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"It's not that you change teachers every time you have a class; it's one teacher for a group of students," Kitahara Kaede explained.

No matter where you are, you can't just change your teachers.

After all, teaching requires teachers to have a good understanding of their students, which takes time to achieve.

Changing teachers casually would waste a lot of time just getting to know and trust the students.

"Then why gather all the people from each ninja village together? Wouldn't it be better to just have a few of us teach the ninjas from our own villages? Although the Sand Village doesn't have any strong ninjas, the Sand Village and Konoha have a good relationship. Wouldn't it be enough for you to send one of them?" Onoki asked, somewhat puzzled.

"How can this promote understanding between different ninja villages? Friendships are very important, and this also gives people from different villages an opportunity to get to know each other. Peace under high pressure will inevitably backfire, so mutual understanding is something that must be done," Kitahara Kaede said.

His understanding of peace was neither as naive as Hashirama Senju's, nor as extreme as Madara Uchiha's.

But these two guys who went down different paths are actually on the best path to come together.

"I understand. Let's leave this batch to A. Anyway, it won't interfere with us giving private lessons to the ninjas in our respective villages." Onoki sighed.

Every time he talked to Kitahara Kaede, he felt like he was falling behind the times.

He was often in the midst of battle in the universe, and he didn't have much time to think about such questions.

But now that he's back in the ninja world, he actually has some free time to let his mind wander.

“Once these ninjas who have found their way back to their villages, they will gradually sprout like seeds,” Tobirama Senju said.

He actually understood that this step was taken very steadily and effectively.

“Although we know and trust each other, the village ninjas may not think the same way. The ninjas who came this time are all elites, but they are not all the elites in your village, are they?” Tsunade said with a smile.

This kind of thing doesn't even require much detailed analysis to know.

Even in Iwagakure and Kumogakure, where the status of the Kage is unshakeable, the Kage is definitely not someone who can dictate the entire situation.

There are still some powerful figures in the village who are eager to make a move, but it's not as extreme as in Konoha.

Onoki and Ai might be able to ignore this pressure, but the current Kage might not be able to.

In such situations, one cannot simply resort to violence to silence all dissenting voices.

“Even the Hidden Stone Village and the Hidden Cloud Village are like this, not to mention the Hidden Sand Village and those small ninja villages.” Onoki shook his head.

He was actually quite dissatisfied with the current state of the ninja world, but he did not change these abilities.

This situation can only be changed by using a 737 genjutsu of the level of the Eye of the Moon, but that completely goes against the understanding of the ninja world.

This is a somewhat difficult matter.

“Actually, Kirigakure could have done that. Although they were relatively weak, Kirigakure was completely united around Mei Terumi,” A said.

“If your village, like Kirigakure, had been saved from the brink of destruction by you, you would also have this status,” Tsunade said.

“The clever people of Kirigakure formed an alliance as soon as they realized something was wrong with the Mizukage. Mei Terumi was the only choice they trusted, so naturally, this is the outcome,” Kitahara Kaede chuckled.

The situations of the major ninja villages are all different, so it is impossible to expect the minor ninja villages to be completely obedient.

Killing those who disobey is certainly the best way to solve the problem once and for all, but those who survive will be afraid.

Fear is a terrible emotion; given the chance, people will choose a path to free themselves from it.

For example, directly defecting to the enemy.

Most people have selfish and foolish sides, just like there are always people who think they can control everything.

In this situation, it becomes understandable to do some foolish things.

"Paying that price to gain a short-term consensus?" Onoki asked dismissively.

Chapter 885 Folly

The village's workforce was reduced by almost 80%, and the remaining people had to band together for warmth. This was not a good thing.

It could even be described as somewhat laughable and pathetic.

"Alright, let's put this topic aside for now. I'm going to revive the last head of the Uchiha clan," Kitahara Kaede said.

Fugaku Uchiha and Mikoto Uchiha have not yet been resurrected because they are not former Kage.

These individuals, including Sakumo Hatake, were all making private requests.

Kitahara Kaede brought it up directly here because he wanted to know what Onoki and the others thought about it.

