The Uchiha Clan's Sun

Although it was surprising that Hanzo the Salamander was controlled by King Uchiha using genjutsu, Yahiko did not forget that King Uchiha said he had a way to resolve the conflict.

After gaining a basic understanding of the nature of war, Yahiko was eager to know how to resolve it.

Even Nagato and Konan looked at Uchiha Jin, as they were also very curious about this.

Uchiha Jin didn't keep them in suspense and said directly, "Actually, the method is very simple; all you need to do is change your stance!"

"Change your stance? What do you mean?"

Yahiko and the three of them were very confused.

Uchiha Jin smiled and explained, "The situation in this world is very complicated, so why don't we simplify things and start from the small and work our way up!"

"If we eliminate all other factors and put two people in a cage, giving them only one steamed bun a day, what do you think is most likely to happen to that cage next?"

"Fight for it!" Yahiko answered without hesitation. "One bun isn't enough for two people. If they want to survive, they have no choice but to fight for the only one!"

Uchiha Jin nodded and said, "It's undeniable that there are many bright spots in human nature, but when faced with the instinct for survival, most people will scramble for that one last hope of living!"

"In this situation, the cage represents the world, the two people represent competitors, and the steamed bun represents a limited resource!"

"Now, let's add another variable: what if the person in the cage is a close friend, a brother, or a father and son? What would the outcome be then?"

Yahiko and the other two were taken aback and exchanged glances.

Nagato spoke firmly, "If it were me and Yahiko locked in the cage, I would leave that steamed bun for Yahiko!"

"Nagato, you bastard..."

Yahiko turned to look at Nagato, deeply moved!

Uchiha Jin smiled and said to Yahiko, "I think if it were you, you would also leave the steamed bun for Nagato!"

Yahiko nodded without hesitation and said, "Of course!"

Uchiha Jin continued, "Think about it, how is the change in the cage different from before?"

Yahiko hesitated for a moment upon hearing this, and said, "Is it because Nagato and I are friends? So we still need to use love to influence him?"

Uchiha Jin: "..."

Yahiko scratched his head, looking confused, and asked, "Did I say something wrong?"

Uchiha Jin coughed lightly and said, "On the surface, it's as you say, but in essence, it's a change in the positions of both sides!"

"At the beginning, the two people in the cage were acting from their own perspectives and for their own benefit, which is why the fight broke out!"

"But when the people in the cage become you and Nagato, the situation changes, and you are on the same side!"

"So you would share the steamed buns with each other and work together to find ways to solve the problem of not having enough steamed buns!"

Yahiko suddenly realized, slammed his hand on the table, and said, "Therefore, the best way to resolve disputes is to get everyone on the same side!"

"Smart!" Uchiha Jin praised, "Your talent is impressive; you grasp things quickly!"

“Brother Jin, you explained it so clearly!” Yahiko shook his head, then added, “But changing one’s stance is easier said than done, right?”

"That's exactly what I'm about to explain!" Uchiha Jin's smile vanished, and he asked seriously, "What do you think a village is?"

"A village? This..."

Yahiko frowned. Although he was from the Land of Rain, he was not from Amegakure.

So when Uchiha Jin suddenly asked him what a village was, he couldn't quite answer.

Seeing this, Uchiha Jin didn't wait any longer and said directly, "Before the establishment of the one country, one village system, this world was in a chaotic Warring States period, where ninja clans or organizations fought fiercely for resources!"

"It's like putting the cage that holds you and Nagato inside a bunch of cages that hold other people!"

"At this point, you and Nagato are on the same side, so you're considered to be from the same family! The other cages are from different families or factions!"

"And your position relative to the other cages changes again!"

"Then, decades ago, the Senju and Uchiha clans stepped forward and joined forces with other clans to establish the first village!"

"This is equivalent to changing the stance of dozens of cages and unifying them into one stance!"

"In this way, the conflicts between these dozens of cages will be reduced, and there will be mutual restraint. Conflicts can be resolved through various means, or they can be transferred to other areas to unite against external threats!"

