134. Joint Chūnin Examination

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Five years is enough to change a lot, especially the mentality of some people. Konoha is not what it was five years ago, so it is not right to look at it with the old perspective. Sarutobi Hiruzen feels this deeply, especially now that he has gradually felt that he can't keep up with the pace.

Before Ishigami Hara came to power, Sarutobi Hiruzen was more concerned about how to stabilize Konoha, stabilize the situation in the ninja world, and ensure Konoha's status.

But since Ishigami Hara came to power, some things have changed. The pressure from the outside world has decreased. Ishigami Hara has started some internal reforms. Some measures are extremely radical in Sarutobi Hiruzen's view, but the results are very good.

Take the matter of the Security Department, for example. If Sarutobi Hiruzen was in office, he would not have made any changes at all. After all, if he really did that, it would certainly make the entire Uchiha clan unhappy, and then cause greater conflicts with the village.

But look at what Ishigami Hara did. He didn't say anything nonsense and directly placed people in the Security Department. It was so open and the reasons given were so clear that the Uchiha clan couldn't refute it at all.

"Since it is a village, don't keep holding the Security Department."

"It will not be good for you Uchiha clan."

"Over time, the negative emotions of the villagers will be directed at you Uchiha.

"At that time, the situation of Uchiha will be worse, and the village will naturally be more vigilant against you Uchiha."

These are Ishigami Hara's original words. At that time, it was Sarutobi Hiruzen who accompanied him to the Security Department. Sarutobi Hiruzen was still worried about it. Who knew that Uchiha did not oppose it at all, but was quite supportive. The whole process went smoothly.

Although he knew that Uchiha supported Ishigami Hara long before, Sarutobi Hiruzen would never have thought that the support would be so strong.

Sometimes Sarutobi Hiruzen even wondered, would Ishigami Hara's radical reform against Uchiha arouse the anger of Uchiha?

The result told him that nothing bad happened. The Uchiha clan seemed to trust Ishigami Hara completely and didn't care about these things at all. The degree of cooperation was unexpected.

In fact, there were many things that Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't know. He only saw the surface. The Uchiha clan didn't tell Sarutobi Hiruzen that with Ishigami Hara's coming to power, the development of Uchiha completely entered a fast lane.

In just five years, the Uchiha clan had at least 60 more Jōnin, and they were all Jōnin who opened the Three Tomoe Sharingan. Compared with the power of the Security Department, the increase of strong people in the clan was more valued by the Uchiha clan.

Among these sixty people, normal ninjas account for more than half, but nearly one-third are engaged in other jobs, such as becoming medical ninjas, and some people enter Orochimaru's research institute to engage in various research work.

There are even a few people who are simply teachers in the ninja academy. You should know that this has never happened in the Uchiha clan since the establishment of Konoha.

The first two are easy to say. For Uchiha, becoming a ninja academy teacher is as important as supporting Ishigami Hara to become Hokage. In some ways, it is more important than Uchiha becoming a Hokage himself. This is not an exaggeration.

In the Third Hokage or even the Second Hokage period, even if these two Hokage tolerated Uchiha, they would not approve this from him. But in Ishigami Hara's case, he is completely equal.

It is precisely this equal treatment that makes Uchiha more determined to choose to support Ishigami Hara. Uchiha people are just arrogant, not stupid, and they can naturally distinguish between good and bad. In this case, it is clear who to support.

Sarutobi Hiruzen is a qualified Hokage, but he still adheres to the old ideas of the local ninja world. He attaches too much importance to power and village stability. He can't let go of some things. His vigilance against Uchiha is deep in his bones.

But it is different for Ishigami Hara. He looks at Uchiha as a group of ordinary people whose mental state is prone to extremes. Since he knows that their mental state is prone to extremes, he just doesn't provoke them. In fact, it is also very simple to deal with. Just give enough respect.

And similar situations can also be used on other ninjas. This is the biggest difference between Ishigami Hara and Sarutobi Hiruzen.

In the meeting room, when everyone calmed down, Ishigami Hara said: "Times are changing, things are changing, one country, one village is only applicable to the post-Sengoku era, but now Konoha needs to develop, and the daimyo has become an obstacle to Konoha's development."

"Everyone, in this case, I think it is necessary to abandon the daimyo and the one country, one village system."

There was a moment of silence, no one had expected that Ishigami Hara's words would be so radical, especially when these words came from Ishigami Hara's mouth. It means that he already had a draft in mind.

"This... Hara, think about it again."

Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but persuade him. Konoha's development was obvious to all. Compared with five years ago, it was a huge change. Sarutobi Hiruzen admired it, but if he really had to completely break up with the daimyo, Sarutobi Hiruzen was worried about the future of Konoha.

Others waited for Ishigami Hara to speak. They also had no experience in such things, but they were willing to believe Ishigami Hara.

"There is no rush for this matter. Konoha only needs to do its own thing now. We don't need to take the initiative. Some people will be eager to stand up."

Ishigami Hara will naturally not break up with the daimyo right away. It will take a process. He has plenty of time, so he is not in a hurry.

When others heard him say this, they were slightly relieved, but they believed that if the joy of this meeting spread, the daimyo would definitely be restless.

Ishigami Hara saw the expressions of the people, but he was satisfied in his heart.

He had a reason to say this, and he hoped that the news of this meeting would spread.

Ishigami Hara wanted to get Konoha out of the one country, one village system, but some things required the other party to take the initiative to stand up, otherwise it would be a bit unreasonable.

Seeing this, Nara Shikaku hurriedly took out another document and changed the subject: "Hokage-sama, regarding your idea of ​​holding a joint Chūnin exam, the staff's evaluation concluded that it is feasible. When do you think it is more appropriate to start?"

Ishigami Hara thought for a while, and then said: "Just one month later, we need to give other villages some preparation time."

"Yes, then do you have any other requirements for the Chūnin exam?"

Ishigami Hara smiled and said: "No big requirements, just do a good job of safety work, and... make it lively."