When the huge mushroom cloud completely dissipated, the battle on the battlefield was completely over, and most of the ninjas of the ninja alliance were killed in battle, and a few were captured.

About 20,000 ninjas were still all bearded and tailed, and they all ran away without a trace at this time.

The big trees of the Flower Tree Realm are spreading to the black area, and without the support of the chakra between the Thousand Hand Pillars, the speed of spreading is not fast.

But it is much faster than the natural world, and it won't take too long for the black soil to be covered by green trees, and the traces of the tragic battlefield will disappear completely.

"It's not completely gone, Lord First." Yashiro said respectfully, "That battlefield is now covered by forests, but to this day it is still lush and unsuitable for the surrounding ice and snow. ”

The Thousand Hands Pillar couldn't help but say in amazement: "Can you still melt snow today?" Eighth Master, why is that? ”

The eighth master asked with a strange look on his face: "Zhujian, obviously you did everything yourself, why do you ask me why?" ”

Qianshou Zhu laughed: "I really don't know the reason, just like I learned the immortal art when I saw the slug immortal, I don't know why I learned it." ”

Madara Uchiha: Tsk, this damn Versailles was pretended by him.

"Because of the natural energy, your attack was too fierce at that time, and a considerable part of the highly concentrated immortal chakra was not consumed, but penetrated the leylines and hooked up to the natural energy in the depths of the earth's core, forming a natural cycle."

The eighth master went on to explain: "This cycle brings the heat from the depths of the underground to the surface, forming a blessed land that never freezes. I estimate that in a few years, there will even be hot springs gushing out of that forest, which can serve as a winter healing destination. ”

Hearing the Eighth Master's explanation, Qianshou Zhuma was very satisfied, and he said with emotion: "Eighth Master, thank you for introducing me to the Slug Immortal and learning the immortal arts. ”

"If I didn't know how to do immortal arts, I wouldn't be able to hold my ground in the face of so many enemies, let alone launch a counterattack."

Madara Uchiha's eyes flashed, but he didn't say anything, he poured himself a glass of wine, and waited until Senju Tsuruma and Hachimaster finished drinking and ate two bites of food, and silently raised his wine glass.

The eighth master is now more and more keen, and naturally raised his wine glass, tacitly touched Madara lightly, and at the same time passed a reassuring look.

After eating and drinking, the table was cleaned up, and the six giants sat together to drink tea and eat.

Yashiro is a very discerning young man, and when he saw that the big guy was going to talk about things, he put the snacks such as nuts and dried goods in place, so he obediently retired.

Qianshou Zhujian nodded with satisfaction: "Very good child, the eighth master has a good vision." ”

The eighth master shook his head and said: "It's not that my vision is good, but the war has revealed the noble qualities that can't be shown in peacetime, and it's clearly there, as long as the eyes are not blind, how can you not see it?" ”

Madara Uchiha nodded and said, "Yes, this war is obviously going well, but many ninjas I once thought were very talented ......, but some subordinates who didn't notice it at all were dazzling and couldn't be ignored." ”

"These days, I really wonder if I was blind in the past."

Madara Uchiha's grievances were in great contrast to his usual strong and domineering, and Tsuruma, Hachima, and Mito couldn't help but laugh, and Madara was angry.

There is also a level difference between the big guys, for example, the three big guys can laugh at the Hokage wantonly, while the two younger brothers want to laugh very much, but they don't dare, so they can only hold back.

Not only do you have to hold it, but you also have to control the chakra and eliminate the red face that you are holding back, so that you can't be seen by Hokage-sama.

……

After gossiping for a while, the atmosphere was in place, and the six bigwigs finally sat around and talked about business: the reunification has been completed, what will Konoha do next?

Five pairs of eyes are fixed on the eighth master, as the spiritual leader of the Fire Nation and Konoha, the guide of the way forward, and it is his duty to point out the future direction for everyone.

The eighth master was very calm, he had already thought about this problem, and said without any delay: "What we have to do is two things, promote reunification and look forward to the future." ”

Uchiha Izuna asked suspiciously: "Except for the water country that we deliberately let go, we have now completed the unification, is there any work that has not been done?" ”

"Done?" The eighth master smiled, "We're just getting started." ”

"Think about it twelve years ago, when the three of us united to unify the Fire Country and create Konoha Village, it only took us three months to control the Fire Country by force, and then when did the Fire Country stabilize?"

