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Nara Shikahisa stared at his only son, Nara Shikamaru looked so stupid now, pitifully stupid, pitiful... He felt unbearable pain for a moment.

"How did the couple die? Do you know how they died as Hokage directly under Anbu and known as Hokage's right-hand man? You know Shimura Danzo, that Polaris never said his name directly, but put him Do you know that the root leader nailed to the pillar of shame is the only one left in his family? Do you know that the Senju clan died when the Uchiha clan still existed? Do you know how many A sacrifice that the Polaris didn't mention? Do you think that even if it's a wrong sacrifice, it's not a sacrifice, and it won't make people feel pain?"

Nara Shikahisa threw the cigarette butt crushed in his palm to the ground, approached Nara Shikamaru, and stared closely into his eyes.

"Nakamori Yunyuki, my classmate, he was kneeling on the battlefield of World War II, covered in blood, surrounded by corpses, he was kneeling on the battlefield of World War II, unable to hold Kunai, do you think I will forget him and ask the world 'we What the hell are you doing 'time?"

"Do you think I don't remember how he slit his own throat with a birthday present from his father?"

"Go to the tavern and try to mention this name to Ding Zuo and Hai Yi who are pushing glasses and laughing loudly. Try to see how they react to this name that no one has called for decades. You see Look at the wine in their glasses and see if it is blood or tears!"

"We are survivors, we have survived, we have survived until now, OK, no, Rong, Yi have survived until now Shikamaru... You have no idea how dangerous this world is, but the people of our generation who are still alive I survived such a danger. Do you know how desperate this is? Do you understand? Can you imagine that every living person bears the blood and tears of countless people? But even so we Still alive, why?"

"Because we all believe in our Ninja Way, we firmly believe that all sacrifices have their meaning, and that all suffering will end one day, and the inheritance of beliefs and the tranquility of our hometown are everything - Polaris scolded ninjas for turning themselves into tools. Cold-blooded, cruel, and inhuman. He thinks we want to be cold-blooded, we want to be cruel, are we willing to be inhuman?!"

"Don't I want to hold Yunxing's hand? Don't I want to stand behind Master Sakumo? Don't I want to kneel in front of the fourth generation's grave? He held up the torch, determined to ignite a raging fire in this world, and we are destined The person who will be burned to death by him-Shikamaru, I am not afraid of death, especially not afraid of dying for my beliefs. But what he said are not my beliefs."

"It's not everything I've believed in for decades and has been inseparable from me. Am I dead and unrepentant? Didn't he also say it's not too late? Well, well, it turns out I still have a chance, so what then? Then what am I going to do? What can I do?"

"He smashed and burned everything I had to survive, saying that this is the undead he has long been determined to bear-I really don't care about being a victim, I have been a survivor so far, but I can't forever A survivor, and I hate being a survivor!—but then? Did you see what he said after that? He didn't say anything."

"You can't accept that the Uchiha clan was destroyed by Uchiha Itachi himself? Well, no one is used to such a cruel thing, and then what? What should I do? Is there any other better solution? Even if there is Shimura Danzo Now, don’t I even have the courage to speak? But I have no opinion! I can’t think of any other way! If I see Uchiha Itachi again, won’t the guilt in my heart eat my flesh and blood? People who suffer, and people who sit back and watch others suffer, do you think the latter can live with peace of mind?"

Nara Shikahisa closed his eyes forcefully, turned his head, and stared meaninglessly at the dividing line between light and darkness that spread from the living room downstairs.

"I've known Polaris for four years... At the beginning, I couldn't believe that there is such a wise person in this world. His well-founded and convincing long letter about the root and necessity of the emergence of ninjas is still in my heart. In the desk, he said nothing wrong to me. Rather, it was too correct, so correct that I don’t know how to live in the future. But he hasn’t said it yet... After destroying it, he couldn’t see it. After the world he is used to, how can he build a better world that satisfies him.”

"The only difference between a person who knows the problem but not the solution and a person who knows nothing is the pain of powerlessness."

"The Polaris gave hope to many people who didn't realize that the Polaris only suggested a good world, but he didn't say a word about how to build that good world."

"Isn't Polaris Erina?"

"Isn't he giving us false hope?"

"Shikamaru, you tell me, what's the point of all this if there isn't a better world after smashing everything that's out there that people can't stand?"

"It will only bring the world back to the Warring States Period."