"Just like the beginning of this Third Shinobi World War!"

"The beginning of this war?" Yahiko was taken aback and asked in confusion, "Brother Jin, wasn't the beginning of the Third Shinobi World War because of the disappearance of the Third Kazekage of Sunagakure?"

Uchiha Jin shook his head and said, "The disappearance of the Third Kazekage was the fuse that ignited the war, not the true beginning of it!"

"In fact, due to the defeat in the last war and some disagreements with the Daimyo of the Land of Wind, Sunagakure has suffered a financial deficit and is unable to make ends meet, which has led to great internal conflicts!"

"If these conflicts cannot be resolved, then we can only deal with the people who created them!"

"So they used the disappearance of the Third Kazekage as a pretext to unite the entire Sunagakure village, using a major conflict to cover up minor ones, and shifting the conflict to the outside world, thus launching a war!"

"After the war ended, the village was in dire need of rebuilding and manpower was needed everywhere. All the previous minor conflicts disappeared without a trace!"

"The situations of other villages like Iwagakure and Kumogakure are actually quite similar, which is why they have successively joined the war!"

Ultimately, every war is a major reshuffling of internal interests!

"This is also a major reason why Sunagakure, despite being the weakest of the Five Great Nations, would declare war on Konoha, the strongest of the Five Great Nations!"

Upon hearing this, the expressions of Yahiko and the other two became extremely solemn!

Yahiko muttered to himself, "So there were such problems lurking behind the war! I had underestimated things before!"

Nagato looked at Uchiha Jin and said, "Brother Jin, even if we share the same stance, it's inevitable that there will be disputes!"

Uchiha Jin nodded and said, "That's because even when everyone is on the same big side, they still have their own small side!"

Nagato frowned and said, "So, it's still difficult to achieve true peace?"

"Of course not!" Uchiha Jin laughed. "With the existence of a major faction, we can use peaceful means to resolve disputes between minor factions!"

"Moreover, a unified overall stance is only the first step; the second step is to liberate productive forces!"

Chapter 29 Bloodshed and Sacrifice Begin with Us!

"Liberate productive forces? What does that mean?"

Yahiko and the other two were somewhat puzzled, as they had never heard of this term before!

Uchiha Jin said seriously, "Don't underestimate this step; it's the most crucial of all!"

Yahiko and the other two subconsciously sat up straight, paying close attention, not wanting to miss a single word that Uchiha Jin was about to say.

Instead of directly explaining what he meant by 'liberating productive forces,' Uchiha Jin asked in return, "You want to pursue peace, but what is the purpose of your pursuit of peace?"

Yahiko replied, "Of course, it's so that everyone can live a better life! No more living a precarious existence!"

Uchiha Jin then asked, "And who are you referring to as 'everyone'?"

Yahiko frowned, then said matter-of-factly, "Of course, it's everyone!"

Uchiha Jin gave Yahiko a meaningful look and said in a deep voice, "But what if I told you that simple peace cannot change the status quo, and that even without war, everyone would still live in misery?"

"How can it be!"

Yahiko shook his head, incredulous!

Nagato and Konan also looked puzzled.

Yahiko and his two companions were all war orphans. In their eyes, all the suffering they had endured stemmed from the war! If there were no war, they would naturally no longer have to suffer those hardships.

Therefore, from beginning to end, they were only thinking about how to end the war and pursue peace.

Now, Uchiha Jin tells them that even without war, the suffering will not change in the slightest, which is hard for them to accept!

Of course, this was also due to the special circumstances of the Land of Rain, which limited Yahiko and the other two's understanding.

Although the Land of Rain also operates on a system of one country and one village, it is a small country and a place of constant warfare, so the Land of Rain has no daimyo or kage.

The Land of Rain has only one leader, and that is Hanzo the Salamander!

In the unique environment of the Land of Rain, people's primary concern is survival, and there is no fertile ground for the rise of nobles!

