Born with a great love for the Uchiha

Minato Namikaze believed he had seen through Gen Uchiha's thoughts.

What deep-seated reforms...

What about abolishing the secret service...?

The goal is to completely integrate the power of the Uchiha clan into the Konoha system!

Assassination tactics special forces and Konoha police force...

It's actually just a name change.

The Hokage still retains his personal forces.

Moreover, just looking at the scope of functions...

The influence and reach of the police force far exceeds that of the undercover operations alone!

In other words.

Eliminating the Anbu and integrating them into the police force is a major enhancement of the Hokage's power!

This is why Minato Namikaze said that Gen Uchiha was a better Hokage than him.

Because Minato Namikaze didn't really cause any major stir during his tenure...

This may be because his time in power was too short.

It could also be because the Third Hokage at the time hadn't completely relinquished power...

However, Gen Uchiha served as the Fifth Hokage for an even shorter period!

Ultimately...

It's still a matter of overall strength.

The Fifth Hokage was stronger than the Fourth Hokage!

"You flatter me."

Gen Uchiha smiled modestly and extended his right hand.

“Yongdai, if you don’t mind, come with me to reform the village.”

"The abolition of the Dark Division is just the beginning."

Minato Namikaze grasped Gen Uchiha's right hand.

"It's my pleasure."

In Chapter 204, as the Hokage, it's quite normal for him to have researched and developed the Wood Release technique, right?

The two Hokage worked together to deal with the Anbu problem, and progress was made very quickly.

Because of the significant personnel losses caused by the previous Eastern Front war, the current Konoha Anbu personnel are not at full strength.

The current number of members in the Dark Division is barely half of its full strength.

The captain of the first squad of the Anbu, Xiang, once suggested to the Fifth Hokage that the number of Anbu personnel be increased.

Gen Uchiha rejected the proposal at the time.

The current secret service still has the same small number of people.

Precisely.

The current secret service is one person less than when they first reported it.

The last remnant of the Root faction, Aburame Ryoma.

This elite Jonin of the Aburame clan is currently being held in Konoha prison after surrendering to the police force and confessing his crimes.

However, due to Ryoma Aburame's surrender, his sentence is not too long, and he will still have the opportunity to start anew in the future.

Minato Namikaze looked at the list of Anbu members in his hand.

Uchiha Gen marked several people on the list.

Minato Namikaze was very familiar with one of them—Kakashi Hatake.

But there was also a name that was unfamiliar to him—Tenzo (Yamato).

Minato Namikaze looked at Yamato's ability data, which clearly displayed the two large characters: "Wood Release".

The information does not provide a detailed explanation of Tianzang's past background, and does not even include his surname; it only contains a common code name.

"Fifth Generation, this ANBU member codenamed 'Tenzo,' could he be a descendant of the Senju clan?"

Minato Namikaze held back for a moment, but couldn't help asking out of curiosity.

"He actually awakened the same bloodline limit ability as the First Hokage."

"Tenzo's exact origins are no longer verifiable. He was abducted to the village by Shimura Danzo when he was very young and used as human experimental material for [Hashirama cells]."

Gen Uchiha looked down at the document in his hand and answered casually.

"Tenzo's Wood Release technique also comes from the Hashirama cells that were perfectly integrated with him."

"However, considering that he can fuse with the cells of the First Generation, he does indeed have a certain possibility of coming from the Senju clan."

Danzo Shimura, [Hashiro cells], human experiments...

Minato Namikaze's lips twitched slightly.

He did know about Danzo Shimura's research on "interstitial cells"—the Kokoro newspaper had published lengthy reports on the topic.

But he really didn't know that Shimura Danzo had created a ninja with the Wood Release bloodline limit!

That's Wood Release!

Minato Namikaze recalled the tailed beasts beside the Nakagawa Reservoir, looked at Gen Uchiha, and asked.

"Does the Fifth Hokage, Tenzo's [Wood Release] also have a suppressive effect on tailed beasts?"

"Putting aside the power and effects, the basic properties of Tenzo's Wood Release and the First Hokage's Wood Release are the same."

Uchiha Gen finally raised his head and looked at Namikaze Minato with some confusion.

"Fourth Hokage, are you concerned about Wood Release?"

"That's Wood Release after all, and our village now has so many tailed beasts..."

Minato Namikaze had no selfish motives.

He simply felt that there were far too many tailed beasts in Konoha, and that the power of the tailed beasts was known to be dangerous.

When Gen Uchiha was alive, he could control all the tailed beasts.

But if another black swan event like the Nine-Tails' attack were to occur, the Fifth Hokage would also "die young"...

How to do?

Minato Namikaze wasn't just daydreaming; he was simply taking precautions.

"Could the village continue to try training ninjas with the Wood Release bloodline limit?"

"Ok?"

Gen Uchiha looked at Minato Namikaze.

You, the fourth Hokage with blond hair and blue eyes, have actually become someone like Shimura Danzo?

"...Yongdai-mei, do you intend to continue human experimentation?"

"Huh? Human experimentation?"

Minato Namikaze was taken aback for a moment, then immediately waved his hand.

No, you've misunderstood me.

"Although I don't know much about human experimentation, I can roughly deduce that Shimura Danzo and Lord Orochimaru—and Orochimaru, in order to cultivate a Tenzo, must have killed many innocent children..."

"What I mean is, can we help Tianzang... um, continue his lineage?"

After a moment's hesitation, Minato Namikaze used the relatively euphemistic term "to continue the lineage."

"So it's about continuing the lineage. I thought it was about creating another little Tianzang..."

Uchiha Gen smiled, then spoke in a serious tone.

"However, there are many different ways to 'continue the lineage'."

"For example, human cloning, and in-vitro fertilization—"

"Yuan, you don't need to test me like this."

Minato Namikaze smiled helplessly, interrupting the Fifth Hokage's teasing.

"I really have no intention of conducting human experiments."

"Actually, it's not difficult to obtain the Wood Release bloodline limit."

Uchiha Gen thought for a moment, then raised his left hand and used the [Summoning Jutsu: Lightning Sword Transformation] to retrieve a secret scroll from it.

“Yongdai Mei, you can take a look at this scroll.”

Minato Namikaze took the new scroll, unrolled it, and his eyes widened in shock.

This scroll contains nothing other than what is recorded on it.

It is a method of creating Wood Release chakra by fusing Super-Rank Water Release Nature Transformation and Super-Rank Earth Release Nature Transformation!

in other words.

This is a [Wood Release Chakra Creation Method]!

Minato Namikaze had extensive experience in ninjutsu research, and he immediately recognized that this [Wood Release Chakra Creation Method] was not a wild and unrealistic invention, but rather something that was actually feasible!

Any ninja who possesses both Water Release and Earth Release talents can learn and master the Wood Release bloodline limit through this Wood Release Chakra Creation Method.

"Fifth Hokage! Where did you get this secret scroll?!"

Minato Namikaze snapped the scroll shut, gripping it tightly with both hands.