Chapter 58



Time passed quickly, and it was the day of the expanded meeting of Konoha's top leaders and the ninja clan.

The meeting was held in a very spacious conference room. Except for the seat at the front where Tobirama Senju was sitting, all other seats were placed with mats, almost covering the entire room.

In addition to many ninja clan leaders, this meeting also included jonin squad leaders and important elite jonin, advisory elders and Anbu chiefs, as well as some respected seniors, etc. Basically, those attending this meeting could represent all aspects and levels of Konoha.

There are also many ninjas who have just returned from the border or have just completed SS-level missions.

For example, Hashirama Senju, who had been tracking the Hinata, and Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was originally at the border to prevent the Rock Ninja and the Cloud Ninja from moving south. After receiving the news, he hurried back two days in advance and only returned to the village in the morning.

At this moment he was whispering something to Danzo.

"…So, Sensei is planning to build some kind of base station to expand the village barrier and strengthen Konoha's control over the Land of Fire?"

"Not only that, there may also be the Kirito Ninja. According to gossip, Lord Mito and that Uchiha Madara have obtained the Kirito Ninja lease contract."

Danzo's face was not very good, but the situation was stronger than the person. If he wanted to have a say, he had to have a good relationship with his peers. For example, the news about the Kirito ninja was what he heard from Uchiha Kagami.

"Hiss, lease contract? What does that mean?"

"Literally, Kirito will have to listen to us for the next few years."

Although Sarutobi Hiruzen did inherit Senju Tobirama's vigilance towards Uchiha Madara, he couldn't help but praise him at this moment.

"As expected of the legendary master..."

One person took down an entire ninja village! Awesome!

Danzo said angrily: "Uchiha... this bastard named Afei has been doing very well in the village recently."

Sarutobi Hiruzen thought of something. He looked at Danzo worriedly, "I remember he seemed to dislike you. Did he embarrass you?"

Danzo was silent for a while before he said aggrievedly: "No, he arranged a lot of things for me."

How should I put it? He was quite happy with what he did.

Sarutobi Hiruzen commented objectively: "He has a very broad mind."

"No! He is just a petty person!" Danzo retorted firmly.

Uchiha Kagami came over at some point, and after hearing what Danzo said, he smiled and explained to Sarutobi Hiruzen, "Maybe every time Ah Fei looks at Danzo, his eyes aren't so gentle, as if he really wants to kill him."

Sarutobi Hiruzen was stunned: "Uh, didn't you say you didn't embarrass him?"

Uchiha Kagami's smile deepened: "Yes, it's like I want to kill you, but my attitude in talking and doing things is more fair."

Sarutobi Hiruzen burst out laughing, then said thoughtfully: "It's amazing that you can separate personal interests from official business."

Uchiha Kagami glanced at Sarutobi Hiruzen and suddenly whispered, "I still support you more."

Now Sarutobi Hiruzen's position in the village is rather awkward. He was the Third Hokage designated by Tobirama, and he indeed took office immediately. However, the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, stepped forward to handle affairs. Sarutobi Hiruzen could not argue with his teacher on everything, so he had to leave the village to guard the border.

But if Sarutobi Hiruzen was really allowed to stay in the village to take charge of affairs... Sarutobi Hiruzen asked himself, can you deal with Lord Uchiha Madara?

Sarutobi Hiruzen was a little frustrated. He could use his teacher's face to suppress the Senju, or he could use the fact that Uchiha Madara once attacked the village with the Nine-Tails to suppress the Uchiha, but when it came to facing Uchiha Madara, he was still not enough.

Ultimately, being a ninja is about strength. No matter how skilled and experienced one is in politics, if one's own strength is insufficient, everything is in vain.

After hearing what Uchiha Kagami said, Sarutobi Hiruzen was a little surprised: "Kagami? I thought, after all, Afei and you are of the same race."

Uchiha Jing smiled, his expression somewhat complicated: "Well, it is precisely because we are from the same clan that I feel that A Fei is not as good as you at the moment."

Maybe others would think that Uchiha Afei is very capable in handling affairs, but Uchiha Jing knows that most of these things are done by the Ashan in Afei, and Afei's own ability is questionable.

Sarutobi Hiruzen cheered up again: "If even you say so, then I have to cheer up even more!"

Several ninja clan leaders who were holding a small meeting at the same time and were seated saw this scene and were whispering to each other in private.

"The Third Master will be in trouble in the future."

