NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 33: Asura chakra
Inside the sealed space.
The bright sunshine is shining, and the boundless sea is vast and rippling.
The waves hit the shore, and the sound echoes in the ears, as if whispering softly.
In this environment, people's hearts face the infinite distance.
"Naruto."
The refreshing sea breeze gently blew Menma's hair and robes, and his voice was as gentle as the sea breeze: "In fact, you understand the meaning of this sentence, right?"
Little Naruto nodded first, hesitated for a moment, but shook his head again, with a struggling and contradictory expression on his face.
Menma smiled and touched Naruto's head: "You understand, you are just troubled by this sentence, whether it is right or wrong."
Killing one person to save the world is not killing one person to benefit the world; killing oneself to save the world is killing oneself to benefit the world.
This sentence is taken from "Mozi·Da Qu".
It means: If sacrificing one person can make the world reach our ideal state, it does not mean that we are right to sacrifice him.
Only when we need to sacrifice ourselves to improve the world, this is the reason to encourage us to sacrifice ourselves.
Sacrifice for justice, it is our own body, not others.
In other words, ...
"Even if killing an innocent person can save the world, we have no power to decide the life or death of that innocent person."
However, innocent people...
Where do innocent people come from in this world?
Except for civilians, which unlike ninja's hands are not stained with blood.
The boundary between justice and evil, if judged by human moral standards, is too vague.
But this statement obviously cannot convince the still naive little Naruto.
"Brother Menma, I don't understand..."
Looking at Naruto's stubborn little expression, Menma sighed and said helplessly: "Since Naruto is so curious, then I will give you a train problem."
"Train? Is it the kind of transportation mentioned in the book, similar to a carriage, which can only run on fixed tracks?"
Menma nodded perfunctorily, took out a pen, bent down and wrote and drew on the blank paper.
Five minutes later, Menma put away his pen and handed the painting to Naruto.
"Suppose there are five people tied up on a train track, one person tied up on another spare track, and at the same time, there is an out-of-control train speeding over."
"And there is a joystick next to you, you can push the joystick to make the train drive to the spare track, kill the one person, and save the five people."
"You can also do nothing, let the train run over the five people, and save the one person on the other track."
Upon hearing this, Naruto's brows gradually frowned, his expression became more distorted, and the obscure chakra fluctuations on his body seemed to be more obvious.
Even the Nine-Tailed Fox beside him turned his eyes over, and his pair of fox vertical pupils were full of confusion and solemnity.
"What kind of chakra is that, why does it feel so awkward."
As a tailed beast with the ability to perceive good and evil, he has been accustomed to the cruelty and evil of humans.
At the same time, he also deeply hates the badness and greed of humans.
But this "extremely good" chakra fluctuation made it feel hypocrisy and disgust from the bottom of its heart.
But Menma on the side seemed to have not noticed it at all.
"So..."
He stared at Naruto's blue eyes and asked, "What is your choice?"
"I... I don't know."
Naruto's expression was distorted to the extreme, and his temperament was extremely split.
As dazzling and gentle as the sun, as rational and murderous as judgment.
"I want to push the joystick..."
Naruto's rationality told him that to create the greatest benefit, he should pull down the lever, sacrifice one person, and save five people.
But as soon as he finished speaking, the chakra fluctuation on his body was amplified again, and it was already visible to the naked eye.
!!!
The emotional voice told him again that once he pushed down the joystick, he would kill an innocent person who would not have died.
Little Naruto clenched his teeth, but his expression gradually became peaceful: "No, I can't do this! I don't have the power to decide his life or death!"
The Nine-Tails on the side had already straightened up, staring at Naruto with his pupils, and it seemed that he saw another person through Naruto's body.
"Menma! this Naruto kid..."
"shhhh."
Menma smiled and raised his index finger in front of his lips.
Although there was a smile on his face, the smile was full of coldness.
He said coldly: "So you choose to do nothing, let nature take its course, and watch the other five people die without saving their lives, and watch them die?"
Watching them die without saving them...
Naruto's relaxed expression instantly became depressed, and the chakra fluctuations on his body began to become disordered.
This obviously conflicted with his "emotional" side.
"I... I don't know!!"
It was as if there were many completely different thoughts fighting in Naruto's head, making him unable to determine his choice.
But Menma stood aside, watching him with a face full of pain and struggle.
"Asura Chakra, can you solve this problem with your love and bonds?"
There is no doubt that the root of Naruto's current struggle is the influence of Asura Chakra.
As the "pure good" side, in this situation, it requires itself to do something.
But it is just a ball of chakra without intelligence, only with super obsession, and it cannot find a perfect answer between these two options.
No matter which one he chooses, it is a betrayal of his so-called "love and bonds".
If there is no interference from Asura's chakra, Menma believes that Naruto can easily find the correct answer instead of falling into this state of "obsession".
"Menma, what's the matter with the chakra on Naruto's body?"
it felt like it's felt this before
The Nine-Tailed Fox's big head came over, frowning, looking at the little Naruto with a look of surprise and suspicion.
But deep in his eyes, there was still a bit of heartache.
After all, it was the little brat that he watched grow up. Although it didn't say it, it still cared about Naruto in its heart.
"Do you know Asura?"
Menma didn't even turn his head and said in a calm tone: "That is Asura's chakra, and Naruto is Ashura's reincarnation."
"Asura's chakra, Naruto is his reincarnation? How is it possible?"
The Nine-Tailed Fox's eyes widened, and his face was full of human disbelief.
Obviously, of course it knew about Ashura.
Asura, the second son of the old man of the Six Paths, is the second leader of the Ninja Clan.
Asura has had low talent since childhood, and he can't do anything well. He is clumsy.
But he is very friendly, and everyone in the Ninja Clan has a high degree of favorability towards him.
When the Six Paths Sage extracted the tailed beast, he was on the verge of death. Before his death, he chose Asura to inherit the leader of the Ninja Clan.
The nine tailed beasts, including the Nine-tailed Beast, also have a good relationship with Asura.
Later, the eldest son Indra turned against Asura and wanted to take back his position.
When the two fought, Asura borrowed a lot of tailed beast chakra from the Nine-tailed Beast, and used a three-headed, six-armed fox form similar to a complete tailed beast.
{ I don't think that's cannon but well roll with it XD }
However, it witnessed Ashura's death...
Kyuubi said in a deep voice: "I have never heard of reincarnations. When humans die, they are dead. Their souls will disappear completely, and their chakra will dissipate. Otherwise, how could the old man sage..."
Kyuubi seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly stopped talking, and his originally narrow vertical pupils shrank instantly.
"Kurama."
Menma's eyes were deep and meaningful, and he said: "The sky is actually colorless. It didn't deceive you. It was your own eyes that deceived you."