Moreover, by explicitly identifying himself as the leader of the Four Clans, he had subtly told Kangetsu that all these decisions were his alone and had nothing to do with anyone else! Then, by saying he had run into serious trouble, he had explained that an enemy was the reason for his tension. Finally came his apology and his sincere request for Kangetsu's help!
Kangetsu naturally understood what Nara Isshin meant. Besides, his goal was to bring all Four Clans under his command, so he certainly would not blame them! His subsequent insistence that they remember his name well was also a way of telling them that he was very interested in their Four Clans!
Those few brief exchanges had been full of hidden meanings. For an ordinary person, even if they could understand them at all, the effort would have been no less taxing than fighting a major battle!
With Nara Isshin leading the way, Kangetsu entered the small town!
The town was exceptionally well built. With the Onmyoji Clan here, setting up barriers within it was naturally no problem, so Kangetsu surveyed his surroundings with great interest!
Looking at the shops around him and the children playing, it was hard to imagine that such a haven could exist in this so-called Warring States Period. It was nothing short of a miracle!
At the sight of all this, Kangetsu let out a long breath, then said to Nara Isshin beside him, "So peaceful! To have a haven like this in the Warring States Period is truly a miracle!
"But although this life and these surroundings offer happiness, you lack the strength to protect it! Yet the clans with the strength to protect such happiness lack the inclination and the sense to create it!
"All they know is fighting and killing. They don't understand that sending children straight onto the battlefield as soon as their training is complete not only puts their clans at risk of destruction, but also turns those children into sacrifices in the struggles between adults!"
After speaking, Kangetsu swept his gaze over the town, then settled it on Nara Isshin's face!
Nara Isshin was stunned by Kangetsu's words! Previously, his plan had been to place themselves under the protection of a powerful clan. With his own strategic mind and the abilities of the Yamanaka, Akimichi, and Onmyo Clans, he could essentially make the clan they allied themselves with even stronger!
But after several rounds of negotiations, Nara Isshin had given up! Their clans' children had to go onto the battlefield; they had to take part in the fighting. His strategies were branded cowardice, and he was driven out. They insisted that war meant fighting face-to-face, leaving his people no opportunity at all!
This had left Nara Isshin with a sense of contempt for those powerful clans! But because the Four Clans lacked innate strength and ninjutsu with powerful offensive capabilities, they could only hide here. If they had not encountered an opponent they simply could not defeat this time, Nara Isshin would never have approached the Uchiha Clan!
But now, hearing Kangetsu's words, Nara Isshin instantly felt that he had found a kindred spirit! Although he had led the Four Clans in building this town and living peacefully, he naturally resented those who did not understand him, especially the powerful clans that could not grasp his thinking. He had felt as though he could never find anyone who understood him!
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