Civilians in great nations and small nations had never shared the same mindset. In great nations with vast territories, most civilians possessed an accepting outlook and a pride rooted deep in their bones. This was all the more true of Tsunade, known as the Princess of Konoha. Even when she did not deliberately display that arrogance, it was always there, innate.
In countries with small territories and sparse populations, civilians had an entirely different mindset. They generally tended toward narrow-mindedness, inferiority, and hostility toward outsiders. A tiny patch of land, a pill-sized heart-these, too, were inborn.
When a small country faced a great nation, when a weak country faced a strong one, feelings of inferiority and lowliness were inevitable. This was a common human trait.
The weaker and more insecure people were, the more they feared being looked down on, and so the harder they tried to conceal it, finding every possible way in which they were better than others. And once a weak person gained great power, that former inferiority would turn into anger and be repaid a hundred, a thousand times over.
Watching from the sidelines, Anyo saw it clearly. Without this exchange between Deva Path and Tsunade, Konoha would not actually have suffered this disaster. Pain had initially come only for the Nine-Tails, and had even proposed cooperation. Unfortunately, the two stood on different sides and were entirely opposite kinds of people. Tsunade's pride, present from beginning to end, had deeply wounded the inferiority Nagato hid in his bones. Added to the fact that his parents' and Yahiko's deaths were both connected to Konoha, such a mad act was only to be expected.
As Naruto arrived, Anyo briefly sensed his condition. Good, Mount Myōboku senjutsu had already taken shape within him. Combined with the power the Nine-Tails