Uchiha's Blade

Mana's visit to the Hyuga clan this time can be said to be the first official meeting between her and Hyuga Hizashi.

The two of them had met several times before. After all, the Hokage also wanted to meet the ninjas in the village. But at that time, Hinata and Hinata behaved very coldly like the blood step family. He and Mana just fought politely. Just a hello.

Therefore, this visit was indeed the first time that the two of them talked in such a formal manner.

Mana has made very complete intelligence preparations for the Hyuga clan, and Hyuga and Hizatsu naturally do not know anything about her.

After the two of them were polite for a while, Mana said: "Actually, I have something to discuss with the Hyuga clan leader."

When Hinata Hinata came, he said calmly: "I don't know what it is? As long as it is beneficial to the village, my Hyuga clan has always been obliged to do it. The contribution that the Hyuga clan has made to the village over the years is obvious to all."

Mana nodded and said: "Of course I understand this. Although I have only been here for a few months, I also know a lot about the Hyuga clan. It is precisely because the ninjas of the Hyuga clan have made so many contributions to the village that I am here today. Will come here.”

Hinata Hizu felt a little relieved after hearing these words, feeling that the situation was probably not as serious as Danzo said.

Even if Mana's words were meant to flatter, at least after she made it clear, even if she asked the Hyuga clan to pay something, she would not go too far. After all, she is the Hokage now, and she also admitted that the Hyuga clan is indeed a tree. Ye has made many contributions.

As a young and newly appointed Hokage, if Mana needs the Hyuga clan to cooperate with her in establishing her power, then Hyuga and Hinata will agree as long as the conditions are not too excessive.

After all, the Hyuga clan is not as impatient and impulsive as its rival Uchiha clan.

It is precisely because of the Hyuga clan's cooperation with the village over the years that Hinata has won the trust of Konoha's top brass.

At this point, Hinata and Hizu are also very confident.

Uchiha Itachi glanced at Hinata Hinashi's expression and silently lowered his eyes.

Hinata Hinata probably didn't notice that what Mana said was not the 'Hyuuga clan' but 'Hyuuga's ninjas'. Hinata Hinata didn't understand the subtle difference, but Uchiha Itachi did.

Sure enough, what Mana said was: "I feel that since the ninjas of the Hyuga clan have made so many contributions, we cannot ignore the injustice they suffered. Therefore, the caged bird about the separation of the Hyuga clan should really be cancelled."

Hinata Hizu's originally relaxed mood disappeared in an instant. He glared at Mana and said, "What do you mean, Hokage-sama!"

Mana said: "It means, I think that since everyone is a ninja of Konoha, they should be treated equally. Since other ninjas are not engraved with such things as caged birds, then the ninjas of the Hyuga clan naturally do not need them. After all, caged birds are indeed Not a good thing, right?"

Hinata Hizashi said: "The caged bird is the protection of the Hyuga clan for the clan members. Lord Hokage is also from the blood family, so naturally he should understand this!"

"No, it is precisely because I am also from a blood family that I don't understand this even more."

Mana said to Hinata Hinata: "If the caged bird is only for protection, then all its adverse effects should be directed at the enemy. But as far as I know, the caged bird is not such a thing. It controls and destroys the function of the brain nerves. No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like it was born for protection, but more like it was to maintain the dominance of the Zong family and allow the Zong family to manage it better...or to enslave and divide the family. It is precisely because of this kind of superiority that you can control the life and death of the other party at will. Ability shows the difference between the main family and the branch families, making the main family look more noble, which contrasts the so-called rationality of the main family's dominance, but as Hokage, I think this is unreasonable."

Hinata Hizashi said: "The caged bird is the tradition of the Hyuga clan. It is to protect the inheritance of the Hyuga clan. There is no need to talk about slavery."

Zhenna smiled softly: "Look, if the caged bird is really a beneficial thing, you will definitely give a lot of examples to refute me at this time to prove that the caged bird is a reasonable existence, but you can't, because you know , among all the incidents you can use as examples, the caged bird not only played a certain role in 'protection', but also showed its cruel nature, so you can't say it because it will put you at a disadvantage in this conversation. Location."

She didn't give Hinata Hizatsu a chance to refute, and continued: "As for the tradition mentioned by the Hyuga clan leader... interestingly, this so-called tradition was born in the family melee during the Warring States Period. It is undeniable that it is indeed important for maintaining the family. The inheritance of the Hyuga clan plays a role, but its role is not to protect the clan members, but to protect the clan. To be precise, the clan controls the life and death of other members of the Hyuga clan, making it impossible for the clan members to betray, escape, or give birth to anyone else with the clan. Different opinions, after binding the clan members with caged birds, a solid wall was formed to protect the clan. As a blood successor family, the Hyuga clan did have excellent abilities, coupled with the high eye opening rate of the Byakugan, this made the Hyuga clan gather in When they work together, they can gather into a very powerful force. In this way, although they protect the clan, they also protect some other clan members to a certain extent. During the Warring States Period, the Hyuga clan...or the Hyuga clan, of course. We call this method a last resort and a way of survival, but times have changed now. More than 50 years have passed since the establishment of the Ninja Village system, but the Hyuga clan still clings to the old system. This is indeed very strange. It’s disturbing.”

