"I, Shimura Shishio, excel at Wind Release and can cooperate with Sarutobi Sasuke's Fire Release. With Clan Head Level strength, I can run for Deputy Commander of the Southwest direction. Hokage-sama, Sasuke and my cooperation is enough to withstand attacks from the Southwest direction!" Shimura Shishio, with a resolute expression, patted his chest and guaranteed.
In the eyes of the other astonished people, he did not run for any Commander position, but instead voluntarily lowered his standards to become Sarutobi Sasuke's subordinate, running for a Deputy Commander position.
"These two truly cooperate well! Sarutobi Sasuke alone might not be 100% able to become a Commander. After all, Senju Tobirama will definitely give one of the four legions to the Senju Clan, use one to win over the Uchiha Clan, and another to unite the Hyuga Clan. The remaining Commander position, facing the many clans of Konoha at this moment, is not necessarily a guaranteed win!"
"But now, with the two of them working together, plus the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju's deliberate leniency in pulling them in, this Southwest legion will basically be managed by the Sarutobi and Shimura families! Could it be that they had prior communication?!"
Uchiha Tenxiu's eyes lit up as he pondered.
As expected, Senju Tobirama did not refuse at all. Before anyone else could object, he immediately agreed: "Very good, Wind aids fire. Then the Southwest legion will be handed over to you!"
"Yes, Hokage-sama!"
"Yes, Hokage-sama, leave it to us!"
Sarutobi Sasuke and Shimura Shishio nodded and guaranteed.
Everyone else present was dumbfounded.
They just secured it.
Don't they need to determine competitors, engage in a struggle, and then have a match?!
Seeing the two secure a legion so quickly, the others also quickly spoke up.
"Hokage-sama, I, Hyuga Zongyong, believe my Byakugan ability can handle the Hidden Mist Jutsu of the Land of Water. I'm running for Southeast Commander. With the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan, I will absolutely not let any enemy cross the Southeast legion's protective net!" Hyuga Zongyong released his daughter Xinyue's hand and immediately stepped forward to contend for the Southeast Commander position. Only by obtaining this position would the Hyuga Clan truly gain important power in the Village.
At this moment, Konoha, although nominally governed by various great clans, in reality, only one Hokage is responsible for all major affairs, along with the Hokage's cronies, such as the Konoha Ninja School Principal, Anbu Commander, and Intelligence Division Commander, all of whom are Senju Tobirama's confidants. The clan heads of other clans' management authority over Konoha is limited to managing their own clans.
And even the Hyuga Clan, as Konoha's third largest clan, second only to the Senju and Uchiha, has even less management authority in Konoha than the Uchiha Clan.
At least the Uchiha Clan still has the Uchiha Clan Military Police Force.
And they have nothing.
This being the case, as a fellow Dojutsu clan, it was simply too humiliating.
And now was the best time to change all of this, Hyuga Zongyong thought excitedly.
"Hokage-sama, I, Uchiha Feng, with Clan Head Level strength, am running for Commander of the Northeast legion..." Uchiha Feng also thought for a moment and chose the Northeast Commander position from the remaining Northeast and Northwest legions.
After all, compared to the Land of Earth in the Northwest, which possesses Earth Release Ninjutsu, the Land of Lightning is easier to deal with.
After all, in terms of Taijutsu, is there anyone whose Taijutsu can surpass the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan?
Uchiha Feng's heart was full of confidence. Even when facing enemies of the same level, as long as he activated his Sharingan, he could instantly kill the opponent.
As for the Land of Lightning's Lightning Release? What is that? It was completely disregarded by the Uchiha Clan!
Facing Uchiha Feng and Hyuga Zongyong's declarations, Senju Tobirama, who currently needed the efforts of these two clans, immediately agreed, saying: "Since that's the case, the two legions in the Southeast and Northeast directions will be entrusted to your Uchiha Clan and Hyuga Clan. I hope you will wholeheartedly protect the safety of the Land of Fire and uphold the overall stability of Konoha!"
