Living your daily life in a shonen anime seems to be wrong.

Hinata Hanabi didn't understand either, but she seemed very interested in the insects' fight and watched with wide eyes.

The little girl had been watching too, but her eyes didn't show interest; rather, it seemed like she was...

think?

Is a little girl thinking?

Is it a matter of personal importance or a matter of national importance?

However, it doesn't seem that it's strange. Shichiya remembers Uchiha Itachi of the Uchiha clan, who was also young but already knew how to think about national affairs.

No, no, that's not right.

The little girl looked rather pale and thin; perhaps she was considering whether to deep-fry or stir-fry the two insects.

It should be the latter, since she probably can't afford oil.

"What are you looking at?"

"Watch a mother protecting her child."

She seemed unaware that someone was standing behind her, but upon hearing the question, she answered instinctively.

Watching a mother protect her child?

This answer was somewhat unexpected by Qiye.

He just looked at the two fighting insects and said he didn't quite understand.

He really didn't quite understand. Although he knew he had parents, his earliest memory was of wandering in the city and then being brought back to the research institute.

They didn't know who their parents were, whether they were alive or dead, or whether they were lost or abandoned.

But Qiye never considered those things. Whether he had parents or not, he still survived.

But after hearing what the little girl said, I felt that something was a little different.

What's different?

Seven Nights Bites His Nails.

He then pursed his lips, too lazy to think about it further.

He's a very lazy person; he'd rather not use his brain for something.

Why are you looking at this?

"Maybe my mother was like that too."

Where is your mother?

"died."

"Where's Dad?"

"Also dead."

"How did you die?"

"Killed by someone."

"Oh, and who killed him?"

"The ninja of Konoha".

"I see."

Qi Ye nodded, indicating that he understood.

Hinata Hanabi seemed dissatisfied with this answer; her home was in Konoha, and she didn't want anyone to speak ill of Konoha.

However, she didn't know much about war; she had only heard that a war had broken out.

A war with countless deaths and injuries, and it was Sunagakure who started it first.

More importantly, it wasn't just the people of Sunagakure who died, but also the people of Konoha.

Hinata Hanabi certainly didn't think that far ahead; she simply didn't want to hear anyone speak ill of her family.

But Qi Ye patted her little bottom to calm her down.

She obeyed, pouting, and didn't say anything.

Qi Ye continued to look at the little girl squatting there. She seemed to have forgotten the passage of time; perhaps her legs were numb.

She bit her nails and then smiled.

You're wrong.

"Ok?"

"It wasn't the ninjas of Konoha who killed your parents, it was the war."

"war?"

The little girl seemed to be thinking.

Then, as if finally realizing what was happening, she slowly turned her head and stared blankly at Qiye.

Qi Ye still smiled, a gentle smile that made people feel comfortable.

"The war killed your parents. The war is wrong, and the people who started the war are wrong."

"war?"

She didn't seem to quite understand the meaning of war.

Qi Ye didn't offer much explanation, but simply looked up at the sky.

There were few clouds in the sky, and it rarely rains here, as it is a desert region where it is hot during the day and cold at night.

Are you a ninja?

"Not yet."

"Studying at the Ninja Academy?"

"Ah."

The little girl nodded, still looking a bit dazed.

Perhaps this is just her personality.

Or perhaps it was because Seven Nights, carrying a little girl with one eye closed, made her feel very strange.

But that's irrelevant.

"The teachers at the Ninja Academy must value you a lot."

"No."

"why?"

"They all say I'm a bit dull, but I don't know what dullness is."

Everyone says that, but she doesn't know what being "dull" means.

If you don't know, there's nothing you can do to change it.

Of course, one's personality won't change so easily.

But judging from this, she is clearly not a new generation of ninja who is being groomed for special training.

"In that case, you'll be learning from me from now on."

Although Shichiya is not a ninja, he still has a lot of knowledge about ninjas.

The Third Hokage was known as the "Professor of Ninja" because he was proficient in Konoha's mainstream ninjutsu; basically, he knew everything that Konoha had.

Of course, that refers to ordinary ninjutsu; secret techniques, bloodline limits, and the like are not included.

Nanaya doesn't understand many ninjutsu techniques, but he does have some knowledge of ninjas.

After all, he is a scientist by training, and he will put in the effort to study anything that is unknown.

"Learn from you?"

"Well, from now on, I'll be your teacher. You don't want to?"

"Ok?"

He tilted his head and thought for a moment.

Then he nodded.

He stood up and bowed to Qiye.

"teacher."

"Ah, very good."

Qi Ye nodded in satisfaction.

I suddenly remembered it again.

"By the way, what's your name?"

"Yukata, my name is Yukata."

"Yukata? It has the same name as that kind of clothing."

Moreover, if you change the language, "yukata" and "hagoromo" seem to be almost the same.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki, the name of the Sage of Six Paths.

Chapter 54: Worthy of Study

Instead of continuing her world tour with Hinata Hanabi, Shichiya temporarily settled down in Sunagakure.

He is training a little girl named Yukata.

At first, Shichiya didn't pay much attention, but later he discovered that this little girl had a good friend named Matsuri, and that's when he suddenly remembered.

It seems to be a character in the story.

Of course, while they are called characters in the story, they are actually just extras, basically existing as background figures.