Chapter 216 Itachi’s Visit "Yes, Danzo visited many ninjas a few years ago and forced many young ninjas to enter the roots. However, the two wealthy families of Uchiha and Hinata cannot be taken away by him, so he You can only use these methods!"
Tsunade became more and more convinced of her suspicions.
While Ming Jing was speechless in his heart, he couldn't help but nod his head.
If he hadn't known about Uchiha Madara's existence, he would have believed Tsunade's deduction.
All I can say is that it’s you as expected, Danzo!All the pots can be thrown perfectly on you without disturbing.
"As for Orochimaru, leave it to me and Dan to find out. If it's not Orochimaru, it must be that guy Danzo!"
"This... Teacher Tsunade, Danzo is indeed very possible, but is it possible that it was done by other forces or individuals outside the village?"
"Impossible, absolutely impossible! Where else can there be first-generation cells besides Konoha?"
Tsunade shook her head and strode out.
SPIEGEL: ...
Forget it, putting the blame on Danzo for the time being will also help to bring down Danzo later.
When Ming Jing finished his work and returned to his tent, he found a child over one meter waiting at his door.
"Itachi? Why are you here?"
Ming Jing asked curiously at Uchiha Itachi standing at the door.
"Master Ming Jing, I asked about your residence from Yosuke Jounin."
Itachi Uchiha bowed slightly and said respectfully.
"If you have anything to do, let's talk about it first."
Ming Jing led Uchiha Itachi into his camp.
"Yes!"
Uchiha Itachi's movements and expressions were very polite, and it could be seen that Fugaku actually had very high requirements for his personal etiquette.
Because etiquette can cultivate a person's nobility. As the leader of the Uchiha clan, Fugaku certainly attaches great importance to this.
After Uchiha Itachi sat down, he quickly glanced at the situation at Ming Jing's residence.
Typical minimalist style.
"Tell me, what's the matter."
Ming Jing poured two glasses of water on the table and said to Uchiha Itachi.
There is no such thing as tea on the front line, this is the only thing that can entertain visitors.
"Master Ming Jing, many clan members say that you are Konoha's most outstanding war hero in the Ninja World War, so I want to know your views on the war and those who lost their lives in the war."
Itachi Uchiha sat in his seat and said respectfully.
Are you thinking about something and can't understand it?
Fortunately, the child is still young now and knows how to ask someone after having random thoughts.
In the original time and space, I couldn't figure it out. When I asked Orochimaru in front of the commemorative monument, he was thinking about the meaning of life, but he couldn't understand it even more. So I asked Shisui, but Shisui was limited by his knowledge and experience and couldn't give enough. A good explanation led to the subsequent fooling of this stupid boy by the Third Generation and Danzo.
As for now, he came to ask me because of his huge reputation within the clan and the village.
"This doesn't seem to be a question you should think about at your age, or even think about it, but I also know that it is probably due to Fugaku's education method. No one would bring their children who have not even gone to ninja school to the battlefield. Come up and see for yourself, but since you asked, I’ll just tell you my opinion.”
Ming Jing changed his position to a more comfortable position and said: "You have to know that wherever there are people, there will be disputes. This is an eternal melody in human history. War is actually just a type of dispute. Even in peacetime, there will be disputes."
"The so-called war is actually the inevitable result of a dispute that breaks out after it reaches a certain level. Predation and counter-predation, aggression and counter-invasion, oppression and counter-oppression, expansion and counter-expansion. The causes of these wars are due to the distribution of interests between different people. Unreasonable and caused disputes.”
Uchiha Itachi sat on the chair, lost in thought.
Ming Jing was sitting opposite, holding up a water glass and drinking water.
"So, Mr. Mirror, since the outbreak of the war was caused by disputes, and the disputes were caused by the unreasonable distribution of interests, how can we make the distribution of interests reasonable?"
"Then what kind of distribution do you think is reasonable?"
Ming Jing asked Uchiha Itachi.
"Of course, it is divided to varying degrees according to the contribution of each person, so that these resources can be maximized." Uchiha Itachi replied after thinking for a while.
"Very good, you didn't say something stupid like equal distribution, because that means everything you thought before was just the meaningless thoughts of a five-year-old child. You are indeed somewhat different if you can say something about dividing according to contribution. But this is impractical, at least in the current ninja world, it is impossible to achieve."
"Please give me some advice, Master Ming Jing."
Uchiha Itachi lowered his head slightly.
"It's very simple. Let me give you a simple example. The daimyo and the nobles are not engaged in production. There are even many of them who oppress and destroy the farmers who grow most of the food in the Fire Country. However, the resources and resources controlled by the daimyo and the nobles are... The interests are the largest in the ninja world, so much so that even Konoha Village needs to rely on the daimyo to allocate military funds to maintain development."
"Secondly, you said they should be divided according to their contribution, but how can you judge whose contribution of two people is greater and who is less? This thing cannot be quantified. Maybe you can select someone with high enough prestige and fairness to judge the contribution. Divide interests, but you can’t be sure whether he is really fair enough and whether he will use these powers to seek personal gain for himself. In this case, what is the difference between that person and a daimyo noble? "
Uchiha Itachi nodded in matter how smart he is, he is just a five-year-old kid now.
"Then Master Ming Jing, can you tell me how to solve this situation?"
"It's very simple, but difficult. Like the first Hokage, let the ninja world usher in temporary peace, and then establish a system in peacetime, a system that everyone recognizes and follows, and rely on the system to proceed Distribution, it’s just a pity that even if the first Hokage was the one who ended the Warring States Period and transcended his own era, he was only half successful?”
"Half the battle?"
A question mark appeared on Uchiha Itachi's head.
