Chapter 375: A Senile Old Fool
Alexander, Douglas, and the beasts appeared in the sky above Iwagakure. "Hmm, it seems people haven't been living a good life lately."
"And he still wants a war," Douglas added.
"Yeah, his old head must be devoid of all intelligence," Alexander commented.
Then they moved down to the street level. Where people looked sad and malnourished. That's what war does to a country.
They were invisible so no one noticed them. Alexander's plan was to first win over the people and then defeat the main opponent. This way, after he takes over, no one will have a problem with them as everyone will already be happy.
But, Onoki had done a good job of demonizing Konoha among the normal citizens of the village. So, he started counter-propaganda. First, he started a few free kitchens and made Douglas the face of it.
For Douglas' identity, he was introduced as the new Daimyo after the last one went missing on a 'hunting trip' whose body was later found to have been attacked by a wild cat.
People loved him for what Douglas was doing, combined with his angelic charm he was a hit among ladies, old or young. Alexander kept a distant approach and only worked from the Shadows.
It only took them some months to fully win over the whole population of Iwagakure. Now, the people had food on their tables, their children weren't getting sick from hunger. Pending salaries of many Shinobi were paid by Douglas in an envelope with Douglas' thank you for your service card so they would know who was paying them.