"Where do you think Konoha's medical technology, Scientific Ninja Tool, and today's strengthening potions came from?!!"
"You guys who are huddled in the Konoha building and only focus on the little power and money under your noses are not worthy of asking about his whereabouts!"
"Tsunade!"
Utatane Koharu finally couldn't bear the humiliation of being completely trampled under his feet. He stood up suddenly and screamed, "You are so presumptuous! Do you think you can do whatever you want just because you become Hokage?! Without us Council of Elders With's support, the big families in the village won't listen to you at all! Anbu's mobilization power, Chunin Ninja Exams's co-ordination power, and even Konoha Military Police Force's expansion, without our signature, you can't implement any of your decrees!"
"The major families?"
Tsunade raised his eyebrows, as if he had heard a big joke.
At this moment, someone suddenly knocked on the carved door of the conference room.
"Lord Hokage, excuse me."
The door was pushed open, and a middle-aged man with a pineapple haircut and "This is Trouble" written all over his face walked in.
Konoha Intelligence Division Minister, Konoha Council of Elders, Shikaku Nara.
Shikaku Nara held a thick stack of documents in his hand, and his eyes swept over the four tense people in the room, without any fluctuation in their expressions.
As the person with the highest IQ in Konoha, he had obviously anticipated the situation in the house.
"Shikaku! You came just in time!" Hiruzen Sarutobi said after frowning slightly.
When Shikaku Nara stepped into the threshold, the wooden clogs under his feet made two crisp sounds on the floor.
The atmosphere in the conference room was as tense as a fully drawn bowstring.
Utatane Koharu's chest rose and fell violently, his thin fingers pointed at the tip of Tsunade's nose, and several blue blood vessels on his forehead were jumping under the sparse white hair.
Mitokado Homura's hand pushing his glasses stopped in mid-air, and the lenses reflected a cold light.
As for Hiruzen Sarutobi, his face full of age spots was completely hidden behind the billowing white smoke. Only his pair of twilight but fierce eyes lit up slightly the moment Shikaku entered the door.
In the eyes of the three of them, Shikaku Nara has always been a smart person.
In the past few decades, Nara Clan, as the representative of the Konoha secret art family, has always been the smoothest between Hokage and Council of Elders Bearing. Shikaku Nara is lazy and afraid of trouble. The most common thing he does in Council of Elders discussions is to close his eyes and pretend to sleep, or kick the ball back to the center with the words "Oh, this is really tricky."
Such a smart person would never put his wealth and life on a violent lioness.
"Shikaku."
Hiruzen Sarutobi smoked his pipe, and his voice was hoarse and rich, which reflected Third's calm demeanor, "You came just in time. The Medical Department is monopolizing strategic materials without authorization, Senju Chen left his post without permission and had an affair with Daming Mansion. You, Intelligence Division minister and Council of Elders councilor, should give an explanation to all ethnic groups in the village."
Utatane Koharu immediately snorted as if he had found an ally, "Shikaku, just now Tsunade was so boastful that the major families did not need to go through our advisory group! You are also the representative of the various ethnic groups who recommended Council of Elders. Tell her, without our three old advisors to check, will the various ethnic groups recognize the medical department's perverse money-making style!"
Tsunade didn't even look back at Shikaku.
She just sneered, her fingertips gently rubbing the deep crack on the edge of the table, her eyes full of mockery.
Shikaku put the briefcase in his hand under his arm and raised his hand to scratch the pineapple head tied very high on the back of his head.
He sighed.
It was a long sigh from the bottom of my heart, extremely tired.
"Several elders, and Lord Hokage... don't be so angry so early in the morning."
Shikaku slowly walked to the edge of the long table and did not sit on the seat reserved by Council of Elders. Instead, he stood diagonally in front of and on the right side of Tsunade's desk.
An extremely subtle position.
It is far away from the old Big Three and very close to Tsunade.
