He wanted to wield the power of the world and lie drunk on the lap of a beauty, but he didn't want to start a beauty pageant right after founding the nation and tarnish his reputation.
Quack, quack, quack... Truly wanting everything.
A little trick made everyone rush to sign up. Now it had become an act of complying with the people's will. If he refused, how disappointed would everyone be?
Hmm... forget about the daughters of nobles, officials, and wealthy merchants. He didn't know any of them, so it wasn't interesting.
For the sake of their filial piety, he could reassure them in other ways.
He would choose from the lists submitted by the major ninja villages and clans. If he didn't know any female ninja, he would pick one to avoid inequality.
Those generally excellent ordinary women could be introduced to excellent ninja. There were too few female ninja among ninja.
With this thought, Kageyama Kogetsu tossed aside the lists submitted by nobles, officials, and wealthy merchants, and picked up the list of female ninja.
Whenever he saw someone he recognized and who looked decent, he ticked their name.
Samui, Mabui, Yugito, Karui. Wow, Kumogakure really went all out.
Tsk... although they might have just signed up without much hope, it showed that these women had a strong sense of belonging to Kumogakure.
Well... it didn't matter. No matter how strong their sense of belonging was, what waves could they make?
The first three were fine. Karui didn't count; she didn't fit his aesthetic. If she had a good figure, he might consider it.
Iwagakure also submitted quite a few names, but he only recognized Kurotsuchi. Just her then. Her special identity was enough.
Sunagakure submitted so many names, but he only remembered two. The others, just looking at the names, didn't ring a bell.
Temari was fine. In this life, she hadn't interacted much with Shikamaru, so it wouldn't be unfair to Nara Shikaku, who worked hard for him.
Maki was nonsense. She was Pakura's disciple. That wouldn't be good for harem stability.
Eh... Rin and Kushina were also master and disciple. Why didn't he think that was nonsense?
Hmm... understood. He didn't like Maki as a person. She wasn't considerate of her teacher at all. Cross her out.
Hehe... Otogakure also came to join the fun. He had to give Orochimaru face, so he'd pick two.
Guren was fine. Although her figure was average, he appreciated her personality, and her Crystal Release was beautiful and magnificent.
Kin Tsuchi. This seemed to be the woman from the Sound Genin trio. In the original story, she and Zaku Abumi were used by Orochimaru as sacrifices for the Impure World Reincarnation of the First and Second Hokage.
It seemed she ended her simple life at fourteen or fifteen. Quite tragic.
Forget it. The others seemed about the same. In this life, he would give her a fortune.
Amegakure's Ajisai. That female Animal Path. Okay, she could keep Konan company.
Takigakure's Fū. This girl was not bad. Takigakure had been pitted badly, and Kakuzu held a high position, so he should give them a reassurance pill.
Nadeshiko Village's Shizuka. He remembered her. A black-haired beauty with a great figure. Okay.
Hoshigakure's Natsuhi. He remembered she died long ago at this time in the original story. It seemed the butterfly effect he brought saved her.
Nonsense. Why did Hoshigakure recommend her? He remembered being quite moved when he saw the relevant plot.
It was better to let Natsuhi live a good life with her son.
Her husband should be dead. No matter how outrageous Hoshigakure was, they couldn't recommend a married woman, right?
Hmm... send someone to check later. If they dared to recommend a married woman, he would definitely give Hoshigakure a hard time.
It was already annoying that the leader of a small ninja village dared to call himself Hoshikage.
Kageyama Kogetsu didn't know most of the female ninja recommended by other small ninja villages.
So, Kageyama Kogetsu drew a circle in the middle of the list of female ninja recommended by Hoshigakure with a vermilion brush, planning to send someone to get some real photos later. He couldn't tick blindly.
If he ticked blindly and didn't like them, wouldn't he ruin the girls' lives? He couldn't return them, and if he did, no one would marry them.
Kageyama Kogetsu handled the lists of subsequent small ninja villages, such as Kusagakure, following Hoshigakure's example.
After finishing the ninja village lists, Kageyama Kogetsu looked at the recommendations from ninja clans, mainly independent clans without ninja village backing.
Kageyama Kogetsu recognized very few female ninja recommended by these clans, only two.
