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  Is of violence were on in shops. Raikage A uood the rough-and-tumble nature of his vilge and had grown aced to such occurrences.

  However, the ret disputes left him baffled. The instigators were cm about the absence of "reserved restorative medie," leading to brawls within the shops.

  A could only attribute this to the ever-ging times and the adva of thought in the shinobi world…

  To address these evolving ideologies, Kumogakure, following Samui’s suggestion, had mahe publication of Pravda (The Truth), ensuring the ideals of the Kumogakure Prosperity Sphere kept pace with the rapidly developing material world.

  Retly, a wave of good news had swept through the vilge, dispelling the gloom cast by these violent is.

  The triangur trade agreement with Sunagakure, for instance, had resolved a major for A. The nuisance of the missing-nin from Kirigakure who had been causing trouble in Kumogakure’s southerories, along with other troublemaking criminals within the vilge, could finally be dealt with by shipping them off en masse.

  Only the heavens knew how much the crime rate and the overall atmosphere of Kumogakure had deteriorated since accepting those Kirigakure refugees.

  Then there was the matter of the Jinchuriki.

  Killer B had turned over a new leaf, no longer indulging in his lowbrow pursuits. He was now dedicated to training and had retly achieved outstandis in various Jinchuriki assessments.

  And then there was Yugito Nii. Her trol over the Two-Tails was exceptional. Except for a slightly unsatisfactory score in the ideological assessment, her other scores even surpassed Killer B’s past performance.

  However, regarding ideology… the Anbu had specialists to handle such training, so it wasn’t a major issue. Yugito showed promise of being Kumogakure’s sed perfect Jinchuriki.

  Kumogakure was thriving!

  Even A’s tenance seemed to have softeaking on a more benevolent appearance.

  “Top-secret intel from Samui? What happened?”

  “Yes, Raikage-sama!”

  “The intel from Samui is as follows…”

  The more he listehe graver A’s expression became.

  His thoughts were pletely ed by the potential crisis Samui described.

  It seemed to make sense!

  If Konoha successfully cultivated a pro-Konoha faong the younger geion of Sunagakure, the Greater Kumogakure Prosperity Sphere would face devastating sequences.

  Konoha… had a mastermind among them!

  Kumogakure was focused on the present, while Konoha nning for the future.

  A smmed his hand down, anding, “Summon the Elders to the Raikage Tower for a meeting!”

  “Yes, Raikage-sama!”

  …

  …

  “Heh… Study partners. What a clever, overt scheme.”

  Elder Advisor tapped his elder’s staff, his gaze fixed on Konoha through the window. It was as if his vision transded spad time, allowing him to see the strategist in Konoha pying this game of Go with him.

  Someone who could devise such a pn must be a wise individual, like himself, well-versed in the Thirty-Six Stratagems.

  Who could it be?

  Danzo? Or Tobirama?

  “If Konoha’s study partner system is officially implemented, creating bonds between the younger geions of Konoha and Sunagakure, it will be difficult for us in Kumogakure to ge the situation.”

  “Fortunately, we have Samui, who reyed this intel immediately, giving us ample time to formute a ter-strategy.”

  One elder suggested, “Elder Advisor, what should we do? Should we, as allies, order Sunagakure to withdraw their people?”

  “No, no. We’ve only retly formed a military alliah Sunagakure. At this time, we must demonstrate Kumogakure’s magnanimity and respect for Sunagakure.”

  Elder Advisor spoke, setting the tone for the respoo this intel. “Let’s do as Samui suggests.”

  “You mean… we also implement a study partner system with Sunagakure?”

  “Of course. It’s an excellent policy. We even build upon Konoha’s study partner system and make some positive modifications.”

  “Positive modifications?”

  A’s muscles tehe st time Elder Advisor had used those words, they had ended up with the influx of Kirigakure refugees. Whether the oute ositive ative was a matter of debate for future geions, but it had certainly been a source of great annoyance for him.

  What would it be this time?

  He cautiously inquired, “Elder Advisor, what do you have in mind?”

  “We ot only cooperate with the Sunagakure Ninja Academy, but also with the Kirigakure Ninja Academy. ris on the number ender of study partners, emphasizing voluntary participation to maximize iion among the younger geion.”

  “Si's merely iion at the academy level, it woe to vilge-level affairs. Even the alliaween Konoha and Kirigakure wouldn’t be able to prevent it.”

  “Furthermore, I believe colboration with adult ninjas, excluding Anbu, is also feasible.”

