Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

This isn't really a problem.

Based on the classified information she had recently read and her personal experience of the beginning of the night of the massacre, Sakura Haruno quickly came to an answer.

Without a doubt, these were supplies used by the Uchiha for their rebellion.

For some unknown reason, it has remained here and has not been sent to Konoha.

Perhaps the supplies here are merely reserves, intended for those who flee Konoha after the rebellion's failure, hoping to stage a comeback someday?

In any case, the very act of stockpiling such strategic materials reveals many problems.

Sakura gazed at Sasuke; the black-haired boy's eyes flickered, and it was unclear what he was thinking.

A stranger named Rin was following behind them, so the two didn't say much. Sasuke was silent for a moment before asking, "Are those scrolls and books up ahead? The information you need should be in there."

The three walked to the innermost part of the warehouse. Although the Uchiha Clan was mostly composed of rough men, they had accumulated a large number of books over the years, including many rare and valuable copies. Many of these books were not kept in the Uchiha in Konoha, but instead appeared here, properly preserved by barriers and Ninjutsu.

"Hmm?" Sasuke glanced at the bookshelf, took a book down, flipped through a few pages, and said, "I read this book a while ago, but I couldn't find it afterward. I didn't expect to find it here!"

"Hmm..." Sakura hesitated for a moment.

She found the bookshelf filled with miscellaneous notes, travelogues, and other books introducing the customs and culture of various places. "Your family doesn't keep any of these books back home."

Sasuke sighed, "Yeah, those books... I thought... there wouldn't be any more after that."

The two exchanged a glance.

The purpose of this warehouse, and the implications behind it, are already quite clear.

Sakura and Sasuke are fine.

Sasuke wandered around the bookshelves and unexpectedly found quite a few good things, even flipping through a book on Madara Uchiha's training experiences.

Seeing Sasuke carefully putting it into the scroll, Sakura pouted, "Whether this kind of thing is useful or not is a matter of opinion! I prepared 600,000 words of material for Naruto, and he didn't read a single word of it!"

Sasuke isn't the type to delve into theories; in some ways, he's like Naruto, preferring to experience things first rather than thinking them through. He'll probably take that book back, flip through it a few times, and then put it aside. Relying on theoretical research to become stronger is something only Orochimaru Sakura Haruno have done remarkably well in the entire Shinobi World.

"Moreover, that's all outdated knowledge from decades ago. The Shinobi World's understanding of many issues has been updated several times over, so there's bound to be some errors in it."

The average strength of ninjas has been continuously increasing, especially after the establishment of the ninja village system. The ninjas gained a stable rear base and finally had the ability and leisure to conduct in-depth research on Ninjutsu. Therefore, these decades were also decades of great development of Ninjutsu, and a large number of Ninjutsu were developed during this period.

Therefore, when reading training notes, the newer the better; as for Madara Uchiha... he is strong, but that doesn't mean his insights are necessarily correct. If Sakura Haruno had his talent and Chakra reserves, she might even do better than Madara!

Unfortunately, no matter what Sakura Haruno does, Sasuke won't give up Madara's notebook just because of Madara Uchiha's name.

He countered, "No matter what, Madara's insights into cultivation are more important than some unknown nobody's travelogue or descriptions of local customs and traditions, aren't they?"

Sakura Haruno held a thick book of curiosities in her hands, and remained silent.

She wasn't going to argue with him about this. Once the Yang God Mode was developed, he'd know which was more important.

"In the deserts and Gobi of the Land of Wind lives a creature called the Digging Scorpion..." Sakura found something familiar in the book. "The Digging Scorpion's venom is extremely potent; many ninjas use it to concoct poisons. They can grow very large; deep in the desert, there live Digging Scorpions that are nearly a hundred meters long..."

--That's not right. Sakura saw it with her own eyes; those giant scorpions can grow to over a hundred meters long.

It also mentioned the so-called Ancient Kingdom of Roran, which has remained a humid and habitable city for centuries, but made no mention of the energy beneath the ground. Perhaps in all these years, Sakura is the first person to safely travel through time and space and return to her original timeline—after all, this wasn't her second time traveling through time, and her soul possessed the capacity for time travel.

This book might contain the information she needs.

She closed the book and carefully put it into the scroll as if it were a precious treasure; the two of them found a few more books, and finally remembered that there was still a stranger, Rin, waiting for them, so they stopped dawdling.

Sasuke also picked up a lot of supplies on this trip, filling his storage scrolls to the brim—although compared to the total amount in the warehouse, this amount of supplies was nothing.

Then, reluctantly, they left this treasure trove.

"Sorry, Rin, I kept you waiting." Sasuke said apologetically as he left.

"It's alright, it's Sasuke's first time here, it's normal for him to take a while." The girl named Rin Mikura said with a smile. Sasuke had played together when he came here before, so they were childhood friends in a way.

"I'm glad you don't mind... By the way, Rin, are you really not considering becoming a ninja? You also have Kekkei Genkai, and your potential is very strong. If you came to Konoha, you could definitely become a great ninja."

Rin gave Sasuke a serious look.

"Is being a ninja really that good?" she said calmly. "Having the power to fight makes you unable to resist using that power for fighting, which only leads to tragedy... Once upon a time, your Uchiha Clan was so glorious, but in the end, the only person left to play with me is you."

