Three days later.

Konoha Village, Hokage Building, Conference Room.

At this moment, the small conference room was full of people, in addition to the Sarutobi Hizashi who was located at the top, Shimura Danzo, Mito Menyan, Zhuan Koharu, and the four high-level officials, some family patriarchs and some Shangnin were also present.

Most of them rushed back from the front line in the past three days, and if it weren't for the stability of the front line, I'm afraid there would be even more people coming back.

Ape Feiri glanced at everyone present, and said in a heavy voice:

"I'm sure you've all seen the state of the village, this is the first time that Konoha Village has been invaded by a foreign enemy since its establishment.

"This invasion has resulted in the destruction of nearly half of Konoha, and as the third generation Hokage, I have no shirk!

"Red Bean Puree Smy Marseille!"

As he spoke, Ape Fei Ri Slash stood up and bowed deeply to everyone.

Seeing this, everyone hurriedly spoke.

"Hokage-sama, it's not your fault, it's the enemy who is too cunning!"

"Hokage-sama, you've done a good job, at least there are no casualties among the civilians in the village!"

"Yes, Hokage-sama, you protected everyone!"

Hearing this, Ape Feiri got up and looked at everyone with a touched face:

"Thank you for your understanding and support!

"That's right, although half of the village was destroyed this time, fortunately, the people in the village have evacuated in advance and there have been no casualties.

"What if the house is destroyed, as long as we are still there, we will soon be able to rebuild a bigger and better new home!

"So you must not be depressed, let alone bring your depressed mood to the front line, our Konoha is still the strongest ninja village!"

After hearing this, the expressions on everyone's faces suddenly improved a lot, and some people even ignited their fighting spirit on the spot.

"Hokage-sama is right, our Konoha is still the strongest!"

"Far from thwarting our will, this invasion will ignite our fighting spirit and make us burst out stronger!"

"Even the Fog Hidden Village dares to invade Konoha, wait, we will pay back everything that Konoha has suffered now!"

Looking at the people in front of him who were full of fighting spirit, Ape Feiri's heart finally let go of a little.

His biggest fear before was that this invasion would trigger a chain reaction that would demoralize the ninjas on the front line, ultimately defeating Konoha in the end.

Now it seems that he is overly worried, and the Konoha ninja is much more tenacious than he thought.

Not only did he not be depressed because of this, but he broke out with a stronger fighting spirit.

It is worthy of the next generation cultivated under his wise leadership!

Ape Fei Ri slashed complacently in his heart.

At this time, the young patriarch of the Nara clan, Nara Shikaku, suddenly asked:

"Hokage-sama, I wonder how many people were sacrificed in this invasion?"

When Ape Fei Ri heard this, he immediately showed a sad expression:

"A total of 267 people were killed in this invasion, including 6 special upper ninjas, 108 middle ninjas, and 153 lower ninjas.

"When the village needed them, they stood up without hesitation, they are all heroes!

"Especially among them, Maite Dai is the biggest hero in this incident, and it is his heroic sacrifice that has brought the peace of countless villagers!"

When I heard that the biggest contributor to this incident was Maite Dai, many people present were a little confused.

"Who is Maite Day? How come I haven't heard of it? ”

"I haven't heard of it either, is it a big guy in the shadows?"

"I do know a guy named Maite Dai, but he's just a shinobi, shouldn't he be?"

"Shinobi? That's definitely not it, I guess it's a duplicate name. ”

Just as everyone was discussing who the big guy was in Maite Day, Ape Fei Ri Slash interrupted them again:

"It's the same Shinobi Maite Dai, oh no, I should call him Shinobi in the future.

"Before, everyone in the village mistook Maite Dai's strength and thought that he was just an ordinary shinobi.

"But in fact, he is one of the top ten powerhouses in the village, and once he bursts out with all his strength, even I have to avoid it!

"It was he who first discovered the invading enemy, and used his life to delay the enemy with all his might, buying time for the village, so that we had time to evacuate the people, he is the real hero!"

At this time, everyone present was dumbfounded.

They never imagined that it would be a shinobi who saved the village.

Some of the people who had laughed at Maite Dai were even more ashamed at the moment, and they were eager to find a crack in the ground to get into.

Looking at the different expressions of everyone present, Ape Fei Ri continued to say:

"It was my fault that I didn't notice Maite Dai's strength before.

"He should have had more dazzling feats and a more brilliant life, but it was my fault that he could only be an unknown forbearance.

"It's a little late to say anything, but I still want to do my best to make amends to him.

"I declare that I will posthumously confer Maite Dai as a shinobi, and he will be buried with the highest honors, and the pension will also be issued according to the Hokage's standard, and his son Maitkai will be rewarded with a house and three times of forbidden arts!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was silent for a moment, and then burst into warm applause.

"Hokage-sama is wise!"

"This is what a hero should be!"

"Now Maite Dai must be able to rest in peace in the Pure Land!"

Looking at the cheering crowd in front of him, Ape Feiri smiled in his heart.

That's the most appropriate way to deal with it. ’

In fact, before this meeting, he and Tuan Zang discussed for a long time what to do with Maite Dai.

Danzou thought that Maite Dai's exploits should be buried, saying that he, like the other shinobi, had died in battle while defending the village.

As for why it is necessary to bury Maite Dai's exploits.

Danzo's reasoning was that Maite Dai was a political stain on Konoha.

Promoting his merits and strength is equivalent to admitting that Konoha doesn't know people, it is difficult for civilian ninjas to have room to rise, and there is bullying in the village.

In short, this is not a good thing for the Konoha higher-ups, so it's best not to publicize it.

Ape Fei Ri Slash actually agrees with this point of view in his heart.

Not only did he think of what Tuan Zang said, but he even wanted to attribute Maite Dai's merits to himself, so that he could offset the negative impact of Konoha being invaded on him.

As long as you find a way to convince Maitkai, who cares about a "10,000-year endurance"?

However, Ayaten's intervention made Sarutobi have to give up this plan.

Although Ayaten didn't say it explicitly, Sarutobi guessed that the other party should want to use this matter to attack public opinion and destroy Konoha's internal unity.

When the time comes, if the Fog Hidden Village makes a big deal about it, and they Konoha choose to hide it, then he, the Hokage, will be in a dilemma.

If you don't do it, it will even make some lower-class ninjas have a rebellious mentality.

In order to prevent this from happening, Ape Fei Ri decided to publicize Maite Dai's exploits.

Although he will bear some negative comments this way, it is certainly much better than being attacked by the enemy.

If done well, even negative reviews can be eliminated.

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PS: In the original book, even though Maite Dai has a proud record of kicking the Seven Ninja Sword, he is still unknown, and few people in the village know about it.

This can be seen from the fact that Uchiha Itachi only knows that there is Maitkai, but not Maitdai.

Therefore, in the original book, Konoha should not have publicized Maite Dai's exploits.