Kurotsuchi's seniority and prestige in Iwagakure were not particularly high.
At the very least, they were not enough for her to serve as Tsuchikage.
Fortunately, before her father died at Shihōin Naraku's hands, he had been a very powerful jonin in the village.
Even more impressive was her grandfather, Ōnoki, who had served as Tsuchikage for many years.
Although both men were dead, the resources they left behind had supported Kurotsuchi's rise to the position of Tsuchikage.
Her hold on the position was somewhat shaky, admittedly.
But there was no helping it. Iwagakure had suffered extremely heavy casualties in the Fourth Shinobi World War.
Those with strength lacked prestige, those with prestige lacked seniority, and those with seniority lacked strength.
After a simple assessment, Kurotsuchi actually proved to be a relatively suitable candidate.
That was why she had been able to become Tsuchikage.
And this time, Kurotsuchi had handled the meteor shower incident very poorly.
This had caused enormous losses for Iwagakure and the Land of Earth.
Kurotsuchi had already done everything she could to mobilize personnel to reassure the villagers and deal with the aftermath of the natural disaster.
The problem was that more and more troubles needed resolving, and the overwhelmed Kurotsuchi simply could not handle everything perfectly in such a short time.
With no other choice, she could only ask Konoha-in other words, Shihōin Naraku-for aid.
Although she had some doubts about whether Konoha would provide support, doing so was her only way to resolve these problems as quickly as possible.
Fortunately, Konoha sent ninja to help.
With the Konoha ninja's help, the village's troubles quickly subsided.
The villagers were decidedly unenthusiastic about swallowing their pride and asking Konoha for help.
Still, as they watched their lives quickly return to normal and the damage caused by the