The battle was won, and the battle was won. Three days have passed since the Konoha Collapse Plan was launched. During these days, under the leadership of the Elders and the Senior Ninja Team, the treatment and compensation of the dead and wounded have been preliminarily completed, and the post-war reconstruction work will also proceed in an orderly manner. However, on this rainy day, the entire Konoha had something more important than reconstruction: Send the Third Generation on its last journey. All the ninjas of Konoha were dressed in black mourning clothes, lining up to present their bouquets of flowers to the Third Generation's mourning hall. When it was Sakura's turn, she looked at the portrait of the Third Hokage with a complicated expression: Sorry, old monkey, I have to let Tsunade become Hokage, and I don't think you are capable enough to lead Konoha to deal with the next crisis. Although Tsunade's strength is not as good as that of a real top powerhouse, she has the spirit of dying with no trace left. As the saying goes, death is the end of all accounts. Even if Sakura hates the hypocrisy of the Third Hokage, she still sincerely mourned for the Third Hokage for a while, bowed and then left. In Sakura's heart, the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen is an excellent politician. Whether it is the handling of White Fang, the emptying of the Fourth Hokage, or the control of Jinchūriki and public opinion, and the shaping of his own positive image, Sarutobi Hiruzen has demonstrated excellent political skills; However, Sarutobi Hiruzen is not a qualified ruler. He lacks the ability that a political leader in a high position should have the most - the ability to check and balance.
When the second Hokage was in office, he successfully used the police department to separate the Uchiha clan from other ninja clans. In addition to the large number of forbidden techniques developed by Tobirama, those outstanding civilian ninjas and ninjas from small families also got the opportunity to obtain powerful ninjutsu. It can be said that during the second generation period, the strength and power between civilian ninjas, Uchiha clans and ninja clans reached a delicate balance: The big ninja clans had the most ninjas and the strongest strength, but they had the least power. In addition to the seats in the upper ninja class, only Akimichi Tofu entered the core decision-making circle; even the most useful Nara clan and Hyuga clan, both of which were civil and military, were not reused by the second generation. Although the number of Uchiha ninjas was far less than that of the ninja clans, they had the most elite ninjas in the clan. As long as the clan members had opened three magatama, they could at least fight one against two on the battlefield; Tobirama not only promoted Uchiha Kagami to join the Shadow Guard, but also gave the very important police department to Uchiha for full management. The police department seems to have great power, but maintaining public order is an offensive job. The second generation's actions have undoubtedly greatly damaged the goodwill of the Uchiha in the hearts of the villagers and prevented the Uchiha from gaining more power. In addition, the police department is independent of Konoha's ninja system, which not only prevents the Uchiha from occupying too many seats in the senior ninja class; it can also use differential treatment to isolate the Uchiha from the great ninja clan; it can even make the Uchiha clan's combat effectiveness degenerate in the pampered environment of the police department, gradually reducing the Uchiha's strength. As for those small ninja clans and civilian ninjas, due to the lack of inheritance, although they are the weakest, they have received strong support from the second generation: four of the six members of the Shadow Guard have seats. To put it bluntly, the Shadow Guard of the second generation Hokage is the reserve of the elders. The small ninja clans can be said to be the emerging forces that the second generation Hokage has high hopes for. Sakura guessed that in the vision of the second generation Hokage: compared with the ninja clan, civilian ninjas have an absolute advantage in numbers. The number of talented ninjas produced under the huge base will definitely increase day by day. With the nurturing of the massive forbidden techniques he created, mass production of masters will definitely not be a problem; and these masters will become the backbone of the ninja clan after the decline of the Uchiha clan. Sakura felt that if Sarutobi Hiruzen followed the established policy of the second generation Hokage, Konoha would not only not have any trouble, but also be much stronger than it is now. Unfortunately, if the second generation was given more time, perhaps he could teach the old monkey the importance of checks and balances. Although the second generation Hokage had a blood feud with the Uchiha clan, he still pinched his nose and gave the Uchiha clan a lot of power, and he was only on guard against the Uchiha clan. This is the pattern of the superiors. Besides, it is not wrong for them to guard against the Uchiha clan. This kind of ninja clan whose fighting power increases with the death is simply a bug. If the masked man and Itachi had not slaughtered the Uchiha clan and left half of the clan members, Sakura could not imagine how the old monkey would feel when facing a large number of three magatama or even mangekyo that appeared out of thin air. The old monkey and Danzo are really good at political struggles. Heng, however, seems to be relying on Nong Xie. They did everything to suppress Uchiha: persecution, propaganda, centralized isolation, 24-hour surveillance... But things often have two sides. Where there is oppression, there is resistance; the more severe the suppression, the stronger the backlash will be. The high-pressure policy of Uchiha finally forced Uchiha to rebel, and the third generation had to "bear the pain" to carry out a wave of purges, realizing the complete de-Uchiha of Konoha. In the struggle with Uchiha, the third generation seemed to have eliminated political enemies, but it was indeed the strength of Konoha he ruled that was weakened, and his prestige as Hokage was also lost. The superiors who know how to manage may be partial to the balance of their subordinates, but they never directly participate in the struggle of the subordinates, and even if they end up, they will intervene as referees.