One was Yukimi from the Iburi clan. This clan had the ability to turn into smoke, similar to elementalization, but far inferior.
The smoke transformation ability was unstable and couldn't be actively controlled. They lived underground without wind for long periods, otherwise they would die easily.
This woman once mistook Yamato for her brother Tenzo. In fact, her brother had died in Orochimaru's experiments.
Due to his intervention, Orochimaru didn't go to the Iburi clan, so Yukimi Iburi wasn't the last bloodline of her clan like Sasuke in the original story.
The other was Hotaru from the Tsuchigumo clan. In the original story, she once apprenticed to the Six-Tails Jinchūriki Utakata. She was very beautiful and had a good figure.
After considering for a moment, Kageyama Kogetsu decided to choose Hotaru Tsuchigumo as the representative of the independent ninja clans joining the empire.
Forget Yukimi. For the sake of Yamato working so hard, he could matchmake them.
Yamato wasn't really Tenzo, but they seemed like a good match.
He could also worry about Guy and Kakashi. It was hard to find a suitable woman for Guy; he had to look slowly.
As for Kakashi, Shizune was quite good. He felt he could matchmake them, otherwise they might be single for life.
Haha... he was such a competent leader, even worrying about his subordinates' marriage.
After being a little narcissistic, Kageyama Kogetsu called Fū Yamanaka, asked him to handle the list, and then continued to deal with administrative affairs.
It was normal for the Konoha ninja clans not to offer women.
Even the worst-off ninja clans rose with the tide of change. Many members of well-off ninja clans held important positions with boundless futures, so they didn't need to climb up through women.
Even if they offered, Kageyama Kogetsu would be embarrassed to accept. Ino, Tenten, Hinata, Sakura, and others were juniors he watched grow up.
As the World Master, a radiant existence in the eyes of everyone in Konoha, doing such a thing was indeed a bit absurd.
Besides, Ino, Tenten, Hinata, and Sakura also had people they liked. Except for Ino, the others were of his son's generation.
As a father, how could he snatch the women his sons liked?
If there were feelings involved, other timelines or parallel universes might be acceptable.
Ino's partner was still Sai. Other excellent peers would find it hard to choose to marry into the family.
Tenten's partner was Neji. Tenten's family was rich, and with her teacher Mitokado Homura as backing, she was barely a match for the Hyūga clan.
Sasuke and Naruto's partners were interesting.
In this world, Naruto got his wish and made Sakura his girlfriend. With different growth experiences, he was still attracted to Sakura.
Hinata's partner became Sasuke.
It was also the butterfly effect caused by Kageyama Kogetsu. Hinata didn't have the experience of being helped by Naruto, and Naruto's experience was different from the original story, so no budding feelings were born.
Logically speaking, with Sasuke and Hinata's personalities, it would be hard for them to get together, but Hiashi Hyūga, who wanted to marry into the Uchiha clan, kept matchmaking.
Hinata's personality wasn't suitable for inheriting the Hyūga clan. Hiashi Hyūga thought about it and felt that marrying Hinata to Sasuke was the best choice.
Sasuke was indifferent to this political marriage at first, but after more contact, he felt Hinata was quite nice.
Sasuke felt Hinata was the type of virtuous wife and loving mother like his own mother after marriage, and gradually stopped rejecting it.
Hinata had a passive personality. After spending a long time with Sasuke, she also felt that Sasuke, who was cold outside but warm inside, was good, and slowly accepted it.
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Fū Yamanaka was very efficient. In less than half a day, he handled the matters Kageyama Kogetsu entrusted to him.
After confirming the list, Kageyama Kogetsu first issued two policies to appease the nobles, officials, and wealthy merchants.
The first policy allowed them to arrange for an outstanding disciple to enter the Ninja Academy.
The second policy encouraged them to intermarry with ninja.
There were many nobles, officials, and wealthy merchants in the world. It was hard for ordinary ninja to reach the high-ranking and top-tier ones, but those with average family backgrounds had a chance.
Without this change, most ninja would never be able to marry the daughters of nobles, officials, and wealthy merchants.
The next morning, Kageyama Kogetsu sent someone to post the confirmed list...