Naruto Puppet Master

Regarding what Orochimaru said, the Third Hokage, as the Shadow of One Village, is naturally very aware of the costs and benefits of what the Sand Ninja Village did.

But he also knew that such a system was actually more suitable for training civilians to become ninjas. On the contrary, children from ninja families did not necessarily need to rely on such a system to train them.

After all, although decades have passed since the Warring States Period, each major clan still retains its own method of cultivating reserve heirs, and after years of exploration, their own methods may be more in line with the physique of their clansmen, so they agreed No matter how you look at it, it is impossible to dedicate your own resources and wealth to cultivate civilian-born ninjas who are not relatives.

In the opinion of the Third Hokage, there were no big ninja clans in the village like Sand Ninja Village. In addition, their original ninja training was a separate family training method, so there were no big troubles.After all, for those active sand ninjas, that system is nothing more than changing the original independent training of each family into the unified planning and training of the village. Anyway, everyone has to pay to train their own children or juniors. Now it is just the village who takes it first, and then looks back. It's not just about using it on your own children, and besides, Sand Ninja Village doesn't object to powerful and wealthy families giving private goods to their own children, so as long as you control the number of civilian children, it's not that difficult.

But no matter how envious he is, the Third Hokage still knows that whether it is to provide three more years of child training or to extend the graduation age of new ninjas to 16 years old, the resources required will cause huge pressure on the entire ninja village. Such pressure will inevitably be put on other ninjas who have already graduated, and will cause damage to the interests and resources of the active ninja class. This is acceptable for the active ninjas in Sand Ninja Village, but it has always been internally For Konoha, which is full of contradictions, this is something that is simply unimaginable.

The older ninja clan in the village, such as Uchiha, would rather waste a lot of resources on their own children than give a single point to other people's children.

The Third Hokage could even foresee that if he dared to make such a suggestion, then even those small and medium-sized ninja clans such as "Ino Shikacho" and other small and medium-sized families that have already supported him would have concerns.

"Sarutobi, do you know? For the village, the ninja family is the pillar but also the worm. The Ninja Village was a village patchworked together by countless ninja clans from the beginning. Therefore, each clan has its own demands and conflicts. This book The problem that should be solved by me may now be burdened on you because of me. This directly leads to the fact that the burden on you may be heavier than mine, but it is the greatest help to the Thousand Hands Clan. Big brother and I have exhausted our energy and don’t have much power to help you anymore.”

"Therefore, you will have to rely on your own strength to inherit my political policy. You must have the ultimate goal of eliminating the barriers between the major families and villages, and you must spread the will of fire so that they can truly integrate into Konoha. Come on, for this you must do two things: first, you must expand the number of civilian ninjas, and you must live long enough to kill those lonely souls of the Warring States Period, and educate the next generation through the ninja school, then When those children who inherit the will of fire grow up, it will be the time when the major ninja clans will be integrated into Konoha."

"Only a child who truly grew up in Konoha and was educated by the will of Konoha's fire will be a true Konoha ninja."

Thinking of the instructions given to him by the Second Hokage before he left, the Third Hokage thought silently in his heart: "It's almost time, Teacher, this day will not be far away."

For a while, the Third Hokage, who did not dare to think deeply for fear of losing his composure and being even more afraid that he would not be able to withstand the temptation, could only change the subject and said: "What about the nursing home? Is it really just for the villagers to provide care for their elderly?"

After many years of getting along, with Orochimaru's wisdom and political sensitivity, as soon as the Third Hokage's words came out, he already knew his teacher's attitude and meaning, and vaguely ignored Inozukacho, Inuzuka, Aburame, Shiranui, etc. Some of the family ninjas from the Hokage faction glanced at Orochimaru and continued:

"It is indeed a nursing home, but not an ordinary nursing home, but a system that specifically deals with retired ninjas."

"In the ninja world, ninjas are generally lifelong. Once joined,

Unless you die or are disabled due to lack of ability to become a ninja, you will generally not be allowed to quit midway. You can only work for the village or organization for your whole life. Ninja Village like ours can rarely quit early. Yes, even the so-called withdrawal from the establishment of those big families is just a change from being loyal to the village to serving the family. "

"But the Fourth Kazekage of the Sand Ninja Village has stipulated the service age for ninjas. Those below the Kage level are 30 years old. Those with serious hidden injuries can be arranged accordingly. Those above the Kage level are 40 years old. Once you reach the retirement age, you can apply Retired, and the village cannot delay or object without important reasons.”

"Of course, if they still want to continue serving, the Sand Ninja Village will not object. Not only will the ninja number not be eliminated, but there will be many preferential treatment, such as if they usually practice, break through, or study ninjutsu and other important Ninjas who have passed the retirement age can ask for leave in advance for important events, and the village will consider as appropriate not to assign tasks to the ninja during that period."

"For those ninjas who are tired of killing and really retire, the nursing home is their final destination besides their own homes. There will be Sand Ninja Village who will make unified arrangements for some ninjas who are difficult to adapt to ordinary people's lives. Sometimes they will also serve as Ninja school teachers to train students."

"This is really good, you can consider it." The Third Hokage touched the pipe in his hand, took two puffs and said, "What do you think?"

"I'm afraid it's only suitable for some retired ninjas. People like us who come from the ninja clan will probably be recalled by the clan even after they retire. Only civilian ninjas can implement this system." Nara always felt that he should say something. Shikaku was the first to speak:

Originally, Nara Shikaku would not speak easily before making a plan, but in fact, Orochimaru just talked about too many topics surrounding the shortcomings of the ninja family, and as one of the Nara clan of Konoha, the Nara clan The young clan leader, Nara Shikaku felt that he had to speak a few words, otherwise silence would sometimes be regarded as having a grudge, which would definitely affect Ino Shikacho's status in the hearts of the Hokage and many senior members of the Hokage faction.

As for whether this will cause misunderstandings among other ninjas, it is not something Nara Shikaku should consider, that is something his father should consider.Anyway, he knew that the Nara clan had decided to place their bets on the Hokage, and they would support whoever was the Hokage. Secondly, there was the Hokage faction with the Third Hokage as the core and the Sannin as its branches. As long as this big If the direction is good, then even some problems in other matters will not be a big problem.

"Oh, Shikaku, do you think so?" The Third Hokage said kindly as he walked along:

"Yes, Hokage-sama."

"With all due respect, our Konoha is different from the Sand Ninja Village after all. It is absolutely impossible for the Uchiha, Hinata and other big clans in the village to let their clansmen retire early. Even if the village retires, they will definitely be recalled. The clan continues to serve the clan, so my subordinates believe that only after the base of civilian ninjas in the village expands will there be basic conditions for implementing this policy." Nara Shikaku took a step forward and said:

"It's not just Uchiha and Hinata! I'm afraid even you yourself won't agree!" Orochimaru said in a conspiratorial tone:

"Ino Shika Butterfly can support some family ninjas to contribute to the inheritance of the will of fire to the next generation of the village. After all, our children and juniors will also go to ninja schools in the future." Nara Shikaku managed to withstand Orochimaru's pressure. Said: "But if the family ninja is asked to arrange the retirement age in advance, it is not the subordinates who can make the decision. I can only say that Ino Shikacho will definitely obey the orders of Lord Hokage."

"We will definitely obey Hokage-sama's orders." At this time, Inuzuka and other representatives of several families who had taken refuge with Hokage also responded and said:

"I have never doubted your loyalty, and I have no intention of implementing this now. As you said, even if the village allows them to retire, I cannot stop them from dedicating themselves to their relatives and family."

"In the end, the civilian ninja will be in charge." The Third Hokage said: (To be continued.)