Great writers and philosophers

"Is that so..."

Bugarati handed the small note of Qiyeyingying's reply letter to Fengmo who was waiting aside, then lay down, zipped up the sleeping bag, and prepared to rest.

Feng Wen was not as calm as Bugarati after reading it, and they had slept together as a friend, and he didn't have much psychological burden to drag Bugarati not to go to bed right away to reassure him.

"Buggarati, Mr. Polaris only said that he asked someone from Konoha for help, but he didn't say who that person was and how to help him, do you know?"

Bugarati, who showed only one face, rolled his eyes and pressed his chin, "Well, it should be that person. I told you when I was on the road a few days ago? Every ninja village has people who volunteer to assist us. thing."

Seeing that Bugarati knew it, Feng Wen was relieved - he just wanted to make sure of this, and he didn't intend to rashly ask who the other party was and how he wanted to help.

Bugarati saw what he was worried about, and added: "Don't worry, it's just a little trouble at most, and Gaara will definitely be able to leave with us in the end."

It is very convincing for a person who can open and close the space by "zippering".

Feng Wen was completely relieved, and carefully put away the small note that Bugarati was planning to throw into a different space, then turned off the light on the top of the tent, shrank into the sleeping bag, said good night to the people beside him, and fell asleep soon past.

In Konoha Village, Nara Shikamaru, who just came back from the deer forest and said goodbye to Gaara, also knew about it.

"...so please don't worry.

In addition, when I saw you talking about "mutual understanding", I was suddenly full of emotions.

You should have seen "A Better Home" right?Many people say that I was stimulated by the death of many families, so I wrote such a book to take revenge on others, but that is not the case.Over the years, among the people who have written to me, only one person who has only written a letter once understands me.

I really want to write a story that brings hope to people.

The more hopeless the time, the more hope must be described.

"When life is happy, write poems of despair; when frustrated and frustrated, write the joy of sketching." (1)

I still have a letter from that man:

"...It really makes people feel very warm. In the end, didn't Gosaburo escape from the tunnel with Erina's help? Without Erina, Gosaburo wouldn't be able to escape at all, right?

Gosaburo was able to live because of Erina.

Erina is hope.And hope is something that can become true even if it is false, as long as you believe it.That's why he can hold Erina's hand, instead of holding the wet and cold tree roots, and feel the real warmth and comfort.

Great writing, and even better for those who don't feel healed, they must be pre-believers of the evil god.

In this world, everyone has their own Erina, except me.

I don't need Erina either, all I need is the evil god. "

Hmm... It was a suspected cultist who understood my original intention...

I was also very surprised and hoped to deepen communication with the other party, but unfortunately I didn't get a response.

When I saw you say "Perhaps people really can't understand each other", I suddenly thought of this matter again, and recalled myself when I wanted to write a story that gave people hope.

That could have really been a beautiful story: Even if you are trapped in the dark underground, there will be Erina who belongs to you and give you strength.

But when I wrote later, I have to admit that this story can only have one ending in the end—in this world.

That's why I say I should burn this story.

That's why I say that's the loneliness of the world.

After a few years, when I look back now, I also have new understandings because of some people's experiences and ideas, and I find that "A Beautiful Homeland" is useless in today's world.

That expression, probably means "loneliness".

However, "loneliness" is an eternal literary/philosophical proposition. Loneliness may sometimes lower its figure and be associated with secular morality and social ethics, but more often it floats high and hides deep. Not known to anyone, not connected to anything.

Loneliness is loneliness, not the loneliness of only one person, but the loneliness of not even one person.

This proposition is useless for the current world, and it is useless for what I want to do.

It is true that everyone has their own loneliness, but that is not an emergency, at least not the focus of the world now.

Speaking of which, you may want to ask, what is the focus of this world.

If I were to use a word consistent with the part of speech of "loneliness" to summarize, I think I would choose "ignorance".

Not "poverty", not "deformed", not even "violent", but "ignorant".

It's not to belittle anything, or look down on anyone.That's why I use the term "lesion"—it's not a defect, a crime, it's just a disease.

A disease that can be cured.

If I feel for even a moment, just for a moment, that the world is hopeless, I will not have the courage to write.

There is a world that is terminally ill and incurable. I have seen such a world in books, but in the real world, no matter what, there is no incurable world.Because none of us are people in the book, we can all break the shackles, break through the boundaries, escape from hell, and climb into the world through our own efforts.

