From a Pirate to a Revolutionary Mentor

Chapter 332: Orochimaru's desire to explore, technology is the primary productive force

Kevin's voice rang out as he walked towards Orochimaru step by step.

The exclamations of Hibari, Shirayuki and others also made Jiraiya and Tsunade's pupils shrink slightly.

gentlemen?

This title is equivalent to a teacher, and none of Orochimaru's attacks hit him. This ability, as if he had eyes on his back, is exactly the same as the previous ones.

The two looked at each other and simultaneously withdrew their seals.

Psychic art!

"Boom."

Smoke surrounded them, and Jiraiya, who was standing above Gamabunta, shouted, "Stop him."

The huge toad stared with wide eyes, grasped the hilt of the dagger and suddenly jumped up.

The psychic beast was huge in size. It leaped up like a hurricane and chopped down with the dagger in its hand with great force.

Meanwhile, the slug summoned by Tsunade landed behind, ready to take on Bunta's attack.

But the next moment...

"boom!"

The huge noise was deafening, and the impact even caused the surroundings to shake.

Kevin caught the dagger with one hand.

No hand seals, no ninjutsu.

But if it's just taijutsu... How is it possible?!
"Bunta!"

Jiraiya spoke up.

Wen Taiqing, who was smoking a pipe, became very excited, his huge eyes filled with fear.

When the blade was caught, he wanted to withdraw the knife and chop it down again, but even though he used all his strength, he was unable to break free from the man's hand.

This guy is even more like a monster than this summoned beast of mine!
"what!!"

As Bunta yelled, the blade Kevin was holding began to crack.

"Oh!"

The iron pieces shattered, and pieces of blades flew out.

One of them flew towards Nagato, and the huge impact force was so great that even Konan's paper could not block it.

"Om..."

Bai Xue leaped up with a slash, exhaled after landing, and sheathed the long sword in her hand.

At this moment, Tsunade's slug was spewing acid, but Kevin just waved his hand, and the impact of domineering power that penetrated his body dispersed it.

After a series of attacks, he only forced the person in front of him to put away his umbrella.

Such an understatement made Jiraiya and the other two look extremely solemn, and they even considered retreating.

"You are not actually seeking the end of the jutsu, are you?"

Kevin's eyes were still on Orochimaru, and he didn't even pay attention to Jiraiya and Tsunade who were watching him covetously.

"The easy loss of life in war has, to some extent, awakened the fear in your childhood. You are not old yet, but because of the fear of death, you are pursuing the path of eternal life."

"Your experience has made your character darker, and the war has made it grow even darker. The memorial in Konoha has made you fear death again and again."

“But under the memorial, whether it’s your parents or people you knew in the past, they all died in war rather than dying of old age.”

Kevin walked slowly, now approaching.

With such a distance and the physical skills just demonstrated, Tsunade and Jiraiya were already getting so anxious that they could no longer hold back.

But just when I was about to start...

"boom!"

The red lightning fell like a beam of light, and the intertwined lightning hit the two people.

The jonin's vest was shattered, his body was unable to move, and tiny wounds appeared all over it.

And Bunta and the slug were directly beaten back to Myoboku Mountain and the Wet Bone Forest.

"During the war, my second grandfather died in the Land of Lightning, my lover died, and my only brother may also lie under the memorial tablet one day."

"What did you say? You bastard!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Tsunade, who was bound by the red thunder, became furious and swung her fists to try to rush out, but it was still useless.

Chakra... was suppressed.

Kevin looked at Jiraiya again: "The limitations of your vision prevent you from getting a peaceful answer, and you can't even give a solution to your disciples' questions. Therefore, you believed the prophecy of an old toad on Mount Myōboku."

Jiraiya, who had also been struggling because of Tsunade's shouting, suddenly stopped.

The prophecy of the Toad Immortal...how could he know?
Subconsciously, Jiraiya looked at Nagato.

No, even though he thought Nagato was the savior because of the Rinnegan, he never told Nagato about the prophecy.

"Orochimaru, your presence can save a lot of time on the road to peace. So... do you want to give it a try?"

"A different wind...a wind that can eventually change the entire ninja world."

After the words fell, Orochimaru, who had been silent all the time, licked his lips and said, "Can you tell me...what kind of power they use? Those three brats have chakra, but the other two and you don't seem to have chakra."

