"Kid, do you think your grandfather did the right thing?
He started a civil war within the clan merely because the Branch Family disagreed with the Main Family's beliefs. The Main Family was destroyed, but the cost was terrible.
Now only you and your grandfather remain of the Otsutsuki Clan."
Uchiha Yuan looked at Otsutsuki Toneri as he asked.
Tension showed on Toneri's face. After a moment's hesitation, he said softly, "My grandfather and the others were following our ancestor's wishes."
"Hmph. If I were Hamura Otsutsuki, seeing you fools would make me cough up blood."
Uchiha Yuan sneered.
"Nonsense! If Ancestor Hamura were alive and saw the Ninja World today, he would approve of what our Branch Family did."
Otsutsuki Kiyoto's face twisted with anger.
He could not bear Yuan's claim that Hamura Otsutsuki would reject everything the Branch Family had done.
"Otsutsuki Kiyoto, do you know how many people live in the Ninja World?"
After a pause, Yuan continued, "Everyone has interests of their own, and those interests differ from person to person.
When you gain something you want, you may well harm someone else's interests.
That is how conflicts between people arise.
The same holds true between great nations, between great and small nations, between small nations, and between clans of every size.
That is why the Ninja World is full of conflict.
Human beings are creatures of desire, which means conflict cannot be avoided.
It is human nature, not proof that the Ninja World has fallen, as you fools claim."
Yuan's words left grandfather and grandson silent.
A moment later, Kiyoto scoffed. "Hmph. People driven by desire have fallen, have they not?"
Yuan merely gave him a mocking smile. "A person without desire is nothing but a clay idol or a wooden puppet."
Then his tone