"We need to prepare early."
Finally another voice intervened, younger and more composed, but looking at his gray hair, he seemed to be older than Third Hokage.
"Didn't we start preparing a long time ago?"
"Asuma became Guardian Ninja. When he returns to the village, he will at least be an elite Jonin."
"Xiaohuang is doing very well in the newly established Security Force--"
Five Elder was talking nonchalantly, but was forcibly interrupted by three Elder.
"What's the use of elite Jonin! Security Force seems to have some rights now, but what about in the future?" he said loudly.
"Uchiha Clan There are so many elite Jonin, and they control Security Force. Aren't they still wiped out? Can you guarantee me that we won't end up with the same end?"
Everyone here fell silent, yes, what is the end of the Uchiha Clan--
"But we have no intention of rebelling against the village!" Wu Elder's voice appeared again. His eyes looked around at everyone present with their heads lowered, and his voice was much louder than before.
Seeing everyone's looks, he seemed to be even angrier and angrier. He knocked on the tea table in front of him, the ceramic tea cups jingled and tea splashed out.
"Is it possible that you really want to rebel against the village like Uchiha Clan? Or do any of you want to be like First Hokage and Second Hokage, replacing Hiruzen in that seat?"
"Which one of you has this ability? Or Asuma and Xiaohuang?"
"Lao Wu--"
Elder's voice became particularly deep. He bent down, raised his head slightly, and said softly, "Tell me, is Uchiha Clan really going to rebel against the village?"
"Of course they are rebelling against the village! What other choice do they have!" Five Elder shouted, "Those damn Uchiha guys, without any Will of Fire guys, they have been coveting Hokage Position for a long time!"
Three Elder shook his head slightly, with a sneer on his lips, and said softly, "Then tell me, Danzo Elder doesn't covet Hokage Position!"
"Is he considered a traitor to the village?"
"He is--" Wu Elder wanted to retort, but was interrupted by another person next to him.
"He is the leader of Root. Fugaku Uchiha is also the former minister of Security Force. If you look at the reputation in the village and his status among the villagers, maybe Fugaku Uchiha is better than Danzo Elder!"
"And Danzo really attacked Hiruzen, more than once. If you say that Uchiha Clan rebelled against the village, wouldn't Danzo Elder be considered as rebelling against the village?"
He spoke very quickly, one sentence after another, stuffing back all the ink in Wu Elder's belly, and then said to himself, "Of course we will not choose to rebel against the village, all we want is to protect ourselves--"
"That's right--"
Others echoed in low voices, and it seemed that everyone except Wu Elder thought so.
After a while of silence, San Elder finally started talking. He sighed and said, "Old Five, please be more careful. You are already so old, why can't you see clearly?"
"What Will of Fire is, it's for children. What we have to think about is to let the family survive and live better and better."
"We must avoid becoming Uchiha Clan, becoming Senju Clan--"
"When Fourth Hokage took office, I thought that the family could finally live a leisurely life. Everyone and Hiruzen would gather together to drink tea and cultivate the younger generation--"
"But Fourth Hokage died young, but Hiruzen insisted on returning to that position. I told him at that time to quickly select Fifth Hokage, but it has been several years. Not only has the candidate for Fifth Hokage not been determined, but something like Uchiha Clan also happened -"
"Too many things happened during his tenure. White Fang committed suicide, four generations died in the line of duty, Uchiha Clan Massacre, and we had friction with the Hyuga Clan a while ago."
"Orochimaru defected, and Tsunade and Jiraiya also wandered outside the village all day long. They haven't come back for many years."
"If he is still alive, then none of this matters, but once he can no longer survive, reckoning will come=
"Okay, no more talking, let's all disperse -" After a long silence, San Elder sighed, waved his hands, and stood up.
Except for Wu Elder, everyone wanted to say something, but they all suppressed it. Third Hokage was still alive after all. If he didn't die, they wouldn't be able to make any trouble.
But someone found Security Force again. No one in the minister's office stopped him, and the guard at the door opened the door directly for him.
After all, it's my own Elder--
"Xiaohuang--" San Elder was leaning on a cane, but his back was straight, looking at his niece and calling his name softly.
During this period, with the intervention of Third Hokage, the security situation in the village finally eased to a certain extent.
On the one hand, Hyuga Branch Family has begun to take on tasks frequently during this period, and the members who stay in the village are also entrenched in the clan and rarely come out.
On the other hand, Sarutobi Clan, including several other families, are finally not so arrogant and domineering, and seem to have let go of their anger at being oppressed by the Uchiha Clan.
But Sarutobi Kou has not been idle. She still has to deal with various official duties every day. Although the documents on the table are not as many as Hokage Office's, they are not less.
"Elder--"
She raised her head and looked at the uninvited guest who walked through the door, then looked at the sofa aside. Shikaru Nara stood up and closed the door when she went out. Soon there were only two people left in the room.
"Are you still angry? You haven't returned to the clan for a while, and you haven't participated in the meeting." San Elder's voice was very soft, not as loud as at the clan meeting.
He sat on the sofa that still had a trace of Shikaru Nara's body temperature, took a disposable paper cup and poured himself some tea.
"No, I know what the characters of the gangsters in the family are like. It's normal to cause trouble everywhere. And hasn't Lord Hokage talked to them one by one?"
Sarutobi Kou put down his pen, shook his head, and looked at Elder in the family.
Elder also shook his head gently, and his voice became even softer. Even if someone put their ears to the door, they wouldn't know what he was talking about.
"I'm not talking about those bastards, but something that only belongs to you--"
Three Elder sighed softly, and after a short moment of silence, he finally said a name: "Uchiha Jie--"
He raised his head and looked in the direction of Sarutobi Kou. To his surprise, his niece didn't seem to have any additional reaction and still looked at him calmly.
"He's dead, isn't he?" Sarutobi Kou said word by word.