After Yuuki finished speaking, Hiashi's face turned pale.
Although Hiashi hated Hiruzen Sarutobi to death, he didn't actually hold much hatred for the Sarutobi Clan.
Yuuki's words, both overt and implied, revealed an intention to wipe out the Sarutobi Clan, and listening to the hidden meaning, it seemed he wanted Hiashi to take action.
He even specifically mentioned the previous Advisor Danzo, was he asking me to become the next Danzo?
Hiashi was hesitant, unsure whether to accept this task.
Once he took it on, it would likely be very difficult to back out. Was it worth it for just one Hiruzen Sarutobi?
Although Hiashi tried hard to control his facial expression, his flickering eyes betrayed him.
Yuuki looked at Hiashi in front of him, feeling very pleased. It's not good for people to be too smart; they need a good scare.
Feeling that it was about time, Yuuki smiled again and spoke.
"Clan Head Hiashi, you seem to be thinking about something very unpleasant. I am the Hokage; how could I lay hands on the Ninja of the Village?"
So you want me to do it, right!
Hiashi roared in his heart, but dared not speak it aloud.
"There are too many Sarutobi Clan Ninja. Staying in Konoha is not conducive to the Village's stability. More of them should be stationed at the borders. A thousand Sarutobi Clan Ninja in the Village is enough."
Hiashi breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that he wasn't being asked to kill people; merely driving them out of the Village, though still a task that would offend people, was much better than what he had feared.
At this point, Hiashi had more or less caught on. Yuuki had definitely deliberately led him to think in that direction. Was it a warning?
Looking at the excessively young Yuuki, Hiashi completely adjusted his mindset and bowed slightly.
"I understand, Hokage-sama!"
Seeing Hiashi suddenly become so sensible, Yuuki didn't continue to make things difficult for him.
"Elder Hiashi, then I'll leave this matter to you!"
He then added.
"The two Advisors in the Council Hall are the pillars of Konoha. The safety of the Advisors is of utmost importance. Now that Elder Hiashi has become a Konoha Elder, he cannot only have his family in his heart, but not the Village. In a month, if circumstances allow, the Hyuga Clan will need to shoulder the responsibility for the Council Hall's safety!"
Hiashi naturally understood Yuuki's words.
One month. Yuuki wanted to see results. If he completed his mission well, then Hiruzen Sarutobi would be handed over to him.
Hiashi bowed slightly again and said in a deep voice.
"Hokage-sama, I will complete the mission you have entrusted to me."
Yuuki nodded, but was still not entirely satisfied with Hiashi's ideological awareness and spoke to remind him.
"Hiashi, as an Elder of Konoha, you are responsible to Konoha, not to me. Everything is for Konoha, understand?"
Hiashi finally understood why Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't outplay Yuuki; this guy was even more shameless than Hiruzen Sarutobi!
But when one is under another's roof, how can one not bow their head? Hiashi responded helplessly.
"Understood, for Konoha!"
That's more like it.
Finally, Yuuki let Hiashi go.
After Hiashi left, he did not immediately leave the Hokage Building but was led by Mitsuba to sign a large number of documents.
Konoha's new Elder, Hyuga Hiashi, was freshly appointed.
Beginning with Hashirama Senju, and through four Hokage, the ideal of trying to integrate the Village into a single entity, making Konoha one big family, had finally completely failed.
The early Konoha was a pure Ninja Clan alliance. Later, the Senju Clan voluntarily hid their surname and integrated into Konoha, which can be seen from Tsunade's name.
No matter when, even in the Ninja files in Yuuki's hand, Tsunade's name was simply Tsunade, without a surname.
As Hashirama Senju's granddaughter, she did not inherit the Senju surname; there has never been any record of 'Senju Tsunade' anywhere.
And the Uchiha Clan was confined to the Military Police Force. After Hiruzen Sarutobi became Hokage, he vigorously suppressed various families in Konoha, not just the Uchiha.
However, that old man was not particular in his methods, suppressing other Ninja Clan while simultaneously bolstering the Sarutobi Clan; truly, he was hard on both fronts.
His ideological awareness was even worse than Danzo's. Since Danzo became the leader of Root, his family and everything else were directly cast aside, and he was misled into dedicating his life to Konoha, or rather, Hiruzen Sarutobi.
By the time of the Fourth Hokage, both Minato Namikaze and Orochimaru were civilian Ninja, without families.
However, everything stopped here. Although there were still many doubts about Chakra, Yuuki, having read the original work, clearly knew that this Chakra power system truly only depended on bloodline.
Therefore, no matter how hard civilian Ninja worked, no matter how large their numbers, elites would still largely appear within families.
Especially the Uchiha and Hyuga, these two Kekkei families.
As for the drawbacks of doing this, Yuuki was perfectly clear: if families unite, then families unite.
In the future, with Konoha's family Ninja as the main trunk and civilian Ninja as the branches, it could still develop very well.
If we talk about progressiveness, Senju Tobirama's approach was certainly more advanced, but to discuss pros and cons without considering the current situation is to be a hooligan.
At least until Chakra, Kekkei Genkai, and these things are thoroughly researched, the mainstream will always be the major families, and this path is far from reaching its end.
Seeing far does not necessarily mean being right. Whether it was the various Hokage of Konoha trying to eliminate the influence of families through secret means, or the Third Mizukage of Hidden Mist's straightforward Blood Mist Policy, it was all because they saw that an overemphasis on family values would bring hidden dangers to the Village.
They considered things far ahead, but their methods were too eager for quick results.
The rise of civilian Ninja must rely on their own efforts, not by directly feeding them. The Ninjutsu Pavilion established by Yuuki has this very purpose. When civilian Ninja become strong, they will naturally express their demands themselves.
All that's needed is to give them a path for advancement. Senju Tobirama's Ninja Academy was very good, it was just that the subsequent training didn't keep up.
As for the family issue, Yuuki himself, as a member of the Uchiha, naturally did not feel that there was any problem with families.
It is very normal for clansmen, connected by blood, to stick together, as long as the clansmen's recognition of Konoha as the larger family is strengthened.
Yuuki felt that Senju Tobirama's path was wrong. What needed to be done was not to weaken the concept of family, but to strengthen the concept of Konoha.
A guy like Itachi was deeply poisoned by incorrect thinking. Whether it's the big family or the small family, both are composed of individuals, and it's impossible to compare which is more important.
When thinking of Itachi, Yuuki also recalled that small group within the clan who were completely opposite to Itachi.
To be honest, for that group of guys, out of consideration for them being his clansmen, Yuuki had given them enough time.
It was time to lay his cards on the table.
Let's choose their next gathering. Hopefully, they will be sensible then.
Yuuki truly did not want to spill the blood of his clansmen!
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