The fable Dean Yamada had improvised was not actually all that obscure.
At the very least, given Erina's political acumen and comprehension, she could clearly tell whom the three brothers were meant to represent.
—Soji had not directly answered the question regarding the surgery's success rate, but through this fable, Dean Yamada had offered everyone another angle from which to consider the matter.
Ever since Konoha's twenty-ninth year, the Hokage's reforms of the village had never ceased, not even briefly.
Yet if they wished to fundamentally resolve the oppression of civilian ninja by the great Ninshu clans and fulfill the long-cherished wish of the Senju brothers, changes to organizational relations alone would be far from enough to solve the problem at its root—after all, once productive forces and relations of production became mismatched, so-called social reform would turn into a castle in the air... History was filled with countless examples of good intentions producing disastrous results!
For Erina, who had handled quite a few administrative affairs over the past two years, understanding this principle was not difficult.
And taking that reasoning a step further, the Sarutobi princess immediately realized that Soji was using this fable to remind the Third Hokage: since he had chosen the path of reform, he had to accept everything that renewal would bring!
Whether it was the noble ideal of independent character and equal civil rights, or the unpredictable blessings and calamities of a technological explosion fraught with hidden dangers.
Only by treating them all equally and personally overcoming every one of these trials could they hope to push forward another step and realize the unfinished ideals of those who came before!
Conversely, trying to promote the political ideal of "equality for all" and "a world of great unity" in a nation centered on an agrarian