Naruto: Uchiha Youngjo's Konoha Spring

Chapter 227 Ninja Sect
"Chakra should not be a tool of war. People can understand each other through the connection of chakra, and only then can true peace come..."

Inside the Hatake residence, Naruto suddenly woke up with a start, then gasped for breath.

Ever since he returned from the battlefield that day, this eerie voice has been echoing in his mind while he sleeps, repeating the same words over and over.

However, Uchiha Touko had already explained the idea of ​​eliminating war through mutual understanding in a very simple and clear way when he was teaching the three of them.

Resources in the ninja world are limited. When resources are insufficient to fill one's stomach, even if both sides understand each other's hunger, when faced with only one serving of food left, can mutual understanding alone make one side voluntarily give up filling their stomach?

Naruto knew that this was impossible, but the voice kept ringing in his ears, as if reminding him that this was his mission.

Naruto sighed, reached out and touched the seal on his abdomen, his consciousness entering the sealed space.

Naruto approached Kurama, who was lying on the ground. Kurama raised one eyelid and said, "What are you doing here so late at night instead of sleeping?"

"Brother Kurama, did you really not hear any strange noises inside my body?" Naruto asked, looking up.

"You've asked me that question so many times, and I haven't heard a thing," Nine-Tailed Fox said, baring his teeth. "If there's nothing else, I'm going to sleep."

After saying that, Nine-Tails closed its eyes and changed its position to lie down.

"Wait a minute, Brother Kurama," Naruto said hurriedly upon seeing this.

"Kid, if you're really that free, then go outside and train. If you lose to that Uchiha brat in the Chunin Exams, don't even think about borrowing my power again," Kurama said impatiently.

"Brother Kurama, do you think chakra can really connect people's hearts and make them understand each other?" Naruto sighed and leaned against the sealed gate with a sense of loss.

Upon hearing Naruto's question, Kurama's eyes snapped open. He looked down at the boy in front of him, who was not even as tall as his claws, and fell silent.

“Nine Lamas, in the future, you will meet a boy with bright blue eyes. At that time, you brothers will all be of one mind with him, and you will play freely together in the wilderness.”

Suddenly, Kurama recalled the words spoken by the Sage of Six Paths when he was young, as he stroked Kurama's soft fur.

"A boy with azure eyes? Old man, you'd better be referring to this kid." Kurama thought to himself.

"Sigh, Kurama-nii, just take it as me talking nonsense. How could chakra possibly have such a function?" Naruto, who had not received a response from Kurama for a long time, stood up helplessly, instinctively dusted off the non-existent dust beneath him, and prepared to leave the sealed space. "I won't disturb your rest any longer. Goodnight, Kurama-nii."

"Chakra can do what you say, no, the function you're describing is the original purpose of chakra when it was first created." At that moment, Kurama's voice rang out behind Naruto.

"What?" Naruto turned around in disbelief and looked at Kurama.

"Boy, stick your fist out." The Nine-Tails inside the sealed space sat up, looking down at Naruto, and then stretched out a huge fist from the sealed gate.

"Show your fist? Fist bump, huh?" Naruto raised his right fist somewhat bewildered, and the two fists, one big and one small, touched.

In the next instant, a flood of memories and emotions that weren't his own suddenly surged into Naruto's mind. From the joy of living in the wild with Kurama, to the rage when influenced by the negative emotions of humans, to the bewilderment when he encountered Konoha's First Hokage, who said, "Ku-Tails, you're too strong. For your safety, you need to be sealed away," followed by the shock of being pinned down by a giant wooden doll, to the resentment and anger when controlled by Madara Uchiha's genjutsu, then the boredom he felt inside the bodies of two generations of Jinchuriki, including his mother, to the fury he felt when controlled by the masked man during the Nine-Tails' rampage, and finally, the memories of being inside his own body.

With these memories and emotions, Naruto finally understood why Kurama harbored such great hostility towards humans.

At the same time, Kurama also realized that the voice that had been in Naruto's mind these past few days was not a lie, and Kurama felt that the voice was very familiar, as if it had been heard somewhere before.

