"Whoosh~~~~"
At Hanzō the Salamander's words, the conference room erupted into an uproar once more!
This sudden news shocked everyone present!
That was Hanzō the Salamander!
The leader of Amegakure, Hanzō the Salamander, known as the God of Shinobi in the Ninja World!
As the leader of Amegakure, Hanzō the Salamander had always paid close attention to cultivating talent within the village. Quite a few people present had received his guidance before.
But even so, Hanzō the Salamander had never truly taken disciples!
Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan were the first three!
No wonder everyone was so astonished!
Yet before those in the Meeting Room could recover from the shock, Hanzō the Salamander announced something else that stunned them!
Hanzō the Salamander continued, "I will train the three of them as Amegakure's next Leaders! In other words, they will become Amegakure's new Leaders and Elders in the future!"
The entire Meeting Room fell silent at those words!
All the Rain Ninja, as well as the Akatsuki Organization's core members, stared at Hanzō the Salamander in disbelief!
This news was even more shocking than the last!
No, that was not quite right.
Hanzō the Salamander, who had never taken disciples, had suddenly accepted three Direct Disciples. In a sense, that already indicated his intention to cultivate successors.
But to state it so openly was still rather unexpected.
However, Amegakure and the Land of Rain had always been under Hanzō the Salamander's one-man rule. Even if some people had their objections, they did not dare voice any rebuttal.
Hanzō the Salamander's gaze swept over every face present before he said, "I know many of you do not understand why I made this decision!"
"But I am already old. How many more years can I protect Amegakure?"
"If I do not cultivate someone capable