At this moment, Senju Tobirama, facing the two's statements, did not focus on Konoha, but rather on the Land of Fire as the main body.
After all, no matter what petty calculations the Hyuga Clan had, and no matter how the Uchiha Clan viewed the Senju Clan unfavorably, these two clans were still Ninja clans, possessing the Ninja clan's reputation for completing missions.
And at this moment, as Ninja Village clans employed by the Land of Fire, responsible for protecting the Land of Fire, it was absolutely impossible for them to make any treacherous moves.
Otherwise, they would surely be ridiculed by the world. Furthermore, having violated their Ninja reputation, they would not receive any missions.
This was the rule of the Ninja World, passed down for thousands of years!
Therefore, in this appointment of the Uchiha Clan, Senju Tobirama was quite confident.
"Hokage-sama, the last Land of Earth, let our Fujino family take it!" Fujino Senjun, who had separated from the Senju Clan and changed his surname, stepped forward and said.
"Very good, then it's yours!" Senju Tobirama immediately agreed before anyone could object.
At this point, the four Commanders were taken by the Sarutobi, Shimura, Hyuga, Uchiha, and the Senju branch.
As for the four heads of the logistics departments, they were taken by the Nara Clan, Kurama Clan, Chigusa Clan, and Hyakka Clan.
Aside from the Nara and Kurama Clans, the remaining Chigusa Clan and Hyakka Clan, as their names suggest, were clansmen who separated from the Senju Clan.
Thus, this power-sharing conference concluded.
It was both to prepare for war and to divide Konoha's authority. Although the Uchiha and Hyuga gained command of two legions, they also had to expend military force to resolve threats from the Northeast and Southeast directions. With the surveillance of the logistics departments, the Chigusa and Hyakka clans, there was no fear of the two clans rebelling.
Not to mention, the remaining two legions were, one under the control of the Senju Clan, and the other in the hands of the Senju's allies, the Sarutobi and other clans. Facing the Uchiha Clan, Senju Tobirama was 100% confident in making them fight alongside him.
Soon, in the remaining time, with the combined cooperation of Konoha's top great clans, the remaining Ninja army numbers were also fully distributed amidst the bargaining of various clans.
"Ugh, how boring!" Leaning beside Uchiha Tenxiu, Uchiha Yukino sighed, watching these people contend for positions like four-person squad leaders and sixteen-person company leaders.
Then she thought of the whopping 360,000-strong legion under her four great legions, and couldn't help but feel utterly speechless.
Beside her, Uchiha Lingyue, with an icy expression, was even more disdainful in her heart: "As expected of a Ninja Village. Compared to a normally developing country, it's truly shameful! No wonder Tenxiu always says that although Uchiha Madara's brain isn't very good, at least he's much smarter than that idiot Senju Hashirama."
"Unfortunately, it's precisely such people with not-so-good brains who make wrong decisions that everyone has to obey. Yet, our Uchiha Clan, who has the correct approach, is not understood by the world and is subjected to various slanders and attacks!"
"But, fortunately, Uchiha Madara didn't win, otherwise our Tenxiu wouldn't have gone out to establish his own country!" Uchiha Lingyue thought of this and felt another surge of pride for Uchiha Tenxiu beside her.
After all the high-ranking Ninja leaders in all the forces were assigned and everyone left satisfied, Konoha's civilian Ninja were completely absent from this meeting.
It's not that Konoha didn't have civilian Ninja at this time. Rather, most of Konoha's civilian Ninja at this time were originally ordinary wandering Ninja who joined Konoha in its early days. During this period, they had neither great strength nor large numbers, and were completely unable to influence Konoha's overall situation, not being taken seriously by anyone.
Especially when compared to the powerful forces of the various great clans at this time, they were as weak as ants that could be crushed at will.
Therefore, as long as the high-ranking members of each clan arranged everything, individuals of civilian origin only needed to obey their arrangements.
When all outsiders had left, Senju Tobirama's expression finally turned grim, and he secretly thought: "I must change this situation of clan co-governance!"
"As Hokage, to not be able to fully control all major affairs of Konoha, this is truly improper!"
