Konoha 41, January 15th.
Five months have passed since Konoha's Akaseki (with the assistance of Jiraiya team member) singled out Hanzō and buried Amegakure.
In the past five months, there has been no major war in the southeast of Land of Wind.
The last attack Konoha encountered here was on the day Akaseki buried Amegakure, Hanzō channeled Great Salamander King and attacked a Konoha stronghold, killing more than a dozen Konoha Ninja...
After that, Akaseki forced Hanzō and Great Salamander King back into Amegakure and severely damaged them!
After that, Amegakure took no further action.
The "disappearance" of the village and the heavy damage to the Giant Salamander population not only weakened Amegakure's strength, but more directly... Hanzō's ambitions were also extinguished.
Two months ago, Rain Ninja officially returned to Lingering Rain Mountain, established a new Ninja Village deeper and closer to Black Pool, and announced "permanent neutrality", "no more leaving Lingering Rain Mountain during the war", and "closing all Lingering Rain Mountain channels".
As a result, not only Rain Ninja withdrew from the battlefield...
Moreover, with Kannabi Bridge being tightly strangled by Konoha, Lingering Rain Mountain is no longer open, which also means that it has become difficult for Stone Ninja to enter Land of Rain, and the logistical pressure on Konoha has been significantly reduced.
At the same time, Land of Wind Southeast has also calmed down, and has even been able to provide stable income for Konoha. In the last quarter of Konoha 40, Konoha is located in the southeast of Land of Wind. By helping Land of Wind collect taxes, accept crowdfunding from local people and tasks from wealthy families, it has achieved positive profits and further reduced logistical pressure.
Today, Sunagakure only has an "indomitable" spirit, and there is no hope of victory. However, at the end of the 40th year of Konoha, another "big event" happened in the village.
Ordinary villagers have not felt it yet, only the big Shinobi Clan and Jonin of Konoha have felt the lingering effects of this matter - Hokage Building proposed a new policy, and... was once again opposed by the squad leader Jonin Commander. This issue was even pushed to the Jonin Meeting voting stage, and in the end it was not fully implemented!
Although it is just "failed to fully implement", it may be a bit exaggerated to say that Jonin Commander vetoed Hokage Building's proposal, but it is true that this matter made the atmosphere at the top of Konoha very tense.
"Ninja Academy The minimum age for admission has been lowered to Four Years Old, and the application channel for early graduation has been opened... Well, compared to the original proposal, it was just changed to "voluntary"... Is there really such a shortage of people?" Akaseki looked at the contents of the scroll with a strange expression.
As a serious Konoha Jonin, even if you are not in Konoha, you can still vote on Jonin Meeting's proposal and will be notified of the meeting decision.
As for the content that needs to be voted on, it will be sent to every Jonin who can be contacted in advance.
A similar proposal was received by Akaseki not long ago...
At that time, Hokage Building wanted to uniformly change the entrance age to Four Years Old. After three years of enrollment, students would take the graduation exam every year, and those who passed the exam would be directly awarded the status of Genin.
This original proposal was voted down by Jonin Meeting on Jonin Meeting a month ago!
Although Konoha is a Jonin democracy, this is the first time in forty years that Jonin Meeting "swatted back" the Hokage Building proposal...
This makes the atmosphere at Konoha a little strange.
Now the proposal has been approved after slight modifications - the admission age was changed to "minimum Four Years Old" and "voluntary admission". In terms of early graduation, it was changed to a self-application process that can be streamlined... Although there were "early graduations" before, it was not a rule. Only extremely outstanding ninja students like Minato and Ranwu would be nominated by the school. It was a special honor. Now "application" has become a process and is much easier.
It can be regarded as a mild version of the previous proposal.
This time it has not reached the Jonin Meeting stage at all. The squad leader Jonin Commander has no further objections. After Elite Jonin has enough votes of confidence, there is no need to vote in Jonin Meeting. Instead, everyone will be notified directly of the decision result.
Theoretically, if the majority of Jonin are dissatisfied, they can also initiate a veto vote, but no one has done so.
And for Akaseki...
Even in last month's vote, Akaseki voted in support.
All Uchiha Clan and Jonin vote in support!
After all, Uchiha Clan is the die-hard hawk of Konoha. Although Akaseki has some doubts about this, after "thinking about it the other way around", he still remains consistent with Jonin from other clans.
It's just that even if I get votes from Danzo and Uchiha Clan at the same time, it still won't pass!
"Akaseki-kun, are you also selecting the people who will be transferred back to the village this time?" Orochimaru asked at this time.
"Yes, there is a transfer order." Akaseki nodded. In addition to the resolution notice, Akaseki also saw the transfer order in the secret message.
Immediately Akaseki was stunned and said, "Yeah?" "We can go back to Konoha together later." Orochimaru said calmly.
"You were dismissed from your post again?" Akaseki asked in surprise.
Unlike ordinary Jonin like Akaseki who goes back to rest, Orochimaru is now First-Level Unit Captain and will not leave easily.
Orochimaru:...
Immediately Akaseki asked, "You didn't vote against it before, right?"
"No, it's just because Land of Wind has nothing to do in the southeast right now, so I asked some idle people to take charge of it. My words... haha." Orochimaru smiled calmly.
