The Layered Approval Process for the Relief Request and the Helplessness of Grassroots Governance

The rain in the Land of Rain carried a rotten, clammy chill that seeped in everywhere.

Through the gaps in the tents at the temporary base came not only damp cold, but also the suppressed coughs of Izumo Kamizuki. In the silent night, each cough was like a dull knife, slowly sawing at everyone's nerves.

"Captain, we've used up the last dose of anti-infection medicine."

Kotetsu Hagane's voice was low, with a trace of trem tremor. He gripped the empty medicine bottle as if it were a piece of ice.

Namikaze Minato did not turn around. His gaze remained fixed on the endless curtain of rain outside the tent. He could feel the eyes of his three subordinates on his back. There was anxiety in them, and pain, but more than anything else, an almost instinctive trust.

They trusted the Yellow Flash. They trusted that invincible hero to lead them out of any desperate situation.

But this time, Minato could not see the light either.

His lungs had been injured by Wind Release. If the infection was not suppressed with special medicine in time, Izumo Kamizuki faced a slow and agonizing death.

The title of hero could not conjure a life-saving dose of medicine.

After a long silence, Minato turned around and took a blank emergency military intelligence Scroll from his pack.

This was the highest-level communication format available only to the Hokage's Direct ANBU. It was written with special Chakra ink and carried by a designated Ninja Eagle, ensuring that the message would reach the Hokage's Office as quickly and safely as possible.

He had used it countless times before to transmit enemy movements and battlefield victories.

This was the first time he had used it to ask for aid.

The pen hovered over the Scroll, but for a