"Come on... give him the secret key and files..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen's body trembled violently.
His voice was hoarse and dry, but just a dozen words seemed to exhaust all his strength.
Wow.
Soon, Naruto's secretary joined hands to find a metal cabinet from the ruins.
Even though it had been lifted off by the shock wave, it was miraculously well-preserved in appearance.
"Third Hokage, you know each other very well."
Jin nodded, but didn't move.
Behind him, Fugaku immediately understood.
He stepped down and appeared next to the metal cabinet. After taking the secret key, he opened the cabinet door directly.
Wow.
Soon, a thick stack of account books, several quaintly shaped seals, and—a scroll flashing with sealed runes—were removed from it.
After collecting these items, he swept them directly and walked behind Jin:
"It's genuine."
"Um."
Jin didn't look; he just nodded again and looked at the many clan leaders behind him.
"Hinata-kun."
Suddenly hearing his name, Hinata felt a rush of emotions.
But he immediately stepped forward: "Jin-kun."
"Trouble you; there are also the Nara clan leader, the Akimichi clan leader, and the Yamanaka clan leader..."
Jin's eyes slowly passed over several of the most important clan leaders.
"Let's be witnesses together."
"From now on, Konoha's financial power will be taken over by the Uchiha clan."
"Accounts, seals, and secret keys—handed over."
In a few short words, he spoke plainly, but with an irresistible pressure in his tone.
Several of the named patriarchs felt a heavy weight pressing down on them.
Even Nara Shikaku, a staunch supporter of the Third Hokage, could only look at them and finally nodded silently.
At this moment, opposition was meaningless and would only bring destruction.
The Third Hokage was honest; what else could they do?
Replace the Third Hokage?
The Uchiha clan was unstoppable!
"Okay... okay..."
Hinata took a deep breath and responded on behalf of all the clan leaders.
Afterward, Tomitake solemnly put away the items in his hands.
The dust settled.
Konoha's sky had completely changed since tonight.
Jin's eyes once again swept over to the Third Hokage.
"Third Hokage."
He stirred up a smile, and his voice was playful.
"It's late at night, so it's time for the elderly to rest early."
Elderly!
When Sarutobi Hiruzen heard this, he felt a stream of reverse blood rising in his throat, and his eyes turned dark.
As he was about to fall, he was supported by the Anbu next to him with quick reflexes.
He took a difficult breath, looked at Jin's small figure, and gazed at the seal scroll symbolizing Konoha's lifeblood in Tomitake's hand. He glanced at the complex and awe-inspiring eyes of the clan heads around him and the silent body in the deep pit...
A withered heart also became heavy.
He had to endure; he felt even more bent over.
But he had to slowly leave under Jin's watchful gaze.
Toward his own family, he exited.
...
Whoosh—
The breeze blew, and the branches and leaves rustled.
It brought a trace of coolness to the hundreds of people present.
The night was darker.
But—the hustle and bustle of Konoha Village did not stop due to the silence of the Hokage Building.
Instead, it became busier.
The major clans were brightly lit, and emergency meetings were held one after another.
Everything that happened tonight exploded in everyone's hearts like thunder.
It made every clan keep their busy feet on the ground.
Uchiha clan land.
Bright lights!
It was a completely different atmosphere from the previous tragedy.
At this time, the Uchiha clan was no longer full of grief, anger, and depression.
On the contrary, it was a kind of excitement that came after surviving disaster, with eyebrows raised and spirits high.
Every time they looked at that little figure, their eyes filled with fanatical awe.
In the council chamber, Fugaku sat in the main seat with a somewhat complicated expression.
He even expressed doubts about his own eyes for the first time.
Who would have thought that the omen of extermination yesterday would completely change!
The clan was not destroyed!
On the contrary, most of the decayed Konoha was destroyed!
Next to him were core figures such as the second and fourth clan elders.
Jin, on the other hand, sat casually by the window, playing with the little "sun" in his hand.
In fact, he wanted to go to bed more.
What he said to the Third Hokage was true.
Staying up late—really is bad!
"Financial power has been initially taken control."
After a while, Tomitake withdrew his gaze from Jin and looked at the ledger in front of him with a heavy expression.
"But... the account deficit is not small, and it is very chaotic. If we study it in depth, we may cause quite a riot."
"Tonight's movement was too great. People in the village were panicking, and all the major clans were waiting and watching."
"If this money bag is not used well, I am afraid it will become a target for public criticism."
Everyone's eyes invariably turned to the figure playing with the ball by the window.
Seeing this, Jin was shaken.
"Simple."
His voice was not loud, but it clearly reached everyone's ears:
"First, pensions.
All the injured villagers tonight will receive condolence money to show our stance: We are clearing out the pests, not Konoha ninjas.
"Second, allocate funds immediately to rebuild the Hokage Building, and do so quickly so that villagers can see—a new beginning."
"Third, send someone to track down the financial expenditures of orphans and let those people return the money completely!"
"You can handle the remaining financial allocations and task system changes on your own..."
"It would be better to create a Konoha Management Committee and invite the heads of major clans to participate."
He said this for a while, somewhat unenthusiastically.
It's not like he was stepping on the ruins of the Hokage Building, speaking loudly, right?
That wasteful tongue might as well be happy with a round of tailed beast jade.
Of course, these words fell into Fugaku's ears, which surprised him and made him hesitate a little:
"This..."
"There is nothing wrong with pensions and reconstruction."
"But orphans, orphans, and mission remuneration... this is too broad and may touch the interests of some major clans..."
"Interest?" Jin waved his hand and said nonchalantly, "There are too many pests on the leaves. Only by cutting them off can the trees grow back!"
"The Uchiha clan is not simply fighting for power, but... to reshape the rules."
As he spoke, he stood up and walked to the door. His small figure cast a long shadow under the light.
His eyes swept across the crowd, with a power that penetrated people's hearts.
Again:
"Cleaning up chaos is not just as simple as killing a few people."
"If you're really afraid, then—pull one batch and hit another batch."
Bring order out of chaos, anyway!
Pull and beat batches!
Quiet.
Silence.
Needles could be heard falling in the chamber.
No one expected that Jin, who was in his early teens, could actually say these words.
Fugaku looked at his son with extremely complicated eyes.
This was no longer the talkative, lazy son he knew.
His son seemed to be more outstanding than him!
Even in governance!
"I... I understand," Fugaku took a deep breath and said. "Just do as Jin said! Organize manpower immediately and implement it separately!"
"Yes!"
Several clan elders also came back to their senses, their eyes rekindled.
They saw the hope of Uchiha's rise and a different path from the past!
Seeing this situation, Jin stopped intervening and walked directly outside the door.
On the courtyard wall.
He lay flat on the courtyard wall with his hands behind his head.
Looking at the moon above, he unconsciously rubbed the warm "little sun" behind his head.
At this moment, the prompt suddenly appeared.
[Ding!]
[Successfully replicated; congratulations to the host for obtaining the legendary entry "Eight Gates of Dunjia: Dead Gate: Cripple (Purple)."]
[Note: This entry is a one-time experience version, containing some of the secrets of life burning and the ultimate secret of physical techniques. It can be parsed but cannot be opened directly.]
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