Ruri ignored the stunned ninja, then turned his gaze to the sand table before him. Finally, he said confidently, "You don't need to discuss tomorrow's tactics anymore! Today's tactics are very simple: leave the Eight-Tails to me alone. This time, I'll definitely show him what I'm capable of!"
After Ruri finished speaking, all the ninja in the tent turned their eyes toward him. At that moment, a little sunlight streamed through the gap in the tent entrance and fell on Ruri's back, making it difficult for some of the ninja looking at him to keep their eyes open.
It was as though Ruri had been born with a holy radiance, as though he had been born to be the protagonist. Indeed, with Ruri's talent and his cheat-like existence, if he wasn't the protagonist here, who else could be?
Just what kind of monster was he? How old was he, anyway? He had already reached a level comparable to the Third Hokage. Reaching that level took years, even decades, and quite a few people would never reach it in their entire lives.
Although Ruri had spoken so casually, he had already left all the ninja present utterly shaken. At his age, some of them had still been pampered young masters and young ladies at home!
Although Ruri had already reached Kage Level at his age, this was not unprecedented in history. Before the Five Great Ninja Villages were established, during the endlessly war-torn Warring States period, quite a few "monsters" like Ruri had appeared.
There was also the Fourth Mizukage, who had taken office in Kirigakure Ninja Village not long ago, a kid about the same age as Ruri. But he was a Jinchūriki, with the power of a tailed beast inside him, so Ruri could not be placed in the