Chapter 145 Disagreement

Ye Shan took a sip of the warm tea and narrowed his eyes, but did not answer Minato's words. Instead, he put down the teacup, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, lit it up for himself, and threw the whole pack to Jiraiya, motioning him to help himself.

His face was soon covered by the smoke and could not be seen clearly. Jiraiya opened his mouth and wanted to say something but didn't know where to start.

After a long time, when the cigarette was burned out, Ye Shan finally spoke.

"It's nothing serious, just a few fish died."

Don't be fooled by the warm smile on Minato's face all day long, as if everything can be negotiated, in fact he has an extremely firm will, otherwise he would not have been able to master the space-time ninjutsu.

He stared into Ye Shan's eyes and asked word by word: "So who died?"

"Shimura Danzo."

The four words "Shimura Danzo" brought the atmosphere in the box to a freezing point. Some political struggles were not of concern to him, but for Minato, who was determined to become the Hokage, he knew about any struggle in the village. So when he heard that Shimura Danzo was dead, he quickly realized that the power structure of the village had ushered in a major reshuffle.

"What did you do?"

"Ah."

Namikaze Minato straightened his back and asked, "Why?"

Ye Shan glanced at him and said calmly: "He died because he wanted to kill me."

He who kills will be killed. It is such a simple yet natural truth.

Minato's expression became much better, and he immediately complained: "Then you don't have to kill him directly. It is the safest way to hand him over to the Hokage."

It's really weird. Namikaze Minato actually thought that Sarutobi Hiruzen was completely unaware of this matter. Yeshan sneered in his heart when he heard it.

Ye Shan always speculated about the Konoha high-ranking officials with the darkest mentality. In fact, he was completely right, because those Konoha high-ranking officials were constantly breaking the bottom line and had reached the point where they would do anything to disregard their dignity.

However, Ye Shan was unwilling to expose the dark secrets to Minato in public, and he just said lightly: "I'm sorry, I didn't expect him to be so weak that he couldn't even survive a single attack."

Minato was shocked. He knew that Ye Shan's strength had been growing more and more terrifying in recent years, but he still didn't expect that he had reached the point where he could kill Danzo with one move.

"No matter what, it is not a good idea to openly kill ninjas in the village. There is no reason for companions to kill each other."

Look, no matter who he is, no matter how good his character and temper are, as long as he is a human being, he will do some things that are easy for him to do, and he will stand on the moral high ground in his words to blame others.

In the past, Hatake Sakumo was driven to despair by the gossip of such people, and now it is Ye Shan's turn.

As a soul traveler, Ye Shan classified this type of people as keyboard warriors, and of course there are ways to deal with them.

"Ah, yes, yes, everything you said is right."

Minato was stunned for a moment and then understood Ye Shan's thoughts. He smiled bitterly and said, "I'm not blaming you, I just..."

"You just don't like me, right?" Ye Shan asked seriously.

"Others can't see what's in your mind, but I can see it clearly."

"You just can't stand what I do. You've been disliking me since the 41st year of Konoha in that tent. Otherwise, you and I wouldn't have had time to eat together all these years."

Jiraiya hurriedly picked up the kettle and filled it up for Ye Shan to smooth things over: "Let's not talk about those things tonight, let's just eat and drink well."

Namikaze Minato retracted the smile on his face, stared at Ye Shan expressionlessly, and his voice seemed to contain dissatisfaction.

"Am I wrong?"

"No matter how wrong a person is, he is still a ninja in the village; no matter how big a mistake a person makes, his punishment still needs to be implemented by the Hokage and the village rules. No one can be above the Hokage, unless he is no longer a qualified Konoha ninja!"

"In the 41st year of Konoha, you attempted to assassinate the head of the Assassination Mission Department and failed to murder Sarutobi Hinata. In the 42nd year of Konoha, you openly killed several Anbu ninjas on the street. In the same year, you abolished several Root ninjas in the training ground. This year, you killed Shimura Danzo. Is that right or not?"

"Yayama, you have been treated unfairly by the village over the years, but that is no reason for you to kill the village ninjas."

"Remember this, in Konoha Village, everything is decided by the Hokage-sama, and no one can be above the rules!"

Yes, what Namikaze Minato said was right. In Konoha Village and in the entire Land of Fire, the status of the Hokage is supreme. He can decide the life and death, honor and disgrace of every Konoha ninja. He has absolute power. This is something written in the national laws and no one can deny it.

That's why Hatake Sakumo, a well-educated ninja, chose to commit suicide under the secret coercion of the Hokage; that's why Namikaze Minato, Hayama's former comrade-in-arms, chose to blame instead of understanding tonight.

