At Yanbai's request, Hashirama Senju also proposed an assessment for every Shinobi in the village, dividing them into four broad ranks: Genin, Chunin, Jonin, and Kage Level.
The missions they received from then on would also be ranked, which would help prevent unnecessary casualties during missions.
In the past, a Shinobi's greatest fear had been having no missions to put food on the table.
Now...
Those with missions could go do them, while those without had plenty of work to do in the village.
More importantly, the money they had earned from the daimyo and nobles around the time of the First Hokage's inauguration ceremony would keep Konoha going for a long time.
Lately, Yanbai had been politely declining Madara Uchiha's requests to meet.
It was not, as Madara assumed, because of something as trivial as his clothes being burned.
Rather, it was because Yanbai knew that Madara Uchiha's eyes had evolved.
Previously, Yanbai had always used his Dōjutsu, Kaleidoscope of Moonlight, to give Madara the experience of a lifelike illusion.
But now, if they kept meeting, Yanbai would have to think about how to keep fooling Madara once he discovered the truth.
As it happened, Tobirama Senju's good intentions had backfired, so Yanbai simply used that as an excuse not to see Madara Uchiha.
Yanbai was not worried that this behavior would cause Madara Uchiha to slip out of his control.
No creature in the world had greater pride than the men of the Uchiha Clan. They appeared cold and stern, yet they craved people's respect, praise, and the thrill of it all even more.
Yanbai understood this mindset well.
Madara Uchiha was already convinced that Yanbai harbored romantic intentions toward him, so it was time for Yanbai to pull back.
For half a month straight, Yanbai repeatedly sent