"The time for change is now. Internal reform within Konoha is imperative. Anyone who dares to obstruct this reform is a sinner against Konoha! We absolutely cannot allow these people with ulterior motives to do as they please in Konoha, or even step onto the stage and cause Konoha to stagnate!"
"..."
"We must make Konoha greater. Sooner or later, Konoha will become as prosperous as the Akatsuki Ninja Village, and eventually far surpass it!"
Senju Tobirama clenched his hands to his chest, gesticulating on the stage, shouting himself hoarse.
He swore to change the status quo of Konoha, to make Konoha prosperous, even if it meant enduring humiliation and making a deal with the devil.
Soon, a piping hot, albeit empty, promise was described by him.
And the audience below immediately erupted in a wave of cheers.
The enthusiasm of the audience directly confirmed the effectiveness of this impromptu speech. Even though Senju Tobirama clenched his fist and repeatedly signaled for quiet, the crowd's shouting did not stop for a long time.
Of course, they didn't necessarily fully believe the future promised by Senju Tobirama, but in such cold weather, having a promise to hold onto was definitely better than having none... even if that promise was empty.
Most importantly, Senju Tobirama truly wanted to solve the problem.
With his carefully prepared Konoha reform plan.
Indeed, this reform plan still faced heavy opposition if it were to be implemented in Konoha.
But the high-level officials of the ninja clans below were not blind. They originally opposed Senju Tobirama's reform plan, but now their attitude had shifted slightly.
Because they could see the determination shown by Senju Tobirama.
This attitude of wanting to solve problems was rare.
And in all fairness, Senju Tobirama had indeed worked hard and achieved much in Konoha. Over the years, he had worked diligently in Konoha, with pitifully little time off even during holidays. These hard works were also seen by the high-level officials of the Konoha ninja clans.
Leaving aside the Akatsuki Ninja Village, Konoha's development in the ninja world could be considered the best.
As for why the Akatsuki Ninja Village could be so prosperous, they didn't understand either!!
Why not let Senju Tobirama try first... Ninjas advocate endurance after all. For a better life in the future, enduring a few years of hardship is not unacceptable.
After all this tossing and turning, Senju Tobirama felt physically and mentally exhausted.
High-intensity shouting and passionately outputting his views to the audience was not an easy task.
However, the result of this speech was indeed extremely successful. It greatly improved Senju Tobirama's image in Konoha and to some extent restored his lost prestige in Konoha. This also provided a much better implementation soil than before for the subsequent promotion of the internal reform plan in Konoha.
Subsequently, Senju Tobirama walked down from the stage, and the boiling Konoha villagers and ninjas swarmed up.
Seeing the situation was not good, his hardcore confidants hurriedly protected Senju Tobirama.
"It's okay, it's okay, don't stop them, don't pour cold water on the enthusiasm of Konoha villagers and ninjas!"
"Anyone who has opinions on the Konoha reform plan can raise them now, and I will carefully consider your ideas."
Senju Tobirama had seen such scenes more than once. His brother Senju Hashirama had been embraced and cheered by Konoha villagers and ninjas like this, and Uchiha Makoto had also been embraced and cheered by Akatsuki Ninja Village villagers and ninjas like this.
As the Shadow Hokage, although he held high positions and monstrous power in Konoha, he was always a supporting role in such scenes... He had never truly enjoyed such treatment!
Now he finally enjoyed it once.
This feeling of being surrounded, loved, and needed was really good!
So, Senju Tobirama immediately pushed aside the obstruction of Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzō and others, mingled with the Konoha villagers and ninjas, and exchanged opinions with them.
At this moment, the process of the briefing had been shattered, and it had become Senju Tobirama's solo stage.
And the real hosts of this briefing...
The expressions of the Uchiha Great Elder and the Uchiha elders were extremely ugly now, as if they had eaten fly shit.
They didn't understand!
Back then, they used the prestige of Uchiha Makoto and the Akatsuki Ninja Village to launch an attack on Senju Tobirama in Konoha. Wherever they passed, the Konoha ninja clans welcomed them sincerely. It could be said that they had taken advantage of the time and place, and that state of vitality where all things competed for freedom was still before their eyes!