After all, if you really want to count it, the number of Jonin who died in the ninja world is not a small number.

"The last head of the Uchiha clan? I'm quite interested in him," Onoki said.

This is his way of stating that Iwagakure has no other demands.

Ai nodded in agreement; he shared the same view.

Reviving someone is something that Kitahara Kaede can do with the easiest ease, but they don't think that just because Kitahara Kaede can do it, he should do it.

Onoki and the others were self-aware enough not to make any unreasonable demands.

Moreover, the person Onoki and A wanted to revive was the previous Kage; they had no other ambitions.

“Uchiha Fugaku is a very interesting person. Although he is somewhat selfish, that’s only human nature,” Kitahara Kaede said.

When Fugaku Uchiha's clan was wiped out, he wasn't completely unaware of it!

He even had the ability to directly resist, but for the sake of his son, he chose the destruction of his clan as the outcome.

Kitahara Kaede didn't know how to evaluate this kind of person for a moment.

Was he selfish? He was indeed very selfish. For the sake of his own family, he could be said to have betrayed the Uchiha clan at that time.

His Mangekyou Sharingan alone wouldn't have been enough to leave only two members of the Uchiha clan alive...

"Selfish? I think I understand now. This guy is definitely unqualified as the clan leader." Ai said.

A had no designs on Fugaku Uchiha. After all, it was someone else's business, and A didn't want to get involved at all.

But for a clan leader, this approach is somewhat naive and ridiculous.

If we replace "clan" with "village" and "clan chief" with "shadow," then the appropriate course of action becomes clear.

Every Shadow is determined to wipe out those who harm their village.

Hashirama Senju once said that he would kill anyone who tried to harm Konoha, whether it was his son or grandson.

While Fugaku Uchiha may have been a good father, he was certainly not suited to be the head of a clan.

"The Uchiha clan's affairs are somewhat complicated. I suppose this is a problem I left behind for Konoha, or perhaps I died too young," Tobirama Senju sighed.

“Me too. If I hadn’t died so young, it seems like everything would still be alright.” Minato Namikaze sighed along with him.

The former lamented that he had not been able to bring the Uchiha clan under control while he was still alive.

Minato Namikaze, on the other hand, felt guilty for not being able to ease tensions between the Uchiha clan and Konoha...

“Uncle Minato, you seem to think too highly of yourself.” Kitahara Kaede shook his head.

The annihilation of the Uchiha clan was indeed a result of the Second Hokage's strategy being misunderstood.

But the root cause is not here. The root cause of the Uchiha clan's destruction was left behind by Uchiha Madara.

“Madara Uchiha was a very competent Uchiha clan leader, but while he had the determination to overcome all obstacles, his clansmen did not,” Kitahara Kaede said.

Madara Uchiha didn't say he wanted to destroy Konoha; rather, he wanted to leave Konoha to find a better path to peace.

God knows what he said to Hashirama Senju, but it turned into a life-or-death battle.

Kitahara Kaede always felt that Black Zetsu was behind this battle and that's how it happened.

Madara Uchiha couldn't possibly have directly told Hashirama Senju about the Eye of the Moon plan, which would have led to their decisive battle.

“Back then, Madara Uchiha was identified as a rogue ninja of Konoha, which is why my brother chased after him,” Tobirama Senju said.

"Huh? A rogue ninja from Konoha? Then what did Madara Uchiha's defection do to Konoha? Konoha lost a pillar-level powerhouse, and even lost the pillar that suppressed everything. There must be a reason for this, right?"

Kitahara Kaede asked, somewhat amused.

When people go to work, they have the option to quit, but after becoming a ninja, they are not even allowed to quit?

Moreover, Madara Uchiha was one of the founders of Konoha!

When people leave, their greatest hope is simply to take their clansmen with them. Is that a capital offense in Konoha?

Tobirama Senju was speechless for a moment.

Because he didn't actually know why Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju had reached that point.

"…Uchiha Madara may have been determined to unify the ninja world back then. He may have wanted to directly rule our ninja villages and force Konoha to join that rule," Shihe said.

