Naruto : Minato back to the past

When Minato said this, the smiling Nawaki next to him suddenly changed his expression.

Minato saw his reaction.

This normal reaction was also within his expectations. Although Nawaki was young, he was a ninja after all.

Information about the Senju clan was kept so secret in the village, and Minato would not be surprised even if Nawaki concealed something from him.

He was just asking tentatively. Minato had plenty of time now. Even if he could not get useful information from the village leaders and Nawaki, he would check it himself.

The Senju clan was once famous in the ninja world. It was not an unknown clan. Even if it disappeared now, it would be impossible to erase all traces.

"I think I said something wrong. Sorry." Minato smiled at Nawaki and was ready to let it go.

Nawaki did not react when he heard it. Minato noticed that he was biting his lower lip from time to time, and it was obvious that he was struggling inside.

On the surface, he trusted Minato, but this matter was a secret, and Nawaki couldn't make a decision for the time being.

Minato didn't say anything, but waited for Nawaki's own judgment. At this time, if he said anything, it would arouse suspicion.

Finally, after pondering for a few minutes, Nawaki raised his eyes and looked at Minato, saying with a solemn expression that he had never had before: "I can tell you about this matter, but you have to promise not to tell anyone else, not even Kushina."

"In that case, don't to tell me, this matter should be a secret, right?" Minato smiled slightly. Although he tempted Nawaki, he didn't want to make it difficult for him.

"It is indeed a secret, but Minato, it shouldn't matter. You are the hero of the village and saved my life." Nawaki smiled lightly, and then said: "The most important thing is that I also have an indescribable feeling about this matter. It's just right that maybe you can analyze it for me."

"Indescribable feeling?" Minato asked back.

"Well, your mind is smarter than mine, maybe you can explain my doubts." Nawaki said.

Minato frowned when he heard this, because from Nawaki's reaction, the matter seemed to be more complicated.

"Tell me." Minato looked at Nawaki.

Nawaki said immediately: "My sister told me that the ancestors of the Senju clan moved away from Konoha Ninja Village."

"Isn't the Konoha Village established by the first Hokage, who led the Senju clan and united other clans? Why did they leave Konoha?" Minato asked.

"Yes, the village was indeed established by grandpa. This village is grandpa's treasure, and for the Senju clan, grandpa is also their pillar." Nawaki said.

"In this case, how could the Senju clan..."

"Because of the death of Grandpa Hashirama, the major ninja countries became restless, so the First Ninja War broke out."

The first Hokage Senju Hashirama was revered as the God of Ninja by countless ninjas. He pacified the troubled times and distributed the tailed beasts to the major ninja countries.

The leaders of these big countries, frightened by the power of the first, naturally not dared to make trouble, but after the first hokage passed away, due to the imbalance of interests among countries, wars would naturally break out.

This shows how powerful the first Hokage was.

It can be said that he suppressed the entire ninja world in the name of one person, and all the big countries did not dare to start a war.

"But when Grandpa Hashirama was gone, but the Senju clan and Konoha, as well as Grandpa Tobirama, although he is not as powerful as the Grandpa Hashirama, he is definitely a ninja that stand in the top if the ninja world at that time, so Konoha did not suffer in the first ninja War." Nawaki continued.

Minato nodded. Although he had not witnessed the power of the second Hokage with his own eyes, he could get a glimpse of it just by looking at the ninjutsu he developed.

Shadow Clone Jutsu, Flying Thunder God Jutsu, Impure World Reincarnation, and Minato relied on one of them, which was to gallop across the ninja world, the name of Konoha's Yellow Flash, and shocked all countries.

"However, Grandpa Tobirama died in the trap of the Kumogakure ninja at the end of the war, which made most of the Senju clan members furious and vowed to settle accounts with the Kumogakure. However, they were strongly opposed by the Konoha high-level officials because they no longer wanted to continue the war."

"In the end, the Senju clan had to accept this fact. However, it was also at that time that they had different political views with some people in the village, and they were always resentful about the death of Grandpa Tobirama. In the end, they lost hope in the village. They believed that the people in this village that Hashirama and Tobirama spent their lives to build were too indifferent."

"So, they left the village with their entire clan, and Grandma Mito wanted to stay in the village, so my sister and I stayed here." Nawaki couldn't help but sighed when he said this.

And Minato, who got so much information from him, was silent and thinking.

"I see." After a long while, Minato spoke, then he looked at Nawaki and said, "Then Nawaki-senpai, what do you think of the village?"

Nawaki was slightly startled, then said, "This village is the treasure left by my grandfathers, and it is also where I grew up. It is my hometown. No matter what it takes, I will always protect it, just like my two grandfathers."

"I have never experienced war before, so I don't quite understand the actions of the village leaders at that time, but now I know that this approach is the wisest choice. Since Grandpa Tobirama has passed away, the village itself has suffered huge losses. If we insist on going to war with the Cloud Ninja at this time, it will only cause greater losses."

His remarks made Minato's eyes jump slightly.

In Minato's impression, if it was Nawaki a few months ago, he would definitely not be able to say it.

"In this case, what else do you have trouble figuring out?" Minato asked with a faint smile.

"I just can't explain it, so I asked you." Nawaki said.

"Actually, your problem is very simple." Minato smiled and said, "From the perspective of the village, ending the war at that moment was definitely the right choice, but for the Senju clan, the deaths of the first and second hokage of the clan were a big shock. With the prestige of the two, they naturally did not accept it, and they were right to have such thoughts. In this world, there is no absolute good and evil or right and wrong."

Minato's explanation made Nawaki a little stunned. He asked, "What you said is so profound."

"Haha, in fact, it's not difficult to understand if I explain it to you." Minato laughed.

"Take the Second Ninja War as an example. The Sand Village tried to hurt our companions. As Konoha ninjas, we naturally want to seek justice, so we have to attack the Land of Wind."

"But in the same way, from the perspective of the ninjas of the Sand Village, they are just destroying the enemy and executing orders. For the Land of Wind and the Sand Village, the Konoha troops that invaded the Land of Wind, that is, us Konoha ninjas, are invaders who invaded their homes."

"From our perspective, we are righteous, but from the perspective of the Sand Village, we are the enemy. If the perspectives of both sides are reversed, the answer is the same."

After listening to Minato's explanation, Nawaki's eyes lit up.

"Why have I never thought of this before?"

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