Chapter 333: In the absence of resources, war is unsolvable
Outside the school of the Land of Rain, Orochimaru took a second look at the machinery placed on the training ground.

Is Haki the same as Taijutsu?

Constant training is needed to break your own limits in order to gain speed and strength.

But...what is that black substance covering the body, and the ability to sense attacks from all sides and avoid them?
Except for the three children taught by Jiraiya a few years ago, no one, including the person in front of him, could sense the existence of chakra.

"With frequent wars, the accumulation of hatred and the change of world views, it has become a rule that ninjas must complete their missions. So too, as far as I know, most ninjas have many problems with their world views."

Kevin walked forward on his own: "Doubt has become your instinct, but you have never doubted the rules of this world."

"squeak……"

The wooden door of the office was pushed open.

Orochimaru said, "Surprisingly...very simple."

Kevin pulled out a book from the bookshelf: "In a place that enlightens the people, being able to shelter from the wind and rain is enough. But scientific research must be perfect."

Kevin said as he handed the book to Orochimaru.

When he took it, his hand also reached out.

Orochimaru's pupils shrank slightly, but he found that no matter what he did, he could not avoid the hand that was simply extended in front of him.

This kind of oppressive feeling is not murderous intent, it is just murderous intent. With his experience over the years, it is impossible for him to be completely crushed to death.

"If you don't believe it, you can try it for yourself."

"Snapped."

When that hand touched Orochimaru, the seeds of another power system were planted.

But Orochimaru didn't feel anything different inside his body.

“So it takes determination?”

Orochimaru smiled and looked down at his hands: "But... I haven't figured out what I want. I see the fragility of life, so I want to learn all the ninjutsu and find a way to be less fragile."

"Immortality... what you said is indeed very likely to become my future goal. But at the moment... it is not."

Orochimaru turned to look at Kevin and licked his lips: "Ability? The ability to see the future of this world? Or... are you from the future?"

As he finished speaking, Orochimaru stared at Kevin.

It seemed as if he wanted to get the answer to the question he had just asked from his expression.

“Not exactly, but close.”

Kevin's voice was calm, and he didn't seem to care about it.

After reaching out and tapping the book, Kevin continued, "If you can't figure it out, this book may be able to give you the answer. Strength is a sharp blade, but where the blade strikes requires the mind to guide the direction."

"direction?"

Orochimaru opened the book in his hand, and the title of the first page was: [Why does war exist? ]

"You seem quite sure I will follow your thoughts?"

Kevin looked outside the house. The weather in the Rain Country was drizzling all year round, and it was still like that at this moment.

"In my opinion, every one of the original inhabitants of this planet is fighting for peace. They can even be called fearless."

"But because of what they see and hear, everyone has a different understanding of peace. No one awakens their own thoughts and really thinks about the root causes of war."

"In the end... some people went crazy, and some died. I didn't mean to force my ideas on anyone. I was just practicing how to question, how to think and analyze problems."

Orochimaru's pupils suddenly contracted.

"This... planet?"

Kevin looked at him and smiled: "You are able to grasp the key points as always... Read a book, and you can ask me if you don't understand anything."

After saying that, Kevin sat behind his desk and began to deal with the teaching issues of the thirty-five new schools in the Rain Country.

At the beginning stage of this world, there is no leader like Dorag to share the burden with him.

Whether it's Hanzo, Yahiko, or the other five people including Kurosan... compared to the group of scholars in O'Hara, and Dorage who already knows that only revolution can bring about change, the gap is too big.

Sitting on the simple guest bench, Orochimaru looked at the open book in his hand.

And soon, he was drawn in.

In fact, compared to Jiraiya, Orochimaru is less naive and stupid, but more cold-blooded and rational.

He could attack Yahiko and the other two who followed him, and he could also say words that he could no longer bear in front of the memorial.

During the Third Ninja World War, he once again witnessed the cruelty of war and finally began his reckless experiments.

Just like he said just now, he now... has not yet begun to enter the vortex of eternal life.