"I know you can't understand the village's decision on Orochimaru, but do you have a better and more comprehensive method? If not, there is no way. This is the optimal solution, which is the result of our incompetence. Excellent solution'."

"Shikamaru, I'm not denying Polaris, and everything he wants to convey. Even including the third Hokage who has been criticized by Polaris many times, his study also has all the works of Polaris. It's just that you have to admit that the current No matter how bad the system is, at least it works, at least it maintains stability, at least it brings prosperity to Konoha for decades. But once the system disappears and the ninja world returns to chaos, how many innocent people will there be? people die?"

"I am willing to wait for the day when he proposes a method. As long as the method is feasible, I will see a better world and make you and Jinai happier. Even if it is just a distant phantom, I will be honored." and the ground becomes dry wood."

"However, before that, I am the defender of the existing system. Whoever dares to destroy it is the enemy I must defeat."

"Good day.

Mr. Polaris, you really are a very scary person.

Those words you said are all to win my trust, right?After all, it is impossible for me to believe immediately just because someone suddenly said that someone is coming to attack our village.

Did you tear your heart out just to make me believe in you?

I can't understand the pain like that.

A person whom you had entrusted with the hope of being able to live smoothly in this world and live in harmony with this world was shattered in front of your eyes with a tragic appearance.

I cannot comprehend such pain.

I've seen a lot of misfits, even you know, the boy who has no ninja talent but tries very hard to become a ninja... I've watched them seriously, they all have a card that can live in this world face down.

But your problem is not just "out of gregariousness", not just "out of place".

I can't imagine what kind of face you have.

After reading your letter, I even suspect that all your efforts are a see-saw between trying to integrate into this world and desperately trying to separate yourself from this world.

You said the world made you so you couldn't help loving it.

But do you really love it?

This world appears in front of you, do you love it or hate it?

Or is it because you love this shitty world that you hate it more?

Is there something missing from the moment you came into this world, or something extra?

Before I met you, I was also a person who could live in this world, but not now.

Am I gaining something, or am I missing something?

I am in a state of confusion, as if I don't know what to do all the time, but I don't want to admit that this is life.

I want to believe you.

Would it be better to say that?

I always feel very uncomfortable, trusting someone who has never met.

Maybe people really can't understand each other, and sometimes they feel powerless in the face of this status quo.But after listening to what you said, I feel that this is also a kind of human self-protection.

Not all people want to be understood, and it is unbearable for a person to understand all the pain of another person.

I am in a state of confusion, confused because I am struggling, but even the reason for the struggling is ridiculous.

If I don't trust you, if I don't agree with your point of view, then I don't have any confusion, but after I already believe in you and know that you are the right side, the constant struggle seems mean and embarrassing.

Why can't I be quite straightforward, like those people who say what they want and do what they want, and when they have determined where the right direction is, they walk on that road without hesitation?

Am I a wimp?A person who is afraid of change?Am I afraid of the unknown?

Before this, I never felt like a wimp.

Are people like this, gradually getting to know themselves bit by bit?

——Please don't give me any answers to the above questions, although I don't know what the answers are, but I have an inexplicable intuition that if the answers are not found by myself, then any other answers are meaningless.

But before I can think about these things quietly in the shade of the trees, I have to focus on this Chunin exam and all the bad things that come with it.

I wish you well.

I hope Gaara can go to your side smoothly—this is his dream. Seeing him so happy, I always feel that I can understand the mood of that child you know when helping you.

The other person must be very happy, and no matter what happens, they will not regret it.

——Konoha Shinobu" is

There was a long silence.

The air of silence took away all the anger from Shikahisa Nara's body bit by bit, and he looked like the familiar, calm, reliable and unfathomable military adviser Konoha again.

Probably the monster called war in his heart crouched down again and closed its bloody mouth.

Shikahisa Nara sighed softly, turned around and wanted to leave.

the third time.

His steps were stopped for the third time.

"Innocent people are dying."

Nara Shikamaru said softly.

He raised his head, revealing bright eyes washed by tears.

Bright as stars twinkling in the night sky.

"Innocent people are dying every day. Father."

Shikahisa Nara erected himself in the gloom as an ancient stone monument.

Yes, just like Konoha's Heroic Monument.

"Innocent people are dying all the time. They want to live, even if they live like a dog, like a slave, like a tool, they can't do it. Because some ninjas who turned themselves into tools said they were miserable too, saying There is nothing I can do, saying that I am also a victim.”

