After Kabuto returned, he reported the results to Tomoki.
When the researchers learned the truth, many developed mental problems, and several even requested to withdraw and have their relevant memories sealed.
Even the researchers who seemed normal also had varying degrees of psychological issues, more or less.
Although they had participated in the experiment before, each was responsible for only a part and did not participate in the entire process, so they only had a partial understanding.
Coupled with heavy workloads, they hadn't had time to meticulously organize their thoughts, so no one had yet figured out the truth.
Now, after being informed by Kabuto, and recalling the parts of the work they were responsible for, the facts were undeniable.
However, because of this, they couldn't accept it immediately.
Tomoki was stunned when he heard this. These researchers were all Ninja before; why were their psychological qualities so poor?
Looking at Orochimaru and Kabuto, who seemed unfazed, Tomoki was a little puzzled.
"Hokage-sama, truthfully, even now I can't fully accept it. It's just that to complete your mission, I had no choice but to stop thinking!"
Kabuto, seeing Tomoki's confusion, explained from the side.
"That's right, Tomoki-kun. Even if I had some suspicions before starting, when it was truly confirmed, I still had to readjust my understanding."
Hearing Orochimaru say this as well, Tomoki couldn't help but take it seriously. Was he thinking too simply?
As a transmigrator who had watched many anime, Tomoki had seen everything. Moreover, from the first day Tomoki started cultivating, he felt that Chakra was off.
After hearing the results today, he naturally accepted them.
But the native inhabitants of the Ninja World were not like this. They were born and raised in the Ninja World.
Including Orochimaru and Kabuto, their worldviews differed from Tomoki's.
Because of his knowledge from his previous life, Tomoki knew the universe had four fundamental forces. After transmigrating to the Ninja World, a strange new force, Chakra, appeared.
What Tomoki found most unacceptable was not the existence of Chakra, but the transmigration itself.
However, for all the native inhabitants of the Ninja World, after the Six Paths Sage created Chakra, the world was composed of five fundamental forces, with Chakra being one of them. The Six Paths Sage was always a legend, the creator of the Ninja World, like a creator deity.
Asking them to accept this was like telling scientists in his previous life that Pangu truly existed.
And that the four fundamental forces that made up the universe were all superficial, false, and essentially a few lines of code Pangu wrote.
If the scientists from Tomoki's previous life had proven the above, most of them would probably have gone mad.
The fact that only a few of the researchers under Tomoki had problems was truly thanks to their Ninja training, their militarized upbringing.
After putting himself in the perspective of the Ninja World's native inhabitants, Tomoki realized he had misjudged.
No wonder every technological revolution in his previous life was preceded by waves of intellectual enlightenment.
It was clearly impossible for Tomoki to change the public's thoughts and reshape their worldview in a short time.
Fortunately, Tomoki didn't need to change everyone's minds in the Ninja World, only to solve the psychological problems of his subordinates.
Tomoki was glad that he had always attached great importance to propaganda; solving this problem wouldn't be too difficult.
"Let's go, let's go see them. Kabuto, you lead the way."
"Yes, Hokage-sama."
When Tomoki, Orochimaru, and Kabuto arrived at the room where the concentrated group of researchers was, Tomoki saw a group of people questioning life.
Their faces were ashen, their eyes vacant, and a few even had strange, half-smiling, half-frowning expressions.
However, Tomoki's arrival still caused a change in them.
"Hokage-sama!"
Upon seeing Tomoki, they still perked up, straightened their bodies, and then gave an uncoordinated greeting.
The Kage, the symbol of the Village, the pillar in the hearts of all Ninja.
Not to mention Tomoki, whose prestige was at its height. They believed in truth, but that didn't prevent them from being Konoha's Ninja.
"I heard that many of you have lost your faith. Can someone tell me why?"
After Tomoki asked, many people exchanged glances.
Because no specific person was designated to answer, for a moment, all the researchers waited.
After about ten seconds of silence, a researcher who looked to be about the same age as Tomoki stepped forward and spoke.
"Hokage-sama, what Yakushi-sensei said is too incredible; it makes me feel the unreality of the world, and the history of Ninja seems to have lost its meaning."
Sure enough, smart people like to think about things that don't matter. What does whether Ninja have meaning or not have to do with you?
"Are you married?"
Tomoki asked that person.
"Uh, no, Hokage-sama!"
The person didn't expect Tomoki to ask such a private question, but he still answered honestly.
"Then do you have a girlfriend?"
"Yes!"
After hearing his answer, Tomoki spoke.
"I will answer your previous question. You asked me if the history of Ninja has meaning. I tell you, it is meaningless. The past no longer exists; it only exists in everyone's memories. If there is meaning, it is what you yourselves give it!"
"We never live for the past, but for the future. You can doubt everything about the past, even choose to escape. The truth is always there; it just depends on whether you have the courage to face it!"
"After understanding that Chakra is false, you can choose to seal your memories and escape, but since the problem exists, aren't you worried that because of your escape, your girlfriend will pay the price in the future?"
After asking the last question, Tomoki ignored that person and turned his gaze to all the researchers in the room.
"Do you know why you are participating in this project?"
Without waiting for their answer, Tomoki continued.
"Some of you may know that this project began several years ago, shortly after I became the Uchiha Clan Head!"
"You are not the first to know the truth. I noticed the problem with Chakra the first time I refined Chakra. Unfortunately, if it were a battle, none of you could compare to me, but when it comes to research, I am inferior to any of you!"
After Tomoki finished speaking, many people puffed out their chests slightly. The Hokage-sama, who was almost deified, actually said in front of everyone that he was inferior to them, even if only in research, which made them feel proud.
"It wasn't until I became the Uchiha Clan Head that I could mobilize enough resources to figure out what was wrong with Chakra."
"Fortunately, hard work pays off. Today, we finally achieved a breakthrough!"
Then Tomoki changed the subject and continued.
"But this is far from enough. Even if we discover the truth, we are still borrowing others' power. You are all Ninja. Imagine, if all of Konoha's explosive tags had to be supplied by Sunagakure, you understand what that means."
"Therefore, Konoha must truly master Chakra and open up a new system for Ninja. And you, as the pioneers, might become the Six Paths Sage of the new era in the Ninja World."
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