Chapter 51: Learning Ninjutsu Can't Save the Ninja World
Chapter 51: Learning Ninjutsu Can't Save the Ninja World
"dong dong dong"
"Enter."
The heavy metal door was slowly pushed open and Li Zhongren walked in.
"Konoha's special jonin, Mitsuha Kotori, greets Minister Morino Hiroshi!"
"polite!"
The head of the interrogation department, Mori Norihiro, a tall, middle-aged man with slightly dark skin, stood up and walked up to Li Zhongren.
"You are a hero of Konoha. Welcome to the torture department. I heard that you were injured. I hope you are okay now."
"Thank you for your concern, Minister. I am fine now."
"That's good. From now on, just treat this place as your home. If you have any questions, just ask me or other members of our Morino clan. But there is one thing. The interrogation department is quite busy, so you may have to take on more responsibilities."
"It is my honor to share the minister's worries!"
"Haha, heroes emerge young. By the way, the Hokage has ordered that when you arrive, you should immediately interrogate Minato Namikaze. I have arranged someone outside to lead the way for you."
"Thank you, Minister."
"Damn you brat!"
After Li Zhongren left, a door inside the office slowly opened and a young man walked out. He looked to be in his twenties. The room was full of surveillance cameras, one of which was facing Li Zhongren.
The one who cursed was called Morino Dai, also a deputy director of the interrogation department, belonging to the third interrogation department, and the son of director Morino Hiroshi.
As for why he was so angry, it was not difficult to understand, because Li Zhongren trampled on the interests of the Morino family.
Decades ago, this was the condition for the Morino clan to join Konoha, because what the Morino clan excels at is torture, thanks to the summoning scroll that their ancestors inadvertently signed, which gave the family members the ability to summon various torture tools.
Of course, there is another point. The position of deputy director of the second interrogation department of Mitsuha Kotori (Li Zhongren) belonged to his second uncle. When his second uncle was interrogating Yakushi Nonou, he accidentally tortured her to death, so he was dismissed by Sarutobi Hiruzen.
It just so happened that the Uchiha clan highly praised Mitsuha Kotori in the report submitted to Tansho Street as a ninja with strong talent in torture, so she was recommended.
"Damn the Uchiha clan."
Immediately afterwards, Morinodai cursed again, but his voice was much quieter. After all, the Uchiha clan was basically the boss of the Hokage in the entire Konoha, and he was the second in command. There was really no family that dared to take the initiative to provoke those red-eyed people.
"Father, are you going to break the tacit understanding between us, the Sandaime and our ninja family?"
"There was no such thing from the beginning."
Morino Hiroshi turned around and also stared at the surveillance screen.
(The following is a memory)
"Third generation, we acknowledge the mistakes of Morinonaga, but you placed outsiders in the interrogation department."
"Mori Nohiro, do you remember what the Second Generation said when he was perfecting the entire Konoha system?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen smoked a cigarette and looked at Morino Hiro quietly.
"Nidaime? What?"
"this."
Sarutobi Hiruzen took out a scroll and slowly opened it. On it was the signature of Morino Sho, the father of Morino Hiroshi.
"From now on, as the second generation Hokage of Konoha, I will appoint the Morino clan to take up relevant positions in the Konoha Interrogation Department."
(End of memory.)
"So, theoretically speaking, the torture department does not belong to our Morino clan. It just happens that everyone in our clan is in the torture department."
"Didn't Grandpa raise any objections when he signed the contract?"
"Haha, do you think, even if your grandfather finds out, he would dare to say it?"
Morinohiro looked at his son.
"That person is not as kind-hearted as the current Hokage."
"So we just accept it?"
"The interrogation job is not as easy as you think."
Morino Hiro raised the corner of his mouth slightly
"If he can't stand it and leaves here, it has nothing to do with us, right?"
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"Deputy Minister Mitsuha, the person imprisoned in this interrogation room is Minato Namikaze. Please tell me if you need anything."
"Turn off the surveillance camera. The Sandaime has ordered that no information related to Minato Namikaze be retained. When the time comes, I will report to the Sandaime in person."
"Yes!"
There was another heavy iron door. After pushing it open, Li Zhongren saw Namikaze Minato kneeling there reading a book.
"He looked extremely haggard. He wasn't pretending, he was truly haggard. He looked like he was overthinking."
"Oh!"
After the metal door was closed, Li Zhongren stomped his feet lightly, and countless roots emerged from the ground, climbing along the ground and walls all the way to the ceiling, wrapping the entire room tightly.
"Konoha, do you want you to be a rebel ninja?"
"I knew I couldn't hide it from you."
"It's easy to see that they deliberately exaggerated public opinion, and Nono's 'death', if they really wanted to keep you, the Sandaime wouldn't use such a stupid move."
"For the sake of Sandaime's wisdom and my dream, this is the best choice."
Minato Namikaze put down the book and raised his head. Under the light, his friendly smile was still warm.
