Chapter 271: Chasing Reputation
"First of all, there is something I would like everyone to witness for me. Because I took over as the clan leader too early and was still very young, I decided to let my sister Hanabi temporarily become the heir to the main family until I have offspring." Hyuga Hinata spoke first.

After hearing what Hinata Hyuga said, no one said anything. After all, strictly speaking, this was a family affair of the Hyuga clan.

As for why Hinata Hyuga brought this up here, it was mainly because she didn't want the branch family to make a fuss because of this matter.

"Then the second thing, I believe everyone already knows that yesterday morning, the former member of the Elders Council, former advisor Danzo Shimura, attacked advisors Utane and Mitomon in a frenzy because of the recommendation for the successor to the Hokage, and died together with them.

We have no right to ask about this matter itself. After all, no matter the specific situation and how to deal with it in the future, it will all be decided by the Fifth Hokage. What I want to say is that due to the sudden death of several advisors, we are about to face the power chaos within Konoha.

Because none of us knows when Senior Jiraiya will be able to bring Senior Tsunade back, so in order to avoid the adverse effects of a power vacuum on the village, I propose to form a new Konoha Elders Council to temporarily take charge of Konoha's internal and external affairs before the Fifth Hokage takes over."

After hearing what Hinata Hyuga said, many people present showed surprise in their eyes, and then many people looked at one person.

"Chief Hinata, I have a few questions. I wonder if you can answer them?" After a moment of silence, Nara Shikaku stood up and asked helplessly.

In fact, he himself was unwilling to be the first to speak up, but he had no choice but to ask because Hyuga Hinata's proposal directly involved the rights of the Hokage. As a die-hard fan of the Hokage, Ino-Shika-Chou could not help but ask about it.

After all, when everyone's eyes were on him, Nara Shikaku had no choice but to be the first to stand out.

"Chief Shikaku, you can ask any questions you have. If there's something I can't answer, we can always pool our ideas together," Hyuga Hinata replied with a faint smile.

"Clan leader Hinata, please forgive my impoliteness. The first question I would like to ask is, is the nature of the Konoha Elders Council temporary or long-term?" Nara Shikaku asked Hyuga Hinata.

"Long term!" Hyuga Hinata answered without any consideration.

After hearing this answer, Nara Shikaku had almost no expression, as if Hyuga Hinata's answer was not beyond his expectations.

However, it was probably only Nara Shikaku whose expression did not change. As for the others, they all had more or less micro-expressions of surprise and shock.

"My fellow clan leaders, you have all experienced the Sandaime's rule, so it is not difficult for you to understand the heavy damage that the minority rule has brought to Konoha, so we must never repeat the same mistakes again." Hyuga Hinata said without any concealment.

After hearing what Hyuga Hinata said, many people raised their eyebrows.

After all, most people did not expect that the young clan leader who took over the Hyuga clan today would criticize the late Third Hokage with such sharp words.

But no one said a word.

There was neither agreement nor opposition.

Seeing this scene, Yuhi Kurenai, who was sitting next to Kakashi, couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart. At the same time, she also intuitively saw that many ninjas within Konoha were dissatisfied with the late Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen.

After all, Hinata Hyuga has already accused Sarutobi Hiruzen of valuing death in front of the whole village.

But no one spoke up to object.

If the dissatisfaction and resentment in people's hearts had not accumulated to a certain level, someone would have stood up to protect Sarutobi Hiruzen's reputation after his death, considering his sacrifice for the village.

After all, as a fellow villager, no matter how powerful his disciple is, it is impossible for him to intimidate the enemy to the point where no one dares to speak.

Otherwise, Nara Shikaku would not have asked questions, but would have just done whatever Hyuga Hinata said.

Of course, there are also people who want to speak up, such as Might Guy.

But he opened his mouth and said nothing.

One reason was that his disciple Rock Lehi needed Hinata Hyuga to treat him, and the other was that he was also very clear that the Third Hokage's promotion of him as a Jonin was not entirely due to his own efforts.

Because if he really relied on his own efforts, then his father Might Dai should have been able to become a Jonin, instead of still being a ten-thousand-year-old Genin until his death.

In fact, it was precisely because during the Third World War, a ten-thousand-year-old Genin used the Eight Gates to destroy the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Hidden Mist Village, which were all composed of elite Jonin and were the pride of the village, that Might Guy received such attention.

