Many Hyuga Clan ninja did not go out on missions.
After all, the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan was extremely valuable. To protect their Byakugan, fewer than ten Hyuga Clan ninja could actually go out on missions.
And for a clan to continue on, aside from fixed industries and jobs, it needed other sources of income.
After Hizashi Hyuga died, a large number of Hyuga Clan members received positions in the sensory division. Hidden Leaf Village even provided the Hyuga Clan with quite a few newly built houses, including some on the village's most prosperous commercial street!
The Hyuga Clan had made sacrifices, but they had received sufficient benefits!
"If the Third Hokage had been stronger, we might have been forced to choose a fight to the death with Hidden Leaf Village long ago," A said with a bitter smile.
Because Hiruzen Sarutobi had not been strong enough, the Kage of the other ninja villages had gritted their teeth and accepted it.
The bragging about him being the strongest Hokage could also be considered a form of misdirection aimed at the other ninja villages.
For a time, the Kage of the other ninja villages treated Hiruzen Sarutobi as a joke whenever he was mentioned, practically ignoring Hidden Leaf Village's development under the Third Hokage.
Perhaps they believed Hidden Leaf Village's prosperity was only natural, but the Third Hokage's methods had given the village enough money to develop!
The daimyo's financial support? That was fine for fooling people.
By then, Hidden Leaf Village had long ceased to be a ninja village that relied entirely on the daimyo's finances.
"Naruto, you need to understand that the Third Hokage's kindness was genuine, but so were his dirty methods! You can be kind, but you must know when to use that kindness. You should even learn