Chapter 615: A ninja who listens to orders but not to announcements

Hearing this, Roshi frowned tightly.

Before coming, he had already learned about the precarious situation of Iwagakure, but only after he arrived at the front line and heard Kitsuchi's narrative did he know that the situation was even more critical than he had thought.

It could even be said without politeness that Iwagakure had already reached a life-and-death juncture.

Therefore, he also knew that he could not continue to watch from the sidelines. For the sake of the village, he had to do something.

Even if he had a huge disagreement with Tsuchikage Onoki.

The reason for the disagreement between the two was also very direct. Roshi's view was roughly similar to that of the steam ninja Han.

Although Roshi was older than Han and could be considered Han's senior, because he became famous during the ten years of peace in the Ninja World, he was counted as a prime-aged ninja of Iwagakure.

Therefore, Roshi believed that he also had the strength to inherit the title of "Tsuchikage."

When the Third Tsuchikage Onoki, who was an older generation ninja, stepped down, he might also have a chance to go further.

But the reality was only the ruthless suppression by the Third Tsuchikage.

Clearly, neither Roshi nor Han was the candidate for the next Tsuchikage in the mind of the Third Tsuchikage Onoki.

And so, the disagreement between Roshi and the Third Tsuchikage Onoki intensified day by day.

Similar to Han, in order to suppress Roshi, even for a major event like the expedition to Cloud, Onoki still abandoned Roshi and did not use him.

Even though Roshi was an expert in all of Iwagakure who possessed strength second only to Onoki.

Roshi—mentioning this name, perhaps most people in the Ninja World were somewhat unfamiliar with it. In terms of popularity, Roshi was even less so than the Rock ninja steam ninja Han in the Ninja World.

But within Iwagakure, Roshi's prestige was indeed second only to Tsuchikage Onoki.

No one dared to provoke this hot-tempered bearded ninja within Iwagakure; even Tsuchikage Onoki usually gave Roshi some face.

—Even though the fact that Roshi disagreed with him was known to everyone within Iwagakure, he still had such privileges.

The reason for all this, which seemed magical, was actually very simple, and that was—strength!

Yes, strength.

Because of the disagreement in opinion, Roshi and the Third Tsuchikage Onoki had a fierce fight.

But the final result was that Onoki was one move better, and Roshi was eventually defeated.

Even so, Roshi's strength was still recognized by the vast majority of Rock ninjas; his strength was definitely not comparable to that of a Quasi-Kage, and he was a real Kage-level powerhouse!

It was precisely because of this strength that Roshi had the confidence to ignore the Tsuchikage.

Since opinions could not be unified, Roshi simply played "listening to orders but not to announcements" within the Rock ninjas.

Therefore, even though his strength was stronger than Han's, the number of missions Roshi completed for Iwagakure was far less than Han's.