Chapter 52: Resurrect, My Hashirama!
Early Morning
Mmm.
After a long parting of lips, Fene's cheeks were flushed, her neck tinged with a faint pink, whether from shyness or oxygen deprivation from the prolonged kiss.
A morning kiss!
Fene and Ling readily agreed to Uchiha Nan's trivial request.
Next was Ling. Looking at Ling's rosy lips, Uchiha Nan leaned down.
Parting of lips.
"Come back early!"
"Mm!"
Uchiha Nan nodded, walked out the door, and headed to the Hokage Building, beginning his day of work.
Office
"Now that the funds have arrived, the Ninja Academy needs to continue recruiting. How are this year's recruitment plans coming along?"
Uchiha Nan looked at Shikaku Nara in front of him, inquiring about this year's Ninja Academy recruitment.
Continuous wars had nearly wiped out a generation of ninja clans. It wasn't sustainable to rely solely on ninja clans.
The Ninja Academy's original purpose was to train civilian ninjas on a large scale.
In future Konoha, civilian ninjas would become the mainstream. Although their average quality couldn't match ninja clans, they had the advantage of numbers!
With a large base, exceptional ninjas would emerge, like Orochimaru and Jiraiya, who were both civilian ninjas.
They hadn't yet made their names in the ninja world, but their potential was limitless, nearly surpassing the ninja clans of their generation.
By the Third Shinobi World War, a monster like Minato Namikaze appeared.
They needed to invest heavily in civilian ninjas.
Moreover, the principal of the Ninja Academy had always been the Hokage. Every student who graduated from the academy could call themselves the Hokage's student, though few did, as everyone had pride.
Unless, in rare cases, the Hokage personally took them as disciples and taught them by their side, they could naturally say the Hokage was their teacher.
As the Hokage, Uchiha Nan considered the civilian ninjas who graduated from the academy as his natural faction.
Uchiha Nan naturally cared deeply about these future forces that belonged to him.
"Hokage-sama, the annual enrollment in the past was 800 students, but due to budget constraints, it was reduced to 500."
"Given the rapid decline in Konoha's ninja numbers due to the war, I believe we need to expand enrollment, tentatively setting the number at 1,400."
"..."
Shikaku Nara explained the Ninja Academy's future enrollment plan and resource allocation with the plan document. These were easily resolved, it was just a matter of spending money, just throw money at it.
"However, there's one difficult issue, and that's the Ninja Academy's teachers..."
Shikaku Nara's face showed helplessness. The most valuable asset of a school was its teaching staff.
But the teaching quality of the Ninja Academy was currently dismal. All the capable ninjas had been sent to the battlefield, leaving behind the old, weak, and disabled.
The strongest were Chunin at best, and even they were crippled.
They needed to recruit a new batch of powerful teachers, but the selection...
Was difficult.
The best choice was to recruit from the ninja clans, reliable quality, and they were all veterans who had retired from the battlefield, with rich combat experience.
But the ninja clans weren't wealthy either. Their clan members had dwindled, and they were all focused on having their members reproduce. The children born were naturally taught by the clans, and getting them to send their members to the Ninja Academy would require a lot of persuasion.
Not to mention, he had embezzled a large portion of their funds for Konoha's development. Asking them to send their excellent ninjas to the Ninja Academy as teachers would likely earn their curses.
"I'll have the Uchiha send a batch of ninjas to the Ninja Academy later. As for the remaining vacancies..."
"Send someone to tell Hiashi Hyuga that I'll be recruiting four Hokage assistants, and one of the positions is for him. He'll understand what to do."
Uchiha Nan decided to delegate some authority to Hiashi Hyuga as a reward for his alliance.
With so many things to handle in Konoha, he couldn't deal with everything himself. He also needed time for cultivation, so many tasks had to be delegated to the Hokage assistants.
This naturally included task allocation, personnel deployment, combat command, and fund usage. The authority involved was considerable, and Hiashi Hyuga wouldn't refuse.
"Also, send someone to notify Tobirama Senju that another Hokage assistant position is for him, and have him send some people from the Senju clan as well."
The Senju clan was still useful, and Uchiha Nan wanted to ease his relationship with Tobirama Senju.
"Notify Uchiha Futaku that one of the Hokage assistant positions is for him, and have him reorganize Konoha's Anbu, completely reshuffling the Anbu's past organization..."
As the Hokage's direct forces, the Anbu had to be firmly under his control. Every aspect of Konoha was monitored by the Anbu, and intelligence couldn't be compromised.
In the past, it had always been controlled by the Senju clan, so much so that even after Tobirama Senju's death, Mito Uzumaki could command Anbu ninjas with her warrant, a power only the Hokage should possess.
This situation couldn't continue.
Uchiha Nan didn't want his every move to be controlled by the Senju clan.
"As for the final Hokage assistant position, I've decided to appoint you, Shikaku Nara!"
Shikaku Nara, who had been recording Uchiha Nan's orders, was stunned by the sudden good fortune.
"Me?!"
"Hokage-sama, are you serious?!"
Shikaku Nara's eyes widened. The Ino-Shika-Cho clans had always developed steadily in Konoha, never involved in Konoha's core power. Tobirama Senju was a political powerhouse, handling all powers himself, and had gotten used to the life of a workaholic.
Uchiha Nan didn't want to be a workaholic.
"I'm naturally serious. Shikaku Nara, I have high hopes for you. I know your clan's talents, and Konoha's daily management needs your three clans' help."
"I..."
Shikaku Nara's face flushed, moved by Uchiha Nan's sudden trust.
"Hokage-sama, rest assured, the Ino-Shika-Cho clans will dedicate themselves to Konoha!"
"Actions speak louder than words. Prove it to me with your actions. I won't misjudge people!"
Uchiha Nan said with a smile to Shikaku Nara.
"The Ino-Shika-Cho clans will all assign elite members to serve as Ninja Academy teachers, and will also select core clan members to enroll in the Ninja Academy."
Shikaku Nara was quick to understand, immediately showing his loyalty with action.
"Then I'll leave it to you."
After a busy half-day, Uchiha Nan finally finished processing all the documents for the day.
Near evening, Uchiha Nan ate dinner outside and went to the secret room in the Uchiha clan's territory.
This was a core secret room known only to the Uchiha clan head, used to store the clan's core documents, including the Izanagi and Izanami techniques.
But today, he wasn't there to learn ninjutsu.
In the secret room, two death row inmates were bound and thrown on the ground, with special markings drawn on the floor.
Uchiha Nan knocked one of them unconscious and threw him into a separate room, then performed Impure World Resurrection on the remaining inmate.
"Resurrect, my Hashirama!"
Uchiha Nan shouted!
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