore.

"There is one more thing, it's about the police department."

Sima Yi immediately told Shishui everything he had seen and heard today, and Shishui's smiling face immediately collapsed.

If it were in the past, he would have thought that this was caused by the tribe members' methods being too crude and their inability to understand each other with the villagers.

but now
“The third generation has often asked the police and the villagers to understand each other, but I know the clan leaders have backed off. They will not intervene in these minor issues unless the villagers come to report them.

But now, Uncle Eighth and Tiehuo are just following the rules, and the villagers are still talking about it."

Shisui said with a sigh, "This has happened since the establishment of the Police Department. Is it only if we abandon the Police Department that we can avoid this problem?

Or, Grandpa, do you have any way to make the villagers understand the police department?"

Faced with this question, Sima Yi shook his head decisively, "As long as Uchiha is in the police department, there will inevitably be conflicts with the villagers, and under the current situation, the Konoha high-level officials will not allow Uchiha to give up the police department."

Shisui's eyes were dim, in fact he already had the answer in his heart, but Sima Yi's words made him more certain.

"but."

At this moment Sima Yi changed the subject and started telling a story.

"When I was young, I served under Cao Gong, a man of great military and literary talents.

One day, he was leading his troops outside and was short of food and fodder, so the warehouse officer Wang Hu went to report it."

Sima Yi spoke softly and slowly, telling Zhishui about Cao Cao using Wang Hu's head to appease the army.

After hearing this, Shisui couldn't help but frown and cursed subconsciously: "This man is despicable. It was clearly him who asked Wang Hu to reduce rations, which caused resentment among the army, but then he pushed the blame onto others. Such behavior..."

Shisui stopped cursing and fell silent suddenly. He lowered his head and his eyes moved slightly.

Seeing this, Sima Yi stood up slowly with a smile on his face, "Think carefully and rest early."

After saying that, he turned and left, leaving Shisui alone looking at the barbecue in deep thought.

(End of this chapter)