In the Hokage's office, Utane Koharu was arguing fiercely with Tsunade. Even when Mizuki scolded her rudely in front of her, she had never been so angry.
"Tsunade, do you know what you are doing?"
"Of course I understand that urgent matters will have to be restored sooner or later. The village needs this department to maintain law and order!"
Tsunade answered in a firm tone. It was impossible to stop something that had been prepared for a long time just because of a little opposition. If such a good opportunity was missed, it would be unknown when she would be able to bring it up again.
"During this Chunin Exam, the two elders also saw the security situation in the village. It can be said to be a mess. Each ninja acts on their own and has no organization. This disorganized pattern of relying on each ninja to take responsibility must be corrected."
"Tsunade, I understand your desire to rebuild the Guard Department. However, the reputation of this department has been completely ruined by the Uchiha, and the villagers in the village are extremely repulsive to this title. If you rebuild it, it will weaken everyone's trust and support for the Hokage!"
"So what?" Tsunade replied with satisfaction, "I am already the Hokage, and I believe no one can do better than me!"
Indeed, apart from Jiraiya, who could barely match Tsunade in terms of reputation, there was no one more suitable candidate for Hokage than Tsunade. Even if they were dissatisfied, they could not do anything to her. However, Tsunade's bold and reckless behavior completely exceeded the expectations of the two conservative elders!
"Maintaining the daily order of the village will inevitably offend many people. It can be said that the Security Department is a privileged organization that attracts the dissatisfaction of all villagers. Why do you want to allow such a disgusting department to appear again?"
"I've said it many times, the village needs such a department to maintain order!"
"Ran Dao, aren't you afraid of repeating the mistakes of the Uchiha?"
"Uchiha?" Tsunade waved her hand and said, "I'm not very clear about what the Uchiha did back then. As the ruler of the Security Department, they maintained the law and order of the village. It was normal for a family to cause dissatisfaction among the entire village. However, now that the Uchiha family no longer exists, the newly established Security Department cannot be controlled by a certain family. Instead, it should be like the Anbu and be directly responsible to the Hokage, that is, me."
Tsunade made it very clear that the Uchiha clan's security department was a family-run force, as evidenced by the bright fan logo on the roof of the security department. Tsunade wanted to establish a daily management team under the control of the Hokage. Unlike the Anbu, which mainly provided military forces in the dark, Tsunade needed such a ninja force in the light to strengthen her control over Konoha Village.
However, doing so will inevitably weaken the power of the two consultants. A complete system will greatly weaken the influence of individuals. In the past, the Hokage could never take care of the daily management of classes and groups as action units. This is the time for these old and young people to show their talents. However, with the jurisdiction relationship between superiors and subordinates, it is enough to just obey orders and be responsible to superiors.
In this way, the power of the elders, including Danzo, will inevitably be greatly weakened.
If there was some hesitation in the past, the chaos during the Chunin Exams, coupled with Danzo's lack of time to take care of other things, was not a good time to establish the Security Department? So when was it time to wait?
Seeing that she couldn't persuade Tsunade who had made up her mind, Utatane Koharu turned to Mito Kado En and said, "Don't you want to give her some advice?"
Mitomon En shook his head and said, "As long as the building of the Security Department does not have the marks of other families on it, but only the logo of Konoha, there is nothing wrong with rebuilding it!"
Mitokado En stopped Utatane Koharu from arguing and continued, "The Third Hokage had thought about re-establishing a department to maintain the village's law and order, but the lesson of the Security Department was not far away, so it was never implemented. Since Tsunade wants to re-establish the Security Department, I believe you have already planned it. So have you arranged all the officers for the Security Department?"
Since it cannot be stopped, then we should play a role in the department's selection of operators and not let Tsunade be too arbitrary.
"The tentative director is Nara Shikaku, and the deputy director is Mizuki. Then we will select capable special jonin and chunin to serve as the captain and sub-captain..."
"Shui Mu? Before the suspicion of the attack is eliminated, he cannot be allowed to occupy a high position for the time being, otherwise he will act recklessly and cause great harm."
"Let's discuss this later..."
Tsunade compromised helplessly. Plans always fail to keep up with changes. She had a good idea, but she didn't expect Mizuki to do this at the critical moment. Fortunately, as long as the security department is successfully established, her voice will definitely increase greatly. If there is anything, she can slowly coordinate and deal with it in the future without having to look back and forth.
Moreover, Tsunade has even deeper worries. Just like Mizuki said a few days ago, it is true that the position of Hokage is popular among the people, but there are also many people who take advantage of the position of Hokage and enjoy its convenience.
Konoha Village is not very big, so there is no need for a complicated management structure. But it cannot be too simple, or else it will cause trouble sooner or later if it is purely managed by the Hokage and his companions. The last Uchiha who was ready to make a move was exterminated; this time it was Mizuki who expressed dissatisfaction; what about the next time? Will it be Hinata, Inuzuka, Aburame, or Ino-Shika-cho who will stand up? There are too many people who are capable of running for the position of Hokage, but cannot even touch the edge.
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Shuimu, who had no idea of his "high-ranking official" status and was taken down by a few words, was in a good mood after eating and drinking. He didn't hang around much, but went home slowly to accompany his pregnant wife. As for the vague surveillance behind him, he didn't pay much attention to it. He went straight into his house, closed the door and didn't come out, letting these guys toss around.
This made it difficult for Hatake Kakashi, who was tasked with teaching students, so Tsunade had to change the person to monitor. Unfortunately, Mizuki was completely unmoved until Tsunade handed Mizuki a task letter...
Most of the candidates who were eliminated from the Chunin Exam were preparing to return home. Those who were injured also slowly recovered during the few days of recuperation and embarked on the journey home. Only some ninja villages with team leaders and jonin who were stranded on missions, and their companions who were promoted, were prepared to stay and watch the third exam.
Although many candidates left, as the publicity for the Chunin Exam became more and more widespread, the excitement of the third exam was incomparable to the previous ones. Therefore, more and more people came to support it. As a result, the number of people in Konoha Village did not decrease, but increased.