The next day.
The Hokage Office Building conference room.
"No!" Uchiha Madara shouted with a dark expression.
"Seconded!"
"Seconded!"
"Seconded!"
Masahiko, Hyuga Tenin, and the Nara Clan Head answered in unison.
Hashirama smiled. "Three to two, Madara. You lost again."
That's why I said giving Madara two votes was completely pointless... Masahiko thought.
After seeing off the Daimyo that morning, Hashirama had convened the first Council of Elders meeting to announce several decisions. The scene just now had already played out many times...
But this time, Madara was clearly embarrassed and furious. He turned to Masahiko. "Old man, you did that on purpose, didn't you?! You actually agreed to a proposal like that?"
Masahiko looked utterly innocent. He had not listened to Hashirama's proposal at all; he had simply supported everything Madara opposed... At this point, he could only reply, "Uh, the two of them agreed too. Why are you only asking me..." As he spoke, he felt even more justified. "Madara, do you think I'm old and easy to bully?"
"Old man..." Madara gritted his teeth, looking ready to make a move.
"Second Grandfather..." Hashirama hurriedly stopped him. "My proposal just now was for every clan to make all ninjutsu public, except for secret techniques."
"Uh..." Masahiko looked at the Nara Clan Head and the Hyuga Clan Head awkwardly. No wonder Madara was so furious... But Masahiko's skin had been tempered over the years. "Then I agree too! I'm just that selfless and impartial!"
Madara's face was practically green. Hashirama hurriedly soothed him. "All right, that was all of my proposals. Does anyone else have anything to add?"
Seeing that the others had fallen silent, Masahiko spoke first. "Hashirama, since ninjutsu is being made public, we might as well make education public too..."
"Second Grandfather, you mean..."
"That's right.