Based on this, the Uchiha Clan and Hyuga, two powerful great clans, were not actually Araki's ideal candidates.
Their role was merely to be the first to step forward and completely drive the old Hokage faction out of the game.
Sure enough, seeing the heads of Konoha's first- and second-ranked great clans speak up at the same time, ninjas from a host of small and mid-sized clans quickly followed in support. Even clans like the Inuzuka Clan and Aburame, who usually had good but not especially close relations with the Hokage faction, stepped forward.
Some civilian-born ninjas even chimed in from the sidelines.
It could be said that Araki's proposal had gained the support of everyone in Konoha except the diehard Hokage faction.
After all, no one had had a chance before. Now, no matter how slim the odds, they at least had something to hope for.
Torifu Akimichi sighed inwardly at the sight, but he had no intention of forcing his way into the matter.
As a fellow disciple of the Second Hokage, aside from the prematurely deceased Kagami Uchiha, he was the only one who had not stood at the pinnacle of power during the Third Hokage's reign.
Rather than saying he had been excluded, it was more accurate to say that he saw things more clearly. Of course, put less charitably, he simply lacked ambition, muddled through life, and chose to lie flat.
Standing high let one see far, but it also meant one could fall hard.
This was the best example. His four old classmates in Konoha's upper ranks had been swept away in one net, while he, the least ambitious among them, was still safely here.
Seeing that the voices of support below had already formed an overwhelming majority, Araki continued, "Since everyone supports it,