"Showing off your military might?"
Countless people in the field chewed over Araki's words, their hearts filled with resentment and anger, yet they had no choice but to admit that this display of his had indeed succeeded.
Konoha had built up its prestige for years. Ever since the First Hokage, it had been a massive boulder pressing down on the heads of the other four great shinobi villages.
Their strength had fluctuated before, but no matter what, not one of the others dared claim it could stand against Konoha on its own.
If they could not even stand against it, then surpassing it was even more out of the question.
Even today, after Konoha had suffered a series of defeats in the Third Shinobi World War, compared with the other villages, it could still be said to have preserved its strength the most completely.
After all, the Kage of the other four villages had all died once. Konoha had changed Kage too, but its previous Kage had not died.
But now, looking at it...
"Kisame Hoshigaki, Hozuki Mangetsu, Kaguya Black Bone..."
Hikō stood among the crowd, watching the three shinobi on Kirigakure's side displaying such overwhelming power, and found it especially hard to believe.
He was the shinobi captain Iwagakure had sent this time, and as an elite jonin who often represented Iwagakure at various diplomatic occasions, he had some understanding of all three of these Kirigakure shinobi.
But it was precisely because he understood a little that it felt so absurd.
Among the three, the most famous was Kisame Hoshigaki. He was known for having massive chakra reserves and being able to unleash large-scale Water Release ninjutsu anytime and anywhere, earning him the title Tailed Beast Without a Tail.
But as Hikō watched that mighty figure maintaining a Water