Yoruha's words left Konan and Nagato at a loss for a rebuttal. After all, what Yoruha said was the truth. Nagato wasn't exactly a stubborn person to begin with.
It was only now that he truly paid attention to Yoruha. Previously, he had thought Yoruha might have some skills, but he didn't take him seriously. "Who exactly are you?"
Yoruha replied calmly, "The Fifth Hokage's bodyguard, Natsuki Yoruha." Nagato's eyes narrowed slightly. "No wonder, someone close to the Hokage. You're so young and haven't experienced the Shinobi World Wars. What do you know about war? You can't possibly understand the pain of war or how much suffering those in war endure."
Yoruha looked at Nagato, his expression calm. "True, I can't understand it. But what does the pain of the shinobi world have to do with you? Can you manage yourself? What does it matter to you if others are in pain?
And what right do you have to decide for others whether they should suffer or not? Over the years, your Akatsuki has caused so much chaos in the shinobi world. You say I don't know the pain of war, but since you know how painful war is, why do you cause so much war for others? Knowing the pain of war, yet you create war?"
Nagato retorted angrily, "If they don't know how painful war is, how will they cherish peace?" Yoruha laughed, "That's quite a rationale. But do you know? Those people who died because of the wars you created never had the chance to experience the peace you speak of. Compared to them, what does your so-called wish for peace have to do with them?
Moreover, the shinobi world is generally at peace now. It's you who have become the culprits of creating war and disrupting peace. You claim to want peace, but I don't believe it. You're just trying to fulfill your own ambitions, hoping the shinobi world will operate according to your ideas. But why should it?
I won't even mention others, but have you asked the people of your Rain Country? Have you asked if they are willing to let you use the resources of the Rain Country to create chaos? Have you asked if they are willing to die for your vague ideals?
You've never asked, have you? I don't even need to verify it. People like you live in your own thoughts, never considering others' feelings, never caring about others' feelings. To be honest, the people of the Rain Country probably prefer the former leader of Amegakure, Hanzo, over you, the chaos maker.
They simply lack the power to change you, and you wouldn't care about their thoughts anyway. You can't even govern the Rain Country properly, and here you are talking about bringing peace to the entire shinobi world. It's a joke."
Nagato gritted his teeth, glaring angrily at Yoruha. Since Yahiko's death, no one dared to speak to him like this or directly refute him. "You're talking nonsense. I just want to bring peace to the shinobi world." Yoruha had exposed his actions over the years, and Nagato realized that Yoruha wasn't entirely wrong.
But he was unwilling to admit it. "You're just too young, too ignorant. You don't know how to bring everlasting peace to the shinobi world. Only I know, only we know."
He was falling apart. He even began to doubt the ideals he had always adhered to. It was understandable, really, since those so-called ideals were merely Yahiko's legacy. When Yahiko was around, Nagato didn't have many thoughts of his own.
Rather than having his own dreams, it was more accurate to say he was trying to fulfill Yahiko's dreams. And Yahiko was just a young man back then, very naive; otherwise, he wouldn't have fallen for Hanzo and Danzo's trap.
Yoruha shook his head, "That's how ninjas are—possessing immense power, yet their minds haven't evolved. Instead of saying this world is chaotic, it's more accurate to say that the existence of ninjas is what causes frequent wars."
"Having immense power, when your thoughts are wrong, is terrifying." Yoruha wasn't wrong. The Land of Rain wasn't small, and its technological level was high. From the many skyscrapers they had, which required advanced technology to build, to the ample farmland next to the Land of Fields.
If they could convert technological strength into productivity, it might not provide convenience for ninjas, but it could improve the lives of ordinary people in the Land of Rain, creating vast wealth that could support the ninjas. After all, ninjas don't need many technological products, but they do need money and food. Developing technology could create wealth unimaginable through agriculture alone.
With Nagato as a formidable presence in the Land of Rain, no one had the capability to invade them actively. Yoruha himself had no interest. Besides Yoruha and Sasuke, no one in the current ninja world could rival Nagato. Yet, with such favorable conditions, Nagato chose to create chaos in the ninja world, pursuing a dream of world peace.
The more Yoruha thought about it, the more speechless he became. But that's how ninjas are. Ordinary people use ninjas as tools. Yoruha used to be dissatisfied because he was a ninja. But after experiencing so much over the years, if ninjas refuse to be mere tools, they become a disaster for the world. The stronger the ninja, the greater the disaster.
After all, Yoruha wasn't purely a ninja; in his past life, he was just an ordinary person. So he could think about problems from an ordinary person's perspective. One could say that ninjas are not good for this world; on the contrary, they are the root of chaos.
If ninjas were just tools, it wouldn't be so bad. Tools have no morality; it depends on the user. But ninjas are precisely people with thoughts and immense power. Once they can't figure something out, it leads to rivers of blood, and ordinary people can't stop it. The most frustrating part is that ninjas have immense power but lack the brains to match.
Their thinking remains at the level of ordinary people, and due to the unique nature of being a ninja, their thinking might even be inferior to ordinary people. Even the smartest ninja seems childish compared to worldly political experts. Yoruha was silent for a long time.
He just looked at Nagato, saying nothing. As time passed, Nagato's gaze began to waver because his beliefs were shaken. Even Sasuke, standing nearby, seemed deep in thought.
Konan watched Yoruha, her eyes bright. This guy seemed different from the others. He wasn't like any ninja she had met before.
After a long while, Yoruha finally spoke, "War will never disappear, and neither will peace, but the world will never be in a constant state of war or peace. You can't make the entire world peaceful forever.
If you want to achieve that, it's just a fantasy, and trying to realize such a fantasy will lead to a catastrophic disaster. As long as there are people, as long as there are intelligent beings, as long as there are thinking creatures, there will be conflicts of interest. How can you ensure that all intelligent beings think like robots?"
"While you can't make the entire world peaceful, you can make your country peaceful. You can achieve that, but you've wasted years on something illusory and impossible. I think if your country's people had a choice, they would prefer Hanzo over you as their leader."
"What you've brought them is nothing but pain!"
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