Practicing Attracting Stars in Naruto

Chapter 25 The Secret
Anna Takemoto ends the battle at the dango shop.

After returning home, she saw her grandfather and father in the backyard.

Takemoto Shuichi and Takemoto Shinmasa, two people are playing shogi.

Takemoto Anna obediently stood aside, not daring to disturb the two of them.

Soon, this game of shogi ended in Takemoto Shinmasa's defeat.

Then Takemoto Shuichi raised his head to look at his granddaughter, and asked, "Is there anything unusual about that little guy recently?"

Takemoto Anna thought for a moment and replied: "There is no abnormality, but he is very strange, and I can't tell."

Hideichi Takemoto became interested: "Guys who inherit that kind of secret technique will become very strange, please tell me your opinion."

"Baishi Yicheng is very purposeful in doing things. I have read all the books he borrowed in the hospital library, all of which are medical knowledge about the human body. As for other medicinal herbs, he doesn't even look at the configuration of the medicine."

"He used to occasionally go to the training ground after get off work, but for the past six months he has been hiding at home every day, quite mysterious, I think"

Takemoto Anna was a little hesitant, Takemoto Hideo waved her hand: "If you have any ideas, just say it."

"Judging from his talent in ninjutsu, I think the medical ninjutsu he mentioned before is likely to have succeeded.

"It's just that he has never used it in front of people, and I can't say for sure."

"Oh?" Takemoto Shinmasa interjected, "Why?"

Takemoto Anna shook her head: "I don't know, he was not that innocent when he entered the hospital, and Uncle Rongze also kept something from us."

Takemoto Hideki laughed: "I can probably guess what Rong Ze is thinking, but that little guy is a bit confusing."

Takemoto Shinmasa: "Father, it's been a year since they moved here, but Shiraishi Yoshinori never came to the door on my own initiative, I think."

Hideo Takemoto stared and said, "What do you think, do you think he doesn't like or even hate us?"

Takemoto Shinmasa nodded with a wry smile.

"You, what a big deal can you do with such a small heart. I know it makes you feel uncomfortable when you put your hot face on someone's cold ass."

"But a human heart is made of flesh. The more we alienate him, the more we should treat him better."

"If you put a stone in your heart and cover it for a few days, it will become hot, not to mention he is a doll who is less than ten years old."

Shinmasa Takemoto still smiled wryly: "Father, with all due respect, must it be him?"

"It has to be him!" Takemoto Hideichi said decisively: "If you don't have the ability to make your clansmen live a better life, then change them. Now I feel more and more that the little guy is pretty good."

After saying these words, Takemoto Hideichi looked at Takemoto Anna and asked: "Xinna, if I let you marry him, would you be willing?"

When Anna Takemoto heard this, she panicked, her face flushed red and she couldn't say a word.

Takemoto Shinmasa is in a hurry, he is just such a daughter, who is both well-behaved and obedient.

Baishi Yicheng was not close to them, so if he really married him, wouldn't he push his daughter into the fire pit?

"Father, there's no need to go to this point. If we tell those families clearly about our blood relationship with Shidie, they may not support us. We are completely."

"To shut up!"

Takemoto Hideki lost his temper.

Takemoto Shinmasa sighed, looking at his daughter with guilt.

Takemoto Anna also came back to her senses at this time, and said with a pale face: "Grandpa, I am three years older than him, and he doesn't mean that to me, even if I agree with him, he won't agree."

Seeing the appearance of his son and granddaughter, Takemoto Shuichi sighed and said, "I know, you won't be forced to do this kind of thing, but you have to be clear that you were born in the ninja clan, and everything is family-oriented."

"As for Zhenzheng, what you said will not work at all. You have no idea where the crisis of the family is. This is not a struggle for power, but life and death."

"If Konoha continues to develop like this, it will definitely become stronger and stronger, but if this continues for at most a hundred years, our family will disappear."

"How is it possible?" Takemoto Shinmasa was in disbelief: "Wouldn't it be better for us if Konoha gets stronger?"

Takemoto Hideo shook his head, a flash of memory flashed in his eyes, and a look of melancholy appeared on his face.

"That guy Xingren is not only a hero, but also a rare smart person."

"Zhenzheng, you can be regarded as someone who has experienced the Warring States Period. Why do you think Xingren brought us to join Konoha?"

"Isn't it because of peace?"

"Stupid!" Hideo Takemoto laughed angrily, "It's fine to deceive the people with that kind of words, how can you believe such words?"

