Sixteen Years Old, The Fourth Generation of Mizukage

Although there were some misunderstandings and differences in opinions between the two parties at the beginning, the exchange meeting about the attack and killing incident finally ended in a relatively normal way.

Sunagakure Village, which did not get any benefits from the incident, but may have aroused the hostility of Konoha and Kirigakure because of the troubles of those people who acted in secret, is naturally not willing to take the blame for the mastermind behind the scenes, and fully exchanges between the two parties After gathering intelligence and each other's opinions, the entire intelligence system of Sunagakure Village was mobilized and began to search across the country for intelligence and clues that might be related to this incident.

After receiving official assistance from Sunagakure Village, Nagato no longer needed to secretly collect intelligence in the Kingdom of Wind by himself. He accepted Rasa's invitation and moved into Sunagakure Village to serve as a foreign envoy. The accommodation provided by the group, as a guest, brought my investigation trip into a new stage.

"Honestly, if Shisui, who is diligently collecting intelligence, knew that you could not only lie on a comfortable bed and rest peacefully, but also instruct the ninjas of Sunagakure to run around to help you collect intelligence and clues, he said I might be so angry that I want to stab you."

It is still the familiar magic lantern body technique, but this time, Kaguya Rei's illusion is no longer wearing a Mizukage outfit, but has put on an extremely casual and homely look, sitting leisurely and relaxed in the room Sitting on the chair inside, he looked at Nagato and said:

"But I have to say that your approach is obviously smarter than that of Shisui. Although you are the leader of the neutral organization, and Shisui is the seven ninja swordsmen of Kirigakure Village, you cannot do it so easily. The reason is to win people's trust, but I'm still very happy that you can have such a change."

"Neutral organization? Looking at the entire ninja world, I'm afraid you are the only one who will admit that our Akatsuki is a neutral and peaceful organization, right? Rei Kaguya?"

Nagato shook his head helplessly, sighed and said:

"In the eyes of other surrounding countries, Akatsuki is just a ninja organization that has replaced Hanzo's Hidden Rain Village and ruled the Kingdom of Rain. All neutrality, peace, and dialogue are just to cover up what we want to do to It is just a cover for their country to carry out infiltration and espionage operations..."

"But starting from this attack, they should know that your Akatsuki philosophy is not false."

Kaguya Rei's illusion waved her hand placatingly, and then continued to ask: "But having said that, Konoha's ninjas are also on the list of victims of the attack... Is this news true?"

"Yes, it's absolutely true," Nagato nodded, "The corpses of the Konoha ninjas that appeared on the border between the Land of Wind and the Land of Rain also had some wounds that were very similar to those of the killed Kirigakure jounin. , although it will not be certain for a while whether these things are done by the same group of people, but it is always right to be vigilant."

"What about the time? Have Akatsuki's intelligence personnel estimated the time of death of those Konoha ninjas?"

"When they were discovered, they had been dead for more than a week," Nagato sighed and said helplessly: "And we are not sure if these are the only victims. Where are you?"

"When the two people who were killed were found, they had been dead for less than three days. Judging from the blood stains on the missing Minazuki Aoba, it was no more than two days since he was attacked."

Kaguya Rei's expression also became more serious, "Assuming that the attackers are the same group, then their attack started from the ninjas of Konoha, and did not come towards our Kirigakure... I originally I thought these people were the remnants of the former 'roots', and they thought they had accumulated enough power so they started to take revenge on me, but now it seems that there are different reasons behind their actions."

"Are those rebel ninjas from the Roots? If that's the case, it's not incomprehensible that they abandoned the bodies of Konoha ninjas in the Land of Rain."

Nagato sighed with a wry smile and sat down on the bed with a tired look on his face.

"War brings pain, pain breeds hatred, hatred forms a chain, and the chain creates reincarnation... Being in this chain and reincarnation of pain and hatred, I really don't know how to cut it off and create a new one. Come to order and peace."

"Simple, unify the ninja world, let everyone obey the instructions of the same regime, use long enough unification to build an economic foundation that can support the arrival of peace, and then through economic development and long-term stability of the social environment, To quell those fierce and sharp hatreds, let the new generation of people accept the influence of peace from the beginning and accept the concept of unity... In this way, peace will probably last for a long time."