Simply put, Sarutobi Hiruzen treated Might Guy as a trump card to be sacrificed at a critical moment, and therefore gave him the treatment of an elite jonin.

After all, before the explosion of Might Guy's Eight Gates, Might Guy almost failed to enroll in the Ninja School, and the father and son almost spent their entire lives as Genin in Konoha.

It seems that I really need to keep my distance from Asuma.

But Kurenai Yuhi's analysis was not quite right. Hinata Hyuga actually frightened everyone to the point where they dared not speak.

Although the people in Konoha did not have a very realistic feeling about Hinata Hyuga's roaming around the Hidden Mist Village, as a Konoha person, anyone who knew something about Danzo Shimura knew how difficult it was to kill this old silver coin.

In these people's minds, assassinating Sarutobi Hiruzen would probably be easier than assassinating Shimura Danzo, and the former is the Hokage.

Since the establishment of the Root, Danzo Shimura has offended countless people. Not to mention those outside the village, even those inside the village who want to kill him are countless.

In this situation, Danzo Shimura continued to cause trouble and accumulate hatred and lived until Hinata Hyuga took action. You can imagine how strong his ability to save his life was.

But it was this person who, contrary to his usual behavior, went to fight one-on-two and took down Koharu Utane and Enmi Mitokado. Anyone with a normal brain would know that this was unreasonable.

So the only reasonable truth is that Danzo Shimura fell into Hinata Hyuga's trap and was controlled by her in some way, which led to what happened yesterday.

Danzo Shimura, who made countless people in Konoha hate and feel helpless, died so easily. The shock to Konoha was no less than that caused by Hinata Hyuga killing her way through the Hidden Mist Village.

It is also because of this that after the death of Danzo Shimura, no one dared to inquire about the Root base.

He was afraid that he would offend Hyuga Hinata with his inappropriate behavior, and then he would live in fear for the rest of his life.

After all, Hyuga Hinata is really powerful. You have to know that she is Danzo Shimura who comes from deep in the Root and is under layers of protection.

So no matter whether Hinata Hyuga criticized the deceased Sarutobi Hiruzen or reached out for the power of Hokage, the people present were at most silent, and no one dared to stand up and say anything.

As for Nara Shikaku, it was just Hyuga Hinata who gave him the opportunity to speak. "Chief Hinata, if the Elders want to exist for a long time, they need to shoulder certain functions and responsibilities. I wonder what you think about this?" Nara Shikaku thought for a moment and asked again.

As for what Hinata Hyuga said, it was as if he had never heard it at all.

"Everyone, from my observation, all matters in the village, big or small, have always been handled by the Hokage. This not only overworks the Hokage, but also over-concentrates power in the hands of one person.

Absolute power leads to absolute corruption. If it is a war, and power is concentrated in one person, I have no objection. After all, the situation on the battlefield changes rapidly, and we don't have enough time to discuss.

But in peacetime, our Hyuga clan is very opposed to this kind of dictatorial rule, because once the ruler deviates, it will cause the whole village to fall into trouble. So I proposed to form a group of elders, and let the group of elders share the authority to handle some non-war affairs for the Hokage.

Ladies and Gentlemen, since the first Hokage established Konoha, it has always upheld the concept of family rule, so the Senju clan gave up their surnames and completely integrated into the entire Konoha. So Konoha is everyone's Konoha, not someone or a few families' Konoha.

Because of this, each of our ninja clans should send a suitable person to join the elders, so as to implement the philosophy of the first Hokage and let everyone work together to govern our own Konoha."

Hyuga Hinata had just finished speaking when everyone who heard her couldn't help but take a breath.

Because they didn't expect that Hinata Hyuga would approach the issue from the perspective of the first Hokage, Hashirama Senju.

As the founder of Konoha, Hashirama Senju's philosophy is actually equivalent to the will of fire.

In fact, there was nothing wrong with Sarutobi Hiruzen's previous will of fire. It's just that although Sarutobi Hiruzen's explanation was good, the execution was reversed.

Now there is nothing wrong with Hinata Hyuga's understanding, but her understanding is not as empty and pretentious as Sarutobi Hiruzen's, but is actually creating benefits.

