Science is not curiosity.
Science is not the desire for knowledge.
Science is the desire to survive. I'm not afraid of ghosts, I'm only afraid of the unknown. The unknown is uncertainty. The unknown is not knowing what to do tomorrow. The unknown is planting seeds in spring and not knowing what to harvest in autumn.
The unknown is precarious.
I've lived a precarious life, although I'm only in my twenties. Actually, I don't know exactly how old I am, but I'm a few years older than Uchiha Itachi.
A few years younger than Hatake Kakashi, and the same age as Yaoshi Dou.
I was born during the most intense years of the Third Shinobi World War, when the world was barren, there was a shortage of medicine, and there wasn't even enough food to eat. I don't even know how I came to Konoha.
I only vaguely remember being washed in the bathroom with a roomful of children.
Then, it was fiddled around by a few adults in white clothes.
I didn't know what they were doing. I only cared about food and food. But then I knew.
It was called a physical examination. Either they had blood limits, or they were healthy and didn't have any diseases.
Or they were smart and beautiful, and Konoha gave priority to raising them.
The rest of the children who were more or less sick could leave Konoha with a large bag of food, even if they were as young as a baby … I don't know why I was eliminated.
But Yaoshi Dou was probably because of his eyesight.
Being born short-sighted isn't suitable to be a ninja, is it?
But Yaoshi Dou was lucky.
He met Yakushi Konoyu.
She lost her husband, children, and relatives in the war, so she took the family's inheritance and opened a small orphanage outside Konoha to take in the leftovers.
And I was also lucky. In fact, there were many people outside Konoha who adopted orphans. The most famous were Orochimaru and Shimura Danzo.
Orochimaru -sama said that he needed someone to help him with his experiment. He would die, but as long as he didn't die, he would be responsible for feeding everyone, and if he succeeded, he might become a super powerful ninja. The young me didn't care if I could endure it or not, or if I would die. I only knew that if I didn't get to eat the next meal, I would still die. That's why I became Test Subject No. 60 in Lord Orochimaru's experiment.
The so-called experiment was to implant the cells of a person called Hashirama into the body. Perhaps this way, we can obtain the ability of the God of Ninja, the first Konoha Naruto. Unfortunately, 59 of the 60 children who did the experiment with me died. In fact, I probably died as well. Because when I woke up again, I was already in the freezer with a pile of corpses. So I knocked and knocked, Orochimaru.
His Excellency practically sprinted over and carried me out with shining eyes. He fed me well and served me well … However, I wasn't able to use the Wood Escape technique. Instead, I was still on the verge of death. In the end, I was thrown into a corner to fend for myself.
If it wasn't for Danzō -sama who came to visit and was interested in me, I probably would have died. Anyway, I was picked up by Danzō -sama and put together with the other children he adopted.
Danzō -sama seemed to be much richer than Orochimaru. The place he lived was better than the laboratory, the food he ate and the clothes he wore were better, and there were people who taught Taijutsu and Ninjutsu. And he promised us that as long as I passed the test, I could join the Konoha Anbu's training department and become a root, a real Konoha Ninjas.
In this chaotic world, children were very mature and knew what it meant to be a ninja. It meant that they could protect themselves, and it meant that they could also protect others. As for the root? Danzō -sama said that Konoha's root had no name, no past, no future … and no feelings.
Oh, if it didn't have any, then it didn't have any. I didn't have a name, I didn't have a past, and as for the future? The future was so far away, who knew, and it was something that no one knew, so there was no difference between having it and not having it.
As for feelings …
Later, under Danzō -sama's careful training, I got Shodaime-sama's ninjutsu book, and under the devilish training, a small sprout finally appeared on the tip of my finger. Orochimaru -sama snorted, and said that it wasn't Mokuton. Danzō -sama taught Orochimaru -sama, and he said that we, who didn't have a name, should also remember that no one could succeed easily, and no one's success didn't come without a price. Even Shodaime-sama himself couldn't even throw a shuriken, and slowly grew to become the god of ninjutsu. With a good bloodline, even if it was the world's best Kekkei Genkai, if you didn't work hard, you would still be eliminated.
This didn't sound like something a bad person would say. But was Danzō -sama a bad person?
The Gen raised innocent children into killing machines, and the Gen also killed each other because of competition. The Gen went on dangerous missions, and many people died every year. But if you counted carefully, the number of children who were taken away by Konoha was even fewer.
But was Danzō -sama really a good person?
He also warned us that there was a price to pay if we wanted to live. He didn't raise us for nothing, and we had to pay him back if we ate a single grain of his rice. How could we pay him back? Ninjas earn their own rations by completing missions assigned by their superiors. So it didn't matter if it was a friend or a good friend, as long as it affected your mission, you should kill them. As long as you can complete your mission, you should do whatever it takes.
But was Danzō -sama really a bad person?
Was Shimura Danzō a good person or a bad person? Should I thank him or hate him?
After the Nine Tails incident, when I was sent by Danzō -sama to assassinate Four Generations -sama, I was forced to a dead end by this question. It was just like when I first learned that Orochimaru -sama had betrayed me.
Then Four Generations, who was learning how to change Naruto's diapers, asked me, "Did Orochimaru force you to do experiments on you?" No, I explained the stakes clearly. I chose it myself. Who was Shimura Danzō to you? Why should he provide you with food, clothing, housing, education, and medical care for free? Shimura Danzō wasn't anyone to me, and he wasn't my father or mother. He didn't owe me anything.
But I still felt very uncomfortable. Yes, everything was my own choice, but there was only one choice.
