A ninja sandal stepped onto the land of the eastern port of the Tea Country, leaving a wet footprint, and in the midst of the cacophony of noise, Kana Tokitomi landed on land with several retinues.

"It's finally here. Shi Chen sighed while observing the crowd around him.

"Do you want to inform Terumi and Yoshikawa Daisei?"

"No, I don't. Shi Chen refused, "Let's go first, take a look, I heard that Shikoku Castle was once managed by Kannaten for a period of time, and I am very interested......"

"Understood. ”

Shi Chen's subordinates said no more, silently followed behind him, and began to walk in the harbor.

From the moment Shitomi and his entourage arrived at the port, the intelligence system that spread inside and outside Shikoku Castle and shrouded the entire city like a spider's web began to operate, and the news of the arrival of Mizukage's assistant Kanna Tokitomi was passed on layer by layer.

Soon, Shi Chen, who was wandering around, noticed that there were fewer and fewer pedestrians around him, and the Misty Ninja began to haunt the surroundings, so he smiled dumbly and simply waited in place.

Ten minutes later, a man who wasn't supposed to be here came to him.

"Long time no see, Father. ”

"Is that you?" Shi Chen said in surprise, "Didn't you stay in the headquarters, what are you doing here?"

"Naturally, I have my reasons. Kannaiten said with a smile, and then nodded to Shi Chen's entourage, "You guys go and report first, I'll accompany my father later." ”

When all the outsiders retreated, Kannai led Shi Chen around the city.

"Here, I arranged for someone to assassinate a local gangster leader. ”

"This used to be a black market near the sea, and it was here that the puffer fish ghost killed Takikui, the boss of the underground killers. ”

"Going all the way north in this direction, it used to be the route of Terumi Ming who led the Kikawa Department to pursue the great pirate Iwamura Sho, but it was a pity that he couldn't kill him in one fell swoop. ”

In the end, Kannato and Shichen came to the edge of a cliff, he pointed in the direction of the Daimyo Mansion of the Western Tea Country, and said leisurely: "And over there, I also killed the Daimyo of the Tea Country of the previous generation, Lord Otozun ......"

Shi Chen crossed the Kannai sky, lit a cigarette, and quietly looked down at the sea under his feet, his ears echoed with the roar of the waves, the waves churned, splashing thousands of water droplets, and emitted all kinds of brilliance under the sun's illumination.

"So the reason why you were able to suppress Shikoku Castle was completely by strength, is it ninjutsu?" said Shi Chen with his back to Kannatian.

Kanna took a few steps forward, stood side by side with Shi Chen, and said, "No, I don't rely on strength, let alone ninjutsu, those are just means to achieve the goal." What brought the castle of Shikoku to my feet was fear, the instinctive resistance to death that came from the heart of man. ”

"Life must fear death, so destroying the life of the enemy is the most intuitive and effective way to win the struggle. Shi Chen sighed when he heard this: "But it is important to remember that violence is not the only solution, because at some point, violence will not produce the slightest effect, but will make the situation worse." ”

"Of course I understand that. Kanatenya lamented, "Violence cannot solve all problems, and I firmly believe in this, and it cannot even solve most problems." However, for human beings, for life, to be alive is the most basic. In the lifetime of many people, they have nothing but to live. So to erase their lives means to completely destroy everything they represent. ”

Shi Chen disagrees with Kannatian's view from the bottom of his heart, he believes that there are many more meaningful things in a person's life in addition to living. Even if it is a mediocre life, a life that is stolen, there must be wonderful things, such as the shining point of human nature. Kannatian directly denied the meaning of the existence of some mediocre people and the value of their existence, which in Shi Chen's view, was completely a distortion of his outlook on life and values.

However, Shi Chen was not willing to refute his son directly, but chose to correct him in a tactful way.

"Look at that. Shi Chen pointed to a dilapidated fishing boat in the distance, on which an old man was casting a net, "That fisherman is likely to have been fishing all his life, his family income is very meager, he cannot afford to support his children to go to school, his standard of living is only at the stage of 'survival', he is very difficult to live, and he is also trying to live." He didn't have much education, he didn't have much education, he made little contribution to society, and it was unlikely that such a family would give birth to the seeds of ninjas, let alone the samurai class with a considerable family background. ”

"His attitude towards his neighbors is likely to be rude, and he may not be very gentle with his family, life, no, the pressure of survival is like a mountain, pressing on his backbone, but he may be the only pillar in the family, he used his own way of survival, to teach his offspring, to be tough, to be patient, to work hard, to grit your teeth to live, to live hard! to live with all your strength!"

