Everyone present spoke up one after another.
In truth, everyone harbored thoughts of seizing the opportunity to become rulers and directly replace the legal status of the Daimyo and the nobility; after all, the current opportunity could be described as a once-in-a-millennium event.
However, the problem was equally complex.
The education these Ninjas had been exposed to since childhood was purely about cultivation and slaughter; even those from Ninja Clanss with some heritage were taught only how to kill more effectively.
There was almost no inheritance of knowledge regarding planning and calculation.
This included the Nara Clan!
Even for this clan, famous throughout the Ninja World for their intelligence, the core of their heritage was their Shadow Secret Techniques; their brains and wisdom were more of a natural talent, and they rarely specialized in passing down such things as a tradition.
Because in the Ninja World, the ability to kill is the foundation of one's existence.
The few who managed to become high-ranking officials in Ninja Villages had never specifically studied strategy; they all started learning slowly only after reaching their positions, but in the end, they could only manage to barely maintain the Ninja Village.
To be honest, they truly lacked the confidence to directly maintain a country.
Although they had often thought about getting rid of the Daimyo in the past—as it would be a good thing for the Ninja Village to have fewer constraints—now that the Daimyo and the nobility had truly disappeared, they found themselves lacking confidence in their own abilities.
Rasa, on the other hand, spoke up seriously: "I suggest there's no need for so much pretense. Our Ninja Villages should just move directly into the Daimyos Mansion. Since the Daimyo and the nobility are now history, I don't believe you don't have thoughts of replacing them."
"Everyone sitting here is one of our own, so there's no need to lie to ourselves!"
Rasa was very direct about this matter.
The reason was also simple!
Because he had essentially already done it, even if it wasn't Sunagakure's original intention.
Back then, Rasa only wanted to bring the assets of the Daimyo and the nobility back to the Village to solve Sunagakure's financial problems in the short term, so he hadn't originally intended to develop or rule the entire Land of Wind.
But the problem is that, many times, the development of events does not change according to your thoughts!
Even if Rasa only thought about solving Sunagakure's problems at first, as soon as Sunagakure took direct action, they naturally ended up fighting with groups of samurai and officials. When the people of the Land of Wind saw Sunagakure taking action, they naturally assumed that Sunagakure wanted to take power directly!
Even if the people still believed in their hearts that the Daimyo and the nobility were the legitimate rulers—this idea was deeply implanted in everyone's minds like a Mental Seal—and they indeed viewed Sunagakure as treacherous rebels right now.
But all the people wanted stability!
Everyone just wanted to live in peace, so in this chaotic stage, even if Sunagakure were treacherous rebels, everyone temporarily wanted Sunagakure's protection.
As for... the future?
That would have to wait until things stabilized!
It was precisely for this reason that countless people flocked to them, and Sunagakure's expansion could be described as terrifying.
Even though Sunagakure had yet to think about ruling the Land of Wind, nearly half of the population, along with a few samurai and local officials, had already chosen to join Sunagakure.
Sunagakure couldn't just ignore these people who had come to them voluntarily, could they?
Otherwise, if word of such a thing got out, the impact on Sunagakure's influence would be terrible!
So—they were stuck!
No matter how reluctant Sunagakure was, they could only take in these people.
This was the unstoppable momentum of the times. Even though Sunagakure knew this behavior would give them a bad reputation, since they had already seized the assets of the Daimyo and the nobility, Sunagakure had no choice now!
The assets of the Daimyo and the nobility were not so easily seized!
Since they took them, they had to take on the responsibility; after all, responsibility and obligation are reciprocal. If Sunagakure didn't want to take responsibility, the entire Land of Wind would fall apart.
Since the Daimyo and the nobility were finished, and if Sunagakure was unwilling to take responsibility, was there any point in the Land of Wind existing anymore?
By then, the people of the Land of Wind would choose to join other countries. As the number of Land of Wind citizens in other countries increased, those other countries would have a reason to invade the Land of Wind, since you, Sunagakure, chose to abandon the people!
Why hadn't other Ninja Villages, including Konoha, seized the assets of the Daimyo and the nobility?
Wasn't it because they feared exactly this!
...Following Rasa's words, the scene instantly fell into a deathly silence.
No one spoke, falling into a state of silence instead.
A long time later.
The old fox Ōnoki couldn't take it anymore, coughed, and couldn't help but ask, "Hokage, what do you think?"
"I'm watching while standing!" Uchiha Jin rolled his eyes.
What a joke!
Even though he was an Uchiha, the problem was that he also cared about his reputation.
Even if he was the one who killed the Daimyo and the nobility, his public persona absolutely could not crumble; he could only 'reluctantly' choose to agree under the pressure of the general trend after everyone else had agreed.
Before that, he wouldn't speak up!
Ōnoki rolled his eyes: "Hokage, you..."
"Tsuchikage, what do you think?" Uchiha Jin interrupted him before he could finish and said, "Do you agree?"
Ōnoki was instantly dumbfounded.
At this moment, he was so angry he wanted to spit blood. Clearly, he didn't want to be the first to speak up either; he was also thinking of choosing to agree reluctantly at the very end.
It was precisely because of this consideration, combined with his traditional impression of the Uchiha, that he chose to try and find a breakthrough with this Uchiha.
After all, according to his understanding of the Uchiha, they were a group of people who were relatively easy to trick.
But the Uchiha Jin in front of him left him completely stunned.
Watching while standing?
Standing your ass!
At this moment, Ōnoki's face turned ashen from the rebuttal. Just as his mind raced to speak again, Uchiha Jin didn't give him the chance at all; he coughed and gave his answer immediately.
"Tsuchikage! You... forget it!"
"Since you want to know my thoughts so badly, although I can't give you a direct answer, I can give you a little reminder."
"On our Konoha side, we have a Princess of the Land of Fire!"
"That is—Tsunade!"
"If you insist on forcing me to take the lead in expressing my stance, then I can only say that I will propose letting Tsunade inherit the position of the Lord of the Land of Fire."
"Of course, this is just a private conversation between us!"
"This isn't an official stance, so don't overthink it, Tsuchikage!"
"So, Tsuchikage!"
"Do you still want me to express my stance now?"
Uchiha Jin narrowed his eyes slightly.
He naturally understood that Ōnoki purely wanted to dig a pit for him, so how could he let this old thing like Ōnoki trap him?
It was impossible!
So, to shut this old man's mouth, Uchiha Jin directly delivered a killing blow with a single sentence.
Don't ask... if you ask, Konoha has Tsunade!