  “Uhe guise of exge and learning, let's have Sunagakure and Kirigakure send their ninja over to experiehe splendor of Kumogakure. Instill awe and aspiration within them, and the future will be within rasp.”

  As Elder Advisor finished speaking, a lively discussioed in the Raikage Tower meeting room.

  “Those Kirigakure sdrels issued a nation statement against us not long ago. And noant to cooperate with their academy?”

  “There are ernal enemies, ernal friends. Everything revolves around is.”

  “Adult ninja exge, excluding Anbu? Isn’t that a bit too much? A sudden influx of Sunagakure and Kirigakure ninja would make it difficult to dis their character, potentially causing siderable chaos.”

  “The bolder the vilge, the greater the gains! Konoha has already taken the initiative in these exges. If we in Kumogakure don’t act boldly, we’ll merely be following in their footsteps, making it hard to surpass them.”

  Opinions varied.

  A crossed his arms, lost in thought. He had his own siderations.

  Merely allowing the civilian refugees from Kirigakure into Kumogakure had already caused siderable chaos.

  If they were to allow ninjas from Kirigakure to enter Kumogakure for exge… the sequences were uable.

  Therefore, A demonstrated the decisiveness of a Kage, for the first time vetoing Elder Advisor’s proposal on a major decision:

  “Send an invitation to the Sunagakure Ninja Academy. As for the Kirigakure Ninja Academy… we set aside our animosity and iheir students to study at our Kumogakure Ninja Academy, allowing a maximum of two apanying ninja.”

  “A, that’s too…”

  “Elder Advisor! I am the Raikage!” A interrupted. “Those Kirigakure fellows are of dubious character. Their adult ninjas are demons bred in the bloody mist.”

  “Allowing them to freely enter our vilge for exge and learning could cause immeasurable damage.”

  “As the Raikage, I ot take such a risk.”

  Elder’s face darkened, feeling slighted. Who was he? He was the trusted advisor of the Third Raikage!

  In his eyes, the Fourth Raikage was still a growing child, reliant on the wisdom of the elder cil.

  With this perspective, Elder Advisor firmly believed his decisions were in Kumogakure’s best i.

  Yet this time, A had uedly and publicly rejected his proposal… The unyielding authority of the elders in Kumogakure, fag the Raikage’s defiance, began to show cracks…

  “Hmph, A, don’t regret this.”

  Elder Advisor tapped his staff on the floor. “Sihis is the Raikage’s decisio’s clude this discussion.”

  “By the Raikage’s order, send exge invitations to the Sunagakure and Kirigakure Ninja Academies.”

  With that, Elder Advisht the academy exge discussion to a close. Seeing their leader speak, the other elders remained silent.

  Elder Advisor rummaged through the drawer in front of him and pulled out a neer with the bold, bck letters of Pravda printed on it, pg it oable.

  “While we have the opportunity, let’s discuss the matter of Pravda.”

  Having just been defied by A, Elder Advisor sought tain trol and reassert his authority as the leader of the elder cil.

  Pravda was his masterpiece, his most cherished political achievement. Perhaps it would also be his final political tribution to Kumogakure.

  To have ceived such a neer iwilight of his life, guiding the collective spirit of the Greater Kumogakure Prosperity Sphere towards the right path, he could die withrets.

  As long as this political achievement remaihe elder fa’s influehin the Raikage Tower would be secured, ensuring that power would not slip from the grasp of the elder fa and their successors.

  Even after his death, it would ehat Raikage A stayed on the right path, preventing him from ag recklessly and hindering the vilge’s development.

  Although Elder Advisor had no desire to bee Raikage, he wao maintain firm trol over Kumogakure’s developmental decisions.

  Perhaps, in his view, the Kage was merely a symbol of the vilge’s highest bat power, only truly valuable during times of war.

  As for the vilge’s development and deaking… that was naturally the responsibility of the wise elders.

  What did a Kage know about politid development?

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  …

  Southern Kumogakure.

  The atmosphere in the south had been peculiar tely.

  The hot-headed nature and proclivity for violence among Kumogakure ninja were well-known throughout the shinobi world. If you wao see fiery tempers in the shinobi world, look to Kumogakure, and if you wao see the hottest tempers in Kumogakure, look to the south.

  Some time ago, the old fogies in the Raikage Tower had issued an order to relocate the Kirigakure refugees en masse to the southerories.

  This policy had signifitly disrupted the local ecosystem of the south, severely impag the lives of the southern "becks."

