Walking around to the office of the Trace Department—actually next door—Kanaten knocked on the door, and there was a call from inside, please come in.

"Yokibe-sama, are you free?" said Kanaten.

The Enmoriya Traces Department raised his head from the pile of papers, saw that it was Kanaten, and replied with a smile: "Since it is Kannaten-sama, naturally I am free, wait a minute." ”

These two call each other "adults", which is also very interesting.

Jibu is an authentic old man, with sparse white hair, deep bags under his eyes, because his teeth are basically gone, his lips are deflated, but his chin is high and upturned, but his spirit is not bad, and it seems that he can live for a few years. (Setting: The Far Guard House Trace Department is the old man with a cane who sent Zhao Meiming on behalf of Wuyin Village on the eve of the Five Shadows Conference in 63...... There is an appearance in chapter 454 of the original book)

Jibu took off his glasses and went to the bathroom to wash his face, and while he was doing this, Kanaiden found Shibuya Ran and arranged a closed conference room. Then he held on to his delicate cockscomb head cane, and slowly followed Kannaten into the conference room.

In the conference room, Kanna Tensen was not busy getting to the point, and said casually: "The workload has been getting bigger and bigger recently, can Lord Jibu still stand it?"

Jibu laughed, pursed his mouth, waved his hand, and said, "It can't be compared with when I was young, but my body can still stand it, so you have to worry about it." ”

"It should. Kannatian smiled, "After all, you are a senior, think about it, the old people of the previous generation and the previous generation of Wuyin Village, now they are dead and injured, and the profession of ninja is really difficult to live smoothly to old age......"

The trace coughed dryly, and felt a little crying and laughing. If it weren't for the fact that he had worked with Kannaten for a while, and knew the other party's style of speaking and doing things, he would have thought that the words just now were cursing him to die quickly.

"How is your father today?"

"Thank you, all is well. Kannaten replied, "But I'm probably about to leave, and I think it's just the next step." ”

Mizukage is not there, the division of labor between the two fathers and sons, Kana Tokitomi and Kana Tian, must be staggered, this belongs to the art of checks and balances, never create opportunities for subordinates, human nature can't stand the test.

Originally, among the two of Kana Tian and Kanna Tokitomi, the three generations of Mizukage were inclined to arrange for Tokitomi to stay at the headquarters, but Tokitomi considered his son's future and the safety of the front line, and strongly demanded a replacement, and the three generations agreed after thinking about it.

After a moment of small talk, Kannaten highlighted a question.

"Speaking of which, Lady Jibe, do you have any plans or ideas for your future work?"

"Oh?" replied, a little strangely, "My personal opinion, retire, I've been a ninja for more than sixty years, and I'm really tired." ”

Kannaten said quietly, "Is that a pity, I thought there would be more opportunities for a good ninja like you to learn in the future." ”

Although he knew that Kannatian was flattering him, he was also very happy to hear it, and said with a smile: "Of course there is a chance, even if you retire, I welcome a young hero like you, Lord Kannaten, to visit the old man." ”

Shen Natian hurriedly waved his hand: "Haojie is not counted, it is really a prize." I just think that an old-timer with a lot of life experience and ninja experience shouldn't quit the ninja world. ”

Traced something unusual and asked, "What do you mean?"

Kannato stretched his arm and said leisurely: "It seems that the advisory system of the Council of Elders in Wuyin Village has not been abolished......

This is the truth, the decision-making level configuration of the shadow plus consultants, this was decided long before the Five Shadows Conference was held, or rather, it was learned by the four major ninja villages in imitation of Konoha that when the first Five Shadows Conference was held, the few people standing behind the Five Shadows were actually equivalent to the later assistants, but there was no such thing as "assistant" at that time, but the rights and obligations exercised were the same.

This system proved to be very effective, so even if the dragon assassinated the elders of the previous generation of Wuyin Village, he would not dare to blatantly abolish them, and the seat of the Position Elder Council would remain vacant.