"Do you still remember "The Village Without Legs"? The village in it, because the village was buried full of wars, and the bombs were not recovered by ninjas after the battle, so the village was killed and disabled, that What else can the people living in the village do other than treat the ninjas as natural disasters?"

"Erina originally saved Gosaburo's life. She may have been a fake, but Gosaburo escaped from the ground because of her—if there were no ninjas who destroyed the village."

"The war of ninjas is very tragic. After the war, everyone parasitized a monster named war in their hearts. But those who are not ninjas, those ordinary people, ordinary people who are as small as ants and have no sense of existence, their death Silently, without even saying why. Those ordinary people died much more quietly than Konoha Baiya. They died right in front of our eyes, but we couldn't see them at all."

"What we eat, what we wear, what we use, isn't what they created?"

"Aren't we all human?"

"Father, you can't do nothing just because Mr. Polaris didn't give you an answer. He is also a human being, not a god. Don't you think he is more powerful than the 'God of Ninja World'?"

"He is even weaker than me, who you think is naive enough. A word he said unintentionally many years ago will become a wound in his heart that will never heal. It is such a sensitive and fragile guy who said he would give to the world. Bring light."

"Even such a sensitive and fragile guy who is estimated to be the last one in the ninja world dare to say such a thing, and fight for it with his own body. Isn't it enough to bring hope to people?"

"Is this false? But I clearly feel the truth."

"Father, you can take the initiative to find the answer. No one has said that you must obey others' answers. Polaris does not ask anyone to obey his orders. He asks everyone to cut off the chains on their bodies and breathe freely. He will not let himself Be a new chain."

"Father, you should take the initiative to find the answer."

"Isn't that what you taught me? When you first taught me how to play shogi, didn't you teach me to be calm, patient, and confident to find the right way to win? It's not what you taught me Understand the real key points on the chessboard, don't mistake the abandoned pieces as the center of gravity, and never ignore your jade generals?"

"On the chessboard called the world, now, the real key point, the source of fatal contradictions, Mr. Polaris has already made it clearer. The rest, if you are really as you said, it is an honor to If you become a victim, shouldn't you take the initiative to find a way out?"

"Father, I really... really can't understand what a terrible existence war is, and I don't want to understand it, so I want to take the initiative to find a way to prevent the war from happening. Is this kind of thinking wrong? "

"I thought this way, is it a ninja or a human being? I can't help but remember that sentence - the problem cannot be solved by the way of thinking that leads to this problem. I must forget everything about the ninja and use a pure Only in this way can I see something completely different, things that you don't seem to see."

"As you can see, it's never too late. Compared with firewood, Mr. Polaris hopes that there will be more people holding torches in this world... Is there really nothing I can do? No, except as an ordinary Konoha Village Apart from Ninja, as a person, I still have things I can do. Even if it is really impossible to prevent the coming of war, but even if one more person is protected, one more life is saved, and one more effort is made, it is not useless as you say , is not meaningless, is not the pain of pure powerlessness."

"Judge me, father, it's you who judge me. See if I'm a qualified ninja, a qualified person. Just watch me."

"Hey? Save me Gaara? Do you want to take me there?" Kazemoen, who has been in prison for three years, has amber-like eyes, and his thin cheekbones have a face that has been weathered by wind and sand, but he has a gentle personality. , and even some shy children.

Uh... probably can't be called a child anymore, but that's beside the point.

Bugarati repeated the action of zipping and walking underground, and when he heard the words, he turned his head and smiled consolingly at Fengwen, "You are not suitable for fighting now, and we are not here to fight, so it can't be regarded as rescue, it should be called support I wanted to take you back first before going to Konoha, but I didn’t have enough time, so I picked up Gaara once and then went back.”

Windmark didn't refute that he couldn't fight now, but turned to ask Bugarati about Polaris.

After finding out his cell, Bugarati only said "I was sent by Polaris to rescue you", and then took him away, until now he has probably left the range of Hidden Sand Village, Bugarati Tizai said about Gaara...he hasn't said anything about Polaris yet.

Feng Wen really wants to know what Polaris has done in the past few years, and whether the world has changed a bit.

As the closest person to Polaris, Bugarati was no more fluent in the former question than in the latter.