Kevin replied directly: "The firmness of the spiritual will can awaken the power called domineering in the body. The three colors of domineering can be awakened by any ordinary person after they are firm in their ideals."

Any... a normal person?

Orochimaru grasped the key point in an instant.

Before this, he thought that the saying that there is no distinction between high and low in life was just bullshit.

But now...it seems like there is some possibility.

The reason why ninjas do not engage in production but are called adults is naturally because ninjas are much stronger than ordinary people in terms of individual strength.

Even the nobles and daimyo's people, although they controlled the military force of the ninja village through financial control, were also wary of the power of the ninja.

And if ordinary people can obtain the individual power of ninjas, then the saying "no distinction between high and low" will no longer be an empty talk.

But this...seems to only expand the war again.

He was not a fool like Jiraiya. He knew a lot about the history of the ninja world, including documentary records and some speculations.

The ninja village system has only been in existence for a few decades, but wars that have swept across the entire ninja world have already started twice, and the third war seems to be about to begin.

What the first Hokage once naively believed in has now been proven to be just a dream.

Ordinary people gaining power seems to be no different from the integration of ninja clans into ninja villages from the Warring States Period to the present day, which has led to the expansion of the scale of war.

Orochimaru and Kevin looked at each other: "Can I ask... why it was me?"

Kevin replied in a deep voice: "The cause of the war was not hatred in the beginning, but resources. And technology is the primary productive force."

science and technology……

Just this one sentence made Orochimaru stunned, and Tsunade and Jiraiya beside him were also confused.

For them, such a simple sentence contains too much information.

Wars are not originally caused by hatred...

Yes, what was the reason in the beginning?
During the Warring States Period, there were constant conflicts between ninja clans. Small-scale conflicts led to large wars. The people who died in the wars had relatives and friends, and hatred accumulated. But was the initial conflict really caused by hatred?
“What a novel answer.”

Orochimaru regained his composure, "Then... I'll stay."

"Orochimaru!"

Jiraiya and Tsunade spoke at the same time.

However, Orochimaru ignored the two of them, and without any precautions, he passed Kevin directly.

The next moment, the red thunder that bound Tsunade and Jiraiya dissipated.

Kevin looked at the two of them and said, "How about you... just surrender?"

The indifferent voice made Jiraiya and Tsunade feel nervous.

The power displayed by the opponent in the previous conflict, coupled with the remnant of domineering aura, has already made them terrified of Kevin's ultimatum.

However, Jiraiya absolutely did not want to let Orochimaru stay like this. The bond in his heart made him impulsively perform hand seals even though he knew he could not win.

"Shh."

Kevin suddenly appeared in front of him and punched him lightly in the abdomen.

"puff……"

A mouthful of blood spurted out, and Jiraiya's figure flew backwards, hitting the rock and sliding down.

"Space-time... cough cough cough!"

Coughing violently, Jiraiya struggled to stand up.

Kevin: "Once the seeds are planted, no one can stop the flames of revolution. Under the general trend, the awakening thoughts of the people who have been oppressed for thousands of years will inevitably pull down those who were high and mighty in the past."

"Jiraiya... do you think that peace can be achieved through conversation and sincerity? You are one of Konoha's three ninjas. If you continue to disobey my advice, I will kill you."

Kevin turned and prepared to leave.

"What the revolution needs is Orochimaru's knowledge, and what the world needs is also his knowledge. Peace is not something that can be achieved over a dinner party. It requires...bloodshed."

Kevin disappeared again, put his hand on Orochimaru's shoulder, and disappeared in an instant.

……

After a fierce battle, Jiraiya, who was exhausted by the combined efforts of the five men, was arrested, and Tsunade escaped.

However, it is obvious that Jiraiya and Tsunade, who are also three ninjas, did it intentionally to some extent.

They wanted to rescue Orochimaru.

Yes, to some extent, it seemed that Orochimaru really had to accept the gentleman's invitation just because he wanted to save both of their lives and his own.

In order to rescue Orochimaru, Jiraiya was captured, and Tsunade's return to report the news became a temporary plan.

"Yahiko, Yahiko."

"Jiraiya-sensei."

Jiraiya smiled and looked at the shackles that fixed his hands so that he couldn't make hand seals: "I haven't seen you for a few years. You three have grown taller. Hmm... Nagato is still a little short."

