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Chapter 62 The Cyclical Law of the Ninja World War

A child who is less than 1.2 meters tall and only five years old is about to talk about the war in the ninja world.

It's ridiculous no matter how you look at it.

But, inexplicably, Tsunade actually felt that he really understood!

"This is ridiculous! How could I have believed him? I even took out a pen and notebook!" Tsunade truly felt like she had gone mad.

But what's even more outrageous is that, despite being extremely conflicted, she didn't utter a word of questioning and just sat there upright.

After all, she had already been persuaded once!

"Before we discuss the reasons for the wars in the ninja world, I'd like to ask you, what do you think is the main reason for the endless wars in the ninja world?" Ning Yuan asked.

"It's hatred!" Tsunade thought for a moment and said, "The predecessor of the ninja villages was the Warring States period. During the Warring States period, various clans fought each other, accumulating countless hatreds. These hatreds were inherited by the villages, eventually developing into wars between ninja villages!"

"Is this what you think, or what your great-grandfather and great-uncle think?" Ning Yuan asked.

Tsunade blushed and said straightforwardly, "I inherited my grandfather's ideas, what's wrong with that!"

"That works too!" Ning Yuan nodded and said, "Your idea is one of the mainstream ideas in the ninja world. Actually, there's another mainstream idea, which is the lack of understanding between people."

"Uh," Tsunade wondered who had this idea.

Jiraiya.

He seemed to believe that wars were started because of a lack of understanding between people.

"This idea originated from the Ninja Sect a thousand years ago. The Sage of Six Paths believed that the reason why there was war all over the world was because people did not understand each other. If they could understand each other, the war would naturally end."

Tsunade was speechless. I thought this was Jiraiya's idea, but I didn't expect it to have such a long history.

So

"Since it's the Sage of Six Paths' philosophy, is that philosophy correct?" Tsunade asked.

Ning Yuan shook his head: "If he's right, then there shouldn't have been any war in the past thousand years!"

Tsunade thought about it and agreed. Understanding anything was too far-fetched. At least she couldn't understand the Third Hokage. After listening to Ning Yuan's analysis of the Third Hokage, she wished she could kill him even more.

If there wasn't more content to come, she would have left long ago!

"Then what do you think was the cause of the Shinobi World War?" Tsunade asked.

"I could tell you the answer directly, but that would be too simplistic," Ning Yuan said with a smile. "Why don't we start from scratch and work through the deduction?"

"Okay!" Tsunade nodded. She was also very curious about what kind of genius Ning Yuan was.

If you can follow his line of thought, you might be able to understand some of it.

"First of all, who started the war?" Ning Yuan asked.

"It should be the shadows of each village!" Tsunade thought for a moment and said.

For example, World War II was initiated by Hanzo.

Ning Yuan shook his head: "According to your logic, if the Kage didn't want to fight anymore, the war should have ended. But how do you explain the death of the Second Hokage?"

Tsunade was taken aback. Yes!

Even the Second Raikage didn't want to fight anymore, but his subordinates insisted on fighting.

It is clear that the instigators of wars are not necessarily the villages themselves.

If it's not Ying, then who is it?

"Don't forget the concept I mentioned earlier: interests!" Ning Yuan gave a thumbs up: "Whoever benefits from starting a war, that's who starts it. So let me ask you again, who started this war?"

"This..." Tsunade thought for a moment, "Who would benefit from starting a war?"

Are there people who profit from war?

At least I lost my lover and brother, so others should have lost something similar!

No, war can actually be profitable, for example...

"Those merchants?" Tsunade asked.

Those who sell explosive tags, kunai, and shuriken—don't they all yearn for war every day?

"They're one of them!" Ning Yuan nodded. "Anyone else?"

"And another thing..." Tsunade started scratching her head. She felt that going to school back then wasn't this difficult!

However, this problem is not that difficult to solve, because she has indeed been on the battlefield, come into contact with a large number of ninjas, and fought against a large number of enemies.

"During wartime, there are numerous missions that can benefit jonin and chunin who normally only receive low-level tasks!" Tsunade frowned. "In addition, a large number of genin and chunin will be promoted during the war."

Although some people died, some people did indeed benefit from the war!

Thinking about this, Tsunade suddenly felt a chill run down her spine.

Genin, Chunin, and Jonin were all beneficiaries of the war, so the war was not started by any one person, but by the collective will of everyone?

"You're very close to the right answer!" Ning Yuan laughed. "Think about it more deeply: what do merchants, Jonin, Chunin, and Genin have in common? If you don't know how to think about it, then recall a core element I mentioned before!"

"Profit!" Tsunade said decisively, "Profit, money!"

What are the rank, middle rank, and junior ninja supposed to do on missions?

make money!

Why do merchants sell weapons?

make money!

and so!

Having written down the answer, Tsunade was even more bewildered: "A war, started for such a ridiculous reason? To make money?"

Ning Yuan shrugged: "That's right, the wars in the ninja world are indeed started because of money, but that's only the surface reason; there are deeper reasons!"

"There's something even deeper?" Tsunade's eyes lit up. I knew it! How could ninjas fight to the death just for money!

Doesn't this mean the Will of Fire is a joke? Konoha ninjas died one after another for money?

"Of course there are deeper questions, such as, where does the money come from?" Ning Yuan asked.

"Money, money!" Tsunade said, "The Daimyo needs to allocate funds, and also, a mission!"

Ning Yuan nodded: "So, is the money earned from the Da Ming's funding and missions increasing or decreasing every year?"

"Well..." Tsunade thought for a moment, then said uncertainly, "I'm not entirely sure about that, but it should be fixed. As for the missions, even if they increase every year, the increase shouldn't be by much!"

"In other words, the total amount of money is limited!" Ning Yuan concluded.

Tsunade nodded: "You could say that!"

"But the number of ninjas is different. Every ninja has children, and the children of ninjas will become ninjas!" Ning Yuan continued.

Tsunade was taken aback.

"Money is limited, but the number of ninjas is increasing. One day, there won't be enough money to go around among the ninjas!" Ning Yuan shrugged. "And so..."

"The war has begun!" Tsunade was bewildered.

"As soon as the war started, the ninjas began to die, and their numbers decreased, so we had enough money again! Just when everyone was getting tired of dying, the war ended," Ning Yuan added.

"The war has ended, the ninjas have returned to their villages to recuperate, the population continues to grow, the villages are overwhelmed, and the war continues," Tsunade continued.

"This is the cyclical law of the Ninja World War!"

The truth is so simple, yet so profoundly impactful.

Just like the dynastic cycle, truth is never complicated; it can be explained in just a few words.

So it turns out that the deaths of Dan and Nawaki were simply because Hiruzen Sarutobi was greedy for power. So it turns out that the war was started and countless people died simply because there wasn't enough money, and some people had to die to reduce the consumption.

"This is absurd," Tsunade muttered.

"Then try it and disprove it!" Ning Yuan laughed.

Tsunade remained silent.

It cannot be disproven.

Even if Hanzo initiated the Second Shinobi World War, it cannot be disproven, because while Hanzo's aim was to achieve great power status, the village's lack of funds was also a contributing factor.

The pursuit of great power status is simply a way of saying that small countries are too poor and unable to develop.

The fact that all five ninja villages participated in every Shinobi World War is also one piece of evidence.

Because everyone has the same system and the same source of income, they will encounter the same problems!

(End of this chapter)