"In the past three years, what is worth mentioning is... the princess of the Snow Country brought a song sent to her by Polaris, gave up her career as an actress and returned to the country to inherit the throne, and worked hard to change the harsh ecological environment of the Snow Country. The people of the Land of Waves have just defeated Kado, the richest man who oppressed them, and they are doing everything right. There are more and more reformers in Wuyin Village, and Liuwei Jinchuriki has also returned to the village as a member of the reformers. The rest of Yanyin Village The conflict between the Five-Tails Jinchurukan and the Third Tsuchikage is getting deeper and deeper. Their village's relationship with the Ninja Ninja Organization was also exposed by one person, who immediately defected and is now in a nursing home on the border of the Country of Grass Volunteer here. Zhu Li, a singer in Yunyin Village, has compiled many rap songs that criticize the current situation. He often fights with his brother Lei Ying, but they are all played for outsiders to alleviate conflicts. No one knows what they are thinking. I don’t know. The village chief of Takiin Village is a respectable person. Their Nanao Jinchuriki said last year that he wanted to come to make friends with Polaris, but he didn’t come because the situation didn’t allow it. Konoha, let me tell you that the biggest traitor among them is Does Hokage’s son’s words surprise you? There’s no need to say more about Sand Yin’s words, just what I told you before.”

"Generally speaking, a general trend of change is brewing. Four-tailed Jinchuriki Laozi contacted us, saying that he wants to establish an organization that works hard for the happiness of all mankind-after the immediate matter is resolved, our focus It all falls on this."

"...Polaris, to be honest," Bugarati smiled back and shook his head helplessly, "There is nothing to say, just keep rooting at the desk and keep writing. The most troublesome thing now is what Lao Zi said. Saying that you don't know anything about policy theory is going to turn your study into a huge wastebasket. That guy, I'm afraid I've overlooked a little thing, but who can be perfect?"

Bugarati said it easily and quickly, but the wind pattern still needs to be digested.

After digesting it, he tentatively asked: "Mr. Polaris, would you like to keep Gaara and me by your side? Or is there something more important for us to do?"

Buccarati looked blank, "Polaris doesn't have the right to use you, right? I'm the only one who is qualified to use you... Really, I can't stand the assassination forces in Wuyin Village who have been looking for Polaris everywhere." Those who work, after listening to their plausible analysis, I want to open a zip and go out and tell them not to mess around, the person you are looking for is me, and only me."

Feng Wen was stunned for a while, smiled with a good temper, and explained: "No, I mean, after waiting for three years to rescue me, now I have to help Gaara...Uh, I mean, Is there nothing we can do?"

Feng Wen was already very tactful, but he felt that maybe he wasn't tactful enough, or he didn't express himself clearly.As for myself, I didn't doubt that they "asked for a favor".

Bugarati was busy pulling the zipper, but didn't pay attention to Feng Wen's small thoughts. Hearing this, he said frankly: "You can do whatever you want, but Gaara seems to want to be with Polaris very much. My friend also specifically emphasized and emphasized this point, so that Polaris must pay attention to it. But... probably objective factors do not allow it."

Feng Wen's heart moved, and he asked: "What do you mean by objective factors?"

Bugarati crossed a space, took advantage of the opportunity and glanced back at Fengwen, "Polaris is sick."? ? ?

Many big question marks slowly appeared on Feng Wen's small head.

Bugarati shrugged, "This is not a curse, but a fact. That guy has tuberculosis, an infectious disease, usually transmitted through droplets, so it is not safe to live with him, and there is a risk of getting sick. By the way, Don't ask me why I can live with the North Star, just pretend I don't care if I get sick or not."

Fengwen's eyes showed surprise, he smiled sarcastically, and said in his heart that of course you are not afraid of getting sick, and you are not afraid of death to help Mr. Polaris collect intelligence in the ninja world, and go deep into the prison of Shayin Village to save people... Can a mere tuberculosis scare you?

Thinking of this, Feng Wen's smile added a touch of chicness.

He is not a person who is afraid of death, otherwise he would not have chosen to help Gaara three years ago.

Bugarati didn't know that his kindness had backfired, so he continued to follow the topic: "Because of that Konoha Shinobu's emphasis, it's not good for Polaris to reject Gaara for this reason—and no matter what I will meet again, so Gaara's whereabouts will depend on his choice when the time comes. You too, Fengmo. You are free, you can do whatever you want... even if you want to go back to Sand Hidden Village, No North Star will stand in your way, freedom in this sense."