Orochimaru looked at the book in his hand.

The book begins by describing the initial cause of the conflict using the living conditions of the ninja clan during the Warring States Period.

Ninjas do not engage in production, but they are also human beings. Chakra refining also requires body energy, which causes ninjas to consume much more than ordinary people.

If there is no production, where will the consumption come from?

It can only be an ordinary person.

But how many ordinary people can afford to support a ninja?

Killing obviously cannot solve the problem, and the minds of the nobles in the daimyo mansion are obviously much more flexible than those of ninjas.

So the rule of mission was formulated.

Individually powerful, ninjas are paid well for their missions.

Poor governance and no production.

The mission system was like meat thrown by superiors, which naturally caused conflicts between ninjas and caused conflicts between ninja clans.

Task volume, task rewards, task scope...

Under a series of operations by the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, the Senju clan and the Uchiha clan accumulated more seeds of hatred in the conflict that had already lasted for thousands of years.

Documented example: In the 62nd year of Konoha, a huge wild beast injured people. Because the wild beast's haunting area changed from the original Uchiha clan's mission acceptance range to the Senju clan's territory, the two major ninja clans clashed, killing 23 people and injuring more than 100 people.

Fifty-three years before Konoha, the accumulation of hatred led to the outbreak of war between the two clans, resulting in the death of 212 people and hundreds of injuries.

Forty-two years before Konoha... the war broke out, and amid the increasingly fierce conflicts among the shinobi villages of various countries in the Daimyo Prefecture, a large-scale war began...

……

At the end of each example, it is noted where the document came from. Most of them come from the Rain Country, and a small number come from the other five major countries.

Orochimaru's snake eyes glowed blue.

Just the opening record gave him a new understanding. The source of the document was marked, and it could not be faked because he could check it himself.

So...the war was caused by those idiots in Daimyofu?

Because they were wary of the individual strength of the ninjas, they made arrangements again and again during the Warring States Period, throwing out missions to allow each ninja clan to survive, but they could not allow them to live well.

Just like the players in the Colosseum who bought the win or loss, they looked down from above at the beasts in the cages, fighting for the pieces of food thrown to them.

For smart people, many things can be understood at a glance.

The inertial thinking triggered by the opening made Orochimaru think for the first time, if all the nobles of the daimyo's mansion were killed...what would happen to the ninja world?
No, this still doesn't solve the problem.

Using shadow instead of daimyo, even if he is an old man, he does not know how to manage ordinary people in each place.

Taxation, commerce, agriculture, transportation... Not to mention the old man, even I can't figure out the problems involved.

The next moment, a passage in the book made him understand.

[The Fire Nation is so large that political management is very complicated. The management of the political system is fundamentally different from military power.]

[The existence of chakra may have made the ninja's mind lazy to some extent. With a sharp blade in mind, the desire to kill arises naturally. People with power always think about how to use power to solve problems.]

[But…the governance of a large country cannot be solved by force alone.]

[In this way, after the beginning of the Ninja Village era, the Kage represents the management of a country's military power, while the Daimyo represents the management of political governance. ]

[Both are considered jade, but the position of Hokage requires the approval of the daimyo, which formed the system of Kage power being granted by the king.]

"The Shadow Power is granted by the Lord..."

Orochimaru muttered.

Yes, killing all the daimyofu and becoming the only jade is not a peaceful solution.

The managers of military forces are very different from the managers of political systems. The ninja school is a six-year system, and from the beginning of enrollment, whether it is cultural courses or training courses, the system of the ninja village trains people to prepare for war, not governance.

So...what is the true path to peace?
As he continued to flip through the book, he found that the records had reached the end of the Warring States period, and some of the people and events that Orochimaru knew gradually appeared in it.

[The Warring States Period was ended by the Senju clan and the Uchiha clan. To some extent, the beasts of the Colosseum jumped out of their cages for the first time.]

