Chapter 229: The Uchiha's counterattack, Konoha's F4 have a massive headache

Hiruzen Sarutobi spoke in a low voice.

He looked at the three people present indifferently, then picked up his pipe again and began to puff away.

As for the three Konoha Elders, they were now all silent.

Indeed.

They were all dumbfounded.

After Hiruzen Sarutobi's reminder, they finally realized that this guy, Uchiha Jin, had already withdrawn from the ninja sequence.

Konoha Village.

It didn't follow a centralized path; it was more like a federal alliance system.

After all, the establishment of Konoha was based on the Senju and Uchiha.

Then the Ino-Shika-Cho, Sarutobi, Hyuga, and other ninja clans responded to the call, plus countless small ninja clans joining, slowly building the village.

In this situation, the village higher-ups were like the Zhou Emperor.

And the subordinate ninja clans were not subordinates of the village, but more like feudal states.

According to the agreement reached by each ninja clan when Konoha was founded,

the elders and other high-ranking members of each clan had autonomy and could refuse the village's conscription.

They could even retain some elites who didn't join the ninja sequence and only served the clan.

The village higher-ups' authority only extended to the Ninja Academy, hospitals, and other administrative departments, as well as the administration of public areas for civilians; even in wartime, they only had the right to command those ninjas in the ninja sequence.

As for the major ninja clans, they were governed by themselves.

The village had no right to interfere!

And in this situation, with Uchiha Jin having withdrawn from the ninja sequence, the village naturally couldn't force him.

They could only discuss and call upon him.

But whether he was willing to accept was not up to the village.

Even if he responded to the call and was willing to participate in the war, once on the battlefield, you couldn't command him.

He could refuse orders!

Sakumo Hatake was able to be manipulated by the village higher-ups to the point of suicide because of a failed mission, but that was because he accepted the mission not as the head of the Hatake clan, but as the Anbu Captain.

The village couldn't manipulate the Hatake Clan Head, but they could manipulate the Anbu Captain!

But this tactic had no effect on Uchiha Jin.

Although he held the title of Police Force Minister, the Police Force was only responsible for village security and did not have duties like external assassinations or intelligence gathering.

As a Uchiha Elder, he had automatically withdrawn from the ninja sequence.

Even if he really participated in the war, it would be as a ninja clan helping out.

This was why the three Konoha Elders present were now completely dumbfounded.

Manipulating Uchiha Jin was truly too difficult!

Silence.

In the entire Hokage office, the three elders frowned, all lost in thought.

About ten minutes later.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, having finished a pipe of tobacco, snuffed it out and spoke softly.

"Alright, stop thinking."