Revolution in the Ninja World

Dying in battle on the battlefield, dying in the hospital due to ineffective treatment – such deaths were common occurrences in this world, and therefore, there was nothing unacceptable about them. However, having the opportunity for treatment suddenly snatched away was something difficult to accept.

Perhaps it was related to his own experiences, or perhaps this was simply Habara's emotional trigger. In any case, Habara suddenly exploded. However, just as he was about to step away and "reason" with those unreasonable things, he was suddenly pulled back...

It was Izayo.

She had temporarily regained consciousness. She grabbed Habara with one hand, looked at him with her eyes, and then slowly shook her head.

Habara's actions would only worsen his own situation; he couldn't change anything. And once he bared his fangs to Konoha, what would happen to him next was obvious.

So Izayo reached out and stopped him. She even managed a faint smile.

"I'm still young, but I feel like I've already lived a long life..."

Since the New Year had just passed, Izayo was exactly twenty years old now. She was very young. As for why she felt like she had experienced a lifetime, it was actually very simple... She had experienced too much in the war.

She had lost her brother in the war. Did that mean she only lost her brother?

Izayo spoke in this tone, and Habara couldn't bring himself to break free from her weak hand. He could only stop in his tracks and restrain his emotions.

"The incredible thing is, regarding life, I have regrets but no attachment. Death certainly can't be described as 'beautiful,' but it's actually not as terrible as one might imagine."

"As a Konoha ninja, to be loyal to Konoha to the very end, I was already prepared for that... Sooner or later, when the time comes, it's just the time that has come."

"It's just that, in the end, I'm not that strong of a person. I'm tired, I feel so tired. I can't help but want to rest for a while, just a little while..."

"Habara, unlike us, you're a talented person, so you can be a little bolder in your actions, but not too bold."

"Daigo, live on..."

Habara fell silent, until Izayo could finally undergo surgery.

Izayo also fell silent, because the surgery came too late.

There's a saying that goes, "There is only one heroism in the world: to see the world as it is and to love it." There's absolutely nothing wrong with this sentence, it's just a bit too bright and lofty.

Perhaps there was no heroism in this world at all.

The ninja village system certainly had its advancements, but in the end, it was just a collection of large and small ninja clans. So, was there any fundamental difference between the current era and the previous era?

Fundamentally, Konoha was supported by those few ninja clans, so Konoha was inevitably stratified and hierarchical. From the perspective of the major ninja clans, they did the most work and naturally deserved the best treatment.

A large number of commoner ninjas died on the battlefield, but how much meaning did their deaths have?

To put it bluntly, the spread of chakra and the diffusion of ninjutsu were inherently uneven and unfair.

Habara sat on a chair, his eyes fixed on the white cloth covering the face of the person lying on the hospital bed, his mind constantly thinking about some things... Of Izayo's last words, how much was genuine acceptance, how much was forced acceptance, how much was genuine negativity, and how much was forced negativity?

Regardless of Izayo's thoughts or Konoha's internal affairs, after thinking it over, Habara still couldn't accept this outcome.

People couldn't always be objective and rational, but they could always believe they were objective and rational.

Whether for consolation, propaganda, or to show his presence, in short, after dealing with some of Konoha's internal affairs, Konoha's Fourth Hokage began to tour the front lines.

Naturally, this tour was more symbolic than practical. To put it bluntly, it was a show.

Speaking of which, the current Third Hokage was in his prime and not yet at the point where he absolutely had to have a successor. The reason why he wanted Minato Namikaze to become the Fourth Hokage so quickly was likely to set an example for future generations of a smooth power transition... The Second Hokage's sudden death in battle and the Third Hokage's hasty succession probably left Hiruzen Sarutobi with some not-so-good memories, so he wanted to avoid this situation from happening again.

So, rumors of the Third and Fourth Hokages vying for power, or the Third having an excessive desire for power, were unnecessary. Because regardless, the young Minato Namikaze could not possibly threaten the Third Hokage's position. The Third Hokage was in his fifties, the prime of his life, while the Fourth Hokage was only twenty-four, actually very young. Under these circumstances, only if the Third Hokage wanted there to be a Fourth Hokage could a Fourth Hokage appear.

Contrary to being power-hungry, the Third Hokage was actually a person who liked to delegate power, but wasn't very good at it. Because of his delegation and inaction, many internal problems arose in Konoha.

In short, after completing the transfer of power, the Fourth Hokage prioritized appearing at the Konoha camp in the Land of Rivers. As part of the tour, paying respects to the dead and consoling the wounded were expected duties.

So, when Habara had absolutely no desire to deal with others, he still had to cooperate with others' "show"... This was the same, whether in his previous life or now.

Because the Fourth Hokage had appeared right in front of Habara.

The wound on Habara's right arm had already received proper treatment. In a sense, this was just a minor injury.

Regarding what had just happened, Habara didn't have any resentment towards the doctors, because the doctors were indeed trying their best to save every life. The problem was only how, and in what speed and order, the patients were brought before them.

Unfortunately, Konoha's strongest, or rather, the ninja world's strongest medical ninja, had already left Konoha due to "menopausal rebellion." Otherwise, perhaps everyone here could have been saved... Even people who had never met Tsunade would miss her, which showed the strategic significance of a medical ninja like her.

At this time, there wasn't just one corpse in front of Habara. In fact, there were corpses all around him, because his location was the morgue... Before they arrived, Konoha and Sunagakure had indeed engaged in a fierce conflict.

After the Battle of Kikyo Pass, it stood to reason that the weakened Sunagakure should have been at an absolute disadvantage. It was unexpected that a fierce battle would still break out under these circumstances.

When the Fourth Hokage came here to pay his respects to the fallen, Habara had just realized a simple truth:

In this world, if a person wanted to protect himself and some other things, simply becoming strong was far from enough...

One had to be "invincible."