Chapter 10: The Hidden Hands of the Forest
Founded more than 10 years ago, Konoha Hidden Village has established a complete system through the development of the first and second generations of Hokage, and the intelligence, administration, operations, and support administrative institutions set up under the system are even more varied.
Konoha's sanatorium is one of them. In any case, ninja is a high-risk profession, and sacrifice can happen at any time, let alone during the Great Ninja War. Therefore, the sanatorium was created to care for the orphans of the sacrificial ninja and some civilians.
However, for Hanyu's age, he was not actually suitable to go to a nursing home...... At his age, he already has the ability to take care of himself, so he should be out of the nursing home, not in the nursing home.
But for some reason, he still fell into the hands of the director of the sanatorium.
"This will be your room from now on, you must have experienced a lot in the past two days, so take a good rest for the time being, and talk about the specific things tomorrow...... Oh, by the way, I'll arrange for someone to bring it over for three meals. Mishino said to Hanyu, who she placed in a separate room in the hospice.
"yes, I see." Hanyu was not at all dissatisfied with such an arrangement. Some of them are small but neat rooms, and the simple and well-equipped furniture is a living environment that Hanyu could not have imagined before he lived a life of wanderlust for several years.
Hanyu didn't know what would happen next, but this small room was a good place to start.
The sanatorium was a large one, with about three digits of orphans living here, but there were no other orphans living in the room where Hanyu was temporarily staying, so it is conceivable that outsiders like him were treated differently. Therefore, although the village did not restrict his freedom, he would never run around or come into contact with the rest of the village unless he was explicitly instructed to do so...... Hanyu confined his range of activities to this room.
It's called self-knowledge, and it's much better to live in seclusion than to be imprisoned for misconduct. Hanyu was under the impression that ninjas were not only keen on taking out their enemies, but sometimes they were also keen on taking out their own people
Regardless of the messy considerations on Hanyu's side, after arranging the affairs on his side, Mishino quickly left the sanatorium...... At this time, Konoha was in the period of handing over the old and the new, because the handover happened too hastily, and people like Mishino were very busy right now, and it was impossible for her to spend too much time on Hanyu.
Next, Mishino has quite important things to explain and explain to one of the high-ranking people in Konoha, and to strive for the recognition and understanding of the other party as much as possible, and the identity of that person is extremely noble in Konoha - Uzumaki Mito, the wife of the first Hokage, this is exactly the person Mishino is about to face.
In terms of identity, the current Uzumaki Mito is the most respected person in Konoha, and even the replacement of the Hokage must be approved by him. And just as Sarutobi needs the support of Uzumaki Mito for the position of Hokage, Mishino also needs the support of the other party for what Mishino wants to do.
Whirlpool looked to be in her fifties, and the signature red hair of her youth was now gone. After Mishino came to her side, before she could tell her intentions, Uzumaki Mito had already spoken a little extremely:
"Sanshino, did you really decide to do that?"
Apparently, Lady Hokage had somehow learned about what Mishino wanted to do.
"Well, that's already an appointment...... By now, it was time for the Thousand Hands to retreat. Mishino said, she deliberately paused to stop speaking, and after seeing that the expression on the other party's face did not change significantly, she continued to explain, "Since the Great Ninja War, the sense of glory of being the 'Senju of the Mori' clan and the sense of mission of being a member of the Hokage's own clan have made the clansmen too 'leading the way' in the process of the war. Dare to die in battle, so the death rate of the thousand-armed ninja in the past few years has even exceeded the troubled times before the formation of Konoha ......"
"On the other hand, it is precisely because of this sacrifice rate that a large number of excellent clansmen died before they really grew up, so after the first and second generations, there was no ninja with such high intelligence and strength as the two ancestors who could unify the clan, so ...... I think it's time. ”
"Withholding the name of Senju of the Mori is the right decision for both the clan and Konoha. The reason is very simple, the Thousand Hands Clan can't be the Hokage forever, otherwise we will continue to be our own Thousand Hands, and what is the point of forming Konoha? And since Senju can't always be the Hokage, then we don't have to take on more responsibility than ordinary ninjas...... This is not to prohibit the clansmen from becoming ninjas, but rather to stop carrying the heavy name of Thousand Hands. When Mishino made such an explanation, his voice was extremely painful.
"The Thousand Hands of the Forest" has become an unbearable weight on their lives.
