The heads and elders of each family knew the purpose of the Hokage's calling for the Ninja clan meeting.
Everyone also knows something about the situation Konoha is currently facing.
Yes, the village is in trouble, but what does the Honin clan have to do with it.
Each ninja clan has registered ninjas working for the village, and those unregistered family ninjas are the backbone of maintaining the inheritance of the ninja clan.
Moreover, as early as when the village was founded, the first generation had already made clear the rules. Those in the Ninja Village belong to the Ninja Village, and those in the family belong to the family. They are clearly independent and do not interfere with each other.
Now, the third generation Sarutobi Hiruzen is clearly trying to take down the roots of each family, which is a big taboo!
So: I have to add money!
And it's not just money and materials, but also the corresponding ninja level and position, otherwise the ninja would rather not serve as an official.
To put it bluntly, it means not letting go of the eagle when you don’t see the rabbit.
Moreover, no one has any idea of how the future situation will develop in the ninja world where war is approaching, and how the scale of the war will be. However, if the ninjas sent out reach the Jonin level, the war will be over within two battles. , then for the ninja clan, this is a good thing for free.
Naturally, the Third Generation Hiruzen Sarutobi had a thorough understanding of the psychology of the ninja clan. After all, the Sarutobi clan he came from was also the greatest ninja clan in Konoha after several thousand-year-old wealthy families.
Moreover, he specially invited Tsunade to this Ninja Clan meeting, hoping that as a direct descendant of the Senju and a first-generation granddaughter, the people from the Senju Ninja Clan would be merciful.
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In the large conference room of the Hokage Building.
In front of the conference room is a long platform composed of multiple tables, which are the seats of the Hokage and advisors. Below are rows of tables and chairs, which are the seats of the leaders of each ninja clan. The overall layout is relatively simple, just like a classroom in a ninja school. half.
In the first row of seats below, the Uchiha clan and the close ninja clan occupy the left side, Hinata and the close ninja clan occupy the right side, and in the middle are the Senju clan represented by Tsunade and other small and medium-sized ninja clans; from the seats, You can see the strength of each ninja clan.
Even though the Senju clan was in dilapidated state after the war, there were still many Senju who returned to seclusion and either married or married into various small and medium-sized ninja clans, or established their own clan and established a new clan name. Even if their prestige was no longer there, the Senju were still in the hearts of all the small and medium-sized ninja clans. Shang Zong.
As for Uchiha and Hinata, one is a city manager + a policeman, and even after doing dirty work, he gets scolded; the other is a scout, staring hard and using his eyes as a scanner, even though they are both from the so-called thousand-year-old wealthy family, But they don't have any decent power in their hands. They are usually aggrieved, but at least they are not powerful enough.
The Uchiha clan attended this meeting were the leader of the clan, Uchiha Shigata, and his legitimate son Uchiha Fugaku, as well as the police representative Yusuke Uchiha, the radical representative Uchiha Tokimitsu, and the conservative representative Uchiha Michiyo; throughout At the venue, the Uchiha clan had the largest number of participants and the most scattered ones.
Before the meeting started, Uchiha Tokumitsu began to look at the ninja leaders attending the meeting unscrupulously.
First of all, there is Uchiha’s arch-rival, the granddaughter of Senju Hashirama, Tsunade Hime; the current Tsunade looks like a girl of about seventeen or eighteen years old, and she does not have the magnanimous appearance of later generations. Apart from her face, she is okay. Other than that, the rest of the place is unremarkable.
Perhaps it was because Uchiha Tokko's gaze was too naked and unscrupulous to scan, Tsunade stared at her hard and then gritted her teeth and turned her head away.
Uchiha Tokumitsu didn't care, and looked to the right side of the venue. Sitting in the front row were three Hyugas, one large and two young. They should be the contemporary clan leader and his two sons, Hyuga Hizashi and Hyuga Hizashi. They were just the foreheads of the two. They were all wearing Konoha forehead protectors and it was hard to tell who was from whom.
Looking back, behind Tsunade were Sarutobi, Shimura, Yamanaka, Nara, Akimichi, Aburame, Inuzuka, Hatake and other Konoha ninja clans.
Hinata's back was also densely packed with people, probably also vassal ninjas under his command.
Looking behind Uchiha, there were about ten people sitting in twos and threes.
