Before the Hokage candidate had been decided, Hyuga Shinichi had already discussed many things with Hatake Sakumo.
For example, Hatake Sakumo had said that if he became Hokage, he would first encourage childbirth and lower taxes.
Then he would strengthen education at the Ninja Academy and improve ninja training.
First and foremost, he would place greater emphasis on discovering talent and let civilian children gain access to more ninjutsu.
Rather than learning only the Three Basic Techniques—the Clone Technique, Transformation Technique, and Substitution Technique—while in school, they would also begin studying basic ninjutsu of the five major natures in advance.
Hatake Sakumo had also put forward many other ideas. Put simply, they were all reforms that could continuously strengthen Konoha in the future.
Hyuga Shinichi greatly admired this, though encouraging childbirth seemed entirely unnecessary. Whether encouraged or not, people would have children anyway.
After all, there were few forms of entertainment nowadays, so everyone could only make babies at home.
What was more, the war had just ended, and it was precisely the time to recuperate and rebuild. It would be hard not to see a baby boom.
Still, having encouraging policies was good too. They could cause Konoha's population to explode, which would benefit its future.
After all, the Third Shinobi World War still lay ahead—a "meat grinder" of a war involving all five great nations.
With policies like Hatake Sakumo's that could bolster Konoha's military strength, casualties on the future battlefield could also be reduced considerably.
But if one were to ask why Hyuga Shinichi, despite knowing how the future would unfold, did not try to mediate between the nations and prevent the war from breaking out—
Was that not a joke? How could the voice of one person possibly stop disputes between great nations?
As he had