As soon as Minato said this, Rope Tree, who was standing at the side with a smile on his face, suddenly changed his expression.
His reaction naturally fell into Watergate's eyes.
This kind of normal reaction was also within his expectations. Although Nobunaga was young, he was still a ninja after all.
The information about the Senju Clan was so confidential in the village, and even if Nobunaga hid something from him, Watergate wouldn't be surprised.
He just asked tentatively. Now that Watergate has enough time, even if he can't get useful information from the village leaders and Nobunaga, he will investigate it himself.
The Senju Clan was once famous in the Shinobi World, and they weren't a nameless clan. Even if they disappeared now, it's impossible to erase all traces.
"I seem to have said something wrong, I'm sorry." Watergate immediately looked at Nobunaga and smiled, ready to let this matter go.
Nobunaga heard this, but he didn't respond. Watergate noticed that Nobunaga was biting his lower lip from time to time, obviously he was struggling in his heart.
On the surface, Nobunaga trusted him, but this matter was confidential, and Nobunaga couldn't make a decision for the time being.
Watergate didn't speak, but waited for Nobunaga's judgment. At this time, if he said anything, it would only arouse suspicion.
In the end, after pondering for a few minutes, Nobunaga raised his eyes, looked at Watergate, and said with a solemn expression, "I can tell you about this matter, but you have to promise that you won't tell anyone else, not even Shinna Kushina."
"In that case, you don't have to tell me. This matter should be confidential, right?" Watergate smiled slightly. Although he was tempting Nobunaga, he didn't want to make things difficult for him.
"It is indeed confidential, but Watergate, it shouldn't matter. You are the hero of the village, and you saved my life."
Nobunaga smiled lightly, and then said, "The most important thing is that I also have an indescribable feeling about this matter. You can analyze it for me."
"An indescribable feeling?" Watergate asked.
"Well, you're smarter than I am. Perhaps you can explain my doubts," Rope Tree said.
Watergate frowned slightly when he heard this, because from Rope Tree's reaction, this matter seemed to have become more complicated.
"Go ahead." Watergate looked at Rope Tree.
Shinji immediately said, "Sister told me that the ancestors of the Senju Clan migrated and left the Wood Leaf Ninja Village."
"Isn't Wood Leaf Village founded by the First Lord Naruto and the Thousand Hands Clan? Why would they leave Wood Leaf Village?" Watergate asked.
"Yes, the village was indeed built by grandpa. This village is grandpa's treasure, and for the Thousand Hands Clan, grandpa is their pillar," Rope Tree said.
"If that's the case, why would the Thousand Hands Clan …"
"Because of grandpa Hashirama's death, the ninja nations became restless, and the First Shinobi World War broke out …"
The First Naruto Senju Hashirama was revered as the God of Shinobi by countless ninjas. He pacified the chaotic world and distributed the Bijuu to the ninja nations.
The leaders of these nations were afraid of the power of the First Lord, so naturally, they didn't dare to rebel, but after the death of the First Lord, because of the imbalance between the nations' interests, war naturally broke out.
From this, it can be seen how powerful the First Naruto was.
It can be said that he suppressed the entire ninja world with his name alone, and all the major nations didn't dare to start a war.
"But the First Lord is gone, but the Senju Clan, the Wood Leaf Village, and the Second Lord, although he wasn't as strong as the First Lord, he was definitely at the top of the ninja world at that time, so in the First Shinobi World War, the Wood Leaf Village didn't suffer a loss," Rope Tree continued.
Watergate nodded. Although he didn't see the strength of the Second Naruto with his own eyes, he could see a thing or two just by looking at the ninjutsu he developed.
Shadow Clone Jutsu, Flying Thunder God Jutsu, Edo Tensei, and Watergate relied on one of them to gallop across the ninja world, and the name of the Wood Leaf Village was known as the Golden Flash.
"However, at the end of the war, the Second Lord died in the trap of the Kumo Shinobu Village, which made most of the Senju Clan angry, and they vowed to settle accounts with the Kumo Shinobu Village, but they were strongly opposed by the higher-ups of the Wood Leaf Village, because they didn't want to continue the war."
"In the end, the Senju Clan had to accept this fact, but it was also at that time that some people in the village had different political views, and they were still brooding over the death of the Second Lord. In the end, they lost hope in the village. They thought that the village that Hashirama and Feijian Village built with their life's work was too cold …"
"So, they left the village, and Grandma Mito wanted to stay in the village. So, my sister and I also stayed here." Rope Tree couldn't help but sigh in disappointment when he said this.
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Watergate, who got so much information from Rope Tree, was thinking silently.
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"So that's how it is."
After a long time, Watergate looked at Rope Tree and said, "Rope Tree senpai, what do you think of the village?"
Rope Tree was startled for a moment, then said, "This village is a treasure left by my grandfather, and it is also the place where I grew up. It is my hometown, and no matter what I have to pay, I will always protect it, just like my two grandfathers."
"I haven't experienced war before, so I didn't understand the actions of the higher-ups of the village at that time, but now I know that this approach is the wisest choice. Since the Second Lord has passed away, the village itself has suffered a huge loss. If we insist on going to war with the Kumo Shinobu Village at this time, it will only cause more losses."
His words made Watergate's eyes twitch slightly.
In Watergate's impression, Rope Tree from a few months ago would never be able to say that.
"In that case, what else can't you figure out?" Watergate asked with a smile.
"I can't say it, that's why I asked you." Rope Tree said.
"In fact, the crux of your problem is very simple."
Watergate smiled and said, "From the perspective of the village, ending the war at that time is absolutely the right choice, but for the Senju Clan, the death of the First Lord and Second Lord has caused a great impact. With the prestige of the two Lords, they are naturally dissatisfied, and it's not wrong for them to have such thoughts."
"In this world, there is no absolute good and evil, right and wrong."
Watergate's explanation made Rope Tree a little stunned, and he asked, "Your words are so profound."
"Oh, in fact, it's not difficult for you to understand if I explain it to you." Watergate smiled.
"Take this Second Shinobi World War as an example, the Sunagakure tried to hurt our companions. As Wood Leaf Shinobi, we naturally want to get justice, so we attack the Wind Country."
"But in the same way, from the perspective of the Sunagakure Shinobi, they are just destroying the enemy and carrying out orders. But for the Wind Country and the Sunagakure Shinobi, the Wood Leaf Shinobi who attacked the Wind Country, are invaders who invaded their homeland."
"From our perspective, we are righteous, but from the perspective of the Sunagakure Shinobi, we are the enemy. If the two sides' perspectives are reversed, the answer is the same."
After listening to Watergate's explanation, Rope Tree's eyes lit up.
"How come I never thought of it before …"
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