Only after nearly three busy months away did Kazemori Masaki and the others return to Konoha Ninja Village. The moment Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura saw them, they could not resist teasing them. "You really did shake things up out there."
As senior leaders of Konoha Ninja Village, they naturally knew what Kazemori Masaki had planned, but the speed with which he had carried it out was astonishing. It had not been appropriate to say much while they were away, but once everyone returned to the Hokage Office Building, they could give their fellow disciples a proper ribbing.
"It was only one part of our established policy. We haven't brought everything to a satisfactory conclusion yet." Kazemori Masaki smiled, then immediately announced a meeting of the Hokage Cabinet. They had no time for a proper rest.
In the room where the Hokage Cabinet met, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō gave their reports first. All the Chakra Samurai had been eliminated, and their numbers had been checked against the rosters in the Daimyo Mansion and confirmed. They could consider the threat of the Chakra Samurai gone for good. Their leader, Katsuya Uchiha, was dead, and the internal enemy that had long worried Konoha Ninja Village had finally disappeared.
Kagami Uchiha and Torifu Akimichi then reported on the measures taken at the Daimyo Mansion, detailing the agreement with the Daimyo and their discussions with the other local lords.
Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura already knew the outcome, but little of the particulars. This was their chance to fill in the gaps and understand the full course of events.
Once the four had finished their reports, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura rose to report on the village's administration and diplomatic relations with other countries. Although the villagers were somewhat surprised by the Hokage's