"Before, this tavern was the most popular in the village."

In a tavern in Konoha,

In an inconspicuous corner,

For a long time, the three old friends who have met get together to experience reunion and memories.

"Remember? When the three of us came back from a mission together, we would all have a drink here before disbanding. ”

Zilai also looked at the deserted tavern and the young man at the bar, and his tone was full of emotion, "I didn't expect that there is no business now, it seems that the tastes of young people now are still a little different from ours at that time." ”

"And this boss has also changed, the uncle at the beginning is now seventy or eighty, and he doesn't have the energy to maintain a tavern anymore."

"This should be the boss's son or grandson, right?"

Orochimaru shook the wine in the glass casually, glanced at the young man at the bar, and said calmly, "No, it's a change." ”

"That uncle's son died on the battlefield, and he had no grandchildren."

"Now this tavern has nothing to do with the original one, except for the decoration and location."

Compared to Jiraiya and Tsunade, he has always been in the village and knows more comprehensive things.

"That's ......"

Jilai also had some regrets, but soon looked at Tsunade again and talked about other topics, "But Tsunade, you said earlier that you were willing to sit in this position, and Orochimaru and I will definitely cooperate directly with you and arrange all the conditions you want." ”

"You've made all those twists and turns, and I'm scared."

"If you really don't want this position, I'll really have to take it myself."

Although he has always said that he doesn't want to take on the position of Hokage, if there is really no one who can do it, he will have to sit on it.

"Heh......"

Tsunade gave a roll of his eyes, put the wine glass on the table steadily, and spoke calmly, "I still thought that if one of you two could let go, I wouldn't join in the fun, but one was more resolute than the other." ”

"Ninja, it's boring and dirty."

"All in all, if the village is unwilling to fully cooperate with me and change the operation system of the entire village this time, I will directly name a successor from the two of you, and then leave."

"Don't......"

Jiraiya smiled awkwardly, "I know what you want to do, and I agree with your idea, but it's really not that easy." ”

"From the Warring States period, it was a deep-rooted belief that ninjas existed as hired people and unconditionally carried out the tasks of their employers."

"You want to change, it's not that easy."

He knew what Tsunade was trying to do.

Even I agree with this very much.

But it is not so easy to get rid of the old ideas and the old system.

As for Orochimaru, he didn't speak, just drank in silence.

"It's a good thing that the original Hokage established Konoha and resolved the local civil strife in the Land of Fire."

Tsunade's tone was firm and insistent, "But he didn't change the filth of the ninja profession itself, but instead made the employment system perpetuate, which I think is the root cause of Konoha becoming more and more corrupt today." ”

"I think that in the future, Konoha needs to cultivate new talents in a new way, rather than tools that only know how to perform tasks."

"There are also people like Koharu and Mito Menyan, who have always held the old ideas, and they should abdicate to the right young people at the right age, and those who have been in high positions for a long time are unwilling to admit their mistakes."

"Different times should produce different new ideas, and the next generation of people with wrong ideas will only be wrong."

"The older generation of people put forward ideas, tried to practice, abdicated and made way for the virtuous; The new generation of people confirms, finds faults, tries to correct mistakes and then practices again, generation after generation, I think this is our Konoha will to fire. ”

"The root of the will of fire is continuation, but it is the good content that continues, not the bad and rotten ......"

In her words, she first denied that her grandfather did not abandon the employment system quickly at the beginning, and then vetoed the older generation of people such as Koharu and Mito Menyan.

There are some things that you can't avoid all the time, even if you want to avoid them.

Take, for example, home.

For Konoha, for ninjas, for war......

Tsunade and Jiraiya actually have the same idea, thinking that it is a dirty profession, so they will run away.

Ninjas perform their tasks unconditionally seems to have been ingrained in the entire ninja world.

Although it is said that the hiring tasks of the hired people on the surface are quite normal, helping people in difficulty to weed, catch pets, and even clean up bandits and bandits.

But secretly, there are more advanced tasks.

Missions from level B and above begin with the content of the missions involving ninja battles, which gradually becomes more complicated.

There are merchants who hire ninjas to assassinate hostile merchants for their own selfishness.

There is a mission to go to the enemy country and assassinate the dignitaries of the enemy country,

It is even more important to invade enemy countries and seize important materials such as mines, water, and crude oil.

As long as it doesn't involve damage to the interests of Konoha and the Fire Country, Konoha will take on many tasks.

And the ninjas who carry out these tasks, they have formed the concept of unconditional mission in the low-level tasks again and again, so whether the village asks them to assassinate someone or invade a certain area, they will never hesitate, let alone ask too much about the reason.

And in the process, regardless of men, women, and children, as long as it hinders the mission or serves as the goal of the mission, the ninja will ruthlessly attack.

Especially in wartime, ninjas often slaughter villages, slaughter cities, and dig dams...... or 'classified missions'.

Some ninjas will become numb and accept this mission after mission.

But there are also ninjas like Jiraiya who will wake up in the middle of one mission after another, understand that this is a wrong and distorted view, and feel disgusted and stay away from it, forming their own ninja path.

Tsunade believes that this is the reason why three ninja wars and countless small-scale battles have broken out in each village in just 53 years.

Fifty-three years!

If a person survives from the moment Konoha was built to the present, he will have to go through three ninja wars and countless small wars.

As someone who experienced and almost dominated the Second Great Ninja War, witnessed the Third Great Ninja War, and experienced the beauty of peace, Tsunade firmly believes that the frequent outbreak of war should be contained.

Although she did not think that solving these problems would cure the problem of war, it would at least delay the outbreak of war and keep the situation stable for a longer time.

And Tsunade chose to come back this time, and when he was ready to sit in the position of Hokage, he also wanted to try to change something.

"You're thinking too simply, Tsunade."

However, for these thoughts, Jiraiya's face became more and more serious, while Orochimaru shook his head in disappointment, "People will be mediocre and rotten, and you can't guarantee that you will be clear forever." ”

"You can't do what you say in the very short time of your life, and you can't guarantee that the next person who will inherit your will will will continue to do it, and if you can't, then everything will be in vain."

"Only by becoming strong, strong enough to live forever, can you keep everything firmly in your own hands."

"If the Thousand Hands Pillar could live forever back then, the ninja world today would not be what it is now."

"Fundamentally, your thinking is wrong, and only eternal life is the truth."

Since the reunion again, it seems that Orochimaru, who has been estranged from the two of them because of time, has spoken so many words for the first time.

Stimulated by Tsunade's initiative to come up with his own ideas, he hesitated and spoke his mind.

And for these words, both Tsunade and Jilai can hear whether they are sincere or not.

“…… Phoenix? ”

Jiraiya and Tsunade looked at each other, and they felt that this old friend seemed to have become a little different.

"You're still obsessed with ...... Is the death of the rope tree? ”

At the mention of this name, Tsunade's face darkened slightly.

"Aren't you?"

Orochimaru asked rhetorically, "And ...... In the midst of the sacrifice of your loved ones, suffering from hemophobia, and running away from the battle, what qualifications do you have to do the things you just mentioned? ”

This sentence made Tsunade's open mouth pause, and he took a sip of the wine glass in a sullen breath.

The atmosphere, silence down.