"Uchiha Afei is obviously aiming for the position of Hokage. I wonder if the Third-generation Master can suppress Afei."

"I think it's quite annoying because Lord Tobirama is on Afei's side."

"The most important thing is that with A Fei here, the village has the means to fight against Uchiha Madara."

"After spending these days together, I feel that Ah Fei's skills are still outstanding."

"Yes, it is said that Danzo, who was in collusion with the rebel ninja, was assigned important tasks by Afei..."

"But we are more familiar with Lord Hizan, right?"

"That's right, this Uchiha Afei was once an enemy of the village..."

“…”

At ten o'clock in the morning, the conference room was almost full of people, and Senju Tobirama entered the conference room on time.

Uchiha Obito followed behind with his head down and took the initiative to sit next to Uchiha Fire Core.

Uchiha Huohe asked in a low voice: "Why are you here so late?"

Uchiha Obito said weakly: "Last night the data was wrong again, he called me stupid..."

Uchiha Fire Core looked at Uchiha Obito with pity and said nothing.

Senju Tobirama glanced at Uchiha Obito, looked around, and nodded slightly: "Sorry to have kept you waiting for so long. Today, let's talk about what happened in the village recently."

Tobirama Senju was wearing a Hokage robe but no hat. He sat cross-legged in the front seat and first looked at Hashirama Senju who was talking to the Great Elder Senju.

"I think everyone knows that the Hyuga clan left Konoha en masse on the night of the meteorite fall. Brother, tell me about the results of the investigation."

After hearing his brother's words, Senju Hashirama sighed. He looked around the venue at the people, some of whom he knew and some of whom he didn't.

These people are all his descendants, or the descendants of his comrades, partners and colleagues. Senju Hashirama has complicated feelings.

"Back then, everyone or their elders trusted me so much that they joined the village that Madara and I founded and made Konoha famous."

Senju Hashirama looked guilty. He even leaned over and apologized to everyone present. "I was happy when Hinata joined the village. I still remember the days when I had a good chat with the Hyuga clan leader and elders. But I didn't expect that Hinata would eventually choose to leave."

"No matter what the reason is for Hinata to leave the village, it is the fault of me and my successor, Tobirama. I apologize to everyone here."

Everyone was shocked by Hashirama Senju's apology. They didn't expect that after Hinata left Konoha, Hashirama Senju's first reaction was that he and the successor Hokage had not done a good job and failed to satisfy Hinata!

These ninja clan leaders and elite jonin were all deeply moved.

"Master Shodai! This has nothing to do with you!"

"Yes, Shodaime-sama, it was the Hyuga who left Konoha on their own. It has nothing to do with you."

Sarutobi Hiruzen jumped out and wanted to apologize, but was pushed back by Senju Hashirama: "Monkey, you are the one who is going to be the Hokage. The matter of Hinata has nothing to do with you. It must be because of me and Tobirama."

He smiled bitterly and said, "During this time, I did find some clues outside, and even saw one or two Hyuga ninjas, but the specific situation is still under investigation. I think they didn't betray Konoha, but had to leave the village for their own reasons."

The man who founded the Leaf Village cheered up and said, "I will continue to track it down. I want to know the reason no matter what. Is it that the village has been too harsh on them, or is it that I and Tobirama, as Hokage, have done something wrong? Only by knowing the reason can we not disappoint everyone who is still willing to stay in the village!"

"Just give me some time, please."

After hearing this, everyone was moved and excited, and quickly said, "Shoudaime-sama, please continue to follow up. We believe in you, and you will be in charge of Hinata's affairs."

Izawa Sugi quickly asked Uchiha Obito to speak, and Uchiha Obito said lazily: "I'm sorry to trouble you, Shodaime-sama, about the Hyuga's affairs, but there is no one to take care of the Hyuga's family property left in the village. We are neighbors and former partners of the Hyuga, so of course we have no responsibilities and are willing to take care of it for us."

Many ninja clan leaders almost laughed out loud after hearing this, but they managed to hold it back. The Nara clan leader agreed and said, "That's right, we should help each other."

Anyway, Hinata is gone, and the remaining family property belongs to everyone!

Senju Tobirama rolled his eyes cryptically: "Okay, I'll leave the Hinata matter to my brother to investigate privately."

Danzo, however, was somewhat dissatisfied. He felt that the Hyuga's departure from Konoha was an act of betrayal. No matter what, all Hyuga must be labeled as traitors and be wanted and hunted down!

