Clearly, Rasa belonged to the former. He had great ambitions, yet he could not realize them, nor could he even reveal them, or he would put himself in great danger.
Rasa was not Ronglin, and Sunagakure was not Konoha.
What Konoha could support Ronglin in doing, Sunagakure could not.
In truth, many people were trapped in a circular way of thinking. If Ronglin had truly been born in Sunagakure rather than Konoha, he would never have accepted Sunagakure's current model of development.
Sunagakure was not Konoha. It did not have Konoha's fertile land—only sand stretching as far as the eye could see. No matter where one went, there was sand.
If it continued relying on its old development model, Sunagakure would only grow weaker and weaker. Sunagakure's current state was proof enough.
Relying solely on mission payments from the village, along with the Daimyo's funding, was simply not enough to sustain the development of all Sunagakure. The village had been forced onto the path of cultivating elites.
It had dismissed a great number of ordinary ninjas. Although these ordinary ninjas were neither outstanding nor useless, and the missions they carried out were low-ranked and earned little pay, the accumulated amount was still considerable. One only had to look at Konoha to understand.
Sunagakure's approach would only make the village's development increasingly difficult.
If Ronglin had been in charge, he would have broken this deadlock first. If internal development was not viable, then he would seek development externally. There had to be a way.
Methods were invented by people.
Yet certain stubborn old fossils in the village would not readily accept innovative and bold methods of development. Thus, even though Rasa was filled with ambition, he had no way to put it into practice.
If it had been Ronglin, he would