"Miss Konan, if you keep staring like that, you'll be mistaken for a pervert who likes children..."
"Who!?"
Konan, who was still pondering the gymnastics moves in her mind, was startled by the sudden voice.
Turning her head, she saw a blond-haired young man standing beside her, also watching the students on the playground.
"You are..."
Konan had already recognized the person as Uzumaki Naruto, the Leader of Wave Country.
Although she had never seen him in person, his appearance had long been etched in the minds of every Akatsuki member.
Her question was just a subconscious reaction.
"You probably already know my identity."
Naruto just smiled and then continued, "This is Wave Country School's first set of Radio Gymnastics."
Hearing Naruto's words, Konan suppressed the greeting she was about to give and instead asked, "Does this Radio Gymnastics have any effect?"
"I feel that although it can exercise the body, the effect doesn't seem to be significant."
"Because this is a method of exercising designed for civilians, and the students at the school are mainly civilians."
"In the past, people here couldn't even get enough to eat, and their physical fitness was generally weak, so this method is used to gradually improve the students' physical fitness."
"Of course, adults can also learn this set of Radio Gymnastics. In addition to strengthening the body, this set of gymnastics also has the effect of relieving fatigue and relaxing the mind."
"But you are already an excellent Ninja, so in your opinion, the effect is not significant. Similarly, for some Shinobi Clan members who have already started training, the effect is not significant either."
Naruto explained patiently. Konan was a very special talent.
Not only could she greatly improve the printing efficiency of Wave Country, but she was also a very stable source of armaments.
Konan's Exploding Tags, which could pile up into an ocean, were extremely tempting to him.
Naruto didn't believe that the Exploding Tags were bought with money. The entire Shinobi World probably didn't have a Ninja tool shop that could afford that amount of Exploding Tags.
So, the six hundred billion Exploding Tags could only have been created by Konan herself using Paper Release.
Six hundred billion Exploding Tags, the Exploding Tags used in the three Shinobi World Wars combined probably wouldn't even amount to a fraction of that number.
"I see, it seems your vision is more far-reaching than I imagined."
Konan's praise was quite sincere. The experiences of the past two days had made her understand that Naruto was a qualified Leader.
Faced with Konan's praise, Naruto didn't have much emotional fluctuation. After all, praise wasn't worth much.
"I heard that you are representing Akatsuki and want to have a conversation with me. Why don't we find a place to talk properly?"
"With pleasure."
The two didn't go anywhere else and just sat down on a bench outside the playground.
Accompanied by the sound of reading and the winter sun, it didn't seem like they were discussing anything important, but more like a casual chat between two old friends.
"I heard that Akatsuki's goal is to collect the Nine Tailed Beasts, synthesize an ultimate weapon, and then achieve peace under deterrence, is that right?"
Naruto's words were quite direct, leaving Konan stunned for a moment; she had thought he would be more subtle.
She wasn't surprised that he knew about the Akatsuki, after all, Kakuzu and Orochimaru were now under his command.
Konan nodded and said, "This is the goal we have been striving for. With only a partial sacrifice, we can achieve lasting peace. We are on a similar path to Wave Country."
"No, no, no."
As soon as Konan finished speaking, Naruto said "no" three times in a row.
Under Konan's puzzled gaze, Naruto explained, "Perhaps both are for peace, but the paths are completely different from the start."
"Why? Is there something wrong with our method?"
Konan was a little puzzled. In her opinion, Naruto's method was also to have Wave Country launch a war against the Five Great Nations, using strong national power as a deterrent.
"What Wave Country wants is not some so-called deterrence, but absolute control."
"Control?" Konan thought for a moment, then tentatively said, "Do you mean to control the Feudal Lords of the Five Great Nations and have them manage their countries according to your will?"
Konan felt that her guess was already very bold, but Naruto felt that Konan's idea was too conservative.
Or rather, everyone in the entire Shinobi World was too conservative.
Even the Akatsuki, as native Ninja, still had their own limitations.
He once felt that the system of the Naruto world was quite strange. No matter how fierce the Shinobi World War was, no matter who won or lost,
the Feudal Lords of the Five Great Nations never had the idea of annexing other countries or seizing their land.
No matter how big the gap in national power, such a situation never occurred.
Take the Land of Grass as an example. The Grass Ninja Village had not only disintegrated but had also been destroyed, yet its territory had not decreased at all.
The Feudal Lord was still the same Feudal Lord, the country was still the same country. Were they really not interested in land resources?
"Miss Konan, I'm afraid you haven't seen the complete textbooks of Wave Country's schools yet."
Because it was the first semester, the current ideology and morality textbooks were still about the principles of how to be a person.
It would not be until the next semester that they would slowly rise to a higher level.
What Konan had seen was precisely this shallow textbook.
Naruto then took out a complete Wave Country textbook from his arms and handed it to her.
Konan also took it with anticipation. Before she opened it, Naruto asked again.
"Have you ever thought about who should rule this world after deterrence is achieved?"
"We never thought about ruling the world. After deterrence, we will continue to let them manage themselves."
Konan took it for granted, because they themselves knew that they did not have the ability to manage a country. They just wanted to stop the endless wars in the Shinobi World.
"So you are destined to fail."
Naruto said with some regret, "Destruction is always easier than creation. You want to use the power of destruction to stop the war, but you haven't thought about how to create a new world after the war stops."
"Continuing to maintain the original system, a revolution that isn't thorough will ultimately lead to failure, even if you achieve temporary success."
Hearing this, Miss Konan frowned. She didn't expect the Akatsuki's plan to be directly rejected by Naruto.
Seeing her "I don't understand" expression, Naruto continued, "In that case, let's use a real-world example."
"Do you know why Sand Village, as an allied nation, was the first to declare war on Konoha after the incident in Konoha?"
Konan thought for a moment but shook her head, wanting to hear Naruto's perspective.
"It's simple: interests, the interests of survival."
"Among the Five Great Shinobi Villages, Sand Village and Hidden Mist Village are the weakest, but Sand Village has the harshest living conditions."
"They possess the largest desert in the entire Shinobi World, ravaged by constant gales and endless sandstorms. They lack water resources, their infrastructure is extremely backward, and transportation is inconvenient."
"No one wants to go to Sand Village. The flow of people, money, and goods is difficult. They can't grow food locally, and there aren't enough Ninja mission quotas. Internal conflicts within the village are constant. If they don't find a way to obtain benefits from the outside..."
"And because income continues to decline, the ninjas the village cultivates become weaker, and because the ninjas' strength is weaker, the number of missions entrusted to Sand Village decreases."
"Over time, Sand Village will disappear on its own without any external force."
"They can only think of solving the problem through war because, under the Shinobi Village system, ninjas are such a group."
"This..."
Konan bit her lip and remained silent for a while before saying, "Perhaps, they can move to another place in the future."
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