After his impassioned speech, Naruto regained his composure. Beneath that beautiful vision lay a cruel reality, and he shifted the subject.
"Well, that said, I'm a frontrunner, not a donkey turning a mill."
"No one will escape this disaster facing all humanity, and no one can stand apart from it."
"This world needs a savior, but a savior can't do everything. To be saved, you must first help yourselves."
"Helping yourselves means taking action and making choices. First understand, then act and choose."
"That's right. Understanding comes before everything else."
Naruto looked around the room and began laying out specific tasks.
"Next, we need to use the momentum left by the war to let people around the world know about the threat we'll face in the future!"
"The Ōtsutsuki-we must fully expose this clan's power, cold blood, and brutality. We must make people understand the stakes and take action of their own accord. This is a glorious but arduous mission. Who here is willing to shoulder it?"
"..." The ninja exchanged looks, none believing themselves up to the task.
Just then, a young ninja from Amegakure asked, "What if people still refuse to believe us after we reveal the truth?"
Naruto answered without hesitation, "Then the first thing we should consider is whether our publicity efforts have fallen short. If they have, we must do everything we can to improve them."
"If we've tried everything and still can't change certain people's minds, then let them live as they wish. As long as they don't get in our way, that's their freedom..."
The ninja nodded, having learned a great deal. "I see..."
"I think that's wrong!"
Asura spoke up forcefully.
Everyone turned toward him.
Asura stood. "The moment you think, 'Maybe people won't believe us,' it means you yourself doubt whether