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"Why speed up? Isn't walking slowly better?"
"..."
Shisui stared at Ronglin, his eyes wide as an ox's. Was this how powerful people executed missions, so casually?
No, that's not right. He heard that the stronger a person was, the more difficult their missions were, and the more cautious they needed to be. Was he really on a mission being this leisurely?
And bringing him along, wouldn't he feel like a burden?
Being transferred back from the front line for some inexplicable mission was just like letting him wander around and slack off, wasn't it? Ronglin was certain that even if he played around for a few months and returned to the village, the mission would still be considered complete.
Fortunately, he didn't plan to do that and was still heading to the Land of Earth, but his way of executing the mission was a bit strange.
"Change your clothes. Are you afraid others won't know we're from the Uchiha clan of Konoha?"
Along the way, Ronglin practically toured the scenery, even having the leisure to sit by the river and fish, leaving Shisui speechless.
What should have been a few days' journey to the Land of Earth, under Ronglin's pace, stubbornly took half a month without arriving, leaving Shisui completely wordless. He had never heard of a mission being executed so leisurely.
"I can't believe there's such a country on the barren side of the Land of Earth."
Walking through the territory of the Land of Grass, Shisui looked at the rice fields along the roadside, finding it incredible. Wasn't it said that the closer one got to the Land of Earth, the more barren the land was? Why then did it possess such fields?
For Shisui, everything he had learned before was theoretical knowledge. This trip with Ronglin was a real eye-opener for him.
"Are you trying to ask why the Land of Earth didn't occupy this land for its own use?"
Ronglin also looked at the rice fields along the road.
"Uh... yes!"
Shisui didn't expect Ronglin to guess his thoughts just from his casual remark.
Sniffing the aroma of the rice, Ronglin explained, "It's not that the Land of Earth doesn't want to occupy it, but that it dares not. You see, these small countries were established after the First Hokage discussed and supported them with the major ninja villages.
The purpose of their establishment was to provide a buffer zone for the major countries. If the borderlines of all major countries were all connected, it would only increase friction and lead to the outbreak of war."
"Similarly, none of the major countries wanted the war to break out on their own territory. Therefore, these small countries, acting as buffer zones, became the main battlefields for wars between the major countries."
"But in that case, do these small countries still have any meaning?" Do these countries still have any meaning?
Shisui didn't understand. If what Ronglin said was true, then what was the point of these small countries existing? Even their land served as a buffer zone for wars between larger nations. Wouldn't the people living in these places constantly face the outbreak of war?
"Whether it has meaning or not is not for us to decide. Such a decision was made back then out of concern for frequent wars.
If there were no such small countries as buffer zones, a single war might well have led to a second Warring States Period. So, it was at the invitation and discussion of the First Hokage that these small countries were established."
"The Five Great Nations would agree?"
Today's Five Great Nations, let alone agreeing, would find it difficult to even gather together. "You guard against me, and I guard against you."
"They would."
Ronglin smiled, "Why wouldn't they? When there are individuals who can single-handedly challenge an entire village, it's very easy to gather representatives from the Five Great Nations. For example, people like Hashirama Senju or Madara Uchiha. If they hadn't existed then, do you think these matters could have been resolved through discussion?"
"Under the guise of discussion, military force was used to threaten. Only in this way could it work."
Shisui was a little dumbfounded, clearly what Ronglin was saying exceeded his current understanding.
It seemed he had gone too far. Seeing Shisui dumbfounded, Ronglin thought for a moment and changed his angle: "Do you know why the conflict between the Land of Earth and the Land of Fire is so great?"
"It should be due to war and some interests involved."
Shisui's answer was conventional, not outstanding. He wasn't too bad; he could only be described as conventional.
"You're right. Now it certainly seems so, but do you know? The Second Tsuchikage of Iwagakure and the current Third Tsuchikage once came to Konoha together to form an alliance with Konoha."
"Unfortunately, it failed."
"Ah? Why? Isn't Iwagakure very powerful? If Konoha allied with Iwagakure, wouldn't it be even stronger? Why did it fail? Was it because some conditions weren't met?"
Shisui had never heard of these hidden secrets. Not just him, but several subsequent generations in the village had never heard of these things either.
They only knew that the animosity between Iwagakure and Konoha ran deep.
"No."
Watching Shisui's surprised and then exclaiming expressions, Ronglin found it very interesting: "Konoha had no strange demands. In fact, Iwagakure humbled itself greatly, very greatly."
Shisui was utterly bewildered. If that was the case, why didn't the alliance succeed? Now, the two countries looked as if they had a blood feud.
"In its early days, Konoha had the powerful Senju clan and Uchiha clan. As for other major clans, you know without me listing them. It can be said that at that time, Konoha was in its most prosperous period. To put it bluntly, even if the Four Great Nations united, they wouldn't necessarily be Konoha's match."
Shaking his head, Ronglin sighed, "At that time, the ninja villages of the Four Great Nations were very respectful when facing the behemoth that was Konoha. Iwagakure humbly requested an alliance, but as a result, due to a certain individual from our Uchiha clan, it suffered a great humiliation."
"Who?" The more Ronglin spoke, the more confused Shisui became, feeling that his mind wasn't keeping up. This also involved the Uchiha?
"Once, the Second Tsuchikage of Iwagakure, accompanied by a young Onoki, who is now the Third Tsuchikage, traveled to Konoha to request an alliance. Unfortunately, they encountered an unreasoning Uchiha Madara."
"In Uchiha Madara's eyes, everyone else was trash except for his old rival, Hashirama Senju. He believed that all other ninja villages were weak compared to Konoha, so he..."
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