In the morning, the sun began to rise, driving away the chill of autumn.
Sitting in the Hokage's office, Kizaru was holding a list of names in his hand.
The names on this list are the candidates that Kizaru plans to appoint as permanent secretaries of the Secretariat. There are five people in total.
Among the five people, one is from the Shimura clan and the other is from the Sarutobi clan. They are considered to be related households by default. There is nothing to say.
The remaining three are the talents that Kizaru is optimistic about, and he plans to focus on cultivating new political stars.
Kizaru's old classmate, Nara Shikaku, who recently became a chuunin, is on the list. He is Kizaru's most promising adviser and Hokage assistant.
The other two, one is a civilian ninja, named Oikawa Kimiyama. He is 21 years old this year. He is an elite among chuunin and has the potential to become a jounin.
Talent in strength is not the key point for Kizaru to choose him. What Kizaru likes most about this person is that he is extremely serious in doing things, likes to make decisions before taking action, and has a 100% mission completion rate. All the ninjas who work with him have given him
Very high rating.
Regarding this person's information, Kizaru saw it from the ninja information collected by Genbe in the village. After personally observing and confirming that Genbe's information was correct, Kizaru put him on the permanent secretary's list.
As for the other ninja selected for the list of permanent secretaries, he is a ninja from the small ninja clan. His name is Yuhi Kurenai. In the original plot, he is the father of Sarutobi Asuma's girlfriend Yuhi Kurenai. He is 33 years old this year and currently holds the position.
He is the squad leader of the middle and lower ninja classes, and can also be called an instructor. His main job is to guide the training of middle and lower ninjas.
This person already has the strength of a Jonin, and he is mature and steady. He can be regarded as a mature and steady person arranged by Kizaru for the team of permanent secretaries who are generally younger.
"Ninja Gu, go to the office next door and ask the three elders if the candidate list for the front line commander has been drawn up. If so, let them come over."
Next to the door of the Hokage's office, there was a newly moved office space in the left corner. One of Kizaru's younger brothers, Shinobu Shimura, who was also on the list of permanent secretaries, quickly left his position and stood up.
"Yes!" He tried his best to respond loudly. After helping Shinobu Shimuratani, who had his eyes slipping a little because he got up in a hurry, he walked out from behind the desk and left the Hokage's office.
Compared to Shimura Yoshihiko and Shimura Yuki, who have outstanding fighting talents, and their peers Shimura Tani-nin, their strength is relatively average. Until now, they have not had the strength of a chuunin.
The fact that he was selected by Kizaru to become one of the permanent secretaries was undeniable because he had the advantage of being close to Kizaru.
But being chosen by Kizaru, Shinobu Shimuratani is not a useless person. He has his own advantages, he is obedient and honest, and he is also very meticulous in his work.
According to Kizaru's design, the permanent secretary of the secretariat is to handle many less important trivial matters on behalf of the Hokage, and is a core position with partial Hokage seal rights.
In such a key position, Huang Yuan must put a confidant he trusts to prevent anyone from using power for personal gain and deceiving superiors and subordinates.
People are fickle, especially after they gain power. Kizaru cannot guarantee that people with good character now will stay true to their original aspirations and remain clean after being in power for a long time.
In the original plot, his teacher Hiruzen Sarutobi and his uncle Danzo all illustrate this point.
As a leader, it is okay to trust your subordinates, but you must not create the conditions and environment for your subordinates to make mistakes.阑
There must be necessary supervision and balance. Shinobu Shimuratani is Kizaru's upright eye in the permanent secretary. While responsible for supervising other people, he will also be supervised by others.
Without letting Kizaru wait too long, the door to the Hokage's office, which had been closed just a short time ago, was opened by Tannin. Behind him, three elders headed by Sarutobi Hiruzen walked into the office.
Seeing that the elders had all arrived, Kizaru also left his office, stood up, stretched out his hand to signal the three elders to go to the reception area on the left, and motioned for them to sit on the sofa.
He walked to the main seat of the sofa and sat down. Looking at the three elders sitting on both sides in front of him, Kizaru spoke.
"Have the candidates for the command of this war been drawn up?" After saying that, Kizaru looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was sitting on his left.
"We have already discussed it, and we are just waiting for you to make your decision." After saying that, Sarutobi Hiruzen glanced at Shinobu Shimuraya, who was standing behind Kizaru.
After receiving the signal, Shinobu Shimuratani quickly took out a document from the folder and handed it to Kizaru.
Taking the document, Kizaru lowered his head and read it carefully.
Shimura Danzo, Mito Kaden, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Tsunade, Sarutobi Shinnosuke, Hatake Sakumo, Nara Shikei (Nara Shikaku's father), Kato Dan.
The candidate list not only contains the names, but also the reasons for the recommendation, as well as the recommended combination of the main and deputy commanders. The draft is very complete.
Looking at the names and reasons for recommendation above, I thought of my own disciple Matt Dai who also had Kage-level strength, as well as Namikaze Minato who had mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique and showed off for the first time, and who had initially mastered the perfect jinchūriki mode.
Kushina.
Not counting the bug-level pervert like myself, in Konoha today, the number of strong people who have reached the shadow level alone is close to double digits, and a few of them are considered to be at the super shadow level.
This kind of Konoha is definitely full of talents. Kizaru estimates that even if he doesn't take action, the village has the strength to win this war, but the sacrifice will be much greater.
In the candidate list, the two most recommended combinations by the three elders are the combination with Jiraiya as the main player and Mito Kaden as the assistant, and Orochimaru as the main player and the elder Danzo as the assistant.
The outstanding theme of the combination is to bring the old with the new and support the younger generation of ninjas in the village to rise to the top.
"Yes, if a war breaks out on both fronts, the first two pairs will be the main and deputy commanders, and the others will assist." Looking up at the three elders, Kizaru expressed his approval.
With smiles on their faces, the list drawn up was approved by Kizaru, and the three elders who proved their ability in front of the young people were in a good mood.
"The bottom line for this war is 500 casualties. Once more than 500 of the village's ninjas participating in the war lose their ability to fight, I will take action directly to end this war."
For the three major ninja villages, this war is a battle to gamble on the fate of the country. For Kizaru, it is just a whetstone used to train his men.
There will definitely be casualties in a war, and Kizaru's only requirement for the main and deputy commanders is to try to avoid casualties on his own side while inflicting heavy damage on the enemy as much as possible.
"Hahaha, if Jiraiya and Orochimaru know your request, they will definitely be under a lot of pressure!" With a smile, Sarutobi Hiruzen did not raise any questions about Kizaru's bottom line, but instead felt happy.
It has been many years since the death of the first Hokage in Konoha, and it has been decades since Konoha has faced war with such a relaxed attitude.
When the First Hokage was there, Konoha was not worried about war at all, and other ninja villages did not dare to start a war.
Sarutobi Hiruzen believed that after this Ninja World War is over, Konoha will return to the international status and environment it had when the first generation was Hokage, standing high and overlooking the entire Ninja World.
How wonderful! In my own lifetime, I can see the golden age of Konoha reaching its peak!
Looking at Kizaru beside him, Hiruzen Sarutobi smiled from ear to ear.
This chapter has been completed!