Didn't See That Coming!

Naruto, who had been brimming with righteous spirit, looked confused when he heard Deva Path Pain's words. "What do you mean?"

"The Land of Fire and Konoha have already grown too powerful," Deva Path Pain explained calmly, looking down at Naruto. "To protect their national interests, they need wars between great nations to seize benefits for themselves. Otherwise, the nation and the people in their villages would go hungry. And the battlefields for those wars between great nations are small countries and small villages like ours. Every time war breaks out, our countries are left in ruins. After several wars, the great nations achieve stability, but they leave us small countries with endless suffering."

When Naruto fell silent, Deva Path Pain continued, "You and I desire the same thing. We both want to achieve the peace Master Jiraiya spoke of. There is no difference between you and me. We both act for our own justice. The justice I carried out against Konoha is exactly the same as what you wish to do to me. The pain of losing something precious is the same for everyone. You and I both understand that pain. You act for your justice, and I act for mine. We are both ordinary people carrying out revenge in the name of justice. But if revenge can also be called justice, then that justice will inevitably breed more hatred and trigger a chain reaction of hatred."

Naruto looked at Deva Path Pain in a daze. He had never expected someone in this world to have mastered Talk no Jutsu to such a degree. As expected of his senior disciple. Luckily, his senior disciple's exclusive BGM was not passionate enough.

"Living in this environment, understanding the past and foreseeing the future, one comes to know that this is history,"