He sheaths the blade.
"...then understand. I didn't become Lord to continue that cycle. I became Lord to end it. With my hands, if I have to." naruto shinobi lord
A pause. A single crow lands on the rail. It does not caw. It waits. He sheaths the blade
"The Five Great Nations think they understand power. They measure it in tailed beasts, in forbidden jutsu, in the number of ANBU they can field in a minute. Fools. Real power is the decision at 3 AM: do I send that twelve-year-old to the ambush point, knowing he won’t come back, to save two hundred civilians?" I became Lord to end it
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"They call me Lord. Not because I asked for it. Not because I won some tournament or inherited a throne of gold."