Mei Terumi was, after all, a good friend. There was really no need to embarrass her.
"But the ninja world's high-end combat power is seriously lacking right now. How many of those young people have reached Kage level?" Ōnoki asked worriedly.
There were very few young people like Naruto and Sasuke, who had cheat-like advantages.
Even among the younger generation in Boruto, few had reached Kage level.
Aside from Gaara, who had been solidly at Kage level during the Fourth Shinobi World War, the others were merely Elite Jonin at most.
It seemed that the end of the war had not made them realize the value of strength. Instead, every last one of them had grown complacent.
"Their growth rate can't exactly be called slow. After all, becoming Kage level was already an extremely rare thing in the past," Kakashi said helplessly.
Everyone present was an Order User, but few of them had reached Kage level at that age.
Even Kakashi had only truly become a Kage-level powerhouse after turning thirty.
It was still somewhat excessive to judge the younger generation of the ninja world by their current standards.
Kakashi himself was the kind of peerless genius rarely seen in a generation. Although the younger generation was talented, too—
—not every one of them could be more talented than Kakashi.
"That isn't the key issue. The Otsutsuki Clan has already become history. Even if they might rise again in the future—
—it would take at least another decade or so before they showed any signs of recovery, so there's no need to be so anxious," Tsunade said, seeing the situation clearly.
Although nurturing the younger generation could not be neglected, what they needed to pursue most right now was for people like them to grow stronger quickly.
"After we return,