The Shimada Family's Ninja Journey

"Shimada Shigenen, this time it will be cheaper for you, I hope you will be so lucky next time."

Seeing that the clansmen started to retreat, Uchiha Tajima gestured to Sarutobi Sasuke, and the two also started to retreat at the same time.

Seeing this, Chong Nian did not pursue and let the opponent retreat.

On the other side, Madara, who was fighting Hanzo, apparently also saw the signal to retreat.

A trace of unwillingness flashed in his eyes, and then he distanced himself from Hanzo directly, saying, "Next time, I will beat you upright."

After that, he led the clansmen to retreat.

Soon, the Uchiha clan disappeared into the night.

The Shimada clan stood still, Shinenen turned to look at Hyuga Kaghihiko who was not far away.

At this time, he also looked tired and suffered serious injuries, but he still pushed his eyes to the limit.

After perceiving for a moment, Hyuga Kaghiko nodded to Shigenen.

Chong Nian finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said loudly: "Shimada belongs to him, let's rest in place."

Shimada Ninja, who was still fighting desperately, was staggering like a deflated ball at this time.

A kind of elder didn't say much when he saw this.

After repeated battles, even they feel exhausted and have experienced life and death, let alone these ordinary clansmen.

After this battle, without a lengthy recuperation, the Shimada clan may hardly experience another major war.

This is also the time for the clansmen to relieve their psychological pressure.

Otherwise, once a ninja becomes war-weary and refuses to go to the battlefield again, the ninja will be completely useless.

This doesn't work just by being forced by others. The battlefield does cause psychological problems in people, and these problems can only be healed by time.

After resting for a while, the elders, including Hanzo and Genji, came near Chung Nian.

It's just that compared to the grand occasion of nearly 30 people before the war, the number of people sitting here is much smaller now.

Hanzo looked around and found that the Shimada clan was missing four elders.

Of the original ten elders of the Hyuga Clan, only five are sitting here.

Coupled with the death of Hatake Teru, the Shimada clan lost ten jounin in this battle, including two elite jounin.

Others obviously also noticed the situation before them, Shinen's eyes were dim, and Hinata Kaghihiko's complexion was even more ugly.

Even if the Jonin is like this, the losses of the clansmen may not be less.

In this battle, the Shimada clan did suffer heavy losses.

After a long silence, Zhongnian suddenly said: "We suffered heavy losses in this battle, and the responsibility lies entirely with me. I should take the blame and resign as the clan leader."

"No"

"The patriarch thinks twice"

"The elder of the clan, why is he doing this?"

Before Chongnian finished speaking, everyone objected, even the resentful Hinata Kaghihiko also spoke out.

Once he resigns from the position of patriarch in the new year, the successor will naturally be Hanzo.

It's not that these people don't recognize Hanzo. In fact, they admire Hanzo's strength and flexibility in this battle, and they all recognize his status as heir.

However, Hanzo's age is too young.

Only 13 years old.

If he died in battle in a new year, it is understandable for Hanzo to become the patriarch.

But since Chung Nian is still there, if Hanzo takes over the position of patriarch, the outside world will inevitably guess that Chung Nian was seriously injured, so that they underestimate and even test the Shimada clan, adding a lot of trouble, and the gain outweighs the loss.

Even family members will have doubts.

Chong Nian looked at the opposition, but didn't say a word, just looked at everyone silently.

This made everyone feel a little bad.

"The patriarch really wants to abdicate."

This idea suddenly appeared in the minds of the elders.

Originally they thought that Chung Nian was just a play on the occasion, and they objected to giving Chung Nian a step down, and the responsibility this time would be revealed along the way.

After all, it is actually very difficult to pursue any responsibility for the defeat of the Ninja Clan.

Even if it is the responsibility of a certain high-ranking person, would you still execute him and cut off his own arm?

That's why Hatake Sakumo's suicide in later generations opened the eyes of the other Four Great Ninja Villages. They never thought that political struggles could lead to self-destruction of arms.

Well, maybe except Kirigakure

The elders couldn't help but feel a headache seeing Chung Nian who seemed determined.

At this time, it was the Great Elder Hesong who spoke.

"Clan leader, how about this, first let the young clan leader be responsible for the big and small decisions within the clan, but you will still be the clan leader until the young clan leader reaches adulthood, how about that?"

"Yes, patriarch, you can think about it."

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All the elders also began to persuade him in a hurry.

The Great Elder's method is indeed good. This time, Chongnian was hit hard, and he lost confidence in his own decision-making.

The elders were worried that Hanzo's premature becoming the patriarch would lead to a series of unforeseen consequences.

The Great Elder's arrangement in this way can be regarded as taking into account the ideas of both parties.

Seeing this in the New Year, I was also a little hesitant.

The great elder took advantage of the victory and pursued: "Clan leader, the young patriarch is still young. In addition to being responsible for big and small decisions, the position of patriarch also has some affairs to deal with. If it delays the young patriarch's cultivation, wouldn't it be a small loss but a big loss? You can also be regarded as helping a bunch of young people." Clan leader.”

The words of the Great Elder touched Chongnian's heart, and Chongnian said: "If that's the case, then let's do it this way."

When everyone heard the words, they all turned their heads to look at Hanzo who was sitting cross-legged beside him.

Hanzo stared blankly at the scene in front of him, he never expected that Chung Nian would suddenly come out like this.

He immediately realized that this was the reason for the heavy blow to Chunnian, and it was also the recognition of his migration strategy.

Now that Hanzo has obtained the decision-making power within the clan, his right to speak is the most important in such a major matter.

With the current situation of the family, as long as Hanzo proposes a migration strategy, it will be easy to pass.

"Since the elders and patriarchs love you so much, then I will be disrespectful."

Hanzo was not pretentious, he stood up and saluted, and then said: "Now I want to ask you to discuss something."

He looked around, and Chung Nian nodded encouragingly.

Hanzo took a deep breath and said word by word: "I want my family to move to the land of water."

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the elders were suddenly in an uproar, just like the new year, they never considered the possibility of relocating to other big countries.

In their impression, only lost dogs whose families have been destroyed will flee to other countries to avoid hunting.

And these are just individual behaviors, which are not the same as the overall migration of a family.

Hanzo turned a blind eye to the surprise of the elders, and continued: "Everyone, Senju and the Uchiha clan are now forming an alliance, and the Fire Nation is already a dead end for us.

Before this war, the alliance between the two races was only [-] to [-]% stronger than us. It’s not like we haven’t tried it, and everyone has seen the result.The strength of the alliance between the two races is now nearly twice ours, so you are confident of defeating us."

Hanzo's words silenced everyone.

Indeed, in this battle, the Shimada clan had almost reached their limit tactically, but the result was not satisfactory.

It can be seen that the gap in absolute strength cannot be reversed by some tactics.

"But is it really feasible to move to the Kingdom of Water?"

The second elder raised everyone's questions.

Hanzo nodded, and said, "Of course it is possible. We have been collecting information on the Land of Water over the years.

The ninja melee in the land of water is more intense than that of the land of fire, and the conflicts are much deeper. For our arrival, they are more likely to seek skin with tigers than to unite.

In addition, the daimyo of the country of water has always been dissatisfied with the unscrupulousness of the ninjas. We can also cooperate with the daimyo to earn commissions. In addition, there are many unowned islands in the country of water, and it is very convenient to find a resident. "

Hanzo eloquently explained the benefits of relocation, then looked around and said, "Everyone, do you still have any concerns?"