Chapter 191: Shovel the first handful of soil for their graves

"..."

The entire dark conference room was silent, and only the faint murmur of breathing could be heard.

The light of the candlelight was reflected on both sides, and everyone sitting in front of the conference table could be seen. Their facial expressions were a little subtle, and they looked at the figure in silence with flickering eyes.

If they don’t want ‘peace’, we will help them make ‘peace’…

This sentence was heard by everyone, and everyone had a different understanding.

"I still have some things I want to say."

Yunchuan crossed his hands on the table, held his chin, looked at everyone with a smile and said, "But before that, please take a look at the documents in front of you."

Hearing this, everyone with different thoughts came back to their senses and looked at the documents in front of them.

"In order to maintain prosperity and security under our rule, to reflect our humanistic care, and to avoid the tragedy of the old being left homeless and the young being left homeless..."

Shen Nong opened the document and murmured something in a low voice before his expression froze.

An extremely "just" opening paragraph directly puts himself on the moral high ground, making him, a guy who is labeled as a villain, a little awkward.

"Legion members who are over thirty years old, disabled and retired, have participated in more than ten battles, and have not reached the level of centurion, are allowed to be transferred to local areas for reorganization, and their salaries will be paid according to the number of wars they participated in and their positions..."

Looking down at the document, Nagato's brows gradually tightened. He looked up at Yumikawa, who was at the top of the list, and asked doubtfully: "Brother, do you want to lay off some people from the two current legions?"

Others also had strange expressions, and they were all confused by this decision.

Didn’t you say that we were going to war with a big country? Why is it necessary to "disarma" now?

"No."

Yunchuan shook his head and explained: "What I want to express is to make the legion elite and hide the soldiers and civilians at the same time. Moreover, they are a legion, not ninjas who take on mercenary tasks to make money, and we are not responsible for taking over The Ninja Village that sends out mercenary missions, the legion is supported by us, we can’t let them serve as soldiers until they die, right?”

Now within Daybreak's jurisdiction, military recruitment is always going on, and there is never a shortage of people to sign up.

Why? Isn't it just because he has no talents and can only earn a living by joining the army?

As for whether he will die on the battlefield...

At least you can have a good meal before going to the battlefield. Even if you die on the battlefield, you will still be a dead ghost.

But for today's dawn, the current legion is a bit cumbersome.

The financial pressure of supporting so many people at the same time, with no set deadline, is too great.

"I agree." Shennong, as the commander of the Sky Legion, was the first to express his agreement and said, "In this case, those legion members who were 'laid off' are not so much retired soldiers as retired elites. ”

"Recently, as the scope of our influence is getting larger and larger, there are more and more people fishing in troubled waters and committing petty thefts. We can't always draw people from the Sky Legion to fill the security department, right?"

"Those veterans who have been trained, been on the battlefield, and can still survive are just the right people to fill the current security department."

Indeed, most of the members of the Sky Legion had participated in the attack on Konoha, so being used as a "patrol team" was somewhat overqualified.

In the past, there was no need to take the initiative or even need to hide. It was okay to let them act as a temporary security department. But now that they are ready to break up with the big powers, it is not appropriate to let them continue like this.

"Indeed, this can save several expenses at the same time."

After Kakuzu pondered for a moment, he agreed: "For most normal people, the age of eighteen to thirty-five should be the peak period of physical health. After that, the physical condition gradually declines, and it is more cost-effective to continue to support them. Too low."

Nagato, who was also the commander of the legion, had no change in his expression.

After all, "ghosts" are a special case. Even if they are forty or fifty, let alone thirty-five, their physical fitness will not decline too seriously. It can be said that the only shortcoming is photophobia.

"Well, the upper limit of service time for ordinary legion members is temporarily set at fifteen years. Also, I brought so many ninjas from Yuyin Village, it's time to let them create value here and integrate them everywhere. academy and let them teach those students practical skills.”

Yun Chuan touched Maomao's head and said calmly: "Tell those students that before all the senior officials and adults are dead, they will not go to the battlefield to fight the enemy, but they will go to the edge of the battlefield under protection and let them see What is the real battlefield like?”

