"The Child Needs To Die"
It was a beautiful night in Konoha, Minato, the 4th Hokage was tired. Extremly tired, it was almost 2 AM. And so, he teleported to his statue to admire the environnement. Suddenly, he heard kunais being thrown on trees. He sensed chakra from a skilled ninja. He couldn't deduce who it was and so, he used Body Flicker to go to that place, right above the forestwith the Hokages' head staues.
Arriving there, he sees Shisui Uchiha panting after a long session of intense training. He sees trees, kunais on those said trees. Lots of intertwined threads, as if Shisui's training his agility and precision. It seemed like a very good uchiha training method. It consisted of threads spread around the training grounds, those threads could detect any movement at certain speeds, the faster you are to hit the 'targets' while moving around, the better you will be.
Those targets could be anything with chakra. It could be a toy imbued with chakra, anything really.
Minato was surprised by how well thought out it was. Each thread seemed like a new obstacle that would require adaptability while having to hit multiple "targets". The first word Minato said was :
"Wow" followed by "Great discipline and training method, who taught you that ? And what's that weird fox doing here ? It's a sort of chakra target right ?".
Shisui smiled, before saying " Yes, precisely. I'm also training by myself most of the time, it's just experience I guess."
Minato: "Shisui Uchiha, hmmm... Let me ask you a question, Shisui" said before yawning due to tiredness. "Let's take a child, this child has a project, to make his mom and dad together again."
Shisui's face expression obviously showed intrigueness, and also a shock that the 4th has such personality. This weird problem, he'd solved lots of problems in the past but this one was... bizzare. Which attracted even more of his attention.
Minato followed by saying : "The dad is powerful, but has hurt the mom alot. The mom was kind, but too passive, she wasn't communicating her feelings. And the only time she'd done it, it was to either tell dinner was ready or talk to herself. The dad has put alot of mental charge in the mom. And the kid, was aware of it all.The kid wants them to be together, but how ? One has money, power but lacks comprehension. The other has comprehension, emotional intelligence, but lacks the confidence and power to express them properly, or to defend herself.
What's your take on this ?".
Shisui said, with a cold, almost robotic face, "The child needs to die."
Minato got shook by this answer, his eyes widened when he saw what Shisui just said. "The child needs to die ?"
"Yes" retorted Shisui:"If the child dies, the mom and dad will do introspective analysis on what was wrong, what went wrong. And now, they will need to protect their respective images, their conscience. By making such an event, the mom and dad will likely get back together. The dad is rich and powerful, yet lacks communication skills. The mom has the other but lacks power.
Both of them are juxtaposed.
They will try to make up for their mistakes. Their parents' mistakes, I could even argue that this is how the shinobi world works. When trauma impacts emotionally, multiple parties like a "child's death". All of those said parties won't try to fight each other but rather, they'll try their hardest to find a solution to a problem."
What Shisui said felt robotic, too precise, and yet irrational for Minato.
But a fire in the 4th's heart revived, a fire that signified excitment and progress.
They had found him, found the person who will be the principal coordinator of an ENA project.
His reasoning felt instinctive, but it felt right, extremly, precisely right. And so, without a word, Minato left. The 4th's eyes sensed a part of truth in Shisui's answer, but an answer which hid his true personality. An answer that was too robotic, too perfect.
He left Shisui bamboozled.
In Shisui's POV, all he did was answer a weird question from the hokage, who just suddenly leaves with a smile on his face ?
What was the point of this ? Why would he ask that question ? What's inside the 4th's mind ?
What do you think Shisui actually believes here ? Is the answer purely analytical or does he mean something else?