For a large interest group, no decision existed in isolation.
Compared to simple, straightforward positive and negative feedback adjustments, difficult choices where one move affected the whole situation were the management's everyday work.
As things stood, the plan for handling the Uzumaki Clan was like a gear in a complex transmission structure whose speed could be manually adjusted...
Its downstream effects directly influenced Mito Uzumaki's attitude, which in turn guided Great Collective 2.0;
And Great Collective 2.0 involved the integrated members of the Hyuga and Uchiha clans—who were already faintly showing signs of becoming independent regional powers. Once the "central dynasty" weakened, it was hard to say what choices they would make;
Further down the chain, the combat strength provided by the Hyuga and Uchiha clans would affect the course of the Second Shinobi War, ultimately determining how Konoha would withdraw from the war... This was a major matter concerning the historical trajectory of the entire Shinobi World!
Sound frustrating?
Don't worry, this was only the beginning...
Upstream of that "gear," the fate of the Uzumaki Clan would in turn shake the already flickering rule of Ninshu.
Should Konoha treat the Uzumaki as a newly risen great clan?
Or should it turn them into an organization integrated with other social administration departments, like the Residency Training Center under Director Yamada?
Or should it go all the way and bestow an Imperial Grace Ground-Shattering Fist, directly assimilating the Uzumaki into the village like the Senju?
In this turbulent and unusual historical period, any decision could affect the survival of these millennia-old clans! It might even lead the entire Land of Fire to destruction!
And once the people actually involved in making the decision reconsidered those options under such immense psychological pressure, the proposal before them instantly seemed to become a poker