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Chapter 234 Human nature is...

It's something you only have for your family and trusted friends. In fact, some people don't even have love or friendship for their own family and trusted friends. Humans are inherently chaotic animals whose bottom line can be lowered infinitely.

This is human nature. All laws, all norms, and all man-made so-called morality can be said to go against human nature. However, humans have wisdom and can use reason to suppress their chaotic nature and bring it toward order.

Or, under violence, in order to survive, they forcibly suppress their chaotic nature and obey new rules.

Throughout history, at any time, only violence can build a truly ideal world. The greatest common knowledge among people is that they cannot understand each other.

The Sage of Six Paths' original idea wasn't wrong, after all, he possessed absolute violence, and no one could resist him. If he had been able to develop a truly learnable theory while he was alive, allowing people to truly understand their own will, and if he had chosen a truly powerful successor, he might have actually been able to pass on his theory.

Unfortunately, he failed to achieve either of these two things, and he also failed to truly realize that the seemingly peaceful world he created was actually built upon his own absolute power. He genuinely believed that people could understand each other and achieve a world of great harmony.

That's not reality. The reality is, I understand why you did this, and I understand your predicament, but I still have to kill you. That's reality, because that's just how people are.

However, that was in the past. During this time, after observing the development of the empire, the Sage of Six Paths gradually looked back to when he was still alive, and he gradually realized that he seemed to have... been wrong, completely wrong...

The Empire's present state is so similar to when he was still alive. However, back then, as the hero who saved the world, he didn't actively seek to rule the world. Instead, he hoped that everyone could live in peace. To help everyone better understand each other, he even shared his chakra with everyone.

Given his power, there was indeed no peace during that period. Although there were some minor disputes, he could mediate them whenever he arrived, and it seemed as if everyone agreed with him.

But now that I think about it, it wasn't about acknowledging him at all; it was simply because we couldn't beat him that we didn't dare to act recklessly. Once he died, the entire ninja world descended into chaos, even though it seemed as if his son had created ninjutsu and ushered in a time of chaos.

However, chakra is there. It's just a matter of human nature to develop how to use it sooner or later. Even without Indra, someone else would have developed ninjutsu.

In the ninja world, before the establishment of the Uchiha and Toru empires, there were only two periods of true peace: one when the Sage of Six Paths was still alive, and the other when Hashirama Senju was still alive.

The two men share a common trait: absolute power, capable of suppressing the entire world single-handedly. However, they also share another common trait: indecisiveness, fear of sacrifice, belief in so-called humanity, and absolute self-confidence, believing that their system can bring lasting peace.

Then, as expected, his death threw the whole world into chaos.

In reality, the same applies to Uchiha Kazuto's power. Everything is built upon Uchiha Kazuto's absolute violence. Once he dies and is no longer restrained, this so-called empire will soon disintegrate. However, it will not revert to the era of multiple countries divided and ruled together.

Instead, it will usher in an era of vying for supremacy, where everyone wants to become the true ruler of an empire, not just the ruler of a small country. This process may last a long time, but no ambitious person would refuse to become the new ruler of the empire.

After realizing that only true violence could bring real peace to the world, the Sage of Six Paths felt his Dao heart collapse. He had always rejected violence in order not to become a beast like his mother, but in the end, he needed real, absolute violence to realize his ideas.

If he hadn't possessed immense power back then, no one would have listened to his ideas; he would have been beaten to death long ago.

"Leave this place, Uchiha Kazuto. This is not a place for you."

The Sage of Six Paths looked at Uchiha Kazuto and shook his head, unwilling to submit or die.

"You have no other choice, Hagoromo Otsutsuki. The Pure Land is not entitled to be independent of my rule."

Uchiha Kazuto stared indifferently at the Sage of Six Paths. The Pure Land was a wonderful thing; it was a natural base for storing souls, essentially a super soul freezer where any soul could be preserved for a very long time.

It has an extremely large range, capable of covering an entire planet, and it also has the ability to absorb souls outside the planet.

Their resurrection technology now doesn't use the Pure Land as an intermediary, but rather the Grim Reaper. It seems like the Grim Reaper is better, but the Grim Reaper is a living being, and it needs maintenance. Besides, the Grim Reaper doesn't accept just any soul.

Only the souls of those who die unnaturally are collected by the Grim Reaper. Those who die naturally—well, only old age and illness are not considered natural deaths. In the judgment of the Uchiha clan, only death from old age is true death.

Before he transmigrated, one of his greatest pleasures was raising small animals and watching them grow, reproduce, and eventually die. If they died from illness or other reasons, he found it very unpleasant.

In his eyes, humans are the same. Watching humans reproduce, be born, grow up, and die, as a normal human, he wouldn't feel any empathy. He would only feel satisfied and amused. Perhaps, as an ordinary person, Uchiha Kazuto never had any kindred spirits. In Uchiha Kazuto's eyes, so-called humans are no different from fish in a fish tank.

Of course, no one else would know about this; they really thought that Uchiha Kazuto was a benevolent ruler who cared for the people!
Actually, raising humans is much more fun than raising ordinary small animals. Ordinary people and small animals are too stupid; they always end up killing each other. But…

(End of this chapter)