Chapter 141 The Ancestral Laws Cannot Be Changed
Although this story sounds absurd, it is quite common among ninjas, a group with low levels of knowledge and education.
Just by looking at how ninjas still honestly earn money by doing missions, you can understand how little they realize they have of their own superhuman abilities.
In the ninja world, you can actually find ninja clans in various places where the entire clan has guarded a certain place or a certain object for generations.
People of this ninja clan rarely question the meaning of doing so. Or, occasionally, a young person might question it, but they would definitely be beaten and taught a lesson by the elders of the clan until they ran away or stopped questioning it.
Ninjas receive this kind of education from a young age. No matter how absurd the words are, if they are heard from childhood to adulthood, they will inevitably become the standard of conduct in their hearts.
To put it bluntly, the ancestral laws cannot be changed.
Hashirama Senju is a prime example of this.
He was by nature quite serious and upright, and having become the head of the Senju clan at a young age, he had to set an example by strictly adhering to the rules.
This led to the fact that even though he possessed the incredible fighting power to destroy a great nation on his own, he still dutifully served as a retainer for the daimyo.
The reason why the leader of a ninja village is called 'Kage' is because it means that ninjas fight for the daimyo in the shadows.
In the era of the Hidden Village, the traditional mindset of ninjas was not as strict as before, but the status of the daimyo was still extremely high.
The daimyo ruled over the finances of ordinary people and various industries within the country.
Ninjas could not participate directly; they could only obtain some money through missions.
Even regarding the succession and appointment of the Five Kage, while the ninja village can decide on the candidates, they must then report to the daimyo and request recognition to ensure the Kage's status and position are fully established.
In the original story, during the Fourth Shinobi World War, the Five Kage treated the Daimyo of various countries like ancestors, protecting them with utmost respect.
No matter how much the ninjas caused chaos outside, the Daimyo lords continued to eat and drink well, play cards, and sleep soundly.
In the ninja village era, the daimyo and kage had a more formal, hierarchical relationship than before, but now the status of ninjas has risen slightly.
The daimyo rarely interferes in the affairs of the ninja village and is relatively polite to the Kage and the village's higher-ups.
However, the daimyo always controls the crucial financial system, which forces ninjas to constantly take on missions and fight to earn a living, making them unable to escape the essence of mercenaries.
During the Chunin Exams in the original story, the reason why Sunagakure cooperated with Orochimaru in the Konoha Crush was that the Daimyo of the Land of Wind felt that Sunagakure's combat strength was mediocre and their missions were not performed well.
In comparison, it was better to ask Konoha ninjas to do things, so he reduced the number of missions assigned to Sunagakure and gave them all to Konoha.
For Sunagakure, this was a matter of life and death, but even so, Sunagakure would at most criticize the Daimyo of the Land of Wind as foolish in private discussions, and then point the finger at Konoha.
If I were a transmigrator with modern thinking, I would immediately understand that this situation would definitely lead to the elimination of the Daimyo of the Land of Wind, with the Kazekage seizing power and taking over the position, or either abolishing the Daimyo and directly placing the Kazekage under the rule of the entire country.
However, Sunagakure had no intention of doing that.
They would rather direct their anger at the powerful Konoha than attack a mere daimyo.
The hierarchical relationship between daimyo and ninja remained deeply ingrained even in later generations.
Therefore, if I decide to take action against all the daimyo, I will inevitably encounter tremendous resistance.
Pure physical combat is fine; any shadow will kill them instantly. With the cheat code on me, I'm invincible.
The problem is that there are too many people who would rather die than cooperate, which makes things very difficult, since I don't want to solve this by indiscriminately killing people.
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After meeting with the Hashirama and Tobirama brothers, Souji led his group away from the Land of Fire in the Underworld.
Supporting him in taking action against the daimyo was still too advanced for Hashirama, who had a traditional mindset; he needed some time to think it through.
As for whether he will ultimately agree...
The Souji felt the chances were about 50/50.
While the traditional concept of loyalty to the daimyo had a profound influence on Hashirama, his desire to create a peaceful era for all ninjas was undoubtedly his most cherished idea.
If someone poses a threat to Konoha, even if it's Madara Uchiha, his most cherished friend in life, Hashirama would still be ruthless enough to kill him.
Given the bond between Hashirama and Madara, the fact that Hashirama would prioritize the ninja village over Madara demonstrates his resolve.
I imagine that no matter what kind of daimyo he was, Hashirama wouldn't value him more than Madara, right?
Therefore, the possibility of Hashirama agreeing is still quite high; if it's fifty-fifty, that would be pretty good.
Of course, if Hashirama doesn't support him and he can't get the Hokage position, then he'll see how things go.
If the situation is still manageable, he'll force it through force; if it's too difficult...
Never mind then.
As the saying goes, those who follow the right path will find many supporters, while those who stray from it will find few.
If the resistance you face is extremely strong and completely impossible, then it proves that neither the ninja world nor this era wants to change.
If you're unwilling to change, then don't force others to do things against their will and impose your own ideas on them.
I'll just give up then, too lazy to do anything more, I'll use cheat codes to break the curse on the caged bird under the moonlight, and then I'll just live out my life in comfort.
With that in mind, the Souji led everyone to wander around the underworld, killing the undead to gain prestige, and incidentally providing everyone with practical combat training to improve their strength.
Through repeated battles, their prestige naturally soared, and their strength also visibly improved.
The most significant progress was made by the Yahiko trio, who were not very strong before and had a lot of room for improvement.
After numerous battles, the trio has now roughly reached the level of a combat-type Special Jonin, which is standard in Konoha.
A Jonin needs comprehensive abilities, especially since a Jonin only has some abilities that reach the Jonin level, but is lacking in other aspects.
Combat-type Special Jonin means that in terms of combat ability alone, they have reached the Jonin level.
Of course, the trio has only barely reached the threshold, but compared to their initial level in the Land of Rain, this improvement is undoubtedly enormous.
This is all thanks to their high potential and the tough battles that the Souji repeatedly assigned to them.
To put it simply, from Yahiko's and the other two's perspective, there were probably several times when they thought it was really impossible to continue and they had to give up.
It was such a tough battle.
Of course, Souji was watching them and wouldn't really just stand by and do nothing.
However, in the end, Souji didn't have a chance to intervene. The three of them managed to survive on their own and were honed and improved their strength through repeated battles.
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