There are now more than one academies established in Daybreak City. Several small ones have also been established in other places, mainly to select talented children and teach combat skills, business skills, or other skills... …

Probably similar to primary school, junior high school, and high school?

No matter what you learn, this model similar to "military training" allows every student who may be in a high position in the future to truly see and understand the cruelty of the battlefield.

I don’t expect them to actually go to the battlefield to kill the enemy. I just hope that the time they look at the battlefield and the months of eating and living with the legions will prevent them from indulging in the "peace" away from the battlefield. I hope they will understand that someone is there. Die for them.

However, they are still far away from completely improving the education system. It will take at least five or even ten years of hard work, so there is no rush.

"A very complete plan." Mei Yu continued to flip through the pages and saw that there was still a lot of content at the back. Mei Yu whispered, "In this way, the possible problem of insufficient manpower in each department has been temporarily solved."

Although there are still many loopholes, the gears in this brand-new machine called "Dawn", which is completely different from the five major countries, have begun to turn, and will lead everyone into an unknown future.

"That's all I have to give you."

Looking across everyone's faces, Yun Chuan smiled lightly and said softly: "Everyone here, some are for 'peace', some are for 'rule', and some are for 'revenge', but I hope you can understand that you are here Essentially they are all the same.

"Kindness pulling out teeth is weakness, and kindness imposing on others is malice. 'Peace', 'dominance', 'revenge', your purpose and good and evil are not important, what is important is your stance."

“Now, many people already regard us as compassionate and kind-hearted ‘saviors’, while many others view us as arrogant and rude ‘transgressors’.”

"This 'many' will become 'countless' in the future, so I hope that today, you can be aware that no matter who you were in the past or what your purpose was, you must stand on the same side in the future."

"Now, if you have any opinions, you can put them forward."

Hearing this, everyone present had different expressions, but no one spoke.

Nagato, Meiyu, Qiuyu, Jiyun, Shennong, Kakuzu, Yakushi Nonou, Leyou...

None of the people here are kind people. Even the pharmacist Nonoyu, who came to the meeting in place of his mother, also hates the endless war and death.

No, in other words, she is the one who hates "ignorance" the most among these people today.

She is not longing for peace, she just hates "ignorance".

"Studying medicine will not save the ninja world."

This was the first thing Yun Chuan said when he saw her mother for the first time, and it was also the reason why her mother left the Country of Rain and sneaked into other countries alone.

The war will end, and there will be people like Senju Hashirama who stood up to end the war. Her father and mother and even the previous generation were doctors, and they all believed in this.

The First Ninja World War, which started in 18 years and ended in 20 years, verified their ideas. During these two years, they wandered around the ninja world without a fixed place, using their meager knowledge to save the people they met who were tortured by pain.

She, Yakushi Nonou, was a child born after the First Ninja War. If there were no accidents, she should have embarked on the same path of saving lives and healing the wounded under the guidance of her parents and ancestors.

Until 34 years, when she was only five years old, the Second Ninja World War was started again by the great powers on the grounds of increasing fair privileges. The scale of this war far exceeded that of the First Ninja World War, and even exceeded that of the Warring States Period. war.

The village that took them in was destroyed by the war. When she was only five years old, she wandered with her parents in the ninja world and saw too much suffering caused by the war.

She has seen villages wailing and burning with fire ninjutsu, she has seen piles of corpses higher than mountains, and she has seen her once strong and gentle father being stimulated to the point of collapse.

In all these cases, her father and mother never gave up, trying, innovating, and researching again and again, trying to use their limited knowledge to exhaust the endless pain, and spilling a lifetime of knowledge on the scorched earth with tears and blood.

But, it's no use.

The great powers are still launching wars one after another in the land where death breeds, taking the war they could control further to places, whipping the weak lives and squeezing their flesh and blood.

The door of the daimyo's mansion was tightly closed and he refused to communicate with them. The nobles' luxurious clothes were left in the room without being worn out, and the food was not given to others even if it was spoiled.

Because as long as an opening is opened, the refugees who are so hungry that they lose their minds will be eaten together.