"Although it is very empty, the people of the Fire Nation still have a sense of national identity after all, and the ninja world does not have such natural conditions, so it can only be created and cultivated by us."

"It's easy to get everyone to accept that they're part of the ninja world, but it's hard to make that identity bigger than the current national identity."

"To complete this project of people's hearts and minds requires a process, a process of unification. We need to build national institutions and maintain formal unity. It is necessary to organize people to implement large-scale mega projects to unite people's hearts and minds in the wonders of humanity. It is necessary to fight against countless natural and man-made disasters, and unite people's hearts in the process of fighting disasters. ”

"It's hard, especially now, the people of the ninja world are not used to unity, and they don't want to change their habits, the ninja world is just forcibly cobbled together by our force. So most people are very disgusted with us, and as long as our force declines, it will fall apart at any time. ”

"Only by temporarily keeping a part of the enemy, so that the people of the Ninja Continent feel threatened, will they come close to us and accept our armed protection, so that we have time to complete the first stage of integration."

The Eighth Master's strategy is actually not above board, full of calculations and blood, and it is his least favorite conspiracy that cannot be talked about publicly.

But there is really no way, if he wants to step over the civilization process that a certain civilization has only completed for hundreds of years, and there is no powerful foreign enemy to do sparring, he can only use the means that he can't use on the table.

But everyone in the ninja world didn't have his knowledge, let alone a "boring" sense of morality, and they all nodded in agreement.

Seeing that everyone nodded, the eighth master continued to speak: "Of course, this is only a temporary enemy, and it can't leave them too strong potential, at least the entire continent must be ours, and on this complete land, a strong and unified great country can be cultivated." ”

"Reunification is our goal, but it must not be the ultimate goal, and if we are so short-sighted, the so-called reunification will not last long."

The Eighth Master told everyone about the population trap and the future of the cycle of chaos, and the five ninjas who heard this truth for the first time were all amazed.

But Senju Tsuruma and Madara Uchiha couldn't feel any sadness and despair, even though they all felt that what Hachimaster said was right.

They couldn't even understand the eighth master's sense of crisis, and said in great confusion: "To be able to prosper to the point that food is planted everywhere, and there are people everywhere, how prosperous it is, why do you feel hopeless?" ”

"Eighth master, the math problem you said is absolutely correct, but there shouldn't be that kind of tragedy in reality, just have fewer children when the land is used up."

This really can't be blamed on the pillars, because they really haven't seen real prosperity, and they have always been in what we call troubled times.

Yes, the ninja world has been in turmoil, and it has never been cured.

Even during the reign of the legendary goddess of Mao, it was only peaceful and untreated, and it never touched the turning point of prosperity in the cycle of chaos.

When a person has never seen a happy life, of course he can't understand the worry and despair of the eighth master.

So the eighth master changed direction and said: "From today onwards, reunification will be an irreversible trend, and after the reunification is completely completed in the future, the ninja world will be completely peaceful and there will be no war." ”

Madara Uchiha clenched his fists and said loudly, "This is what we are pursuing, and it is also the goal that will be achieved!" ”

The eighth master nodded and said, "That's right, but then the traditional social value of ninjas, that is, the value of combat ability, will also be lost, and at most it can only be maintained until the destruction of the water country." ”

"What's next? How are ninjas trained and selected? What do the selected ninjas do? ”

Madara Uchiha and Senju were dumbfounded, they had never thought about this problem, in fact, the two innocent guys had only thought about peace at most, and they had never thought about what to do after peace.

"I know you two haven't thought about it." The eighth master sneered, "Peace is not an eternal result, it is like a building, after it is built, there will always be problems when it is placed there, and it needs to be constantly added to the bricks and tiles, repaired and protected." ”

"The power of ninjas has an irreplaceable role in creating peace, but ninjas are also the most likely forces to destroy peace."

"The trouble is that the force needed to create peace is greater than the force needed to maintain it, and the force required to break peace is very small, even far less than the difference between the first two."

"For example, the total number of ninjas in Konoha has reached 100,000, and when the water country is completely unified in the future, there may be 200,000 to 300,000. Truth be told, it really doesn't need that much. ”

"With so many ninjas, if they have nothing to do, they are a huge threat in themselves, of course, we must find a way out for them, a direction to work towards."

