When Akaseki took out the Second's statue, Danzo was left speechless for a moment—after talking for so long, he had indeed overlooked one thing... Kumogakure still bore the grudge of killing his teacher!
Seeing the look in Ranwu's eyes growing increasingly strange, Danzo could only hastily patch things up. "Tobirama-sensei's wish was for Konoha to live in peace and enjoy lasting stability, not to seek revenge."
"Alright, Akaseki, you should... put it away for now," Sarutobi said awkwardly.
After seeing Akaseki put the statue away, Sarutobi set the tone. "You performed exceptionally well on this mission. Although the final assassination attempt on the candidate Jinchuriki failed, it did no real harm."
Hearing Sarutobi say that, Danzo could not help feeling resentful, but he could only sit back down for now.
"This mission has now been upgraded to an official A-rank mission. However, the mission intelligence is top-secret and must not be disclosed to anyone afterward. Your ninja manuals will only record the mission rank and a classified notation," Sarutobi reminded them.
Whether it was classified or not did not affect the mission record. Akaseki was very satisfied with the new entry in his ninja manual: "A-Rank Classified Mission (Captain)"!
"Also... Akaseki, the Wind Pressure Technique you developed earlier is excellent. It has now been promoted among the village's Wind Release ninja, and I believe it will play a major role in the coming war.
"To commend your contribution in developing ninjutsu, the village must naturally reward you... though, this is rather troublesome. Your Uchiha Clan truly lacks no ninjutsu... Is there anything you want?" Sarutobi asked proactively.
For ordinary ninja, it was easy for the Hokage to grant rewards.
Even those born into ninja clans only mastered a limited number of techniques. There was always something in Konoha's ninjutsu archive