He had previously divided and suppressed those ninja clans to secure his restored position as Hokage, especially the Uchiha and Hyuga Clan. Now that the Uchiha had rebelled and fled, there was no telling whether the other three clans might have ideas of their own.
"The Hyuga Clan definitely won't defect to the Heavenly Ninja Country. Their system doesn't allow clan-based groups to exist. To integrate into the Heavenly Ninja Country, they would have to abandon the main and branch family system, and the Hyuga main family will never agree to that."
Mitokado Homura felt that persuading the Hyuga Clan would not be difficult. As long as they convinced the Hyuga Clan, persuading the Inuzuka Clan and Aburame Clan would be much easier.
"Tomorrow, we'll go to the Hyuga together."
Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded, deciding to use the Hyuga Clan as the breakthrough point for persuasion.
"There's one more matter. The Nine-Tails jinchuriki must be replaced. We cannot go through another Nine-Tails incident."
Danzo Shimura spoke up. The Nine-Tails jinchuriki could no longer be trusted and had to be replaced, or she would inevitably become a grave threat.
They had originally plotted the Nine-Tails incident back then and forced Namikaze Minato and his wife to their deaths. That in itself had been a hidden danger.
It was only that Hiruzen was still as naive as ever, believing that the Nine-Tails jinchuriki could be properly trained. Yet he had not expected Namikaze Minato to have left chakra within the seal, secretly guiding Uzumaki Naruko.
If this incident had not exposed it, who knew when she might have turned around and stabbed them in the back?
Now that it had been exposed, she had to be replaced.
"Do you have a candidate?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen fell silent for a moment before finally agreeing, but