Sasuke glanced at Rin, whose eyes were slightly red, and sighed, "Mastering power can also protect the people important to you!"

"I have no one left to protect. I'm an orphan, kindly taken in by Cat Granny. My parents died at the hands of ninjas, and my friends all died at their hands..." she whispered. "Only you are left, but you're so strong, you don't need my protection."

Sasuke glanced at her, and for a moment he was speechless.

A silence fell between them.

"So you think ninjas are the root of the world's chaos and tragedy, Rin Mikura?" Sakura Haruno, who had been listening to the two of them, interjected during their silence.

"Hmm... If there were no Chakra, no ninjas, this world would definitely be more peaceful and better!" She glanced at Sakura and expressed her thoughts.

"Is that so... But I think that even without Chakra, people would still develop all sorts of weapons for war and rack their brains to find ways to kill their own kind."

Airplanes, cannons, tanks, firearms... even poison gas and nuclear bombs...

In terms of efficiency in slaughtering one's own kind, the world without Chakra is in no way inferior to the world with Chakra.

In this world war, the main victims are only nations; large countries can still retain some strength. In the previous world war, World War I resulted in tens of millions of deaths and injuries, World War II resulted in sixty to seventy million deaths and hundreds of millions of injuries, with some large countries losing an entire generation. If Third Shinobi World War were to break out, the death toll would likely be in the billions...

In terms of warfare, the world without ninjas is actually more intense!

The Shinobi World War here, heh heh, to be honest... judging from Sakura's estimated casualty figures, it doesn't even deserve to be called the world war of her previous life. It's just that due to various reasons, including the lessons learned from the war being too painful, the threat of mutual destruction with nuclear bombs, and various other factors, that world over there eventually maintained mainstream peace; even so, war raged in various parts of the world.

Sakura wasn't proud of the high death toll in the world wars of her past life; she simply wanted to demonstrate that ninjas and Chakra were not the root cause of war.

"What causes conflict and war is people's hearts, not Chakra and ninjas. What do you think?"

"That makes sense," Rin replied expressionlessly, "But I still hate ninjas."

The atmosphere became somber.

Sakura Haruno couldn't refute this statement. She was a ninja now, so of course she was on the side of ninjas; others weren't ninjas, so they didn't need to understand whether the root of the cholera world lay with ninjas or not.

Rin only needs to know that most wars are caused by ninjas.

Ultimately, it comes down to differing perspectives.

From the perspective of humanity as a whole, do ninjas and Chakra hinder human development? Sakura Haruno hopes the answer is no, but she's not sure either. This is a question that may require a lifetime to answer.

The three remained silent until Rin escorted them to the door, and no one spoke.

After wishing each other well, they went their separate ways.

The exit they used to leave was right beneath the tallest building in the ruins, so Sakura made several leaps and jumped onto the roof.

"What do you want?" Sasuke asked, following behind.

"The view here is beautiful, isn't it! You can overlook the whole city." Sakura Haruno walked to the edge of the platform, waving her hand. The summer heat from above carried the wind through her hair.

In an instant, the somber mood left by the previous debate vanished amidst the magnificent scenery before them.

"If this were a properly functioning city, it would certainly be a beautiful sight. Unfortunately, this is just a ruin, dirty everywhere, and there's nothing to see," Sasuke, shaking his head.

"Yeah?"

Sakura Haruno smiled faintly.

She formed hand Hand Seals, generating a massive amount of Chakra, and in one go lifted all the water from the river that ran through the city several hundred meters away onto the street.

Beneath this magnificent high-rise building lies a very spacious plaza, which can be used to host large events.

Sakura then controlled the massive flow of water to wash the streets and plaza below. She meticulously manipulated the river water to clean every corner, finally returning it to the riverbed with countless pieces of trash. The neighborhood and plaza beneath her feet were cleaned up and instantly looked brand new and much prettier.

"So? Chakra and Ninjutsu can make the world a better place, right?" She raised her eyebrows, a hint of smugness in her voice.

To be honest, Sakura felt that using Ninjutsu in these situations was far more meaningful than using it in battle.

Sasuke walked to the edge of the platform, crossed his arms, and looked down at the clean and tidy streets below, lost in thought.

"You made a serious oversight in designing this city," Sakura Haruno said. "A highly densely populated city will face extremely serious security problems!"

She gave an example. "Suppose a large event is taking place in this square right now, with tens of thousands of people gathered here; then a malicious enemy stands in my position and uses the same Water Release, but instead of clearing the streets, he uses it to attack the crowd, resulting in extremely heavy casualties... In a traditional city with low-rise buildings, there wouldn't be such a worry!"

"To be honest, Konoha's population is already quite dense. If an enemy, like members of Akatsuki, were to run rampant in the village, any Ninjutsu they used could cause massive damage..."

"Therefore, cities with such higher population densities can only truly be built after peace is achieved in the Shinobi World..."

Sasuke sighed, "Chakra is used to kill or to improve the world depends entirely on the user's choice; however, almost all the Ninjutsu we ninjas learn is developed for the purpose of better killing our own kind..."

"One thought can make you a demon, another a Buddha," Sakura added.

"So Rin chose not to become a ninja, and perhaps she'll be happier..." Sasuke sighed, then turned to Sakura Haruno with a serious expression. "I know that's not what you're thinking. Just be direct!"

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