The cil room was filled with the elders and heads of Konoha's various s. Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage, sat at the mai with Nara Shikaku beside him, occupying the seat of Jonin ahe atmosphere was tense, everyone aware that this meeting would bring about signifit ges.

  Hiruzen began, his voice calm but authoritative. "Thank you all for ing. Today's meeting is crucial for the future of Konoha. After careful sideration and discussions, we have made a decisiarding the bance of power within the vilge.

  We don’t have to keep up the fa?ade anymore; everyone here knows about the undercurrents in the vilge for the st two weeks."

  He g Fugaku Uchiha, who took that as his cue to stand. “Shisui Uchiha will be joining the Anbu Bck Ops, and to maintain the power bance among Konoha's s, he will also be leaving the Uchiha . This decision was not made lightly, but it is necessary. We Uchiha want to fully cooperate with everyone from now on and expect the same iurn.”

  Murmurs spread through the room as the various heads digested the news. Many had already heard rumors, but some of the smaller s and elders were still unaware. Yet, there was no dissatisfaost saw this as a necessary step.

  Uchiha having two Kage-level ninja, along with their already massive ninja popution, would be a thorn in the side for many present. If the meeting had ended here, everyone would have been satisfied, but Hiruzen had one more annou.

  "Additionally, Naruto Uzumaki will be pced uhe care of the Anbu. Shisui, who is already one of our most powerful shinobi, will be personally responsible for Naruto's safety and upbringing. This arra will ehat Naruto is protected and trained by one of our best, while also keeping his identity as the Jinchuriki secure."

  Inuzuka Tsume, the head of the Inuzuka , was the first to speak. "Hokage-sama, while I uand the need for bance, isn't it too much responsibility to p Shisui alone? Both being in Anbu and taking care of Naruto at the same time while leaving his ... does he know about this arra?"

  Everyone present khe Inuzuka were not the type to scheme for power. Tsume's s were genuine, born out of pure rather than any ulterior motive.

  Hiruzen nodded, aowledging her . "Shisui already knows about joining the Anbu. As for Naruto, his father gave his life to protect the vilge, and his st wish was for a better future for his son. But as a Jinchuriki, that has been difficult.

  Shisui is our best bet. His family enviro is ideal for a child like Naruto, and when it es to safety, I believe Shisui alone is enough."

  Nara Shikaku, the head of the Nara , spoke , his tone measured. "While this does seem like a reasonable solution to maintain the bance, we all know that the Uchiha is already under scrutiny. Won't this move isote Shisui and potentially create more tension?"

  Fugaku stepped forward. "This decision was made with the full support of the Uchiha . Shisui uands the importance of this role and is itted to it. We believe that by pg him in Anbu and distang him from the , we help alleviate any s about the Uchiha's influence.

  Our strength is the vilge's strength. It doesn’t matter where Shisui is, as long as he is in Konoha, the overall strength remains the same, and that’s what matters to us."

  This carefully pnned response, prepared by Hiruzen and Shikaku, portrayed the Uchiha as making a sacrifice for the vilge, redug opposition to the new decision signifitly.

  Despite the heads' acceptahe vilge elders, Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane, were not as easily vinced. Koharu spoke up, her voice tinged with disapproval. "Hiruzen, are you sure this is a wise decision? Allowing an Uchiha to be so close to Naruto, the Jinchuriki, could pose a signifit risk. We should resider this arra."

  Homura nodded in agreement. "Shisui may be loyal, but the Uchiha 's history ot be ignored. We o ehat Naruto is protected, not used as a tool for any 's ambitions."

  If eyes could kill, Fugaku's gre would have done so a huimes over. But before he could say anything offensive, Hiruzen intervened.

  Hiruzen's gaze hardened as he looked at the two elders. "Why does this sound familiar? Ah yes, a certain snake used these same words to isote the son of a hero, making his life miserable just so he could trol the boy. And that was the lightest of his crimes."

  He paused, letting his words sink in before tinuing. "I'm not in the mood to even discuss this point anymore. We all know that if the Uchiha wao do anything, the day of the ails attack erfect for that.

  Most of the vilge's forces were either dead or distracted, yet they helped us, even when we ily bmed them for being traitors. I’m not going to repeat the same mistake twice."

  The room fell silent as Hiruzen's words hung in the air. Koharu and Homura exged a gnce before relutly nodding in agreement. "Very well, Hiruzerust your judgment, but we will be watg this closely," Koharu said, her tone less frontational but still firm.

  Hiruzen nodded, signaling the end of the major discussions. Many heads wao ask questions, but the only one who dared was Hyuga Hiashi, given the Hyuga 's standing.

  “So, since Shisui will be leaving the Uchiha , will he also leave the pound?”

  “No, that house was built by his te father. They have aional attat to it, and he will tio unicate with his friends. We are not expelling him from the because he did something wrong, so why should he have to suffer without any be?” Fugaku replied.

  Though not everyone was happy that Shisui would tio live in the Uchiha pound, there was nothing they could argue against. Since he would be in Anbu, the Uchiha would not have full trol over him anyway.

  With this, the meeting cluded, and the final details were discussed. After making sure there were no loopholes in the decision, everyo for their respective destinations. Hiruzen, Fugaku, and Shikaku went to the Hokage’s office to discuss a few more things.

  “With this, the inner flict will subside for some time,” Shikaku said. He khat such peace was only temporary; inner flicts in any ninja vilge ruly ehey only paused during times of war, when the vilge fought as a siity. Otherwise, it was always a race to gain the most be for oneself or one's .

  “Thank you for trusting us, Lord Third,” Fugaku said, genuinely happy that the Uchiha could finally ie into the vilge and have true peace after so many years.

  “No problem, Fugaku. Just make sure you don’t break this trust. My patience is already at its limit after the betrayal we’ve faced,” Hiruzen replied.

  Fugaku nodded, uanding the weight of Hiruzen’s words, ahe office.