"When a person suffers a setback, they must gain wisdom from it. You can't just let it pass in a daze. Otherwise, next time, the time after that, and the time after that, you'll keep spraining your ankle in the same pit... Being able to learn a lesson from an incident, analyze the gains and losses, and not make the same mistake again next time—that is what we call growth!"
Ino solemnly explained the principle of 'learning from one's mistakes' to Inoichi Yamanaka, and Inoichi listened with deep conviction.
"Indeed, receiving a lesson and absorbing it is a form of growth..."
"..."
Ino's eyes curved with a smile, and her little mouth chattered away: "But, Dad, you have to understand a fact—the vast majority of people in this world do not reflect on their mistakes or learn lessons. From ancient times to the present, almost no one reflects, so history is just one cycle and repetition after another, stumbling over the same problem time and again..."
"The lesson people learn from history is that they never learn lessons; they will always fail in the same mistake over and over..."
"So among these masses, if we can become the ones who summarize experiences and learn lessons, then our clan will be above them—transcending the cycles of history and the laws of human social relations driven by instinct."
"This is the future of the Yamanaka Clan!"
"The future of the Yamanaka Clan?" Inoichi Yamanaka thought to himself, 'Ino, it seems like there are quite a few versions of the Yamanaka Clan's future in your mouth.'
The Clan School was the future, learning was the future, and now this had become the future too... Ino said, "Starting from now, the future Yamanaka Clan must develop a habit. As a clan based on intelligence, we have a unique advantage. Every country in the Ninja World, whether things have already happened or are currently happening, anything worth recording must be recorded. Any problem worth analyzing must be analyzed. We need to analyze a set of thinking models from a large amount of data and facts to see through the relationships within..."
"..."
Inoichi Yamanaka remained silent, allowing his daughter to let her thoughts wander.
"In the future, the clan should become one with good habits of recording and analysis. It's a waste to have resources in our hands and not use them. What I just said was macroscopic, and furthermore—"
"There's more?"
"Of course there's more. Besides macroscopic relationship research, as the main heads of the Intelligence Analysis Squad, shouldn't you all study other things through case studies, rather than just reading intelligence?"
"Study what?"
"Psychology!"
Ino spoke the word "Psychology"—currently, the Intelligence Analysis Squad did not study Psychology. The only one in Konoha who studied "mental manipulation," Morino Ibiki, only stayed at the level of Genjutsu interrogation—it couldn't be considered a psychological tactic; it was merely bringing out the eighteen levels of torture and letting the interrogated person experience them in an illusion... and that was it.
Morino Ibiki had some verbal techniques, but they were just techniques and hadn't risen to the level of Psychology!
Inoichi Yamanaka frowned, somewhat unclear on the practical significance of this "Psychology" thing. Since he couldn't figure it out, he asked directly: "Does it have any use?"
"A single word can prosper a nation, and a single word can destroy a country. Just by using one's mouth, one can stir up heaven and earth... Dad, you probably don't understand this."
Ino only realized after speaking that this world didn't seem to have "Strategists" or "Diplomats"—those incredible figures who manipulated the world in the palm of their hands. She unconsciously swallowed the rest of her words.
"Uh..."
Inoichi Yamanaka's head was full of question marks... If he couldn't understand it, he'd forget it. Whatever "Psychology" was could be discussed later. The priority was to organize a study of the case files handed down by his Princess Ino.
While it was still fresh, Inoichi Yamanaka didn't delay. He found time the next day to organize a study session for the clan's Ninjas.
Ino's case analysis was written very well. After everyone had a copy and read it, they began to buzz with discussion. In the end, Inoichi Yamanaka was the ruthless one—
Including himself as the Clan Head, he set a one-week deadline for everyone to write a detailed analysis of the case. The requirements for the writing style weren't high; it was just a common argumentative essay to express their views and thoughts.
"From now on, if similar incidents occur again, the clan will organize related studies every time. Normally, for every period of time, we will collect and organize some content for analysis and study. It's tentatively set for once a month..."
Inoichi Yamanaka spoke with full confidence: For the vast majority of people, learning is certainly painful and unwelcome—and the homework after learning is even more painful.
The younger clan members of the same age had some objections, feeling it was a hassle. However, this matter was fully supported by all the elders and the older generation—even the Sixth Uncle, who usually grumbled the most, raised both hands and feet in support.
This was a good thing!
...It was just that Inoichi Yamanaka's good mood didn't last until evening—the Public Security Division received a report of someone peeping at the bathhouse, and they caught the person in the act. But the person they caught was also a big trouble:
One of the "Sannin," the Toad Sage Jiraiya.
The people from the Ino-Shika-Cho families discussed it at the Public Security Division but couldn't think of a good solution, so they could only turn to the Clan Head. The pressure was passed to the Clan Head, and he began to scratch his head too... Akimichi Choza simply gave up: "Inoichi, Shikaku, what do you think we should do?" After all, the Butterfly wasn't known for intelligence; he was just a brawler and couldn't handle such brain-taxing matters.
Nara Shikaku could only scratch his scalp, thinking hard... Inoichi Yamanaka also scratched his head, but seeing Nara Shikaku scratch his scalp gave him a sense of superiority—Nara Shikaku's scalp-scratching was a real headache. But Inoichi Yamanaka was different—a headache was a headache, but he could still ask for help.
Nara Shikaku could only think for himself with no one to turn to, but Inoichi could create a Shadow Clone to find his dear daughter... Inoichi Yamanaka didn't think for a moment that his daughter was "too young to be reliable." With her solid track record, Ino was simply Inoichi Yamanaka's treasure bag.
Having asked many times, whenever there was a difficult problem, he naturally thought of his daughter.
Thus, Ino, who was playing Ludo with her two secretaries, saw her father's Shadow Clone—she didn't even need to look; she could sense immediately that it was a Shadow Clone. Ino stopped and called out, "Dad."
"Mhm, mhm..." Inoichi Yamanaka sat down and scratched the stubble on his chin. "Ino, you have to save your dad. I've run into a difficult problem..."
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