Chapter 193: A Miracle Reappears (I)
「…… Wood... Escape ......?"
The three generations almost knelt directly on the ground with weak knees, and no one could understand how great the significance of Mu Dun was to Konoha Village, and what a huge impact it had on his three generations. You must know that the late period of the first Hokage was the juvenile period of the third generation, and at that time, he had seen the power of Kikage with his own eyes, and he kept hearing about the great achievements of the first Hokage from his predecessors.
He had never heard of Kaguya mastering Mu Dun, Mu Dun was known as the pinnacle of Yang Dun, the embodiment of vitality, it could be said that it was not so much a bloodstain limit, but rather the unique ability of the gods.
Miyome raised his head and looked at the forest in front of him, his lips trembled slightly, and he didn't know what to say for a while.
At this moment, Kaguya's voice was transmitted to the ears of everyone present through every tree in the forest.
"Wood escape, Tree Realm Birth, this is the best response I can think of for you, this is the power of the first Hokage who ended the troubled times and Uchiha teamed up to create Konoha Village. Now, this power has been used by me and owned by me, so with Mu Dun's development potential, as well as my unique spatial ninjutsu, it is more than enough to protect Konoha."
"I swear that I will use this power to protect Konoha and those of you who live here. Regardless of whether or not I actually became the fourth Hokage, I will never forget my pride and reserve as a Konoha ninja. With great power comes great responsibility, and I swear with my life here that I will protect you, just as the Hokage has done through the ages."
The people in the forest listened to the gentle and resolute voice, and the dissatisfaction and panic on their faces gradually subsided.
At this time, they looked at each other, and the shock and emotion in their hearts coexisted, because they could hear the sincerity behind these words.
And that voice seems to have some kind of magic, soothing their uneasy and frightened mood, giving people a feeling like a spring breeze, like an extremely harsh and demanding person suddenly becomes much more gentle to you, but this gentleness is not pretentious, it can really warm people's hearts.
"I'm not asking you to accept the reality right away, but please give us a chance. In the past, we were willing to open up all the resources of the Uchiha to build a training school to provide a new platform for all civilian ninjas in the village to become stronger, and in the future, we will also adhere to this open idea, so that every ninja from a civilian background in the village can obtain better resources and training."
"We may not be able to end the war, but we can move forward together. We can't stop the separation of life and death, but at least we try to maximize everyone's chance to live, especially in this chaotic world of war, every time you become stronger, it is equivalent to being able to live one more second on the battlefield, and that second is the boundary between life and death for ninjas."
"Ladies and gentlemen, you are not cold numbers of war dead to me, but living people."
"You will cry and laugh with your friends, relatives, family, children, and when you die, you will not only take your own life, but also the grief-stricken cries of your family, and the irreparable despair of losing your husband, your child, and your family."
"For those who survive, you are like a piece of flesh that has been dug out of your heart, and the intense pain is suffocating, making it difficult to sleep every night, and living is like staying in purgatory on earth."
A gentle and resolute voice, but it speaks words that make people cry.
Many people, ninjas, and families who have experienced it are all sobbing in their voices at this time, they are all people who have experienced grief, or are going through it, or they are afraid of going through it, look at those men and women who are crying and crying, or they are wailing on the ground, they are grieving for their lost relatives or lovers.
Kaguya was so gentle and cold that she tore open the wound in their hearts, making the already scarred wound bloody again.
Although Konoha is said to be the strongest ninja village, the reality is much more cruel than everyone imagined, and next to this most prosperous street is the auxiliary street, which is the only way to get from the center of the village to the suburbs, during the war
The road can be said to be a funeral every day, every family is wailing, and the white cloth is hanging on the body, but it is a long time to part.
Under the seemingly prosperous appearance, Konoha Village has long been riddled with holes, and there are even more people in front of the coffin shop than in front of the restaurant. And most of them are white-haired old men who come to ask, their faces are full of vicissitudes when they come, and they are cold when they go, Kaguya has seen the tragedy of white-haired people sending black-haired people, it makes no sense to say anything, white-haired people just want to wait for death, and have no other thoughts.
Over time, there was no one in the forest to speak out, because there were sad people everywhere.
Hearing the crying voices outside, the three generations of Hokage were like knives, because he even did all this because of himself, and there was no doubt that Konoha was regarded as a treasure by him, so when he heard the sound of sadness everywhere, the three generations had fallen into deep self-blame, guilt, helplessness, and the guilt in his heart actually made this old man who was nearly half a hundred years old cry.
"It's all old man...... The old man's fault......
After all, the three generations couldn't bear the guilt in their hearts, and only felt that they had failed the expectations of the first and second generations, and their faces were full of pain and self-blame at this time.
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"Why are you all bowing your heads?"
Kaguya's words rang out again.
"Raise your head."
The voice was full of sternness and command, and everyone was forced to lift their heads and look around. Some people see their friends, some people see lovers, and some people see strangers, but because the other party has the same sadness as themselves, it triggers a psychological echo of mutual aid, which belongs to the tacit understanding of people who have been hurt.
"Remember, listen, what you are going through at this time is not the end, but a catastrophe that will carry you through the whole journey of your life. Sorrow will happen again, deaths, partings, but the war has accelerated it, so that you will face the repetition of this again and again for the years to come, decades of your life."
"As long as the war continues, there will be lives taken away, whether you want it or not, so the pain will not stop, the parting of loved ones will continue to play out, no matter how you reject it, you can only passively accept it, even if your whole body is in pain and you can't move, even if your anger is enough to burn the whole world, but reality will not turn by your personal will."
"Therefore, we can't get out of this whirlpool of sadness, in the foreseeable future, the Second Ninja World War is not over, even if the Second Ninja World War ends today, then who can guarantee that the third and fourth World Wars will not break out? The only difference is how long the quarantine lasts."
"So sooner or later, we will continue to face the parting of life and death, and this series of tragedies will play out as scheduled, and it will come when it should happen."
"So, what do we do?"
"Just keep your head down and go against the grain, or do you want to fight for your life for the sake of Konoha Village?"
"Fighting for your life, of course——! If anyone thinks so, then I can only say that your pain is not deep enough, because once you have experienced it, you will never easily say such a word of giving up your life, and you will not only leave behind your name, but also bring endless grief to your loved ones, so don't be too self-righteous - this kind of behavior is called selfishness!"
"But if that's the case, what is the right thing to do?"
Kaguya asked.
"There is only one answer, and that is to solve it at the source!"