What these countries represented was self-evident.
"The essence of war is supposed to be giving people better lives, but families are torn apart, wives lose their husbands, children lose their fathers, and parents lose their sons. Can anyone really live a good life like that?"
Mito smiled faintly when she heard the two talking. "Stop discussing such useless things. If war really breaks out, it isn't something the two of you can change."
"What about Lord Torikaze? He can always handle it, right?"
Mito continued, "Of course. War breaks out when both sides have roughly calculated each other's strength and neither is willing to yield. But if I had absolute strength over you, you wouldn't dare act rashly. That is the approach Torikaze is taking now."
"That makes sense. Rely on overwhelming strength to keep others from acting recklessly. It really is a very good way to preserve peace. As long as one person is strong enough, that powerful person can maintain peace."
Jiraiya agreed with that view, though it did not seem to align particularly well with mainstream values.
Because if a powerful person stood above everyone else, restraining the entire Shinobi World, then the moment that person wanted to start a war, it would spell the end of the entire Shinobi World.
Still, it seemed that this was the only way to achieve peace.
Humans were creatures ruled by the strong preying on the weak. If a powerful person maintained peace throughout the Shinobi World, no one would dare make a move.
But if something happened to that powerful person, wars of every size would erupt throughout the Shinobi World in an instant.
Interestingly enough, though, that situation probably would not happen in the Shinobi World again.
Because Torikaze could live forever.
The same went for Hashirama and