NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 6: CHAPTER 5
"Rosewood, huh?"
"Hmm?"
Rosewood, hearing someone calling his name from the front, opened both of his eyes and found out that the figure who called his name, at the same time, was currently standing in front of him, Horikita – the Student Council President of Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced High School.
Horikita's initiative to contact Rosewood immediately caught the attention of all the students in the area, especially those in the group to the left of the Rosewood group, and the others.
"Do you need something from me? If what you want to do is invite me to build an alliance, or work together, then, you better go back to your original place because I have no intention of building an alliance, or working together with someone from this world at this time,"
"What?!"
"He..."
"This person..."
The voice Rosewood used to say those words was not very loud. However, because the atmosphere in the auditorium was not too noisy, or noisy, the people in the group to the left of Rosewood's group, and the others, could hear very clearly the words Rosewood said to Horikita.
Horikita pushed up the glasses she was wearing a little using the middle finger of her right hand. Then after doing that, she said to Rosewood while looking directly at him, "It would be great if you cooperated with us, especially since it seems like the amount of information you have about the world is far greater than the amount of information I know, or the amount of information the three of us have combined. However, with the answer you gave, I think, what we want is impossible to realize now,"
"Since you already understand it—"
"My coming to see you, besides inviting you to build an alliance relationship with us, there is something I want to ask you,"
"Oh?" A sudden feeling of interest rose within Rosewood.
"Tell me, Rosewood, have you learned any training in controlling chakra?"
"Chakra training?" Rosewood raised one of his eyebrows, and then continued to ask, "Why do you think that I can know about chakra training while you know nothing about it?"
"Do I need to answer this question?" Horikita asked calmly, "I think, without me needing to answer this question, you already know the answer I have,"
Rosewood stared at Horikita with interest, and after a few seconds of silence, he asked, "If I knew about it, what would you do? Would you ask me to teach the training to everyone here? Or just to the people in the same group as the two of us?"
"If you know about it, if possible, I hope you can teach that practice to everyone in this place,"
"...I see," Rosewood responded and slowly closed both of his eyes, "From the reply you gave me, it seems like you don't know about that information yet,"
"Information about that?" Horikita asked while narrowing the eyes he had.
A feeling of intense curiosity suddenly emerged within Horikita. Not only Horikita, this feeling also appeared in everyone who heard Rosewood's words.
Rosewood opened his eyes again, and his gaze immediately glanced at Horikita, "In the next six to seven years, following the period of the shinobi world, the second ninja world war will soon begin,"
"..."
The silence was the reaction Rosewood got after he said those words to Horikita.
"The end of the first ninja world war 14 years ago, following the period of the shinobi world because the number of human resources of each power involved in the war was decreasing, which required each power involved in the war to sign a peace treaty within 20 years. It has been 14 years since the treaty was signed by each power involved in the war, which means, there are only a minimum of six more years of peace left for the world before it switches back to war, as it did more than 14 years ago. 20 years, that is enough time for each power involved in the war 14 years ago to develop the human resources they have, which means, war, six years from now will be inevitable,"
"..."
The information given by Rosewood at this time was very important, and also heavy for everyone in that place. Therefore, no one dared to interrupt or reply to Rosewood's words after Rosewood finished saying the words he wanted to say at this time. They needed to accept, and then process the information so that they could understand it well.
Rosewood did not give pause to the people who could hear the words he wanted to say to Horikita, he immediately continued to say, "The first ninja world war was caused by the desire of the four great countries, namely the Land of Lightning, the Land of Wind, the Land of Stone, and the Land of Water to seize natural resources, and land owned by the Land of Fire. The Land of Fire did not agree with the wishes of the four great countries, which caused the first ninja world war to begin. Although, the main actors in the war were the great countries, not us, the ninja villages, the ninja villages will also be involved in the war either in defending, or seizing territory, as well as clients because they will be paid directly in very large amounts by countries that want to use the services of the ninja villages to strengthen the power owned by the country in defending, or seizing natural resources, and land owned by the country they want to attack, "
"..."
"The war will soon take place in at least six years from now. We, as figures who chose Konohagakure Village as an affiliated organization, we also intend to become a ninja there, whether we like it or not, we are destined to participate in the war,"
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"Wait a minute, Rosewood-kun!"
"Hmm?"
Rosewood, who wanted to leave the auditorium after all the people in the auditorium who went to the shinobi world found the group they belonged to, suddenly heard from behind, someone trying to stop him.
Rosewood's footsteps stopped. He turned around and found that the figure who tried to stop him was a man, who was from the same class as him.
"Do you need something from me, Hirata?"
Hirata is a man with a well-proportioned body. He has brown hair, which is neatly arranged. His skin is bright white, there are no wrinkles or scars on the skin area that can be seen by someone directly. His eyes are brown. He has a smooth face and an appearance that is above the average appearance that is usually possessed by men in general.
