Exploration

After all, even if the two of them were "mecha pilots driving Gundams," they were by no means invincible in the Ninja World.

Based on what Bai Sui had observed in the Ninja World, while the two might indeed be invincible in a one-on-one duel, they were not immune to being subdued by a group.

After all, their act of establishing a village was, in the eyes of those ninja clans, essentially digging up their roots. Although those people were indeed somewhat narrow-minded for various reasons, they were not fools; naturally, they could see where the problem lay.

Faced with such behavior, even ninja clans that were usually at odds would temporarily set aside their grievances and unite.

It was only because years of constant warfare had weakened the strength of the ninja clans to their lowest point that Madara and his companion were able to rely on their individual power to complete the founding of the village.

Moreover, as for the other villages, while they were called villages, it was clear they were not like Konoha, which had nearly erased the ninja clans; on the contrary, those villages were more like meeting halls established by various ninja clans.

Although this journey left Bai Sui with a slight prejudice against ninja clans, that was not the main takeaway; the most important thing was witnessing the true Ninja World.

To be honest, when watching the Naruto storyline in the past, he felt that the mobilization of 80,000 ninjas during the Fourth Great Ninja War was absurd, but after seeing the entire Ninja World, Bai Sui could only say that was merely the state of things after a period of recovery.

After all, during his travels, Bai Sui discovered that at the peak of the Ninja World, any group that could be called a ninja clan had at least a hundred or so combatants; those with fewer were not worthy of being called a clan. Of course, these hundred or so were mostly genin.

Even for such small clans, to Bai Sui's knowledge, there were nearly 200 of them. Because these families were spread across the entire Ninja World, they were subject to great fluctuations due to war.

As for the combat strength of the great clans, at their peak, they also numbered around a thousand. After all, if they did not have such manpower, how could the Uzumaki Clan have dared to speak of founding a nation?

Based on the information Bai Sui gathered during his travels and his own verification, he estimated a rough set of data.

The entire Ninja World had a population of over 30 million, of which ninjas and their kin accounted for about 500,000 (100,000 ninjas and about 400,000 kin without ninja talent). Samurai, monks, onmyoji, and shrine maidens combined totaled about 100,000; all nobles, officials, and servants numbered around 300,000; and ordinary soldiers totaled about 1.2 million.

Of course, this data was from the peak of the Ninja World. Now, after a long period of war, only the nobles and the soldiers under their command had not changed much.

After all, the Ninja World during the Warring States period was truly chaotic, and many of those ninja clans had abnormal mindsets. Without corresponding protective forces in their hands, how could those nobles have survived to this day?

To rely solely on the administrative relationship between the Daimyo and the ninjas to make the ninjas obediently listen and not strike at them? Stop joking. Some ninja clans would even strike at their own people when they went mad, let alone these so-called nobles whom they viewed as weak as ants.

The reason was simple: those nobles possessed enough power to protect themselves, and it was through their unity that they were able to suppress the ninjas under their command.

Yes, they united to cause internal strife among the ninjas, using honors, supplies, and other methods to do everything possible to keep the ninja clans at odds.

Through their efforts over hundreds of years, they created rifts between the various ninja clans, many of which were irreparable. To maintain this fragmentation, the nobles even invested a large amount of resources every year.

Furthermore, Bai Sui discovered that those nobles were far from as simple as they appeared. Their research behind the scenes had never stagnated, and they had achieved many results.

If nothing else, all the visible places in the entire Ninja World, including those Daimyo Mansions, appeared very backward. Yet, in those hidden experimental sites, electrical energy was already being used. Although still very rudimentary, things like electric lights already existed.

To be honest, on this point alone, Bai Sui admired those Daimyo. After all, it was not that they could not live more comfortably and make their lives more convenient, but they guarded their beliefs for generations, all for the day they could solve the ninja problem.

Bai Sui discovered that those nobles' understanding of ninjas might be even greater than that of the ninjas themselves. After all, these nobles had long-standing traditions, some even tracing back hundreds of years before the arrival of Otsutsuki Kaguya.

Those nobles with long histories had records in their homes regarding Otsutsuki Kaguya and the two brothers of the Sage of Six Paths, and the ninjas they created later were always under the close watch of the nobles.

Those Daimyo possessed abundant resources; if they wanted to become ninjas, they only needed to introduce some bloodlines. However, looking at the entire Ninja World, only some emerging small-nation nobles possessed ninja bloodlines.

The reason was that they believed ninja bloodlines were a means for demons to invade this world. After all, the ancestors of all the nobles who survived to this day had experienced Kaguya's Infinite Tsukuyomi and the creation of the White Zetsu.

If people had thought she was a goddess when Kaguya first descended from the sky, after experiencing that apocalypse, no one would have such thoughts anymore.

Therefore, those nobles were all striving to ensure the purity of their own bloodlines. While they were also coveting the power of ninjas, they would not allow their own bloodlines to be contaminated.

As ninjas developed, they naturally wanted to go further. After all, no one wanted to have someone above them in charge, so many ninjas had also attempted to build nations.

However, those nations were all wiped out by the nobles using various methods. When they exterminated the first ninja nation, those nobles had made a great determination.

After all, they knew of the Sage of Six Paths, and his deeds and legends appeared in the Ninja World from time to time. At that time, the nobles did not know his stance and were prepared to fight him to the death.

Yet, throughout the process of destroying the nation, although there were some small accidents, the Otsutsuki did not appear to intervene. It was from then on that the nobles began to target the ninja clans.

However, by that time, the ninja clans had already grown strong. After a few hard battles, they shifted from direct confrontation to secret division.

Moreover, through the unremitting efforts of the nobles, they intermarried with some large ninja clans and planted many nails within them.

Those nails were loyal to the nobles, or rather, loyal to what they considered pure-blooded humans. Even their own descendants were not trusted because of the impurity of their bloodlines.

It was precisely with the help of these nails that the nobles gradually completed their vision and brought about the current state of the Ninja World.

Regarding the thoughts of the nobles, Bai Sui could not say who was right or wrong; after all, it was merely a matter of different perspectives.