The Ongoing Bullshit

Everyone was immersed in the atmosphere Uchiha Chen had deliberately created. They let down their guard, put down their weapons, and began reflecting on their actions.

The clan shinobi were all right; they only felt somewhat guilty. The civilian shinobi, however, were already beginning to question their entire lives.

Once upon a time, they had been civilians too, looking up at and fearing the profession of shinobi. But after they were fortunate enough to become shinobi, their hearts had gradually begun to change.

At some point, they had started to distinguish themselves from civilians. Some had even stopped taking civilians seriously.

More than one shinobi felt this way. Quite a few civilian shinobi truly thought this way, while others, though they didn't consciously feel the same, still couldn't help having such thoughts.

Uchiha Chen's words had spared no one.

"W-what are we supposed to do?" Where there were people who felt guilty, there were naturally also those who stubbornly refused to change. The Fourth Mizukage, Kuraya, was a member of a Kekkei Genkai clan, so it was only natural that he would consider his clan's interests.

After falling under Chen's genjutsu, he had been among the first to wake up. He had never cared much about civilians to begin with. Though he was the leader of a village, Kirigakure's civilians were indeed the worst off of any nation.

Seeing Uchiha Chen stir everyone up until they had all lost their will to fight—even the Kage of several villages no longer wanted to battle—filled him with resentment.

That bastard had extracted the Tailed Beast from his body without him even noticing. How could he allow that? It was a slap in the face!

"Damn it!" Kura cursed under his breath.

"Alas, the people's hearts are no longer with us." Seeing the