Chapter 111: The Last Council of Elders
Scorpion walks in the green Chiyo Mansion, and although he hasn't been here many times, it's almost the same as he remembered it when he was a child.
Hoshino Mu looked at the maid in front of him, this person was not the woman named Chika when he first visited, I think she might still be training in the army.
Hoshino Mu seemed to sense something, although the scorpion was wearing a mask, he still noticed that the scorpion's mood was abnormal, he swept around, although the vegetation here is dense, but there is still a gap between it and the real high-grade mansion in Sand Hidden Village, even if Chiyo doesn't care about this, others will not allow the mansion of the head of the first clan to be so 'shabby', unless
He asked casually, "Has this always been the case here?" Chiyo-sama is also too frugal. β
The maid shook her head: "It's always been like this here, Chiyo-sama has always kept it from being changed. β
Hoshino Mu looked at the scorpion, nodded and didn't say anything.
The three of them soon came to the meeting room.
The moment the grille door was opened, the scorpion and Chiyo's eyes were facing each other, although through the mask, this person's figure was also a few points taller, but Chiyo was very sure that this person was the grandson he had in mind, and the feeling that blood was thicker than water could not be faked.
But the scorpion almost didn't recognize the man in front of him.
In my memory, although my grandmother was full of silver hair when I left, she was always in good spirits, and it was difficult to connect the gloomy old woman in front of me with the kind and optimistic grandmother in my impression.
"Chiyo-sama"
Hoshino Maki saluted respectfully.
Hearing Hoshino Mu's words, the two of them reacted and withdrew their gazes.
Chiyo asked the two of them to sit down, and at the same time held back left and right.
When the maid brought the door, the room fell silent.
Hoshino's gaze wandered over the faces of the two, and he felt like he was watching a large-scale family search scene.
In addition to hugging and crying, long-lost relatives also have a situation where both parties are like the most familiar strangers and are speechless.
Of course, the situation of Scorpion and Chiyo is a little more special.
"Scorpion, you go out and wait for me first."
Seeing this, Hoshino Maki chose to let both parties calm down first and slowly adapt.
After the scorpion went out, Chiyo's expression was obviously much more natural.
"You did it."
Hoshino knew what the other party was saying: "I will definitely do what I promised." β
"So what are you going to do next."
Chiyo looked into the other party's eyes, she actually had a guess, but she still had to say it in person.
"Reform!"
Hoshino Maki did not hesitate.
"Isn't the current Shayin Village bad? The income of the village has increased exponentially, the people at the bottom can also eat well, and the oasis is getting better and better, where is the need for reform? β
Chiyo retorted like a fastidious HR.
"Has Chiyo-sama ever seen an epiphany? Now the Sand Hidden Village is like an epiphany, its prosperity is built on the fact that wars are fought everywhere, and the Land of the Wind is the safest place. But now that we're going to go to war with Iwain Village, those who fled may not leave here for a while because of the large investment here, but what if we are defeated? What if the war ended soon? How do we sustain this prosperity? β
"Compared with other ninja villages, our geographical environment is the worst, and although the end of the war leaves a ruin, it also represents the breaking of the old forces and represents an opportunity. The outflow of funds and personnel is inevitable, they are not ninjas of Sand Hidden Village nor natives of Sand Hidden Village, they have no loyalty to speak of, only interests. β
"We have to create a profitable environment for them, let them choose to put down roots here, let them marry and have children here, and let their fate be closely linked to Shayin Village."
Chiyo kept listening, and asked at the right time, "So what do you think?" β
"I'm going to break the tribal system in Shayin Village."
Chiyo was silent for a moment after hearing this, looked at the other party with a glint in his eyes, and slowly spoke: "Do you know what you're talking about?" β
This is to smash the jobs of the entire ruling class, and anyone who dares to do such a thing in any era will face a thunderous wrath, especially since she is the biggest stakeholder among them.
"Of course, now everything in the village is monopolized by the big tribes, and the more money and materials the village enters, the more greedy they become, and this time the casualties are so heavy, but the pension is not even one-tenth of the last time! What else to say is to keep the ninja's fighting spirit alive, I bah! Do you know how I feel when I look at the desperate eyes of the families of those martyrs? β
Hoshino Mu clenched his fingers, if it weren't for the fear of the old man in front of him and for the sake of the village not falling into turmoil, he would have cleaned up these old things a long time ago.
"You want to be like Thunder Shadow?"
Chiyo was not moved by his performance, but calmly pointed out Hoshino Makki's ambitions.
Are there any naΓ―ve people in the ninja world?
Yes, but this kind of person can't be in a high position.