These words almost made Nagato, who was usually not talkative, explode.

Konan said a few words of comfort and walked directly beside Jiraiya: "Teacher Jiraiya, do you want to ask Sensei?"

Jiraiya said with a smile: "Konan is getting prettier and smarter. Unlike these two, they only grow taller but not smarter."

These words made Yahiko furious, but he was stopped by Nagato who had recovered.

Konan sighed helplessly and said, "Teacher Jiraiya may stay in the Rain Country for a while. Your school will not prohibit anyone from attending classes. In addition, after the first graduation, more than 30 students will be scattered all over the place to start teaching. Your thoughts... will become the spark of the Rain Country."

Thoughts? Sparks?
Jiraiya thought of a church he had visited in the past when he traveled to the Land of Hot Springs. Could it be the same thing?
And classmates... So it seems that Yahiko and the other two became disciples of this teacher after separating from me?

First come, first served. How could I, the former teacher, be inferior to the later one?

Jiraiya quickly pulled his thoughts back to their original state and asked, "What did this gentleman teach you? The Haki he just mentioned? It's very similar to Taijutsu, but can ordinary people without chakra really learn it?"

Xiaonan nodded: "Haki comes from the spirit and will. With a firm spirit and will, both the physique and the Haki will be greatly enhanced. Unlike ninjutsu, it does not require the refinement of chakra, nor does it require the formation of seals to release ninjutsu."

"But sir, you didn't teach us Haki. What you have been teaching us all along is to awaken our own thoughts... and to open our minds."

Enlighten your mind?
Another new word.

But why does it sound like teaching reading and writing? To open up one's mind?
Jiraiya was confused.

And Xiaonan continued to explain: "The so-called enlightenment is to distinguish between good and evil, right and wrong, and to look at every event with dialectical thinking. Only by enlightenment can one understand the inside story of all the big and small events in the history of the ninja world."

"What is on the surface is what the political leaders want us to see. But if we look at it dialectically, we will get another answer, which is also the secret and the truth."

After the words fell, Jiraiya seemed to understand something, but also felt that he understood nothing.

Secrets and truth?
history?

What is this all about?
and many more……

Unlike ordinary people, Jiraiya is a disciple of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, and to some extent is even a candidate for the Fourth Hokage of Konoha.

With this identity, he is already one of the top leaders.

What they can see and understand is different from the lower levels of Konoha.

Before this, Konoha White Fang committed suicide because of a mission. What he knew about the inside story was very different from what ordinary Konoha ninjas knew.

After the First Hokage, the Second Hokage was the First's younger brother, and the Third Hokage was the Second's apprentice...

Under this convention, coupled with the fact that the name of Konoha White Fang was well-known in the ninja world, the teacher was getting older, and someone had to be held responsible for the losses in the war.

The louder the shout, the faster the death?
Although that mission was important, it was just a mission failure, and it was for the purpose of saving people. In any case, it should not have caused such a big impact.

Because the more important the mission, the more secretive it is.

All the accusations at the time did not specify what the specific tasks were.

"Enlightenment..."

Jiraiya muttered, at this moment he was becoming more and more curious about the lectures that the gentleman was teaching.

At this time, Yahiko on the side clenched his fist.

"Teacher Jiraiya, I have found the true path to peace here, and I can see clearly how I should proceed in the future."

"Thinking back now, my past naivety was really as foolish as a dream. There are too many forces and interests involved behind each of the five major countries. It is just a dream to think that talking to resolve disputes is a fantasy."

"Without force, no one will sit down and listen to you. Without resources, if you don't fight, you will die. There is no reason to speak of that."

"The first Hokage facilitated the first Five Kage Summit and distributed the tailed beasts. The Ninja World has been at peace for many years, but this was not due to conversation... but force."

Jiraiya frowned upon hearing this, "Force cannot solve all problems Yahiko, and war will only increase hatred."

Nagato at the side said at this time: "But the real core issue is still not hatred, right? Between the five major countries, the resources represented by interests are far more likely to cause war than hatred."

Jiraiya paused.

resource……

It seems to be true.

"Nagato, you've become more talkative."

Nagato exhaled, "If it weren't for this, I would be able to become a lecturer now and teach those who came after me."

……

(End of this chapter)