Namikaze Minato's Speech

After finishing the first of Jiraiya's heroic biographies, the biography of Uchiha Kō, the God of Shinobi was deeply shaken. Uchiha Kō had never received even a day of guidance from a renowned master, yet he had conquered the entire shinobi world.

At home, he governed with a gentle, unifying system; abroad, he employed a fierce, wolf-like policy. He struck hard against external enemies while ruling the village according to law, allowing livelihoods to flourish and giving shinobi security.

He truly did not know what Uchiha Kō had been thinking, giving soldiers such generous compensation after they were wounded and granting their children priority admission to civilian posts.

Every war had been won through the desperate efforts of Konoha's shinobi, who had fought themselves to exhaustion. That was everyone's glory!

Uchiha Kō always remembered everyone's contributions and never hesitated to reward anyone, yet he alone was forgotten. Whenever there was a battle, he was always the first to charge ahead.

It was precisely because of this that Konoha had won everyone's hearts. Konoha's people fought without hesitation—for themselves and for those who came after them. This generation would finish the fighting so that those who followed would not have to.

At first, everyone had thought that unifying the shinobi world was already victory. But when Uchiha Kō proposed the war against Heaven, and they learned of his purpose and vision, that generation, along with a new generation, resolutely went to war.

It was no exaggeration to say that no one could be certain of the outcome of this battle. If they lost, this world would vanish. If they won, everyone's fate would be in their own hands from then on.

There would no longer be any fated deaths, any playing the role of puppets, any eternal strength for the strong