"Fugaku, everything normal with Root?"
Uchiha Fugaku nodded. "Now you are the highest authority in Root. Tuanzang's former subordinates, without Tuanzang's orders, are obediently staying in Root, like puppets. They barely even move."
Qifeng wasn't surprised by this.
"You resigned from the Konoha Military Police Force?"
Speaking of the Konoha Military Police Force, a smile appeared on Uchiha Fugaku's face. "That's right. After yesterday's events, the Third and Fourth Hokage didn't try to persuade me to stay. One of the shackles that bound us Uchiha has finally been removed."
"It's just you. So many clan leaders and elders of the Uchiha have come and gone. Didn't they know what the Konoha Military Police Force meant to the Uchiha? They just weren't willing to give up the power in their hands.
After all, the power of the Konoha Military Police Force is probably second only to the Hokage's."
The power of the Konoha Military Police Force, if you say it's big, it really is. They can interfere in almost all matters, large and small, in Konoha.
But if you say it's small, it actually is, because they have no opportunity to participate in Konoha's decision-making and are completely excluded from Konoha's power center.
Moreover, in a place like the Military Police Force where it's easy to offend people, the Uchiha clan's reputation will never improve.
"Alas..." Uchiha Fugaku simply sighed.
There was no way around it.
Actually, the previous Uchiha clan leaders can't be blamed. After all, the Uchiha clan, as Konoha's number one noble clan, still needed to maintain some face.
Besides, the feeling of having power in hand is not something that can be easily relinquished.
But ultimately, the problem still lies with Uchiha Madara.
If Uchiha Madara hadn't betrayed Konoha back then, insisted on leaving, and forced Senju Hashirama to overexert his life force, leading to his death soon after, the Uchiha clan might have been able to gradually integrate into Konoha under Senju Hashirama's management and leadership.
But unfortunately, after Senju Hashirama's death, Senju Tobirama, who succeeded him as Hokage, was the most wary of the Uchiha clan.
Although the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, might not have been as targeted towards the Uchiha as Senju Tobirama, Danzo completely inherited Senju Tobirama's will, suppressing the Uchiha in every way.
Now that Danzo is finally dead and Uchiha Fugaku has resigned from his position as the head of the Konoha Military Police Force, it seems like a weakening of power, but for the Uchiha clan, the benefits definitely outweigh the disadvantages.
"How about this? Since you, as the Uchiha clan head, can't do it, then find someone to take on the position of Root captain."
The Root captain is equivalent to the Anbu captain, second only to the Root leader. This is definitely a good thing for the Uchiha clan.
Hearing this, Uchiha Fugaku revealed a look of joy and said gratefully, "Thank you, Nikkan-kun."
Qifeng waved his hand. "I'll be staying home to rest during this time. If there's nothing important, there's no need to tell me. It's rare to have a vacation."
"Alright!"
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The time for rest always passes quickly.
In the blink of an eye.
Minato Namikaze, along with the three members of the Hokage Guard Platoon he had chosen, went to the Fire Country's Daimyo's mansion.
Without Danzo's obstruction, he successfully gained the Daimyo's approval.
After returning to Konoha, he officially held the Hokage succession ceremony, formally becoming the Fourth Hokage of Konoha.
Konoha entered the era of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze.
Immediately, Minato Namikaze boldly reformed some of Konoha's systems.
Originally, Hiruzen Sarutobi's presence would have put some constraints on Minato Namikaze's power, but because of the Danzo incident, Hiruzen Sarutobi lost his ambition and handed over all the power of Anbu to Minato Namikaze.
Of course, Hiruzen Sarutobi still had influence over Anbu.
However, those were the top forces and personnel of Anbu, and Minato Namikaze had no opportunity or ability to take over them in the short term.
But it could be clearly felt that Minato was already starting to cultivate his own confidants.
This was unavoidable.
From this, it could also be seen that Minato Namikaze indeed had considerable political ability, quickly transforming from a Konoha elite Jonin into a qualified Hokage.
Moreover, after he took office, the Sand Village's envoy delegation "arrived late."
The Fourth Kazekage of Sand Village, Rasa, could also be considered a capable person with political skills. He deliberately didn't send anyone to arrive at Konoha according to the agreed time, hoping to negotiate with Minato Namikaze's immature political ability after he officially took office, in order to fight for more rights and opportunities for Sand Village.
But unfortunately, he clearly underestimated Minato Namikaze's ability.
The Sand Village's envoy delegation came with confidence but returned with disappointment.
In order to completely end this war with Konoha, Sand Village was really severely cut by Konoha.
Not only did they have to pay huge war reparations, but also Sand Village had to allocate 30% of all tasks for ten consecutive years.
It had to be said that the ten-year control of these 30% of the tasks was almost equivalent to drawing half of Sand Village's spinal cord to a certain extent.
If there was no other way to make up for it, I'm afraid everyone in Sand Village would have to tighten their belts in the future.
But Rasa agreed to such harsh conditions even though he gritted his teeth, because of his Magnet Release.
He was confident that he could find enough gold in the vast desert to support Sand Village's internal consumption.
At the same time, in this way, Sand Village could not do without him, the Fourth Kazekage, and he could also win the hearts of a large number of Sand ninjas, consolidate his position as Kazekage, and gradually get rid of the constraints of the Sand Village elders.
From here, it was also not difficult to see that Rasa was definitely a capable, determined, and scheming person.
Gradually.
As time passed, except for Mist Village occasionally sending people to harass the borders of the Fire Country, the entire ninja world entered a period of post-war recuperation.
Of course, in fact, huge changes were also taking place within Mist Village.
The Fourth Mizukage, Yagura Karatachi, finally successfully controlled the Mist ninjas who were originally loyal to the Third Mizukage, and at the same time, taking advantage of this internal strife, greatly weakened the influence of the Hozuki clan within Mist Village.
These Mist ninjas who were repeatedly sent to harass the borders of the Fire Country were Yagura Karatachi's actions to eliminate dissidents.
At the same time, it was also venting his dissatisfaction with Konoha to a certain extent.
The famous Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, except for Kisame Hoshigaki, the owner of the Samehada, who was now hiding in Mist Village and didn't dare to go out, the remaining six ninja swords were now in Qifeng's hands.
They wanted to go back.
Unfortunately, once things like the Seven Ninja Swords reached Qifeng's hands, there was absolutely no possibility of returning them.
