The Hokage Building was brightly lit, and every clan head in the conference room wore a smile.
Hagoromo Jun had even stretched his grin to his ears. These past few days of auctions had let him experience firsthand what it meant for money to pour in like a spring.
Thinking of the steadily rising clan funds, he gratefully glanced at Uchiha Madara's seat beside him. Joining Konoha had been the most correct decision of his life.
With a creak, the conference room doors were pushed open. Holding documents and a map, Tobirama nodded to the jubilant clan heads.
Amid their greetings, he spread the map across the table and distributed the documents in his hands.
Not long afterward, Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara entered together. The heated atmosphere in the conference room gradually turned solemn.
Tobirama cleared his throat, picked up a wooden pointer from the table, and moved it across the map. "With the alliance successfully established, Konoha will serve as its headquarters. In the days ahead, each village will establish resident offices here."
"This area and this area will both be designated as residential zones for the various villages."
Everyone's gazes followed the pointer. Once they saw that the areas were all wasteland and had little to do with their clans, their raised concerns eased.
"Accordingly, the village boundaries will need to be expanded further." Tobirama's pointer crossed the marked borders on the map and pointed beyond the walls. "The Police Force will have to work harder in the days to come."
Sarutobi Sasuke shook his head. "The Police Force's authority is currently too extensive. Shouldn't it be divided into several departments based on the type of incident?"
Sasuke's suggestion sent Tobirama into deep thought. He looked toward the Hokage seated at the head of the table and