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The great war is over.

The main force of Konoha returned to their camp.

Jiraiya was stationed at the main camp when the reconnaissance troops returned to report.

"Lord Jiraiya, the Sand Village forces have withdrawn from the Land of Rivers!"

"Are you sure all the Sand Village troops have left the Land of Rivers?"

“We confirmed with our own eyes that their stronghold had been cleared out. We scouted ahead a distance and found that the Sand Village forces had completely withdrawn from the Land of Rivers.”

The Hyuga brothers spoke with a relaxed tone.

In this battle, Konoha won and drove the Sand Village ninja out of the Land of Rivers.

"That's good. Let's investigate for a few more days."

Jiraiya instructed the reconnaissance team to continue keeping an eye out, lest the Sand Ninja launch a surprise attack.

in case.

If the Sand Village ninja really retreat, then they should also withdraw from the Land of Rivers.

"What about Tsunade?"

"An antidote has been successfully developed and is being mass-produced."

"That's good."

Jiraiya let out a heavy sigh and leaned back in his chair.

Konoha has won this battle.

Jiraiya left the camp and went to the top of the mountain not far away.

At this moment, Kazan was punching as always, his fists landing on the mountainside with muffled thuds.

Why aren't you getting some rest?

"The Perverted Immortal? What brings you here? Have you finished dealing with everything?"

"Ah."

Jiraiya casually found a place to sit down.

He smiled and looked at Kazan, saying, "You got tricked?"

"..." Kazan paused for a moment, then stopped what he was doing and sat down. "Yeah, that old woman tricked me."

He didn't hide it; he admitted it.

Chiyo's act of embracing the two puppets before her death left a deep impression on Kazan.

"She took advantage of your first time on the battlefield and used this method to let you know that the Sand Village, like the Leaf Village, has its own family and friends."

"Of course I know. If it were you, could you bring yourself to do it?"

"do not know."

Jiraiya truly didn't know, and would probably make the same choice as Kazan.

He firmly believed that force could not solve the problem.

Jiraiya believed that sitting down to communicate, understand each other, and reach a consensus was the best way to solve problems.

"If only we could sit down together, have a drink, and open our hearts to each other, that would be wonderful."

His eyes were sparkling, as if he was imagining that scene.

Kazan poured cold water on his enthusiasm, saying, "At your age, how can you still be so naive like a child?"

"Hahaha..." Jiraiya laughed, "Perhaps, but if it really comes true, it would be wonderful to raise a glass and drink with the heroes of other ninja villages."

"Although I can't do it, others might be able to."

Jiraiya stared at Kazan meaningfully.

Kazan is special; his domineering presence allows him to understand others' inner thoughts and influence their will.

He wasn't sure if Kazan was the prophesied child, but compared to his own lack of accomplishments, Kazan embodied that possibility.

Chapter 95 Let's Cultivate Immortal Arts, Kazan

Don't look at me like that.

"It's too difficult to change the world."

"However, if I ever feel like being a savior one day, I will try my best."

Kazan just wanted to live a life of freedom, doing whatever he wanted.

"Haha, then I look forward to that day coming soon."

"The Great Toad Sage once said that I would meet a prophetic child who would bring about change in the ninja world, but who knows if that person is you."

Jiraiya laughed and told him about the Great Toad Sage's prophecy.

Kazan was speechless, thinking to himself, "Your prophetic child hasn't been born yet."

"It's not an easy thing to bring about change in such a world."

"That's why we need the joint efforts of generations to come."

Jiraiya certainly knew that change was difficult.

In the world of ninjas, the main conflict is actually about survival and resources.

Konoha is the best example. It is located in the Land of Fire, with fertile land and abundant resources. It lacks nothing.

There is no need for plundering. Konoha and the Land of Fire can develop steadily simply by developing their resources. People can live and work in peace and contentment, without worrying about basic necessities.

Unfortunately, the resources in the ninja world are very limited.

The Sand Village dwells in the boundless desert, and generation after generation has longed to escape the poverty of the desert and get away from the sandstorms.

To achieve this goal, they would need to wage war and invade other countries' territories.

of course.

"Even if all countries were rich in resources and people could eat and sleep well, wars would not stop."

"Huh? Why?"

Jiraiya turned his head away.

"You underestimate human nature, Jiraiya, and you also underestimate human ambition."

Kazan looked up at the sky.

Let alone the world of Naruto, even in his original world, where people lived in peace and prosperity and society developed rapidly, there were still undercurrents and wars would break out from time to time.

"When a ninja village reaches its peak and hits a bottleneck, it doesn't need many people, just an ambitious leader, and the world will be engulfed in war."

Konoha is considered quite lucky, or perhaps it's because the Hokage of each generation had exceptional vision in choosing their successors.

From the First Hokage to the Seventh Hokage Naruto, none of the leaders of Konoha were ambitious.

If the successor to the Third Hokage were not Hiruzen Sarutobi but an extreme individual like Danzo Shimura...

When the village develops to a certain point, Danzo Shimura will inevitably, like Hanzo of the Salamander in Amegakure, take the initiative to wage war against other ninja villages and expand Konoha's territory.

In order to break through the village's development bottleneck and win a glorious posthumous reputation for himself, he wanted to rival or even surpass the First Hokage.

Especially in a world with extraordinary abilities, people's ambitions will expand even faster with the expansion of power.

These things were something that Zilai was well aware of.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have wasted most of his life achieving nothing and not finding a way to change the world.

They could only place their hopes on the "prophesied child" of the Great Toad Sage.

"but...."

"But what?"

Jiraiya could tell that Kazan seemed to have some opinions.

"What if the ninja world encountered a common enemy that it couldn't defeat alone, someone who concentrated all the hatred of the ninja world on one person? In this life-or-death situation, would the ninja villages join forces?"

A common enemy?

Jiraiya suddenly shuddered.

This was a direction he had never imagined before.

This is not about eliminating hatred, but about transferring all hatred elsewhere.

The Akatsuki organization later followed a similar path, capturing tailed beasts in an attempt to revive the Ten-Tails and create super weapons, causing massive casualties to various ninja villages.

Nagato Uzumaki intended to liberate the entire world through suffering, and he did indeed succeed.

The five great ninja villages all chose to join forces in the face of this "pain".

In order to survive, they had no choice but to join forces to protect the last eight-tailed and nine-tailed foxes.

This is the origin of the Fourth Shinobi World War.

"Kazan, you wouldn't..." Jiraiya shuddered, staring at Kazan in shock.

"Don't overthink it, I'm not that great." Kazan rolled his eyes at him.

This method is effective.

Lelouch used tyranny to unleash hatred upon himself and liberate the world, allowing people to abandon their prejudices and join hands.

But this is only temporary.

Humans tend to forget the pain once the wound has healed.

Like a wolf, when it is wounded, it lies in wait to lick its wounds, and when it is healed, it continues to hunt.

"Rather than taking all the hatred upon myself, I would prefer to recreate the era of the first generation."

"First generation sir?"