Of course, the seized archive was classified information that Sarutobi tried to prevent the clans from accessing, as well as the investigation of his longtime associate's guilt, but he no longer had the power and influence he had in the past to pressure the clans to stay out of the way.
The commission of clans that had joined Anbu did not allow to withhold a single grain of information.
And the overall picture was rather unsightly, as Shenesu, who was directly involved in all this, told me - about a third of the missions conducted by the Root operatives were not authorized by Hiruzen, not getting to his desk at all, promising fighters of not only enemies but also allies were eliminated, fundamental agreements with the ruler of Ho no Kuni not to take orders for his aristocracy were violated, and much more.
Except that nothing was found about mopping up their own, but only idiots would keep reports on such missions, regardless of the secrecy of the place.
In general, the Hokage was not in the mood to explain anything to the crowd - he would have to excuse himself from the deeds of his longtime associate, especially when even neutral clans and allies began to look at him obliquely.
Naturally, in such a situation, the children delivered from the secret base, placed in one of the dormitories under the supervision of several chunins, were practically forgotten not only by the top management, but also by the officials, who seemed to be obliged to deal with it, not to mention the allocation of money.
At least until I had to take up the cause, as I had promised that kunoichi from Root. Thanks to Kami, Yami, and the Shinigami, serious training for the kids was still in its infancy, even for the older ones.
It allowed me to register the children as orphans, distributing them among the orphanages, and at the same time depositing a rather tidy sum into each of them for the maintenance of the old and new wards.
Only four of the nearly fifty - three boys and one girl - I had arranged for them to enter the shinobi academy the following year, because the stubs had managed to unearth some real nuggets of chakra that were as good as the Senju clan kids of the same age.
Almost certainly, they were shinobi offspring that had been sired on the side. Naturally, I didn't do it alone, but took the help of several clan instructors, who not only had vast experience in dealing with children, but also a keen eye for determining a child's potential with just a couple of tasks - why shouldn't the clan get the loyalty of talented children when it would cost only a few tens of thousands of ryo?
Even now, the constant support of orphanages with money has allowed the Nara clan to acquire an excellent reputation among a decent number of genin and chunin who know me personally and understand to whom they owe a well-fed, healthy childhood.
The more time that passes, the better the result will be. It's rather strange that the other clans and the upper levels of village government don't realize this - the funding from the orphanages' budget is a veritable crumb compared to what I allocate to them.
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