You are really a very smart person.

I know many people who have been through the world, who have suffered a lot, who have a lot of experience, and the wisdom accumulated by experience, but they often get stuck in the mud because of their intelligence.

That's right, a swamp that only smart people fall into.

They forget that, in fact, the vast majority of people in this world are more concerned with practical things, such as very tacky things like what to do for dinner, before worrying about "loneliness", "pain", "measure" and other conceptual things. thing.

They think that after solving the fundamental problems rooted deep in human genes, the world will naturally become better.

However, even if everyone in this world is a saint, everyone should have enough to eat or not enough to eat, whether they don't know how to survive or don't know how to survive.

You are really a very smart person.

I don't know if this letter looks like exhortation from someone who's been there--I'm trying to avoid it to you, because I don't think I'm smarter than you, which is true.

I just had a little conditioned reflex after learning about many cases. Please forgive me for discussing this topic that may not be of interest to you.

If you don't blame me, please talk to me more about this topic, I desperately need the perspective and advice of someone on the other side of the table, otherwise I don't know how to get someone who sticks to their guns Listen to my words, instead of thinking that I think their suffering is insignificant, and that I will only stand on a high place and pretend to be a clay sculpture Bodhisattva.

I sincerely wish you peace and health and all the best.

— Polaris”

Nara Shikamaru lay on the bed with his arm pillowed, feeling that Polaris was too busy.

From matter to spirit, from existence to thought, there is almost nothing he does not worry about.

For a person, it takes a lot of effort just to help another person, such as him to Gaara.And what about Polaris?

Those who take their confusion and troubles to the letter paper want more than a little help, they want salvation.

Not even just to save themselves, but to save the world in which they live.

Nara Shikamaru feels that many people have idealized Polaris... No, it can almost be said to be idealized.Gaara is the most typical example.

At that time, the words Gaara said were indeed very touching.

As long as the Polaris exists, everything will be perfect.

At that time, even he, who was a bystander, couldn't help but be moved by this.

But put aside the passion that is easily ignited, calm down and think rationally, is there such an easy thing in the world?

In the latest example, Uzumaki Naruto has always said that as long as he becomes Hokage, he will be recognized by everyone...as if he can write off all the despicable treatment in the past...cough cough.

Not to mention how difficult it is to become Hokage, even if he really became Hokage, would he be recognized by everyone naturally?

Did he forget that he finally succeeded in graduating and was almost thrown back to the ninja school by Hatake Kakashi?

There are no such easy things in the world. Gaara thinks so, because in a distant place full of loneliness and loneliness, on the verge of despair, he gradually beautifies Polaris into something close to an idea.

Polaris is not only Gaara's Erina, he is also Gaara's beautiful home.

Someone asked Polaris, does he have the ability and courage to serve as a beautiful home for so many people?

Probably not.

And even if there is, according to Polaris' personality all along, even if it's for his own determination and the dream of fighting for it all his life, he will probably grit his teeth and nod.

Is this all right?

This kind of Polaris is indeed one that can't find any shortcomings, and it can become a bright and warm light that the world's eyes focus on.

Of course it's good.

Presumably Polaris himself will be happy.

However, it's not that he doesn't respect Polaris' determination and sacrifice, but...

In his last letter he had seen a north star that was absolutely impossible.

How can a pure light have a will of its own?

How can there be selfishness in an ideal beautiful homeland?

Polaris is, after all, a man, not a god.

It was people like them who he reiterated countless times in the article.

He's not trying to make himself feel bad, he's trying to convey the message that you can be another North Star if you want to.

Nara Shikamaru saw this clearly, and soon realized that his father, Gaara, and the others didn't see it clearly.

Nara Shikamaru wants to put the facts in front of them through his own efforts-he does not deny that he wants to persuade and pay more attention to his father-and then make them wake up and fight for their own happiness.

Someone is fighting for our happiness, they are heroes; we can also fight for our own happiness, we are heroes too.

More people with torches, more heroes, no one wants to see real people turned into firewood.

……

Nara Shikamaru turned over and got out of bed, touched his face, walked to the desk barefoot, and turned on the small desk lamp his mother bought not long ago.He dug out the letter from Polaris just now from the drawer, read it again, and then heartily burned the body and destroyed all traces, preparing to reply to the letter.

"good evening.

There's one thing I feel I should tell you.

