Several days later.
All of Konoha had learned about the Konoha New District.
The villagers were split roughly half and half between those moving into the Konoha New District and those staying out!
In truth, fewer than a quarter of the villagers genuinely wanted to join the Konoha New District.
But some felt guilty toward the Fourth Hokage and Naruto, so they joined the Konoha New District to ease their consciences.
Even if the houses they lived in really collapsed later, they would have no complaints or regrets!
Every villager in Konoha knew what Naruto had been through.
As for... those unwilling to join, they naturally stood around sneering and making snide remarks.
Many even smeared Fourth, saying things like, "Fourth actually turned his own son into a Demon Fox. He must be a lousy village chief who wouldn't treat the villagers well either!"
Minato Namikaze couldn't have cared less about the Konoha villagers' slander.
Having watched Naruto, he already knew exactly what these villagers were like.
Compared with Konoha's villagers, who never had to worry about food or clothing, the people outside who went hungry and lacked warm clothes were far more endearing.
At least... they understood gratitude and could tell right from wrong.
Take the villagers in Shisui and Itachi's bases. They knew that the bases' protection was what let them eat their fill without worrying that bandits might slaughter them one day.
And Konoha's villagers? They simply believed that since they lived in Konoha, Konoha was obliged to protect them.
Just look at White Fang's death. Everyone knew he was a battlefield hero, a hero who had protected Konoha from invasion by other nations. Yet simply because he had chosen to save his comrades rather than complete a mission, the villagers attacked him with a storm of