Four Generations said, "Don't make it sound like anyone has a choice. I don't have a choice either. If you really want to choose, what do you want to be called?" Other people's ninja numbers were a string of numbers, but you Roots were called A, B, C, and D every year. You're called A now, but what will I call you when you lose?
Well, then I was called Yamato, and until now, my code name is still Yamato. To be precise, I was called Yamato in the Anbu, and Tenzō in the Roots. No, now the Roots and the Anbu have merged. No, I was a part of the Anbu … I don't know why Danzō -sama called me Tenzō, and I don't know why Four Generations called me Yamato, but whether it was Yamato or Tenzō, it was my code name, just a code name, not a name. Roots, no name, no past, no future … no feelings.
If Four Generations -sama didn't insist on giving me a surname a few days ago. This surname is … Senju, Senju from the Forest's Senju, Senju Hashirama, Senju Tobirama, Senju Tsunade's Senju.
Danzō -sama is dead, and Roots is disbanded. I don't mind having a name from now on. Maybe I can fight for a ninja number in the future. But my surname is Senju. If Tsunade-sama returns to Konoha one day and doesn't recognize me as Senju, it's really embarrassing. If I have to have a surname, I might as well be named Shimura.
In fact, I've always felt that Danzo-sama wanted us to have the surname of Shimura as our root. Just like Yakushi Konoyu and other small families who died with only one or two people left, the family always needs an heir. Especially, I don't dare to think about it. The big families that joined Konoha at the beginning of the village, Uchiha, Sarutobi, Hinata … The other families are thriving everywhere, but the Shimura and Senju families are nowhere to be seen. I asked Four Generations, Four Generations, do you believe me?
I said yes.
Four Generations, that's enough, I won't harm you.
Yes, yes, Four Generations are the best at thinking about their subordinates. Senju's mansion is still there, and Senju's property is still there. As for Shimura … Although I'm not sure if there's really no one left in the Shimura family, what's certain is that the Shimura family's house is gone, and the property is gone. Maybe like Yakushi Konoyu's family, they spent all their money to adopt orphans. After all, Roots was once the leftovers, and they can't survive just because they're fed.
I once heard Sandaime-sama and Danzō -sama quarreling. Sandaime-sama said, Roots is too inhumane. Danzō -sama snorted, so what if it's inhumane?
Yes, so what if it's inhumane? Those who were weak, those who had inherited diseases, those who had no talent, those who were stupid, and even those who were disabled, were trained into ninjas. These ninjas were just ordinary people, and none of them had a Kekkei limit …
But why do these children who aren't suitable to become ninjas have to work so hard to become ninjas? Why can't they become farmers, craftsmen, drivers, cooks, teachers, novelists, musicians, poets, or even painters?
Danzō -sama said that it's because the Sarutobi family and the Shimura family are both big families, and they have money, land, and resources. But the Shimura family was willing to take out their wealth to help the poor Konoha grow roots, while the Sarutobi family didn't do anything and just let the orphans die. Everyone said that the Danzō family isn't human, and that the Danzō family is abusing children, but they didn't take out their own money. As long as the children they don't want to leave Konoha and don't let them see them, they're good people.
I have to say, Danzō -sama's eloquence is really good. At that time, the other children and I really felt that we were so miserable, that we had to kill each other, and that we were abandoned without a name because of Sandaime-sama. If only Danzō -sama was Naruto, and if Danzō -sama was Naruto, everyone would have a good life. In the end, a group of people secretly colluded to assassinate Sandaime-sama for Danzō -sama.
I didn't go, because of course it would fail. Sandaime-sama said, "Think about it carefully, you're obviously not suitable to become ninjas, but you're still being trained to become ninjas. Is it really something worth fighting for? In war, what's the mortality rate of both civilians and ninjas? " Sandaime-sama took out a lot of data, and indeed, many ninjas died, but there were also many civilians who were lucky.
In fact, Sandaime-sama's rebuttal didn't make any sense, but Sandaime-sama punished those who went according to the rules of Konoha, and really took out money to treat our wounds. He was sincere and sincere to every child. In the end, those children didn't come back, but they did live a normal life for a long time, and died on the battlefield after becoming Genin.
But that's not important, what's important is that because of Sandaime-sama's betrayal, Danzō -sama became even more strict with us.
Or perhaps, it's also cool that I have the surname Bokaze. The sons of Four Generations will have the surname Uzumaki, and the grandchildren of Four Generations will also have the surname Uzumaki. Even if Bo Fung Watergate is a name that's even more random than Yamato Tenzō, it's still the name of the Four Generations. Kakashi followed Four Generations for 20 years, and he became like an adopted son. I started following Naruto from the year he was born, and I followed him until … there's no future for me to follow the retired Naruto, so what's wrong with letting me become a retainer of the Bokaze family? I told Four Generations that the old housekeeper of the Sarutobi family followed Sarutobi.
Four Generations ignored me, and called Kakashi -san over. Kakashi said that Itachi was still trapped in the Rain Country, and if I was willing to go over and replace him, Itachi would raise his feet above his head and welcome me to build a new base and start a new life. Maybe he would even introduce me to a beautiful girl from the Rain Country, and give me the money for the wedding banquet in advance. After all, Uchiha's family is rich.
In the end, I chose to let Kakashi -san solemnly write the name Senju Yamato in the name column of my file.
And so, I finally had a name, and my roots became my past. I had a past, and I also had a future, a future that I chose to stay with Four Generations, and a future that entangled with the Senju family.
As for feelings …
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