A word so heavy that one could taste its weight on the tip of the tongue.
Beneath the perpetual rain clouds of the Land of Rain, crops struggled to grow, food spoiled and grew moldy, and clothes remained damp and freezing.
In such an environment, survival was a painful, agonizing struggle.
“As long as you want to survive, you need many essential resources.” Osamu looked at Pain, who had sunk into some heavy memory.
Sensing that this body couldn’t hold out much longer, he called out to pull Pain’s thoughts back.
“Just like I said earlier—clothing, food, shelter, transportation.
No matter what is missing or lacking, surviving is an ordeal.” “Humans have needs.
They need to fill their bellies.” “However, the pie is only so big.
A single bite per person won’t fill every stomach.” Sensing the faint aura of sorrow emanating from Pain, Osamu let out a soft breath before continuing.
“In a situation like this, if people want to live, their only options are to fight and steal—or to make other mouths that need feeding disappear.” “Why does the Land of Rain suffer frequent invasions?
Because the land within the Land of Fire is the most suitable for survival.
Thus, the Land of Earth, surrounded by mountains, and the Land of Wind, plagued by deserts, march through neighboring small nations to seize resources within the Land of Fire.” “Because they want to live, and live better, but lack sufficient resources—and because they have the capability to try and steal—war happens.” “Therefore, your plan treats the symptoms, not the root cause.” Osamu reached this conclusion.
“Because resources will still be insufficient, people will still go hungry, and they will still need to fight to survive…
Yet because of the Ten-Tails’ presence, armed struggle will no longer be an option.” “People will become slaves to those who possess resources, just to survive.” “However, even spots for slaves are limited.
No one will maintain surplus slaves.” “Then their only option left will be to die.” Nagato, controlling Pain, shivered at these words.
Their only option left will be to die.
Because even the last resort—picking up a Kunai or a blade to fight for resources and survive—had been stripped away.
Pain’s body swayed, those purple Rinnegan eyes filled with shock and rage.
“By…
by what right do you presume the future like this?
If everyone realizes how precious peace is, if everyone longs for peace, they will understand each other and live well together!” These words sounded so naive that they completely stripped away Pain’s top-tier boss aura.
Osamu no longer had the energy to argue with this childish kid.
He merely sighed, drew a Kunai from the pouch at his waist, and held it up to inspect it.
Sharpened quite nicely.
He’d suffer a bit less in a moment.
Osamu was quite satisfied.
Seeing him inspect the Kunai, Pain felt a surge of unease.
Yet, unable to let go of his pride, he remained standing there and questioned, “As long as there’s a peaceful environment, can’t we develop more resources?
Why would anyone still go hungry?
Why—” “That is why I said from the very start that your arrogance is deeply repulsive.” Osamu had already picked out the angle and force for his strike.
He could guarantee that with this single cut, Danzo would have zero chance of being resuscitated.
He raised his head, gazing at the azure sky, entirely untainted by human wails.
“Those who possess more resources, regardless of whether there is war, will always find ways to multiply what they hold…
Why do you think that just because there is no war and they long for peace, they would share the resources they monopolize with the poor?” “They will be overjoyed.” “Under the threat of the Ten-Tails…
the commoners struggling to survive will no longer pose any threat to them.” His remaining eye began to grow unfocused from prolonged blood loss.
“…What a hopeless future.” As soon as the words left his mouth, Osamu moved with lightning speed, slicing through Danzo’s throat with the sharp Kunai.
The force was so great that half of his neck was severed.
Watching the figure slump to the ground, blood gushing forth as life rapidly ebbed away, the people present finally recalled what Danzo had said at the very beginning.
He had come here to die.
Having already been desperately weakened from gouging out his Sharingan, his body lost every trace of life shortly after his neck was slashed open.
Just as “Do you dare defy me, who possesses Bael?” was a classic example of absurd anime logic, “as long as one person shoulders the blame, the rest are innocent” was equally characteristic of such melodramatic reasoning.
With Danzo voluntarily seeking death, Nagato no longer had any mind to pick a fight with Konoha.
His heart was filled with panic and regret.
He still had so, so many questions he wanted answers to from Danzo.
He wanted to know how, in a peaceful world under the threat of the Ten-Tails, to avoid the desperate future Danzo had projected.
He wanted to know if there were other ways to eliminate war and achieve peace without force.
He wanted to know how to make that pie bigger so there would be enough to feed everyone…
He had so many, so many questions.
Yet the person who could answer them could no longer speak.
Almost without hesitation, Nagato unleashed the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique, attempting to revive the newly deceased Danzo.
Unfortunately— The King of Hell was confused, shook its head, and didn’t recall ever eating such a thing.
Pain supported Danzo’s cold body.
The blood in this frame was nearly drained; no matter how skilled a medical ninja was, they couldn’t bring him back.
Tsunade pulled back her hands with a complex expression, shaking her head.
Katsuyu also left the corpse with regret, whispering a soft apology.
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⁽⁽٩(๑˃̶͈̀ ᗨ ˂̶͈́)۶⁾⁾” Osamu, whose soul was yanked out right after committing suicide: …
Wait, what?
You can even extract Momo points from this???