Opening the door to the house and placing his cane at the entrance, Manoshi took off his shoes and approached the room barefoot.
"Manoshi-kun is back? " Kaoru Uchiha, wearing an apron, poked her head out of the kitchen, "Lunch will be ready soon."
After a month's intensive training, the young girl stopped taking part in Manoshi's morning exercise program under the pretext of 'doing tasks to support you'.
Although, Manoshi didn't feel the increase in the teenage girl's tasks...
'On the contrary, she often had time to cook in his home ...?'
'She couldn't accept one thousand punches, one thousand squats, and jogging five laps around the village. So how could she become stronger?'
"Kaoru-san, do you know which advisor is in charge of urban planning?" Manoshi sat down at the table and poured himself a glass of water.
"Urban planning?"
"It's the person who arranges the use of land in various parts of the village."
"Is there such a thing?" Kaoru Uchiha brought the food out and pondered over it. "All the land in the village was agreed upon by Hokage-sama and several advisors together, I believe."
'Sure enough, you can't expect administrative ability from the shinobi world.'
Manoshi drank the water in the cup and held up the rice that the young girl had placed in front of him.
"Ah, then I have something to request from Hokage-sama this afternoon." He took a bite of his meal with a spoon.
"Kaoru-san's craft is as good as ever. By the way, today's sparring session is canceled."
"Great!"
Manoshi: ???
Kaoru Uchiha saw Manoshi's different expression and quickly explained, "Manoshi-kun usually trains so hard. So, I can't let you bother with me anymore."
On the other side, the third generation Hokage, who had just finished the meeting, called over an Anbu.
"Go to inform Fugaku Uchiha... no, inform Manoshi Uchiha to come and see me."
"Yes!"
The Anbu, who received the order, unleashed an instantaneous technique and left the office.
'Can you still act like a normal person after losing your eyes?'
'He never revealed his perception ability before.'
Hiruzen Sarutobi thought that Manoshi Uchiha, a genius of the Uchiha clan, had a very detailed file. But it was never recorded that he had some form of perception ability.
"If that's the case, being a former Jōnin, he's no less of a combatant."
By the time Anbu ninja finally found Manoshi after searching around the whole Uchiha clan area and various training grounds, he was already walking toward the Hokage building.
But he still faithfully carried out the Hokage's order: "Manoshi Uchiha, Hokage-sama summoned you."
Manoshi confusedly "looked" at the Anbu who stopped in front of him.
'Am I in the wrong place?'
Tapping on the ground with his walking stick, the power of the divine dragon quickly spread itself toward the building in front of him.
'That's right, it's the Hokage building.'
Manoshi reacted: You've been looking around and round but didn't find me.
"Thank you, I know." Manoshi slowly walked into the Hokage building with a somewhat pitying response when the Anbu disappeared using his instantaneous technique again.
Then he regretted it.
It's been a long time since he had been in the Hokage building, and he didn't know where the Hokage office was. He should have asked Anbu to take him there.
It was only after finding another Anbu-san, who was in charge of security, that Manoshi was brought to the door of Hokage's office.
"This is it, you can go in."
Manoshi walked into the office and sensed a somewhat tired old man ... who was writing behind the desk facing the door, as well as two Anbu ninjas hiding on either side.
"Hokage-sama."
"Manoshi, you came." Hiruzen Sarutobi took down the pipe from his mouth and smiled.
"I have a matter to talk to you about." Manoshi stood and began to talk about the old woman he met and the Uchiha Police Force. "I think the responsibility of this matter is neither on the old woman nor the guard."
"Oh?" Hiruzen Sarutobi was interested in Manoshi's viewpoint.
He took a puff of his pipe and asked, "Where do you think the problem is?"
"It's the system," Manoshi replied firmly, "Konoha lacks a department responsible for land planning and management."
"And who do you think should be given the authority to deal with this issue? The Uchiha clan?"
"No, what matters is not who is in charge, but who sets out the specific measures to put the rules on paper. It's best for the whole village to participate, and then you, as the leader, will publish it."
"Why must we stipulate specific measures? Since it's wrong to set up a stall, isn't it enough just to correct it? " Hiruzen Sarutobi interrupted Manoshi's narrative and raised a very critical question.
In the shinobi world, naturally, the concept of 'the rule of law' didn't exist.
Especially since the nominal leader, a country's Daimyo or King, was still a product of the feudal system, many points of view seemed to be digressive.
Fortunately, as a special group, shinobis were more like a "lawless" yakuza group, and Konoha Village had a certain form of democracy. Otherwise, Manoshi wouldn't dare to say anything.
But now he dared to say anything; it's because if he tried to run away using the power of the divine dragon -- right now, no more than five people could securely capture him since all of the Konoha experts had been sent to the front line, which must also include the Uchiha family's own people.
"That's because right and wrong are a very vague concept. It's naturally fine to correct errors, but what are the criteria for determining errors? And how are the corrective measures carried out?"
"Without a clear and understandable scope, power expands indefinitely and acts solely based on personal likes and dislikes. It's like the name Blood Mist for the Kiri Village; it's the infamy caused by the policy of the person who acts as the Kage."
"So, in your opinion, the people who are restricted also include Kage, who is the leader of a village?" Hiruzen Sarutobi became interested.
"Of course, in fact, Hokage-sama, you have always been restricted. Several advisors have played the role of restricting you, but there are no rules on paper yet. And most importantly, you are really a great Kage; even if you are in power, you haven't acted recklessly. But no one could be sure whether there would be a guy like that Mizukage, as a Hokage later on."
"Putting rules on paper? " The pipe in his hand had gone out, but he still took a puff. "What would you do if I allowed you to take the lead on this whole stall matter?"
Manoshi pondered a little and replied, "I'm afraid I can't bear such responsibility if I'm no longer a shinobi."
Hiruzen Sarutobi pondered for a moment and didn't make any comments, "Well... I understand; you go back first."
"Yes."
Watching Manoshi leave the Hokage's office slowly, Hiruzen Sarutobi was still a bit surprised.
'Would Konoha…really get better if they put everything on the table?'
"Wait, did I forget something? "