The Wrong People in the Wrong Positions

Tian Da hurriedly said, "Uchiha Ling! Stop criticizing Captain Yuma! No ninja can guarantee they'll beat every opponent!

"A captain's job is to make the right decisions, minimize losses, or maximize gains.

"Squadron Commander Yuma did everything possible. The Stone Ninja force was just too strong, wasn't it?"

Uchiha Ling snorted. "Tell that to Commander-in-Chief Shimura Danzō or Deputy Commander Nara Shikaku. What do you expect me to say?

"And you, Tian Da—you're just dead weight. Back when we were on that mission in Zone 81, all you did was tag along and throw kunai. You never take any responsibility.

"I've been on two missions with you now. If you'd stood at the front and drawn your kunai against the Stone Ninja even once, I wouldn't have anything to say."

Tian Da merely smiled without arguing.

Pretty thick-skinned, Uchiha Ling thought. Sure enough, every slacker has at least one real talent.

[Yuma's composure has broken. Extracting abilities associated with Yuma. Host may choose one of the following three options.

Option one: Fire Release: Great Flame Bullet;

Option two: 0.8 Kā of chakra;

Option three: Explosive Tag Trap Technique.]

This was the second time Uchiha Ling had broken Yuma's composure. Just look at those abilities—enough for a squad leader, perhaps, but nowhere near enough for a squadron commander.

So many tragedies came down to the wrong people occupying positions they had no business holding.

People like that deserved a merciless tongue-lashing.

If he hadn't been afraid Hiruzen Sarutobi would beat him to death, he really ought to have given him one too. With your strength, how do you have the nerve to sit in the Hokage's seat?

I'd better keep those thoughts to myself, Uchiha Ling thought. If Hiruzen Sarutobi appeared before him now, he wouldn't dare say a