Shinmasa Takemoto was full of embarrassment, and was scolded by his father in front of his daughter. Does he want to lose face as a father?
Seeing her father's embarrassment, Takemoto Anna quickly interjected, "Is Xingren the grandfather of Shiraishi Yoshinori?"

Takemoto Hideo nodded, and glared at Takemoto Shinmasa unhappily, with a taste of hating iron but not steel.

"Senju and Uchiha, the strongest in the ninja world, joined forces to establish Konoha. If Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara were not too strong, they would have been wiped out by us ninjas long ago."

"For the sake of peace, what are you kidding, everyone is closed to be the boss, who wants to be someone's younger brother, can't you guys grow up?"

Takemoto Shinmasa had nothing but embarrassment, and asked, "Are we forced to join Konoha?"

"Before Senju and Uchiha established Konoha, they were one of the best clans. After Konoha was established, they became stronger and will become stronger in the foreseeable future."

"Senju has always loved peace, but Uchiha is not. There is no room for other ninjas to survive when they unite."

"I won't talk about the importance of quests to ninjas. After Konoha was established, some small ninjas couldn't receive a few quests a year."

"But there is no way, Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara are too strong, so strong that people are desperate."

"Since we can't beat them, we can only join them. We join Konoha under the banner of peace, but in fact we have to join for survival."

"Sarutobi was the first to see this situation, followed by Shimura, and then Akimichi, Yamanaka, Nara, Kurama, Ucho, Yume, Moonlight, Inuzuka and other ninjas all saw it."

"Maybe some people really want peace, but most of them have to join. If you don't join, even if Konoha doesn't beat you, the fate waiting for them will only die slowly."

Hearing this, Shinmasa Takemoto's face was full of cold sweat: "But after joining Konoha, there is indeed peace, and everyone lives in peace with each other. Isn't this a good thing?"

"Good thing? Naive!" Takemoto Hideichi yelled angrily: "Human nature is to fight. In the past, everyone fought for tasks, but now they fight for the right to speak in the village."

"The struggle has never subsided, it has just changed."

"Uchiha Madara saw this situation, so he left Konoha, do you think Uchiha Madara's defection was not fueled by us ninjas?"

Takemoto Hideichi stopped here.

Takemoto Anna couldn't help asking: "What does this have to do with the life and death of the family? We have already joined Konoha, so even if the struggle is fierce, we won't be able to exterminate the family, right?"

"Senjujuma set up the Will of Fire, trying to twist the ninjas in the village into a single rope."

"That guy from Senshou Feijian not only engages in the Will of Fire, but he also wants to turn all ninjas into civilians. This is the real crisis."

"Turn all the ninjas into civilians?" Takemoto Shinmasa twitched, "How can this be possible?"

"At the beginning, no one knew what kind of evil idea Senjuba was playing, until the establishment of the Ninja School, Xingren immediately noticed this crisis, and even he had a premonition that Konoha was about to usher in a ninja war."

"Sure enough, the ninja world war broke out. It's a pity that Xingren died on the eve of the war, but he also left behind."

"When Senju Tokaima didn't board Hokage, Xingren noticed the abnormality in Senju Token, so he went out to fight for Hokage, but failed."

Takemoto Shinmasa asked: "Isn't the establishment of the ninja school a good thing? Why does Uncle Xingren think this will become a crisis for the ninja clan?"

"The ninja school is indeed a good thing, and Xingren also agrees. What he doesn't agree with is that Senshou Feijian's approach is too extreme."

"Support civilian ninjas, beat and pull ninjas, everything is based on the interests of the village, regardless of how many casualties the ninjas will have, and even sit idly by the demise of the ninjas."

"Now there are fewer ninjas in Konoha, and civilian ninjas are getting more and more attention. Do you think ninjas will still contribute to the village?"

"If you don't contribute to Konoha, you will not get the right to speak, and if you contribute, you will be treated as cannon fodder."

Takemoto Hideichi sighed, and then said: "Xingren said that Konoha is too strong, ninjutsu, secret art, and the Blood Succession family are much more than other ninja villages, which have both advantages and disadvantages."

"The advantage is that it is full of external oppression. If there is a war, no matter which ninja village will be our opponent."

"The downside is internal fighting, and Konoha's internal fighting is more intense than other villages."

Having said that, he looked at Takemoto Shinmasa and asked, "If the internal strife turned into a coup, what would you do?"

Takemoto Shinmasa hesitated and said, "Destroy them?"

"This approach is too low-level, and there are better ways."

Takemoto Shinmasa scratched his head.

"It is the most brilliant way to start a war with the outside world, turn the internal fighting into an external fighting, and then eliminate dissidents."

(End of this chapter)