Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-37045710-20181104015902/@comment-37472552-20181111034938

He somehow convinced the feudal lord to let him rule the small nation in the shadows. He then convinced a bunch clans to serve him like we see in the past and he also trained a bunch orphans he finds to serve him who he thinks have potential like with Zaku. He also most likely bullied random smaller nations to give him stuff like kunai. He probably pretended that someone else ruled the Otogakure.