Silence returned to the tent.
Lin Ze switched off the playback device, the images of those Konoha ninja dying horrific deaths replaying in his mind.
He sighed softly.
In a sense, their deaths were connected to him.
If he had not captured Kitsuchi alive and changed the situation on the battlefield, Madara Uchiha would not have intervened personally, and these people might not have died.
But...
The calm returned to Lin Ze's eyes.
This was war.
Cruel, merciless, and full of unforeseen events and sacrifices.
The ripples stirred up by an individual's power could reach many innocent people.
He had long understood this, and he had never naively believed he could control everything without paying any price.
The only thing he could do was keep growing stronger-strong enough to face any unforeseen event, strong enough to protect the people and things he truly cared about.
Besides, if he had not brought Kitsuchi back as a prisoner, the fighting between Konoha and Iwagakure would certainly have continued. These people might not have survived anyway!
Still, the Naruto world's tech tree really is skewed beyond belief.
Lin Ze felt little turmoil inside. He was no longer the child he had been when he first transmigrated into this world, whose heart would race just from killing someone.
Looking at the intricate device in his hand, he could not help feeling a little reflective.
Refrigerators, movies, radio, and even advanced technology like cell cloning all existed.
Yet telephones had never become widespread, and most of the time, messages still had to be delivered by ninja dogs, ninja hawks, or people.
Perhaps the existence of a special energy like chakra had sent technological development down a strange branch.
He shook his head, casting aside those stray thoughts.
Lin Ze realized that Madara Uchiha's intervention had