"Before that, thank you for making time for me, and also, I want to apologize to you for overhearing the conversation you had earlier with Horikita-senpai,"
"No need to apologize. That's not a problem for me," Rosewood answered calmly, and then continued asking, "Do you need anything from me?"
"I have a few questions I want to ask you," Hirata said in a serious tone, "Where do you think is the safest place for people like us to take shelter during wartime?"
"Oh?" Rosewood raised one of his eyebrows after hearing the question Hirata asked him.
Suddenly, Rosewood's gaze glanced behind him, towards Hirata's group, and found that everyone in that group was currently staring at the two of them.
Not only them, but Horikita, and the others, the people in the same group as Rosewood were currently looking at the two of them.
Rosewood's gaze glanced back at Hirata, and then answered, "If we're talking about the safest place during a war, the safest place is in the five strongest ninja villages. It's the safest place during a war because it's very rare for a war to occur in that place unless there's a sudden invasion by an enemy that can't be known, found, and tracked by the security devices owned by a village. However, considering that you probably won't be able to enter the territory owned by a ninja village, let alone the five strongest ninja villages, the safest place that I recommend for you to take shelter during a war is in the capital city of the country your organization is affiliated with. That's the safest place for you to take shelter during a war. Apart from that, the cities located near the capital city of a country are also relatively safe places to live during a war, although the security level of those places is slightly lower compared to the capital city. The important thing, and you need to remember that if the world is approaching wartime, never live in a city that is in a border area. Never. Usually, cities in border areas will become the front lines of the war that is currently going on, or become the basecamp of the enemy who is currently attacking the country, the organization where you are affiliated,"
Hirata nodded, and then asked again, "Is it impossible for us to come to the territory of a ninja village?"
"I don't know," Rosewood shook his head, and continued, "That's just an assumption I have. It could be wrong, it could be right. You guys could probably come to the territory of a ninja village, or the territory of one of the five strongest ninja villages to take shelter during the war, but, if you think—Wait a minute,"
"Huh?" Hirata responded quickly by asking, "Is something wrong?"
"I just thought, maybe, there is an opportunity for you guys to be able to move the organization that you are currently affiliated with to another place but not through formal means but through informal means,"
"Huh?!"
The words Rosewood said surprised Hirata.
"T-that…" Hirata quickly regained his senses. Without waiting long, and letting Rosewood continue what he wanted to say to him, Hirata had already intervened first, "C-can something like that be done?"
"I think it can be done there are several ways that can be used. However…" Rosewood paused for a moment, and then continued, "For these methods to be successful, there is a condition for each method that must be met, and you cannot avoid fulfilling the condition unless you have no intention of moving your current affiliated organization."
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"Hirata-kun," A female student who was from the same class as Hirata, and Rosewood, saw Hirata's return after talking with Rosewood, she immediately greeted him enthusiastically, and then asked, "How is it? Is there any important information you can get from Rosewood-kun that can benefit the people in our group?"
The question asked by the female student represented the question that everyone in the same group as her, and also Hirata, wanted to ask. Right now, the gazes that everyone had looking at Hirata, waiting for an answer to the question asked by the female student, represented the question that they had.
"There are, and not a few, but many,"
"Oh?"
The answer given by Hirata surprised everyone in the group. Suddenly, feelings of joy and enthusiasm immediately appeared in each person in the group, but, only a few could appreciate the feelings they currently had through their faces.
"—In fact, there is one piece of information that Rosewood-kun shared with me, which will be of great benefit to us, in fact, far more beneficial than the other information that Rosewood-kun shared with me. However…"
"However?"
"There is a problem with that information,"
"An obstacle?"
"Constraint?"
"What are the obstacles in that information, Hirata-kun?"
"The information is currently still an assumption, or an opinion, not a fact. However, based on the analysis that Rosewood-kun gave me, the information has an 80% chance of being true, and can be followed by us unless we don't want it,"
"Hirata,"
"Hmm?"
Someone among the group suddenly called Hirata's name. Hirata immediately turned his gaze towards the source of the voice that called his name and found that the one who called his name was a male student, who was probably a student from a much higher class than him.
"My name is Ikuto Kiriyama. I am from Class B, Second Year Class,"
Ikuto is a male student with a well-proportioned body. He has dark blue hair that is combed very neatly to the right side. His skin is bright white, there are no wrinkles or scars on the skin area that can be seen by someone directly. His eyes are sharp and black. He has a smooth, stiff face, and a charm that is easy to avoid by female students who are especially the same age as him because he has the charm of a stiff old man, difficult to approach.
"It would be best if we move to another place to continue this discussion. Because the information that you are going to share with us is important information, especially information that is still in the form of assumptions and opinions, it would be better if we continue this discussion in a much more private place, not in a room with people who are not from the same group as us because, it is feared, the information that you want to share with us can be known by them, especially those who are people from groups that will become our enemies in that world in the future. As much as possible at this time, we must avoid leaking information, especially important information, to parties who have the potential to become our enemies in that world in the future,"