Moriyue becoming the Raikage should have been a cause for celebration, but after receiving Ajisai's news, he found it impossible to feel happy.
"I may have to leave Kumogakure for a while."
Moriyue said it calmly. One had to know, this was his first day in office.
No, perhaps it did not even count as his first day. He had only just become Raikage and had not even confirmed his subordinates, departments, or personnel.
Yet under these circumstances, Moriyue said he was leaving Kumogakure. Was he not taking the position of Raikage far too lightly?
"Kid, that's not very appropriate."
Darui was deeply dissatisfied with Moriyue's decision. While he acknowledged Moriyue's strength, the Raikage needed more than power—he needed to be responsible for the village. Moriyue's irresponsible attitude displeased Darui greatly.
After hearing Darui's words, Moriyue nodded thoughtfully.
"It is indeed somewhat improper. Starting today, external missions will be temporarily suspended. There's no need to keep the military technology in the Research Institute hidden any longer. Mine ore on a large scale, smelt metal, and manufacture these."
As he spoke, he took out several crates of scrolls. Moriyue had long considered it: since this world was practically no different from the human world, why were they still using cold weapons to fight?
That was not to say that firearms would necessarily be stronger than cold weapons. In high-level battles, for instance, against those "old monsters"—people on Uchiha Madara and Hashirama Senju's level—
They had already achieved a return to simplicity. They directly used Chakra or Nature Energy as weapons. By the descriptions in cultivation novels, they were peerless immortals who could move mountains and overturn seas, fighting with the energy of nature itself. Such beings no longer relied on weapons.
What were weapons? Tools of attack. But if one already