It wasn't until the Hinawa family's research on the tailed beast that there was a breakthrough, and the family power gradually recovered, and some people began to propose the restoration of the elder council system, but it was also suppressed by the three generations, and the reason is very sufficient: the replacement of the shadow is only in the past few years, and now that the consultant has been chosen, what should I do if the cooperation with the new shadow is not good? Is it possible to change the person and choose again? simply leave it until after the change, and let the next generation of shadow solve it.

After Kannaten's reminder, the trace department also understood what the other party was thinking.

"I don't expect to be a consultant, old man. Jibu said deliberately, testing Kannaten, "But your father, Lord Shichen, is very promising, how about it?

"I got my heart, but who else is more suitable for this position besides you?" Kannato said with a smile, "The top decision-making quartet, Mizukage, assistants, two advisors, this assistant, whether the next Mizukage needs to be said is another matter, but it is imperative to restore the Council of Elders, after all, without an advisor, it is not convenient for Shinkage to be familiar with the work, which is not conducive to receiving rights." What do you think?"

Kannatian is nonsense, that's right, a very important task of the advisor is to help the new shadow receive the rights that belong to him as soon as possible during the change of the ninja village, such as the later Konoha Village, the transfer of Koharu and Mito Menyan In order to calm the turmoil in the village, how much work did it take to elect the five generations of Hokage? But those advisors are all experienced seniors who have assisted the shadow for more than ten years, the real ninja elite. Since the cancellation of the election of the Council of Elders in Wuyin Village, most of the power has been pinched by the three generations of Mizukage, and a small part has fallen into the hands of the major families.

Jibu pondered for a moment and said, "I heard that the third generation of Mizukage intends to train you to become the assistant of the next generation of shadows and take your father's place, so in the foursome, there should be assistants, right?"

Shen Natian said lightly: "It's just a rumor, it can't be true." ”

Kanaten would rather have a powerful ministerial position than be an assistant to a certain shadow. Think about it, how iron the relationship between Tuan Zang and Ape Fei is? When these two were young, it can be said that they trusted each other with their lives and lived their lives. Tuan Zang is mostly trusted by Sarutoi? Obviously assisted by the Hokage who does not have the right to take the army, but he was ordered by Sarufei to set up a training department of the Dark Ministry, which is equivalent to handing over part of the Shadow Department, a part of the Hokage's direct subordinate troops, to Tuan Zang, if Tuan Zang really has a bad heart, it is simple to install a few spies or killers. Such a hard relationship, wasn't it that Ape Fei was removed from the position of assistant in the end?(In the original plot of the anime, there is a plot where Tuan Zang sends someone to assassinate the Hokage, but I think it's not so much that Tuan Zang wants Sarutobi's life, but rather to express his dissatisfaction, which is equivalent to going too far in the dormitory, scaring his roommate with a fruit knife and saying believe it or not, I'll hack you to death...... Of course, those original plots in the animation belong to the second set, and there are a lot of bugs, so just take a look, you don't need to take it too seriously. ）

The position of assistant is not a mandatory appointment in the first place, and if you want it, you can remove it at any time if you don't want it, and you don't need to pass the procedural review at all, and Kannaten will never be this assistant.

But for this advisor, he has some extra ideas.

"Actually, I think the distribution of rights and obligations among those advisors in the ninja world is too vague. Kannato said slowly, "Basically, within the scope of the affairs under the jurisdiction of the Shadow Office, they can all speak and help the Shadow make suggestions, do you think such a general responsibility is appropriate?"

Instead of saying that it was good or bad, it asked, "What does Kannaten-sama mean?"

Kannaten closed his eyes, leaned back on the sofa, and was silent for a long time before he spit out a sentence.

"Division of labor!"

"There needs to be a division of labor!"

"It is better to share the responsibilities of the economic and military work and entrust it to the advisers, who will report directly to the shadow and be responsible, which will also be easy to reduce the burden on the shadow. ”

As he spoke, Kannaten raised his hand, his nails flicking against a document that slid out of the side, making a clicking sound.

"You see, the two of us share the work, and we both have such a large workload, so you can imagine how heavy the work pressure of Mizukage is on weekdays. Kannaten smiled meaningfully, "If the economic and military tasks were divided, it would be much easier for the next generation of Mizukage." ”