Not only Danzo, but some ninja clans and elite jonin also thought so. However, with the guarantee of Konoha's first generation leader, Hashirama Senju, to investigate the matter, after Tobirama Senju said this, although some ninjas frowned, they did not express any objection in the end.

In fact, if the normal process is followed, Senju Tobirama would do the same.

However, considering that Konoha will recruit all the ninjas in the mainland in the future, in order to alienate the Hyuga and Tsuki Ninjas and then bring the Hyuga back, it is not appropriate to issue an order to hunt down the rebel ninjas. It is better to delay like this and let Senju Hashirama continue to track and investigate.

Senju Tobirama clapped his hands, "Let's talk about the second thing, the decision to cancel Uchiha Madara's traitorous ninja status."

As soon as these words were spoken, the venue fell silent.

Senju Hashirama's eyes lit up, and Uchiha Hinata's expression relaxed. He put on a smile, but felt a little sigh in his heart.

"Of course, Madara's attack on Konoha with the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox was unforgivable, but this time he and Sister-in-law Mito went to the Kirito Ninja and successfully brought the Kirito Ninja under Konoha. Konoha and the Kirito Ninja signed a lease contract for five years. I think these five years are enough for everyone to turn the Kirito Ninja into our Konoha ninjas."

At this point, Senju Tobirama smiled: "After all, our Konoha was originally formed by many ninja clans who defected to us. However, this time, the ninja clans defected to the Land of Water. We will discuss the details later, but there will be many Mist Ninja clans coming to Konoha for further studies. I hope everyone will treat them equally and try their best to attract them to Konoha."

After Senju Tobirama finished speaking, the venue suddenly became noisy, and everyone was whispering to each other, talking about how Uchiha Madara had brought the Kirito ninja to Konoha's side and so on.

Senju Tobirama had someone send some information about the Mist Ninja, and after waiting for about ten minutes to make sure everyone had read the basic situation, he continued, "Konoha and the Mist Ninja will become one village in the next five years, or even forever. In order to deal with the possible temptations and provocations from the Cloud Ninja, Rock Ninja, and Sand Ninja, Madara has already stolen the tailed beasts from those two villages. Of course, he was still a traitor when he did this, so we can't do anything about it."

Everyone smiled in a way that I understood.

"Now that Madara has returned to the village, we will forgive him for his misdeeds in the Mist Ninja incident. The Tailed Beast in his hand was stolen by him when he was a rebellious ninja. It is his private property. The village protects the private property of residents from being invaded by foreign ninjas. So if the Cloud Ninja and Rock Ninja come to ask for it, I will not let Madara return it." After a pause, Senju Tobirama added, "If any of you want him to return it, go and talk to him yourself."

Everyone blinked after hearing this. Who would take the initiative to die and let Uchiha Madara's tailed beast fall into his hands? Oh, Senju Hashirama.

Then everyone looked at Senju Hashirama.

Senju Hashirama lowered his head and drew circles in frustration: "Madara must still be angry about the split-tailed beast I made. Oh, forget it. I'm a dead man. The affairs of the living have nothing to do with me."

Everyone: “…”

Suddenly I feel that the identity of a dead person is really useful!

When Uchiha Obito heard this, he looked deeply at Senju Tobirama.

He had a private chat with Izawa Sugi: "Senju Tobirama changed the order of things, and the tailed beasts he collected turned out to be Madara's private property... I admire him."

Ize Shan discovered something: "What you should admire is behind."

"Quiet, now let's talk about the third thing."

Senju Tobirama calmly stated that due to the previous fight between Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Afei outside the village, and the meteorite attack, the Kiri Ninja clan came to seek refuge, after careful consideration, he planned to expand the village.

Since we want to expand, we also need to expand the village's barrier.

"I will put the various steps of the barrier expansion plan in the elite jonin public information range in a while. If you are interested, you can go and have a look. Since I plan to upgrade the barrier, I will ask some people from Uzumaki to move over to help. I believe everyone has seen the Uzumaki Shrine outside the village. In the future, they will also become members of the village. I hope everyone gets along well."

The ninjas didn't react after hearing this, as they all knew that some of Uzumaki's men would definitely come.

The main reason is that Uzumaki hasn't arrived yet, and the Uchiha clan has already been planning a blind date for Uzumaki. Everyone in the village knows that the Uchiha clan is looking for someone to marry recently, and they are afraid that the Uchiha clan will be exterminated in the future as Uchiha Afei said.