Today I went to find Uchiha Sasuke, because it requires multiple shadow points｜Shenzhijutsu, which is a forbidden technique, but for Jinchuriki, as long as the mind is not too weak, then it is a big killer with one enemy. .

Gaara, who insisted on not sleeping in order to resist Ichibi, is of course an extremely determined person-in fact, it can be seen from the fact that he has waited for so long and never gave up to follow you.

Speaking of which, when I was doing this, my mind was full of how to ensure that everything was safe and the plan went smoothly.Leaking the village's unique forbidden technique to ninjas from other villages is a horrible crime. I committed this crime, but when I did it, I didn't care about it at all, as if this thing didn't exist at all. Yeah, totally ignored it... Ah, off topic, sorry, that's not what I wanted to tell you.

We should first describe the person Uchiha Sasuke.

He is not a good candidate, you must know that he exists, but you probably don't know that the guy is very unpleasant (same sex).

As a descendant of the Uchiha clan, he is arrogant and arrogant. He always looks at people with his chin, and he is unwilling to communicate with his classmates. Not a bad guy, but a guy most people wouldn't want to hang around with if given the choice.

There are not many people in the village who know the technique of multiple shadows | body art, but there are not many.No matter from the perspective of confidentiality or follow-up troubles, choosing Uchiha Sasuke cannot be regarded as the best result.

Introspecting now, maybe I was not rational at that time, and one or more emotions dominated my brain.

Although we are classmates, no matter whether it is when he has just entered school, when he has family members to pick him up from school, or when he lives alone after the genocide incident, all in all, throughout his entire ninja school life, until now, even counting greetings , My communication with him probably did not exceed a hundred sentences.

Just now, I couldn't look him in the eye.

That guy is obviously annoying, and I don't like people with his personality. He is troublesome and difficult to get along with - I can find out a hundred things about him that don't fit me without being critical Reason, but also can confess with a clear conscience that it is definitely not my problem.

However, just now I couldn’t look directly into his eyes, and I was so guilty that I almost ran away. Until now, the unspeakable complex feelings for him are still pulling a certain part of my body—that should be the existence of shame. place.

You once said that that night, the silence in Konoha Village was a leech-like silence.You said that Konoha was very quiet that night, it was an exaggerated silence, like a cemetery in a village.

I am also a part of keeping silent and quiet.

Under the avalanche, no snowflake is innocent.

My shame is not because I forgot that I knew nothing at that time, but my shame is because I clearly understood that at that time, if someone told me the truth, then I would continue to keep silent and sit back and watch them be abused by me. relatives were slaughtered.

Even with Sasuke Uchiha in there.

I couldn't look him in the eye because I had killed him and his family in my mind five years ago.

In recent months, I sometimes observed him and discovered many things I didn’t know before. I occasionally thought about his stay in certain places, his sudden silence at a certain moment... He endured it for five years, and in the future it will be obvious Those things that I will continue to carry... those things make my five years of peace and leisure very annoying.

It's [-] times worse than what he makes me hate, and I can't even find a reason to hate him.

... "

Nara Shikamaru calmed down his emotions by talking, and then rationally analyzed the reasons why he thought so, then changed the subject, and finally talked about what he should say instead of what he wanted to talk about.

"...

Of course, it was not purely emotional factors that made me choose Uchiha Sasuke. I chose him, and there are some reasons that I may not be able to sort out completely.

Since he can be included in the selection range, of course I am sure that he will not leak this matter, otherwise it will be bad if Gaara's matter is involved, and this kind of suicide naturally cannot be done.Whether it is from personal personality factors or external factors, it is very unlikely that Uchiha Sasuke will actively expose this matter subjectively.

And with the inside story of the Uchiha clan's extermination as a bargaining chip, he will not fail to understand that if he wants to know the truth, he must ensure my safety.

Tell him, or not tell him, I have thought about the subsequent development of these two options, just to avoid personal arbitrariness, I hope you can tell me your point of view.

Should I tell him, or should I just keep him in the dark and accept that false reality?

Also, there's one thing I can't figure out how.

My father said that Hokage III was a nice guy.

How can a good old man make so many innocent victims directly or indirectly?

Could it be that just because he is willing to be a victim, and his relatives have also become victims, can he make others become victims too?

It seems that human selfishness is hardly reflected in him, and all he shows is selfless and generous, but why does it lead to so many tragedies instead?