After just one briefing, the situation actually reversed, allowing Senju Tobirama to rise from the ashes just like that?
What made them regret and feel heartbroken most was that this briefing was prepared by them with great effort in Konoha, gathering so many Konoha ninjas and villagers at once, and in the end, it all benefited Senju Tobirama!
"Mole, there is a mole in the Uchiha!"
"It's all those brats... how dare they say these words in public without discussing it beforehand?"
The Uchiha Great Elder could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, staring fixedly at the few Uchiha clansmen who had returned from the Akatsuki Ninja Village.
This group of naturally evil Uchiha brats... ruined his big event!!
And at this time, those few Uchiha clansmen also realized this matter long ago. Their "accidental" speeches seemed to have achieved the family's nemesis, Senju Tobirama.
But... they also felt wronged.
When the Uchiha elders sent them to study in the Akatsuki Ninja Village, they told them to study everything in the Akatsuki Ninja Village seriously and listen to Uchiha Makoto's teachings. And what they said just now was all the essence learned from the Akatsuki Ninja Village. As for Senju Tobirama's set of Konoha reform plans, they also felt it was good, and felt very familiar, almost the same as the governing philosophy promoted by the Akatsuki Ninja Village, or even exactly the same.
But why did the family elders look like they wanted to eat us?
"Oh no!!"
"Could it be that the family elders are the opposition hindering Konoha's reform, the vested interests hiding deep in Konoha, the bad people preventing Konoha from moving forward?"
These few Uchiha clansmen couldn't help thinking so.
According to the essence they learned in the Akatsuki Ninja Village, they should find a way to struggle with the family elders and try their best to transform their thoughts. If they couldn't change them... then they could only cut off relations with relatives and friends.
But thinking of facing the elders of their own family...
Several Uchiha clansmen couldn't help but feel afraid. They were just small fry in front of the family elders.
However, facing the Uchiha elders in front of them, they were not in an absolute disadvantageous position. Uchiha Makoto would definitely protect them, and of course... besides Uchiha Makoto, there was also Senju Tobirama!
There was no helping it. Senju Tobirama now lacked ninjas who could understand and support him too much.
Even Senju Tobirama's hardcore confidants only simply believed in him personally, not truly identifying with Senju Tobirama's promotion of the internal reform plan in Konoha. Promoting the Konoha reform plan was never as simple as passing it at the high-level meeting of Konoha. He needed a large number of talents who could do practical things to implement the theory of the reform plan.
As for those ninja clans in Konoha, Senju Tobirama no longer counted on them. As long as this group of people didn't make trouble for him, it would be considered burning high incense.
Now in Konoha, the people who were truly willing to work for him steadily, apart from his hardcore confidants, were only this group of students who had returned from studying in the Akatsuki Ninja Village.
Even students from the Uchiha clan, or even students of Uchiha origin!
He could use them all!!
"Sending you to study in the Akatsuki Ninja Village seems to be an extremely correct decision now. You will all be the mainstay of Konoha, ninjas inheriting the Will of Fire of the Hokage!"
"If you are interested, after formal study, you can come to me, and I will let you enter the ANBU for further study."
"Especially you, naturally... ahem... Uchiha juniors!"
Senju Tobirama did not forget this group of students. He walked out of the crowd and proactively extended an olive branch to the students who had returned from studying in the Akatsuki Ninja Village.
There was a smile on his face... but in his heart, he was already cursing.
Although his situation had improved a lot, it could still be described as bad.
To promote reform in Konoha, he needed to employ people, and this group of people were all students who had returned from studying in the Akatsuki Ninja Village.
Among this group of students returning from the Akatsuki Ninja Village, every one of them might have been imprinted with Uchiha Makoto's thoughts and eventually become a spy planted by the Akatsuki Ninja Village in Konoha.
Now it was equivalent to mixing sand into his impregnable ANBU and burying a group of dangerous elements inside Konoha.
But... he had no other choice now.
Because all this was calculated behind the scenes by that naturally evil Uchiha brat, Uchiha Makoto!
From the beginning when he racked his brains to make his brother agree to send children of various clans to study in the Akatsuki Ninja Village, he probably had already started preparing for these things.
