Return to the Village

Returning to the Village

The Third Hokage pondered, "Let him enter. This time, the Vanguard Force was able to achieve such results in the Land of the Moon, uprooting all of Kumogakure's arrangements there. Sakumo's contributions cannot be ignored."

"Hokage, Fugaku Uchiha successively eliminated Lavitch and Osui, infiltrated the Kumogakure Camp to gather intelligence, and deceived Kumogakure with false information. He should take the primary credit for this battle," Elder Shinsuke said.

"Hokage, with Fugaku Uchiha's current performance, in a few years he will be qualified to run in the Hokage election. The Uchiha clan's emotions are far too rich and easily spiral out of control. I fear he is unsuited to participate in the Hokage election," Elder Ize said softly.

Elder Ize's words plunged the many senior officials in the conference room into deep thought. In such public settings, it was unseemly to openly discuss ostracizing the Uchiha clan, so they used the excuse of overly rich emotions as a substitute. This was also the exact wording of the Second Hokage from back then.

Yet Elder Ize's remarks served as a reminder to the many Konoha senior officials present. Given Fugaku's current achievements, he was by no means inferior to the Third Hokage's three disciples, and had perhaps even amassed greater merit.

If a few years passed, by the time the Third Hokage stepped down, the situation would look grim indeed.

Clear footsteps interrupted the contemplation within the conference room, and Hatake Sakumo strode in.

"Hokage, I have successfully fulfilled my mission. The Two-Tails sealing scroll has been brought here. It is best to transfer it into a specialized vessel."

The Third Hokage took the scroll handed to him by the other man and examined it closely. Densely packed sealing formulas were inscribed across the ordinary scroll.

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