"...There was no choice. Shukaku was precisely the foundation of Sunagakure's strength. If we didn't use him, the other nations would." Grandma Chiyo said, "As for what the Tailed Beast itself thought? In this era of the ninja world, no one had that kind of leeway."
"..."
Naruto didn't know how to refute her.
The logic made sense.
But something was fundamentally wrong.
"Was the problem... Ninja themselves?"
It was like fastening the wrong button. From the very beginning, all of this had already been wrong.
A flash of lightning suddenly went through Naruto's mind.
"Don't think about that now, Naruto."
Sparkle's gentle voice brushed past Naruto's ear.
"Sparkle..."
Naruto's tense mind eased slightly as well.
"You'll have plenty of time to think about life later. Right now, our goal is to rescue Gaara."
Come on, if he kept thinking about this, the story itself was going to go off the rails.
At a time like this, as Director Sparkle, she naturally had to step in and take control.
Sparkle: SKIP! SKIP! SKIP!
[Ninjas must die 233] [domo, Ninja Killer desu!] [Didn't expect to find fellow Ninja Killer fans here too] [They're all just meme brats] [I'm different. I'm Miss Nancy's dog] [Are you talking about the anime or the manga version?] [I know the manga too well. The anime is better] [The anime is too girly. The manga is better] [You guys should fight] [Judging by this, could the existence of ninjas itself really be a mistake?]
People in the Naruto World always tended to go to extremes.
Though a protagonist like Naruto wouldn't go that far, psychological counseling was sometimes necessary.
If Naruto really decided that ninjas must die and turned into "Ninja Killer-san," that would be the end of it.
A long-running anime would turn