Naruto: Building the Strongest Uchiha Starting with Gacha Pulls

"You slippery brat, what I want to hear is not this kind of answer that doesn't offend anyone. What I want is your answer, not a formulaic reference."

Gen Uchiha turned around, his calm yet sharp eyes staring straight at Gen Uchiha.

Even without activating the Sharingan, those aged yet wise eyes still seemed to possess a power to see through people's hearts.

"Elder, am I wrong?"

"No, you're absolutely right. That is indeed the ideal state for the relationship between the family and the village. We are interdependent, complementary, and indispensable to each other. This is something that all the higher-ups in our clan yearn to achieve."

However, that's just an ideal. Now, young man, tell me your answer. I'll see how well you answer before deciding whether to invest in you in the future. If you satisfy me, I won't mind using some resources to accelerate your growth as a new generation genius. If that's all, I won't shortchange you on what I'm entitled to, but I'll treat you the same as other ordinary people with some talent.

Clearly, this elder, whose hair had turned completely white, nurtured his clansmen not only based on their talent as ninjas, but also on their character, vision, wisdom, and stance.

"Now, tell me your answer, the answer you have in your heart right now. I won't give you much time to think about it."

The elder walked slowly toward the clan's treasury with his hands behind his back.

Gen Uchiha lowered his head slightly and began to think quickly.

The Grand Elder was definitely not satisfied with his previous answer.

In his view, the relationship between the Uchiha clan and Konoha was definitely not one of mutual harmony; otherwise, there would be no need for him to ask such a question.

Given his age, status, and experience, he must have already realized the conflict between the Uchiha and Konoha to ask such a question.

He wanted to know if he had enough insight and intelligence to see this, and then use that to judge whether I was worth investing in and developing, and whether I had the ability to contribute to solving this problem in the future.

It seems that there are intelligent people within the Uchiha clan who are aware of the problems the clan is currently facing.

For example, the elder standing before us.

However, he certainly couldn't have predicted how serious the conflict between Konoha and the Uchiha clan would become in the future.

Judging from the looks of it, this person obviously didn't live to see twenty years later, and even less likely would have known that his eldest grandson in the original timeline would be so foolish as to commit the beastly acts of patricide, matricide, and the extermination of his entire clan.

Before the massacre, no one believed that the powerful Uchiha clan, which had been strong for a thousand years, would disappear so inexplicably.

As for now, this conflict has only just begun to emerge, and it just so happens that only a few people have become aware of it.

Therefore, I need an answer that reflects my knowledge as a newly promoted genius genin and that will satisfy the elder.

At the very least, he couldn't say that the Uchiha clan would face annihilation in the future.

Nobody will believe that.

If he goes too far, Gen Uchiha will only think that he is deliberately exaggerating and making a fuss, and then he will just give him a few decent ninjutsu to get rid of him.

After some thought, Uchiha Gen had already prepared his plan.

"The relationship between the family and the village is now heading in the opposite direction of this ideal. Even if there have only been some signs of this in the past few years, if it is not stopped, it may one day lead to a major disaster."

Gen Uchiha set the tone right from the start.

The elder paused, stopping in place, seemingly wanting to give Yuan more time to speak.

"Go on, and state your reasons."

"Power brings a corresponding status, and status brings a desire for corresponding power and benefits. This desire will inevitably lead to suppression by the vested interests. If there is a lack of sufficient trust between the two sides, then this suppression will naturally cause more serious troubles."

"I find it hard to believe that a newly graduated genin would say such things. Mikoto said that you met Shinji before you came? He taught you these words? That silent guy doesn't seem to be that smart."

The elder looked at Uchiha Gen with a scrutinizing gaze.

"Elder, this is of course my own idea. Just this morning during the graduation assessment, Sarutobi Enjun defeated Inahisa by holding oil in his mouth in order to win. If my Fireball Jutsu hadn't been strong enough, I would have lost to him too."

When we have the ability to compete for first place, we will naturally strive to do so, just as a family will certainly strive to gain a higher status.

In a ninja academy, it might just be a small trick like putting oil in your mouth, but what if it were scaled up to the whole village, or even the entire ninja world?

Although the events at the ninja academy are simpler, that doesn't stop me from using a small analogy to draw a larger one.

The elder nodded slightly, seemingly satisfied with Uchiha Gen's answer and accepting his statement.

"I bet you enjoy reading and thinking, because a young person who hasn't experienced much can only gain some vague and not necessarily practical experience from the wisdom and experience of those who came before them."

"Sometimes I read books after training, mostly history, perhaps because I want to find the commonalities among the strong people in history."

"So what kind of disaster do you think this will be?"

The elder looked directly at Uchiha Gen and asked.

The latter shook his head slightly.

"We don't need to know, we just need to prepare for the worst. If we can handle even the worst, then we can certainly handle anything else."

Uchiha Gen suddenly burst out laughing.

He genuinely admired this kid more than any other young member of the clan.

His talent was decent; although he wasn't top-tier in his eyes, he was still the number one in his ninja academy, which was quite good. Most importantly, he was smart enough, had a vision beyond his years, and understood the importance of planning ahead.

"Yuan, you are very good. Although you are only twelve years old, you already have a vision that surpasses most of the clan members and the mindset that only a ninja of the clan leader level possesses. Perhaps you are still a bit immature, but I have finally seen another young man with the potential to shoulder the mission of clan revival in the future."

Emmm...

What does it mean to have the mindset of a clan leader at the age of twelve?

Uchiha Gen thought of a certain weasel and glanced at Mikoto, who stood quietly beside him like a Yamato Nadeshiko.

"By the way, Elder, you just said 'again'? Does that mean there are other members of the family like me?"