"Suffering did not defeat him, poverty did not defeat him, although there was no hope, he still tried very hard to survive. But what kind of 'effort' is meaningful? Is there any value in living purely for oneself, for the sake of survival, and without creating any contribution to the collective, to society, and to the country?"

"Xiaotian, don't be blinded by ninjutsu. The strength of a ninja is not built on the fist, but on the heart, built on the soul. Fighting is our job, but it's not our way of life. Death is our destination, but it is not our end. In this world, there will always be something more valuable than life. ”

Kannatian was not touched in the slightest, and to this day, his heart was as hard as steel, and it was not something that could be moved by a sentence or two.

He said slowly, "I don't feel so proud of how strong I am, or how superior I am. Because strong is strong. Being weak is not a sin, so we can't blame a weak person, why are you so weak that you have to suffer so much? In the same way, we can't blame a strong person, why should you create suffering? It's not fair, isn't it? If we want to put 'strong' and 'weak' on the same scale, then we should treat everyone equally. No one is so bored as to fight over a eaten rabbit, and no one is specifically applauded by a lion biting its prey. But humans, this strange species, always give their cheap sympathy to the so-called 'weak'. Isn't it normal for the weak to be defeated? Why sympathize with them? Just because they are weak? So why blame the strong because they are strong? This kind of self-righteous and high-minded compassion makes me sick. ”

Shi Chen frowned deeply and said: "The meaning of the existence of human society is to maintain a stable and peaceful environment, protect the weak to grow, not to be killed at will, to restrain the strong from their minions, and not to act recklessly because of their own preferences. If humans lose their rules and learn the way beasts live, they will no longer be humans, but beasts in human skin. ”

"But the 'rules' set by human society have concentrated power in the hands of a few!" Kannato said lightly, "It's very unreasonable, isn't it? ”

Shi Chen said solemnly: "Don't forget, you are also a part of this 'minority'! You, I, and this so-called 'minority' including us, do not exist to bully the weak, but are given by the collective to protect them!" You have to respect the weak, respect the value of their existence, respect their lives, and realize that you represent not only yourself, but also many weak people who pin their hopes on you, and because they believe in you, they entrust the rights that originally belonged to them to you, and they believe in you, so they are willing to follow you. The reason why humanity needs a leader, a leader, is not to concentrate power to exploit the weak, but to allow this concentrated power to play a greater role - to protect the weak!"

"Do you want to protect the weak?" Kannato shook his head, "Of course, that's one thing, but I believe that the concentration of power is more about promoting the development and progress of society." For us ninjas, is the reason why we choose a shadow and obey him completely just to create a protective umbrella? If we make rules just to protect the weak, then the meaning of the existence of the ninja village is equivalent to exchanging dignity for safety and weakness for sympathy. Why can't man defend himself on his own, why should he put all his hope in someone stronger than him?"

"If Shadow's mission is to protect the ninjas, then what is the purpose of the outbreak of the ninja war? Who is responsible for the deaths of those who died in battle because of a paper order, and when will their souls be laid to rest?"

"Therefore, the reason for establishing a country, establishing a government, establishing a ninja village, and electing a daimyo, minister, and shadow is not simply 'guardian', but the hope that under their leadership, I can become stronger. If our leaders focus all their energies on protecting the weak, and ignore development, ignoring progress, then the weak will always be weak, and the strong will still be strong, separated by a wall called 'rules', which is called 'protection', but in its bones, it is a barrier to keep the weak in captivity. ”

"This wall called 'noble' is stained with the blood of the weak! The sky above this barrier called 'protection' is filled with the cries of the weak!"

After saying this, Shi Chen's expression also changed from unhappy at the beginning, to extremely tangled, until finally his face was expressionless and fell silent.

