Chapter 232 (2/2)
Mei leaned over and pushed away the book clutched in his hand, then said gently, ” ... the contents of this book are more interesting than me?»
Yeruashi closed the book and looked at Mei with a slight smile: ”Of course not, in fact, your content is much more interesting than the book, but the most delicious things should be left for last, right?»
«...»
At that moment, Mei felt that if she continued to tempt Yeruashi, she might not be able to resist herself.
She sighed and sat down on a chair: ”Eh, why aren't we from the same village...Do you intend to attack Kirigakure?”»
In the past, Yeruashi had successfully invaded Amegakure and even Sunagakure alone, in addition to destroying Seven Mist Swordsmen.
An attack on Kirigakure is quite possible, despite the fact that Yeruashi is alone.
”No.»
Yeruashi looked at Mei and shook his head, ” I'm not interested in Kirigakure, I'm interested in some individuals who might be hiding in your village right now.»
Mae frowned and asked suspiciously: ”You mean there are outsiders hiding in Kirigakura? This is impossible. If something like this is really happening, why do you know about it and we don't?»
”It's just a guess.»
Yeruashi opened the book again and went back to reading.
Mei hesitated a bit and asked, ” What is Konoha's attitude towards Kiri? You rejected our offer to enter into peace talks earlier.»
”Neutral.»
Yeruashi lazily replied, ” The refusal to enter into peace talks was due to the fact that I was not satisfied with your demands. In fact, these peace negotiations do not matter much, I also do not see any point in fighting with you, because the world of Shinobi will sooner or later become one.»
”United?»
Mei looked at Yeruashi in shock.
He said calmly, ” I don't like war, and the only way to end it is through unity. I will first unite all the small countries surrounding the Land of Fire step by step, it shouldn't take too long, a few years at most, and the next target will be the great countries.»
Seeing that Yeruashi wasn't joking at all, but was extremely serious, Mei couldn't help but sigh.
Unite the Shinobi world!
If an ordinary person says such a thing, he will simply be ridiculed, but such words, coming from the mouth of such a person as Yeruashi, who stands at the top of the Shinobi world and is the Fifth Hokage of Konoha, one of the five Great Villages, can cause a storm all over the world!
”So that's what you're aiming for? But if we remain enemies, then Kiri won't be able to watch you unify the great countries, let alone the fact that there are still three Great Villages.»
Mei looked at Yeruashi warily.
He chuckled, ” Don't you realize that this doesn't make any sense? Do you think that Kumo or Willow can resist my power even though Suna couldn't? Or is Kiri still so confident after losing the Seven Mist Swordsmen, Sanbi, and the Third Mizukage?»
Yeruashi's words made Mei turn pale.
Sunagakure couldn't resist the power of Yeruashi alone....
This means that Kiri probably won't be able to either, because all the Mist Swordsmen have already fallen to Yeruashi.
”In that case...why did you decide to enter into peace negotiations with Willow?»
”I just didn't want the war to continue.»
Yeruashi tore his gaze from the book, looking at Mei: ”The unification of the Shinobi world...Inevitably, the question now is how exactly this will happen. I do not want the civilian population to suffer from another world war again, so everything should happen gradually.»
”You must understand that all countries have fundamental territorial and cultural differences that will hinder true unity, and a gradual merger may take years or even decades.»
Yeruashi's words caused Mei to fall into a reverie.
At that moment, she suddenly realized that although she was a genius who had become an Elite Kirigakure Jounin at such a young age, and that she and Yeruashi were about the same age, the issues and problems that came to their attention were on completely different levels.
Unsurprisingly, in this past couple of weeks, she had never felt any hostility from Yeruashi towards herself or Kirigakura.
He just doesn't care about the conflicts between the Great Villages.
He thinks about the most bloodless and stable methods of uniting the Shinobi world.
Including right now...
Yeruashi ponders whether to kill the Fourth Mizukage and support Mei as the Fifth Mizukage, thus greatly facilitating the absorption of the Water Country in the future, as well as reducing the likelihood of chaos and bloodshed.