"By the way, didn't the Morino clan make things difficult for you?" "Times have changed. They are used to this kind of life and will not openly disobey the Hokage's orders. However, they will probably use some tricks later. As for you, how do you gain the trust of the Kumogakure? If they ask you to kill a ninja from Konoha as a token of your loyalty, what will you do? To be honest, it is not a wise choice to ask you to be an undercover agent."
"Don't worry, I have asked these questions, and the Hokage-sama has already arranged them."
"Hey"
Li Zhongren shook his head. The Sandaime thought highly of Minato Namikaze, but not so highly of him that he was unwilling to damage his own reputation for him. He didn't know how big a storm this young man would create in the future. It would be interesting if he could kill dozens of ninjas instantly and become a ninja of Konoha.
"Reputation is dragged down by this thing"
"Sanye, reputation is actually very useful."
"Eh?"
Li Zhongren knelt down opposite Minato Namikaze and looked at the book in his hand, which was "Record of Ninja Strength".
"Have you been reading this book these days?"
"Well, I finally had some time, so I took a closer look. I have to say, Sensei Jiraiya is really amazing. In just a few years, he has traveled almost the entire ninja world and even drew a map."
"map?"
"Well, it's only available in the internal version. The published version doesn't have a map. This one was given to me by Jiraiya-sensei."
As he said this, Namikaze Minato turned the book to the last page, and a map comparable to a rough sketch appeared before his eyes.
"No wonder it wasn't published. The drawing is such a mess."
"Haha, but it makes the ninja world clear, doesn't it?"
"That's true."
Li Zhongren looked at the map. In fact, it was the first time he saw a world map of the ninja world. After all, this world was not like his previous life, with satellite scans and so on. The maps were very abstract, and the territory of a country was also abstract. Rather than calling it a territory, it was more like the radiation range of the Han and Tang dynasties, which was always changing in size.
What were the wars of World War I, World War II, and the earlier Warring States period all about? They were all about grabbing territory and resources. If you say this is yours, ask my sword first.
This is still true today.
This map of Jiraiya should have been drawn several years ago. The Rain Country is just that small Gada, but in fact, the territory of the Rain Country in the real world has expanded several times because of Hanzo of the Salamander. Otherwise, why would the three major countries kill all the people in the Rain Country? Isn't it because a lot of their radiation range has been occupied by the Rain Country?
"So, you've gained enlightenment? Or is it related to fame?"
"Haha, it's not enlightenment, but Jiraiya-sensei wrote down everything he saw and heard in his book, and I saw some patterns in it."
"what?"
"About the rise and fall of war in this world."
Namikaze Minato took a deep breath.
"I don't think that learning ninjutsu can save the ninja world."
"???"
"I'm serious, Mitsuha."
Namikaze Minato pointed at the map.
"Teacher Jiraiya said that if we continue to walk west along the Sand Ninja Trail, we will reach an endless desert, a truly barren land where no living creatures can survive. In other words, the entire ninja world is actually only this big."
"As the population increases, the space available is limited, and ultimately wars will result. Wars will kill the population, and then the benefits will be redistributed. This cycle has been going on for more than a thousand years. The only difference is that after the first generation established the Five Nations system, the lives of people in the Five Nations have been better."
"But this will give rise to an even more terrible problem. Can you guess what it is, Sanye?"
"The population of the five great nations will grow explosively. This year is the thirty-seventh year, and Konoha has already welcomed a baby boom. In about ten years, many of these babies will be transformed into combat power, and the number of ninjas will also be greatly expanded."
"Great!"
Namikaze Minato clapped his hands.
"I thought for ten minutes, but you only need a split second to think. I'm not as good as you."
"."
"Haha, just kidding."
Namikaze Minato scratched his hair.
"In short, I predict that if the current situation continues to develop, no matter when this Ninja World War ends, the next Ninja World War will definitely come in about ten years. That war will definitely be the most brutal war since the existence of ninjas."
"and then?"
"Then, I thought, peace is hard to come by. In fact, no one wants to fight a war. If I can find a way to help the entire ninja world absorb these extra people and extra ninjas, will the war not break out?"
"look."
Namikaze Minato pointed at the map again.
"There are swamps between the Fire Kingdom and the Earth Kingdom, and it is impassable. There are mountains above the Wind Kingdom, and swamps below. There is only one exit to the east, which is the Fire Kingdom. The Lightning Kingdom is a country built on high mountains. The only plain is the one bordering the Frost Kingdom. Then there is the Water Kingdom, an isolated island."
"From a doctor's perspective, the entire ninja world is like a person whose veins are blocked. What if we open up these veins? Let the population and resources flow, maybe the population pressure will be relieved, and there will even be no more wars in the future."
"And the prerequisite for doing all this is that you need enough fame and reputation to make people believe that you really want to do this."
"How about it."
Looking at Li Zhongren who was in a daze, Namikaze Minato suddenly put away his smile and his face was full of seriousness.
"Do you think my theory can fool the Cloud Ninja?"
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