After all, no one wants to give up a peaceful and normal life to play with a group of "terrorists" who could explode at any time!
But just as "flowers" need "green leaves" to match, "light" needs "darkness" to complement,
The world is vast, whether it's "Hunter," "Demon Slayer," or even "Hokage," "Death God," even in the ordinary world without "Nen," "Chakra," or other "supernatural energies" from my past life,
It's not a "single" or "binary" world, but rather like an "interplay of yin and yang," "entropy increase and decrease," with contradictions, yet a continuous cycle of... multi-dimensional worlds....
So,
"Why does the Hokage have to be so clear-cut?"
The young man with black hair swaying in the wind, his bright and clear eyes looking directly into Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes, stood up alongside the elder, neither humble nor arrogant, without any fear or retreat, walked to the window with him, gazing far away, watching the sunlight cast on Hokage Rock, reflecting a splendid, gorgeous red... Roy stood with his hands behind, under Sarutobi Hiruzen's intense gaze, spoke softly:
"To be honest, Hokage, a great person once told me, freedom roams in the frost of myriad forms!"
"Fighting with heaven is endless joy! Fighting with earth is endless joy! Fighting with men is endless joy!"
"As long as one is alive, they must face endless struggle, unable to stop until death, so,"
"Hokage, why not consider, even if the Uchiha clan is gone... can Konoha truly remain peaceful and tranquil, without internal conflict?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen, opening and closing his mouth, was momentarily stunned, staring at Roy, unable to utter a sound....
He just stared blankly at the young man, memories unfolding, flashing back incessantly, from the First War, Second War, and now the Third War... endless fighting, endless injuries, endless pain, endless fear, ever since gaining consciousness from the cradle, having cognitive abilities, it never seemed to stop... as if Roy's words struck the heart, revealing his unceasing lifelong struggle, and the endless struggle of countless people like him!
After a while, Sarutobi Hiruzen seemed to finally find the ability to organize his words, hoarsely asked: "Who is he?"
"Who was that great person? Was he also a teacher you once dreamed of?"
Roy shook his head in shame, and laughed: "I would love to be his student, but unfortunately... I am not worthy...."
The youth straightened his back, slowly exhaled and said: "Hokage wants to know the answer, right?"
"I can tell you now,"
Roy gazed out the window at Hokage Rock, calmly said: "I can belong to Konoha, and also to the Uchiha clan, or not belong to Konoha, nor to the Uchiha clan..."
"What do you mean?" Sarutobi Hiruzen furrowed his brows, then... saw the youth blink at him, playfully smiled and said: "Simply put, if Konoha is against me, then I am Uchiha, if Uchiha is against me, then I am Konoha, I am myself, belonging to all yet not belonging to any, Hokage, do you understand?"
"You...." Sarutobi Hiruzen widened his eyes, pointed at Roy halfway before lowering his hand, chuckled in exasperation....
The old man laughed and cursed at Roy: "You brat, your bottom line is quite flexible."
Roy shrugged, neither denying nor refuting, candidly admitted: "All I want is more choices, even if unused, but could not be absent."
Sarutobi Hiruzen strangely nodded, without further response,
but turned away, facing away from Roy, sat back at his desk, picked up the battle report lying on the desk, and said without lifting his head: "I understand,"
"You know where the door is, don't need me to show you, do you? Get out!"
Roy: "About the Sealing Book?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen glared sidelong: "Tomorrow I'll work from home, just come over."
Roy smiled, "Thanks~"
He merged into the light, his figure flashed, using Light Escape, headed towards the door....
"Creak~" The door, heavily closed by Danzo earlier, opened,
Roy stepped out of the light and was about to leave, when suddenly... Sarutobi Hiruzen said: "Can I frame that sentence and hang it in the office?"
Roy paused in his steps, turned to smile at Sarutobi Hiruzen: "Please feel free, Hokage. I believe that if he knew, he wouldn't mind....."
Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded: "Thank him for me."
"I believe he must be a very remarkable person!"
"Of course!" Roy's expression turned serious, reverently said: "Believe me, he is even more amazing than you might think!"
Then "Creak~" the room lightly closed its door, transformed into a beam of light, and vanished from Sarutobi Hiruzen's sight......
Left the old man alone, sitting solitary at the desk, after a while, he smoked a pipe, smiled suddenly, mumbled: "I wonder if he smokes?"
"Plop~" Another plume of smoke enlarged in the wind, gently drifting, fading into the air until completely disappearing....
"Dang~" It was then, nine o'clock in the morning,
as the clock hanging on the living room wall chimed the hour....
Roy, after leaving Hokage Tower, used Light Escape to break spatial limits, a step covering kilometers, after ten or so steps, took maybe three or four minutes to return home.
Perhaps delayed too long in the Hokage Ninjias office,
When Roy stepped out of the living room, revealing his form, Tsunade and Shizune had disappeared,
Leaving the cozy little living room, Fugaku along with Itachi and a prepared breakfast, covered on a tray, quietly waiting for him.
"I'm back...." The youth's handsome face displayed a slight smile,
he walked up to Itachi, sat down cross-legged beside him, directly grabbed the breakfast placed on the floor to eat, while listening to Fugaku say: "Tsunade left,"
"Did she say anything?"
"No, just arranging to have a table delivered shortly,"
"No need for that, two-legged chairs are hard to find, four-legged tables are everywhere......"
Roy finished his breakfast, took the tissue Itachi handed him to wipe his mouth, reached out to the empty floor and pointed... Nen followed his thoughts to separate into two strands, forming Water and Earth, later merging and indistinguishable, created by Wood Escape, gradually shaped into a square tatami, appearing before Fugaku and Itachi.
Fugaku and Itachi both looked at Roy, thinking "This child" / "Nissan" just formed a teacup not long ago, right?
Now, he's already capable of skillfully making tatamis,
Fugaku quietly watched as the tatami slowly settled on the floor, leaving a sentence "Don't forget to train," he donned Jonin attire and left......
"Father isn't asking where I went just now? Or who I met? Asking what I said?"
Roy heard the door sound, turned his head towards the hallway,
Fugaku had opened the door, put on his shoes, didn't look back and said: "No need for that, whether asked or not, you are my son, no need to waste effort....."
Speaking, without waiting for Roy to speak further,
The man straightaway closed the door, tightened his Konoha forehead protector and went on duty.....
Roy's bright eyes penetrated through the door, chasing his not-so-broad back, in that instant, as if seeing Silva, stunned, lost in thought for a long time, until—
His sleeve was tugged by Itachi,
He heard him say: "Nissan~ let's go train, it's already past nine, Brother Shisui must be anxious......"
Roy promptly withdrew his gaze, smiling, rubbed Itachi's forehead, gently said: "Okay."
Then, after saying goodbye to his mother Mikoto, took Itachi, left the Uchiha clan premises, rushed to Southern Forest,
At the familiar training ground, encountered Uchiha Shisui who had already been practicing with his Sword alone...
"Nissan, someone is targeting you!"