Giving up a thousand hands is certainly a deplorable decision by one person, but on the other hand, it can make the best ninja clan in the entire ninja world give up their name, and you can imagine what kind of casualties they suffered in the previous war.
"Do all the people of the Thousand Hands have this opinion?" Uzumaki Mito was silent for a long time, and then asked again.
"Well, at the previous clan meeting, although everyone expressed great regret over this decision, the vast majority of people chose to accept it."
"I see, is it finally time for the Thousand-Hand Clan to give up their glorious name, I thought there would be quite a few people who would oppose such a decision, but...... That's fine, at this point, even if it is the resurrection of the pillars, I have explained something to my husband, and he should have nothing to say. Uzumaki Mito said.
She was born into the Uzumaki clan, and despite being married to the original Hokage Senju Tsuruma, she wasn't really Senju after all - there were some things that only the purest Senju could decide.
That's because the people who have the strongest sense of family and who will express the most resolute opposition to such decisions have long since died on the battlefield...... Mishino wanted to shout out this, but in the end she opened her mouth and said nothing.
Because this kind of thing is not only understood by her, but also by the person who sits opposite her and has spent his life with Hatsudaime.
Overall, the death of the second Hokage was the catalyst for the Senju clan to make the decision to hide their clan surname. Originally, the war was already in the middle of the war, and Konoha thwarted the invasion of Yunyin, and the two countries were about to conclude a peace and alliance treaty, which was the result of the lives of the thousands of hand people, but all this disappeared with the sudden death of the second generation.
Peace was within reach, but there was no trace of it, and the gap between the front and back caused the morale of the Thousand Hands to plummet, and they couldn't help but wonder if the sacrifice they had been making all this time really made sense.
The answer, of course, is meaningful.
However, their efforts are too disproportionate to the content of this meaning and the value of the results.
So when Mishino proposed to hide the Thousand Hands, the clansmen were initially surprised by the reaction, but then the vast majority of people accepted the proposal.
Then, the proposal became the final decision.
Senju's sacrifice is not only understood by themselves, but also by the entire Konoha Village. No one was in a position to ask them to make more sacrifices on top of that heavy price, so as long as the Thousand Hands made such a decision, the village would not and could not stop it.
From today on, the most important ninja sect that formed the Konoha Ninja Village, the famous Thousand Hands clan in the ninja world, will gradually disappear, and the surname Thousand Hands will only exist in history in the future.
"Although there will be no more thousand-armed ninjas in the future, this is only because all the thousand-armed ninjas have become Konoha ninjas, we have not given up our responsibilities, nor will we evade our due responsibilities as Konoha ninjas, but in order for the clan to survive for a long time, we can only do this, no matter how glorious the name is, it is not worth mentioning compared to the fresh lives of the clansmen...... Therefore, Senju will only be born as a Konoha ninja in the future, fight as a Konoha ninja, and even die as a Konoha ninja. ”
With a sense of identity and belonging to the Konoha Hidden Village, no other ninja sect can exceed a thousand hands, so Sanshino's words are trustworthy.
"However, after making such a decision, there will be more conjectures in the village, and then I will go to the Land of Thunder again to take on the task of sending Yun Yin to the next one." She added that attitude is one thing, action is another, and she needs to prove by her actions that Senju's attitude towards Konoha will not change.
"Go to Yunyin? You must know that your physical condition is not capable of performing high-intensity tasks, and you should ......" Uzumaki Mito could not remain silent about this decision after all.
"But my identity is the best expression of Konoha's sincerity for peace, and in this symbolic sense, there is no one more suitable for this task than me...... The death of the Hokage and the Thunder Shadow was just an accident, and the desire for peace on both sides would not change because of this. As far as I am concerned, I will never be stingy with my hatred for Yun Yin, but resentment is the simplest and easiest thing to do, and the difficult thing is to complete the unfinished business of the second generation. In this ninja war, Konoha Hidden Village was presided over by the second generation, so ending the war is also something that Senju should do...... This will be the last thing Senju will do in the name of Senju. ”
The determination embodied in Sanshino's words will not be changed by anyone.
This silenced Uzumaki Mito again, and after a long thought, she finally said, "If that's what you think, then go ahead and do it, whether it's the matter of a thousand hands or the matter of Yunyin...... It's just that you have to remember that if you are determined to do it, you will succeed. ”
This high-status elder finally approved of Sanshino's plan.
"Of course, I will never fail."
Sanshino has the confidence to succeed.