Ninja at the top of the food chain

Chapter 96 Ideal
After thinking about it, Orochimaru suddenly wanted to chat with Lei Luo, purely for small talk.

"Lei Luo, why are you working so hard to become stronger?"

Lei Luo looked at the scroll in his hand without looking back, and replied without thinking: "Do you need a reason to become stronger?"

Orochimaru looked stagnant, and then asked in a mocking tone: "Why don't you need a reason?"

As if to increase persuasiveness, Orochimaru cited a few examples: "In times of war like this, human tragedies happen at any time..."

"Someone's parents and relatives were killed, and they became stronger for revenge."

"Some people face the tragic death of their companions and become stronger in order to protect them."

"Some people have gone through ups and downs and become stronger for their ideals."

"Some people are eager to climb to a high position and become stronger for the sake of ambition."

"I don't know, Lei Luo, what kind of person are you?"

When Lei Luo heard Dashewan's words, his heart was touched, and he put down the scroll gently, closed his eyes and meditated for a while.

After a long time, Lei Luo opened his eyes and said with a little hesitation: "To be honest, I don't know why I want to become stronger. At first, I wanted to survive smoothly, but now..."

"If you have to say..." Lei Luo said with a trace of uncertainty in his expression: "It should be regarded as becoming stronger for the sake of becoming stronger."

Orochimaru looked at Lei Luo strangely, at first he couldn't understand it, but unexpectedly there was a faint agreement in his heart.

"Becoming stronger should be just a means, not an end, but I seem to find joy in the process."

Lei Luo smiled slightly, and said with a firmer tone: "Master more powerful ninjutsu, develop more invincible abilities, fight stronger opponents, and experience higher scenery."

"I think, this is the meaning of my life."

"If one day I really fall on the way forward, it will only prove that my efforts are not enough."

Orochimaru opened his mouth instinctively, but he couldn't say any negative words. Lei Luo's character and pursuit were surprisingly similar to him, but they were different from him in essence.

Compared with Lei Luo, Orochimaru's fighting spirit is far less strong. Although he also enjoys the process of learning ninjutsu and has mastered many ninjutsu, he does not do so without purpose.

Although it is unclear what the deep desire in his heart is, Orochimaru fears death from the bottom of his heart.

After seeing his parents and many companions die with his own eyes, life appears extremely fragile in the eyes of Oshemaru, like porcelain that breaks at the touch of a touch.

Because of this perception, he realized the fragility of life.

Because of this, Orochimaru is afraid of death, hates death, and faintly thinks about defeating death, but so far, he has never told anyone about his thoughts.

Although it is human nature to be afraid of death, as Orochimaru, with his pride, he does not allow himself to show the slightest cowardly expression.

However, whenever he witnessed the tragedy that happened in front of his eyes, and felt the sadness that emanated from the disappearance of life, Orochimaru sincerely resisted all of this.

In the war years, no one's spirit can remain completely normal. In this distorted world, life and death are nothing more than ordinary things, and endless pain and sorrow linger in the hearts of the world.

Without Lei Luo's time travel, Tong Tong would lose his last relative and live alone in the world.

If there were no cruel tasks, Yuko would not have experienced many blows and finally became crazy.

If there were no cold-blooded high-level executives, Aoki Ren and Saoi Naoko would not lose their friends who get along day and night.

If there is no war, Lei Luo's hands will not be stained with blood, destroying countless families invisibly, although he seems to enjoy it...

There are so many tragedies happening just by Lei Luo's side, so how many people are separated from their wives and children because of this war, and in the places he can't see, how many people can only live in poverty and die alone in the end?
Sometimes the living suffer more than the dead.

Orochimaru's qualifications are older than Lei Luo, and after joining the root, he can see more.

And Orochimaru's thinking is obviously not limited to one small country and one village like Tsunade and Jiraiya, so he sometimes feels a little confused.

No matter how much Konoha flaunts justice, no matter how many slogans he shouts, depriving others of their lives is a sin that cannot be washed away, and there are countless innocent people who lost their lives.

After going through a lot, Dashewan doesn't want to think about those problems that can never be solved, and what remains in his heart is only the resistance to death.

Death is the end, it is true.

However, with such a lack of dedication, is he really qualified to take on that dream position?
"Lei Luo, is this the meaning of your life?" Orochimaru's voice was a little hoarse, although his usual tone was the same, but at this time there seemed to be something more inexplicable.

Before Lei Luo could answer, Orochimaru said to himself again: "Compared with you, I don't have such lofty pursuits. First, I want to survive well, and then work hard to cultivate, and finally I become Hokage."

"Hokage? It's not bad, it's very practical." Lei Luo first praised, then suddenly asked: "And then?"

"What?" Orochimaru seemed to have not heard clearly, and repeated: "What did you say?"

"After becoming Hokage, what do you want to do?"

Lei Luo turned his head and looked at Orochimaru with great interest, but the words in his mouth did not stop: "Your political ideas, your diplomatic strategies, your management measures... have you thought about these?"

"The use of power, the exchange of interests, the handling of conflicts, the balance of factions..." Lei Luo ignored Orochimaru's increasingly embarrassed face, and the speed of his speech became faster and faster unconsciously:

"The will of the people, the power of ninjas, the innocence of nobles, the conflicts of classes, how do you plan to deal with these?"

Orochimaru fell silent for a moment. Some of the questions Lei Luo raised had been thought of before, but most of them were unheard of.

After all, Orochimaru is only in his 20s now, no matter how talented he is, no matter how mature his thinking is, there are some things that are beyond his reach, and no one will tell him.

Sarutobi Hiruzen would not tell him, and Danzo would not tell him, and the other two consultants would not do such things that could easily cause hidden dangers.

For rulers, ninjas are tools. This has been the case since the Warring States period. Today's ninja village system is just a change of skin.

Including the period of Naruto's administration in later generations, this point has not changed at all.The protagonists are all treated in this way, which shows the horror of fatalism.

Seeing Orochimaru was left speechless by his question, Lei Luo was not too surprised.

In fact, even if he answered after careful consideration, he couldn't say that the result was correct.

It is to be faithful to one's own ideals and innovate to the end, to eliminate all outdated ideas, and to usher in a new life in the world.

We should do our best to maintain the existing order, avoid the expansion of turmoil, and maintain that fragile balance.

Lei Luo couldn't give an answer. After all, how to make the world a better place is not within his business scope, and he usually doesn't bother to think about it.

The reason why I asked those questions was just to relieve my aching brain.

"Lei Luo, if you were Hokage, how would you deal with the above questions?" Orochimaru couldn't answer, so he threw the ball back decisively.

"I..." Lei Luo pondered for a while, before he said: "To be honest, I don't have a good answer to these questions."

"But there is one thing that I can foresee." The corners of Lei Luo's mouth curled up, and a gap that made people shudder. "Letting someone like me become Hokage is definitely not a good thing for Konoha."

Orochimaru was quite surprised by Lei Luo's "frankness". It was the first time for the latter to see Konoha Ninja who "evaluated" him so much.

"Okay, let's stop chatting here."

Lei Luo seemed unwilling to talk about those boring things anymore, so he stopped the topic decisively.

He picked up a handful of specially made kunai from the ground beside him, slowly spread it out in the palm of his hand, and at the same time formed a few imprints with his other hand.

"Next, let you watch something interesting."

(End of this chapter)