As Soji's words fell, the Kirigakure higher-ups were all stunned!
They truly had not expected Mizuki Ember to be so bold after taking hold of the Mizukage's authority, daring to make Kirigakure take such a huge step!
Honestly, allowing Mizuki Ember, a rogue ninja, to return and making him the Fifth Mizukage had already required tremendous resolve from Kirigakure.
After all, nothing like this had ever happened before in the Ninja World.
Although Kirigakure's higher-ups knew that Mizuki Ember had defected because the Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura, had been controlled by Madara Uchiha and wreaked havoc on the village—
They could not publicize such a matter.
In other words, the other shinobi villages of the Ninja World did not know about it.
From their perspective, Kirigakure's actions merely meant bowing its head to Mizuki Ember, a rogue ninja.
That alone had already greatly damaged Kirigakure's prestige in the Ninja World.
However, considering Mizuki Ember's personal strength and the Land of Snow behind him, the other shinobi villages would at most think that Kirigakure knew when to yield and when to stand firm.
Though making such a decision had been difficult, the other shinobi villages could still understand Kirigakure's actions.
But now Kirigakure actually wanted to recall every rogue ninja. That was an entirely different matter!
Not every ninja was Mizuki Ember, and not every ninja had the Land of Snow behind them!
Indeed, many of Kirigakure's rogue ninja had defected during the period when the Fourth Mizukage, Kagura Yagura, was controlled by Madara Uchiha, dissatisfied with the village.
Overall, there was not much difference between them and Mizuki Ember.
But if they truly did this, would that not mean Kirigakure had been wrong?
That would be a real blow to Kirigakure's standing in the Ninja World.
If things went badly,