This small request that Danzo said calmly shocked everyone present.
As we all know, the guardian shinobi of the Fire Country are the daimyo's personal armed forces.
This organization arose after the First Ninja World War, because some ninja villages who did not respect martial ethics became interested in the enemy's daimyo during the war. After that, the daimyo of each major country began to pay attention to themselves.
security issues come.
The First Ninja World War also allowed the entire ninja world to see what a war between ninja villages in a great country was like.
The age of ninja was officially established during this war.
As the ruling class daimyo who supported the Ninja Village financially, he began to replace all of his bodyguards with elite ninjas from then on.
In the earliest days, there were only a few daimyo guards.
With the development of the times, this very elite small ninja organization finally became an organizational structure and transformed into a private armed force directly under the daimyo known as the guardian ninja.
The reason why everyone at the conference table was surprised was because before this, when the Daimyos of the Fire Country had the most number of Guardian Ninja around them, there would be no more than six or seven people. After all, the power of the guardians was more expensive than the essence.
But now it has to be expanded to twelve people, and people from Konoha are needed...
This is no small matter.
"Is this a quid pro quo for the daimyo?"
Mito Monoyan frowned, and then he seemed to understand something, and suddenly objected: "This matter cannot be agreed to easily, I think it is necessary to negotiate again."
"That's right, with the sudden increase to twelve warriors, the number of guards around the daimyo seems a bit excessive, right?"
Xiaochun, who went to bed, also held objections.
However, she obviously had other concerns, and then she complained softly with dissatisfaction: "When the elites of Konoha join the Guardian Ninja, doesn't it mean that they have lost their talents in vain..."
After all, it is a private armed force, directly under the daimyo.
Ninjas who are qualified to join the Guardian Ninja must of course be the elite among the elite. Usually, they must be elite chunin or above. Therefore, the daimyo's move is undoubtedly to recruit talents from Konoha...
At the corner of the conference table, Nara Shikaku, who seemed to be invisible throughout the whole process, his eyes flickered for a while, and then he expressed his opinion: "The two consultants are right."
"According to the practice of the past few decades, the Guardian Shinobi really shouldn't need so many people."
"After all... Under the Daming Mansion, in addition to the elite organization of guardian ninja, there are also directly-controlled armed forces such as the Fire Temple. If the expansion continues, it may have an impact on Konoha's status in the Land of Fire...
"
As we all know, Ninja Village is where the military power of a big country gathers.
The Daimyo provides economic support to the Ninja Village, and therefore relies on this military power. The two parties are mutually dependent and have a special cooperative and employment relationship. Once the number of elite ninjas under them becomes too large, it may cause many entrusted tasks.
There is no need to rely on the powerful organization of the Ninja Village, and the problem can be solved by relying solely on the subordinates you support.
Therefore, the impact of the expansion of the Guardian Ninja on Konoha is not insignificant...
Seeing that everyone was opposed, Danzo Shimura's face suddenly turned ugly. This was the exchange condition that he had finally negotiated after going to Daming Mansion. How could he let this effort go to waste? As for the influence of expansion, of course he
He had also thought about it, but as a hawk, this impact was beyond his consideration.
"Ahem..."
After Danzo glanced at everyone, he suddenly cleared his throat, and then his words shocked everyone again: "It seems that I need to add something more. I have already agreed to the expansion, and there is no room for delay.
Already..."
"This is all a compromise made in order to cope with the difficulties at this time and to allow Konoha to defeat the Iwa Ninja."
"As long as the war can be won, the compensation received will be nothing compared to this."
Wow.
At the conference table, Danzo caused an uproar as soon as he finished speaking.
"Danzo..., you actually decided on such an important matter privately?" Mito Kadoyan couldn't help but scolded the case. His eyes looking at the former were full of dissatisfaction.
"You are short-sighted!
The expansion of the Guardian Ninja will have a long-term impact on Konoha, which cannot be offset by the compensation received after winning the war. Such a rash decision is really inconsistent with your position as the Hokage's Assistant!!"
What I didn't expect was that Xiaochun's words would be even more intense.
He actually directly accused Danzo of dereliction of duty...
On the other side, Nara Shikaku saw that the advisory team and Danzo were about to quarrel, but he smiled bitterly in his heart, and then chose to return to silence. Even if he was an adviser, the matter was basically a done deal, so in his mind
It seems that there is no point in continuing to argue and accuse.
Out of the corner of his eye, he couldn't help but catch a glimpse of Minato Namikaze, who had never spoken at the main seat. He seemed to be deep in thought about something at this time, and he suddenly felt strange.
Ever since the Nine-Tails Incident, he felt that Namikaze Minato was very different from before.
The former fourth generation, who was in charge of supporting and governing, almost had to do everything by hand. He seemed to want to be a diligent and competent Hokage, and he didn't even see him practicing much anymore.
But now it is completely the opposite. The focus is not only on cultivation, but also almost all ordinary affairs can be handed over to others, and then handed over to subordinate departments to complete. Even office work is done using shadow clones...
Despite this, the strange thing is that every decision made is convincing.
Therefore, the Yondaime Hokage, who is difficult for him to see through, must have a reason for his silent attitude at this time. Maybe he will come up with a solution that can properly solve the Guardian Ninja expansion incident in a while...
But what about actually?
Although there was an argument at the conference table, Namikaze Minato's mind was not here. He was actually using up his brain cells to recall the memories of the Twelve Guardian Shinobi...
He really couldn't remember this plot. He could only remember that it existed in the original work of Twelve Scholars, but ended in internal division.
Logically speaking, seeing Danzo being unanimously contradicted and criticized should be something worth appreciating.
But after experiencing many high-level meetings, Namikaze Minato was no longer tired of the scene. Danzo was tough and made radical decisions, while the advisory duo made conservative decisions and was even a bit pedantic. It was really meaningless for these old people to quarrel.
Namikaze Minato had no choice but to give up after he couldn't recall any information about the memories related to the Twelve Guardian Ninja Warriors.
After coming back to his senses, he found that the conference table had become noisy.
"All this is for the village, this is a necessary sacrifice!!"
As if he had lost his patience, Shimura Danzo suddenly skipped the topic and said coldly: "I have already decided on the candidate to be the ninja who will be the guardian of ninja from Konoha."
"For the newly established Twelve Scholars, Konoha only needs one elite."
"In addition, the five new candidates after the expansion are said to have been decided by themselves long ago..."
Unexpectedly, Danzo had already decided on the candidate, which made the advisory duo feel dissatisfied again. You have decided everything, why are you asking us to discuss it?
Regarding Danzo's arbitrary actions, the advisory duo and Nara Shikaku finally had to turn their attention to Namikaze Minato.
As the Fourth Hokage, he is the one who can make the final decision on this matter.
"...I agree with the expansion of the Guardian Ninja."
After noticing everyone's gazes on him, Namikaze Minato thought for a moment, then suddenly raised the corners of his mouth slightly, expressing his approval.
Without waiting for everyone to be surprised, he quickly added: "But there is no need for Danzo-sama to worry about the candidate to protect the ninja. It is up to me to decide..."