First, he cultivated a group of students for Konoha, and then let the Uchiha clan forces in Konoha put pressure on him, forcing Konoha to change. Isn't it just wanting to plant his own people in the grassroots, middle, and even high levels of Konoha? The Uchiha clan is just a part of it. His eyes are on all the ninja clans in Konoha, even the Senju clan.
Even sadder is that this is just the beginning.
The number of students sent by Konoha to the Akatsuki Ninja Village will further increase. After all, counting his hardcore confidants and this group of students, the manpower is far from enough for the great cause of Konoha's reform, and the local soil of Konoha simply does not cultivate such talents.
One-track mind, blocked at both ends.
From beginning to end, he was calculated to death by Uchiha Makoto!
"Damn it!!"
"Sooner or later, Uchiha Makoto, I must kill you, this evil brat oozing with badness!"
Senju Tobirama thought silently, but his expression remained calm, waiting for the reply of this group of students.
And as he expected.
Facing the olive branch proactively extended by Senju Tobirama, a big shot in Konoha, the vast majority of students chose to accept.
Of course, those few Uchiha clansmen definitely didn't nod in agreement, only saying they would consider it.
But Senju Tobirama wasn't anxious either.
He just glanced at that group of Uchiha elders. Their faces were ugly, looking like their mothers had died.
"Obviously they don't know yet that it was Uchiha Makoto who stabbed them in the back."
"And this group of naturally evil Uchiha brats in front of me really helped me a lot today. Thinking with my toes, I know what punishment these few evil Uchiha brats will receive after going back. They won't die, but it will definitely be miserable."
"With this group of idiots exerting force, sooner or later they will push these few brats to my side."
Thinking of this.
The smile on Senju Tobirama's face became even brighter.
Uchiha Makoto could mix sand under his hands, and he could also find a way to mix sand into the Uchiha clan.
Of course... he actually wanted to mix sand directly into the headquarters of the Akatsuki Ninja Village, but alienation was too troublesome, and Uchiha Makoto was really willing to throw money at his basic foundation, so the cost of implementation was too high.
In case Uchiha Makoto got angry.... forget it, at this time, it's better to focus on the inside of Konoha and on this group of brainless Uchiha with peace of mind.
"Alright then, if you change your mind in the future, you can come to me at any time."
"The door of Konoha ANBU is always open for you. You are all inheritors of the Will of Fire. I believe you can make the right choice!"
Senju Tobirama affectionately stroked the heads of the few Uchiha clansmen in front of him, encouraging them.
And those few Uchiha clansmen responded with fear and trepidation. In public, they definitely had to give face to this big shot Senju Tobirama... but the eyes of those few Uchiha elders really made them feel like thorns in their backs.
Several Uchiha elders were already rubbing their fists, and even the pupil power of the Sharingan appeared faintly.
There was no helping it; these few Uchiha clansmen were still too young.
Thinking only about decency and giving Senju Tobirama face, without decisively rejecting Senju Tobirama directly, made the Uchiha elders, who were already holding back a bellyful of fire, even more annoyed.
—Loyalty not absolute is absolutely not loyalty!
"Little cubs in our own family actually turned out to be traitors. It's simply outrageous!"
"Must strike hard!!"
Just as this group of elders focused all their attention on those few Uchiha clansmen and wanted to strike hard at them, they forgot that there was also a super heavyweight guest silently watching everything happening at the briefing today.
That's right... it was Uchiha Madara.
Uchiha Madara's thoughts were actually similar to those of this group of Uchiha elders.
"This is the surprise you gave me?"
"What the f*ck is a surprise?"
"What the fck is a fcking surprise?"
Uchiha Madara stared coldly at this group of Uchiha elders, rubbing his fists, wanting to strike hard at them.
He came here today just to watch a "surprise" about Senju Tobirama!
The result was that the surprise turned out to be... Senju Tobirama stepping on the heads of the Uchiha through a speech at the briefing carefully prepared by the Uchiha clan, raising his prestige in Konoha?
The posture of Senju Tobirama among the Konoha villagers and ninjas just now, those who didn't know would think Hashirama had come!
This is the surprise you bastards prepared for me?
A bunch of idiots who are insufficient to accomplish anything but more than enough to spoil things!
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