In the training ground of the Ninja School, Hashirama Senju, wearing a red divine robe, stood on a platform that was extremely simple and gave a speech about the will of fire.
Standing under the stage, the extremely bored Shen Yue tried her best to control herself from being dazed and distracted, but the results were minimal. This was not only due to the fatigue and sleepiness caused by not sleeping well, but also her inner disgust.
No matter which world you are in, listening to the leader's speech is an extremely torturous thing. What's more, what Hashirama Senju said was really boring and uninteresting to Shen Yue. It was nothing more than the will of fire, a topic that has been talked about in anime.
"Where Konoha flies, the fire will also continue."
At first glance, this seems to be a very beautiful idea. Inheritance, dedication, sacrifice, Konoha's ninjas are willing to risk their lives to protect the village and the next generation, and then continue this will, burning endlessly like a flame.
But this overly idealized good will breeds all kinds of darkness in reality.
For the sake of the village, some people can sacrifice everything they have, even if it means killing their closest friends, relatives and lovers; also for the sake of the village, some people can use all dirty and despicable means to wipe out everything that threatens the village to ensure the interests of the village.
Is this right or just?
In the final analysis, whether it is sacrifice or dedication, this seemingly noble spirit is too easy to be exploited by those with ulterior motives. Over-emphasizing sacrifice can easily lead to the interpretation that any sacrifice is meaningful, which then evolves into bullying and oppression of the weak.
For the benefit of the majority, forcing a minority to sacrifice, and praising such behavior is really shameful and disgusting.
Suppressing her disgust, Shen Yue started to block out nonsense and absent-mindedness. Except for her, the young students showed excitement and admiration. Senju Hashirama's spring-like smile and emotional speech were indeed extraordinary.
This set of rhetoric can certainly fool the children of the ninja school and the adults in the village, but it is still unrealistic to fool Shen Yue, who was baptized by the information explosion era in his previous life. Although from Senju Hashirama's passionate and enthusiastic expression, he is not one of those politicians who treat politics as business, but he sincerely believes in this lofty belief called the Will of Fire and believes that Konoha will bring eternal peace.
But this is exactly the saddest thing.
How sad it is, it is obviously a utopia with beautiful hopes and a bright future, but when it really becomes a reality, it breeds new darkness.
Shen Yue didn't want to blame this man. In this era of constant baptism of war, the buds of culture and thought are always strangled in the soil. Ninjas who are just killing tools will not delve into such idle doctrines. Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara are already the only heretics and enlighteners.
When others are still fighting for hatred and interests, they have begun to seek the path of understanding and peace, and finally ended the thousand-year-old Warring States fighting.
But this is not enough. If you want to change this cruel world, it is not enough to rely on such superficial thoughts.
Thinking of this, Shen Yue felt an inexplicable sadness and powerlessness in her heart. These classmates around her now are likely to go to the battlefield of the first Ninja World War, and then all die there, including herself.
Although it is cruel, this is the direction of the future. There will be four wars that will involve the entire Ninja World in the future, just in less than 70 years.
Senju Hashirama's Will of Fire and the One Country, One Village system did not really eliminate the endless fighting between ninjas from the source. He just escalated the fighting between clans into wars between countries, and turned the fighting that could happen at any time in the Warring States Period into a world war that would happen every ten years.
And could this be peace?
The children's crisp applause woke Shen Yue from her sleepwalking state. She didn't know if it was because the morning sun was too scorching, but she realized that she had been sweating unknowingly.
Turning her head to look at the classmates who were clapping their hands hard, she also pretended to clap a few times, then looked up at Senju Hashirama with hope, thinking:
Is this long and boring speech finally coming to an end?
However, Senju Hashirama looked addicted to speaking. Looking at the children's enthusiastic reactions, he smiled silly and squinted his eyes, and continued to speak incessantly.
Shen Yue was so angry that she almost died. She hates all the trashy leaders equally.Especially the kind that must be given in the hot sun. Yes, I'm talking about you, damn Senju Hashirama, what kind of low-quality chicken soup are you talking about here!
Accompanied by Senju Hashirama's hypnotic chicken soup speech, Shen Yue only felt that she was back in the classroom of high school. The fatigue from not sleeping well last night also swept over her. The irresistible sleepiness surged into her heart. She yawned silently and uncontrollably.
Taohua and Huo Hezhong, who had been paying attention to this place quietly, were shocked. Well, my dear daughter offended Senju Tobirama, not enough, but also offended Senju Hashirama!