Hearing what Kaguya Rei said, Nagato subconsciously had some conflicting thoughts. He looked at Kaguya Rei's illusion and asked seriously:

"Is there no way to reach the other side of peace while retaining the independence of each country?"

"So Nagato, do you think it is easier to communicate with a group that has basically the same ideas, or with a group of people who have their own opinions and positions, and whose interests are very different?"

Kaguya Rei's vision patted the shoulder of Nagato who was speechless for a moment, turned around and stood in front of the window, looking at the silence under the night sky, and the Sunagakure Village sleeping together with the gradually chilling desert, and said slowly:

"The world is too small, so that for every country, they have their own disadvantages that are difficult to change, so that they cannot achieve self-sufficiency in the true sense. These disadvantages will become their core interests that they are absolutely unwilling to give in to. And all the wars that have occurred in the ninja world have revolved around these core interests."

"But if the ninja world is unified into a country, then the overall resource allocation can be used to make up for the shortcomings of each region, so that they can use their own energy to develop advantageous industries, instead of like the current countries. , even in the face of natural disadvantages, we must bite the bullet and develop industries where we are deficient in order to prevent being choked by other countries."

Having said this, Kaguya Rei paused, looked at the barren hills in Sand Hidden Village that were perfect for carving Yan Yan, and let out a long breath.

"The attempt to maintain peace while retaining the independence of each country that you mentioned, Nagato, was already done by the first Hokage Senju Hashirama. When he was alive, the countries were barely able to suppress their dissatisfaction, but when he died, the ninja world The war started immediately, and almost all the second-generation Kage in each village were wiped out in that war. This tragic backlash is enough to show how far the dissatisfaction hidden in the hearts of various countries has been suppressed."

"But your idea of ​​unifying the entire ninja world also has the same problem, Rei Kaguya?"

Nagato looked at Kaguya Rei, who had his back turned to him, and the slight abnormal trembling in his illusion, and asked in a deep voice:

"You are the only one who can fully understand the concept of unifying the ninja world, and you are the only one who knows what to do so that the various countries in the ninja world can live a better life than before after being transformed into regions... until you die In the future, will your successors who cannot convince everyone with your strength and ideas at the same time become the breaking point that starts the troubled times?"

"Even if I failed, it was only after taking a completely new path." Kaguya Rei turned around and looked at Nagato meaningfully, "My failure will accumulate experience for my successors, and at the same time, it will also It saves them from having to go through my old path again. If we continue to change from generation to generation, we will eventually give birth to perfect concepts and practices that can truly bring peace to mankind."

“You don’t have to do everything perfectly in your own time. Since the birth of mankind, we have grown to where we are today by constantly introducing new ideas and technologies from generation to generation... I can It is enough to leave the concepts of unity, peace, international trade, and regional complementarity to the people who come after us."

"Passed down from generation to generation, weeding out the old and bringing forth the new... Is that what you think, Kaguya Rei?"

Nagato shook his head helplessly and smiled, and said in a thoughtful tone: "Then according to your idea, my goal is to let everyone know that peace can indeed be partially achieved through dialogue and communication, and that the actions of ninjas are not It must be the only right thing to do.”

"Then you have to find a successor who is willing to inherit your ideals first."

Kaguya Rei's illusion yawned, looked at the Rinnegan in Nagato's eyes with interest, and said teasingly:

"However, Nagato, you have the Rinnegan Eye. I heard that every successor of the Rinnegan Eye can inherit their power and will from the previous owner. If this idea is true, then when you die in the future, , does it mean that if you directly hand these eyes to the young man you like, it will complete the inheritance and continuation of the will?"

"...How can the Rinnegan have that strange ability?" Nagato waved his hand towards Kaguya Rei's illusion with a speechless face, "Are you too busy and tired recently, and your mind is not clear?"

"I just want to ask the owner of the Samsara Eye to confirm this rumor I heard from somewhere."

Kaguya smiled and released his connection with the Phantom Body Jutsu, while Nagato looked at the place where he disappeared and shook his head, then lay down on the bed in the room with a calm expression.

He has not forgotten that he came here to catch those ninjas who tried to start a war. After Sunagakure's intelligence agents find their traces, they will inevitably have to fight with those dangerous fanatics. of.

"I will not let you have the opportunity to destroy the hard-won peace... never."

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