Chapter 203: Long-winded Discussion

The senior's meaning…… is that the outbreak of war is because of resources…… and those 'ordinary people'?

But what does this war have to do with them? Isn't this a war between ninja?

Hearing Dong Shilang's long-winded discourse, Shisui Uchiha became even more confused. As for what Dong Shilang said, he couldn't quite understand it for a moment.

If the war were solely due to competition over resources, he could somewhat understand it, but what could those 'ordinary people' possibly have to do with this war?

Given his education and his own shallow experience, he really couldn't grasp what Dong Shilang was saying.

Although these 'ordinary people' hold some money and influence, these things do have some effect on ninja, but their impact should be limited.

How is it that, in front of this senior, these people can still influence the course of this war!

He really couldn't understand it.

This is also a failure of ninja education; it shouldn't be called a success, as it has trained these ninja into qualified 'tools'.

To achieve this goal, related disciplines such as history, society, and philosophy are completely just for show, or simply nonexistent.

This has made these ninja extremely one-sided, knowing only how to fight and kill.

From Dong Shilang's perspective, the setting of the ninja world is really somewhat bewildering.

Here, if the ninja were like those in the cultivation novels from his past life, single-mindedly pursuing the path of immortality and collecting some tribute from the state, he could also understand that.

But in this world, ninja who wield extraordinary power not pursuing immortality is already bad enough; yet they actually let themselves be influenced by daimyo, nobles, and wealthy merchants, all for some mercenary pay—it's utterly mind-boggling.

That aside, each of them is still fighting and killing on one hand while seeking peace on the other.

It's simply insane.

After living in this world for so many years, he could only say that the ninja world is truly overly cutthroat.

Although ninja aren't everywhere, every place has its 'ninja villages,' and even wandering ninja, foreign ninja, etc., exist in all countries.

And those daimyo and such should have reached some tacit understanding, forming an unspoken rule. But if there are ninja who don't follow the rules, these people will hire opposing ninja to eliminate those who break the rules.

In this way, they maintain their own status.

After all, it's still the hatred between the ninja of the major nations that runs too deep; wanting to simply sit down and turn enemies into friends is nearly impossible.

And these matters, moreover, force us to return to the origin of the ninja.

It is precisely because of the Sage of Six Paths' partiality that Indra and Asura fell out, and from the era of the ninja sect they have been fighting all the way up until before the founding of Leaf Village, which has left the ninja faction divided.

Of course, Black Zetsu's meddling is indispensable here.

Originally, that's how it was!

When the elder brother Indra was trained as the heir for so many years, there was nothing wrong with that. Although he was a bit aloof and domineering, that was merely a different leadership style.

But you insist on playing favorites, saying the younger brother is more compassionate, more suited to inherit your position, and better able to guide the world toward peace.

If you could harden your heart, deposing or confining this 'waste crown prince' would have avoided all later troubles, but you just couldn't bring yourself to do it.

This line of reasoning would have been acceptable to the crown prince of any era. Without a word, he brought his followers and clashed with his younger brother in a war that lasted a thousand years.

By the time he was about to fall (though not completely fallen).

He also left a testament to his eldest son, hoping it could mediate things, but in the end Black Zetsu still found a loophole—utterly brainless to the extreme.

From Kaguya to the Sage of Six Paths, then to Indra and Asura, this family's various bewildering maneuvers have left Dong Shilang not knowing where to begin his complaints!

Yes! But it's not entirely that!

Those daimyo, nobles, or due to domestic conflicts, or to consume surplus population, or out of fear of ninja's existence, support the ninja in launching one Ninja World War after another—all of this is merely the surface of war!

Surface?

Hearing this, Shisui's expression became even more incomprehensible.

He involuntarily voiced the doubt in his heart!

Yeah! The ninja's war is merely a facade. Even without ninja, war would still break out; it's just that the ones waging it wouldn't be ninja.

What truly causes war to erupt is humanity itself, the greed and desire within their hearts. As long as power, strength, money, beauty, food, and all the things people crave in their hearts still exist, the outbreak of war is inevitable.

Saying this, Dong Shilang also spaced out a bit—whether it's this ninja world or his previous life, isn't it all like this?

This……

Although he didn't fully grasp Dong Shilang's senior's words, Shisui Uchiha, who had been clever since childhood, faintly felt that what the other said was probably the fundamental cause of war's outbreak.

This made him feel extremely desperate, for according to Dong Shilang's senior, war basically cannot be eliminated.

As long as humanity continues to exist in this world, as long as they have emotions, still think, and have needs, war will repeat endlessly due to humanity's own desires, over and over without end.

The only difference is that the people who start wars have merely been replaced by another batch. And compared to what is happening now, what essential difference is there?

These aren't things a brat your age should worry about; you should just eat well and grow up quickly!

When you're older and stronger, you can use your own eyes to properly examine this world and discern its truth through your own personal experience.

Looking at Shisui, who had become somewhat absent-minded because of his own words, Dong Shilang patted the little brat's head, interrupting his train of thought.

This isn't something an eight-year-old brat should be thinking about, even in Dong Shilang's previous life. To prevent war from occurring, haven't countless great people also failed?

He casually reminded him, and Dong Shilang didn't pay too much attention to his own remarks—what impact could they have on an eight-year-old Shisui? He finished his food in a few bites and began cleaning up his backpack.

Later he still has to treat his clansmen whose wounds haven't fully healed; there's still plenty to do.