Chapter 24 Dividing Apples
Yahiko also came back while eating. She was held down by the oily girl Shigao and cut off her haircut. She started eating with tears in her eyes.
He did not resist because he knew that after he cut his hair, he would grow back in a few days, but if he was beaten, it would take several days to reduce the swelling.
These experiences and lessons are all about tears when they are spoken.
After dinner, Yumeng Shigao started to collect the dishes and chopsticks as usual, but when he finished packing, he found that Yahiko and the other two were still in the house.
So he asked with some confusion: "Don't you go out to practice today?"
However, as soon as he finished speaking, he saw Yahiko bow to him seriously.
"Senior brother, Nagato has told me, please teach me how to change this country, please!"
Nagato also bowed and said, "Please, senior brother!"
"Well……"
Looking at the two saluted, the oily girl Zhigao was stunned at first, and then laughed.
"Haha, there's no need to be so serious. It's just some of my shallow opinions. It's no big deal. Sit down and talk!"
"Yes, senior brother!"
Yahiko and Nagato agreed, then knelt on the ground in a regular manner, looking like they were listening to the teachings.
Seeing them like this, the oily girl Shigao also sat down cross-legged and smiled and spoke.
"The Kingdom of Rain has always been the battlefield of this great power, and there are constant wars all year round. Why is this?"
"It's because the Rain Country is too weak!" Yahiko clenched her fist and hit the table in front of her hard: "That's why she was bullied by other countries!"
Nagato frowned, but said nothing.
Taking the expressions of the two of them into their eyes, the oily girl Zhigao shook her head with a smile.
"It's not so. Rain Country is not weak. Take the recent war for example. It was caused by Hanzo taking the initiative to declare war on Iron Country, Satsuki and Konoha."
"What!" Yahiko immediately showed disbelief: "Why did Hanzo do this?"
"Oh, of course it's for the benefit."
The oil girl Zhigao sighed and looked at Yahiko with some pity.
"You probably don't know. In fact, the Kingdom of Rain is very strong, and its force is second only to the five major countries. As long as Hanzo is willing to declare neutrality like the Kingdom of Iron, the five major countries will not easily provoke the Kingdom of Rain because it is not cost-effective."
“…”
Yahiko was silent. After listening to the words of the oil girl Zhigao, he found that many things were completely different from what he thought.
Nagato showed a thoughtful expression.
"Senior brother, what you mean is that what leads to the war is not hatred, but because of interests?"
"That's right!"
Seeing that Nagato suddenly grabbed the point, the oily girl Shigao nodded with a smile.
"It is because of interests, in order to fight for power, land and wealth, many contradictions will arise, and when these contradictions cannot be reconciled, war will arise."
As he said that, he took out an apple and put it on the table.
"This is the land and resources of the ninja world. And the four of us are four countries, there is only one apple, and the four of us need to divide it."
Yahiko frowned: "That's fine to divide it into four parts!"
"Haha, OK!"
The oil girl Zhigao nodded with a smile, picked up a fruit knife and cut the apples in half, and placed half of them in front of her.
"I'm the strongest here, so this half belongs to me, you can only divide the other half, is it okay?"
Yahiko and the other two nodded.
Then the oil girl Shigao cut the other half of the apple in half and placed it in front of Nagato and Konan, and finally spread her hands towards Yahiko.
"It's gone!"
"Uh..." Yahiko was stunned at first, then said angrily: "It's not fair to divide this way!"
"So what?" The oil girl Zhigao looked at him, "What are you going to do?"
"Re-divided!"
"That won't work!"
The oil girl Zhigao shook her head, picked up the apple and ate it in a few bites, and then threw the apple core on the table.
"This is the only one left. I have eaten the rest. I can't take it out unless I cut my stomach open."
“…”
Looking at the apple core on the table, Yahiko was silent.
He already understood the meaning of the oil girl Zhigao and also understood the predicament of the Rain Kingdom, so he was a little depressed.
Nagato also understood, but he was not discouraged, but looked at the oil girl Shigao with bright eyes.
"Senior brother must have another way, right?"
Xiaonan also nodded: "Well, senior brother must have a solution!"
Seeing that the two of them were so confident in themselves, the oily girl Zhigao couldn't help laughing.
"Haha, of course there is a way."
As he said that, he picked up the apple core on the table and opened it, then pulled out the seeds inside and put them in front of Yahiko.
"Look, although the apples are gone, the seeds are still there. Plant them in the soil and take care of them carefully. When the apple tree grows, will there be apples?"
"But..." Yahiko was still a little frowning, "Even if the apple grows, it will still be stolen."
The oil girl Zhigao raised her eyebrows: "Whoever robs you will beat you up. Can I teach you this?"
"But in that case, war will happen. In the end, isn't it the same as before?" Yahiko became more and more confused.
At this time, Xiaonan spoke: "Then give the apple to everyone, and then..."
"no!"
Before Konan could finish his words, Nagato spoke seriously.
"When seeking peace by struggle, peace exists; when seeking peace by compromise, peace will perish. Therefore, compromise cannot be exchanged for peace."
"Nakamen..."
Xiaonan's eyes were dull and Nagato with a firm expression, and found that he seemed to have become a little different.
The oil girl Zhigao also noticed this and laughed again.
"So if it was Nagato, what would you do?"
"I will protect the apple!" Nagato said without hesitation: "No one can take it away from me."
"Yeah!" Yui girl Zhigao nodded and then asked, "What about?"
"And...and...uh..."
Nagato obviously didn't expect what happened next, and he felt a little embarrassed and could only look at the oil girl Shigao with help.
"Senior brother, what should I do?"
"Haha, it depends on you to think about this!"
The oil girl Shigao laughed and looked at Yahiko next to her.
"It is not a matter of change in the Kingdom of Rain overnight. It even takes generations of efforts and faces countless difficulties and obstacles."
"I know!"
Yahiko stood up and grabbed the apple seeds on the table in front of her.
"I will plant the seeds and then use my hands to gain the strength to protect it!"
"And me!"
"Me too!"
Nagato and Konan also stood up.
The three of them looked at each other and felt the firm fighting spirit from each other's eyes, and then laughed at the same time.
Yahiko smiled and turned around and walked out of the room, buried the apple seeds in her hand in the open space in front of the door, and placed a circle of stones around as marks.
After doing this, he returned to the house and looked at the oil girl Zhigao with a serious look on his face.
"Senior brother, we can't change this country by relying solely on our strength. Please become our leader and use your wisdom to help us. Please!"
After saying that, he knelt down on one knee.
Seeing his movements, Nagato and Konan also knelt down on one knee.
"Senior brother, please!"
"Senior Brother Zhigao, please help us!"
Oil girl Zhigao: "..."
Chapter completed!