Hinata Hizashi was very angry at this time. He said almost desperately: "The Hyuga clan is at least more peaceful than the Uchiha clan! Instead of dictating the Hyuga clan, Lord Hokage, it is better to take care of the Uchiha clan first."

Mana said: "You are right, the Uchiha are indeed a separate clan, but what does that have to do with the Hyuga clan? When we are talking about Hinata, we don't need to involve the Uchiha, or should we say, other than that? Besides, the Hyuga clan leader can’t find any other better reason to oppose me?”

Hinata Hizashi took a deep breath. If the Hyuga clan hadn't always been well-educated, he would have really couldn't help but scold Mana.

Repeating in his mind countless times, this is the Hokage, this is the Hokage, and he finally suppressed his anger a little: "The caged bird is a matter within the Hyuga clan, so I don't need to worry about it, Lord Hokage!"

Mana didn't care: "The caged bird is not a matter within the Hyuga clan, it is a matter for Konoha ninjas. Since they are Konoha ninjas, then I should take care of it."

Hinata Hiashi said in a cold tone: "Lord Hokage may be young, so I can't help but remind you that even Hokage, there are some things that he cannot and should not take care of! I have other things to do next, so I can't accompany you, Hokage. Sir, please come back too."

For Mana, since what she said today is enough, she didn't expect her to admit her mistake in tears and change immediately as soon as she casually said Hinata Hizashi.

As a person with vested interests, Hinata and Hinata are bound to be stubborn. He will firmly oppose or may be desperate to cause damage. Mana understands this very well.

So when she heard Hinata Hiashi's words, she just smiled slightly: "In that case, I won't disturb you and take my leave."

Hinata waved her hand and asked a clan member to send her out without giving up the previous courtesy.

Mana didn't care about this. On the contrary, if Hinata Hizu could still be polite and talk and laugh with her at this time, then Mana would think it was troublesome.

...Because that means that Hinata Hizu is a very troubled person, and this kind of person is not easy to deal with.

Fortunately, judging from Hinata Hiashi's reaction, he doesn't seem particularly smart.

Zhenna whispered: "I just hope he is not acting..."

It would be troublesome enough if Hinata Hizu deliberately acted like this for her to see, and then did other little tricks secretly.

Uchiha Itachi said after leaving the Hyuga tribe: "Hyuga Hizashi obviously lacks confidence. Why don't you persist?"

Mana said: "No matter how hard I persist, this matter will not have an immediate result. Itachi, this kind of thing cannot be rushed, and... this is not just that I insist. What is more important about this matter is the separation of the Hinata family. attitude, I just gave them a head start and told them my attitude in the firmest manner I could."

If the Hyuga family separation itself does not want to be free, then no matter how much Mana insists, this matter will not result.

At this point, Mana also sighed: "Wait a minute, Itachi, the first voice that scolded me probably came from the Hinata branch..."

Uchiha Itachi was stunned. He didn't expect Mana to say such words.

But the fact is that after the conversation between Mana and Hinata Hinata spread through various channels, before other ninjas had time to express their opinions, many people from the Hyuga branch family were the first to stand up and scold Mana for being unkind.

Itachi Uchiha originally thought that these people might be coerced by Hinata Hizu, and he investigated secretly, but found that Hyuga Hizu had never threatened these people at all. These members of the branch who scolded Mana all took the initiative to stand up.

The blood-heat in my heart was immediately poured down by a basin of cold water.

For a 13-year-old boy like Uchiha Itachi, this blow is not a big one.

But he carefully hid the news afterwards. Although he informed Mana that there were indeed objections in the Hyuga clan, he did not show those overly intense words to Mana as they were.

He was actually a little worried that these words would hurt Mana.

In that case, wouldn't it be too pitiful for Mana-sama to separate the family for Hinata?

Mana looked at Uchiha Itachi, who had been secretly glancing at her with worried eyes for several days in a row. She felt a little funny in her heart, but she didn't expose it, so she accepted this kindness.

Just when Uchiha Itachi thought that Mana was going to start fighting against the Hyuga clan, Mana changed his tune and went to do other work.

For example, she drastically reformed the education system of the Ninja School, stipulating that early graduation is not allowed during non-war years. Even during war times, children under the age of ten are not allowed to graduate early unless there is a special order from the Hokage. After changing the rules of the Ninja School, After the graduation system, she also added many new courses to the ninja school.

Uchiha Sasuke took this very well and felt that compared to the tasks that Mana assigned him on weekdays, the school courses were like a joke.

In addition to the ninja school, Mana also plans to build an additional school for ordinary people, open to all ninja families and ordinary civilians.

There is only one Konoha elementary school in the current plan, and many of its systems and curricula refer to information recorded by Mana in another world.

