Leaf Village's Bully Brothers

"Water Style: Great Waterfall Technique."

Splash.

The considerate Kisame gave the bridge a thorough cleaning.

The bridge was as clean as new.

Watching this scene, Tazuna, the "escort target," trembled, afraid to speak.

Facing Konoha Ninja, he could still rely on his age and try to guilt-trip them.

But facing this group of rogue ninja killers?

Did he want to die?

"Shirozumi, you and Zabuza should know where Gato's stronghold is, right? You go ahead and take control of it first, just in case any of the ones who escaped earlier are brave enough to run back and try to alert them."

Shirozumi walked back and said to Haku.

"Understood."

After Haku responded, he immediately set off towards the other end of the bridge.

Haku didn't ask Zabuza for his opinion again.

Although Haku had remained silent during Shirozumi and the others' conversation, he had heard and remembered everything.

They wanted to change the current situation in their homeland, the Land of Water.

Zabuza had also agreed to join.

Even Zabuza had to obey Shirozumi's commands.

Since that was the case, as Zabuza's tool, it was perfectly normal for him to obey orders.

While Haku went to deal with Gato's legacy, Shirozumi and his group, led by Tazuna, arrived at his village.

According to Tazuna, the village was so poor it couldn't even afford the money for a B-rank mission, hence "poor B."

In reality, it wasn't that poor.

If they were truly that poor, the bridge wouldn't have been built, and people wouldn't have been able to survive until now.

Shirozumi walked around the village to understand the situation. After Shirozumi stopped, Tazuna stated that other places in the Land of Waves were similar to theirs.

"Understood."

"Zabuza, from now on, you can establish a branch Wave Ninja Village here. Although the name sounds a bit suggestive."

Shirozumi said, stroking his chin as he spoke to Zabuza.

"Establish a ninja village? A few ninja lords, what do you mean..."

Tazuna's eyes widened.

"The reason for your poverty, you believe it's Gato's fault.

The exorbitant protection fees, the restrictions on external trade, you've told me all that just now.

But, old man, do you think building a bridge will allow you to escape Gato's monopoly?

A bridge can only break a monopoly on a physical level, but it cannot solve the greed in people's hearts.

Even if Gato dies now, without a ninja village to protect you, can you guarantee that another Gato won't appear?

You've seen the trash under Gato's command before; Kisame could take them all out with a single jutsu.

If the next one to come is a Jonin-level Rogue Ninja who wants to take Gato's place, completely monitoring and sealing off the Land of Waves like Kirigakure, what will you ordinary people do?

At that time, you won't even be able to escape to seek help from other ninja villages and request missions."

Shirozumi's words instantly made Tazuna realize the truth, but he was also worried. What if they sent away a wolf only to welcome a tiger?

Shirozumi naturally saw the old man's concern.

To be honest, the old man's worries were useless.

Even if Shirozumi and his group really intended to continue exploiting them, could they resist?

"Actually, Gato is really stupid. Even Kakuzu understands that sustainable development earns more money, yet this guy is squeezing out every last bit of value here.

Zabuza, after you establish the ninja village, find talented children in these villages and teach them ninjutsu.

As for other administrative matters, delegate them to others, like this old man.

Don't use the old ninja village system created by the First Hokage and Second Hokage; that's long outdated.

I've written the specific details in this Scroll."

Shirozumi threw a Scroll to Zabuza.

"Huh?"

Tazuna was stunned by Shirozumi's words.

The other party was actually planning to let an ordinary person like him become an official?

Are you also planning to train ninjas among them?

There's such a good thing?

"Let's get the unpleasant things out of the way first. We are all rogue ninjas who kill without blinking. If you mistake tolerance for indulgence and do something that no one wants to see, then don't blame us for being cruel.

Conversely, if you treat the Wave Ninja Village as your home and protect it, then the village, the country, and you can achieve common prosperity."

Shirozumi's classic carrot-and-stick speech made Tazuna nod frantically, and he said that if he was given half a day, he could immediately send people to spread the word to all the villages in the Land of Waves.

"I didn't expect the Strategist to be talented in internal affairs?"

As Zabuza was looking at the scroll, Itachi also glanced at it. Many of the reforms were indeed to the point, making him sigh.

If only Shirozumi were a Konoha Ninja.

In fact, Itachi was overthinking.

The reason Shirozumi had "gotten the unpleasant things out of the way" with Tazuna just now was because of the Konoha Ninja.

Most people might think it's pitiful that the villagers of Konoha bullied Naruto, even though Naruto was the Son of a hero, his identity was hidden, and he was discriminated against and bullied.

Actually, that's not the case.

The villagers of Konoha were all bullies, equally discriminating against and bullying anyone they wanted to bully.

Obito, Might Guy, Naruto, even the memories of the Hyuga Main Family's young lady Hinata, and even the son of a certain richest man during the Boruto era, were all bullied.

Oh, right, and Kushina.

In Konoha, a childhood without bullying is incomplete.

"I wouldn't call myself talented; I just understand change. Do you think it's normal for the Hokage's desk to be piled high with trivial matters every day, pretending to be busy all day?"

Shirozumi did not accept Itachi's compliment this time.

He was clear about his own abilities.

He was able to persuade all members of the Akatsuki Organization through near-perfect intelligence, rigorous logical reasoning, and a bit of imagination.

But internal affairs were not that simple.

The reason he could propose these changes was entirely because the original system was too rotten, rotten to an outrageous degree.

For example.

Just as Shirozumi retorted to Itachi, when the Third Hokage and the future Fifth Hokage were in charge, a large number of low-level tasks and documents, like catching cats and dogs, required the Hokage's signature and seal.

Was this really necessary?

Other than looking busy, it had absolutely no practical meaning.

By the time of the Seventh Hokage Naruto, it was even more outrageous.

Naruto not only had to sign and stamp, but also personally undertake these low-level tasks, like helping old grannies buy groceries, or helping people find lost cats and dogs.

The dignified Hokage, with his vast amount of chakra, would go crazy making multiple shadow clones to do these menial tasks until he was drained, unable to even maintain the shadow clone for his daughter's birthday, dropping the cake on the ground.

You've seen Spider-Man being a friendly neighborhood hero, doing heroic deeds every day, and that's fine.

Have you seen Iron Man or The President doing heroic deeds every day, dealing with robberies and shootings?

Not to mention those weren't even life-threatening missions.

Shirozumi merely corrected these ridiculously outrageous mistakes, so he naturally didn't deserve Itachi's praise.

Otherwise, it would always give him the feeling of "the entire Shinobi World's IQ dropped a hundredfold, while I remained unchanged."

As for whether delegating power would lead to being sidelined, there was no need to worry.

Being sidelined is something that happens in the mortal world, where there are no superpowers.

Although, according to the saying, one doesn't become a Kage just by having great strength, but by gaining recognition.

However, the Kage of each village is basically the strongest in that village.

In other words, even if power was delegated, they could flip the table and take it back at any time.

Zabuza's strength was absolutely sufficient against ordinary ninjas.

If any unexpected situations arose, the Akatsuki Organization at Headquarters would have his back.