Each of Their Growths

A focused, composed demeanor.

It was also because he had led the Snow Ninja Village to ever greater strength and prosperity.

Naruto held an extraordinarily high reputation among the residents of the entire Snow Ninja Village.

Now, every word and action of Naruto's could greatly influence the thoughts and judgments of every ninja and ordinary resident in the Snow Ninja Village. It was no exaggeration to say that to the people there, Naruto's words were like divine revelations. Don't dismiss that as an overblown claim. In this world, anyone who could give you a stable life and even a certain degree of social standing would surely be revered, deep in your heart, as a god.

The First Hokage had been revered as the God of Shinobi in just this way.

But that title was used mostly within the Land of Fire, and even then, it was largely limited to Konoha. That wasn't because people in other countries and villages refused to acknowledge Senju Hashirama's terrifying strength. His power was universally recognized. It was simply that the Land of Fire and Konohagakure had grown strong because of him, gained the richest land because of him, and enjoyed the happiest lives because of him, so of course they regarded him as a god. By contrast, to the residents of other villages, Senju Hashirama was undoubtedly more like a demon. When survival was at stake, never overestimate the limits of human nature. To stay alive, people could do anything, even disregard every rule and law.

Senju Hashirama was certainly no god to the people of other countries.

And the same was true of Naruto now.

The people of the Snow Ninja Village regarded him as a god. But once the development of the Land of Snow and the Snow Ninja Village reached its