Seeing that he hadn't finished speaking, Akaseki was about to ask more questions when he suddenly realized, "Did White Fang be dismissed?"
Orochimaru When he went back this time, since he was not dismissed from his post, he would be employed elsewhere. Judging from his expression, it didn't seem like he was trying to hide his pettiness... then he was probably employed in another important position.
And to say that it is more important than the current position, it is Commander-in-Chief on the front line!
Indeed, the current Commander-in-Chief Hatake Sakumo was on the verge of being dismissed from his post - before, he fiercely opposed the Hokage Building proposal and directly brought the proposal to the Jonin Meeting voting stage, and... he actually pushed back the Hokage Building proposal.
That Hiruzen Sarutobi, can you not murmur in your heart?
"Hey..." Akaseki sighed. "Huh? Mr. Akaseki, do you have any regrets about the Uchiha Clan taking over the frontline Commander-in-Chief again?" Orochimaru asked deliberately.
Akaseki said matter-of-factly, "I just lament that we Konoha's Two Colors are always misunderstood."
Orochimaru:...
Konoha's Two Colors?
Except for yourself, no one calls "Konoha's White Fang" and "Konoha's Akaseki" the same, right?
"I don't know yet, maybe there's just a backlog of S-level tasks, so I'm needed." Orochimaru said modestly.
But listening to his tone Akaseki, you knew that it was most likely what he had guessed!
Three days later, Orochimaru and Akaseki completed the handover and returned to Konoha together.
Sure enough, on January 21, the two rushed back to Konoha...
The Uchiha Clan clansman who was guarding the door took advantage of the routine inspection of documents and whispered to the two of them, "Brother Akaseki, Orochimaru Clan Elder, two hours ago, that Hatake Sakumo also entered the village with a transfer order."
After Orochimaru got married, she was already Clan Elder of the Uchiha Clan, but...
A son-in-law is still behind "Brother Akaseki". Hatake Sakumo was previously the frontline Commander-in-Chief. Naturally, this kind of transfer order will not be made public immediately. However, after being seen by the Uchiha Clan's people, they were notified immediately.
"Yeah, I understand." Akaseki nodded and looked at Orochimaru.
"Brother Akaseki, do you think it is possible... for you from Konoha's Two Colors to take over White Fang's position?" young Uchiha Clan asked expectantly.
Orochimaru:...
How dare you think!
Speaking of "Konoha's Two Colors", does anyone really know about it?
"Hahaha, I'm still too young... Orochimaru Clan Elder is actually not bad." Akaseki said with a grin.
"That's it..." The young Uchiha Clan tribesman was still a little disappointed.
Orochimaru:...
After entering the village, Akaseki couldn't help but say, "It seems that Commander-in-Chief on the front line this time will fall into the hands of us Uchiha Clan! Maybe... the credit for destroying the village is also ours!"
Sunagakure is indeed very resilient.
But now they only have resilience... After the failure of Southeast's strategy, there is no possibility of them making a desperate counterattack.
"By the way, who will be the agent now?" Akaseki still doesn't know. Before the new Commander-in-Chief is officially appointed, the return of "White Fang" will probably not be made public on the front line.
"I guess it's Mitokado or Utatane Clan... and it may not be replaced. Hatake and I are back because we have important matters, right?" Orochimaru said matter-of-factly.
"Is it something important?" Akaseki was stunned when he heard this. He didn't know what important matter they had, which could be more important than Land of Wind Battlefield.
"My son Hatake and I have reached the minimum age to register for the Ninja Academy this year." Orochimaru reminded.
Akaseki Hearing this, he remembered...
Obito is already Four Years Old!
And...
When Hatake Sakumo's son was born, although Akaseki didn't go to get the gift, it seemed that he was indeed in the same year as Obito.
Obito Needless to say.
As a child of the Uchiha Clan, he has never been weaker than others in his life - since it was said that the minimum Four Years Old can be admitted to school, then Four Years Old must be admitted. Even if his grandma does not agree, the clan members will not agree.
As for White Fang's son... Akaseki Thinking about it, it's really possible that he could also sign up for school.
After all, Hatake Sakumo and Hokage Building were at loggerheads because of what happened before. No matter what they thought, many Jonin were murmuring in their hearts.
Although Hatake Sakumo is opposed to early enrollment and graduation, but...
Akaseki believes that he is definitely not doing it for himself, nor is he worried about his children. So in order to repair the relationship at this time and to show Jonins that he and Lord Hokage are still of the same mind, he is likely to respond to the "voluntary registration".
"Speaking of it..." Akaseki looked at this moment and suddenly thought...
Since Obito is already Four Years Old, then... my godson should also be Four Years Old!
With Might Duy's character, it is really possible to send the child Four Years Old to the Ninja Academy...
Dongdong: Kakashi Four Years Old's enrollment is not mentioned directly in the original work, but he graduated at the age of five and graduated at the age of six Chunin, Obito also graduated at the age of nine, so it is more reasonable for them to enroll Four Years Old. And judging from the ages of the ninjas behind, Four Years Old's enrollment should be a special policy during the war.