Chapter 35 After the Incident

Shimura Danzo was speechless after being questioned by Minato Namikaze.

Of course, he couldn't say on the spot that guarding against Uchiha was a high-level strategy passed down by the second generation. When the third generation was still there, although this strategy was not implemented thoroughly, it was still taken seriously.

Unexpectedly, this young Hokage who was supported by the third generation dared to shake or even subvert it just after getting familiar with government affairs.

He suddenly looked at Minato Namikaze's slightly cold face with only his left eye exposed, as if he was meeting him for the first time. For several seconds, he suddenly retracted his gaze and said no more.

However, in his heart, he had already greatly changed his previous perception of the young fourth generation.

Could it be that because the third generation was gone, this young Hokage lost his restraint and wanted to be arbitrary?

Thinking of this, Danzo suddenly smiled coldly in his heart. If the young Fourth Generation thought so, he was totally wrong. While thinking about these things gloomily, his eyes turned to the two consultants next to him.

Sure enough, the two of them could no longer remain silent at this time.

"Ahem..." Seeing that the atmosphere of the meeting was a little wrong, Koharu Utane said, "Fourth Generation, the matter of the Uchiha clan relocation can be abandoned for the time being, but a thorough investigation of the guards and all Uchiha ninjas is indispensable."

"Even if it is for the sake of finding out the truth, the overall strength of the entire Uchiha clan should be investigated clearly..."

"Yes, we hope that the head of the Uchiha clan can deeply understand this." Mitomon En also echoed.

In fact, they agreed with Danzo's opinion. But the Fourth Generation was so disrespectful, and it was not good for them to refute Danzo, especially now it was a big meeting, and so many heads of various clans were present. It was not appropriate to have serious disagreements in front of them, so in the end they had to compromise a little.

Namikaze Minato could also see that this was the biggest concession they could make at this time. He knew that changing the village's inherent concept of the Uchiha clan was not something that could be done unilaterally. If he wanted to completely change this situation, he had to do it step by step.

So he turned his gaze to Uchiha Fugaku.

Fortunately, the latter could accept this result. Uchiha Fugaku first looked at Namikaze Minato on the main seat with gratitude, and then responded: "... The Uchiha clan is willing to accept a thorough investigation."

Thinking of the fact that the guys in the guard team might be very dissatisfied when they were questioned by the Anbu after the thorough investigation, Uchiha Fugaku was also quite helpless, but he could not ask for more to get this result.

After all, compared with the relocation of the clan, this is already very easy to accept.

After this matter was revealed, Namikaze Minato also breathed a sigh of relief. The Uchiha clan migration incident was an important fuse that forced him to coup in the future. Now he intervened in the incident with the power of Hokage. In this way, the first step to change the fate of Uchiha was successfully taken...

Nara Shikaku saw that the opinions among the top leaders finally reached a consensus. After he breathed a sigh of relief, he announced that he would move on to the next topic.

The problem of supplementing the number of jonin and chunin lost in the village.

Because most of the sacrifices in the Nine-Tails Rebellion were jonin and chunin, some of the missing positions need to be filled. From the elite chunin, promote ninjas who are qualified to become formal jonins. From the genin, recommend ninjas who are qualified to be promoted to chunin, and hold a chunin exam within the village to fill the missing chunin positions.

To recommend jonin, the jonin captain represented by Shikaku mainly needs to vote from the candidates whose mission qualifications are close to the promotion standards. At the meeting, the approximate number of these promoted people needs to be decided.

As for the patriarchs of the major families, they actually have privileges. They can recommend one or two elite ninjas in the family as additional quotas.

It took nearly half an hour for the meeting to decide the number of ninjas who would be promoted to jonin and chunin this time.

Finally, they discussed the content and specific matters of the Chunin Exam within the village.

Namikaze Minato was obviously interested in this matter. Because in the original work, the first Chunin Exam plot was the climax of the early stage of Shippuden.

However, the Chunin Exam in Konoha that is about to be held is of course different from the Chunin Exam that will be held twelve years later, which is exactly after the plot begins. No other allies will participate in it.

Listening to Nara Shikaku, who is responsible for holding the exam, explaining the exam process in detail, Namikaze Minato found that it seemed that there was not much difference from the one in his memory. Basically, it is still a written test first, then enter the Death Forest to grab the scroll, and finally fight one by one in the tower. Several experienced jonin will score and judge whether they are qualified for promotion. Of course, Minato Namikaze, as the fourth Hokage, also needs to be present.

Because it is held internally, there is no final palace examination.

That is to say, there is no onlookers from other countries and ordinary people, and it is carried out in secret. After all, there is no purpose of showing the village's military strength this time...

After discussing the issue of supplementing the missing ninja establishment, the next thing to do is to arrange to strengthen the security of border patrols. Because the Nine-Tails Rebellion will definitely be exposed in the end, it is necessary to guard against the possible actions of other countries to invade the border after knowing this matter, which may take advantage of the damage to Konoha's strength.

Because the intelligence work is mainly in the charge of Danzo, he also came forward once and told about the recent secret actions of various countries.

More than an hour passed, and the meeting finally entered the last item.

"Everyone, the Nine-Tails incident last night caused many elite ninjas to die in the village." Namikaze Minato looked serious, and then said loudly: "Among them, in addition to ordinary Konoha ninjas, there is also the former Third Hokage and the current Hokage Assistant Sarutobi Hiruzen."

"The Third Hokage sacrificed himself for the future of the village and made a great contribution to the Nine-Tails back to Konoha."

"In order to commemorate the Third Hokage and those Konoha ninjas who stepped forward and sacrificed their lives when the village was in a major crisis, it has been decided to hold a silent funeral in two days..."

"I hope that by then, all ninjas who do not have major tasks can participate."

The originally lively atmosphere of the meeting soon fell into a solemn atmosphere again because of Namikaze Minato's words.

Afterwards, the meeting was finally declared over.

After everyone dispersed, the advisory duo and Danzo deliberately stayed and did not leave immediately.

Naturally, Namikaze Minato understood immediately. It seemed that there were some things that he really had to explain...