Tsunade fell silent again.
Honestly, is Konoha a good place now?
It's good for her!
At least, from the time she could remember, apart from when her great-grandfather and great-uncle were alive, no period in Konoha had been better than it is now. There had been no wars for decades, and no Danzo like Danzo.
However, you wouldn't call it exceptionally good.
Others may not know, but Tsunade knows very well. The lives of ordinary people at the bottom of society, and even the lives of ordinary people in the Land of Fire, are places she has personally visited and witnessed firsthand.
"It seems you haven't completely fallen for this false sense of beauty yet."
Yuzuru took a sip of the sake in her cup.
"The so-called 'goodness' is limited to ninjas, or rather, limited to capable ninjas."
"It's not just Konoha, it's the entire Shinobi World."
"The source of suffering in the Shinobi World has never been war, but the twisted profession of ninja, and the rotten-to-the-bone system of daimyo and nobility."
"You've seen ordinary people in the Shinobi World; I don't need to describe their lives in detail, do I?"
Upon hearing this, Tsunade recalled the ordinary people she had seen struggling to survive.
Even now, it still exists.
The war is over, and ninjas no longer need to participate in the war, but the various requests never stop, and those requests all come from ordinary people.
"Even so, what can you do? Daimyo and nobles have existed for hundreds of years, and so have ninjas."
"It's been hundreds of years, so what? Are you proud of it?"
Even Hashirama Senju back then was nothing more than a tool for daimyo to amass wealth. What's so special about daimyo and nobles? They all have one head and two arms, and walk on two legs.
"They also get hungry, they bleed, they die, and their blood is red."
Do you know what I did to the Sea Capital and the Land of Water?
Yuzuru looked at her and asked with a smile.
How did you do it?
"It's simple. I killed the Daimyo of the Land of Water, as well as all the nobles. As for the old ninjas of Kirigakure, those who were too old or too strong, I took care of them all."
"You!"
Upon hearing this, Tsunade stared at him in shock.
"Although the process was cruel, the result was good, and it solved the problem once and for all."
Since then, no one in the Land of Water has voiced any opposition to me, nor has anyone dared to defy my will.
I uprooted all the old-era ninjas and noble daimyo of the Land of Water, leaving them with nothing. Even their corpses were used as fertilizer. In return for these bloody actions, the Land of Water has enough to eat and wear for everyone, and the national treasury has more money than it can ever spend.
Through these efforts, I completed the reforms; at least in the Land of Water, the era of ninjas has come to a complete end.
"There are no ninjas in the Sea Capital and the Land of Water, no nobles or daimyo. There is only a completely new society where the military and civilians are integrated. Every child can go to school, every family can have enough to eat, and no one has to become a bandit to survive."
"Which do you think is better, that kind of country or your Land of Fire?"
Yuzuru looked at Tsunade, quietly waiting for her answer.
How do I know if you're telling the truth or not?
Tsunade chose to run away.
"I knew it! Teacher, I know you too well."
Yuzuru was not surprised by Tsunade's escape. His Nine Tomoe Sharingan suddenly opened, and without warning, he used Infinite Tsukuyomi on Tsunade.
"You!"
Before Tsunade could react, her eyes transformed into the Nine Tomoe Sharingan, and she was trapped in Genjutsu.
There, as an observer, she witnessed the transformation of the Sea Capital and the Land of Water.
Yuzuru waited quietly for the Infinite Tsukuyomi to end, propping his head up with one hand as he looked at Tsunade in front of him.
Although they are both Tsunade, they give off completely different vibes; this Tsunade clearly has a sense of vicissitude.
But thinking about it, it makes sense. The Tsunade of this world left Konoha and Shizune and wandered around for more than ten years, only returning after the Third's death. After that, she became Hokage and then united the Shinobi World.
She even died once along the way; if Orochimaru hadn't intervened in time, she would have been killed when she was cut in half at the waist.
With more experience, one's temperament naturally changes.
However, for Yuzuru, no matter how much he experienced, it was all for naught to deal with the people in the Hokage world.
Why? Because he stood on the shoulders of giants.
Talented individuals nurtured by 21st-century higher education will ensure that no matter what Yuzuru does, the Shinobi World will always improve, because its social system is so corrupt that there is no room for further decline.
For this group of mindless barbarians who only know strength, violence is the most effective and quickest way. As for education, that's something to be done with the next generation.
The older generation of ninjas were killed without Shinobi World; there was no reason to spare any of them.
How can you change someone who has been brainwashed by the ninja system for decades? The answer is impossible. Therefore, killing them is the most effective method.
As for the other ninjas, those who are sensible and willing to change can live, even if they have their own so-called ninja way. These are the ones who have been brainwashed the most.
A ninja talking about the way of the ninja might not sound like a big problem.
But you need to understand that the profession of ninja is purely a tool of war. Their purpose is to gather intelligence, kill, complete missions to make money, and wage war.
They are not a national force, and have no responsibility or obligation to protect the people and the country; they fight only for the interests and money of the daimyo.
Listening to their nonsense about ninja principles is like listening to organized murderers talk about their professional dreams.
It's absolutely outrageous, like an outrageous mother opening a door for an outrageous person. It's outrageous to the extreme.
Watching it as an anime, you might not think much of it, since you wouldn't pay attention to the inconsistencies. But if you were born into this world, and you're someone who has completed nine years of compulsory education, and you can be proud to be a ninja, then you are one! (Pink finger down)
There is no protection, no responsibility; the only truth is that money buys everything. This subverts all the knowledge and values you gained from nine years of compulsory education. There are no national laws, no village rules, and morality and law have vanished.
Even if an entire village is raped and murdered, as long as they don't pay to issue a mission to the ninja village, the ninjas have no obligation to protect them, even if these people are from the same country as them.
This kind of world should have been corrected long ago, but Hashirama Senju didn't do it, and Naruto Sasuke didn't have the brains for it.
Yuzuru didn't want to get involved; he simply didn't want to be suddenly killed.
However, he possesses Ice Release.
From this moment on, he could no longer stand idly by, for he now possessed the power to overturn the Shinobi World.
It's foolish to have the ability but not think of it, but at least you won't regret it. However, if you have the ability, see everything clearly, and yet don't change anything, you will inevitably regret it in the future.
At least, he didn't want the people around him to be like these idiots in the Shinobi World, living a muddled and twisted ninja life, mistaking ignorance for passion, taking mistakes for granted, and lacking even a normal moral compass.
Not for anyone else, but simply for himself and for the people around him in the future, he had to do some things that he had to do. At least, he wouldn't regret this journey, and he wouldn't say that he hadn't changed anything.