Those whom parents sacrifice everything to protect, for just a piece of bread, will become slaves of their wanton oppression and exploitation, livestock for them to take and ask for, animals to be trampled under their feet and cast aside...

Neither ignorance nor death stopped them. They blocked their sight and hearing, firmly believing that one day the war would end.

But later, her father became ill, a disease that her parents had once judged to be untreatable.

Her mother tried to deny what she had learned all her life and had witnessed countless deaths. Her faith completely collapsed, and she knelt on the ground and prayed to the illusory god.

At that time, when the mother was at her most desperate, some of those who were saved by the mother and father said that the war was a punishment from the gods to their children, in order to wash away the sins buried deep in human beings.

So, in despair, they humbly sang and praised war, ridiculously thinking that it was a messenger sent by the gods to earth to punish their children, hoping that the gods would understand that their children had realized their mistakes...

At that time, looking at his silent father, his completely collapsed mother, and the ridiculous people around him, Nonoyu, who was already seven years old, gradually realized that the cause of suffering was not disease, not ninjas, not war, not big countries...

But ignorance and ignorance.

No matter how times change and the world changes, ignorance still drives humans to make mistakes again and again.

Medical technology and medical ninjutsu can save individual lives, but in a world full of ignorance, conflict, war, and death, relying on medical technology cannot fundamentally solve the problem.

It was at this time that Yumikawa appeared in Tsukimi.

"Tooth extraction, pathetic and feeble kindness, meaningless." He said, "Do you want to follow me?"

Inexplicably, when Nonoyu raised her head and met those calm eyes, the short girl followed her with her skinny, unconscious mother on her back.

Until now, Nonoyu understands more and more that only power can correct ignorance and ignorance, and only by correcting ignorance and ignorance can the world be truly changed.

Just as those people sang during the disaster, use the whip to whip and correct their mistakes, and use the truth of wisdom and power to guide them not to make mistakes.

Therefore, what Nonoyu wants to do is actually "education", and the career he wants to do is actually a teacher.

But who told me to have a mother who is gentle on the surface but actually crazy?

Since her mother is away, she can only temporarily take over the position of the medical department.

"..."

Behind Yunchuan, Yahiko glanced at the silent crowd, and then looked away from the face of Nonoyu, who was still smiling, and lowered his eyes slightly.

Is it weakness to pull out the teeth of kindness, and malice to impose kindness on others?

His will to pursue peace is still as strong as iron, and his heart is still as warm as ever, burning his will like the sun.

However, right and wrong, right and wrong, seemed not as clear-cut and important as he once thought.

"The pattern and changes of the world, the rise and fall of wars, should have been the scenery on both sides of our road. This world should have set off a wave of change, whether it is good or bad."

Yun Chuan glanced at the faces of the people on both sides, looking into the distance with indifference in his eyes, and seemed to be talking to himself: "But I only see an unchanging future, and the eternal silence and death make me feel bored. ”

"The five major countries and the five major ninja villages have been stable for too long. The hereditary system of nobles and ninja clans, the hierarchical system of ninja villages... When resources and opportunities are concentrated in the hands of a few people, others cannot change their destiny through hard work."

"No matter which great country is the final winner of the Second Ninja War, the 'wind' they set off will not be enough to blow the windmill of the world."

"So, I decided to make the outcome of this 'game' more important to determine who will lead the next era."

Yunchuan's pupils retracted slightly, as if he had switched from looking at something illusory to looking at the people in front of him. He smiled lightly and said: "Since you don't speak, I will take it as your acquiescence."

"If they win this 'game', the boring old era will continue. If we win, the direction of the new era will gradually be in our hands."

"But the final winner, whether it is a big country or us, you will all stand by my side and draw new 'rules' and 'gameplay' for this world."

After saying that, Yunchuan held the black cat in his arms, stood up slowly, and said softly: "Go, each department will perform its duties, and all actions will follow the command."

"Next, just waiting for those old guys from the old era to put themselves into coffins, we will shovel the first handful of earth for their graves with our own hands."

With the sound of chairs moving, everyone present stood up.

A bright yellow light reflected from the floor-to-ceiling window behind Yunchuan, and reflected on everyone's faces, making their different faces half clear and half dark.