Senju said, "Like the infrastructure ninja of the Ministry of Transportation? ”

"Yes, the infrastructure ninja is indeed a solution, but this is only a method, the key is why to work so hard?" The eighth master nodded and said, "For example, in the past twelve years and the next three to five years, all our efforts, all our hard work, and the unification of the Ninja Continent at the expense of what is it for?" ”

Madara Uchiha said in a deep voice, "To create peace. ”

Of all the people present, he was the most obsessed with peace, and nothing could compare with it, and no one else could be so obsessed with it.

Even the Thousand Hands Pillar, who used to be like-minded with him, has quietly changed after the establishment of Konoha Village, and the most important thing has become the specific existence of Konoha Village.

But the dream of creating peace is still the dream of all Konoha ninjas, and it is the core that maintains Konoha spirit.

Hearing Madara Uchiha's words, Hachiha nodded and said: "In the past ten years, our development speed has been rapid, and the workload is surprisingly large, every ninja is very hard, but no one complains about it, just because everyone is fighting for their dreams." ”

Everyone nodded in agreement with this, and it was hard to imagine how many messy things would have been done by ninjas who had lost their motivation without this dream, and how many ninjas would have slacked off and procrastinated.

"After peace, maintaining peace becomes a daily routine, our ninjas have no dreams, they will unconsciously lazy, and all kinds of problems will arise over time."

Madara Uchiha was the first to agree: "That's right, it won't be long before it appears now." ”

"In the past few days, I have punished several ninjas who are lazy in the mission, and the work that can be completed in one day has to be delayed to two days."

Then he lowered his head and said depressedly: "What's even more incredible is that the corruption that the eighth master warned me about has also appeared, and there is more than one ninja, they actually used their authority to steal Konoha's money. ”

The face of the Thousand Hands Pillar was full of disbelief: "How can this be? Are they short of money? ”

"How is that possible?" Senju's eyes narrowed, "The work of the Konoha ninja is indeed very hard, but their income is high and stable, and there are various benefits designed by the eighth master, so it is impossible to be short of money." ”

Uchiha Izuna's eyes were on fire, and he said with hatred: "Even if there is something unexpected, the village has a corresponding emergency system that can help them solve any 'legitimate' problems, but what they want is not legitimate." ”

The eighth master sneered and said: "I guess, they will first say that they are really a last resort, and then find that this reason is not valid at all, and then say that they are confused for a while, and ask him to give him another chance?" ”

Uchiha Izuna looked at the eighth master as if he had seen a ghost, and it took a long time before he sighed and said: "What you said is exactly the same as what you said, fourteen bastard things, and the reasons for saying them are all the same." ”

Madara Uchiha pinched his eyebrows, and his words were full of suppressed anger: "And among these bastards, there are actually our Uchiha family, it's really me off!" ”

Senju's eyes tightened, and he secretly decided to check in the family when he went back, even the arrogant Uchiha ninja can make mistakes, and his own ninja is probably unavoidable.

The eighth master shook his head and said, "Madara, don't be too angry, this is actually a normal situation. ”

"It's like a child, if he doesn't have the ideal of becoming a ninja, even if there are strict school rules, he will still sleep lazy, skip class, play blindly, and don't do his homework, which will inevitably get some bad problems."

"People can't do without dreams if they want to be motivated, and the country is the same."

Uzumaki Mito said, "What you said is very reasonable, but what are we going to use as Konoha's dream in the future?" ”

The eighth master smiled and said, "I have discussed this issue with Madara before, why don't you talk about it?" ”

Madara Uchiha was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but be quite surprised, and even forgot his annoyance and frustration: "What you said that time turned out to be true?" ”

The eighth master turned his face to the side, pursed his mouth, and asked rhetorically, "I joked with you?" ”

Madara Uchiha suddenly said embarrassedly: "Not in the past, but what you said was too exaggerated, I thought it was impossible to achieve ......"

Senju Tsuruma, Uzumaki Mito, and the two younger brothers couldn't help but be curious, and Tsuruma asked, "Madara, what kind of dream are you talking about?" ”

Madara Uchiha looked at the sky, it was still cloudy, and the snowflakes were still falling, so naturally he couldn't see any stars and moons.

In desperation, he had no choice but to casually point upwards and said, "The eighth master said that our next dream is to go to heaven." ”

"Huh?" x4

(End of chapter)