On this point, their thinking was similar.
Naruto and the Fourth Raikage were much alike.
After the Fourth Raikage and his party arrived,
the next to arrive were the Fifth Hokage, Tsunade, and her party, along with the Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, and his party. The former's guards had already been mentioned: Kakashi and Shikaku. Aside from his son, Kitsuchi, the latter's guards included his own granddaughter, Kurotsuchi. Though she had only just reached Jonin level, by the standards of the Shinobi World, attaining such strength at her age already made her a genius. Iwagakure, which was somewhat in the same predicament as Sunagakure and could not compare to the wealthy, powerful Konohagakure, had only two promising figures in this generation: Kurotsuchi and Akatsuchi. Of the two, Kurotsuchi stood out more in both age and talent. Ōnoki had recognized this, and in recent years, while focusing on nurturing the next generation, he had also kept his granddaughter by his side, doing all he could to prepare her to become a pillar of the village as soon as possible.
After all, his son Kitsuchi was already getting on in years.
Even if Kitsuchi took over as Fourth Tsuchikage one day, he probably wouldn't serve for long.
Originally, Ōnoki had placed his greatest hopes in his disciple, Deidara. Ten years ago, he had already considered stepping down as Tsuchikage once Deidara had matured further, and letting him become the Fourth Tsuchikage. Unfortunately, not long after the idea first occurred to him, Deidara lost to Uchiha Itachi and chose to defect from Iwagakure, joining Akatsuki instead. Honestly, when Ōnoki first heard the news, he nearly spat blood. He had finally found a prodigy with exceptional talent, and had nurtured him until he was almost the perfect successor.
And then he defected!?
Though he showed