In the end, not only could he reclaim the Medical Department, he could also erase the Hyuga clan's contribution to helping the Uchiha. Hyuga Hiashi would even have to thank him for allowing him to step down as Minister of Medicine.
However, Uchiha Xiu was not a petty man. He would give Hyuga Hiashi appropriate compensation afterward.
Naturally, that compensation could not compare to an entire Medical Department.
As for Orochimaru holding two positions at once, that was different from Hyuga Hiashi's situation.
Orochimaru was alone, while Hyuga Hiashi had the entire Hyuga clan behind him.
The difference between them was enormous, and that was one of the important reasons Uchiha Xiu felt comfortable handing the Education Department over to Orochimaru.
After returning to the clan grounds, Uchiha Xiu immediately took a bath.
Tomorrow, he would head to the Egawa coast and deal with the Mist ninja problem first.
Uchiha Xiu would not be going alone. He would openly lead an army of ninja there.
He was no saint. The mistakes committed by some ninja clans could be forgiven after a little punishment.
The Sarutobi clan, Shimura clan, Koharu clan, and Mito clan—those four clans had committed grave sins.
Still, those four clans knew better than to resist and had handed over every last bit of the enormous sums they had embezzled and accepted in bribes over the years.
However...
While they could avoid death, they would not escape punishment.
Once they went to the battlefield, their fates would be in their own hands.
Publicly, this was what Uchiha Xiu announced.
Privately, whether they could return alive depended on a single thought from him.
After all, once they were on the battlefield, even bizarre disappearances were perfectly normal.
Orochimaru happened to need a large number of test subjects, so they