[The two heroes of the Warring States Period, the gods of ninjas, Senju and Uchiha, worked together for the first time and ended the Warring States Period that lasted for many years, making the ninja village a military force of a country instead of a beast fighting for food. ]

[After Konoha was established, all the families were included in it. If they did not join, they would be exterminated. No family could stop the Senju and Uchiha from joining forces.]

[Naturally, there is no family outside the Land of Fire that can stop Konoha.]

[So, ninja villages began to be established in various countries, and ninja villages became the military power of a country, and new bait was thrown out again... Shadow. ]

[The name of the shadow was given the level of jade. The shadow that could be as jade as the daimyo would have caused chaos as soon as it landed, but in the end, none of this happened.]

[Because... Hashirama Senju wanted peace, and Uchiha Madara stood with him. So... peace came. ]

Strength?
Orochimaru felt the meaning of these words.

Because the God of Ninja wants peace, no one dares not to be peaceful, including the nobles who throw out new bait.

So... only by becoming the new Ninja God can true peace come?
Wait…no.

The Ninja World War broke out soon after the death of the first Hokage, and such peace was too short-lived.

But what if the God of Ninja could live forever?

Orochimaru's eyes lit up.

He continued to flip through the book in his hand.

[At the first Five Kage meeting, because of the power of the tailed beasts, the five Kage sat at the same conference table. ]

[Except for Hashirama Senju, none of them gave up their past hatred, and none of them truly worked for peace.]

[What we have done is that the enemy has what we don't, and we are afraid that we will be hit in the future war. The power of the tailed beasts and the damage caused by long-range attacks are something that no ninja village is willing to bear.]

【But the gentleman deceived them with his own methods. During the talks, the Sand Village made a request: land. 】

[The first Kazekage said he didn't want a tailed beast, but a piece of land, because the Sand Village has its own tailed beast: the one-tail. ]

[With the instability of the tailed beasts, deterrence is their only function. As for land, it can solve the problem of the barren land in the Wind Country. ]

At this time, the rain outside the school had stopped.

Orochimaru exhaled.

Is this... resources?

With real examples one after another, plus the analysis of each example in the book, it seems that the truest side of this world is laid out in front of Orochimaru.

Asking for land... I'm afraid no one would be willing to do so.

According to historical records, this remark by the First Kazekage caused a violent quarrel at the First Five Kage Summit, and the quarrel finally ended with the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, kowtowing and pleading.

But is it really because of Hashirama Senju’s sincerity?

No, it’s because no one can defeat the two heroes of the Warring States Period.

The vitality of Wood Release and the power hidden in the Uchiha clan's Sharingan made it impossible for the entire ninja world to resist.

Sure enough, the book then analyzes the Five Kage Summit in detail again.

【Sincerity between countries cannot solve all problems.】

[Ordinary people work to obtain basic resources, and these resources are limited. Those who do not produce, the nobles of the daimyo, the managers of small places, ninjas... all consume these resources created by ordinary people. ]

[Without war, the death rate of ninjas has dropped significantly, and the death rate of ordinary people has also dropped. The population has begun to grow, but the total amount of resources has remained the same.]

[Eventually, due to lack of resources, the number of missions will be reduced, and the nobles will continue to live a luxurious life, but the income of ninjas who rely on mission rewards to support themselves will drop sharply.]

[If you want to divert internal conflicts, you can only divert them to the outside world. ]

[For example, the third Kazekage of Sand Village is missing. It is not important whether this incident was caused by Konoha. What is important is that Sand Village will fall into internal chaos if it does not fight. ]

[Their combat power will be weakened in the chaos, so when the real war breaks out, they will be the first to be eliminated. ]

[Finally, under the ninja village system, the mission, which was thrown out many years ago, has once again become a target of competition.]

[When resources are scarce, production cannot keep up with consumption...there is no solution to war. ]

War... has no solution!!

Orochimaru was stunned. He had already read half of the book.

But the final conclusion reached in the book is that there is no solution?

In his excitement, Orochimaru ignored the real point this time and did not react until a moment later.

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(End of this chapter)