  When had the becks of southern Kumogakure ever been subjected to such treatment?

  Their aors had produced the Gold and Silver Brothers, who, when pushed to their limits, had nearly killed the Sed Hokage and Sed Raikage.

  The beinja spontaneously uo resist the vilge’s policy, carting the Kirigakure refugees to the doorsteps of the elder families, openly deg their iion to secede from Kumogakure. At the most critical point, they had nearly erupted into armed flict with the elder fa’s ninjas.

  The i eventually ended with the Raikage’s intervention, with the elder fa and the southern becks each abs half of the Kirigakure refugees.

  They thought the matter was settled, but then… Pravda arrived.

  Uhe forceful intervention of the Kumogakure Anbu, Pravda entered every household.

  ers in ninja tool shops frequently brawled over the "reserved muscle restorative medie" that shopkeepers relutly offered.

  These fights ofteo ued friendships, with the brawlers ter sitting amidst broken tables and chairs, discussing the ret events in southern Kumogakure:

  “Brother, do you read Pravda?”

  “Of course, how else would I know I’m living a happy life in Kumogakure?”

  “It’s true, at least we have reserved muscle restorative medie now. Hopefully, there’ll be more iure.”

  There were also versations like:

  “What do the ninjas fighting on the front lines against Iwagakure have in on with the Pravda editors?”

  “Tch-those sissies pushing pens in their offices, they pare to us front-line ninjas?”

  “Wrong! Those sissies, no matter who they are, just like us front-line ninjas, only get one mistake in their lives.”

  “Why?”

  “If their tent is wrong, those old geezers won’t let them off the hook.”

  And also:

  “We’ve achieved a strategic victory on the Iwagakure front!”

  “I just returned from the front lines. We fought bad forth with Iwagakure, but didn't achieve any signifit results.”

  “Our Kumogakure stands uhe entire vilge uhe leadership of the Raikage-sama, unpretedly united!”

  “I’ve been to southern Kumogakure. The local traditionalists are quite… something.”

  “Go out less, read more Pravda.”

  Even in bookstores that sold prohibited literature, small groups of intellectual ninjas gathered, whispering about the elder fa’s Pravda campaign.

  They used their talents to craft short stories to ter the elder fa’s ideological indoation:

  “Yagura Karatachi, Rasa, Onoki, and Minato Namikaze visited Kumogakure as distinguished guests for the Five Kage Summit.”

  “Yagura Karatachi, upon visiting Kumogakure, excimed with admiration: ‘If our Kirigakure ninjas had the muscles of Kumogakure ninjas, we would be invincible!’”

  “Rasa said: ‘If we could turn Kumogakure ninjas into puppets, Sunagakure would quer the entire shinobi world!’”

  “Onoki said: ‘If I had the Raikage’s youth, I would be the stro in the ninja world.’”

  “Minato Namikaze said: ‘pared to the speed at whibsp;Pravda spreads, my Flying Thunder God Teique is as slow as a newborn infant. If we in Konoha had Pravda, the entire shinobi world still wouldn’t know that the Sed Hokage died in Kumogakure.’”

  “There are three things I must read. First, Pravda, because it’s cssic, filial, joyful, and… cm-like. Sed, Iki, because it opens my eyes to the shinobi world. Third, Tales of the Hidden Kunoichi, because it tops the elder fa’s list of banned books.”

  Human nature was always like this.

  The more the authorities banned something, the more curious people became. The more they promoted something, the more resista entered.

  Perhaps if the Raikage were to annouhe perma ban of Pravda the day, it would only pique the curiosity of the ninjas and vilgers in the Greater Kumogakure Prosperity Sphere, prompting them to take a closer look at Pravda.

  However, Pravda’s current situation in Kumogakure…

  Acc to an anonymous Anbu ninja, the following versation took pce between adjat stalls in a public restroom:

  “Brother, do you have any paper?”

  “No.”

  “Then what do I do? I’m about to… make a mess.”

  “Not my problem. I don’t know you.”

  “Then… do you have a copy of Pravda?”

  “Here, brother. I was going to use it myself, but you have it first. Wipe with the front, and I’ll use the back.”

  Afterwards, the Anbu ninja responsible for enf the distribution of Pravda didn’t report the i.

  As for the reason… he was the ohout paper.

  If publitiment could be quantified, after the publication of Pravda, the Fourth Raikage’s approval rating would likely be represented by an untable series of:

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