Compared to Naruto, Sasuke's demeanor was much more subtle, he just smiled faintly and didn't say anything.

It's just that under those indifferent black eyes, there is the same firmness and fighting spirit hidden.

The two teenagers, one calm as water, the other as high as fire, have completely different appearances, but Sakura Haruno can see that their minds are almost the same.

"It's good to have faith. But be careful not to be careless!"

Sakura Haruno stared into Naruto's eyes and said in a deep voice.

She rubbed the top of the boy's head. Naruto's hair was shaved a little shorter than before, looking crisper and more piercing.

Of the three, Naruto had performed the fewest high-level missions and the least experienced, and it was also the place where Sakura Haruno couldn't rest assured. He's always been called the number one ninja by Kakashi, a title that's been half a blessing, and sometimes this wonderful surprise is useful when faced with difficult situations, but in such a dangerous mission, Sakura Haruno would rather be more steady and make fewer surprises.

It is gratifying that after more than two years of training with Jiraiya, Naruto has become much calmer.

I've grown up.

"I understand. He looked solemn and nodded earnestly.

The next dinner may be the last hearty and delicious hot dish that the three of them can eat in recent days.

Although the so-called mountain and water, and the sea by the sea, the Misty Ninja Village is not as rich in materials as Konoha and cannot be used to entertain distinguished guests, but the dinner here is not coarse tea and light rice. The delicious fish soup, fresh and huge shrimp, and seafood are abundantly supplied, making the visitors in Konoha in the inland have a delicious meal.

"When I came, I heard Sakura say that the Misty Ninja Village was poor, but now it doesn't look that bad. Naruto said vaguely as he feasted on a large chunk.

"At least the food was good. ”

In terms of hardships, he has followed Jiraiya up the mountains and down to the sea in the past two years, eating and drinking, and walked through many poor and remote places, which is much harder than Sakura Haruno and Sasuke, who have been staying in the village. Although the latter's work is dangerous, Konoha is extremely prosperous, so much so that their daily treatment in Konoha can be regarded as enjoyment compared to most areas on this planet.

"Fog Ninja Village is also one of the five major villages, no matter how poor it is, it will not be poor. The girl glanced at him and said lightly, "It's just a seafood meal for us, so you can't even afford this." ”

"Hmm. Sasuke shook his head to deal with the crab in his hand, nodding his head casually.

He is also interested in seafood – with the Nangagawa River on his doorstep, and he used to eat wooden fish rice balls as a child. The seafood feast right now is with his appetite.

"The condiments are average, but the ingredients are delicious, and the dipping sauce is delicious. Sasuke finished sucking the crab roe, slowed down, and began to comment in admiration while processing the white and tender crab meat.

He looked up and saw Sakura Haruno sitting upright, with a faint smile on her face, her cups and plates clean and tidy, and her posture was very elegant and calm—you know, no matter how much you pay attention to your posture when eating a seafood feast, it will be somewhat stained with a hint of messy taste.

Sasuke was slightly stunned, noticing that Sakura was the only one of the three who didn't move his chopsticks much.

"You don't want to eat it?" asked the black-haired boy as he chewed on the crab meat.

"I'm not interested in seafood. Sakura Haruno smiled slightly.

It's amazing that in her last life, she was born in a coastal area, and she didn't have a strong appetite for seafood in both lifetimes.

Naruto obviously didn't understand this. In his worldview, this table of seafood is a first-class delicacy, even if it has no seasoning and only rough treatment. He didn't understand why Sakura, who had a normal sense of taste, wasn't interested in these delicacies, just as he didn't accept that there were still people in the world who liked to eat salty tofu brains.

"It's delicious, Sakura-chan, you can taste it. Naruto enthusiastically handed over the freshly peeled shrimp cracks in his hand, "Didn't you say that ninjas can't be picky eaters!"

You must know that in many places he has been to in the past two years, it may be difficult for ordinary people to eat such food in their lifetime. He sympathized with those people, but he couldn't help them, and Naruto couldn't figure out what was behind that.

"Uh...... Thank you. Sakura Haruno raised her eyebrows and ate it helplessly.

"I'm not a picky eater. Just because I don't like it doesn't mean I hate it. When she had finished eating, she shrugged her shoulders and explained, "If I want to eat these, it's just a matter of a water escape and a fishing net." ”

“…… yes. Naruto grabbed his hair and laughed.

"That's not a problem at all for the Water Ninja. During the fish flood season, there may be hundreds of thousands of catties of fish caught in a trip back and forth!" Sakura sipped the fish soup and continued, "So no matter how poor the Fog Ninja Village is, it is not a problem to feed yourself and entertain us. ”

And that's not even counting the farmed part.

She paused for a moment and looked at the two of them solemnly: "Anyway...... Don't think of the Mist Ninja Village as a weak and bully little ninja village just because it needs our support!"

Sasuke ate his dinner with his head down, didn't speak, and pouted secretly.

The little fox frowned and thought for a while, and suddenly asked, "Since the Misty Ninja Village can support itself and is not afraid of being invaded by other countries, then why do they still want to fight?"

"Huh......?"

Sasuke stopped his chopsticks, and Sakura Haruno put down the fish soup in his hand and looked at Naruto.

It's rare that he would ask such a deep question.

"yes, why?" the black-haired boy also showed a puzzled expression.

The girl was a little surprised and pursed her lips.

“…… What is the root cause of the war?" she asked herself, too.

