"… However, an advisor elder has suggested that you take over a more important position. About half a year ago, a deputy chief of the Northwest Stronghold's main camp was sacrificed in a large-scale night attack by the enemy. That position has not been filled since then."
Yuanfei RIzhan did not tell Kato Mitsukaze which advisor elder had suggested he take over a more important position. Instead, he looked at the young Kato Mitsukaze in front of him with a scrutinizing gaze. After a short pause, he said,
"The village's original plan was to promote you from where you were, but the plan can't keep up with the changes. After discussing it with a few of the advisor elders, we think it's more appropriate for you, Kato Mitsukaze, to take over the position of deputy chief and second staff officer of the Northwest Stronghold's main camp."
Kato Mitsukaze was standing straight across from Yuanfei RIzhan. His salted fish eyes under his straight eyebrows had been replaced by light blue starry eyes at some point in time.
He was facing Yuanfei RIzhan's sharp eyes and listening attentively. Anyone who saw him would feel that he was a mature and steady person.
When he heard the sandaime-sama mention the specific name of the position he was going to take over, one of his straight eyebrows twitched slightly. After that, he remained calm and did not say a word.
In fact, Kato Mitsukaze was a little surprised. From the names of the positions, it was obvious that one of them was an assistant, while the other was a chief.
Although Yuanfei RIzhan had mentioned that he would be the deputy chief and second staff officer of the Northwest Stronghold's main camp, and that Kato Mitsukaze might still be assigned as a staff officer after he reported for duty, he would still be assigned as a chief. Even though he was only a deputy chief, it was still at least two ranks higher than a mere second staff officer.
The difference in the name of a small position immediately made the difference in the level of importance.
With Kato Mitsukaze's current qualifications and contributions, it would already be considered a promotion for him to just be the second staff officer of the Northwest Stronghold's main camp.
It should be noted that Kato Mitsukaze's official position as a Jonin is the leader position in the Spring Base, and it's the kind that can't be seen in the light.
Kato Mitsukaze understood the meaning behind Yuanfei RIzhan's words. His original plan was to promote Kato Mitsukaze to be the second staff officer of the Northwestern Stronghold's stronghold. After all, Kato Mitsukaze had given Yuanfei RIzhan a lot of advice over the past six months.
Yuanfei RIzhan's most direct impression of Kato Mitsukaze was that he was good at analyzing and advising.
As for the part that Yuanfei RIzhan did not mention, Kato Mitsukaze also had an idea of which Advisor Elder had recommended him for the position of deputy chief of the Northwestern Stronghold.
It was none other than the two Elders, Shimura Danzo and Mitokado Homura.
One of them had been trying his best to rope in Kato Mitsukaze, while the other had been secretly making deals with Kato Mitsukaze.
Back to the past.
In order to deal with the increasingly tense situation in the ninja world and to better prepare for the upcoming great ninja war, the importance of the Northwest Stronghold's stronghold became even more prominent, especially after Wood Leaf Village received reliable intelligence analysis and predictions. With Wood Leaf Village facing the threat of the Three Kingdoms in the Northwest, the importance of the Fire Nation's Northwest Stronghold became even more prominent.
The Northwest Stronghold's stronghold was not stable, so the leadership of the stronghold, who was at the front, became even more important.
Takeshi Akimichi, the current leader of the Northwest Stronghold's stronghold, was a veteran Shinobu Kiba. He was from the same generation as Yuanfei RIzhan and was only a year or two younger than Yuanfei RIzhan. He was strong, experienced, and had a mature and calm personality.
However, he was calm and not aggressive enough. The leadership of the Northwest Stronghold's stronghold urgently needed the addition of younger, fresh blood from Wood Leaf Village.
On that day, Yuanfei RIzhan and several of the Hokage's advisory elders had a meeting with the Wood Leaf Village's leadership to discuss the personnel arrangements for the Northwest Stronghold's stronghold.
When Yuanfei RIzhan proposed to promote Kato Mitsukaze, the specific situation was similar to what Kato Mitsukaze had guessed.
However, it was not what Kato Mitsukaze had guessed. Only two of the Hokage's advisory elders agreed to the proposal. In addition to that, Elder Koharu, the three Hokage's advisory elders all agreed to promote Kato Mitsukaze.
Yuanfei RIzhan nominated Kato Mitsukaze partly for his own selfish reasons. Other than thinking highly of Kato Mitsukaze's strength and intelligence, it was also partly because Kato Mitsukaze was Tsunade's boyfriend.
As the boyfriend of his precious female disciple, he was definitely one of them. If there was a suitable opportunity, Yuanfei RIzhan would definitely promote a ninja from his faction to the upper echelons of Wood Leaf Village.
Of course, during the meeting, Yuanfei RIzhan thought he would encounter a lot of resistance by making an exception to promote Kato Mitsukaze to the position of the second staff officer of the Northwest Stronghold's stronghold. For this reason, he even asked his secretary to prepare a detailed analysis report in advance.
However, Yuanfei RIzhan did not expect that the three Hokage's advisory elders would all vote in favor of his proposal to promote Kato Mitsukaze to the position of the second staff officer of the Northwest Stronghold's stronghold. As a result, the information Yuanfei RIzhan had prepared in advance was completely useless.
Later, during the meeting to discuss the selection of the deputy commander of the Northwest Stronghold's stronghold, Shimura Danzo objected to the candidate who was originally proposed by the Northwest Stronghold's stronghold because he had a personality problem.
Shimura Danzo took advantage of the situation and suggested that Kato Mitsukaze be promoted to the position of deputy commander of the Northwest Stronghold's stronghold.
Yuanfei RIzhan clearly remembered that Shimura Danzo had said at that time that he wanted to give more opportunities to the younger generation.
Shimura Danzo had double standards because the candidate he had objected to was a young Shinobu Kiba who was about the same age as Kato Mitsukaze.
After Shimura Danzo put forward his opinion on the selection of the deputy commander of the Northwest Stronghold's stronghold, Homura Danzo and the two elders who were transferred to Koharu, did not object to Yuanfei RIzhan's suggestion of making an exception to promote Kato Mitsukaze.
Now that they had increased their efforts to promote him, they naturally would not slap themselves in the face. The two of them voted in favor of it again.
Yuanfei RIzhan could clearly guess why Shimura Danzo supported Kato Mitsukaze.
Yuanfei RIzhan could more or less guess why Homura Danzo supported Kato Mitsukaze.
Yuanfei RIzhan knew some of the bad habits of his two old partners. One of them was greedy for power, while the other was greedy for money.
As for why Koharu supported Kato Mitsukaze, Yuanfei RIzhan only figured it out after the incident. It was definitely not because of lust.
If it was not because Koharu was greedy for Kato Mitsukaze's beauty, Yuanfei RIzhan guessed it was probably because of the Kato Clan and Tsunade.
Koharu was a consulting elder who specialized in managing the logistics of the Wood Leaf Group. Kiba Hospital was one of the most important departments under her command, and Tsunade was currently the best Wood Leaf ninja in terms of medical ninjutsu.
Most of the Kato Clan's ninjas were not very strong when it came to direct combat. However, the Kato Clan's spiritualization technique was very good at treating spiritual injuries.
In the past six months, thanks to Kato Mitsukaze's efforts, many Kato Clan members had joined Kiba Hospital and become full-time medical ninjas.
As such, it was very necessary for Koharu to support Kato Mitsukaze, who was also from the Kato Clan, at the meeting.
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