"Over these past few days, looking at everything in the Land of Rain, I felt as though I was seeing the future of this world!"
Onoki sighed.
"That head of the Uchiha Clan, the current Rain Shadow, must have already mastered natural energy. The aura he gives off is completely different from that of a ninja."
"And the former White Flash, Sakumo Hatake—his power has become unfathomable too."
"As for their other jōnin and chunin, their overall strength already exceeds the standards of the other great nations."
At this point, Onoki turned to his two students and his son.
"You sought out their talented young fighters to spar with over these past few days. You should understand this very well!"
Akatsuchi nodded at his words. "Their ninja have mastered a tremendous variety of ninjutsu. They're incredibly difficult to deal with."
"The Hidden Rain Village makes its ninjutsu available to everyone."
Onoki sighed in wonder.
After that remark, the three beside him fell silent.
Something like that was simply impossible in other nations. It was also one of the reasons the Hidden Rain Village had risen so quickly in such a short time.
After all, no other hidden village could open everything up so generously. Nor could any common-born ninja receive such abundant training resources.
"If only we could do the same!"
Kurotsuchi gritted her teeth.
But after saying that, she sighed.
It was too difficult.
The powerful clans in each village would probably never agree to it. A strict hierarchy existed in the ninja world.
The elite clans and commoners were two entirely separate groups to begin with.
The barriers between them were not so easily broken.
Not unless an entirely new power swept everything aside.
Clearly, the Land of Earth did not possess the conditions for that.
"Once we