Everyone's scalp prickled, and a chill ran down their backs.
Only now did they finally pierce the last veil and understand the future Naruto's true ambitions and plans.
It was nowhere near as simple as the trade monopoly and economic exploitation they had imagined.
From beginning to end, Naruto had intended to gradually cripple every power in the Shinobi World except Konoha!
He simply avoided brutal methods like bloody massacres and wars of annihilation, which could easily plunge the Shinobi World into chaos.
Instead, he chose the gentlest approach: boiling a frog slowly.
Monitor every power's movements, weaken each nation's economy, suppress their military development, provoke infighting, and eliminate potential threats.
"It's over. It's really over!"
"If things keep going this way, in just a few years, every village in the Shinobi World except Konoha will grow weaker and weaker!"
"Their economies will be locked down, their resources drained, their military development stalled, their strongest fighters systematically purged, and their younger generations left with no room to grow!"
"Once every ninja village's forces have been weakened to the point where they can no longer stir up trouble or pose the slightest threat, Naruto will close the net!"
"When that happens, the five Kage and all their senior officials will be silently eliminated! Konoha alone will dominate the entire Shinobi World!"
The more they thought about it, the more terrified they became. Fierce killing intent surged in the eyes of many powerful shinobi who had spent years under Konoha's thumb.
Someone gritted his teeth and growled, "Honestly, I want to charge straight into Konoha right now and kill Naruto Uzumaki!"
But the moment those words left his mouth, someone calmly argued against it.
"Don't be rash! Remember, the Sky Screen mentioned an enormous, world-ending crisis in the future!"
"In the end,