The water on the ground was up to his ankles.
The sound of countless raindrops and countless ripples is like a mysterious murmur emerging from the water.
Five minutes passed, and Uchiha Tatsumi neither moved nor spoke. He sat on a tree trunk and stared at the landscape blurred by thick cumulus clouds.
Beside him, Minato sat quietly, waiting. He felt his heart pounding. What will your friends think after hearing your thoughts
Minato's previous wish was to become Hokage and protect all his companions, and it still hasn't changed.
But after experiencing the cruelty of death, he was full of doubts about this war. At this time, Minato was more thinking about achieving peace in the entire shinobi world.
After Minato conveyed this meaning, his heart, which had always been heavy, began to feel relieved. He expressed all his doubts. In his opinion, Uchiha Tatsumi is definitely his mentor. The other side always finds a way.
"Tatsu?" After a while, Minato broke the silence.
Uchiha Tatsu slowly returned from his thoughts to reality. He turned and looked at Minato.
"Minato," his tone was very serious, "it's normal for you to have doubts. Even most ninjas have doubts about this war. What is the purpose of us fighting thousands of miles away to invade the Land of Rain?"
"Of course the village is not for peace, it is just a synonym for concealing interests." Uchiha Tatsumi sighed.
"In recent years, due to the imbalance of economic development among various countries, the power of village militants has risen in various countries. Therefore, they must fight with other big countries to protect their own national interests. Otherwise, the country, villages, and villagers will suffer. "
Uchiha Tatsu stared into Minato's eyes. "But after the war, the people's livelihood in the cities was ruined, and hungry prisoners were everywhere... After countless wars, what was left was endless pain, which is why the ninja world became like this.
None of us is innocent in this process. "
"Then you mean, peace... is unattainable?" Minato asked with a frown.
"No, no, no. To achieve this goal, we must face an overwhelming number of problems. So for us, the first question will be what peace is."
Uchiha Tatsumi continued, "I can imagine that one ninja can give a thousand answers."
He looked at Minato. "So I want to hear your opinion."
My point of view? Minato glanced at him involuntarily.
Then he thought about it and said, "I think one day, the time will come when people understand each other in a real sense, and then we can achieve peace."
Uchiha Tatsuo shook his head. This was a typical Jiraiya answer, pinning his hope on human beings' self-awakening. He could understand this utopian mentality, but decided not to agree with it.
"Minato, I can tell you that the ninja world is sick." Uchiha Tatsu strengthened his tone, "Since it is sick, you don't want to treat it, but you want to let it heal itself. Do you think it is possible?"
Minato was speechless, feeling in his heart that Chen was right. Even he thought Teacher Jiraiya's idea was too childish.
Uchiha Tatsumi continued, "In fact, the first Hokage also saw this. In order to cure the diseases of the ninja world, he established a one-country-one-village system, thus ending the troubled times.
However, the end of the troubled times did not make the disease of the ninja world get better. On the contrary, the scale of the war became unprecedentedly huge, and more people died at once. So I think the first Hokage failed. "
Uchiha Tatsu's words made Minato stunned. "What did you say?"
"Minato, think about it carefully. What was originally a melee between families has since become a war between countries, and the scope of the war has become larger... We are actually simply back to the starting point."
"From a certain perspective, don't you think the first Hokage actually failed?"
At this moment, Minato's heart was filled with huge waves. Growing up, all the publicity I was exposed to praised the first generation of men who ended troubled times.
He never thought that the First Hokage might have failed.
But after experiencing this war, he could not refute what Chen said. The first generation hoped for peace, but peace did not really come.
Chen, Naoki, Mikoto, Kushina, these friends around him, including himself, are all war orphans!
The tragedy that happened in the past is still happening now. Maybe, his child will be an orphan in the future.
For a moment, there was silence in the air.
Uchiha Tatsu smiled at Minato and said, "You didn't expect that I would say such a thing, did you?"
Minato shook his head, "Actually, what you said makes sense."
"Yes, because these are real things. We live in such a vortex, and if we understand the past, we can predict the future. The first and second Ninja World War have already happened, and the same third, fourth and even more The war will not stop.
If the disease in the ninja world is left unchecked, it will only get worse. As long as the village remains, people will fall into strife again, and then... the war will never subside. "Uchiha Tatsu raised his head and stared at Minato.
Minato didn't speak, but was lost in thought. "So you think we should destroy other villages?"
"Not to destroy," Uchiha Tatsumi replied, "but to unite."
"The first Hokage united other families and established a one-country-one-village system, thus quelling the war in the Land of Fire.
And we only need to unite other villages, establish a new alliance, and re-establish order in the ninja world, then we can achieve true peace. What do you think, Minato? "
His words seemed to hang in the air for a long time.
Uchiha Tatsuo had been paying close attention to the changes in Minato's expression throughout the narration process. Minato was still a ten-year-old, and his various mood swings were still on display.
First of all, there was shock, and the horror was beyond words. Finally... slowly start thinking.
Minato also realized that if he continued, the next war would only be a matter of time. The fact that the first generation united with other families to end the troubled times obviously touched his personal heart.
"But... you have to know... this is difficult." Minato swallowed, "This is much more difficult than the situation faced by the first Hokage."
"Yes, the relationship between villages is very delicate... It's like a house made of cards. The more adjustments we make, the greater the chance of accidentally getting a wrong card and causing the entire structure to collapse "Uchiha Chen nodded.
"Yes, during this period there were various rebel ninjas and small nations." Minato added. "These forces are lurking in the dark, watching the five major countries."
"So we need to break all the strength. Strength is the most critical thing! On this basis, we can break the status between the villages and start over from scratch." Uchiha Tatsumi said.
In his opinion, the so-called peace after the Fourth Ninja War was nothing but a passing cloud and superficial brothers.
When the generation that has experienced the war grows old, and when the new gods of the ninja world, Naruto and Sasuke, pass away, the war between the five powers will break out again sooner or later. Only integration can avoid all this.
Uchiha Tatsu raised his head and stared at Minato. "Minato, in order to make this wish come true, I need your help."
"Me?" Minato was a little unsure. "My strength is too weak, and the help I can provide may not be much."
"There is no such thing. With your talent, the future must be immeasurable." Uchiha Tatsumi replied.
From his point of view, if you want to accomplish this, you must need the help of people around you. A person, no matter how strong he is, can only fail if he does not get support. After all, you can't rule the world alone. Madara is strong enough, but before leaving the village, he cannot take the Uchiha clan members with him.
"Of course, there is one more thing that we must remember. Until we have enough strength, we can only pretend to be simple-minded, try not to follow the crowd, and protect those we can protect." Uchiha Tatsu said solemnly .
"Yeah, I understand." Minato nodded. He also knew that this kind of thing must not be known to the village's senior officials.
Unless... they become the top leaders of Konoha.
"Believe me, we will succeed." Uchiha Tatsu reached out and held Minato's hand.
"Also, you are welcome to join the first class."
... ... ... ... ... ... (To be continued)