The Shimada Family's Ninja Journey

It has to be said that the conditions Hanzo offered to the four major ninja villages are still very tempting.

In fact, the war between the shinobi villages is said to be for hegemony or something, but in fact, even the most belligerent Raikage understands that the possibility of Kumogakure Village realizing this idea is so small that it can be almost ignored. The other three major

The same is probably true for Ninja Village.

Even Konoha may have the ability to destroy the four major ninja villages now, but it is still very difficult to achieve a stable and stable rule.

Once the five major ninja villages unite, it will be easy to exploit the many small countries in the ninja world.

At least in the eyes of the Four Shadows, the plan and concept proposed by Hanzo are still very feasible.

After chewing carefully for a moment, the first Mizukage Minazuki Arashi was the first to respond: "...Hokage-sama, our Kirigakure Village supports Konoha's idea in principle, but I think the specific details need to be properly negotiated...

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"It's natural."

Hanzo nodded indifferently. For such a grand plan, it is certainly impossible for the Five Shadows to spend a few hours here to finalize all the details.

What the five of them have to do is to formulate a general framework and leave some detailed issues to their subordinates for discussion. The five of them only need to check it in the end.

Mizukage received a satisfactory reply and sat back.

After Mizukage, it was Kazekage who expressed his stance.

The first Kazekage Raito asked tentatively: "Lord Hokage, I wonder if this is the chairman of the Five Kage Conference..."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone's attention was immediately drawn back.

Everyone is a sensible person, so they can naturally see that the chairman of the Five Shadows Conference is, to put it bluntly, the position Hanzo has prepared for Konoha.

Under the current situation, only Konoha can secure the position of chairman.

The Four Shadows themselves also knew that once any of them had their thoughts on this position, even Konoha would remain silent and the other three major ninja villages would not agree.

This is a very simple psychology of balance.

Facing the gaze of the Four Shadows, Hanzo smiled slightly and said: "The five founding villages of the Five Shadows Conference essentially have the same status. As for the chairman, it is just a position created to improve efficiency and avoid wrangling..."

Hanzo's words were very modest, but the four shadows sitting there didn't believe a word he said.

Konoha has a strength advantage, so how can it not seek a special political status?

Even within a ninja village, if the political status of any ninja clan does not match their strength, they will unconsciously have various thoughts.

It is the instinct of living things to position oneself according to one's position on the food chain.

As expected by the Four Shadows, Hanzo continued: "The so-called chairman's main function is to convene and preside over the Five Shadows Conference in accordance with regulations, and approve the issues submitted by the members for review. As for the voting rights, the chairman is the same as the other founding villages.

Have veto power..."

Listening to Hanzo's explanation, the other four shadows suddenly looked at each other.

To be honest, the chairman set by Hanzo does not have significantly more power than the other four major ninja villages, but it does not mean that the chairman is just a nice name.

First of all, convening and presiding over the Five Shadows Conference stipulates that the chairman's status as the master of the Five Shadows Conference is stipulated.

Perhaps for the other four major ninja villages, this is just a name, but for those small ninja villages, the idea of ​​being the master of the Five Shadows Conference is still very bluffing, and it will also play a role in Konoha's future profits.

Some hidden benefits.

And this is second, and even better, is that the chairman has the power to "approve issues submitted by the members for review by the conference."

Although this statement is a bit convoluted, with this power, even the four great ninja villages, as the founding villages, sometimes have to ask for help from Konoha.

For example, one day, you want to pass an issue to sanction a disobedient younger brother at the Five Shadows Conference, but Konoha deliberately blocks your issue for ten days and a half.

You know, these small countries will not sit still and wait for death. If someone takes advantage of these ten days and a half to take advantage of a new one, will you be embarrassed by then?

This is what the saying goes, change comes later.

All in all, although the chairman's power is not much greater than that of the other founding villages, his influence is definitely higher than theirs.

But then again, with Konoha now having such strength, Hanzo's request for the position of chairman doesn't seem to be too much.

What's more, after the Five Kage Conference, the five great ninja villages will be people in the same trench in the future.

Even if there is nothing wrong with each other, we may stab each other and hinder each other, but in the general direction, everyone's interests are the same.

As long as Konoha is not stupid, it will not openly destroy the prestige of the founding ninja villages.

Taking all aspects into consideration, the Four Shadows feel that... Konoha's request does not seem to be excessive.

After a while, Tsuchikage was the first to ask: "Hokage-sama, may I ask if this position of chairman is permanent?"

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This is a bit of a question for Hanzo.

From a selfish perspective, Hanzo certainly hopes that this position can be retained by Konoha forever, but if Konoha remains strong, even if there is an election, this chairman will not slip into the hands of others.

But if Konoha weakens in the future, it is better to let nature take its course in order to avoid the mismatch of virtue and cause disaster.

Therefore, after hesitating for a moment, Hanzo still said: "As the chairman of the Five Shadows Conference, I should focus on maintaining stability, but no one can predict the future. The Five Shadows Conference also needs to keep pace with the times... Well, it's better to do this

, the chairman of the Five Shadows Conference is elected once every twenty years, and can only be elected within the Five Founding Ninja Village as early as possible, how about that?"

One choice every twenty years?

Si Ying's brows frowned, and then relaxed.

Twenty years is a long time to choose, but it also ensures that every time you choose a ninja village, you will have enough time to make profits for yourself.

For now, although this benefit belongs to Konoha, maybe it will be available to my own family in the future?

After thinking about this clearly, the four shadows no longer hesitated and nodded one after another: "Then just do as the Hokage-sama said."

Hanzo laughed immediately after hearing this, and at the same time moved his eyes to Yamamoto Shigekuni, who was sitting opposite the five people: "General Yamamoto, you are the leader of the neutral country. I wonder who you think is the most suitable person among the five of us to serve as the first

Where is the chairman?"

Yamamoto Shigekuni was a little overwhelmed by Hanzo's attack, but he quickly reacted and said with a smile: "In my opinion, Hokage-sama is the mainstay of the ninja world at such a young age, so he should be Hokage-sama."

Come and serve as the chairman of this Five Shadows Conference."

When the four shadows heard the sudden conversation between Hanzo and Yamamoto Shigekuni, they didn't react for a while.

However, everyone present had already acquiesced that the chairman of the Five Kage Conference belonged to the Hokage. Therefore, after Yamamoto Shigekuni finished speaking, the four people also started to praise him.

"General Yamamoto is right."

"I agree too."

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Seeing the echoes one after another, Hanzo couldn't help but feel a little happy.

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