Fugaku kept saying that the Hyuga clan was guilty, and those who died deserved it, while those who were alive must be handed over to the court for trial. His words were nothing more than judicial procedures.
But Minato was not willing to accept this result. He believed that this was an internal matter of Konoha, and the Hyuga clan, whether alive or dead, should be left to the Hokage's disposal.
The two sides argued for a while, but neither could convince the other.
In the end, Tsunade came forward and reminded Fugaku with some words to let him know who was behind Minato. Only then did Fugaku reluctantly give up the fight with Minato for the right to handle the case.
Case-handling authority - yes, the fundamental conflict between Minato and Fugaku lies in their differences in how to handle the defection of the Hyuga clan. In other words, they have different opinions on the means of handling the case.
Minato believed that the sixty or seventy Hyuga tribesmen killed by Fugaku and Rasa were not worthy of death, and there were many innocent people among them. They were all executed without screening, which seriously violated the bottom line of law and morality.
From Fugaku's brutal handling of the case, Minato only saw brutality, violence, unreasonableness, and cold-blooded cruelty. If he continued to hand over the living Hyuga clan members to the other side, the result would be death as expected.
Fugaku sneered at this.
According to him, if it weren't for the intervention of the Roots, Minato wouldn't even know that the Hyuga clan went to the Kingdom of Water. Instead of thanking him, the other party accused him of being rude, and he simply didn't know what to say.
As for the living Hyuga tribe members who are handed over to themselves, they will all end up dead. This is even more nonsense. You must know that traitors, in other words, criminals who have committed treason, have their own set of judicial procedures for trial. How can it be said that they are executed?
Execution?
After some bickering, Fugaku finally had to take a step back because he was worried about Minato's backstage, and he still couldn't figure out Lei Luo's attitude. Instead of continuing to spend time with Minato and the others, he left in a hurry with all the ninjas.
The two sides broke up unhappy, and Minato ordered his ninjas to collect the bodies of the Hyuga clan members and hand over the living ones to Tsunade's medical institution as soon as possible. The matter was settled for the time being.
"This Uchiha Fugaku is really domineering now, Minato, can't you find a way to remove him from his post?"
Jiraiya glanced at the departing figures of Fugaku and others, turned around, and said to Minato with an angry expression. Minato was currently instructing the Konoha ninjas to clean up the corpses. After hearing this, he replied without looking back:
"The position of Director Fugaku was appointed by the teacher. If the teacher doesn't say anything, no one can touch him."
When he said this, Minato's face was calm and his expression did not change, as if he was just stating a fact. Jiraiya noticed that the other person was in a bad mood, so he couldn't help complaining:
"The root was originally supposed to be under the jurisdiction of the Hokage, right? Lei Luo separated it into the political system. It feels like it is adding chaos to the management of the village. Minato, do you want to make some suggestions to your teacher..."
"Senior Jiraiya, be careful what you say."
Before Jiraiya could finish speaking, Minato interrupted directly. He glanced at the other party expressionlessly, and looked into those slightly surprised eyes for a moment. After thinking about it, he finally softened his expression and managed to squeeze out a trace of
Smile:
"Actually, I have figured it out now. Fugaku should have given me a lot of face."
"First of all, looking at Nebu's actions tonight, Fugaku should have already mastered some conclusive evidence, but firstly he did not attack the Hyuga clan in the village, and secondly, he finally chose to give in and did not argue with me.
in the end."
Minato shook his head slowly and noticed that the Konoha ninjas had already sealed the corpses and were helping the unconscious Hyuga clan members to evacuate one after another. He stepped up to follow and left two meaningful words at the end, which made Jiraiya stand there and think.
"Fugaku's position is different from mine, and this difference has led to conflicts between me and him."
"But if you think about it carefully, it doesn't seem like a bad thing."
After standing there for a long time, Jiraiya didn't understand the meaning of Minato's words. It wasn't until Tsunade came over to urge him that he scratched his head uncomfortably, muttered "Mysterious" and left with the large army.
Why did Minato say "This is not a bad thing"? Just because he finally figured out one thing: the root is the law enforcer, and the stance is at the national level, which includes Konoha, the Earth Province, the Wind Province and other Fire Nations
province.
This leads to the fact that when dealing with the Hyuga clan's problems, they will only act in accordance with the law and focus on efficient law enforcement, without caring about whether the rights and interests of local leaders are damaged.
This is in fundamental conflict with Minato, who focuses on the village and strives for stability in everything.
Basically, you only need to care about the Constitution. After all, they are a group of law enforcers.
The difference is that as Hokage, Minato needs to coordinate and have too many things to consider. Killing Hinata without any care is destined to destroy the harmony of the village, destabilize people's hearts, and ultimately have a negative impact on Konoha's overall strength.
This invisibly restricted Minato's hands and feet.
Tonight, although Fugaku dealt with Hinata in a comprehensive manner and the impact was extremely bad, looking at it from another angle, he might not have helped Minato solve a difficult problem?
Does it make the subsequent move to recruit Hinata logical?
Genbe openly took the blame, but this blame was endorsed by the Constitution. Even if so many people died in Hinata, it still became a real mess. Minato tasted this, so he was actually very grateful to Fugaku, but
…
In front of many Konoha ninjas, he had to confront Fugaku aggressively, regardless of his nature or performance, just because he safeguarded the rights of low-level ninjas, fought for the innocent, and maintained the stability of the village...
All of the above are the Hokage's position.
On the way back, Minato kept thinking about the explanation, and he had a deeper understanding of why the teacher wanted to expand the roots and why he handed over the roots to the judicial authority.
At the same time, I also had many different ideas about how I would get along with Fugaku in the future.
"Father, I think you will persist to the end."
On the way back, Itachi noticed that Fugaku's face had calmed down and couldn't help but speak.
"There are so many things that Genji needs to deal with every day, how can I have time to waste time with him Minato Namikaze?"
Fugaku asked in return. Seeing that Itachi had already taken off his mask, a look of disapproval flashed across his face, and he added in a cold voice:
"Anyway, we have done what we should do. Since the village insists on fighting with us for the right to handle the case, if any problems arise in the future for the Hyuga clan, it will be Namikaze Minato's fault."
"Even if the Fourth Generation Master wants to be held accountable, he can't be held accountable at the root of the matter."
Hearing Fugaku mention "Fourth Generation Master", Itachi couldn't help but stand in awe. Thanks to the positive comments about Lei Luo from his father, tribesmen, ninjas, villagers and other people that Itachi could come into contact with in the past...
Therefore, the boy who is just five years old this year not only admires and respects the four great men, but also very much hopes that one day he can meet with his own eyes the strongest Hokage in history, the ruler of the Fire Empire.