"Is this... really something that chakra can do?" Naruto asked, looking blankly at his hands. "This is called Ninjutsu, kid," Kurama said.

"Ninjutsu..." After exchanging punches with Kurama, Naruto naturally mastered this technique that uses chakra to connect their hearts. At this moment, he became excited, "If we have this technique, mutual understanding between people won't be just empty words, and then peace..."

Naruto became more and more excited as he spoke, but his excitement came to an abrupt halt when he thought of the word "peace."

Yes, this technique can enable people to understand each other and communicate their thoughts, but it cannot solve the most fundamental problem: what good is mutual understanding when faced with limited resources?

Thinking of this, Naruto's mood plummeted again.

"However, if I have this technique, I can fight alongside Sasuke and Neji in the future... No, how can this technique be used for fighting? That shouldn't be the original purpose of chakra... But... Ahhhhhh!" Inside the sealed space, Naruto suddenly clutched his head in agony and rolled around inside the sealed space.

"Hey! Kid, calm down!" Nine-Tails quickly called out to remind him.

After a long while, Naruto, who was inside the sealed space, finally calmed down, his head covered in sweat.

"Are you alright, kid?" Nine-Tailed Fox asked, her eyes narrowed.

"I...I'm fine." Naruto looked up and forced a smile.

"Did you hear that voice again just now?" Nine-Tailed Fox asked, frowning.

“Yes.” Naruto nodded. “Just now, I was just having a thought in my mind about using this technique you taught me to fight alongside Sasuke and Neji next time, when that voice appeared again.”

"However, Kurama, back in the Ninja Cult era, with this technique in existence, there should have been very few wars between people, right?" Naruto asked at this moment.

"The era of Ninjutsu? That was a long time ago," Kurama said. "It predates the ninjutsu you use now by a great deal. It was a time when humans were still ignorant and either feared or abused the power of chakra."

"The wise man who created the Ninja School believed that chakra is the manifestation of spiritual energy and a bridge for understanding between people. He used chakra to help people cultivate wasteland, irrigate, heal wounds, and even... quell conflicts. He allowed people to feel each other's thoughts and pain through chakra, thereby achieving understanding and coexistence. This is the original 'Ninja School'—a path of cultivation that pursues peace and understanding through the medium of chakra."

“That sounds wonderful,” Naruto said, “but in the future, chakra will become a weapon for people to fight each other…”

"Yes... No matter how beautiful the ideal, it cannot withstand the complexity and desires of the human heart. The wise man who founded the Ninja Clan had two sons. The elder son inherited great power and talent. He believed that power was the key to bringing peace and that order needed to be established and maintained by the strong. His younger son, on the other hand, inherited his ideals and indomitable spirit. He believed in the understanding and bonds between people and that peace could only be created through joint efforts."

Naruto's heart pounded, as if some kind of destiny was echoing in his ears: "And then...they..."

The Nine-Tails' voice grew stern: "The clash of ideologies ultimately escalated into a battle between brothers. The elder brother pioneered the path of 'jutsu,' refining and combat-oriented chakra, pursuing the ultimate power and individual strength. The younger brother, on the other hand, inherited the mantle of 'Ninjutsu,' emphasizing cooperation and connection. Their struggle spanned the entire era and completely transformed the way chakra was used. Ninjutsu's peaceful ideal of 'connection and understanding' was gradually replaced by the struggle and killing of 'jutsu' under the temptation of war and power. Thus began the era of 'ninjas' and 'ninjutsu'... The world that wise man envisioned ultimately deviated from its ideal."

Naruto nodded upon hearing this.

"Kid, you don't seem surprised at all by this?" Nine-Tails asked, somewhat puzzled.

“Yes, my teacher once taught me that if the resources of the ninja world cannot meet everyone’s survival needs, then even if people can understand each other, it still cannot prevent war from coming,” Naruto said.

Kurama fell silent upon hearing this. He remembered that the first time he used chakra in battle was when two neighboring villages were fighting over the only water source.

“Your teacher certainly has a keen understanding of this,” Nine-Tailed Fox said.

(End of this chapter)