Tamura Hiroshi looked with surprise at Guren's serious expression, shook his head, and said.
"I don't like to run away, and there's no running away from this anyway. Our Kirigakure possesses a foundation second only to Konoha.
During the Warring States period, there were ten great clans: the Uchiha, Senju, Uzumaki, Hyūga, Kaguya, Hōzuki, Yuki, Hagoromo, Horn Clan, and Yotsuki.
The Hagoromo clan was wiped out at the end of the Warring States period, while the Yotsuki and Horn Clan joined Kumogakure, though the Horn Clan was also annihilated due to the incident involving Kinkaku and Ginkaku.
The Senju, Uchiha, and Hyūga clans are in Konoha; the Kaguya, Hōzuki, and Yuki clans are in our Kirigakure; and the Uzumaki clan independently established the Uzushio Hidden Village.
Like Konoha, our Kirigakure possesses three top-tier great clans, and the number of prominent clans is by no means small. Yet today, we have fallen to a level comparable to Sunagakure, far inferior to Konoha, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure.
At the root of it all, every mistake stems from power struggles, from internal fighting and attrition. If this continues, Kirigakure will inevitably decline, and a fiercely brutal internal conflict is bound to break out next. Perhaps Kirigakure will perish as a result.
This is a mistaken path of development. We have suffered from its poison for too long, and we must make a change.
That is why I am competing to become the Fourth Mizukage, to suppress all dissent, and to change everything through absolute strength and power."
Tamura Hiroshi revealed absolute self-confidence. As a time-traveler equipped with a Golden Finger, he had absolute faith in his own future. As long as he was given time, he would inevitably become the strongest person in this world and suppress all enemies.
"Competing for the Fourth? You