"The fourth and final thing is about the food distribution plan for the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning. Ah Fei, you can tell us about it."

Senju Tobirama never mentioned any plan to flatten the continent, but cunningly integrated this plan into the expansion of the village. As for the future when the chakra network is put into use, it will first cover the Land of Fire, then the Land of Water, and then the entire continent...that is all a matter for the future.

If it really comes to that, even if the village leaders and the ninja clan don't want to do it, the situation will push them forward.

Uchiha Obito silently took note of this, he had learned another trick.

How to hide your true intentions in ordinary proposals.

He recalled the plan that Izawa Sugi had made yesterday, took a deep breath, stood up with a smile and began his speech.

This was the first time that I spoke publicly in front of so many attendees.

It was also his first step towards his dream.

Looking at the faces below, some familiar and some unfamiliar, Uchiha Obito was a little dazed for a moment.

He seemed to see the person who once stood beside him, and also seemed to see the person who once stood opposite him.

——Kakashi, this time, I will definitely become a true hero.

"Ah, I'm sure many people know me, but I'll still introduce myself here."

Uchiha Obito said in a slightly frivolous and confident voice, "I'm Uchiha Fei, you can just call me A Fei, regarding this food sales plan, it's probably like this..."

Ize Shan did not say a word during the whole process. He quietly slipped to the side of Senju Tobirama, stared at Uchiha Obito quietly, and smiled.

Senju Tobirama sensed Izawa Sugi and whispered, "Is it okay to let him do it himself?"

Izawa Sugi: "This is his dream. I am just teaching him some experience. Also... don't underestimate him."

"If he wants, even the most rebellious rebel can be seduced by him."

Senju Tobirama raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Uchiha Obito on the stage with some surprise.

Uchiha Obito's speaking style is slightly different from Izawa Sugi's.

How should I put it? If Izawa Sugi gives people the feeling of being bathed in a spring breeze and speaks in a steady, simple and seamless manner, then Uchiha Obito will unconsciously seduce others, and while seducing people's inner desires, he will slightly increase the tone of his voice, bringing out a feeling of oppression and intimidation.

Think about Nagato Uzumaki, Itachi Uchiha, and Kisame Hoshigaki who were fooled by Obito Uchiha all those years ago...

It may be that after communicating with Izawa Sugi for a long time, the threatening feeling in Obito's words has faded a lot. Combined with Obito's last name of Uchiha, in the eyes of many people, it seems normal for an Uchiha to speak sharply.

"I see." Senju Tobirama noticed the difference, "As expected of an Uchiha, it's easy to inspire awe in people."

He glanced at Izawa Sugi, "You are never intimidating."

"Because I don't need to." Ize Shan said with some nostalgia, "The people around me are stronger and more incompetent than each other. In order to clean up the mess for everyone, I have become like this without realizing it."

Senju Tobirama looked strange: "...Really? No wonder you can always handle any troublesome situation or mess that pops up with ease."

He asked subconsciously, "Don't you think it's troublesome?"

Izawa Sugi tilted his head to look at Senju Tobirama, then looked at Senju Hashirama who was looking at Uchiha Obito with burning eyes.

Izawa Sugi lowered his voice and said, "After Hashirama's death, you don't have to deal with his troubles anymore. Are you happy?"

Senju Tobirama's expression remained unchanged, but his eyes became a little colder.

Izawa Shan chuckled: "Compared to the happiness of the important people, this little trouble is nothing, right?"

Senju Tobirama sighed: "...You are right."

He looked at Ize Shan gently: "So you are really my son?"

Izawa Sugi: “…”

He slowly turned his head to look at Senju Tobirama, and a question mark appeared on his forehead.

"No, you misunderstood."

"Really? You really never called me father?"

Izawa Sugi: “…”

Shit! For a moment, Izawa Sugi felt a little aggrieved and regretful! Why did he want to offend Tobirama Senju in the first place? !

There was a look of pride and joy on Senju Tobirama's face.

"It looks like my Yin Yang escape was successful."

Izawa Sugi said gloomily: "It was an accident."

"Anyway, I succeeded and you were born." Senju Tobirama didn't care. "In that case, I'll have to work harder."

Tobirama Senju decided to gradually hand over the work of Hokage to Sarutobi Hiruzen tomorrow, and concentrate on studying Onmyoji and providing technical support for the construction of base stations.

"I am the deceased Second Hokage. The village's Hokage is Hiruzen. Since Afei did not attack Danzo, it shows that he still has a tolerant heart."

