"Teacher Yoichi, here's the list of Hyuga Clan members who are ninjas. Now all tasks are to be assigned by you, Teacher Yoichi."
Hyuga Satomi smiled as she handed a list to Uchiha Yoichi. It was the compilation she had made of all the ninjas from the Hyuga Clan, excluding a few from the Main Family.
"A total of 831 people, Teacher Yoichi."
"So many? That guy Hiashi, last time I asked him to send more people, he just made excuses, and it turns out the clan was hiding so many. Satomi, what have your clan members been doing?"
Uchiha Yoichi knew about the commotion Satomi was causing within the Hyuga Clan, but he didn't intervene, just waited for the results.
Now Konoha is short on manpower; the Uchiha Race's ninjas have all been dispatched, and the Uchiha Trading Association is recruiting people from all over the Land of Fire. Even some security measures require Reanimation Bodies just to suffice.
Earlier, Uchiha Yoichi also pressured the Ino-Shika-Cho Clans to hand over their clan ninjas; however, the village's need for ninjas is still unmet. Not to mention, with the current numbers, even the lowest-spec Security Teams need quadruple the number just to maintain order within towns.
Moreover, these are the most basic Security Teams, only capable of keeping town order.
"Training, managing clan businesses, idling around, things like that. Some Branch Family members, even if they want to become ninjas, are opposed by those Clan Elders in the name of clan interests."
Hyuga Satomi's tone carried a lot of resentment and disdain when mentioning these Clan Elders, who once hoped she would withdraw from being a ninja and return to the clan to get married.
If those Clan Elders hadn't intervened through direct negotiations with her and Hiashi, Hyuga Satomi might have tried using the Tenseigan Chakra Mode.
"This should be all the Branch Family ninjas within the clan. I originally wanted to emulate Teacher Yoichi's policies in the Uchiha Race, but found it wouldn't work; so under the advice of some Branch Family seniors, I made some slight amendments."
Uchiha Yoichi chuckled at her words and said, "The Uchiha Race isn't so easy to emulate; the difficulty of awakening the Byakugan and Sharingan differs quite a bit."
Although the Uchiha Race dispenses a lot of money, most of it is eventually earned back by the clan's trading associations, and the benefits for ninjas with the Three-Tomoe Sharingan are substantial. However, there are too few clan members with this level of Sharingan.
The Hyuga's Byakugan has no rating standards; almost anyone can awaken the Byakugan after a certain level of training. So, if they followed the Uchiha Race's policies, it wouldn't be long before the Hyuga Clan found it unsustainable.
"You can arrange these ninjas. Start with the Security Teams in the Sate Special District and Rain River District. Go find Uchiha Masato with Kurenai and have a good discussion with the Security Team."
Uchiha Yoichi offloaded this matter onto Hyuga Satomi and they, after years of political training, became quite proficient in handling village affairs, and they also understood what Konoha needed most at the moment.
Just follow through step by step.
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"Next, only the Five-Tailed Beast remains...."
Uchiha Madara looked at the several corpses lying on the ground without any emotion; these people didn't inspire any combat interest in him.
At this moment, the Gedo Statue had already opened its eight eyes. Besides the Nine-tailed Chakra from Golden Horn and Silver Horn that remained sealed, only the Five-Tailed Beast had yet to be captured.
"Black Zetsu, where is the Five-Tailed Beast?"
"In another forest, also in the Land of Earth, but it's a bit far from here.... Lord Madara, they seem to still be alive?"
"Then let them live; they're insignificant people anyway..."
After releasing the Gedo Statue's Summoning Jutsu, Uchiha Madara started to head out, uninterested in confirming kills; though ninjas need to ensure their enemies are dead, Uchiha Madara didn't care whether these people lived or not.
"Alright then."
Black Zetsu didn't oppose Uchiha Madara's decision. After all, Mother would soon be resurrected; although uncertain why Mother's will had awakened, once the Five-Tailed and Nine-Tailed Chakra were sealed onto the Gedo Statue, Uchiha Madara would be completely unnecessary.
Even Infinite Tsukuyomi wouldn't need Uchiha Madara to initiate, Mother's will would directly resurrect through the Gedo Statue.
Long after Uchiha Madara left, the Hidden Rock Ninjas outside Huaguo Mountain began noticing something amiss.
They sent people inside Huaguo Mountain, only to discover Killer Bee and Kitsuchi lying on the ground, alarming them to investigate quickly, finding out that aside from Kitsuchi retaining some breath, the others were all dead.
"Quick, Medical Ninja, hurry and save them!"
Soon, the Hidden Rock Ninjas had rescued the only survivor, Kitsuchi. After some treatment, they finally revived Kitsuchi.
Upon Kitsuchi regaining consciousness, Onoki immediately inquired about the events, with Hidden Cloud Ninjas standing beside him, glaring at Kitsuchi with grim expressions.
Killer Bee was not only their Hidden Cloud Village's only Perfect Jinchuriki but also the Fourth Generation Raikage's brother.
Now that he had died in the Land of Earth, how would they explain this to the Raikage?
"...It's Uchiha Madara. He's collecting Tailed Beasts, and including the Four-Tailed and Eight-Tailed, he's already gathered seven Tailed Beasts. Father, Uchiha Madara is now seeking the Five-Tailed. Quickly contact the ninjas over there!"
"Uchiha Madara!?"
Kitsuchi's words immediately triggered a bad memory in Onoki's mind from when he and Second Tsuchikage Lord Mu were easily dealt with by Uchiha Madara, not even seen as worthy in the enemy's eyes.