And Kannaten continued: "Therefore, the meaning of the collective existence of human beings is not to protect the weak, because that will make the weak lose the driving force to move forward - when life is not controlled by themselves, in order to live, in order to survive, they must become stronger! The poor will work hard to learn knowledge in order to be rich, and the losers will train themselves desperately for revenge, what we can provide is not protection, what we need to provide them is only the way to progress! The door to growth! Therefore, our ancestors founded the ninja school, not to protect the children in captivity, but to let more people have the opportunity to learn, instill in them a perfect and good world view, so that they can realize that the world is cruel, no matter what their ninja is, no matter how noble their ideals are, no matter how high their achievements can be in the future, the first thing they must do is to live. And if you want to live, you must have the power to protect yourself!"

At the end of the day, Kannateni pointed to the fisherman and said, "Is his life meaningful? Is it valuable? No? Why not? Because of the rules and laws set by this human society, he is restricted from becoming a so-called 'human being'." If he wants to break his destiny, he needs knowledge, but he has no way to learn and no economy, he needs courage, but he is crushed by the pressure of life, he needs opportunities, but he does not have the strength to seize them. ”

"In this world, in this era, the big businessmen control the trade routes and suppress the small businessmen who have just debuted. The aristocracy was in a group, hostile and excluded the 'hillbillies' in their eyes, and those who possessed knowledge looked down on Bai Ding, those who held power looked down on the commoners, and those who held wealth looked down on beggars. This kind of power that supports them and gives them the confidence to look down on the weak is also something that the world is crazy to pursue, and it contains the driving force for progress, growth, and strengthening. In our bodies, the spirit of our ancestors in ancient times, who fought against ferocious beasts and cruel environments, flows in our veins called 'evolution'. Everyone wants to be stronger, and no one wants to be cowardly for a lifetime! So, it's time to make a change, to make this world a wonderful place, to let this world have a little more opportunities, so that everyone has the opportunity to control their own destiny!"

"Let every city and every town have a school of our ninjas! Let every inch of land be planted with ninja flags! Let the children of the next generation shout ninja slogans! Let the money of merchants be spent for progress! Let the decrees of the nobles be made in order to become stronger!"

"Let the voice of change echo in every corner of Tokaido!"

"Let the flame of revolution burn the curtain of confinement in the new era!"

"The new era needs new voices, and we ninjas will be the protagonists of the new era! We are driving the chariot of history, and anyone who dares to stop will be crushed to pieces!"

Shi Chen's scalp tingled when he heard this, and he was very reluctant to admit it, but he had to admit that Shen Natian's words might be right.

The world is full of shackles, this era is full of thorns, but the forerunners, those with vested interests, are not willing to blaze a trail of progress at all, they only want to lie on the bed of power and wealth, and enjoy the delicious fruits of their half-life struggle. The second generation of Hokage created the ninja school system, greatly improving the ninja cultivation system, so that more people can become ninjas, become "strong" who control their own destiny, but that's it, the opposition from people from all walks of life, so that the expansion of the ninja school has been greatly hindered, a ninja village only needs a ninja school is enough, isn't it? A ninja school can only enroll less than a hundred students in an academic year, and among these less than a hundred people, one tenth of them will be persuaded to quit, one tenth of them will drop out, and one tenth of them will not be able to graduate.

Why don't you call on or even compel people from all walks of life to support the education of ninjas? Why don't you call on people from all walks of life to support the education of ninjas? Why don't you extend your influence to a country's ninja villages, and why do you only have a millionth of the country's ninja training institutions? Because those in the old days were afraid! They were afraid of the power of ninjas, and they clearly knew that it would not be the monks who represented the faith, nor the samurai who represented the powerful, but the lawless ninjas who would destroy their rule in the future! They would represent miracles!

In this world, some people dream of world peace, and some people want to destroy the world, however, no one has ever thought of breaking the pattern of the world, and no one has ever pointed out so deeply that what restricts the progress of the world is actually the rules and systems that "protect" them. But now, Kannaten has stood up, he is not for himself, and certainly not for the world, his purpose has been clearly stated.

We want to make the world a better place.

"The reign of the three generations of Mizukage is backward!" Kannato said resolutely, "So I killed him!" And now, Father-sama, I need your help to hand over your power to me, so that I can complete the change, lead the Fog Hidden Village, lead the Tokaido, and open the door to the new era!"

With a click, the cigarette fell off from Shi Chen's fingers and fell to the ground, splashing out a little spark.

He looked back blankly, and in a trance, he realized that Kannatian's once familiar face and eyes had now become unfamiliar......