The situation here was quite different from Kirigakure's. At this moment, the atmosphere in Konohagakure's Hokage Office was much more peaceful.
Aoba was discussing regulations with Tsunade regarding retired shinobi returning to work.
Most retired shinobi in the Shinobi World had suffered physical disabilities during wars or missions. Without a hand, they could not form hand seals; without a foot, even traveling became a problem.
Maruboshi Kosuke was a special case and had no reference value at all.
Thus, even in Konohagakure, there were not many who could reach a normal retirement age with all their limbs intact.
Aoba and Tsunade's discussion about bringing retired shinobi back to work was meant to solve the problem of people who were still young but could no longer serve as shinobi due to physical disabilities.
Even though Aoba and Orochimaru had already worked out the entire cloning process, the ethical issues surrounding cloning technology meant it still could not be made public. Only a few high-ranking officials knew about it.
"Complete human replicas won't work, but partial cloning can. Limb restoration and organ transplants are merely natural extensions of Medical Ninjutsu. They don't involve replicating an entire individual, so public opinion can accept them."
Tsunade put down the document and looked at Aoba.
"You mean using partial cloning to restore the missing body parts of those retired shinobi and bring them back into the system?"
Tsunade's eyes lit up at his words, but she quickly frowned again.
"Restoring their bodies is certainly a good thing, but if a large number of retired shinobi return to the system, the village's mission volume won't be enough to support so many people."
"There aren't enough missions to support that many shinobi."
"Who said shinobi have to make a living by taking missions?"
Tsunade raised a brow.