Chapter 48 - 48 (2/2)

”The Nara Clan agrees!”

”The Akamichi Clan agrees!”

”The Yamanaka Clan agrees!”

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With the exception of the Ino-Shika-Cho alliance, none of the heads of clans were interested in the position of the Head of the medical team.

There were many medical Ninja in the village. But Ryo was a rare talent, the only one comparable to Tsunade. Everybody nodded in agreement. It seemed like Ryo's position was guaranteed.

”Wait, the old man disagrees!” The sudden opposition from Danzo wasn't easy to swallow by the Heads of clans present.

They have all just agreed and now, he's going against all of them!

Actually, Danzo just couldn't let this pass. According to his point of view, Ryo was just a 9 year old. Yes, he's great with medical Ninjutsu, but to let a child be a team captain? That's absolutely unacceptable.

”Danzo, tell us why you're against this proposition!” The 3rd didn't have a good look on his face. He just nodded, and all head of clans agreed, and now his old comrade is the one opposing?

”Sarutobi, it's just like Orochimaru said. Ryo Yamanaka's rank and qualification cannot be accepted by the public.”

”Danzo san, I just said that we should convince the public, not that they cannot be convinced.” Said Orochimaru.

”Well, no one should ever question Ryo's qualification again. It is enough for him that he brought Sakumo Hatake back from the dead at the age of 5 when no one else was able to do that!” As the 3rd mentioned the name of ”Sakumo”, Danzo backed down for a second.

He understood what the 3rd meant. The events that happened with Sakumo are ones he'll never forget. Under the Hokage's pressure, Danzo was only able to nod.

The heads of the Ino-Shika-Cho alliance looked at each other in disbelief: They did not expect things to go so smoothly.

First, it was Orochimaru's proposal, then the agreement of the 3rd, followed by the agreement by all heads of clans! Even Danzo's opposition was suppressed by the 3rd.

”Well, now that we all agree, the captain of the medical team will be Ryo Yamanaka. So now…”

”Wait a minute, Sarutobi Sensei, Ryo Yamanaka is still a Genin. Take a look at this…” Right when the 3rd was about to move on to the next topic, Jiraya interrupted him.

Jiraya's point was very simple. By developing the Healing stone, Ryo benefited the village and all its upcoming generations. The village is being very secretive about it for many reasons.

The 3rd glared at his student. Of course he knew that Ryo was just a Genin. He intended on promoting Ryo to the rank of Chunin after the end of this meeting. But he didn't expect Jiraya to say come out about this in public.

”Ryo Yamanaka has indeed made a great contribution to the village. It is fitting that he gets promoted to the rank of Chunin.” Koharu Utatane knew what the 3rd was planning to do, and just said it out loud.

This time, even Danzo had no reason to object. Ryo's healing stone gives him so much credit, and he was indeed worthy of being a Chunin.

The heads of clans wouldn't have stood against this even without if Jiraya didn't expose that Ryo was the one behind stones.

Afterwards, all the topics brought up in the meeting revolved about the specific preparations to the war against the Sand village.