"Nawaki! Do you take war for some kind of game?" Danzo demanded, glaring at Nawaki. Without waiting for an answer, he continued sternly, "Whether it is the branch ninja villages or this so-called Konoha Alliance, they are nothing more than measures that divide Konoha's power and interests!
How are your actions any different from those of the First Hokage, who distributed the Tailed Beasts among the major ninja villages back then?
If this continues, Konoha will inevitably suffer backlash from regional powers in a few years. Should anything happen to the Konoha headquarters or should it grow weak, the consequences would be unimaginable!
Forget unifying the Shinobi World—even maintaining Konoha's continued existence would become extremely difficult."
After Danzo finished speaking, the Konoha higher-ups present all wore grave expressions. Most of them even agreed with him deep down.
From the headquarters' leadership's perspective, both the branch ninja villages and the Konoha Alliance wielded far too much authority. Though they were nominally subject to the Konoha headquarters, they possessed relatively independent financial and military power. In effect, they were little different from local warlords.
Especially after the end of this war, several more similar ninja villages had been established in one go. Konoha's structure had become one of strong branches and a weak trunk, concealing enormous risks.
Danzo's words had struck directly at the concerns harbored by these headquarters officials. Thus, no one refuted him. Even Sarutobi remained silent, and much of his resentment toward Danzo faded.
Unlike Nawaki, the higher-ups present were not transmigrators. There was a vast gap between their vision and grasp of the larger picture, and they knew nothing at all about the plot. Naturally, they could not understand Nawaki's various recent arrangements. Quite a few of them were even dissatisfied. This was also one of the major