Through Hoshino Maki's actions, Chiyo believes that part of Hoshino Maki's motives are for the people of Sand Hidden Village and for the people at the bottom, but it will definitely not dominate.
Originally, she thought that the other party wanted to become the Hokage, but now it seems that the other party wants to be a full-hearted, almost unrestrained shadow like the third generation Ai Onoki.
"Of course, as a puppeteer, how can you be willing to become a puppet?"
Hoshino Maki did not deny it, and Chiyo did not laugh at the other party's ambitions.
He went from being a shinobi to becoming a Kazekage in just a few months, and making the village prosperous, gaining an advantage in the war with Konoha, so to speak, he has been creating miracles.
"Chiyo tribe, what do you want to do?"
Chiyo was silent for a long time, and eventually, she asked the question of the clan.
Although the only things she really cherishes are her brother and the scorpion, Hoshino Mu's plan involves the issue of the clan, and she still wants to fight for something for the clan.
"Following the Senju family's approach, it's not just the Chiyo clan, it's all clans, but the people of the Chiyo clan can give priority to medical treatment and weaponry for three generations."
After the establishment of Konoha, the Senju family did not intermarry like the Uchiha family, but chose to spread out and completely integrate into Konoha and completely tie up with Konoha's fate.
There are pros and cons to doing this, the advantage is that as long as Konoha is strong, the bloodline of the Thousand Hands clan will not be extinct; The disadvantage is that the high-quality bloodline of the Senju clan has been diluted, and there has never been a powerful ninja since Tsunade.
But this is not a problem for the tribes of Shayin Village, the small tribes have some inheritance of blood inheritance boundaries, and the blood relationship in the big tribes is very weak or even none, which can be seen from the fact that they don't even have a unified surname, and there is even a joke in Shayin Village: How to distinguish a foreigner? Ask him what his last name is, and if he looks at you suspiciously, then he is a local.
After listening to Hoshino Mu's plan, Chiyo's cloudy eyes closed slightly, and he turned his head to look out the door.
Although the door was closed, Chiyo seemed to see something in her eyes, and after a long time, she shook her head: "Forget it, this will only be the next Uchiha, Chiyo clan, don't be privileged." β
Hoshino Mu was a little surprised that the other party would refuse his proposal, and after thinking about it carefully, what the other party said is indeed possible, and the privilege of a single clan is indeed easy to exacerbate the conflict, of course, the main thing is that the Chiyo tribe has no blood inheritance boundary and is not the kind of tribe where sensible people account for the majority.
Hoshino Maki pondered for a moment, walked over to a map of Sand Hidden Village, picked up the pen next to him and drew a few circles on it.
"The future development of the village will be in this vicinity, whether you open your own shop or rent it to others, you can ensure that you will be rich for a lifetime."
Since Chiyo doesn't want privileges, let the Chiyo clan be a charter officer, as long as he is honest, Hoshino Mubao is still rich for two generations.
Chiyo's face softened a little, although even if she didn't have anything, with her prestige and strength, she could make the Chiyo clan act according to her wishes, but Hoshino Maki's actions did make her a lot less resistant.
After that, the two sides began to discuss from the plan to the details, and after a long time, the grille door was opened, and Hoshino Mu came out only to find that the sky had turned white.
"Scorpion, you stood all night?"
Seeing the scorpion standing not far away, Hoshino Mu said with some surprise.
The scorpion shook his head and didn't speak.
When the two left, Chiyo did not come out to see her grandson, and the two never said a word.
After a while, the maid walked in and bowed down and said, "My lord, the young man first went to the front yard for a walk, and then came back and watched the sky all night. β
Chiyo was silent for a moment and spoke: "Call Ebizo over." β
When Ebizo arrived, Chiyo informed the other party of part of the plan, mainly about the disposition of the Chiyo clan, Ebizo nodded, and suddenly spoke: "That person is a scorpion, right?" β
Although Ebizo hadn't met with that person, it wasn't difficult to figure it out.
Without waiting for Chiyo to speak, Ebizo continued: "I understand my sister, don't worry, I will make it clear to the people below." β
With that, he tucked the map into his sleeve and got up to leave.
Chiyo sighed.
She is willing to cooperate with the other party, partly so that the scorpion can live in the sun, looking at the masked scorpion, Chiyo's inner pain is beyond the comprehension of outsiders.
Due to poor information, Hoshino Mu said about the scorpion's assassination of three generations before, which made her think that there were other insiders about this matter, and if this matter was exposed, the scorpion would immediately become the most notorious wanted criminal in the history of Sand Hidden Village, and she as Scorpion's grandmother had no way to change this fact.
