Chapter 420: Chapter 420 Little Sakura: Just... Quite Awkward
The Will of Stone... truly an annoying topic.
Kaguya’s interest changed into a cold look. She coldly looked at Kaguya below, but her eyes flashed with the figure of another annoying person. E
As if suddenly thinking of something, as the two looked at each other, Sakura suddenly raised her head and looked at Kaguya. Her tone was light but firm: "Where Konoha dances, fire never dies. The light of the fire will continue to shine on the village, and let new leaves sprout. This is... the Will of Fire."
Kaguya’s forehead showed veins.
Sakura saw this and narrowed her eyes without thinking.
Her right hand unconsciously made a fist and then opened it, repeating the action. Kaguya looked at the person below with a cold face... mainly at Sakura, "The Will of Fire. This thing became laughable a long time ago. To protect the village?"
"Ha." Kaguya laughed coldly, "It’s because of the so-called ’protecting the village’ that wars happen between ninja worlds. From the start, the ’village’ path was wrong."
In the past, the ninja world didn’t have villages and there were endless wars. Originally, Madara and Hashirama had the ability to end the war and unify the entire ninja world, but in the end, they chose a different path.
"But Konoha is truly peaceful!" Sakura looked serious, "Even if there are many wars between ninja worlds, Konoha village is peaceful. No matter how the flames of war burn, they won’t affect Konoha. This is the result of those ninjas’ efforts to protect the village!"
"Laughable." Kaguya raised her head, looking scornful, "Which is more important, the peace of a village or the peace of the entire ninja world? Konoha is peaceful because it’s protecting the village? No, because of ’protecting the village,’ the ninja world has endless wars."
"In your narrow view, you only see the ’peace’ in the ’village.’ But you don’t see how many wars you started for the sake of this so-called ’peace.’"
"Protect? What have you protected?" Kaguya lowered her head. Her pair of Byakugan eyes carried a lot of pressure, looking down at Sakura from above, "Dead ninjas? Wandering refugees? Self-righteous and high up, thinking you’ve protected this world, but unable to see the bodies at your feet. This kind of world... you call it ’peace’?"
Kaguya laughed softly, the laughter full of coldness.
"Have you... ever looked down?"
Sakura was stopped by this question. For a moment, she opened her mouth looking at Kaguya, but seemed to suddenly lose her words and couldn’t answer.
Kaguya tilted her head slightly. Her Byakugan eyes gave off a faint light, "Kid, the peace you see is because you can only see peace. Narrow vision, brainwashing education, and blind arrogance have long caused you to lose
the courage to see the truth. It’s so naive it’s laughable..."
Sakura clenched her fists, but couldn’t say anything.
Beside her, Gaara glanced at her, then, facing Kaguya’s gaze, softly spoke, "Arrogance... or confidence?"
Kaguya narrowed her eyes.
Everyone unconsciously looked at Gaara, even Sakura.
Gaara crossed his arms, standing on the yellow sand. A light breeze blew his robes, going around the heavy gourd, and lifting his bangs.
He looked at Kaguya with a calm face and simply said, "Arrogance or confidence? Kaguya, do you know the difference between them?"
"Oh?" Kaguya didn’t answer, but just smiled coldly looking at him.
Gaara lowered his head and thought, then spoke again, "Indeed, perhaps the peace of a village is very small compared to the entire world. In your words, it’s like we picked up a sesame seed and lost a watermelon. This kind of blind confidence can indeed be called arrogance."
"But why do you think we forgot those who died? That we never looked down?" Gaara asked Kaguya. Without waiting for Kaguya to answer, he continued, "Although the Sand Ninja Village doesn’t have a memorial, we still recorded the ninjas who died on the battlefield."
"Perhaps you’ll say that it’s meaningless, but it’s only meaningless to you, because it’s just a name. But to us, to the person who died, and to those who knew him, this simple name is proof that he once tried hard."
"Dying is not because of war, but because they followed their heart to protect the village." Gaara’s eyes were firm, "Just like now, we’re facing you. Even if we die, we won’t regret it, not because it’s war, but because we are Kage. We will protect the people behind us, even if... we become the bodies you speak of."
Gaara took a deep breath, "The older ones piled up bodies to make roads. The younger ones stepped on their older ones to move forward, so that they did not repeat the same mistakes. And we, the dead, don’t want them to stop and look down at us. Isn’t this the goal of everyone who died to protect the village?"
"Is this arrogance?" He looked at Kaguya with clear eyes, but answered the question himself, "No, this is trust."
"Meaningless." Kaguya opened and answered, "This will only make the war continue. Peace will never come."
"Is that so?" The speaker wasn’t Gaara, but Terumi Mei.
She smiled and glanced at Gaara, her face bright and full of smiles, "I think that when an older person dies, the younger person learns from their older person’s experiences. The entire world will
become more and more peaceful in the hope of the new generation, until there is no war."
"Where there are people, there will be war." Kaguya looked at Terumi Mei.
"No." Ohnoki shook his head, "Where there are people, there is not only war, but there is hope."
Kaguya frowned, but didn’t say anything.
Terumi Mei looked at Ohnoki with some surprise, "Tsuchikage, I thought your thoughts would be closer to Kaguya’s."
Ohnoki glanced at Terumi Mei, "Although I’m an old man, stubborn and unreasonable, I know more clearly than you that the new generation is the future of the ninja world. Us older ones should have already been removed by the rolling wheels of history."
Otherwise, he wouldn’t be in such a hurry to find a person to take over Iwagakure Village.
Sigh, just thinking about it makes Ohnoki feel pain.
Why are all the talented new generation from Konoha? And this Kazekage and Mizukage... Ohnoki felt his stomach start to hurt too.
Luckily, there’s still the Kumogakure Ninja Village with him.
Ohnoki looked at Raikage Ay with the eyes of a fellow patient.
Ay... didn’t pay attention. He just stood beside him with a serious face.
Probably noticing Ay’s gaze, Kaguya turned her head and looked at him, "You think so too?"
Ay rarely became silent for a moment. Then, to everyone’s surprise, he shook his head, "The Land of Thunder is a nation of warriors. It’s impossible to say we won’t be involved in war."
After all, the Land of Thunder has played an important role in every ninja world war.
"Raikage-sama..." Terumi Mei’s eye twitched. She seemed to be preparing to say something.
But the next second, Ay spoke again, "But that’s just my thought. Perhaps one day, the Land of Thunder will become like other countries. Just like now, we’re joining hands to fight you. Even if it’s just forced by the situation, at least, the future is already different from what you said."
Terumi Mei and Ohnoki both smiled. Gaara’s expression also became more relaxed.
The Four Kage looked at Kaguya in the sky. Their faces were indescribably serious, yet also indescribably relaxed.
Gaara crossed his arms and looked eagerly, "The Five Great Nations are joining hands at this moment. And in the future, wars will definitely decrease. Starting from our generation, or from our next generation, fighting will become smaller and smaller. One day, ’protecting the village’ will become ’protecting the ninja world.’"
Terumi Mei: "After picking up the sesame seeds... we can also pick up the lost watermelon again."
Ohnoki: "This is the oath made by the Five Great Nations’ Kage, with their lives!"
Ay: "The future is not only in our hands."
Gaara, Ohnoki, Terumi Mei, Ay... The four of them had the same firm gaze.
Sakura: "..."
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