In this shinobi world, where ideas were so closed-minded and backward, Shingetsu's speech struck like lightning cleaving through chaos, delivering an unprecedented shock to everyone.
Frankly, her public speaking skills were nowhere near masterful. They were barely adequate, but against a Konoha where even the "Will of Fire" was only beginning to take shape, they were nothing short of an overwhelming attack from a higher dimension.
These shinobi had grown used to prosperous, peaceful lives. Now that they no longer needed to brainwash themselves into believing they were tools just to survive in peace, they were deeply unsure of who they were. Shingetsu's words offered precisely the affirmation they desperately needed.
And the sense of self and the suffering suppressed for a full thousand years suddenly broke free. At last, they had found an outlet, and everything erupted-
Those long silences, the fierce resistance that followed, and the renewed silence after that resistance surged and receded, over and over, before roaring back once more.
Amid the interwoven doubts, amazement, confusion, agreement, and deafening cries, Madara Uchiha's face showed something close to ecstasy. He was fighting hard to restrain the urge to burst out laughing.
He saw it clearly. Shingetsu had not only awakened these shinobi's sense of themselves as human beings, but also ignited their human ambition.
He had lived through the Warring States Period. Watching this bunch of walking corpses slowly begin to live like actual people-how could that realization not excite him?
Tobirama, concealed among the crowd, was utterly astonished as well. He had only intended to develop Shingetsu's public speaking skills and get her accustomed to standing before an audience. He had never imagined she could take it this far!
Shingetsu's friends were equally surprised. The Lady Shingetsu they knew was always slacking off, indulging in food