Heading to Kirigakure

Pakura was speechless after hearing Maki's words.

This matter can't be let go, right?

No, is Maki deliberately embarrassing her to change the subject and stop her from pursuing the issue of gossip backlash?

Pakura wasn't stupid either. Having spent so much time with the gossip trio, anyone with a bit of insight should be able to figure out their logic by now.

However, Pakura didn't take it too seriously, because taking it seriously would make her seem anxious, giving the impression of trying to hide something obvious.

"By the way, the situation in Kirigakure is actually quite similar to that in Sunagakure. You might encounter similar situations when you get there."

As the group prepared to enter the Flying Thunder Array, Gaara suddenly remembered something and reminded them of something.

The so-called "similar situation" refers to groups like Fa Yi, who are either conservative or ambitious, in short, those who hinder development and think all day long about "the village of the past returning."

Of the Five Great Shinobi Villages, Sunagakure and Kirigakure are the most severely affected.

In both villages, the older generation passed away while the younger generation took over.

In fact, Kumogakure could have been categorized as this type of village, but the Raikage took over too early, and now they are all approaching fifty. Their methods and mastery are incomparable to Gaara and Mei Terumi.

In Iwagakure, having an elder in the family is like having a treasure.

If you encounter any trouble, just go to Ōnoki.

With a veteran like him standing there, no one dared to say anything.

After being traumatized by the Uchiha, Ōnoki "fell" and abandoned the Will of Stone, which can be considered a lawful corruption.

Willing to disregard everything for the benefit of the village, the Will of Stone transformed into a dark will.

In the original story, he only regained his Will of Stone when the Five Kage cooperated to fight Madara.

Now, thanks to Ōnoki's influence and Kurotsuchi fact that he has indeed seen hope for peace in the Shinobi World, Onoki has regained half of his true self.

Whether Ōnoki is found or not has nothing to do with what others think of him.

To others, Ōnoki is still the dictator who has "turned to the dark side".

Oh right, in the Boruto storyline, the aging and senile Ōnoki once again lost the Will of Stone, becoming a dictator who directly sidelined the Fourth Tsuchikage, Kurotsuchi, created artificial humans, used Genjutsu to block information, and bypassed the higher-ups to seize military and political power in Iwagakure.

The ending, naturally, is that before his death, he once again reclaimed the Will of Stone.

There are no signs of this in Ōnoki yet, so let's leave it at that for now.

As for Konoha...

Although Tsunade is not young, her rise to power can actually be categorized under this situation.

Although Konoha doesn't have the saying "an elder in the family is a treasure," when Tsunade ascended to the throne, she only had a few old fogies who were getting in her way.

But the question is, why is it necessary to have "one old person"?

Instead of searching for an elder, create your own.

The older generation is indeed dead, so why not just Impure World Reincarnation?

Although Konoha and the Land of Fire were the last of the Five Great Nations Five Great Nations begin reforms and initially had the most serious problems, over time, the Land of Fire and Konoha have become the places with the fewest voices of opposition, except for Amegakure.

It's much better than Iwagakure.

However, this was not because Tsunade's political skills were particularly outstanding, nor because the people of Konoha and the Land of Fire were particularly compliant and easy to talk to.

There is no such thing as a peaceful and tranquil life; it's just that Tobirama Senju's Flying Thunder God and Multiple Shadow Clone Technique are carrying a heavy burden as he moves forward.

Tobirama Senju wanted to kill someone, Hashirama Senju couldn't protect him.

Imagine putting a Flying Thunder God Mark on your takeout order. While you're eating, a Flying Thunder Array suddenly attacks. How would you defend against that?

If there were more people, the Second Hokage wouldn't even bother coming; they could simply use the Flying Thunder God Derivative Technique developed by the Fourth Hokage — Flying Thunder God Guiding Lightning Flying Thunder God Guiding Lightning —to infinitely Past the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tag.

It can only be said that no two people from that family could possibly excel.

When faced with someone who hinders the village's development, Tobirama Senju would give a serious lecture, but if he found that the lecture was ineffective, he would simply slash them with his sword.

When faced with someone who hinders the village's development, Hashirama Senju would try to persuade them with a kind expression, but if he found that persuasion was ineffective, he could only turn around and stab them with a pained look on his face.

Madara Uchiha has the absolute right to speak on this matter.

In short, no matter how good Mei Terumi 'Kirigakure methods are, she is too busy to deal with all the problems in Kirigakure.

Even with the help of the Reanimation Hozuki Gengetsu, they still can't achieve the Tobirama Senju had on Konoha.

Hozuki Gengetsu, is still too kind.

Consider his performance in the Fourth Shinobi World War; he couldn't even bring himself to kill those useless ninjas from outside his village in the Ninja Alliance.

But if it were the Third Mizukage, the one who opened the Village of the Bloody Mist of the Original Doctrine...

That's hard to say.

After all, those who oppose Mei Terumi now actually want to return to the Village of the Bloody Mist.

Even if it were the Third Mizukage, he wouldn't have the nerve to harm these younger ninjas from his own village who essentially idolized and worshipped the era he created, would he?

Probably?

Unless the Third Mizukage is an absolutely ruthless person like Tobirama Senju.

However, this part of history is not recorded.

Everyone knows that the Third Mizukage established the Village of the Bloody Mist, but the Blood Mist Blood Mist Policy was truly popularized after it was controlled by Madara Uchiha.

You can't assume the original Blood Mist was the same just because the later Blood Mist was extremely cruel, and thus conclude that the Third Mizukage was a ruthless person.

Just as the Will of Fire is now filled with Bonds and a sense of obligation, does that mean we can go back and conclude that Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha were ninjas who built their Konoha Bonds Ninja, and that it was entirely their duty?

Even if they are indeed absolutely right, that doesn't mean we can draw such a conclusion.

And so, the group used the Flying Thunder Array to travel to Kirigakure.

Kakashi also took the opportunity to extend an invitation to Might Guy from Konoha.

In Kakashi's eyes, Shira initially reminded him of Might Guy, and now that Shira's clinging to him, she seems even more like him.

Instead of having him help develop some breathing technique, wouldn't it be better to have Kai, a master of Taijutsu, come over? Two people specializing in Taijutsu, clashing together, wouldn't that be much better than him just daydreaming?

Moreover, after arriving at Kirigakure, he also has a main quest to promote Sage Mode.

There definitely won't be time to deal with Shira then, so Shira can't just stand by and watch, can she?

Or are we just going to the beach for a vacation?

Given that Shira has a personality similar to Might Guy's, she'd probably never have time to sit still. It would be better to bring Might Guy over and let the two of them mix together.

It won't take Kai much time to get here; he can just go to the Flying Thunder Array teleportation point in Konoha.

In Konoha, after receiving the message, Guy immediately notified his three subordinates.

"Tenten, Neji, Lee, this is Kakashi's challenge to us."

Kai held the letter Kakashi had written to him with a serious expression.