Chapter 222: Promotion

Spring of Leaf Village year 46.

Leaf Village, Hokage Building, inside the office.

In view of Yuzhibo Dongshilang's outstanding performance on the Grass Country battlefield, a Jonin certificate is hereby awarded, thus commended.

Yes! I will certainly not disappoint your expectations and will strive for Leaf Village's victory!

After receiving the Jonin certificate handed over by the Hokage, Dongshilang's face showed a grateful look.

Actually, he kept complaining inside, not knowing how many dangerous missions he had undertaken over the years, but he had always remained an ordinary Chunin.

Although a Chunin can also lead a team to complete missions, the team he leads is not an ordinary task squad.

Rather, it is a scout squadron composed entirely of Uchiha members!

Although his assignment is in the Security Forces, this is still too absurd.

"Dongshilang! May I call you that?"

This is my honor, Lord Hokage!

Although he was already cursing inside, he still had to put on the proper surface etiquette; besides, this kind of surface etiquette was very familiar from his previous life.

Doing it now poses no pressure at all!

"Hmm!"

He took a deep breath, then exhaled the smoke from his chest, enveloping his whole body in a light purple mist.

Clad in a white divine robe and wearing the Hokage's headgear, Yuanfei Rizhan spoke again.

"Your performance on the Grass Country battlefield I have seen; I hope you will continue to excel and better uphold the Will of Fire, better protect the village and everyone!"

"Yes! I will surely not disappoint your expectations!"

"Hmm! Go on!"

"Then I'll take my leave first!"

While saying that, Dongshilang glanced once more at the Leaf Village F4 inside the office, nodded as a greeting, and then left.

One cannot let people say that Uchiha Dongshilang is being rude!

And after Dongshilang left, someone inside the office spoke up, tone not good, obviously very dissatisfied with the Third Generation's appointment.

"Hmph……Rizhan! You shouldn't appoint a fourteen-year-old Uchiha as a Jonin; this goes against the teacher's policy of suppressing the Uchiha."

"Moreover, looking at that kid's past performance, he doesn't seem to believe in the Will of Fire; by doing this, aren't you giving the Uchiha another chance to gain fame?"

The speaker was none other than Shimura Danzo, who bears the title 'Pot Shadow'.

A fourteen-year-old Jonin. Also a quite good publicity stunt, which can gain the Uchiha considerable fame.

Especially during such wartime.

Their mutual teacher, the Second Hokage, spent his whole life guarding against those Uchiha. Like his own teacher studying, yet unwilling to become the man behind the Hokage, he nevertheless followed suit.

"And what about that Uchiha Obito? You actually let Zilaiye's disciple take that little brat as an apprentice—what are you trying to do? Are you trying to completely abolish the teacher's policy?"

While saying that, Shimura Danzo also glanced at the two companions beside him.

"Yeah! Yuanfei, you're being too lax in your vigilance toward the Uchiha—don't forget the teacher's words! Those Uchiha are inherently evil!"

Upon receiving a signal from his companion, Zhuanqin Xiaochun, who also held no fondness for the Uchiha, spoke up, and as soon as she spoke, she pointed directly to the crux of the problem.

Her attitude toward the Uchiha was much like that of Shimura Danzo beside her, and she firmly believed her teacher's words.

Her stance was clear-cut!

At this moment, among the four people present, only Minato Yan did not speak.

Seeing his three companions looking over, he pushed up his glasses and also expressed his opinion.

"I think this matter……we should just wait and see……wait and see then talk!"

"Hmph! Perfunctory!"

Regarding his companion's answer, the other three obviously expected it, but they didn't expect that on this matter, the other party would also be like a fence-sitter.

Shimura Danzo and Zhuanqin Xiaochun were both quite dissatisfied with this answer!

As for his companion's answer, the Hokage Yuanfei Rizhan was quite satisfied; otherwise, he alone would not be able to make unilateral decisions.

"Alright! Xiaochun and Danzo, doing this is to appease the Uchiha to some extent! Now is wartime; we need their strength!"

"As for that child Obito, he has well inherited the Will of Fire; he is a good bridge, allowing our relationship with the Uchiha to ease,"

"During the ninja class division, he had given it long consideration before assigning Uchiha Obito to be under Minato Namikaze's command."

"For the Hokage's lineage, taking an Uchiha as a disciple—what does that signify? This Hokage understands it all too well."

"Now is precisely the time when we need the Uchiha to give their all; if we don't give them some hope, it won't work. That Uchiha Obito is the most suitable person I can find."

"As for Uchiha Dongshilang!"

"Although he just spoke nicely, given his life experience, how could one easily believe his nonsense?"

"It's just like the previous reasons; now we just need to appease the Uchiha."

"As for Uchiha Obito, fine—I admit he's an idiot as a disciple of Minato Namikaze, posing no real threat, but this Dongshilang is different."

"His mission record, you must have seen it; making him a young Jonin is inappropriate!"

"This Uchiha Dongshilang is not as easily fooled as another Uchiha; making him a fourteen-year-old Jonin is not good news."

"This does not conform to the village's implemented policy!"

"Rest assured! I have other arrangements……"

"Other arrangements?"

"At this moment, Minato Yan played the straight man well, helping his companion voice the doubts in his heart."

"Hmm! Minato Namikaze currently serves as a squad-leading Jonin, but consequently has also suffered considerable entanglement."

"I intend to promote Kakashi Hatake to Jonin; then he can lead a team to carry out missions, thereby freeing Minato Namikaze."

"His combat strength is always tied to students, which is truly wasteful."

This is actually a good plan.

This accomplishes multiple goals at once. Not only can we free Bofeng Minato, at the same time, if we have Kakashi Hatake, this fourteen-year-old Universe Wisdom Wave Jonin won't be so conspicuous.

If I'm not mistaken, that kid is only twelve!

Still, Rizhan is seasoned!

Upon hearing this, both Shuihu Menyan and Zhuanqin Xiaochun nodded in satisfaction.

Even the hot-tempered Zhuanqin Xiaochun couldn't help but admit that this is a rather good method.

Unlike that Tuan Zang guy, who doesn't know how to look after the big picture at all, only knowing how to use power to suppress others.