...This is where the various primary education observation reports contributed by Hui Lizai play a major role.

The first principal of this newly built Konoha elementary school was given to Jiraiya by Mana.

After that, Mana found Uchiha Fugaku and asked for the reorganization of the Konoha Guard.

Uchiha Fugaku originally thought that Mana was going to place her men in the police force, but he didn't really want to object.

It's useless to object.

From Uchiha Shisui, the young and powerful new generation in the clan, to his two sons Uchiha Fugaku, they are all staunch supporters of Uchiha Mana. Is there any difference between him opposing it and not?

Uchiha Fugaku gave up struggling.

But Mana said to him: "The work of the security team needs to be further refined. There are specialties in the arts. The Uchiha clan is a clan on the battlefield. It makes sense to ask you to protect the safety of the village, but now even the security of the village is under your control." , do you need Sharingan to catch a thief or something?"

Uchiha Fugaku was a little confused: "You mean..."

Mana said: "The Uchiha Guards will continue to remain, but I hope to establish an additional Konoha Security Force to take over the security management of the village. From now on, the Uchiha Guards will only deal with the outside world and not the inside. Uchiha's character is not suitable for this job. "Son, catching a little thief won't bring you much success. You ruin the relationship with others for nothing on weekdays. It's not worth it."

Uchiha Fugaku felt that it made sense to say this, but he was still a little reluctant to share power from him.

It takes at least a moment of hesitation.

Mana said: "Chief Fugaku, this reorganization is not aimed at the Uchiha clan, but is inevitable for the development of the village. Which serious place uses front-line combat troops to maintain daily security in the city? I am not mentally ill, but the newly established security I want to open the army to the whole village. Everyone in the village, even if they don’t know ninjutsu or are not ninjas, can sign up for the selection. Uchiha is also a member of the village, so of course he can also participate if he is willing."

Hearing these words, Uchiha Fugaku felt that he did not exclude the Uchiha clan. After thinking about it, he reminded Mana: "This is something that is beneficial to the village. We Uchiha naturally have no objection. It is okay to open the quota to other families and let them If you do it yourself, you will know how difficult it is for ordinary Uchiha, and they have complained too much before, but...should we reconsider the matter of opening it to civilians who are not ninjas?"

Zhenna glanced at him: "The security force is within the team, and there are not many combat missions in the team. Besides, this kind of thing can be further subdivided within the security force, such as those in charge of civil issues, or those in charge of criminal issues. , these can all be separated. The reason why it is open to non-ninjas is also based on this consideration. Don’t take me as a joke. If the owner of the izakaya on the village street fights with the owner of the barbecue restaurant next door, the owner of Ichiraku Ramen will come out to mediate. One sentence is more effective than ten sentences from Uchiha's ninja mediation, isn't that true?"

Uchiha Fugaku thought about it, and it seemed that this was really the case, so he didn't say anything more.

Just when Uchiha Itachi thought that Mana was only caring about other things and temporarily put aside the affairs of the Hyuga clan, Mana made a new move.

She requested the establishment of the Konoha Council to manage various affairs in the village.

On the surface, the political council is concerned with small matters, such as how to locate and build the village's commercial street, or the renovation of the old city, or even things like street greening, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that. The power of the Council is not small.

If it is just a matter of selecting a commercial street location, if it is done well, how much money will be involved?

Moreover, Mana made it clear that there are currently thirteen seats in the Council, and all villagers in Konoha can stand for election, whether they are ninjas or civilians. She even stipulated that there must be at least three non-ninjas in the Council.

Of course, the Council has also set up fixed seats. For example, the Uchiha clan has received a fixed seat, which means that Uchiha will have at least one spot in the Council in the future.

In addition, other ninja families have also gained their own benefits. For example, the Inar, Deer, and Butterfly clan, which are known to have good relationships, also received a fixed seat.

Hyuga Hizatsu doesn't care much about small profits, but he understands that this kind of organization that brings together the interests of the whole village, from ninjas to civilians, and has certain decision-making power, must have a place for the Hyuga clan, otherwise the Hyuga clan They will definitely be marginalized in the future.

But when he sent someone to inquire, the reply brought back by the tribesmen who went to inquire was that Lord Hokage said that before the Hyuga clan solved the problem of "all clans are human beings", the Hyuga clan was not allowed to participate in the election of the political council.

"Lord Hokage said that no matter who is elected by the Hyuga clan at this time, they will only represent the voice of the clan, not the voice of the real Hyuga clan and other ninjas."

Hinata Hinashi was immediately furious.

He waited at home for two days, unable to get any explanation from Mana other than that tough reply. In the end, he had to be dissatisfied, but had to go to the Hokage's office to talk to Mana in person.

Of course Mana received him politely.

But when faced with the question of "Why does the Uchiha clan have a fixed seat but the Hyuga clan does not", Mana's answer was simple.

"Because Uchiha don't have caged birds."

"Neither do the Pig, Deer and Butterfly tribes."