This is not a good question to answer. In the earth of the past life and the Hokage world of the present life, war and peace are the eternal problems of mankind. Even on a more civilized earth, after the smoke of World War II had dissipated, small-scale wars still occurred from time to time - in fact, since the end of World War II, there have been only 26 days when mankind has not had a war at all. And in the world of the Hokage, a new round of world war is approaching them at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Most of the statements are due to people's inflated desires...... Humans are not satisfied with just filling their stomachs, and every country and ninja village wants more resources, land, and people. None of these things can be obtained by peaceful means......"

Sakura Haruno pondered the sentence and said slowly.

"Hmph, the inferior nature of human beings...... Insatiable and insatiable. Sasuke sneered and commented.

"But just saying that, it feels like it hasn't gotten to the heart of the matter, and it's a bit superficial. The girl continued.

It is also said that wars stem from population growth and hunger...... That's the Malthusian view on Earth. Or from the perspective of historical materialism, this happened with the development of private ownership, the three classes of ninjas, peasants, and nobles (landlords) were sharply opposed, and oppressed and oppressed appeared.

But these theories from the previous life will also be problematic if they are rigidly applied in the Hokage world. Just like the application of GCZY in China, it should also consider its own national conditions and become SHZY with Chinese characteristics...... Ahem.

To put it simply, the social model of the Earth world can often be reduced to a binary opposition: slave-slave owner, peasant-landlord, worker-capitalist, etc., but in the Hokage world, ninjas, commoners, and nobles are triados, and it cannot be further simplified. If we forcibly divide them into the superpower class (ninja) and the mortal class (ordinary people composed of commoners and nobles) or the ruling class (ninja plus nobles) and the ruled class (commoners) for analysis, we will only create a bunch of fallacies. For example, when oppressing the people, the commoners will find that the ninja and the nobles are in the same group, and when the ninja village asks for funds from the daimyo, the daimyo and the nobles will feel that the ninjas who are above the top by virtue of their chakra are not the same kind of people as them, or the common people who let them be powerful look more pleasing to the eye, as for the ninja village lost the battle and was deducted by the daimyo, it was a different look...... In different scenarios, the relationship between the three is intricate. From a mathematical point of view, the two-body problem is clear and solvable, while the three-body problem is complex and chaotic, and there is generally no analytical solution. So if you go deeper, what is the root cause of the war, the answer to the question is really not that simple.

As far as Sakura Haruno herself is concerned, of course she has her own thoughts and ideas, but she will not say it to the two of them here and now.

"So I don't know the answer either. ”

After analyzing a large number of chase, the liberal arts scum Haruno Sakura finally concluded confidently.

"Anyway...... The standard answer is to compete for resources, right?" Sasuke glanced at Naruto, who was a little dazed in his ears, and turned to Sakura.

"Yes!" Naruto finally heard the familiar words, and hurriedly responded, "That's what the three Hokage-sama said!"

Sakura Haruno shook her head.

"This is the purpose of war, not the root of war. She stirred the fish soup that had cooled down in front of her, looked at the two of them, and said calmly.

The Sand Ninja Village and the Land of the Wind have always longed for the rich and rainy land, and the Land of Earth and the Land of Thunder have also cultivated the vast flat plains of the Land of Fire, and the answer to the question of war for land and space for expansion is correct enough, but the girl feels that it is not deep enough into the essence.

Sasuke and Naruto frowned and looked at each other as they gave up thinking.

"Alright then...... "Well," the dark-haired boy sighed, "and what's the correct answer?"

Sakura Haruno smiled faintly.

"I said, I don't know. However, it doesn't matter what the correct answer to the question is, it's important to learn to think about it......"

"I hate using my brain the most. The little fox pursed his mouth and said, "And this kind of thing, it's not our turn to worry about it, let's not think about it!"

For hot-blooded fools, this kind of problem is too much of an overstep.

The girl grabbed Naruto's hair fiercely and glanced at him, "Stupid! don't you want to be the Hokage, as the Hokage, you have to think about these issues!"

"But it's too complicated. ”

Naruto replied with a bitter face.

"Is there a more concise answer?" he asked, ......scratching the back of his head, "a few simple steps to peace?"

A simple way to achieve peace?

What a big breath. Billions of people in both worlds have longed for peace, but peace has never been truly achieved.

But in the world of the Hokage......

Sakura Haruno thought for a moment and chuckled, "There's an easy way." ”

"As long as two first-generation Hokage-level masters appear again and work together to maintain peace in the world, then there will be no more wars between ninja villages......"

At least back then, when Senju Tsuruma and Madara Uchiha were alive, no shinobi village dared to stir up strife.

A strong man with absolute power may be able to intimidate the whole world and force people to suppress the desires that are about to stir in their hearts, right?

The girl only said this jokingly, but Naruto and Sasuke nodded thoughtfully.

"Okay, okay!" Sakura Haruno finally smiled, "Let's think about these things slowly, there's no need to give an answer now." Let's focus on the task first!"

……

Nothing was said all night.

Early in the morning, Sakura Haruno woke up on time.

After a brief freshening up, when he walked out of the room, Naruto and Sasuke had already gotten up and were packing up their gear for the trip.

"You're awake. Sasuke bit the bandage in his mouth, carefully wrapped it around his calf, and tied a knot hard before raising his hand to greet her vaguely.

"Hmm. ”

The girl replied lightly, her gaze swept over the neatly arranged darts on the table, the kunai and other ninja equipment, the belt that had already been neatly organized, and the black sealing technique on Sasuke's wrist, and nodded.

"You're ready...... too"

"Well, let's go. ”