"Now then, the vote count is in."
Inside a conference room in the Hokage Building sat Jonin, department heads, clan heads, and representatives of Chunin and lower-ranked ninja.
The Konoha Ninja Assembly was considered Konoha's most important annual event. Not only did it address the various major conflicts that had arisen over the past year among Jonin, Chunin, and Genin within the village, but it also announced and formulated plans for the future, as well as development plans in every area.
In addition, the selection of department heads throughout Konoha and the final vote counts were announced here.
Anyone able to attend this meeting could be said to have reached Konoha's uppermost ranks.
Even if some among them were Chunin or Genin, they were representatives elected by the people and deemed worthy of everyone's trust.
This year was particularly special, because one of Konoha's most important departments needed to select a new leader: the Medical Department.
In truth, the position of Medical Department head had been vacant since the beginning of the year.
At the end of last year, a group from the Mysterious Organization had attacked Konoha.
Yet Konoha displayed terrifying surveillance capabilities and unimaginable combat power.
The Anbu, Military Police Force, and Mission Department had all performed exceptionally brilliantly in that operation, joining forces to stop those people from damaging Konoha.
At the same time, some scandals had also emerged within Konoha.
The members of the Mysterious Organization had been invited in by Shimura, Utatane, Mitokado, even the Sarutobi Clan, and others who had once followed Sarutobi Hiruzen—but that matter had been kept secret.
This kind of matter could have been investigated and settled, or made public.
After all, they had indeed betrayed Konoha.
But Uchiha Kei had rejected the idea. He still needed to cover for Shisui,