Even though the First Hokage, who established the Ninja Village system and created a peaceful era in Konoha, has passed away for many years, there are still many people like the Third Hokage who remember that peaceful era, but even such people, in the mirror, In his words, it is only "half the battle."
wrong!
Uchiha Itachi asked again: "But there is still war now. According to this reality, the first Hokage should have failed. But why do you say, Master Mingjing, that the first Hokage was 'half successful'?"
"Then do you know what the world was like before the Uchiha clan and the Senju clan established Konoha?"
Ming Jing asked Uchiha Itachi again.
Before he could continue to answer, Ming Jing continued: "You were brought to the battlefield by your father. You are different from others. The other children in the village are still playing at this time. Even if they are a little older, they will spend a few years in the ninja school to live peacefully. , just like me, I only entered the battlefield the year I entered fourth grade and turned ten years old."
"But during the Warring States Period, even a child like you, as long as he could refine chakra and could hold a sword, would step onto the battlefield and fight the enemy. The younger brothers of the first Hokage, Senju Itama and Senju Wama, were just He died in the war when he was a little older than you. Uchiha Madara, who founded Konoha with Senju Hashirama, even before establishing Konoha, all five brothers died on the battlefield because of the Warring States Period. , war breaks out every day!"
"Elder Yu in the clan is over 80 years old. He has been on the battlefield since the Uchiha Tajima era before Uchiha Madara. He has personally experienced the end of the Warring States Period and the establishment and development of the Ninja Village Era. These You can ask him anything."
"It's a bit far. During the Warring States Period, the intensity of the war may not be as great as it is now, but it will never end. However, after the first Hokage established the ninja village system, the war became an average of every once in a while. It will break out, and young ninjas will go to the battlefield, only after the older ninjas have died a lot."
"Peace in the true sense has not been achieved. This is where the first Hokage failed. However, compared with the Warring States Period, great progress has been made. This is where the first Hokage succeeded."
"The unfinished business of the first Hokage needs to be left to us, the descendants of Konoha, but before that, we must use our own way to bring peace to the ninja world, and then make further progress. It is different from the reform of the Ninja Village system.”
Uchiha Itachi lowered his head and kept mumbling.
"Create peace, establish systems, use systems to limit disputes, and maintain peace... What if we are like the first Hokage, who created peace, but the system we established cannot maintain peace for a long time?"
Where does this child come from so many problems? No wonder it went astray in the original time and space.
In other words, he had read more than ten years of books before traveling through time, but he still couldn't answer his doubts.
If this answer is given to those ninjas who have learned killing skills since elementary school, who have embarked on the battlefield at the age of twelve or thirteen at most, and who have not read two serious books, what if they encounter the ill-intentioned Sandai and Danzo again, plus Uchiha Fugaku, whose education methods are also outrageous, would be weird if he didn’t go astray!
"Then just reform the established system to a more appropriate situation. If it cannot be changed anymore but still cannot achieve the goal, it means that it is time for a new round of change and people need to use revolution to Overthrow the old, unreasonable system and establish a system more suitable for their time.”
Ming Jing picked up the tea cup, put his chopsticks into it and turned it around. A vortex suddenly formed on the water.
"This is a vortex. It is flat and destined to fall into an endless cycle of reincarnation."
"Does Mr. Spiegel want to say that the development of history is like this whirlpool, trapped in an endless cycle?"
Uchiha Itachi thought for a moment and said.
"No, not just a whirlpool."
Ming Jing shook his head, put down the water glass, and formed a spiral pill in his left hand.
"This is Namikaze Minato's signature ninjutsu Rasengan. It was named by his fiancée Uzumaki Kushina. The name comes from a sentence said by Uzumaki Mito, the wife of the first Hokage."
"The vortex is flat, but when you stretch the vortex to the three-dimensional level, it is an upward spiral. Compared to the vortex, I prefer history to be an ever-rising spiral. What has happened in the past will definitely happen in the future. Similar things will happen, but overall it’s still going up.”
"Every time the spiral draws a circle in the sky, it will rise a step higher. Every time a new generation of people appears, people with lofty ideals will gather together to promote the development of history."
"The same is true for the formation of the system. The first Hokage ended the war and created a new era, so that the ninja world ushered in his own peace in his era. Now the spiral of history has turned another circle. What we have to do is Use our own methods to end all the wars in this era and work hard to create a more lasting peace. I say this, do you understand?"
Uchiha Itachi stood up from his chair and bowed ninety degrees to the mirror.
"I understand, Master Ming Jing. I have one more request, and I hope you can agree to it."
"Go ahead."
"I hope to become your disciple, because only you can answer many of my questions. Many people in the tribe also think that you are the best Uchiha. I hope to get your teachings!"
SPIEGEL: ...
I don't dare to be your teacher until I'm sure you're not crooked! After all, in another time and space, the Hokage lineage has the tradition of killing masters, Orochimaru killed the third generation, Sasuke killed Orochimaru, Nagato killed Jiraiya and so on.
"You don't have to do this yet. You are still too young now. What you should do most is to go to the ninja school after the war to learn skills, meet different people, and increase your experience and abilities. Otherwise, No matter how many questions you have, it doesn’t make much sense even if you get the answers, but if you have any questions in the future, you can ask me.”
"I understand, Master Ming Jing, so can you give me an answer to my other question? It's what I asked at the beginning, and what you just said, what is the meaning of life?"
Uchiha Itachi asked again.
"I can help you answer with a sentence from Orochimaru-senpai. He is a person who has a deep feeling for life."
Uchiha Itachi pricked up his ears.
"Living itself has no meaning, but when you are alive, you can find meaningful things, just like you see a flower and I see you."
(End of this chapter)