Shikaku suggested.

"The meeting will be arranged later."

In the past, the form of jounin meetings was more important than the meaning, but now with the decline in the proportion of Hokage's authority, the importance of jounin meetings has also made Hiruzen pay attention to it. Otherwise, it is not that simple to check and balance the power of advisors and roots.

matter.

Thinking of this, Hiruzen couldn't help but miss the past, the time when White Fang and the Sannin were together.

"By the way, regarding Uchiha Sasuke and Shikaku, what do you think is a more appropriate arrangement?"

Hiruzen suddenly remembered something and asked Shikaku.

"Uh...this thing..."

To be honest, Shikaku doesn't want to get involved in dealing with the orphans of the Uchiha clan, because it often means trouble.

"It doesn't matter, you don't have to feel pressure here."

Hiruzen hopes Shikaku tells the truth.

Shikaku sighed, knowing he couldn't escape.

"Then let me speak frankly, Lord Hokage. According to my troublesome son, Uchiha Sasuke has basically completed the necessary training in the ninja school. Whether it is the three body skills or the taijutsu, compared with his peers,

, is undoubtedly at the forefront. If Uchiha Sasuke wants to go further, it doesn't make much sense to continue to stay in the ninja school."

Shikaku replied.

Things like theory must be put into practice after all.

Starting from the idea of ​​cultivating outstanding ninjas, it is more appropriate to provide Sasuke with more elite private instruction.

After all, the same is true for his son Nara Shikamaru.

The knowledge in the ninja school is only at the level of learning. The family's secret ninjutsu is the foundation. In the family, more elite small class private teaching will be adopted.

Although the establishment of the Ninja School has created the so-called "fairness", this fairness is also relative fairness, not absolute fairness.

What's more, Sasuke has a blood inheritance limit that most ninjas don't have. If it is left like this, it will just waste the opponent's talent.

Shikaku would not have been worried in the past, but now that the Uchiha clan has been annihilated, Sasuke has lost all his elders overnight. No one can guide Sasuke on how to use power, and he has also lost the teaching resources of the Uchiha clan. This is for the blood successor limit ninja.

It's a kind of sadness.

Konoha is in urgent need of combat power. If Sasuke can be trained, he can be a huge help to Konoha in the future.

This is Shikaku's idea.

Hiruzen began to think about it.

It's not that he can't understand Shikaku's thoughts, it's just that the truth about the Uchiha clan's genocide is not as simple as the world sees it. It involves the 'darkness' of Konoha's top brass, which is something Hiruzen doesn't want to be exposed.

He was afraid that sooner or later Sasuke would discover the truth about the genocide, and then instead of being a help to Konoha, he would become a sharp blade piercing Konoha's heart.

Sasuke is an Avenger.

He is no longer an immature child.

Carrying a blood feud, such people are most likely to go to extremes. In pursuit of power, they are like Orochimaru who left Konoha...

hesitate.

Such hesitation appeared in his heart more than once, making Hiruzen's mentality gradually age.

If he was tougher in dealing with the Uchiha clan, maybe things would turn around for the Uchiha clan.

This is all caused by his incompetence and hesitation.

Rather than blaming Danzo for killing him first and telling him later, he now regretted his own incompetence and hesitation even more.

Then, Hiruzen's eyes became firm.

Now is not the time to hesitate.

The Kingdom of Ghost has begun to interfere in the affairs of the Country of Waves and the Country of Rain. These two small countries are adjacent to the Country of Fire. Once the forces of the Country of Ghost move in, it will not be a good thing for the Country of Fire and Konoha.

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This kind of pressure is no less than during the Third Shinobi World War, and the pressure caused by facing Iwagakure and Sunagakure at the same time is less.

His own hesitation has brought the Uchiha clan to its end. If Konoha continues to decline because of his own hesitation, he will have no face when he meets all the Hokages in the future.

What's more, he had already decided to pass on the position of Hokage. Before Jiraiya could reverse Tsunade's will, he had to leave Tsunade a stable foundation to prevent Danzo from taking the opportunity to cause trouble.

"I understand, I will tell Kakashi about this."

Hiruzen said with determination.

"Kakashi?"

Lu Jiu was stunned.

"The affairs of the security team and ANBU have temporarily stabilized, and Kakashi does not need to do many things personally. Kakashi has the experience of being in the same group with Uchiha ninjas in the past, and he knows the Sharingan better than most ninjas in the village.

Moreover, when the time is right, I hope to absorb Sasuke into the ANBU."

Hiruzen gave an explanation.

With Kakashi's guidance, I hope to eliminate some of the hatred in the opponent's heart as much as possible, value the bond in the village, and pave the way for Sasuke to join ANBU in the future.

Only in this way can he use Sasuke with confidence.

When Tsunade comes to power, there won't be anyone available.

"Is that so?"

After letting Kakashi, the ANBU minister and acting guard captain, teach him personally, and also arranged for Sasuke to join the ANBU in the future, Shikaku looked at Hiruzen with a determined look on his face.

This Hokage-sama has indeed changed a bit from the past.

It's just that the earlier this change would have been, the better.

Now, I hope we can turn the tide.

Shikaku sighed in his heart, Konoha had missed too many opportunities.

Opportunities have been lost since the Yondaime came to the throne. Now that he is trying to save himself, the dual pressures from both internal and external forces are weighing heavily on him, even as the Jonin squad leader.

Of course, Hiruzen had one more thing he didn't say.

That was to let Kakashi teach Kakashi, and also to reassure Itachi outside, saying that Konoha would not treat Sasuke badly and would provide his younger brother with the best quality teaching.

In this way, Itachi will serve Konoha even harder.

Even as a rebellious nin, he will die for Konoha.

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"Hokage-sama, you really gave me a troublesome mission."

Kakashi's rather lazy voice sounded in the office of the ANBU headquarters building.

The Hokage's orders are absolute.

For ninjas who are accustomed to being in ANBU, this rule must not be violated. Even the ANBU minister cannot violate it.

Therefore, the moment the Hokage gave the order, Kakashi knew that he could no longer be lazy recently.

He finally managed to finish the affairs of the ANBU and the garrison. As long as the work of the two departments is on track, he only needs to deal with a certain amount of documents every day, and then he can go for a walk, read novels, and practice the White Fang sword technique, and his days will be fine.

He has always been so carefree.

But now I have to teach the orphans of Konoha's Uchiha clan one-on-one. It's not that I can't understand the Hokage's thoughts. It's just that this way, I don't have much time to enjoy Jiraiya's new work "Intimate Paradise".

Really, it's obviously a critical moment, and my leisure time may be reduced again in the future.

"Just teaching a child should be something that the minister can easily do."

Standing in Kakashi's office, there was another ANBU ninja, she smiled at Kakashi.

Mao Yue sunset.

Although she is only an eighteen-year-old girl, she is already a special jounin in the ANBU.

Proficient in Konoha style swordsmanship.

If an ordinary jounin is not careful, he will be assassinated by her swordsmanship.

He is a swordsman ninja who hides in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity to kill with one strike.

He holds the position of squad leader in the ANBU.

He is also one of the important subordinates that Kakashi relies on.

"Well... who knows, it will be troublesome after all."

Kakashi said casually.

Not only was he worried that teaching Sasuke would squeeze his rest time, but if the Kingdom of Demons came to intervene, then the task of teaching Sasuke could not be half-hearted.

No, it definitely will.

After all, he belongs to the Uchiha clan, and Sasuke does not have the background of betraying his clan members like Itachi. Sooner or later, he will be picked up by the Uchiha clan in the Kingdom of Demons and become a member there.
To be continued...