After all, if the Konoha Elders Council is really established and has the corresponding powers, the status of the participating families will be improved, because this involves the ruling power of the village.

"Clan leader Hinata, how do you ensure that the Council of Elders can continue to exist for a long time?" A clan leader of a small family stood up and looked at Hyuga Hinata and asked.

"This senior wants to ask me how to ensure that the Council of Elders will not be disbanded after the fifth generation takes over. Then I tell you, I will personally communicate with Senior Tsunade and tell her what changes the village has experienced and what demands the village has had during the years since she left. Is that enough?" Hyuga Hinata asked the clan leader.

"I'm fine." The young patriarch nodded and sat down.

After all, the big boss has said that he will personally lead the charge into battle, and he is only asked to wave the flag and cheer on the side. If he doesn't dare to do so, then there will be no place for their clan in the Council of Elders.

"So everyone, do you have anything else you want to ask?" Hyuga Hinata continued to ask.

"Chief Hinata, how should the responsibilities of the Council of Elders be divided specifically?" another person couldn't help but ask.

"Everyone, the existence of the Elders Council is actually mainly to assist the Hokage. After all, we cannot let the things that happened during Sarutobi Hiruzen's reign happen again. Now that I think about it, I feel that the Will of Fire proposed by Sarutobi Hiruzen has tarnished the ideals of the first generation.

After all, what he said was completely contrary to what he did. Looking at all the shit he did, whether it was letting Danzo force Konoha White Fang to death, or asking for peace with the Hidden Cloud Village when he was victorious, it was simply perverse.

The most outrageous thing is that he had the audacity to modify the teaching materials of the ninja school. How dare he call himself the strongest Hokage in history? How could he be so worthy of such title? The first generation was the one who judged the God of Ninjas during the Warring States Period. Who could be compared with him?

The second generation risked his life to give them a chance to survive. Now it seems that he was forced to die by Orochimaru with the first and second generations. This is karma."

After Hyuga Hinata said this, no one dared to respond.

After all, the clan leaders and elite jonin present are not as unscrupulous as Hyuga Hinata.

However, many people are looking at Hinata Hyuga at this moment, and wondering about the meaning of Hinata Hyuga's repeated attacks on the dead Sarutobi Hiruzen.

After all, no one would think that a thousand-year-old family like Hyuga would produce an heir who liked to have a bad reputation.

If the previous incident can be seen as the Hyuga clan venting their anger, then the second incident would definitely not be seen as venting their dissatisfaction.

The Hyuga clan is not so narrow-minded as to pursue a dead person for reputation.

So is this to identify Sarutobi Hiruzen as someone who is dangerous to Konoha, making it easier to suppress the Sarutobi clan?
That’s right, the reason why Hyuga Hinata said these words was actually to start the prelude to suppress the Sarutobi clan.

After all, among the four major families, the Sarutobi clan is the most well-fed, so if you want to fight, you should attack the largest one first.

As long as the Sarutobi clan is suppressed, the remaining three clans can be dealt with one by one.

If one wants to suppress the Sarutobi clan, one must first characterize Sarutobi Hiruzen's political achievements during his reign.

In this case, no matter the merits or demerits, it actually has little impact on a dead person. This is the meaning of "the dead are the greatest."

Looking at it from this perspective does make the Hyuga clan appear petty.

That's why Hinata Hyuga decided to break the deadlock by modifying the lesson plan of the ninja school.

Who asked Sarutobi Hiruzen to do this? This action was equivalent to humiliating Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju.

As long as we grasp this point, even after Tsunade takes over, she cannot let this matter go simply because Sarutobi Hiruzen is her teacher.

After all, the extermination of the Uchiha clan can be said to be related to his own death, but the Senju voluntarily gave up his surname.

He was so great yet he was humiliated by later generations. Even if Sarutobi Hiruzen died, it was enough to ruin his posthumous reputation.

After all, the Ninja School is the place where the future of Konoha is cultivated. Distorting the historical truth, tampering with teaching materials and misleading generations of young people means betrayal to the Senju.

So once it is clearly stated, even Princess Tsunade will definitely not pretend that this incident never happened, after all, she is the princess of the Senju clan.

"Chief Hinata, please talk about the division of rights." After a moment of silence in the meeting room, the person who spoke first finally spoke up.

(End of this chapter)