Naruto: Dominating with JOJO Gacha

Oda Ieyasu, or rather, the bureaucratic and financial system centered around the daimyo, understood very clearly Ryosuke's intentions.

Nothing more than overthrowing some people, creating a world without oppression, where people could live like human beings, and with the rhetoric of the "Awakening Ideology," when that time came...

"Resources and power will be scattered, redistributed according to each person's actual needs, everyone will be able to realize their own value and maximize efficiency…"

Oda Ieyasu quietly gazed at Ryosuke.

"Such a dreamlike world."

"Then, may I ask, Lord Ryosuke, your equality for all and distribution by need, how will it resist human desire?"

The moonlight was heavy, reflected in the small pond in the courtyard.

The bamboo water tube slowly filled, and when full, clack, it fell, startling the fish in the pond to dart away, shattering the moon's reflection into rippling waves.

Just like everyone's state of mind at this moment.

Terumi Mei quietly clenched her hand, worriedly watching Ryosuke's back.

Obviously it was just a question, the other side wasn't even aggressive, yet that question was like a needle, stabbing straight between their brows.

She had no answer.

All the way from Yoma County, she had never thought of an answer.

Yes, Terumi Mei understood, Oda Ieyasu was right. The fog placed in Yoma County was indeed his goodwill.

As a daimyo, as a frank and open man, Oda Ieyasu did not ambush them tonight. Instead, he threw out the question early, giving Ryosuke plenty of time to think.

She could not even refute Oda Ieyasu's argument.

Once it was distribution according to need… was there anything in this world that people did not need?

People would desire to eat delicacies, desire to soar to the heavens and dive into the seas.

Desires without bottom, the heart never satisfied, that is simply human nature.

All eyes fell on Ryosuke.

Inside the quiet room, the casual conversation, no one knew why, the atmosphere quietly grew heavy, as though the dialogue that followed would determine the life and death of countless people, decide the path of the world.

Ryosuke took a deep breath and lifted his head from thought.

When their eyes met, Oda Ieyasu, who was about to drink his tea, stopped mid-motion, feeling the power within Ryosuke's gaze.

He slowly put down the cup, straightened his back, and waited with utmost solemnity for Ryosuke's answer.

Ryosuke tapped the paper on the table, the one with "Awakening" written on it.

"Desire is indeed human nature, the pursuit of power, money, women, status… But is this humanity's innate desire? Or is it desire forcibly bestowed by the world?"

For a human being, to eat enough food, to have a safe living environment, that is enough to spend a day in peace.

It is the era that tempts him, telling him from childhood that only being better than others is success, is happiness.

And for those who do not crave success or happiness, the era uses the whip of taxes, corvée labor, and debt to force him to run, to fight.

Ryosuke lifted the teacup, "You drink rare tea, live in a mansion, have a beautiful wife, wave your hand and countless serve you."

"But the happiness these things bring you, does it come from your heart, or from the world's recognition?"

Oda Ieyasu, "…"

It was a cruelly ironic matter.

The happiness people gain from buying houses, cars, upgrading to a new phone, or a promotion and raise, is often like a brilliant feather, floating on the surface of the heart.

But the suffering they gain in life often sprouts from the very root of their being.

"Oda Ieyasu, did you think a single Hori Masashi could shake me? No. His appearance only made me realize even more clearly that this path is correct."

Ryosuke said, "The 'desire' you speak of is the desire of the era."

"When this era is overturned, when the old rules collapse, the corresponding desires will naturally change."

"On the contrary, if we remain stuck in the past, trapped in the rules of the present, people will forever be bound by these wretched desires, unable to escape."

Clack!

The bamboo water tube struck again.

Oda Ieyasu said, "But this set of rules preserves the most basic order, sustains the survival of generation after generation."

Ryosuke nodded slightly, "True. Before productivity is completely saturated, this set of rules will continue to operate in the rhythm you know."

"But you and the consortium behind you know, the wrong technology tree of this world is already being rewritten."

"When the time comes, it won't even require me to act, there will be countless who storm in to tear off your roof."

This time, Oda Ieyasu did not immediately question. He was in thought, searching for flaws in Ryosuke's words and will.

Clack!

The bamboo water tube sounded, waking him.

"But even if you overthrow 'us,' it may not be 'you.' It could be..."

Oda Ieyasu pointed at the blood-stained paper.

"It could be 'them.' The world would fall into even deeper chaos."

Ryosuke also touched the paper.

"That is why I must make more people… 'Awaken.'"

Adjusting the tech tree, raising productivity, overthrowing existing rules, thereby birthing new desires.

Awakening in thought, to keep desires within a controllable range.

Of course, within this lie countless detailed systems and laws, needing long years to polish.

But for Ryosuke and Oda Ieyasu now, saying this much was enough.

Only then did the three behind, Terumi Mei and the others, finally dare to breathe softly.

Clearly it was only a clash of words, but to those within, it was like two top-tier shinobi locked in battle.

Every word, every phrase was a strike straight to the heart.

Especially for Ryosuke, if he wavered, the path he pursued would be cut off completely.

But now it seemed,

Terumi Mei looked at the two men.

Oda Ieyasu kneeling upright, Ryosuke sitting cross-legged.

In height, Oda Ieyasu was taller, and this was his home ground. But from the aura the two radiated...

'He won!'

Though the two had chattered incomprehensibly for a long time, and she could only grasp part of it, knowing he won was enough.

"One last question."

Oda Ieyasu loosened his shoulders a little, his words less solemn, more like a friend's casual tone, "Lord Ryosuke, why must you go this far?"

"Because..."

Ryosuke thought of the corpses at the Uchiha compound, of the people locked in cages at Kirigakure, of the 'sage' who soaked people in water as pickled vegetables.

"This is wrong."

Knowing this was wrong, and knowing what is right, so he did it.

"That simple?"

"That simple."

Oda Ieyasu chuckled, then laughed out loud.

He laughed heartily, until tears welled, then at the loudest point of laughter, suddenly stopped, leaving only a heavy sigh.

"Lord Ryosuke, you are truly remarkable. Only… Why must you and I be born in the same era?"

Clack!

The bamboo tube struck for the fourth time.

A scarlet barrier sealed the study.

Zabuza sneered, "So this is what you're relying on to kill us?"

He had thought after all that chatter, Oda Ieyasu would have something real. Unexpectedly, it was still the old tricks of ambush and murder.

Oda Ieyasu shook his head, "You misunderstand. I don't expect to kill you. These crude things are so that before Lord Ryosuke, before millions of visitors in Kyoto…"

"To kill me."

Ryosuke understood his intent.

Before setting out, Terumi Mei had said, the Land of Water had two heroes, one Ryosuke, one Oda Ieyasu.

Oda Ieyasu had just stabilized the realm; he could not risk the world's condemnation by striking at Ryosuke.

But… the reverse was also true.

"So this is your plan."

Ryosuke stared at Oda Ieyasu.

First, try to shake his ideals with words.

After that failed, confirming he could not be shaken,

Then, use his own death as filthy ink, to smear Ryosuke from head to toe.

BOOM!!!

The ground shook, scorching heat surged.

"Explosion! It's an explosion!"

As if tens of millions of explosive tags went off at once, heat and shock roared up from beneath.

Ryosuke suddenly raised his hand.

"Star Platinum! The World!"

"Time, stop!"

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