Do you know why?

—— Nara Shikamaru"

Polaris' reply letter was sent the afternoon before the Chunin Exam Finals.

"Good day.

You raised a few issues that could easily be misunderstood if not explained carefully, but it's nice to think of them.So below, I will explain my explanations one by one. I don't guarantee that it is absolutely correct. You can get inspiration from it, and then sum up your own correctness.

"Under the avalanche, not a single snowflake is innocent."

This sentence seems to be popular in this world, and even the tragedy of the Uchiha clan you mentioned also showed this sentence.

Is this sentence correct?

At first glance it seems so, after all, if we keep pressing one straw after another on a person, there will always be a straw that will crush the person-then, of course, it is all the straws that crush the person, and Not the last straw.

But in fact, these are different concepts, because the scope of "giver" and "receiver" are different, and they are not telling the same truth.

This statement is of course incorrect.

You are of course innocent in this matter.

Please don't feel ashamed and guilty about yourself, you can be embarrassed that something like this happened in your hometown, but that's not the same thing.

Is the avalanche responsible for every snowflake?really?Aren't they just snowflakes?Can snowflakes control where they float and fall?

Being held hostage by Xue Beng and forced to become a part of Xue Beng, isn't Xue Hua very innocent and pitiful?

That's right, if there are no snowflakes, there will be no avalanches.

But is it a mistake just to exist?

Then all the snowflakes in the world should not exist.

So, or is it just snowflakes at fault during an avalanche?

At this point, we are back to the previous question - can Snow Flower control itself?

No.

Maybe some snowflakes are powerful enough to forcibly attract other snowflakes, but to put it bluntly, it is just a snowball.

Having said that, we need to study a really critical question: When will an avalanche occur?

When there are snowflakes?

Is it okay to just have snowflakes?

not right?It also needs a very steep, bare hillside without trees. If it is on flat ground, no amount of snowflakes will cause an avalanche.

It will be more intuitive if the metaphor is dispelled: In the event of the Uchiha clan being exterminated, neither the Uchiha clan nor the other people in Konoha Village are the key factors—indeed, there are fewer "People" are not good, but this is not the point of the avalanche. The key to the avalanche is the landslide, which caused the Uchiha clan to collapse in the village in Konoha Village, or in other words, the rules and regulations formulated by the leaders.

Although I don't know the truth, I don't think that the Uchiha clan was wiped out by Konoha just because of sharing eyes or arrogance. They must have touched the scales of those in power.However, you make me believe that the Uchiha clan, from the elderly to the children, are all guilty?That simply goes against my understanding.

Nara-kun, don't feel guilty for your peaceful life, because likewise, you don't feel guilty for those ordinary people living in the Uchiha land, innocent people who ushered in death without warning.

You are all innocent, just snowflakes being held hostage.

I once fell into delirium because of this, even though I didn't live in Konoha Village, somewhere in this world, something like that happened, and there was nothing I could do about it, I could only stand helpless——

You're right, I do hate the world because it makes me hate myself.

I shouldn't have hated myself, I shouldn't have been incompetent.

What is the use of me writing so many articles?I might as well rush to Konoha Village to save the next innocent poor child.

I wouldn't have been incompetent, I wouldn't have had to hate myself.

It was the world that made me an incompetent, self-loathing person, I hated it, I blamed it, and for that, driven by the same love, I had to change it.

The reason why this incident gave me such a big shock is because it brought a very clear and cold fact before my eyes: in this world, there are people who choose to have a child To kill all his kin.

13 years old, really just a kid.

Even if the Uchiha clan really committed a heinous crime, and everyone deserves to die, will Uchiha Itachi be one of the snowflakes?

So they think Uchiha Itachi is also guilty, and he has to prove himself by killing his relatives?

I can't understand it anyway.

If it is said that Uchiha Itachi was also a guilty part of the Uchiha incident, then he should have been dead for five years; if he is innocent in it, he belongs to Konoha Village and belongs to the Naruto faction, then how can they let He is going to be the sanctioner?

How could this be?

How could this be?

How could this be?

How can such a frenzied thing, such a terrible reality caused by all kinds of righteousness, be possible?

Xuehua, who is surrounded by innocence, is already very pitiful, how can it be?

Here you can relate to the last question you asked me.

Is Sandaime Hokage a good guy?