Although there is a relatively well-off group of people in the Land of Rain, they at most ignore the life and death of the common people at the bottom, and their exploitation of the common people is not as severe as in other places.

Therefore, it's normal that Yahiko and his two companions, who have never left the Land of Rain, don't know the true nature of this world.

Uchiha Jin didn't explain, but asked, "You three should know about the existence of nobles, right?"

"know."

Yahiko and the other two nodded; they knew that.

Uchiha Jin then asked, "So what do you think of those nobles?"

Upon hearing this, Yahiko and the other two exchanged bewildered glances. They had no idea about this at all, so how could they possibly have their own insights?

Seeing this, Uchiha Jin explained, "Simply put, nobles are people who control a large amount of resources! They make up less than 0.1% of the world's population but control more than 70% of the world's resources!"

"Ninjas are tools in their eyes, civilians are cattle and horses to create wealth for them, and war is merely a means for them to distribute profits!"

"You probably can't imagine that although the Ninja World War was fought three times, it did not affect the lives of those noble lords who indulged in nightly revelry in the slightest."

Even in peacetime, the common people at the bottom of society still suffer from the exploitation of the upper-class nobles.

"They toiled in the fields, but most of their harvest had to be handed over to the nobles, leaving them only a little food to barely feed themselves."

“A single natural disaster or a man-made catastrophe can cause countless families to collapse.”

"Those who were better off sold their property to make a living, while those who had no property had no choice but to sell their children and become slaves, or become outlaws."

"In this world, apart from the prosperous areas where nobles gather, most other places are basically filled with suffering!"

Uchiha Jin spoke in a heavy tone, his voice filled with suppressed anger.

Previously, what we saw in anime was mostly the most prosperous side of this world.

A thriving commercial sector, bustling streets, and people living a peaceful life.

The only thing that seems to be slightly lacking is the war between ninjas!

However, while the world's technology is highly advanced in some aspects, it is still very backward in many others, and people are still living in the agricultural era.

So in this era of extremely low productivity, who knows how much blood and sweat of working people is hidden behind those bustling streets?

In the original storyline, the most direct manifestation of this aspect is probably that the common people of the Land of Waves couldn't even scrape together the reward for a B-rank mission, no matter how much they gave!

The world shouldn't be like this!

Even ninjas shouldn't be like this!

"How could this happen...?"

Yahiko muttered to himself, his whole body going numb!

Nagato's eyes were also filled with confusion.

All they ever thought about was peace, believing that as long as there was peace, everyone's lives would be better.

But they never imagined that even with peace, life wouldn't be easy for everyone!

Uchiha Jin continued, "Actually, there are still many resources in this world, and our current level of development is probably less than one percent!"

"It's just that a small group of people have already enjoyed a lot of resources, so they don't care how others are doing, as long as they and their descendants can continue to enjoy them!"

"This solidifies the social hierarchy in the world!"

"The child of a slave remains a slave, the child of a commoner remains a commoner, the child of a scapegoat remains a scapegoat, but the son of a nobleman remains a nobleman!"

"Therefore, the only way to change all of this is to break down the existing system and build a new one!"

"If we want everyone to live a good life, we can only do so by unifying the world on the same footing, changing the existing system, unleashing productive forces, and creating more resources!"

This is also the answer that Uchiha Jin came to after observing this world for so many years!

To truly change this world, we must take a three-pronged approach!

Yahiko looked at Uchiha Jin with a melancholy expression and said, "Brother Jin, what you said makes a lot of sense, but there will definitely be a lot of resistance if we want to completely change the existing system of this world, right?"

Yahiko was not stupid and quickly understood the deeper meaning behind Uchiha Jin's words.

But it was precisely because of this that Yahiko foresaw that if Uchiha Jin's idea were to be implemented, it would definitely cause a bloodbath throughout the entire ninja world!

Such sacrifices terrified him!

Uchiha Jin didn't hide anything and said directly, "Because those people control most of the world's resources, it's no exaggeration to say that if we want to change things, we'll be facing enemies all over the world!"