Mitokado Homura frowned, with a strange feeling of disobedience rising in his heart. "Shikaku, bring over the document. Is it a protest letter from various ethnic groups on the medicine distribution plan? Hyuga Hiashi also came to see me last night and was quite dissatisfied with the quota issue."
"Protest?"
Shikaku's eyelids drooped, as if he hadn't woken up, and the corner of his mouth twitched. "Elder Homura, you may have misunderstood something."
"Misunderstanding?" Mitokado Homura's face darkened.
Shikaku Without further ado, he unbuttoned his briefcase and pulled out a stack of thick and hard kraft paper.
Snap.
The document fell in the middle of the long table with a muffled sound.
Hiruzen Sarutobi narrowed his eyes and glanced over.
With just one glance, old Hokage's mouth froze while holding a pipe in his mouth.
That is not a complaint, let alone a protest.
At the top is a line of large gilded characters written in thick ink - "Konoha Joint signature letter from major ninja clans to fully support the Ministry of Medical Care's deepening reform and independent distribution of strategic materials."
And right below the rows of eye-catching clauses, there are densely covered with bright red family secret seals.
At the top of the list is the giant butterfly print of the Akimichi Clan. The ink pad has not even completely dried, and it is dazzlingly red.
Followed closely by the Yamanaka Clan's flower vine seal, and Nara Clan's own black deer seal!
Ino-Shika-Cho Clans Alliance, all members are here!
But it's not over yet!
Further down, there are the canine mark of the Inuzuka Clan, the dark pattern of Kikaichū of the Aburame Clan, and the scroll emblem of the Kurama Clan...
In the most conspicuous third line, a completely black Byakugan ring pattern is placed squarely on the word "agree"!
Hyuga Clan!
Main Family Patriarch Hyuga Hiashi's personal seal!
And now that the limelight is booming, Konoha is the largest family in the world - Uchiha Clan!
In the entire Konoha, in addition to the three consultant clans Sarutobi, Utatane, and Mitokado, there are no named ninja clans, and all of them have their seals and signatures!
The conference room suddenly fell silent.
You can hear a needle drop.
Mitokado Homura stared at the piece of paper blankly, his reading glasses sliding down to the tip of his nose without even noticing.
Utatane Koharu's face was even more pale, as if she had seen a ghost in broad daylight. She rushed forward and grabbed the document, her skinny fingers trembling wildly, and her nails almost scratched the parchment.
"No way... it's impossible!"
Utatane Koharu screamed, his voice as harsh as fingernails scraping a blackboard. "Hyuga Hiashi told me yesterday that the price of medicines was too high and the medical department acted overbearingly! And Shibi Aburame, that guy who has never participated in the internal political disputes in the village, how could he sign?!"
"Koharu-sama."
Shikaku interrupted her with a calm tone, but it was like ice water poured into a hot oil pan. "The Hyuga patriarch did complain about the high price yesterday, but last night he mobilized Hyuga Branch Family's three-month mission allowance and ordered sixty sets of special medicines from the Medical Department in one go."
"As for the Aburame Clan..." Shikaku raised his eyelids slightly and glanced at Hiruzen, whose face was ashen. "Shibi The patriarch asked me to bring you a message."
Hiruzen Sarutobi's fingers curled up slightly. "What are you talking about?"
"The Aburame patriarch said that after absorbing the enhanced potion diluent, the mutation survival rate of the family secret bug increased by 40%. If anyone cuts off Aburame Clan's potion supply, all members of the Aburame Clan will take sick leave from tomorrow and will no longer perform border reconnaissance missions."
Boom!
This sentence is not serious, but every word is like thunder hitting Council of Elders's forehead.
Old Hokage's hand holding the pipe shook violently, and a handful of red-hot tobacco fell on the back of his hand, causing a blister, but he didn't notice it at all.
Everyone calls in sick?
This is a threat!
This is the Ninja clan's naked forced-forcing of Konoha's highest authority!
In the past few decades, when has such a ridiculous thing happened to Konoha?