The Konoha Ninja Village protested the actions of the Daimyo's residence, simultaneously proving its own innocence and slandering the other side: "They aren't even willing to investigate, constantly refusing. Do they have a guilty conscience?"
Thus, Uchiha Kokuya became the named target of the Konoha Ninja Village, and the evidence collected in the past began to spread to the outside world, proving that Kokuya had malicious intentions and raising suspicions that the Daimyo had been controlled by genjutsu.
As the Konoha Ninja Village had maintained good relations with the Daimyo since the previous generation, it could not tolerate a dangerous person staying by the Daimyo's side.
A slogan was born: "Purge the ruler's side! Execute the traitors!"
The traitors that the Konoha Ninja Village referred to were naturally Uchiha Kokuya.
Although Uchiha Kokuya's secrecy was quite thorough, with such a big commotion, some things began to be impossible to hide, such as the appearance of the Chakra Samurai, which more perceptive people could sense had some issues.
The explanation provided by the Konoha Ninja Village linked them to the Jashinists.
In the past, others might not have accepted it so quickly and would have been somewhat suspicious, but now it was different.
The actions of the Daimyo's residence had already made many people dissatisfied, and now that the Konoha Ninja Village presented such evidence, more people began to believe it.
Some local nobles demanded a reasonable explanation from the Daimyo's residence, but the Daimyo's residence ignored them, constantly gathering troops.
If a lord was uncooperative, the Chakra Samurai would mercilessly take them down, further increasing suspicion towards the Daimyo's residence and causing other local nobles outside to gradually lean towards the Konoha Ninja Village.
Honestly, the Daimyo's residence's current actions were truly terrifying; they completely disregarded any fallback plans, essentially pushing people towards the Konoha Ninja Village.
However, Uchiha Kokuya didn't care about these things; he only considered making the situation as chaotic as possible, as the more people who died, the more advantageous it would be for him.
All the souls of those who were suppressed by the Chakra Samurai and refused to be managed came to Uchiha Kokuya—these Chakra Samurai were all cultivated by Uchiha Kokuya using his own power, so the people they killed were equivalent to Uchiha Kokuya killing them personally.
Feeling his power growing daily, Uchiha Kokuya looked forward to the Konoha Ninja Village's counterattack.
It didn't matter if all the Chakra Samurai died; they would all become his power.
The key was how many non-Chakra Samurai would be killed in this process.
Compared to the external reactions, the Konoha Ninja Village internally had united from the start, which was unquestionable.
Firstly, as ninjas of the Konoha Ninja Village, their stance naturally favored the village.
Secondly, the internal propaganda of the Konoha Ninja Village clearly laid out the opponent's crimes.
Although the propaganda department could slander the other side extensively here, after careful consideration, Fumori Masaki decided to mainly stick to the facts, excluding certain unspeakable things and not exaggerating excessively.
This authenticity would be more easily recognized by everyone.
Basically, everyone in the entire village was filled with righteous indignation.
Perhaps in some areas, the Konoha Ninja Village had been a bit too strong in the past, but it could be said without exaggeration that they had done nothing wrong to the country—at most, it might have damaged the so-called Daimyo's dignity, but what did that amount to?
The Konoha Ninja Village had worked tirelessly for this country, and the measures it took benefited not only the people in the village but also people in other areas.
Even the Daimyo had received a large amount of economic assistance.
Now, because of the words of some treacherous officials, they were starting to attack the people in the village.
What kind of nonsense was this?
After many years of the new Shinobi Sect's ideas spreading, the minds of Konoha ninjas had been liberated, and they basically all had some dissatisfaction with feudal monarchs, differing only in degree.
Now, the actions of the Daimyo's residence immediately unleashed this anger completely.
Various rumors targeting Uchiha Kokuya began to ferment in the Konoha Ninja Village.
Although the propaganda department did not target the Daimyo but focused on criticizing Uchiha Kokuya, to the Konoha ninjas, the Daimyo who listened to the treacherous officials must also have been at fault.
Now they said he was controlled by genjutsu, but was he controlled by genjutsu in the past?
This situation was exactly what Fumori Masaki wanted to see.
He did not stop it at all but secretly pushed it forward.
Out of respect for the Hokage, anger towards Uchiha Kokuya, and dissatisfaction with the Daimyo, under this centripetal force, the entire village became united.
