Reshaping Kirigakure

Do you think I've gone mad?

Inside the study, Yagura paced back and forth. That childish baby face of his no longer held the sharp paranoia from earlier, leaving only a bottomless, profound calm.

Ao stood quietly to the side. He had witnessed everything Yagura did in the council chamber, and his incomprehension grew ever deeper.

He truly did not understand!

Their squad leader seemed to be arbitrarily and harshly pushing through bloody new regulations by his own sheer force of will, but in reality, he had already invisibly placed himself in opposition to the entire Shinobi World.

He saw it clearly: the four great nations appeared to be tacitly approving on the surface, but those few fleeting exchanges of glances looked malicious no matter how he interpreted them.

The higher-ups of these major nations clearly wanted to use Yagura's hands to reap the dividends of the bloody new regulations, while shifting all the infamy and resentment onto Kirigakure.

A bunch of old schemers!

Ao could even imagine that when the Forest of Death exams began, the four great nations would inevitably join forces to target Kirigakure, and by then, Kirigakure's younger generation of ninja would suffer heavy casualties.

After much deliberation, Ao finally lowered his voice and spoke respectfully, his words full of incomprehension and worry.

"Lord Yagura, your subordinate is dull-witted and still fails to understand one thing."

"You should know that once this rule comes out, Kirigakure will be targeted by the entire Shinobi World. Since it has a hundred harms and not a single benefit, why insist on pushing forward with it?"

This was also the most genuine question deep in his heart.

Although he did not have many opportunities to deal with Yagura, he understood Yagura and knew he was not someone with water in