"Actually, I always thought it was a very irresponsible approach, but that guy said that reconciling and centering is a very harmful idea in today's world. If it is not extreme...well, Polaris uses a long description , but let’s just generalize like that, you get the general idea, right? In short, if you don’t go to extremes, you can’t touch people’s hearts. This is a necessary process.”

"Polaris said that when the world changes and stabilizes, the next Polaris will come out to criticize these issues and define all ideas that do not conform to the trend of the times as dross, even if it may be the 'truth' of our era. But this is That’s right, history is spiraling upwards, and each era has its own philosophy. The rest will be left to future generations to struggle, we just need to be the best in our own era.”

"How could there be another Mr. Polaris..."

Kazemo murmured in dissatisfaction, then thought for a while, and suddenly realized, "Ah, that is to say, in fact, the first Hokage Senju Hashirama has already done the best in his era?"

"Even if you ask me... this kind of question should be discussed with Polaris. However, even if you really ask this question, probably that guy will only say: You can make your own judgment. And the majority of people in the world Judgment, it can be regarded as the conclusion of future generations on Qianshouzhujian."

Fengwen rubbed the back of his neck in distress.

"I still remember that Mr. Polaris published an article before I was imprisoned, and there was an excerpt from it: A thing does not necessarily become true just because there are many people who believe it"1".Do you disagree with this statement? "

Buccarati said without hesitation, "This sentence is true, but you'd better not believe it."

"……why?"

"Because these are the words in the book, and we are not the people in the book."

"What about Mr. Polaris? Doesn't Mr. Polaris believe it?"

Bruno Bucciarati stopped.

He turned around, lowered his eyes slightly, and looked down at the young man who had been devastated by the three years of prison life and was extremely fragile.

He strangely thought of Nanaya Ying who became extremely weak after contracting tuberculosis.

When she just came out of the shop of Yuko Ichihara, the Witch of Dimension, Nanaya Hotaru was still positive and said that tuberculosis is not bad. This is a disease that Lu Xun, Kafka, Akutagawa Ryunosuke and other writers she likes have suffered from. , can be regarded as the same type of idol in a certain sense, at least better than Osamu Dazai who became suicidal because of his worship of Akutagawa Ryunosuke.

Then, her body gradually weakened. The pain was not temporary and short-term, but continuous and endless.

She began to hate herself for being weak.

She said she finally understood why the British poet Brendon said that Osamu Dazai committed suicide because he was driven to a corner by weakness.

It was a battle without an end, as long as there was one failure, it was hopeless.

Qiye Ying said: "Sure enough, people who have traded with witches since ancient times will not end well. I just don't know whether I got the golden fleece or two children who are destined to die."

But at that time, her thoughts were quickly taken away by the love between Jason and Medea, and the opera created by Euripides, so she didn't think deeply about it.

In the day-to-day, never-ending torment of pain, it was literature that gave her strength.

She has nothing to do but believe in literature.

But others are better off not doing it.Bugarati thought a little unbearably.Just look at the fate of Qiye Yingying.

She could have been an ignorant, vulgar but happy person, she could have had the mediocre pyrotechnic happiness that she never told anyone and secretly envied in her heart.

"Don't you think... believing this sentence will make you fall into the vicious circle of agnosticism? Ninjas don't believe in gods, and the ninja code has been torn apart by the North Star. If even the ordinary rule of the minority obeying the majority cannot If you believe, there is nothing to believe in. You can’t believe in anything, and without belief, isn’t it terrifying?”

It's hard for Bugarati to tell the real reason, so he can only ask rhetorically.

Feng Wen was a bit confused, and laughed. After experiencing the wind and sand, there was an innocence of ignorance of the world on his face, "No, I have a trustworthy existence. From the moment I met Mr. Polaris , Mr. Polaris is my belief. I don’t believe in God, but I believe in Mr. Polaris.”

The boy even spoke proudly, as if as long as the Polaris exists, then he can always be the child who just entered ninja school and is looking forward to his parents coming to pick him up.

It's like a child who stays with his parents, even if it is something he can do, his parents have to do it for him.

He was so proud and even a little happy.

Looking at the wind patterns like this, Bugarati swallowed all the words that came to his mouth with difficulty, only showing a comforting and gentle smile, "Polaris will be very, very happy when he hears you say that."

It will also be very, very painful.

but……

Sure enough...it's more "happy".