No one could really blame them for saying that. To be honest, the history of the entire shinobi world was somewhat embarrassing.
In the old legends, the Sage of Six Paths was the creator of the shinobi world. The various powers more or less regarded all ninja as his descendants, treating him like a god they needed only to enshrine and worship.
Yet now Konoha had sent this sleazy-looking man in sunglasses to ramble on with a "story," telling them that all the discord and endless fighting throughout the shinobi world had actually been caused by Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and her family?
What kind of clichéd divine family drama was this?
"Even if Konoha wants a legitimate excuse to unify the shinobi world, they can't treat us like idiots!"
"What nonsense! My ancestors had a century-long blood feud with Kumogakure. The forebears of my Dai Clan possessed extraordinary wisdom. We should have ruled the Land of Lightning back then!"
"If Kirigakure hadn't interfered and assassinated my ancestors, even the Land of Water would have been under our..."
"All these grudges steeped in blood and tears, and now you're telling me they were all instigated by some little thing called Black Zetsu?"
Some spoke through tears. Their clans had endured humiliation and hardship, sacrificing countless clansmen in century-long blood feuds, yet according to Konoha, they had not even identified the right enemy?
Had Konoha not been so powerful now, they would have stormed out on the spot.
"And what's this about chakra reincarnation? How does that make any sense? People and souls reincarnating is one thing, but chakra can reincarnate too? And every reincarnation carries on the same blood feud?"
"Konoha is just glorifying itself. The Senju Clan and the Uchiha Clan—the clans that founded the village—have both declined, yet they insist