Premonition
Chapter 48 Premonition: This is such a pathetic world.
Endless wars and conflicts have completely changed the values of everyone in this world.
Facing three world-spanning wars in fifty years, so intense that the five strongest countries in the world had to send children under ten years old to the battlefield, it was extremely tragic. The smaller countries that served as battlefields could only be even more miserable.
However, the people of the Naruto World did not reflect, did not protest, and no one tried to forge a new path in this land.
Everyone tacitly accepted everything, accepted the slaughter that had no order or humanity, and unhesitatingly turned their blades towards others.
It was as if everything they did was to betray the Sage of Six Paths' intention in imparting Chakra to humanity—
To use Chakra as a force to connect people with each other, for love and peace.
What, for love and peace, you want to connect with me? Sure, you can connect with my Kunai first.
Lin Ke was amused by the thought that suddenly popped into his head, and then felt a little sad.
When the Sage of Six Paths was alive, there was peace. After the Sage of Six Paths died, it was an era of war based on ninja clans. The average age of both ninjas and civilians was only thirty years old.
The First Hokage cooperated with Uchiha Madara, using overwhelming strength to establish Konoha Village, which led to other countries following suit. A brief period of peace descended, but after his death, there were successive world wars. Because of the aggregation of various ninja villages, the intensity of the wars was even more terrifying.
In the future, Naruto and Sasuke will still use their invincible power to deter the entire world, bringing peace and development...
Ninjas are born, age, get sick, and die. Even the Sage of Six Paths will die. After Naruto and Sasuke die, will there be even more destructive wars? Lin Ke felt somewhat pessimistic based on history. If the Infinite Tsukuyomi really existed, and was not a lie of Black Zetsu, perhaps that would be the best end for the Naruto World.
A single ninja, even if they could rule the world, how could they change the concepts in everyone's hearts?
The more powerful someone is, the more they can do as they please, bringing about the 'peace' they desire, the more it will encourage the concept of the strong being respected and the desire for slaughter among humans.
Being able to hurt each other ruthlessly for the sake of desire, and not be ashamed of it, but take it for granted as the right thing to do, even this absurd, simple moral view has become the default consensus of everyone. It's only natural that such a world would produce some mentally ill people.
Conversely, because Konoha Village has a lot of ninjas with very high moral standards and who advocate the Will of Fire, it is also normal to be ridiculed as naive.
Lin Ke's slightly violent thoughts, which had arisen from killing a few Ronin who had taken the initiative to provoke him, quickly dissipated silently.
I just need to live my own life well. I don't seek to be invincible, to make the world revolve according to my will. All I want is to live freely...
The Sand Ninja Village female ninja, who was looking at him with admiring eyes, unexpectedly noticed the faint sigh on his face and couldn't help but sneer.
As expected of a naive Konoha kid, but that technique just now, it's from the Nara Clan...
... Three hours later.
Nara Yan Shui followed the Land of Fire's wealthy merchant, who was cursing and grumbling, out of the venue. He quickly noticed that the way people looked at his three subordinates was not right. He glanced at the few Ronin who had been killed and could roughly guess what had happened.
"Yan Shui Teacher, just now..." On the way back to the hotel, Yuan Wei quickly recounted what had just happened, and then said with a flourish, "Boss, uh, Lin Ke was super cool just now!"
In fact, it was quite taboo to report things to a Jonin over the head of one's direct Chunin superior. Xia didn't speak because of this. This guy's big mouth was simply reckless and didn't think so much.
He wholeheartedly thought that his boss had performed handsomely and wanted to show off to his elders. He was quite a simple guy.
Although Lin Ke thought more, he was not dissatisfied or angry. He knew his two companions well and was not surprised by their performance.
Nara Yan Shui smiled and patted Yuan Wei's head, saying, "Pack up and prepare to return."
He looked at his proud student and added, "The acquisition failed. Sand Ninja Village offered too high a price." He shook his head, "It has almost exceeded the actual value of the gold mine."
It was not difficult to understand that the more gold produced, the more the price of gold could be raised.
Due to the weakening of Sand Ninja Village after the war, the number of missions had plummeted. The desert environment was extremely barren, and the Land of Wind was contracting its finances. Now, they were relying entirely on the sale of gold dust to stay alive.
They were willing to raise the price to a level that others could not accept because there were other added values, and it was not really related to the actual value of the gold mine.
"Do we not need to fight next?" Lin Ke couldn't help but ask.
He was already prepared to fight and snatch it from them, but he didn't expect it to end so anticlimactically.
"No." Nara Yan Shui shook his head. "Sand Ninja Village and we are allies."
Did that mean that if it fell into the hands of others, they would solve the problem through combat? The Land of Rain represented by Rain Hidden Village was also nominally an ally of the Land of Fire, and there were also many merchants from the Land of Grass, the Land of Rivers, and other regions, all of whom were allies of the Land of Fire...
Lin Ke was silent for a moment, nodded, and said nothing more.
Even in Konoha Village, cruelty was still the underlying tone of the Naruto World. Strength was everything. No matter how weak Sand Ninja Village was, it was still much stronger than Rain Hidden Village, Grass Hidden Village, and the like.
Then again, it was just a B-Rank Mission. If they really wanted to turn against Sand Ninja Village and snatch it, it would definitely be more than just a B-Rank.
That would be a [mission concerning the movements of ninja villages and countries], which was a real A-Rank.
It might even be upgraded to an S-Rank because of Sand Ninja Village's emphasis on the gold mine.
Limited to commercial disputes between merchants, with no intention of actually using force to seize the gold mine, that's why it was classified as a B-Rank Mission.
In other words, the Land of Fire merchants were just going through the motions, seeing if they could find a bargain; no one actually thought they could get the gold mine.
Understanding this, Lin Ke felt relieved.
Speaking of which, these wealthy merchants are really rich. Just coming to join in the fun, they're throwing down hundreds of thousands of taels...
Just hiring the ninjas cost 150,000 taels, plus the samurai and accompanying people, as well as various expenses along the way, adding up to two or three hundred thousand taels.
Nara Yan Shui didn't say anything more, and as usual, stayed within five meters of the Land of Fire merchants, watching the surroundings.
Lin Ke and the others also acted as usual, but he still had a strange premonition in his heart—
This matter, or rather, the ownership of the gold mine, might not be over yet.
The Akatsuki Organization... hasn't made a move yet.
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