The contrast in power between Uchiha and the mainstream Senju and Hokage families in the village is evident.
Uchiha has an aloof personality and is still being suppressed, so it is difficult to win over other ninjas.
There is a long way to go.
Uchiha Tokko sighed inwardly.
While Uchiha Tokumitsu was looking at others, other ninjas were also observing him, who should be the most outstanding young generation in Konoha.
Especially the Hyuga clan with Byakugan, although they can look straight ahead without squinting, but for the Byakugan blood succession limit, they can observe from a wide angle even without opening Byakugan, but the distance is not that far.
"Father, his chakra concentration level...seems to have surpassed that of many jounin..."
One of the Hyuga children whispered to the Hyuga clan leader.
"Rizu, he should have awakened the three magatama..."
The Hyuga clan leader said to his heir, his legitimate son.
As both a thousand-year-old wealthy family, the Uchiha clan has always surpassed Hinata in terms of strength and prestige. Even though the current Uchiha clan has been at its weakest period in thousands of years, it still overtakes Hinata. Even the next generation seems to be unable to do so. There is nothing comparable.
"Eight-year-old Sanmagatama..."
The head of the Hyuga clan lamented in his heart that the Hyuga clan was a dignified clan, but they didn’t know when they would be able to suppress Uchiha and become the most powerful clan in the ninja world.
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When the leaders of the various ninja clans were bragging and talking, there was an ANBU shouting from outside the rear door, "Hokage-sama is here~"
The third generation of Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, came with three advisors: Shimura Danzo, Mito Kadenen, and Koharu Koharu.
"Lord Hokage..."
"Sandaime..."
The ninja leaders in the middle of the venue stood up to say hello one after another. Some of the close ninja leaders behind them in the Hyuga camp on the right stood up to say hello; while in the Uchiha camp on the left, no matter they were Uchiha or vassal ninja, everyone was confused. If you don't know, don't be moved.
The third generation Sarutobi Hiruzen chatted with the leaders of the various ninja clans one by one for a while before walking up to the main stage of the meeting and sitting down.
The beginning was the same as usual in mandarin. The third generation Sarutobi Hiruzen highly praised the efforts and responsibilities of the major ninja clans, praised the noble sentiments of the major ninja clans, and said that the development and prosperity of Konoha cannot be separated from the ninja clans. Full support for this.
During this cliched official talk, the Uchiha clan and the vassal camp were drowsy, the Hyuga camp closed their eyes and rested, and the Senju and Hokage camps in the middle burst into applause, very involved and passionate.
Oh, except Tsunade who was dozing off with her chin propped up.
After talking about past contributions, he started to talk about the current status quo. The Sandaime briefly explained the current situation of the ninja world, and made a basic assessment and plan for a possible ninja war.
Finally comes the highlight——
"...Based on the above situation, after discussion by the Hokage and the advisory elders, it is now planned to recruit ninjas from all ninja clans, and open the ninja evaluation and grading inspection. If the strength of the ninjas not registered is sufficient, they can be directly judged as jounin!"
As soon as this statement came out, the representatives of the small and medium-sized ninja clan in the middle suddenly exploded and criticized the jounin! This is a great news for the small and medium-sized ninja clan who continue to expand their family's voice.
In peacetime, since the jounin itself is the upper echelon of the village, the assessment requirements are not only strength and command strategy, but also more annoying is that there is a quota limit every year. Each ninja clan has more or less non-registered clan members who have not been assessed the jounin title. Yes, in the past, it didn't matter when the highest level of direct evaluation was up to the chuunin level, and the family ninjas could endure loneliness. But if one could directly evaluate the jounin and thus become the decision-maker of the village, the meaning would be different.
Uchiha Tokumitsu wanted to laugh a little when he looked at Sarutobi, Shimura and other ninja representatives who were talking excitedly to other ninja leaders.
It's understandable that the other ninja clan didn't know, but it would be a joke to say that the two clans from high-ranking Konoha families didn't know about this beforehand.
Looking at the Hyuga clan camp, the vassal ninja clan sitting behind Hyuga and his son only communicated with each other through glances, which is normal. Looking back at the rear of the Uchiha clan, fortunately, everyone was unmoved; seeing Uchiha Tokumitsu looking back, the leaders of the ninja clan smiled and nodded to him.
