Winds Stir the Waves

No one had expected things to escalate like this. Even Lord Hokage had stepped in personally.

Seeing how frightened the villagers were, Torikaze smiled faintly. "Normal discussion is fine, but everyone needs to know where to draw the line. Don't stir up opposition among the villagers over some title."

"Yes!"

All the villagers answered in unison, their voices resounding throughout Konoha.

Then Torikaze turned into a stream of cloud vapor and vanished.

Only then did the villagers dare raise their heads to look at the sky. They could tell that Lord Hokage was genuinely a little angry.

They really had gone too far just now, actually arguing over such a trivial matter.

After returning to the Cloud Clan Grounds, Torikaze sighed. He had never expected the villagers to quarrel over such baseless nonsense.

If the two children had been a little older, this sort of competition among the villagers would not have been a problem.

It could even have encouraged their growth.

But Hogen was only three years old. There was no need to fight over some title like Konoha's number one.

Even if his supporters had forcefully "suppressed" the other voices, so what?

What could a three-year-old child possibly do?

Torikaze had no intention of letting Hogen come into contact with things like fame and honor too early.

It would do nothing for his growth. If he cared too much about empty reputation, it might even affect him negatively.

He just did not know who had started this farce.

Torikaze had told only a few people. Could there really be a mole among his family?

But before Torikaze could think it over carefully, a call came through.

"Hello, Torikaze. You know about what happened on the streets, right?"

The call was from Hashirama. Hearing the guilt in Hashirama's voice,