Chapter 018 | About War.

The two sides, represented by Manoshi and Yahiko, didn't end up in conflict.

Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan temporarily abandoned the idea of escorting the refugees into the Land of Fire.

It was normal to have different points of view when you're on different sides of the fence.

Kakashi, on the other hand, looked like he wanted to say something.

"What's wrong with you, Kakashi? " Manoshi walked ahead and joked, "Interested in that shinobi, Yahiko? Not thinking of defecting and joining them, are you?"

Kakashi, observing the surroundings, looked at Manoshi and said, "Can people really understand each other?"

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"Can people really understand each other?" Under the moonlight, Konan released the paper cranes she had folded, which danced in the air.

Their work wasn't all smooth sailing, contempt from the Iwa shinobis, confrontation from within the Ame shinobis, aggression from Suna ...

It's as if they can't do anything for the refugees in the Land of Rain now, even if they wanted to.

"I believe what Jiraiya-sensei said. " Yahiko held his fist. "That guy is still a child who couldn't understand our ideals, but don't we already have so many companions?"

Looking at the fluttering flock of paper cranes in the sky, Konan seemed to see the future of the Akatsuki organization.

"Yes, at least our team has grown stronger and stronger."

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"Of course, they can understand. " Manoshi replied rightfully. "What's the use of just understanding?"

"It's as if I understand Suna's motivation to wage war, and correspondingly, Suna also understands our motivation to resist. "

Many things had to be done, not whether one wanted them or not.

"Are you willing to give up resistance and let Suna invade us?" Manoshi asked.

"No, I won't give up. " Kakashi refused without thinking.

"Yes, you subconsciously refused to solve the problem peacefully. Of course, you may never have thought about the meaning behind it. "

"Your education is like this, 'A shinobi is a tool to complete missions', and it's good enough that you start thinking about that. "

Manoshi pointed to Obito, who was bored enough to pull weeds from the ground.

"Unlike such idiots who don't think about anything after the basic material needs are met."

"Hey, can you not drag me along when you preach!" Obito threw the weeds with mud in his hand at Manoshi.

"The fundamental purpose of war is the redistribution of resources." A few moments later, Manoshi rubbed Obito's puppy-like head and continued, "Through war, resources are plundered from elsewhere and then distributed to the ruling class. Take more land, forests, mines, and population to feed the Daimyō and the shinobis. "

Kakashi frowned, shaken by what Manoshi had told him. After all, wasn't that saying that war could never be avoided?

The tangled Kakashi and the indifferent Obito were in stark contrast. Not sure whether to say that Kakashi was under some pressure that he shouldn't bear at this age or whether Obito was naïve like a child.

In fact, Manoshi wanted to tell them that neither the Daimyō nor shinobis were parasites that sucked the blood of ordinary people.

But at the thought that he might get locked up as a madman when he finished speaking, forget it...

At least step by step.

"So, want to stop the war? There's a very effective way. "

Manoshi said, stretching out a finger and swinging in front of Kakashi's eyes.

"What method?" Looking at the finger in front of him, Kakashi asked subconsciously.

"I know this!" Obito, who was pinned under Manoshi's hand, struggled away and snapped back, "Just develop more resources to ease the need for war. "

"That's putting it too lightly, idiot. " Kakashi was displeased.

"No, no, no. What Obito said is exactly what I was going to say." Manoshi didn't pester Obito again. "It is not too much to say that a shinobi with chakra could turn over the sea. Only the attention has never been focused on the development of civilian life. "

Actually, there's another premise that Manoshi never told anyone: to improve the quality of society as a whole and achieve democracy in the country.

When the country rose, the people suffered. When it fell, the people suffered.

Although he hadn't seen how the people live in times of peace, the people in times of war were indeed suffering.

From a certain point of view, only small organizations with real civilian backgrounds and who had experienced pain were the only ones in the world who cared about the existence of ordinary people.

Of course, due to the limitations of the times, Yahiko never realized that shinobis and jutsu could be used to do other things.

And this was a road Kakashi never imagined.

The three continued to patrol the border. It was a quiet night, no one talking, and even the chirping of insects was rare.

After a long silence, Kakashi said, "So what kind of jutsu can help the lives of civilians?"

"Uh, Kakashi, you're not brainwashed by Manoshi, are you?" Obito jumped in front of Kakashi and waved his hand in front of Kakashi's eyes twice, "It's enough to have a Shisui pondering this kind of stuff every day. Kakashi, you mustn't fall for it. "

"Otherwise, there won't be a qualified opponent on my path to be the Hokage, hahahahaha --"

Holding Obito's face that was laughing like a psychopath and shoving it aside, Kakashi approached Manoshi, "Since you have such an opinion, then there must be some ideas, right?"

Manoshi certainly had some immature ideas. The title of Kakashi Hatake, the great agriculturalist, may sound very cathartic. However, in his opinion, the chances of Kakashi becoming the Fifth Hokage were infinitely greater.

This is the case. The First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, passed the post to his brother Tobirama Senju. Then Tobirama Senju passed the post to his apprentice Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Hiruzen Sarutobi passed the post to Minato Namikaze.

Like leaders of the 'Yakuza' organization, they always passed it on to blood relatives or master and disciple inheritors.

Then, if Manoshi could keep Minato Namikaze alive, a new generation of Hokage will emerge from Kakashi Hatake, who was in his prime, or from the newly-grown sons of the Hokage.

As for Obito and Rin, it didn't look like they could grow into Hokages at all.

So, if he led Kakashi astray ...

"In the simplest terms, develop a kind of Earth Release jutsu, which can turn the soil buried deeper onto the surface. "

Manoshi still couldn't help but give an example.

"Isn't there a lot of jutsus like that?" Kakashi was stunned, and several jutsu names appeared in his mind.

"No, no. " Stretching out a finger again and shaking in front of Kakashi's eyes, Manoshi stressed, "This is a jutsu developed for ordinary people, to be simple, low consumption and low aggression. It's not the same as the existing attack jutsu. "

"What's the point of that?"

Kakashi was puzzled. Many jutsu could be easily learned, even for Genins. Manoshi's requirements seemed to be unnecessary.

"Even if it's intended to be spread to Genin, there's no need to specifically lower the aggressiveness. "

For the first time, Manoshi revealed his 'ambition' in front of others.

"What I want is a jutsu developed for ordinary people!"