Because once they are too partial to one side, the lack of fairness will gradually make the superiors lose their authority. Just like when two students fight, the best thing for the dean to do is to find the right time to stop them, so as to avoid a real fight and then give them both fifty lashes afterwards; If you are afraid that the weaker party will be killed, it is understandable to occasionally take sides. But what does it mean for the dean to directly pick up a brick and join the fight? The losing student will feel aggrieved and resentful of the dean; the winning student will also become fearless because of the dean's partiality and gradually grow into a school bully. In Konoha, Uchiha is undoubtedly the unlucky guy who was knocked down by a brick, and Shimura Danzo eventually became the bully of Konoha, with a status truly second only to one person. After Sakura presented the flowers, she found that Kakashi had disappeared. She knew that Kakashi had gone to visit Obito, so she decided to look for him. "Sakura, it's you." Kakashi, who stood blankly in front of the memorial stone, didn't even turn his head and noticed Sakura's arrival. "Teacher Kakashi, why did you come here alone? Are you thinking of your former companions again?" Sakura asked calmly while holding an oil-paper umbrella. Kakashi did not answer and tacitly agreed with Sakura's statement. "I think it's time for our team 7 to hold a meeting to discuss our future development and the problem of Karin." Sakura directly stated the purpose of coming to Kakashi. However, Sakura's words made Kakashi fall into deep thought: I remember Sakura said that in order to save Karin, she was willing to look for Tsunade... Did she know that the Third Hokage would sacrifice? In addition, she said that she wanted to change the Hokage... "Sakura, did you... participate in Orochimaru's actions?" Although Kakashi was reluctant to doubt his students, he believed that with Sakura's wisdom, it would not be difficult to use Orochimaru to get rid of the Third Hokage. Although there is no evidence, now that the Third Hokage is dead, Konoha has not suffered much damage. Isn't this exactly what Sakura imagined? "No, but I did guess Orochimaru's plan but didn't report it. Because Orochimaru doesn't seem to be rushing to destroy Konoha?" Sakura answered truthfully, and thought about how to dispel Kakashi's doubts. "Sakura, why are you sure that Orochimaru will not destroy Konoha? Are you betting the safety of Konoha on Orochimaru's character?"
Kakashi still stared at Sakura expressionlessly. "No, I hate gambling the most. The reason I can be sure is because I followed Kabuto Yakushi and learned about their plan to assassinate the Kazekage. I believe you already know about the assassination of the Fourth Kazekage. If Orochimaru's goal is really to destroy Konoha, he has no reason to kill the Fourth Kazekage. Even if it is to get close to the Hokage, he can tell the Kazekage and then disguise himself as the Kazekage. I believe Rosa will not refuse. Even if it is for the right of command, it is not worth it. Can the ninjas who sneaked into the Sand Village this time be defeated by Rosa? What's more, the moment Orochimaru exposed his identity, it would be impossible for him to command the invaders of Sand Village. So I think Orochimaru has only one purpose for killing the Kazekage - to make sure that the impact of this incident is within his control." Sakura's almost perfect words don't seem to be something she just made up. Hearing this, Kakashi also breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that Sakura still has her heart on Konoha. "Forget it this time, but. But Sakura, next time something like this happens, I hope you can tell your companions, or at least tell me, your teacher, so as to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings like this time." Kakashi believed Sakura's words, but still reminded A few words. "Got it, teacher." Sakura smiled and responded, and handed the oil-paper umbrella in her hand to Kakashi: "As a punishment for the teacher's suspicion of me, you must hold the umbrella well when you go back!" "It's really too much!" Kakashi took the umbrella. He knew that Sakura didn't want to get wet in the rain, so she decided to share an umbrella with him. As Kakashi raised the umbrella with his right hand, Sakura got under his arm. Kakashi also intentionally or unintentionally leaned the umbrella towards Sakura, not realizing that the rain had wet his left shoulder. On the way back to meet Naruto and Sasuke, Sakura found that Uzuki Yugao did not come to the memorial like in the animation. But Sakura immediately figured out the reason. Uzuki Yugao came to worship Hayate, and because of her, Hayate is still alive... well? Tooth white! Sakura felt like she had forgotten something very important...