Reborn wind shadow: Attack the country of fire in the beginning

At that moment, Minato seemed to grasp what Rasa wanted to say, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it. He didn't waste any time and asked directly.

"Please, Kazekage, elaborate!"

Everyone present turned their gazes towards him.

Rasa also wasted no time and spoke directly.

"Before I say what I'm about to say, first, I want to ask everyone a question: What do you think is the role of Genin on the battlefield?"

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at each other, not understanding what Rasa was getting at, and no one spoke rashly.

Seeing this, Rasa spoke directly.

"Since no one wants to speak, let me be direct. In my opinion, Genin are only good for dying on the battlefield; they have no other significant use."

Everyone was stunned.

"Let me put it this way, the era of ninja is different from the era of samurai. In the era of samurai, no matter how strong a samurai was, they couldn't defeat a hundred enemies alone. But ninjas are different. In front of a Jonin, an ordinary Genin is just a number. If that's the case, why should we send Genin to their deaths?"

Onoki frowned and said.

"That's true in theory, but war can't be decided by just a few Jonin fighting, and every Jonin is extremely precious."

"Indeed."

The Mizukage also spoke.

"Jonin, and even Chunin, are at least at the captain level in a ninja army. It's not appropriate to have them do trivial things."

The Third Raikage said impatiently.

"Stop beating around the bush, Kazekage, tell us your idea."

"Mm."

Rasa nodded and looked at everyone.

"Actually, my idea is very simple. The best way to balance the military strength between the five great nations is for us to make an agreement together, limiting the ninja forces that our five great nations and five great villages can possess. This is the simplest and most direct method."

"Limit ninja forces?!"

Everyone was shocked, not expecting the Kazekage to propose such a bold idea.

"Kazekage, are you joking? How is something like that possible?"

The Third Raikage roared.

"Raikage, please calm down first. Let's hear what the Kazekage has to say first."

Minato persuaded. Seeing this, the Raikage had no choice but to calm down.

Rasa then continued.

"Actually, everyone doesn't need to think of my suggestion as so terrifying. First of all, limiting ninja forces will not affect the strength of our five great ninja villages. There is one point that I think none of you can deny: the only ones who can truly represent the ninja strength of a ninja village are the Jonin level. And even in your respective ninja villages, at the peak, the number of Jonin probably doesn't exceed a thousand, right? What do you think?"

The four people present fell into thought.

In fact, the number of one thousand that Rasa mentioned was already an exaggeration. In reality, only Konoha at its peak could barely reach half that number. You must know that becoming a Jonin is a one-in-a-million talent.

Taking the current Sunagakure as an example, although it has undergone various recuperations, the number of Jonin is still only slightly over a hundred.

"As for the number of Chunin, it's about the same. Being able to reach five thousand is already an exaggeration. So, everyone, limiting ninja forces will not affect the true strength of your ninja villages; it will only protect those Genin and children who have just become Genin from needlessly dying on the battlefield."

Hearing this, a glint flashed in Onoki's eyes, and he was the first to stand up and express his position.

"Then what number does the Kazekage think is appropriate?"

"Actually, from this war, everyone should have a good idea of the strength and military power of the other ninja villages. Even the Kumogakure, which has been developing its military power in recent years, only has about 15,000 ninjas. Raikage-dono, I'm not wrong, am I?"

The Raikage snorted coldly, without answering, but everyone knew that the number was about right.

In fact, including Konoha and Iwagakure, the number of ninjas in the three great ninja villages is around that number.

"Of course, this is the number before the war. Now, I'm afraid there have been many losses. So, my idea is to use the number of 15,000 as the upper limit of the ninja forces for our five great ninja villages. This way, it will not restrict the development of your villages and can also limit the emergence of an arms race as much as possible."

The four Kage present thought for a while.

To be honest, this number is not small, and it's even a bit too much for small villages like Kirigakure and Sunagakure.

"Then how should the ratio of Jonin, Chunin, and Genin be arranged?"

Minato asked.

"No arrangement. We can't stop the ninjas from improving, can we?"

After Rasa said this, he looked at everyone and said.

"Actually, everyone can understand that my biggest goal in making this agreement is to protect those Genin and, at the same time, encourage everyone to cultivate the young people of the village."

Everyone nodded, but the Third Raikage suddenly said.

"Then how do we determine that everyone is abiding by the agreement? For every ninja, the ninja information of the village is confidential!"

"Mm, that is indeed the most crucial problem."

Rasa nodded and then looked at everyone.

"First of all, I think the spies you send to other villages are not just for show."

Everyone present had a stiff expression.

"Secondly, I have another suggestion: Should we ninjas unite?"

"Unite?"

This sudden suggestion stunned everyone present once again.

"Yes, now only we ourselves from the five great ninja villages are here, so I can be more direct. Everyone, do you think that these wars between our five great ninja villages are ultimately for what? Whether we win or lose, what have our five great ninja villages gained? Who are we fighting these wars for, for ourselves or for the five great nations behind us?"

"......"

This time, the brows of the Kage present were furrowed tightly.

Everyone is not a fool, and with Rasa, as the Kazekage, already speaking so directly, how could everyone not understand?

"Just like what the Raikage said earlier, without solving this problem, even if we reach an agreement to stop the arms race and limit ninja forces, peace will still be short-lived, because even if we don't want to go to war, the Daimyo behind us will make us go to war."

Speaking of this, Rasa looked at everyone with a solemn gaze.

"Now, this is the most crucial question: In your hearts, which is more important, the lives of the ninjas in your village, or the mission? What are ninjas born for?"

"......"

The conference room fell silent once again.

Everyone did not know how to answer Rasa's somewhat rebellious words.

Especially since the five Daimyo were resting less than five kilometers away.

Just then, Minato, as the Hokage, thought of something and asked with determination.

"Then, Kazekage, do you have any specific ideas?"

"Ideas, of course I have them. Actually, don't you all think that what we are doing now is a very good solution? Led by our five great ninja villages, uniting the small countries in the ninja world to form a ninja joint military association, while supervising each other, we can also solve the contradictions between each other through communication, and try to avoid war..."