Her ability to manipulate sand and Rasa's ability to manipulate gold dust both came from the Third Kazekage, using wind and earth release to easily control a certain type of material.
It could be iron sand, gold dust, or just sand, depending on the user's mastery of earth release nature transformation.
The Sand Village already has a complete talent selection mechanism in the field of Magnet Release, which can maximize the excavation of talents with relevant qualifications from the village. There is no need for her and Rasa to establish it, because the Third Kazekage has already completed what should be done.
Just as Karura was still thinking, the Third Kazekage also quietly noticed the change in her expression, so after glancing at Karura's position, he gave Chiyo a look and said:
"Elder Chiyo, please help Shimizu plan this matter first, and then let Shimizu submit a plan to me himself. I still have some new tasks to assign to Rasa and Karura."
Chiyo immediately understood and stepped aside.
Chiyo only needs the Third Kazekage to give Shimizu a fair chance to compete, and not deliberately suppress Sakumo Hatake like Hiruzen Sarutobi did.
Speaking based on ability, Rasa's chances of winning against Shimizu are not high.
Of course, if the Third Kazekage really had that intention, Chiyo and Ebizo would not be decorations. As long as the Third Kazekage is still the Third Kazekage who puts the village first, he will not let that kind of situation happen.
That represents the division of power within the Sand Village, which is something no one wants to see.
And the answer Chiyo got from the Third Kazekage satisfied her very much.
The latter's bias is already very obvious.
Choose the one who can bring a brighter future to the Sand Village.
Of course, this does not mean that the Third Kazekage has given up on Rasa.
Rasa still has the qualification to compete at the table, but his cards and skills are inferior to his opponent.
Among the Kage-level powerhouses, Rasa may not be considered strong, but he is still qualified to become a Kage. Against other non-Kage-level players, he is still a dimensionality reduction strike.
He and Karura are still important combat forces in the Sand Village after all, and the Third Kazekage also needs to appease them in a suitable way.
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DC World.
Gotham City Hall.
"I solemnly swear that I will be loyal to the citizens of Gotham, safeguard their rights, and abide by the law…"
In the council hall of the City Hall, billionaire, Gotham's well-known entrepreneur Bruce Wayne is sitting in a chair, next to Police Commissioner Gordon, listening to the inauguration ceremony above.
Around them are more Gotham political and business celebrities and upper-class people.
For example, the new mayor of Gotham, Mr. Hamilton, who took office last year, is the most attentive listener among the people present.
"Gotham was once the most prosperous city in the United States, with an incomparably glorious history. Whether in the past or now, this city has always had good citizens who work hard to build this city. I will do my best to make it shine again, make it more prosperous, and make it more confident.
Let Gotham be great again!"
As the voice fell, accompanied by the applause in the council hall, Shimizu put down the speech in his hand, bowed slightly to the celebrities from all walks of life in Gotham, and saluted gracefully.
The oath and speech ended, indicating that he has become a member of the Gotham City Council and has an official position.
Even if this official position has a time limit of four years.
The total number of councilors in Gotham City is forty.
Every two years, according to local laws, half of the city councilors in Gotham City will be re-elected.
The power of the councilors is neither small nor large.
It is not small because the city councilors have the power to directly influence city legislation, participate in budget review and management, and review various local laws.
It is not large because the power of the City Council is dispersed among so many councilors. Even if the power exceeds that of the heads of various municipal agencies such as the Police Commissioner, the actual power of an individual is definitely not as great as the latter.
However, in terms of actual status, city councilors are still very high.
At least when Shimizu became this city councilor, the progress bar of luck went up a small step, exceeding fifty percent and reaching fifty-one point eighty-three percent.
"Come on, everyone, smile."
After the speech of the inauguration ceremony, Shimizu stayed in place and took a group photo with other municipal officials and Gotham celebrities.
After that, there was another boring but indispensable celebration ceremony.
"Congratulations, what are you going to do next? Are you going to continue to run for mayor in two years?"
Bruce Wayne sat casually on the sofa next to Shimizu with a glass of red wine in his hand.
"It's hard to say, it depends on the development in the next two years."
Shimizu picked a piece of fruit with a toothpick and put it in his mouth, muttering.
He was able to push Hamilton to the position of mayor because this guy had been working in Gotham politics for several years and had a certain foundation. Before Shimizu approached him, he already had the fourth most votes in the election where Sharp was elected.
But Shimizu can't push himself up.
In the underworld and in the business world, he has a high status, but in the political world, he can have a certain influence by relying on the League of Assassins, but this is not brought about by his own identity.
Unless he can directly use Yin soldiers like the Donkey Party to tamper with the data.
The position of mayor may be manipulated, but it may be difficult to go further up.
He became a city councilor as a non-partisan person. It is not that non-partisan people cannot reach high positions in their careers, but the difficulty will obviously increase several times or dozens of times.
As for whether to join these political parties, Shimizu has not thought about it yet.
"That's good. I'm afraid that you will be too anxious like some people in the past. Now the underworld in Gotham is being rectified under your hands, and the crime rate has decreased, but I think you also know that the gang is only one of the reasons for the high crime rate in Gotham, not the root cause."
Bruce Wayne put down the red wine and said to Shimizu.
"Then how do you say it should be solved? You have been busy for so many years, but I haven't seen much good effect."
Shimizu glanced at Bruce Wayne.
"This is a very complicated problem. You should have realized that the municipal institutions are actually controlled by those prominent families. Replacing the mayor, replacing the person in charge, and revising policies cannot play a big role. Even Gordon, the Police Commissioner, does not completely control the Gotham Police Department.
Gangs and corruption are manifestations, but there are actually deeper reasons."
"Like secret societies like the Court of Owls?"
Shimizu chewed on the toothpick and looked at the dance floor in front of him.
