Listening to Yahiko's admiration and praise for Hanzo, Kakuzu smiled.
Childrens are simply ignorant, they always assume they know what's best.
To give credit, Hanzo is not bad, he can be regarded as one of the stronger ones among the known strong men in the ninja world today.
"Kid, why do you want to become a ninja?"
Kakuzu didn't want to continue listening to a brat praising and worshiping his idol, so he changed the topic.
"Do you know that becoming a ninja is a very dangerous thing, you may die a gruesome death. Just like your parents in this war, the majority of death on the battlefield all consists of ninjas."
"I know, but I'm not afraid of death!"
Yahiko raised his head and spoke in a very firm tone.
Nagato, who had been sitting quietly beside him, suddenly began to tremble. Although his eyes were obscured by his long bangs, Kakuzu could tell that he was very shaken.
"Ninjas were not the only ones who died, there were civilians too! My parents are obviously not ninjas, why, why did they kill my parents!"
"Nagato its okay, I will protect you!"
Seeing Nagato who was shaking all over, Yahiko stepped forward and hugged Nagato's shoulders.
Konan also came to Nagato's side and comforted Nagato together.
"And I will protect everyone too."
Yahiko looked at Kakuzu and said.
"I'm not afraid of death, I'm just afraid of not being powerless to protect Yahiko and Konan. I want to become a ninja, the most powerful ninja. Only in this way can I protect everyone, and change this Land and the ninja world! I will create a world where no one in this world will suffer pain!"
Looking at the ambitious Yahiko, Kakuzu was stunned for a while.
He noticed that when Yahiko was saying these words, his eyes seemed to be shine with light. No, his whole body was shining, enveloping the other two brats around him.
"hehe."
Kakuzu laughed.
"He's obviously just a kid, talking big words."
"I'm not talking big words, I will definitely become a ninja in the future!"
Kakuzu shook his head.
"A ninja can't necessarily change everything you wish to change."
"What!"
Yahiko's eyes widened. In his eyes, ninjas are omnipotent. Everyone in the ninja world is very envious of people who are capable of becoming ninjas. Why would this uncle say this?
"But aren't ninjas the most powerful ?"
Kakuzu looked at the innocent Yahiko and two other brats. Since these guys always came to annoy him, he decided to teach these brats a lesson and directly crush their beautiful fantasy.
"A kid is just a kid, he doesn't know anything but still likes to talk big .
This world is not as simple as black and white. A kid like you can't do anything even if you miraculously turn into a ninja.
The world is complicated. In some eyes, a ninja is just a convenient knife. The blade will be polished when needed and discarded when not in use. "
"Damn uncle, why do you talk about ninjas like that! Hanzo-sama and the others are the heroes of the Land of Rain, they are not tools that will be thrown aside!"
Yahiko refuted vigorously, but Nagato seemed to be thinking about something.
Kakuzu's evil taste came out, he planned to teach these little devils a good lesson, exposing them what a ninja is and how the real world operates.
Killing a child's innocence , oh no, I Kakuzu am really evil.
"Little ghost, let me tell you, the so-called ninjas are just servants in the eyes of the rich and powerful. They only need to spend some money to let the ninjas run around for them... "
Kakuzu began to give the three kids a long sermon about the truth of this world, crushing their beautiful fantasies about ninjas to dust, and telling them how insignificant their so called Messiah is to the world .
The expressions of the three people changed from confusion, to shock, to despair, and finally numbness.
Konan, the only girl among the three, shed tears because of what Kakuzu said. After all, for these children who were still full of fantasies and yearning for the future, being dragged down into the cruel world of adults was like a nightmare. The feeling of having your hopes and dreams shattered is just too cruel. Especially for little kids like them.
"So, even if you become a ninja, as long as you are not strong enough to change or ignore the rules, then you can't accomplish anything, you can only play by the rules set by the strong.
In despair, you bow your head and work like a slave, running around for a tiny amount of mission rewards.
After the mission is completed, the rewards you get for risking your life to complete the mission will be taken away by your village. "
"Money, money, money, pay, pay, pay! The uncle only cares about money and wealth. Uncle is an evil adult! Humph!"
Konan held back her tears and turned around, her entire body seemed to swell up with anger.
Looking at the angry Konan Kakuzu felt particularly pleased. He didn't know why, but he felt particularly happy bullying these three brats, especially the little girl with blue hair.
"Humph! You evil uncle, since you said being an ordinary ninja can't change anything, then I will become the most powerful ninja, the powerful ninja that you said can ignore and change the rules!"
Yahiko said angrily that he is not in denial and he still wanted to be a ninja.
"Oh, really? You want to be a really powerful ninja?"
Kakuzu smiled.
"Are you born into a ninja family?"
"What is a ninja family?"
Yahiko scratched his head in confusion.
"That is, have any powerful ninjas ever appeared in your family?"
Yahiko shook his head.
"So is there any powerful Ninjutsu passed down in your family?"
Yahiko shook his head again. Not to mention passing down anything, because after this war, he was the only one left in their family.
"Okay, it's settled. In your future life, unless you encounter some kind of miracle, you will never be able to become an absolutely strong person in this life."
"How could it be!"
"Haha, that's the truth. There are countless ninjas in the ninja world, but looking back, how many Senju Hashirama have appeared? How many Uchiha Madara? How many Hanzo?
Without inheritance, without bloodline, without adventure, you want to become stronger? keep sleeping, you can have everything in your dreams. "
Yahiko was devastated when he heard this.
After Yahiko calmed down, Nagato on the side asked at this time.
"What if I become a powerful and wealthy person? Can I change the world if I become the kind of person who can make the rules that you mentioned?"
Looking at Nagato, Kakuzu felt that at least someone in this trio has brain. This red-haired kid has his visions grounded in reality, much more interesting than that naive kid.
"I can't tell you anything 100% certain, but there is one philosophy i follow in life : Money is not everything, but being without money is absolutely impossible.
In life, eight out of ten things are difficult, but if you have money, you can make your life path much smoother. "