Izawa Sugi curled his lips and didn't mention how Uchiha Obito tried to knock Danzo out several times.

Senju Tobirama: "I hope Afei can cooperate happily with Hiruzen."

Izawa Sugi: "Do you think Hiruzen will continue to be Hokage?"

"It's not that I'm optimistic, but Hiruzen's ability is enough to be a Hokage. As for Afei..."

Senju Tobirama took a deep breath and said, "He will handle the work of the base station. After Konoha expands and takes over the other four major ninja villages, I will propose that the five major ninja villages choose another leader for the alliance."

Sarutobi Hiruzen is indeed a good Hokage, but because Sarutobi Hiruzen's vision and focus are only on the Land of Fire, he is not suitable to be the leader of the Continental Ninja Alliance.

At this moment, Uchiha Obito finished his speech, and the ninjas below discussed the plan given by Uchiha Obito with each other. Several ninjas raised objections, but Uchiha Obito gave good answers, which were agreed and recognized by everyone.

Senju Tobirama nodded with satisfaction: "Your teaching results are not bad. He also has a better understanding of the current situation of other ninja villages in the ninja world. If he continues to maintain this growth rate, he is indeed qualified to become the leader of the alliance."

Speaking of other ninja villages, Senju Tobirama glanced at Senju Hashirama who was clapping vigorously on the other side, and whispered to Izawa Sugi, "By the way, you and big brother should go to the Hidden Mist Village tomorrow. Anyway, you have a contractual connection with A Fei, and you can handle affairs in the Hidden Mist Village without hindering you from giving A Fei a political lesson."

"I was planning to go to the Kiri-nin to deal with the base station, but it's enough for me to go, why should Hashirama go as well?"

Izawa Sugi was a little confused, and then he thought of something else, "If Hashirama goes... will he need his Wood Release? Why? Madara also knows Wood Release, and he is believed by the people of the Land of Water. It would be more appropriate for him to stay in the Land of Water, right?"

The lease contract has been signed and everything has been settled. As the signatory of the lease contract, Uzumaki Mito will bring the Third Mizukage and other Kirishin Jonin to report to Konoha after the support from Konoha arrives and the handover is completed.

Nara Ninja represents the Konohagakure clan, led by Inoshikacho, and he also needs to come back to negotiate with his family about the lease.

Uchiha can stay, but what's the point of him staying? He wants to go home and get married.

The Water Country must keep someone who can take charge and keep the situation under control. So, Uchiha Madara is the most suitable person.

Senju Tobirama said helplessly: "Banara couldn't help it. He threatened that if he continued to let him farm in the Land of Water, he would kill all the Mist Ninjas."

Uchiha Madara was disdainful of beating up Uzumaki Mito who had betrayed him. Or as the saying goes, in Uchiha Madara's mind, this woman was the wife of Senju Hashirama, the steward of the Nine-Tails' chakra.

So Uzumaki Mito's black pot was transferred by Uchiha Madara to Senju Hashirama.

Uchiha Madara was filled with rage. He asked Senju Tobirama to quickly transfer Senju Hashirama and Izawa Sugi over. He wanted to beat them up, then leave Senju Hashirama to farm in the Water Country and let Izawa Sugi pretend to be Tsukuyomi. He, Uchiha Madara, wanted to fight the Cloud Ninja and the Rock Ninja to vent his anger!

"You go and pretend to study for this month, and I'll go and farm."

What annoys Senju Tobirama the most is that the Uchiha always do things according to their mood, and no one can stop them when they get emotional.

Izawa Sugi said in a dumb voice: "Then the task of tracking down Tsuki Ninja and Hinata can only be left to Madara."

Senju Tobirama snorted: "It doesn't matter. When the village unifies the entire continent in the future, the Tsuki Ninja and the Hyuga will come to Konoha for help sooner or later."

"Okay, I'll set off tomorrow. By the way, since we need to build a base station, I'll go to the warehouse to get the first batch of construction materials." Izawa Sugi suggested, "Let Hozuki go with me. As the second generation Mizukage, it will be more convenient for me to get things done with his help."

Senju Tobirama said happily: "Okay, I'll leave the Kiri-nin side to you."

At this moment, there was warm applause from the audience, and Uchiha Obito's plan was approved by everyone.

Senju Tobirama said two more words to end the meeting, and the meeting ended successfully.

The next day, Izawa Sugi went to the Hidden Kirest Village with Hashirama Senju and Gengetsu Kizuki.


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