Tim_Saian

Already got a chapter up on the library :D

That's all true, she is popular but that wasn't why she was chosen or how she was chosen. The villagers will like whoever becomes their Kage cuz the people that can become Kage are inherently powerful and well known, but that doesn't mean their opinions or approval matter in the slightest. Orochimaru was in contention for Fourth and could have gotten it if and only if Hiruzen didn't disagree. Hiruzen himself was chosen to be the Third on the battlefield, no villagers were consulted. Same with Tobirama, Hidden Leaf is not a democracy is my point, the civilian and a majority of the shinobi population are not consulted about who their leaders are. All that matters is their strength and Will.

I do. Is the text smushed up?

No, Tsunade was literally dragged out of a bar to become Hokage, villagers ain't got much of a say if any at all.

Uh, no, even Konoha isn't a democracy. I think most stuff has been decided by Yagura tho if you're referring to the contest for the isles then isn't it exactly dictatorial to leave up the fate of an island to be judged by a contest? Lol.

What does the Konoha route imply?

Probably webnovel shenanigans. You can try the link at the synopsis, you'll be able to navigate to the story from there.

I get what you mean. A lot of Kiri we understand is from Yagura when he was under the control of Obito, so yes, things were a lot more no-nonsense then. But in this fic we're exploring the before Obito times when Yagura was stated to be a fair and bright hope for Kirigakure by Mei even if he did have bloodlusting tendencies from living under the 3rd Mizukage's reign. So my dude, things will be a lot different and there will be more people challenging MC's power but that's why he gets strong and shuts em up. He punished Lord Funato by using his clan as the forefront of the war, not sure what punishment would be better when you are leading a place prone to civil war and trying to gather allies in preparation to deal with the Obito threat. Not every nail needs a hammer, some need to be set loose if you get me.

He will.

That's a fair argument. I guess all the more reason to our boi is Kage level.