Shocking Change

Especially when he saw squads of Land of Fire soldiers jumping out of armored vehicles and going door to door handing out guns and ammunition, Naruto immediately understood what Shixiu was thinking. That bastard actually wanted civilians to fight!

Even the regular troops had been beaten into a rout. If untrained civilians took guns onto the battlefield, how was that any different from sending them to their deaths?!

Overwhelmed by fury, Naruto immediately sprinted toward the broadcast room.

Ever since the Konoha ninja had been incorporated, the Land of Fire Daimyo had sent administrative officials to manage Konoha. Although Naruto was the Land of Fire's security adviser, the administrative official had the final say in Konoha.

If Naruto wanted to give the administrative official an order, he had to relay it through other government officials. Otherwise, the official could refuse any order he gave.

This was meant to restrict the Hokage's authority and weaken Naruto's influence over Konoha.

Back then, Naruto had reluctantly accepted all of this because he did not want to capture the tailed beasts. Later, seeing that Wu Liang had done a fairly good job, he had not made much of an issue of it.

Unfortunately, he had been wrong.

Too naive. Naruto felt like a complete idiot.

Constantly showing weakness would only make others push their luck. The Land of Fire Daimyo was like that, and so was Shiraishi Yoshijo. They had long since seen through his personality and fearlessly used the greater good to pressure him.

If he had not become good friends with Kurama, Naruto would probably have flown into a berserk rage by now.

That was simply how it was.

Gentlemen were manipulated through righteousness, capable people were entrusted with heavy responsibilities, petty people were tempted with profit, and the mediocre were left