He is not, a good person will not make everyone think he is a good person, especially in today's world, everyone will only think he is stupid.

No good person can become a leader, let alone a good person can secure the position of leader. He has been Hokage for decades, not because of the goodness of others.

He may be a good person most of the time, but when he encounters unsolvable things, when his selfishness starts to show up, he is definitely not a good person.

Here, I have to emphasize that no one requires a leader to be an upright, decent and noble person—such a person deserves to be respected by all, but he has to be very painful to be a good leader.

A leader is, in a sense, also a slave.

He should dedicate everything to the village under his control, and all words and deeds should be for the highest interests of the village.It's not that he can't be a pure person and enjoy his own life, but when he stands in the position of leader, he must not have selfishness.

Hokage has a lot of power. There is a saying: "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." (2)

Maybe you would say that he never seeks undeserved benefits for himself or those around him by using public services for personal gain——Fourth Hokage.Konoha's four Hokages were all inherited from master to apprentice, and Konoha Baiya's high reputation was his talisman.

Orochimaru, who was also a candidate for the Fourth Hokage, killed his compatriots and treated them inhumanely as experiments. What happened?After being free for more than ten years, there are countless secret laboratories in the Ninja world.

But that's not even the problem.

The most frightening thing is that he firmly believes that everything he does is for Muye Village. He thinks that he has no selfishness, that he has no prejudice, that he has sacrificed a lot, and is very complacent.

People around him, including himself, will give him the illusion that he is moved. He seems to have done his best, and everyone should respect him, love him, and put him on the altar—the strongest Hokage in history?

In his illusion, he thought that he had made a lot of sacrifices for the beloved village, so in order to make the sacrifices not in vain, he would definitely protect the village—even if it would cause many innocent people to sacrifice.

"I have already sacrificed for this sake, we are all part of Konoha, why can't you follow and sacrifice as well?"

Such thoughts had existed vaguely in the depths of his mind.

So far, use righteousness to evade righteousness, use morality to kill morality, and use deep love to destroy deep love...

"Sacrifice" has never been an obligation, and never will be.

"Sacrifice" is only a personal right, which belongs only to the person who chooses to sacrifice.

"Please make a sacrifice." People who say this are persecuting.

…………

I might still be willing to call him a good guy, broaden my horizons, and compared to more and more hateful people, he has already counted.

But Nara-kun, please believe me on this point: such a good person is a hundred times more terrifying than a purely bad person.

Because everyone thought he was a good guy.

The above, about the evaluation of the third Hokage, I hope you can know that this is my prejudice: it is obviously impossible for me to really understand him, and it is not even appropriate to interpret him through his behavior. The only thing I know about him is A very narrow part, and I can't even vouch for the truth of that part.

My assessment may be all wrong, or it may be only a little bit right, but what does it matter?You don't have to trust my evaluation, you can have your own evaluation, then come and correct me, I will thank you. "

After that, Polaris explained smoothly why he was unable to make a comprehensive and correct judgment on the Third Hokage, and extended that before a person dies, others will never be able to fully evaluate him.When you judge a person, you have to remember that the only thing you can judge is the other person's past, because you can't define anyone's present and future.

Polaris said that it is important to be cautious about evaluating others.

Afterwards, Polaris changed the subject and returned to the previous topic.

"but.

Anyone, even a god, only has the right to sacrifice himself, not others.

A man can make himself selfless, but he cannot force others to be selfless.

Selflessness doesn't even fit the instincts of beings like humans.

There are also some people who are selfish, but let others be selfless. It is everyone's duty to deprive such people of all ability to influence others.

The vast majority of people in this world should accept that they are selfish, and at the same time accept that others are selfish, and live together on the basis of a true understanding of this. The future for the benefit of the majority.

…………

As for Uchiha Sasuke, if it were me, I would choose to tell him, because this is the choice I will definitely make after taking on the role of Polaris for so long. I pursue truth, even if truth is painful.

I would rather go to real hell than to go to false heaven.

I respect all your decisions, no matter what choice you make, it is your freedom.But there should be more important things before that, right?Don't forget, Orochimaru is after Uchiha Sasuke, if his plan is successful, then you don't have to think about it anymore, because everything is meaningless.

Please be very careful, life is a very precious thing, even if it is floating in the morning and evening, you will spend a magnificent life in waves.

Sincerely wish you all the best.

looking forward to your reply.

— Polaris”