Comparison of the two Hokage: Both ninja worlds are devastated.

Due to the sacrifice of these Jonin, a total of seventeen important positions across various departments became vacant.

Apart from the fact that the entire police force was replaced by personnel of their own ethnicity,

Of the remaining twelve positions, eight now bear the surname Sarutobi.

Among the civilians and junior ninja clan members who sacrificed their lives as Jonin, twenty-nine left behind orphans and property.

Do you want to know what happened to these tender shoots that should have been protected by the Will of Fire?

Let me tell you about the descendants of forty-four heroes.

Seven of them, due to their exceptional talent, were selected to enter the root unit for training as reserve personnel.

Thirteen children were adopted by friends or relatives, while the rest were sent to orphanages.

All of his remaining property was confiscated and put into public use, and was soon distributed to the Sarutobi clan by Hiruzen Sarutobi.

I would like to ask everyone, is this still the Will of Fire as you imagined?

Since the firelight from the burning leaves illuminated the tender buds,

But where are those so-called tender buds now? Have they grown strong and healthy? Have they become pillars of the new Leaf Village and its new future?

You thought your sacrifice illuminated the village, illuminated the future, and illuminated hope.

But in reality, it only illuminated Hiruzen Sarutobi and the high-ranking faction he represented.

When you feel self-satisfied because of your sacrifice, believing that you have upheld the Way of the Ninja and fulfilled your will...

What you sacrificed is being destroyed and replaced by others.

Therefore, I believe that such a Will of Fire is wrong, hypocritical, and absurd.

It's just a special kind of illusion used to cover up the truth and deceive the public.

Its advocacy of self-sacrifice and dedication has not brought prosperity to the village; on the contrary, it has deeply harmed it.

Uehara Shinmei has excellent oratory skills.

The voice at the beginning of this passage had a slightly bitter tone, as if it were a self-deprecating remark.

Then it calmed down.

To judge things with a fair attitude.

However, soon after, the emotions began to intensify.

As if he were extremely indignant,

His voice was impassioned, his speech was concise, and his expression was extremely effective.

The last few sentences were even more direct, consisting of a roar.

Like a thunderclap, it exploded violently in everyone's heart.

This left everyone present, as well as the audience of the primordial ninja world before the scroll, speechless.

Chapter 166 The Hokage's General Staff and the First Five-Year Plan

Uehara Siming's repeated questioning silenced everyone present.

They might be able to refute his point of view, and even have countless reasons to do so.

But it cannot refute the irrefutable facts.

Everything Hiruzen Sarutobi did was not fabricated by anyone, and many people present already knew something about it.

however,

In such a chaotic world filled with war, killing, betrayal, separation, and so on,

For those who live here, enduring hardship, their hearts filled with darkness, pain, struggle, and emptiness,

For ninjas who were trained as weapons,

The Will of Fire is indeed hypocritical, flawed, and absurd.

But the utopian vision it depicts is, at least, still a beautiful aspiration.

It is the driving force that keeps countless people suffering from hardship going.

Even if this illusory form of community does not represent the interests of all its members,

It was merely a dirty trick created by F4 to deceive and even force everyone to make sacrifices and contributions.

But many people are still unwilling to give it up.

the reason is simple,

This illusory beauty is the only thing my heart can yearn for.

If even this illusory beauty no longer exists,

All those past sacrifices, past hardships, and everything I've given up...

What's the point then?

A joke?

In front of the Hokage Building,

The street was packed with people, but strangely, not a single one spoke.

Many people even began to break down, silently shedding tears.

Even though they had actually fully accepted Uehara Siming's viewpoint,

Even if they can tell that the other person is right.

however,

Countless times in the past,

Whenever the practice becomes too arduous and I feel like giving up,

They silently told themselves that this was for the village, for their comrades, and for the Will of Fire.

Whenever a relative, friend, or other important person passes away,

Overwhelmed with grief, on the verge of despair,

They silently told themselves that this was for the village, for their comrades, and for the Will of Fire.

and also,

Whenever I feel reluctant but must wield the butcher's knife,

Whenever I complete a task I didn't want to do,

Whenever the greater good requires personal sacrifice, but the individual is not actually willing to make it,

Countless times,

They all told themselves this.

This is for the village, for my comrades, for the Will of Fire.

The Will of Fire is no longer just four simple words.

It is the faith that allows the Konoha ninjas to survive in this messed-up world.

I don't believe in this, I don't believe in these things.

Faced with injustice, faced with suffering, faced with oppression from above,

What can they do?

If I had the power to storm the Hokage Building, if I had the power to change the world...

Nobody wants to be deceived like this.

But unfortunately, the vast majority of them are just ordinary people, ordinary ninjas.

That's just how the world is; they have to survive.

mid-air,

Uehara Siming observed the reaction of the crowd below.

His gaze flickered slightly, but quickly returned to normal.

He had prepared countless bombshells.

Unexpectedly, many people couldn't hold back even after just a slight revelation.

It seems that everyone is aware of and has seen what F4 and Hiruzen Sarutobi have done.

Instead, he kept numbing himself with the concepts of righteousness, the big picture, and the will of fire, forcing himself to be blind to it.

So there's no need to expose it yourself; just pointing it out is enough.

That one move just now instantly awakened long-forgotten memories in many people's hearts.

"This cannot continue."

Looking at the reactions of the crowd below,

Uehara Siming decisively abandoned her inhuman idea of ​​releasing countless bombshells to break through everyone's psychological defenses first.

Abrupt and abrupt transition:

"For my comrades, for the village, for peace, and to uphold my ninja way and the will in my heart,"

Such thoughts and statements are certainly not wrong.

Even though Hiruzen Sarutobi was corrupt and tainted, he tarnished the Will of Fire and betrayed the sacrifices of countless heroes and martyrs.

But the heroes and martyrs who sacrificed and dedicated themselves are still great, and therefore even more worthy of respect.

I'm not trying to criticize these things.

What I want to say is,

I, the God of Destiny, have come here to do only three things.

Fairness, fairness, and still the hell is fairness.