Chapter 423

But now it seems that isn't quite the case,

although chakra has brought powerful strength to the people of this world,

along the way of using it, erroneous situations have kept appearing!!!

Even a thoughtful look appeared on Indra's face,

he wasn't as deeply moved as Asura,

because the original purpose of his chakra training was to make himself stronger!!

He was born a person who was passionate about battle and the pursuit of power.

So the theory Hashirama Senju laid out,

did move him somewhat,

but not as much as it moved Asura!!

"So that's how it is. It seems the ideas I've always clung to were all wrong."

"No wonder this world keeps falling into this kind of cycle — the error seems to have been there from the very root."

A deep, bitter smile appeared on Asura's face.

He and the Sage of Six Paths, Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo, had spread these mistaken notions throughout the ninja world,

which is why the ninja of the ninja world kept falling into a cycle,

and only after hearing Hashirama Senju's guidance did he realize this was how things truly were!!

……

The Akatsuki,

upon hearing Hashirama Senju's words,

even a look of deep contemplation appeared on Nagato's face!!

Although his goal was to bring peace to this world,

hoping to gather all nine Tailed Beasts and use military force to intimidate the great shinobi nations,

and make the world stop its wars!!

Yet deep down, Nagato also knew,

this was no long-term solution!!

In the history of the ninja world,

it wasn't as though no one had ever done something like this,

but once that person passed away,

the ninja world would immediately erupt into war again,

so this could only be counted as a brief maintenance of peace,

and now, after hearing Hashirama Senju say this,

he finally understood,

everything stemmed from a problem at the very root!!

Konan, after hearing Hashirama Senju say this,

also showed a strange look on her face,

this was the first time someone had questioned the origin of chakra,

questioned the very root of ninja!!

……

Jiraiya, upon hearing this theory,

was also shaken to his core,

he had never thought of it either,

that the source of all this chaos was actually chakra!!

Their ninja had made this world even more chaotic.

If there were no ninja in this world,

if chakra had never appeared,

everything might have turned out better!!

Now Jiraiya was growing more and more doubtful about this thing called the Child of Prophecy,

even another Great Toad Sage had already taken Hashirama Senju's side.

So was the Child of Prophecy he spoke of nothing more than a lie?

Jiraiya had already made up his mind,

once the livestream system ended,

he would make a proper trip to Mount Myōboku to ask the Great Toad Sage!!

……

"It seems… both my father and I were wrong."

"The two of us looked at this world through our own fixed notions, and in the end brought even greater misfortune upon it."

After hearing Hashirama Senju's words, Asura

let out a long sigh.

His ideas were exactly the same as the Sage of Six Paths',

both believing that chakra could deepen understanding between people,

and make them trust each other more!!

But the appearance of chakra,

while he and the Sage of Six Paths were alive,

brought peace and happiness to this world.

After he and the Sage of Six Paths departed,

the entire ninja world immediately fell into utter chaos,

and the scale of the chaos and the casualties it caused were even more severe than in the ancient era,

it might even have been better off without chakra!!!

Now that Hashirama Senju had laid all this out to him completely,

recalling the events of the past,

Asura became even more convinced that what Hashirama Senju said was true!!

After Asura was silent for a while,

he finally turned his head and said to Indra.......

"Brother… let us end the war between us."

"Looking at it now, my way of doing things was not the right approach either."

"So I see no need to continue the battle between us; none of this has any meaning."

"Let the people of later generations handle the affairs of later generations."

Seeing the sincere expression on Asura's face,

Indra also fell silent for a while.

He took a deep breath,

and nodded at Asura.

"The battle between the two of us has indeed long been over."

"Continuing to struggle like this has no practical meaning either."

"Let the later ninja handle the affairs of later ninja themselves."

After Asura heard Indra say this,

a faint smile finally slowly appeared on his face.

Asura stepped forward,

and gave Indra a fierce hug.

This was the hug of reconciliation between the two brothers,

and it was also, after several thousand years,

the first time Asura and Indra had an open-hearted conversation between them!!