What countries those represented went without saying.
"The essence of war is supposed to be letting people live good lives. But when families are torn apart, wives lose husbands, children lose fathers, and parents lose sons, can anyone really call that a good life?"
Mito heard the two of them chatting and smiled. "Stop talking about pointless things. If war really breaks out, it won't be something you two can change."
"What about Lord Torifu? He can always handle it, right?"
Hearing that, Mito continued, "Of course. War breaks out when someone has calculated that the other side's strength won't overwhelm them. But if I can suppress you with absolute strength, you won't make a move lightly. That is the model Torifu is using now."
"That makes sense. Relying on overwhelming strength so no one dares act recklessly really is a very good way to maintain peace. As long as one person is strong enough, that powerful person can maintain peace."
Jiraiya agreed with that view quite a bit, though it did not sound like it fit very well with mainstream values.
Because if there was one powerful person above everyone else balancing the entire Shinobi World, then once that powerful person wanted to start a war, it would be the end of the entire Shinobi World.
However, if they wanted to achieve peace, it seemed this was the only way.
Humans were creatures where the weak were prey to the strong. If a powerful person maintained peace across the entire Shinobi World, then no one would make a move.
And once something happened to that powerful person, all kinds of wars, large and small, would erupt across the entire Shinobi World in an instant.
But interestingly, this situation probably would not happen in the Shinobi World anymore.
Because Torifu