No one could understand the bitterness in Ye Shan's heart at this moment, except for the dead Yamashiro Tatsuya. He didn't want to argue with Minato Namikaze, because there was no point in talking.

In his previous life, there was a conversation between some monks that Ye Shan had never taken seriously. It was like this before, it is like this now, and it will always be like this.

Han Shan asked: "There are people in the world who slander me, bully me, insult me, laugh at me, belittle me, despise me, hate me, and lie to me. How should I deal with it?"

Shide replied: "Just bear with him, let him, let him, avoid him, be patient with him, respect him, ignore him, stay for a few more years, and you can look at him."

Hanshan and Shitou are both eminent monks, and this conversation has always been regarded as a guiding principle and the life criterion for many people, but for some reason, Ye Shan just can't stand it.

According to his idea, if someone in this world slanders me, deceives me, insults me, laughs at me, looks down on me, despises me, hates me, and cheats me, I must take revenge and obey my own inner thoughts instead of enduring, giving in, letting, avoiding, tolerating, and respecting people, which are uncomfortable practices.

The person Ye Shan admired and loved most in his previous life was Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He always took revenge when he had a grudge and would never drag it out until tomorrow if it could be settled today. He was truly a carefree and unrestrained person who enjoyed the world of martial arts.

So Minato was right, and of course Hayama was even more right. One of them inherited the excellent will of fire and was a ninja who absolutely loved the village; the other was a soul traveler who came from a wild background and was a person who valued his life the most. Both of them were right. If we really have to talk about right and wrong, eating this meal together tonight was a real mistake.

Hayama stood up, ignoring Jiraiya's increasingly ugly expression, and stared at Minato who also returned his thoughts.

“Don’t advise others to be good without first experiencing their suffering.”

"If I were you, I wouldn't sit here and say these high-sounding words!"

After saying that, Ye Shan turned around and left without even saying hello.

Kakashi and Obito could no longer sit still. Even though they were still young and didn't understand the grudge between the two, they immediately stood up, bowed respectfully, and quickly left.

In the blink of an eye, only Jiraiya and Minato were left in the box, with only the tea in the cups emitting wisps of hot steam.

Jiraiya sighed, feeling a headache from the entanglement of old grudges.

"Minato, you really did go too far."

Namikaze Minato, who was angry, lost his usual gentleness and asked back, "Isn't what I said the truth?"

Jiraiya picked up the cigarette left by Hayama and lit it, then said slowly: "You have had a smooth life since you were young, how can you understand the hardships and difficulties of those low-level ninjas."

"Although I have always been happy, I have truly seen the hardships of those low-level ninjas. They are born in humble families, so they naturally have much fewer training resources than family ninjas. In peacetime, it is not so bad. They just get less mission money, but their lives are not at risk. However, once a war breaks out, they are often the first ninjas to die. In the final analysis, it is the unfair distribution of resources."

"Ye Shan came here like this. When you have enough ninjutsu training, he may have to take risks for a C-level ninjutsu. When you have my guidance and easily get some training tips, he may be stuck at a little level. When you have a jonin leading the team to perform missions on the battlefield, he may have become a genin team leader, living in the shadow of death every day."

"I say this not to emphasize the unfairness of the gap between you, but to resolve your conflict from the perspective of an outsider."

"You are still young, and it is normal for you to think that things are absolutely right and wrong. When you reach my age and see more, you will understand that there is no right or wrong in the world. Everything is the result of cause and effect. You reap what you sow, that's all."

Jiraiya put out the cigarette in his hand and looked at the disciple in front of him, whom he had high hopes for, with a look of blame in his eyes.

"I hope you can think about these words more when you go back. It is also a sense of right and wrong that is necessary to become an excellent Hokage."

After saying that, Jiraiya stood up and left the box to pay the bill.

Jiraiya is a person who appears carefree but is actually delicate inside. He has always been aware of what Yeshan has done, but he does not really blame him for his behavior.

It is true that Yeshan killed several ninjas in the village, but he never had any idea of ​​doing anything bad to the village, and never thought about becoming a truly happy rebel ninja, so Jiraiya chose to tolerate him.

How bad can a ninja who is always thinking about clearing his master's name be?

As for the inheritance of the Will of Fire, Jiraiya has always believed that the different growth environments of each ninja will inevitably lead to different manifestations of the Will of Fire. The Will of Fire is like the wind blowing through the mountains. It should never be defined by anyone. It is free and should and must be diverse. It should not be a one-size-fits-all statement.

Jiraiya had long seen through the grievances and right and wrong in the world, so he had always declined the position of Hokage, because he knew that he could not deal with injustice against his conscience, like his mentor Sarutobi Hiruzen.

How can I have the best of both worlds, without disappointing the Tathagata and without disappointing you?