But someone can, like an Onoki style shadow.
If Sand Hidden Village really becomes a village ruled by Shadow, and the scorpion has enough merit by the other party's side, then as long as Hoshino Mu is willing, he still has a chance to atone for his sins openly.
Although she couldn't say these words to her face, she always hoped to change something with her actions.
"Scorpion"
"Huh?"
"It's nothing" Hoshino Mu shook his head: "You go back first, I'll take care of something." β
Walking out of the Chiyo Mansion, Hoshino Maki and Scorpion separated, and a few dodged to a house that looked a little shabby, he touched his pocket, smiled bitterly, and pried open the door.
At the same time, the door of the house next to him opened, and Miho appeared at the door in pajamas and with kun in her hand, and was relieved to see that it was Hoshino Mu.
"Aunt Miho, I'm sorry to disturb your rest."
Hoshino Maki scratched his head and smiled apologetically.
Only now did he notice the faint silk thread broken under his feet, and secretly cursed how he could be so unvigilant.
"You're back?"
Miho asked, glancing at the half-open door in front of the other party.
Hoshino Mu nodded: "I haven't been home for a long time, and I suddenly want to come back to see." β
He didn't like his original home, mainly because he felt lost there.
Hoshino Maki knew why, so he wanted to forget that feeling even more, but today, seeing Scorpion and Chiyo, he suddenly wanted to come back here.
Miho seemed to understand something, she nodded, her face softened, and said, "It's okay to go and have a look, and I'll have breakfast at home later." β
Hoshino Maki nodded and walked into this strange and familiar house.
This is a standard house for ordinary people in the Land of Wind, the furniture is very simple and has no patterns, the specifications are large, a cabinet is twice as large as other places, focusing on practicality rather than beauty, and even a lot of furniture is made by yourself.
Hoshino Maki looked at the flowers on the table, and then at the clean tabletop, he knew that Aunt Miho had been cleaning this place.
Hoshino Maki leaned back on the rough sofa, looked at the ceiling, slowly closed his eyes, and gradually, fell asleep.ββ
Day and night are approaching, and this is the last elders' meeting of the year.
All the elders were smiling, and without him, all the tribes had eaten a lot of money this year.
Externally, he won Yun Shinobi and Konoha in a row, telling the ninja world that Sand Shinobi may not be the first, but it is not the last place in the five ninja villages.
Even their attitude towards Hoshino Maki is a lot kinder.
"Kazekage, thanks to you this year, the village is developing well~"
"But no, if it hadn't been for Kazekage's proposal to drive the troops to the southwest forest first, Konoha wouldn't have brought the supplies over honestly."
"In other words, now the troops should have fought with Iwa Shinobi, can the materials for the New Year this year be sent less, the village is now vigorously developing, and there are too many places to use money."
The wind that originally praised Hoshino Mu gradually shifted to discussing the reduction of the treatment of front-line troops.
In their opinion, it is right for ninjas to fight for the village, and the idea of always wanting to pay them like Hoshino Maki is really puzzling.
Isn't it good to have this money in your pocket?
In the past, Hoshino Mu would find a way to analyze the pros and cons, drag this topic over, and then fight for some treatment for the troops from other aspects.
But this time, Hoshino responded one by one with a smile.
Hoshino's attitude made the elders laugh greatly.
It's not that they can't see Hoshino Mu's tricks before, it's just that the other party can really make money, and what he said is not unreasonable, and he will cut some mosquito meat, but he is still unhappy in his heart.
Now, after being a wind shadow for so long, this kid has finally opened his mind!
After Hoshino Maki dealt with the elders, he began his routine report: "A week ago, our troops and Iwa Shinobi fought in the Land of Rain"
At this time, outside the Wind Shadow Building, the Scorpion led a team of people to a dark department in charge of security, took out a scroll and handed it to the other party: "The dark department is gathered, the South -03 base has lost contact, and the Wind Shadow Lord has ordered you to go to investigate now." β
The man shook his head, "I didn't receive an order from Lord Orange Juro. β
The scorpion under the face towel frowned and pointed to the scroll: "Here is the signature of Lord Orange Juro." β
When the dark department heard this, the muscles of the whole body tensed, and suddenly said vigilantly: "The dark department in charge of guarding only accepts the token dispatch of Lord Orange Juro, whose subordinate are you?!" β
Seeing this, the scorpion shook his head: "Is it still a miscalculation?" It's a nuisance, red. β
"Roger!"
The ninja behind the scorpion raised her head, her red eyes like endless whirlpools, sucking all the darkness in front of her into it.
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