'At least the Uchiha camp is still firm. '
The Sandaime looked at the noisy venue with a kind smile on his face, while Danzo and the other three advisors kept glancing at the Uchiha and Hinata.
"Heads of the clan, if there are any ninja elites who accept the conscription, you can start signing up now."
As soon as the Sandaime said this, the first person to stand up was the representative of the Sarutobi clan.
"Hokage-sama, the Sarutobi clan will have 6 jounin and 80 chuunin accepted by the village!"
"The Shimura clan will have 5 jounin and 60 chunin recruited by the village."
"The Nara clan..."
"The mountain clan..."
The ninjas of the Hokage family expressed their opinions one after another, leading other ninjas to start to stand out.
But Uchiha and Hinata, as well as the relatives of the two families, were unmoved.
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After a moment of commotion, the ninja clan in the middle of the venue finished reporting their head count, and the place became slightly quiet.
Everyone's eyes began to turn to the two wealthy Uchiha and Hinata families on both sides.
After pondering for a moment, the Hyuga clan leader spoke.
"The Hyuga clan will recruit 20 jounin and 80 chunin from the family to accept recruitment from the village."
Afterwards, all the ninja clans behind him also expressed their opinions.
The final pressure was put on the Uchiha camp.
The Uchiha clan leader glanced at the clan members around him to indicate if there was any problem.
Uchiha Demitsu nodded to him, then raised his hand.
"Tokumitsu-kun, do you have any questions?"
The Sandaime asked calmly.
"Hokage-sama, what are the arrangements for recruiting ninjas?"
"This is a village secret and you have no way of interfering with it!" Danzo shouted angrily upon hearing this.
"What a precious thing you are! How dare you speak so wildly!" Uchiha Tokumitsu's face sank and he cursed in response.
Seeing that Danzo was getting angry, the Sandaime waved his hand to silence him.
"Tokumitsu-kun, do you have any requests?" The Sandaime didn't beat around the bush and directly pointed out the core behind Uchiha Tokumitsu's problem.
"The Uchiha family ninja will not accept being broken up into groups and mixed together unless it is his or her own will. I would like to ask, Hokage-sama, if this is appropriate."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was in an uproar.
Although he knew that Uchiha was arrogant and domineering, he didn't know that he was so arrogant and tough.
Danzo, Mito Kadoen, and Koharu, who were transferred to the dormitory, looked even more angry.
"Although this matter is against the rules, if you are an Uchiha, you can be particularly tolerant..."
The Hokage's answer was very kind, but it also pitted Uchiha against other ninjas.
"Hokage-sama, not just Uchiha, I mean, can the family ninjas who are recruited be able to organize themselves according to their own wishes?"
"...The principle is fine, but the specific situation may be flexible in case of war, and the team formation must be reported to the village." The Sandaime did not want to get entangled and said directly.
"Okay, we have no problem!" After saying that, he looked at the Uchiha clan leader beside him.
As the leader of the clan, Uchiha Shifang sighed again in his heart.
"Uchiha direct line, 12 jounin and 72 chunin will be recruited by the village."
"Uchiha Teiyan Sect, select 10 Jonin and 50 Chunin to accept recruitment from the village." This is the conservative Uchiha Sanchiyo elders, and the so-called Teiyan Sect is the name of the conservatives.
"The Police Department system will recruit 5 Jonin and 30 Chunin from the reserve personnel." After speaking, the representative of the Police Department hesitated for a moment, looked at Uchiha Tokimitsu, and added, "And accept our clan. The command of Master Tokuguang."
As soon as these words came out, not only the Hokage F4, but also the Uchiha clan leader's face darkened.
"The Nohara family has selected 1 jounin and 8 chunin to apply and accept the command of Shaojun Tokumitsu..."
"The Shiranui family..."
The vassal ninja clan in the rear followed the police representative's words one after another.
Finally, after all the pro-nin clans had finished expressing their stance, Uchiha Tokumitsu roughly calculated that there were 17 more jounin and 110 chunin in the pro-nin clan alone.
"Uchiha is in the Tiger sect, and 22 Jonin and 46 Chunin will be recruited!" The Uchiha radicals, who are known to the outside world as being in the Tiger sect, have taken out more Jonin than the Hyuga clan!
There was another uproar in the venue.
