The Shimada Family's Ninja Journey

"dad."

When Hanzo returned home, a little carrot head bumped into Hanzo's arms.

Hanzo immediately picked up the little guy with a smile.

This little guy is naturally Hanzo's son Matsura. More than three years have passed and Matsura is almost four years old. According to the tradition of the Shimada clan, he will also start receiving ninja training by then.

In this regard, the Shimada clan has high hopes.

He is the son of the clan leader, and he is born with the black dragon mark just like the clan leader. It is difficult for everyone to not have high hopes for him.

Someone even proposed to Hanzo that Shimada Matsurio should start ninja training in advance, but Hanzo still sternly refused.

The overdraft on the body caused by early training is uncontrollable, not to mention that now that the situation in the ninja world has stabilized, he does not need his children to work so hard for the time being.

"Did you have a good meal tonight?" Hanzo asked with a smile while holding his son.

The little guy frowned slightly, and then said proudly: "Of course, my mother and uncle both praised me."

"Your uncle is here?" Hanzo was stunned when he heard this.

"Yes, I came here in the afternoon." Xiao Songliang said with his fingers: "I said I wanted to see my dad if I had something to do. I'm waiting in the study now."

Hanzo nodded thoughtfully, then put his son down and said, "Go find your mother and tell her I'm back. I'm going to the study first."

"Okay." The little carrot head responded, and then skipped away.

Hanzo turned around and walked towards the study.

Opening the door, Genji was indeed sitting at the desk, with a scroll spread out in front of him, studying it carefully.

These scrolls are all casual notes that Hanzo jotted down when he was studying ninjutsu and blood succession limits.

Of course, if nothing else happens, these essays will be put into the Shimada clan's library after being sorted out and become part of the family's heritage. The so-called strong clan's heritage is slowly accumulated by generations of ancestors of the family.

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Seeing Hanzo come in, Genji immediately looked away from the scroll and said: "Brother, you are finally back. I have been waiting for a long time."

"Hahaha, I heard what Song Liang said." Hanzo laughed and said, "Isn't that boy Bingwei graduating today? I went to attend his graduation ceremony and took him to celebrate."

"So that's it." Genji then remembered this, and then dropped the topic: "Brother, I came to you today mainly to ask about the election."

"Oh?" After hearing what he said, Hanzo also became serious.

At the moment, Konoha seems to be calm on the surface, but in fact, secretly, there are already undercurrents, especially among the high-level members.

Some of the ninja clan who had certain strength and were relatively neutral began to run secretly, hoping to gain some benefits for the family with the votes in their hands.

"Recently, I discovered that Uchiha Izuna is always mysterious. I don't know what he is doing, but I think it may have something to do with the election." Genji told Hanzo the information he had found.

"Uchiha clan..." Hanzo rubbed his chin and murmured.

In fact, in his opinion, it is normal for the Uchiha clan to move. If there is no movement, Hanzo will feel something is wrong.

When the original Hyuga clan was in rebellion, Genji's promise to Senju Tobirama was very secret, but the Uchiha clan were not fools. How could the Shimada clan quietly reveal such a big thing?

In their opinion, the Hokage is probably preparing to settle accounts in the future, and will take advantage of the opportunity to reorganize the top management after this election to legitimately weaken the power of the Uchiha clan.

After all, the top candidates are appointed by the Hokage.

Therefore, if the Uchiha clan wants to maintain its power, or even go further, the best way is to win the position of Hokage.

Besides, it was Uchiha Madara's legitimate right to participate in the election, and Hanzo couldn't say anything.

"Brother, which families support us now?" Seeing Hanzo's silence, Genji couldn't help but ask.

"Currently, the Hyuga clan is supporting us, the Sarutobi and Kurama clans are also supporting us, and the Yamazaka clan, including the little ninja clan who were the first to come into contact with us, are also on our side." Hanzo is like a treasure trove and will support him.

The ninja here told Genji.

"There are actually so many?" Genji was stunned when he heard this.

The ninja clans Hanzo mentioned are all of a certain scale, and there are also a lot of jounin in the clan, so they are quite influential in voting.

Looking at his younger brother's appearance, Hanzo smiled and shook his head, saying: "It's normal. The interests of these families are all dependent on us. The Uchiha clan also has a group of ninjas who eat meat and drink soup. They just want to

Changing the clan depends on whether the ninjas under the Uchiha clan are willing to transfer their benefits to them."

In the final analysis, it is still a question of distribution of benefits.

The benefits they can get under the Shimada clan will most likely not be obtained after they change their clan.

And people like the Hyuga clan are even less likely to seek refuge with the Uchiha clan. Who knows whether the Uchiha clan will interfere in the internal affairs of the Hyuga clan and revive the original Hyuga clan?

Even though the power of the Hyuga clan has declined now compared to before, for the branch family, life is much more prosperous now than before, so they are naturally unwilling to take risks.

Listening to Hanzo's explanation, Genji was thoughtful. After a moment, he smiled and said: "Since big brother is ready, I won't get involved and will wait for your good news."

With that said, he stood up and prepared to leave.

But Hanzo suddenly added: "By the way, you should pay attention to Izuna in the near future. I always feel that something is wrong..."

Regarding the Uchiha clan's small actions in the Land of Thunder, Hanzo was indeed unaware of it at first, but three years later, he had already discovered this matter.

After all, as Hokage, Hanzo has the resources and information of the entire Konoha in his hands.

The spies of the Uchiha clan are very careful, but there are many clues that cannot be solved by being careful.

At first, Hanzo was very angry with the Uchiha clan for blatantly undermining the village's strategy, and planned to directly hold the Uchiha clan accountable after collecting enough evidence.

However, during the process of collecting evidence, Hanzo noticed that the spies of the Uchiha clan were more like just showing off.

This made Hanzo feel very strange.

In addition, Genji told him that Izuna had been acting strangely recently, which made him even more suspicious.

While thinking about it, Hanzo also stood up. Although Genji was a little confused, since Hanzo said so, he nodded and said: "I know, I will pay attention to Uchiha Izuna."

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