Naruto: Evil is easy to commit, making Amegakure great again.

"It's been twenty-four years—!" ×2

Suddenly, two incredibly firm voices rang out from the front of the playground.

Looking in the direction from which the sound came, one could see Tsuchino Juzo and Ibuki Aoi standing in the crowd, their eyes red-rimmed, stating without wavering the exact time of Hanzo's reign.

Hanzo, who had originally intended to reveal the answer himself, was somewhat moved.

He believed that there were still people in Amegakure who understood him...

"That's right, twenty-four years—!"

Hanzo's voice came through the gas mask.

He had lost some of his usual authority and oppressiveness, but gained a more undisguised hoarseness and emotion.

"Twenty-four years..."

"I thought that the trials and tribulations of these twenty-four years had long been washed away by the smoke of war, and that no one would remember them anymore..."

But now, his former "right-hand men," Tsuchino Juzo and Ibuki Aoi, remember the exact time he came to power so clearly.

They stepped forward when they needed affirmation and recognition from others the most.

This truly warmed Hanzo's eyes and moved him deeply.

"Do you know that twenty-four years is enough to change far too many things..."

Twenty-four years...

It was enough to dull a young man's sharp edges, turning him from a lone hero into someone who steadfastly adhered to his principles for half his life!

It is enough to allow a village to rise from ruins and slowly develop into a powerful nation comparable to the surrounding small countries!

"From being torn apart and displaced, to gradually building up a home, and now to finally taking root in this chaotic world and protecting your peace..."

These twenty-four years are both the marks left by time and the culmination of Hanzo's half a lifetime of toil and struggle...

"In these twenty-four years, I have witnessed the desolation of streets burned by war, the despair of people displaced, the sincerity of the Rain Ninja fighting side by side, and your tenacity and courage to never give up even in the face of adversity..."

Hanzo's voice gradually deepened.

Every word seemed to come slowly from the bottom of his heart.

It holds within it the weariness and perseverance of a lifetime lived...

"The world calls me a 'demigod'..."

"But only I know that I have never been a god, but just an ordinary person who has been protecting the Land of Rain for twenty-four years, and protecting you for twenty-four years..."

At this moment, the audience was unusually quiet.

Only the pattering of rain accompanied me.

This allowed everyone to focus their attention and carefully observe the tired figure standing on the podium, with a full head of white hair and a slightly hunched back.

This caused countless Rain Ninjas and civilians present to involuntarily lower their heads.

He recalled the pain of being caught in the flames of war and the peace that Hanzo had painstakingly protected for twenty-four years...

Her eyes immediately welled up with tears, and she began to sob uncontrollably.

"Lord Hanzo..."

The once spirited young man is now gray-haired...

The most tragic thing in the world is a hero growing old and a beauty turning gray...

"A child of humble origins, viewed as a biological weapon by the higher-ups, grew up to establish a nation and become your leader..."

Hanzo's voice trembled, and his eyes reddened.

This time, he no longer needed to feign composure or pretend to be strong to suppress his emotions.

Instead, they can open their hearts and express their true feelings to the audience.

"And after that, I dared not rest for a moment. I had to cultivate for twelve hours every day before I dared to take a short break. I never slacked off in the slightest..."

Hanzo feared that if he were not strong enough, he would be unable to protect the Land of Rain.

What awaits the entire people of the Rain Kingdom is a catastrophe that can be described as "hell on earth"!

It is a desperate fate of being forced to become fish on a chopping board, wantonly plundered, looted, and violated by the five great nations of the ninja world and surrounding small countries, and even treated as human experimental specimens!

"Rainy Villager, oh Rainy Villager... I have given you the very best of everything!"

At this moment, the old man, who had devoted most of his life to Amegakure and the entire Land of Rain, finally revealed his true feelings.

He then publicly declared that he was officially stepping down as the "Leader of the Rain Kingdom" starting today!

She voluntarily relinquished this position to Jiang Ming.

Jiang Ming became the second-generation leader of the Rain Kingdom, succeeding him.

Lead the Land of Rain to prosperity.

"Lord Hanzo, you can't do this—!"

As soon as Hanzo finished speaking, a cacophony of objections immediately erupted from the audience.

"Jiang Ming is just a low-ranking ninja, how could he possibly be capable of succeeding you in your position and leading the entire Land of Rain to prosperity?!"

The protests from the audience were extremely fierce.

They were practically saying outright that Jiang Ming was "unworthy of his position."

"Although he is the only bloodline limit user in Amegakure, his strength... is completely inadequate to control the situation right now—!"

Currently, the Second Shinobi World War is in full swing.

If it were peacetime, Hanzo would be willing to retire from the military and hand over his position as "leader of the Rain Country" to Jiang Ming.

At least at that time, a quick mind was indeed more effective than sheer strength in leading a village to steady development...

"That's right, that's right—!"

Seeing that some people were questioning Jiang Ming.

The villagers of Amegakure, already deeply moved by Hanzo's speech and even more admiring of him, echoed his sentiments one after another.

They strongly demanded that Hanzo continue to rule the Land of Rain.

Do not entrust the fate of this country to a "low-level ninja".

"this......"

For a moment, Hanzo found himself in a difficult position.

She decisively turned her gaze to Jiang Ming.

I tried to get a solution from him.

"Nagato".

"Um."

Upon receiving Jiang Ming's signal, Nagato immediately controlled Pain to move forward.

By covering each raindrop with his own chakra, he created an effect similar to a "megaphone".

"quiet--!!!!!!"

Pain's icy voice boomed like a thunderclap in everyone's ears.

The sound made the ears of all the Rain Ninja and the people of Amegakure ring.

It still stung faintly.

"I understand what you're all worried about..."

After confirming that there would be no further objections from the audience for the time being, Jiang Ming slowly began to speak.

Using Nagato's "megaphone technique," one can refine their words through the "Fanny Valentine-style speaking ability (purple)."

He spoke eloquently and casually in front of all the Amegakure ninja and villagers present.

"They're just worried that—as a genin, I'm neither strong enough to control the situation nor capable of protecting the entire Land of Rain, right?"

Jiang Ming's words struck a chord with them.

If Jiang Ming himself possessed the strength of a Jonin or an Elite Jonin, they wouldn't be so opposed to him becoming the new leader of the Land of Rain.

To a mere "genin" aspire to become the head of a ninja village or even the leader of a nation...

This is something that has never been heard of in the entire ninja world!

In Jiang Ming's past life, this was as incredible and absurd as having a Dalit from India become emperor in modern India...

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