Sky Curtain: Short Video Commentary on Konoha Villagers

Although Sasuke personally felt very lonely and ostracized.

[But Sasuke wasn't bullied at all; he was simply a good guy.]

Under the sky, the crowd looked puzzled.

[Fourth Raikage A: Is that the term "Jiahao" again? Last time they said Kakashi was Jiahao, and now Sasuke is too?]

[Mei Terumi: What does Jiahao mean again? Did Tianmu explain it last time? I think I've forgotten.]

The screen lights up.

In a classroom at the ninja academy.

Sasuke sat alone by the window, staring blankly out the window.

The other students in the classroom were chatting and playing around in twos and threes, and no one approached him.

A few boys glanced at him occasionally, their eyes filled with displeasure, but they quickly looked away.

Meanwhile, on the other side, a group of girls were gathered together, chattering away.

"Sasuke looks so handsome today!"

"Why is he sitting there all alone again? He looks so lonely and pitiful. I really want to go and keep him company!"

"Get out of the way! I should go!"

He said he was ostracized, and as a result, he interpreted the pitying looks he received as disdain.

Therefore, he doesn't associate with people who pity him.

In the scene, a classmate cautiously walks up to Sasuke.

"Sasuke...aren't you bored all by yourself? Want to come along...?"

Sasuke glanced at him, his gaze icy.

"This is so annoying, get out of here."

The classmate stood there stunned, gave an awkward laugh, and turned to walk away.

A bunch of girls argued about him because of his handsome face, but he found it boring and didn't interact with these female admirers.

This tendency to mistake sympathy for rejection stems from a feeling of being uninteresting.

[It's clear that they've isolated themselves from others, actively avoiding contact with them.]

Under the sky, everyone's lips twitched in unison.

[Hidan: Wait, why do I have a feeling that Sasuke is ostracizing the whole class?]

[Kuroto: Hahahaha! It wasn't that he was being bullied, it was that he deliberately isolated everyone!]

[Mei Terumi: Good grief, so he's ostracizing the whole class, isn't he?]

[Killer Bee: This kid's got a real knack for putting on an act! Isolating an entire class by himself, quite the imposing figure I am!]

Under the sky,

The boys who were in the same class as Sasuke looked displeased when they saw this.

"That guy is always like this in school! He acts so cool, and he's so popular with girls, it's incomprehensible."

"We disliked him back then purely because he was so pretentious; that expression on his face was really annoying!"

Even if some guys dislike him and want to cause trouble, he doesn't need to lift a finger; his female fans will protect him.

[Refer to how Naruto was beaten back then.]

Even assuming that some people still haven't given up on bullying him, then those bullies really need to be careful.

First, he is indeed a skilled fighter; second, he is truly willing to use lethal force.

[You should know that his entire clan was slaughtered, and his heart was filled with hatred.]

Anyone who dares to mess with him and gets beaten to death by him will be completely ignored in the village.

Under the sky, everyone sighed.

[Onoki: Indeed, their entire family was murdered. Even if they killed someone, people would only say they had psychological problems.]

Mei Terumi: Besides, his brother Itachi Uchiha is still watching outside. Out of respect for Itachi, the Konoha higher-ups won't harm Sasuke.

The underground base of the roots.

Danzo Shimura narrowed his single eye, staring at Sasuke's figure on the sky.

"The last surviving member of the Uchiha clan... Hmph. We're only ignoring him because Itachi still has some use to us."

The text on the sky changes.

[The last one is Nara Shikamaru.]

Shikamaru comes from the Nara clan, making him a member of a prestigious family.

Of course, having a powerful background doesn't guarantee you won't be a target of bullying.

Look at how Hinata, the young lady of the Hyuga clan, is treated.

The main reason Shikamaru wasn't bullied was because he was naturally low-key.

[Too lazy to socialize, too lazy to cause trouble, and avoids offending anyone.]

In the video, several students are seen pushing and shoving each other in the hallway.

Shikamaru walked by, his eyes vacant, a blade of grass dangling from his mouth, his steps unhurried.

Someone deliberately bumped into him.

"Hey, Shikamaru, aren't you watching where you're going?"

"Oh, I'm so sorry."

Shikamaru didn't even look up, casually offered an apology, and continued walking forward.

The classmate was stunned for a moment, and his anger, which had initially been about to cause trouble, inexplicably dissipated.

They've already apologized, what else can we do?

Under the sky,

[Heitu: So, ignoring everything means you can stay away from bullying? I've learned something new.]

[Mei Terumi: This personality... is indeed rare among ninjas. Unassuming, unassuming, and unassuming.]

[Deidara: But it's hard to say, after all, some people just love to bully honest people like this.]

[Hidan: Right, right, people who seem easy to bully are often the ones who get targeted.]

...

[More importantly, his IQ is over 200; he can still get full marks even if he sleeps in class.]

Screen switch.

In a classroom at the ninja academy.

Shikamaru was fast asleep, drooling all over the test paper.

Teacher Iruka walked over and tapped on his desk.

"Shikamaru! Sleeping in class! Have you finished your quiz today?!"

Shikamaru groggily raised his head, yawned, and scribbled a few lines on the test paper.

Iruka picked up the test paper and saw that it was a perfect score.

Meanwhile, the students next to him who had studied desperately all night only scored a little over seventy points.

The scene cuts again.

Several classmates who originally wanted to cause trouble for Shikamaru got together to discuss their plan.

"How about we mess with that Shikamaru? It's infuriating to see him sleeping all day."

"Have you forgotten the time he helped Iruka-sensei set exam questions? Those questions were so difficult even the teacher said they were hard. Do you think you can outsmart him?"

"Having a good brain is one thing, but why don't we just take action?"

The scene then shifts to a persistent upperclassman blocking Shikamaru's path.

"Nara brat, hand over your allowance."

Shikamaru sighed.

"This is really troublesome... Fine."

He took a few copper coins out of his pocket and handed them over, then said something casually.

"If this continues, I'll have my dad go find the Third Hokage..."

Upon hearing this, the older student's face turned pale and then red, and he immediately returned the money to Shikamaru and ran away.

[That's why he not only avoids being bullied himself, but he also dares to play with Choji, who is being bullied.]

Since Choji started hanging out with him, no one in the village dared to mess with him anymore.

This is what word-of-mouth is all about.

Under the sky,

Looking at the summary displayed on the sky, everyone couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"In the entire Hidden Leaf Village, there are only three people who haven't been bullied?"

"Minato is too strong and no one dares to mess with him; Sasuke is too prickly and no one can afford to mess with him; Shikamaru is too smart and no one can get to him..."

"...Does this mean there's something wrong with Konoha's feng shui? Other villages may have bullying, but none are as severe as Konoha's, right?"

Text switching on the screen

If Minato Namikaze were still alive, would Pain still have attacked Konoha?

The Land of Lightning, Hidden Cloud Village.

The Fourth Raikage, A, slammed his hand on the table, the sound so loud it shook the teacups.

"Back in the day, even when I teamed up with Bee, we almost couldn't beat Minato. How could Pain, who was defeated by a teenager, possibly get past Minato?"

Kirabi, who was writing lyrics nearby, chimed in.

"Big brother, he was even faster than you back then, wow."

First of all, the Akatsuki has been building up this for so long; they can't just abandon Kurama because they're afraid of one person.

However, a direct attack on Konoha would have been absolutely impossible while Minato was alive.

[Recall the background of Pain's attack on Konoha.]

The Third Hokage had already passed away by then.

Jiraiya died in battle at Amegakure.

[Metcalfe was out on a mission at the time.]