What did the Senju brothers do to you? Why do you have to make things difficult for them!
Seeing Shen Yue couldn't help but yawn again, Taohua and Huo He wanted to rush up and shut her mouth directly.
Shen Yue, take back your yawn! Didn't you see the murderous expression on Senju Tobirama's face?
They were right. Tobirama Senju, who had been secretly observing Shenyue, looked extremely ugly at the moment. His bloodless lips were slightly pursed, as if he was mocking or sighing.
He was now sure that Uchiha Shenyue, the evil Uchiha kid, was definitely the disciple of Uchiha Madara. His arrogant attitude was exactly the same as Uchiha Madara!
When the morning sun became hotter, Hashirama Senju's seemingly endless speech finally came to an end. Thank God, if he hadn't finished, Shenyue would have fallen asleep standing up.
Standing among a group of cubs who were as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood, Shenyue, who looked sleepy and bored, looked so conspicuous and out of place.
She thought she had covered it up well, but the adults present were all very smart, especially the Senju brothers, one of whom had extraordinary intuition and the other had strong perception. She was the focus of their attention, and her every move could not escape their sharp perception.
Here we must mention Senju Tobirama, who can now accurately report how many yawns Shenyue yawned and when he almost fell asleep. These are firmly recorded in his little notebook. He swears that he must make this arrogant and evil kid suffer.
"Shenyue, don't you like the Hokage and his will of fire?"
Following the crowd on the way back to the classroom, Uchiha Kagami quietly pulled Shenyue's sleeve.
Standing next to her, he instinctively felt uneasy as he saw all her little movements, and his eyes as clear as black agate revealed worry and doubt.
"How is it possible? I totally agree with the Will of Fire!"
Shen Yue's heart was filled with alarm. She didn't dare to say in the village that she didn't agree with the Will of Fire. Isn't this just a way to seek death?
"Then why are you distracted? Isn't what Hashirama said very exciting?"
"...I'm really just too sleepy."
Shen Yue touched her head in embarrassment and quickly moved her eyes to the other side. Uchiha Jing saw all her unconscious little movements and felt soft in his heart.
"Really, you should go to bed early in the future and don't be late again!"
Ten-year-old Jing is much taller than five-year-old Shen Yue. He unconsciously took out the tone of an older brother and gently touched Shen Yue's hair.
The bright spring sunshine shone on his face through the glass, casting a faint shadow on his side face, and together with his white skin, it formed a thrilling black and white picture. At this moment, the boy's clear smile was so warm and gentle.
Such a gentle Uchiha Kagami died at the age of 25, on the battlefield of World War I.
"Brother Kagami, what do you think of the Will of Fire?"
Shen Yue quickly put away her smile, and she looked at Uchiha Kagami seriously, hoping to get an equally serious answer from him.
As expected, Uchiha Kagami's eyes were filled with admiration, and the lofty dream of protecting the village and everyone surged in his heart. For this blazing Will of Fire, he would not hesitate even if he had to sacrifice his life.
"I think what Hashirama said is right, I also want to be a hero like him who protects the village and everyone!"
".... Brother Kagami really thinks so."
Shen Yue's face was full of mocking smiles, and Kagami frowned in distress. The relationship between the clan leader and the people in the village was not good, and he didn't want Shen Yue to be like this.
"Kamizuki, you really still don't like Hashirama-sama."
"How should I put it? I don't dislike him, nor do I disagree with what he says."
Kamizuki shrugged. She smiled indifferently, thinking back to Hashirama Senju and the Will of Konoha and Fire that he had poured all his efforts into, as well as the Konoha Village after his death.She suddenly felt that all the dirty things she had done for decades seemed like an absurd comedy that would never end.
"I was just thinking, if we just sacrifice and dedicate ourselves to the village, wouldn't it be easy to put the cart before the horse? We should protect the village to protect our relatives and friends, but if one day we have to extend our butcher knives to our relatives and friends for the sake of the village, what should we do?"
"This... this won't happen, Lord Hokage will never let this happen!"
Uchiha Jing instinctively wanted to refute something loudly. He didn't want to believe that such a thing could happen to his beloved village, but he was also keenly aware of the fragility of the Will of Fire.
If the Will of Fire couldn't even answer the assumptions and questions of a five-year-old child, could it really become a thought that guides everyone forward?
"Really?"
Shen Yue's mouth curved into a contemptuous arc, standing in the shadows, she asked quietly like a witch who led people to fall:
"But reality is very cruel, and human hearts are very fragile, aren't they?"
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