The Ministry of Rites managed education, with Iruka serving as a Bureau Director, in charge of establishing schools.
Since schools were for the future, the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works cooperated to build them first.
The Ministry of War managed military affairs, and the batch of graduates, including Naruto, were among them.
The Ministry of War was divided into five main camps: Auxiliary, Regular, Assassin, Ranged, and All-Round.
Each camp had daily training, and everyone could apply to join any camp.
Auxiliary: Skilled in support, such as medical Ninjutsu, the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan, the Inuzuka Clan's keen sense of smell, the Nara Clan's Shadow Imitation Jutsu, etc.
Regular: Skilled in frontal combat, mostly taijutsu users, Earth Release, and Wind Release users.
Assassin: Skilled in assassination, focusing on killing invisibly, mostly good at camouflage and genjutsu, and often Water Release users.
Ranged: Skilled in Kunai or Ninjutsu, mostly Lightning Release, Fire Release, and the Aburame Clan's Kikaichu.
All-Round: Those who met the passing criteria for the three categories above, generally team leaders, which were the previous Jonin.
In addition, there were combat rankings, with status and rewards determined by combat power.
The rewards were naturally various Ninjutsu. Flying Thunder God, Eight Inner Gates, and even Edo Tensei were among them. It could be said that there were no taboos, which was quite crazy. But whether one could learn them was another matter.
On weekdays, each camp trained separately, improving within their respective fields.
Naruto and Kiba joined the Regular camp.
Sasuke joined the Ranged camp to learn Lightning Release.
Sakura's eyes sparkled with love, and she followed Sasuke into the Ranged camp, but she was rejected and tossed into the Auxiliary camp.
Ino, who was also in the Auxiliary camp, mocked her for a long time, but upon seeing Sakura's talent in medicine, she stopped laughing.
Finally, the distribution of the Konoha 12 was as follows.
Auxiliary: Sakura, Ino, Shikamaru, Hinata.
Regular: Naruto, Kiba, Choji, Lee, Neji.
Ranged: Sasuke, Shino, Tenten.
It was quite scattered, but everyone improved very quickly.
Only Tenten was struggling a bit. Throwing weapons from scrolls was considered powerful for a Genin, but it became quite weak starting from the Chunin level.
However, someone had already set their sights on her at this time, wanting to see if she could learn Flying Thunder God, but that is a story for another time.
Besides daily training, they would also form teams according to the situation to carry out missions such as hunting outside the imperial city or escorting the Ministry of Revenue to purchase food.
Above the five camps, there were the Imperial Guard and the personal guards. However, these were directly under the jurisdiction of the Uchiha clan and did not belong to the Ministry of War.
The imperial city had all kinds of industries waiting to be revived, so constant meetings were necessary.
The Ministry of Revenue said the Ministry of War spent too much money.
The Ministry of Works said materials needed to be high quality.
The Ministry of Rites said schools needed new buildings.
The Ministry of Works shifted the blame to the Ministry of Revenue for not providing funds.
The Ministry of Personnel said the Ministry of Rites had too many master-apprentice relationships, the Ministry of Rites said they were capable.
The Ministry of Justice said the prison hadn't been built yet.
The Ministry of Works said the Ministry of Revenue didn't provide money.
The Ministry of War watched the fun from the side, thinking to themselves, 'Sure enough, fighting doesn't require such scheming.'
Then, they were told by the Ministry of Works that materials were insufficient and the Ministry of War needed to do more missions.
Minister of War Kakashi: "..."
Shikaku, the Chancellor, had a splitting headache. Shisui, sitting at the very top, said he was the head of all officials and this was his duty, forcing him to manage it.
Finally, Shisui spoke up, increasing the mission rewards for the Ministry of War and relaxing the conditions for exchanging Ninjutsu.
With materials available, the Ministry of Works didn't say anything else. And since the Ministry of Revenue didn't have to pay money, they were naturally happy.
As for the prison, how could prisoners live better than the commoners?
Shisui asked for two death row prisoners to be brought to him, and the rest were sent to hard labor—whether earning money for the Ministry of Revenue or doing work for the Ministry of Works, anything was fine.
The Ministry of Works complained that those prisoners were clumsy and affected the work atmosphere.
Consequently, the Ministry of Justice happily sent them out, and the Ministry of Revenue happily accepted them.
As for the remaining issue where the Ministry of Personnel said the Ministry of Rites had too many master-apprentice relationships, Shisui added a whistleblowing rule: if professional ethics were not met, it would be strictly investigated immediately, and in severe cases, the perpetrators would be beheaded in public.
This made the Ministry of Personnel smile happily, while the Ministry of Rites' faces turned black with anger.
Then the court was adjourned.
After the meeting, Shisui carried the two death row prisoners to the backyard of the imperial palace. On the way, he was stopped by an Uchiha clansman of the Imperial Guard, who said that Temari had entered the city carrying Gaara's body.
Shisui thought for a moment and said, "Bring them here."
"Yes."
The Uchiha Imperial Guard used the Body Flicker Technique and disappeared.
About ten minutes later, led by the Uchiha Imperial Guard, Temari appeared, carrying Gaara's body on her back.
Although Temari was very curious about the strange changes in this "Imperial City," she didn't say anything.
"Do you want to see Hiromi?" Shisui asked.
Temari shook her head and said somewhat uneasily, "Gaara said this place is his future, so I wanted to bury him here, nearby. I was just looking for a spot and accidentally wandered in."
She didn't want to cause trouble. She just wanted to bury Gaara properly, then leave and return to the village.
Currently, Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure were forming the Shinobi Allied Forces. For her, a Sunagakure ninja, to appear here—inside the imperial palace no less—was practically dancing on the heads of the Shinobi Allied Forces and asking for death. She didn't know what kind of punishment awaited her when she returned to the village.
She sighed inwardly, hoping no further incidents would arise.
Shisui gave a hum, pondered for a few seconds, and then said to the Uchiha Royal Guard beside him, "Go catch another death-row prisoner."
"Yes."
The Uchiha Imperial Guard vanished.
Temari didn't understand what Shisui wanted with a death-row prisoner, nor did she want to know. Right now, she just wanted to leave this place.
The two sat in silence.
When the third death-row prisoner arrived, Shisui stood up and said, "Follow me."
After saying that, he picked up the three death-row prisoners and left.
Temari stiffened for a moment, let out a sigh, and as if resigning herself to her fate, followed behind while carrying Gaara's corpse on her back.
Looking at the quiet and magnificent palace buildings around her, her unease deepened.
She hoped she wouldn't run into Hiromi. But upon further thought, Hiromi had already destroyed Konoha and Takigakure. He probably wouldn't do anything to her, nor would he do anything to Gaara's corpse, right?
—
Hiromi's eyes shifted from Shisui and landed on Gaara's corpse behind Temari, revealing a smile with an indiscernible meaning.
"What a poor kid."
In Temari's eyes, those black pupils were cold and volatile. Even when Hiromi was smiling, it remained the same.
She swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said with difficulty, "May I ask... is there anything you need from me?"
Hiromi's gaze shifted from Gaara's corpse to Temari and said, "You've been a good sister, would you like to come to my side?"
Temari instinctively wanted to refuse, but just as she opened her mouth, she was stopped by Hiromi.
"No rush, answer later."
Hiromi tossed the three death-row prisoners that Shisui was carrying onto the ground in front of him.
The three death-row prisoners cried out with muffled sounds, tears streaming down their faces in terror. Their eyes were filled with desperate, regretful pleas, yet there was no remorse for the people they had killed or abused.