- It's time, men," Chouji said suddenly, glancing at the clock on the wall, "we're going to be late for the council.
- We'll come back to this topic and discuss it thoroughly, but later," the blond shinobi nodded, rising from the table.
- Indeed, we talked too much and almost missed it," Nara sighed, following his friends, "Problematic politics!
- Wasting a few hours again," Akamichi muttered, nodding to the restaurant staff on his way out, "I'm looking forward to sending Chozu in my place.
- You're not the only one, but Shikaku is fighting off the honor with all his limbs," Shenesu sighed sadly, leaping up onto the nearest rooftop and heading towards the Hokage's tower in the distance.
He had been trying for the past two years to dump at least the representative functions of the head on his son, but so far without success.
- So far, our sons have been slow to relieve their parents," snorted the brainiac, who was also hoping to put some of the responsibilities on Inoichi's shoulders, but so far without success.
The three clan heads could only sigh.
Moving quickly across the rooftops, the trio of shinobi were among the last of the influential figures of the village to converge on the tower. Nodding and greeting their colleagues, the allies quickly reached the meeting hall and took their seats, glancing briefly with the other heads aware of the plan.
As soon as all the council members were assembled, the door swung open and the Hokage walked in, accompanied by the unchanged three elders. Despite the disagreements between old friends and associates, they were still united in those matters that concerned really important issues and were in no hurry to break up the political bloc, much to the displeasure of Nara, who had gotten to the bottom of Anbu Ne's strange movements and then figured out the possible reasons.
- Greetings," Sarutobi bowed his head, taking the throne at the head of the table, a little higher than the others present, and after waiting for a return greeting from those present, opened a folder with documents, "today's agenda includes the following topics - increasing the tax on the sale of imported goods, allocation of land for the construction of new residential houses...
Shenesu habitually began to ignore the rambling of the elderly leader of the village - most of the listed issues had been announced and discussed many times at other meetings, the decision of half of them would be carried forward, but one particular item on the list should have served as a signal for action.
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