His analysis does make some sense.

If Madara Uchiha insists on this idea, then a life-or-death battle with Hashirama Senju would be understandable.

This could very well send Konoha back into the flames of war.

"The truth is quite the opposite. If it really comes to that, the most likely choice Hashirama Senju would make to avoid war is to swallow his pride and accept it," Kitahara Kaede sneered.

In order to maintain the hard-won peace, once the ninja world was dominated by only Madara Uchiha and Konoha, continuing to resist was not something a saintly person who wanted peace could do!

"If there was one thing Madara Uchiha did wrong, it was that he directly told Hashirama Senju his thoughts," Kitahara Kaede (Zhao Ma's) said decisively.

If Hashirama Senju was truly a saint, then once Madara Uchiha ruled a village, the only choice Hashirama Senju would have had was to help Madara Uchiha!

Isn't a war between two villages a war?

If Hashirama Senju wanted true peace, he should have known that acting alongside Madara Uchiha in that situation to achieve the unification of the ninja world would be the path with the least sacrifice!

At that time, the other ninja villages were so terrified by the two of them that who would dare to say no to them?

"Now that you mention it, I think Grandpa might have made a mistake," Tsunade said with a wry smile.

Tsunade didn't question whether Hashirama Senju was a saint.

After all, it's a complete joke for a simpleton to call someone an ambitious person.

But Hashirama Senju wasn't stupid; he was just naive.

Chapter 886 Strike

Everyone present could understand Kitahara Kaede's idea, and if they thought along the lines of Kitahara Kaede's ideas, they would arrive at a similar conclusion.

Unless Hashirama Senju was truly an ambitious man, this is the only possible outcome.

“We all knew that, in fact, we were prepared for this at the time.”

Shihe shook his head and said.

"At the first Five Kage Summit, we initially thought that Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha would stand there and give us the only choice," the First Raikage said.

"Who knew that Hashirama Senju would kowtow to us right away?" Ishigawa couldn't help but laugh.

At that time, the world's strongest beings, Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, convened the Five Kage Summit. The other four Kage believed that this was the last discussion on unifying the ninja world.

They had even planned to merge their ninja village into Konoha.

Who didn't know they couldn't possibly defeat Konoha back then?

In order to avoid being ostracized after joining Konoha, Ishigawa didn't even dare to mention in the meeting that Mu and Onoki had been brutally beaten by Madara Uchiha.

But no one expected that Hashirama Senju would directly kowtow to several of the other Kage at that time.

"I didn't expect that either." Tobirama Senju's lips twitched slightly.

"If Madara Uchiha had been the Hokage back then, we probably wouldn't have asked for any conditions and would have agreed to join Konoha without any problems," the First Raikage sighed.

This fact is somewhat hurtful, but that's really what they thought at the time.

"I'm not saying that Madara Uchiha is a good person, it's just that after I found out about it, I always felt like it was a joke," Kitahara Kaede said with a hint of helplessness.

Hashirama Senju's saintly complex was too severe; even Kitahara Kaede suspected that it was the spoiled Ashura's thoughts that completely took away Hashirama Senju's control over his body that led to his decision!

"It is indeed somewhat ironic, but people are ultimately very emotional, and impulsive actions driven by emotion are often born because of some fools," Tobirama Senju sighed.

“Yes, Hashirama Senju was such an idiot. I actually wanted to suggest that Iwagakure merge into Konoha, but I was influenced by Hashirama's decision. After seeing the benefits, I actually believed him.” Ishigawa sighed.

Even when Hashirama Senju met everyone, he bowed to them and said he would maintain the existing peace.

At the time, Ishigawa still wanted to propose merging Iwagakure into Konoha.

However, Hashirama Senju's words immediately triggered the ulterior motives of the other Kage.

"That idiot actually said he'd give us the Tailed Beasts! Although Tobirama Senju said he'd pay for them, that idiot actually said it was okay if we didn't pay!" The First Raikage laughed as he spoke.

I was laughing so hard I almost cried.