This was true for both ordinary citizens and ninja clans; both emotional and practical factors made them reject the Daimyo's residence.
"Haha, well cursed! I've been annoyed with that fat guy for a long time, and now I can finally breathe a sigh of relief," Kushina said, happily swinging her legs as she looked at the comments in the newspaper.
Minato Namikaze sat opposite Kushina at the table, shaking his head with a smile.
Kushina was a person of strong emotions and had disliked the Daimyo for a long time.
In the past, due to her status, she couldn't speak openly in front of others and could only secretly complain to Minato Namikaze.
Now that everyone was speaking with one voice, it was a good opportunity to kick him while he was down.
"They haven't directly accused the Daimyo yet; you should still be careful, or it might cause some trouble for sensei in the future," Minato Namikaze said.
They were currently in their usual secret meeting place.
Because of Fumori Masaki's indulgence and lack of obstruction, their relationship naturally grew closer, especially after Kushina was transferred to a logistics position responsible for the airborne combat unit, which led to even more contact.
Even the people in the airborne combat unit knew their relationship was unusual, and whenever both the combat unit and the logistics unit couldn't find the two of them, they would have some suspicions.
"There's no one here, so there's nothing to be afraid of," Kushina waved her hand.
"I even set up a barrier, and you have chakra sensing abilities, so no one can hear us."
"That's true, but…"
"Alright. Anyway, this means the village is going to give the Daimyo's residence a good lesson, right?" Kushina interrupted Minato Namikaze, saying excitedly.
"Yes, basically that's how it is; it might continue all the way to the capital before stopping," Minato Namikaze nodded slightly, saying.
"What a pity, I'm only working in the logistics unit, so I can't go to the front line.
Otherwise, I'd really like to hit those guys hard; they've been too arrogant these past few years," Kushina wrinkled her nose slightly, saying discontentedly.
"It's best if there's no need for Kushina to go," Minato Namikaze said.
He had learned about Kushina's jinchuriki status from his sensei, and he understood the meaning of a jinchuriki to some extent.
However, due to the strength of the Konoha Ninja Village, there had been no need for a jinchuriki to appear so far.
From a personal standpoint, he also didn't want Kushina to go to the battlefield herself.
"It's good not to go personally; it means the village isn't in any particular danger, and my father and others also care about me—" Kushina said slowly.
As a jinchuriki, she could be said to be truly very happy; jinchuriki in other places certainly didn't have such good treatment.
Originally, the meaning of a jinchuriki was a strategic weapon, but now Kushina had always been symbolic, never having played a role.
Other countries still fought when they needed to, even sending jinchuriki to the battlefield, but the Konoha Ninja Village still managed to beat them back with its own strength, never needing Kushina to appear.
Kushina wasn't someone who loved fighting either, but she still had some thoughts of revenge deep down.
She was very fulfilled working in the logistics unit and wasn't idle.
Aside from saying it verbally, she was also quite unwilling to go to the battlefield.
Of course, if the village was truly in danger, she would definitely go.
Over the years, Kushina's relationship with the Nine-Tails had become very close, very close to the standard of a perfect jinchuriki with mind and body as one.
This was thanks to Kushina's healthy mind and body and the ideological environment of the Konoha Ninja Village.
Even the Nine-Tails was indirectly influenced, and if Kushina were to be given power, this demon fox would likely agree.
It would even agree to some more excessive requests.
For example, the type of Tailed Beast Chakra on Fumori Masaki's body included a portion of the Nine-Tails's.
However, although it was due to Kushina, another point was that after its connection with the Four-Tails and One-Tail Chakra, it felt it could be trusted before giving its own chakra.
"Minato, I heard your unit is an important part of this operation?" Kushina asked.
"Yes, assisting ground forces with strikes from high altitude is a form of warfare never seen before," Minato Namikaze nodded slightly.
"It's a three-dimensional combat style.
I think the Daimyo's residence won't be able to adapt to it immediately.
Our chances of victory are very high."
"That's good.
You must pay attention to your own safety, and I will also support you well in the logistics unit."
Although Kushina couldn't go to the battlefield herself, she could support others in this way.
She looked at Minato Namikaze, her voice softening slightly: "After this war ends, it would be great if the domestic and international situations remain stable.
Then we can all relax a bit."
"I hope so too," Minato Namikaze replied.