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Chapter 82 Night Patriarch

Mizunotsuki Yuki did not make any random promises.

The next day, she brought the family tree of the Snow Clan and all the current members of the Snow Clan to Ye's cabin.

The patriarch handover ceremony was held on the spot!
"This is the seal of our Snow Clan, representing the identity of the clan leader."

Mizunoe Yuki took out an ice-blue seal from her arms and solemnly handed it to Ye.

Ye did not take the seal immediately, but instead set his eyes on the open space and the less than a hundred members of the Snow Clan.

Not bad.

There is a group of less than a hundred people in front of us.

They are all the members of the Snow Clan, the second largest family in the Hidden Mist Village, and one third of them are even the elderly, the weak, women and children!

The blood mist policy, coupled with the defeat on the front line, has left a powerful family like the Snow Clan with only such a small population.

Of course, the situation of some small families is even worse. There may be only one or two people left in the whole family, and even the bloodline inheritance of some families has been cut off.

The entire Kirigakure is currently in a state of extreme population shortage!
"Everyone."

Ye's eyes swept over everyone and saw many familiar figures.

Some of them served in the Anbu and had exchanged tasks with Ye, or they fought on the front lines in this war, fighting side by side with Ye.

Everyone's eyes fell on Ye.

Especially those who are so powerful like Mizunotsuki Hyōji, all have different and extremely complicated expressions at this moment.

They never thought that the position of clan leader would fall to Ye, but with Ye's military exploits, reputation, potential and strength, all this seemed reasonable.

The two sides looked at each other for a long time before Ye slowly took the seal from Mizunoe Yuki's hand.

"From today on, I will take over as the leader of the Snow Clan. Who is in favor and who is against?"

The sound of the night is not loud, but it echoes clearly in the ears of every member of the Snow Clan.

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Then, an extremely clear voice rang out from the crowd, attracting everyone's attention.

"I agree, Night Patriarch!"

It’s Mizuno Yuejing!
As the granddaughter of the previous clan leader and the recognized successor to the clan leader, Mizunoe Yuejing actually took the initiative to agree to Ye's succession as clan leader!

With someone taking the lead, several others soon spoke up, and after a moment everyone present shouted in agreement, calling out Ye's name.

This seemingly trifling ceremony of handing over the clan leader is actually very common in the Hidden Mist Village, where strength is king.

As long as you are strong enough, you will be the leader of the clan!
This does not require any political intrigue at all. Even if some people become clan leaders through conspiracy and trickery, they will soon be overthrown by others due to their lack of strength.

The reason why everyone hesitated was purely because Ye's identity was rather special.

After all, Ye had been expelled from the Snow Clan early on, but he did not expect to return today and actually become the leader of the clan!
"Very good, then I will say a few words."

Ye nodded and said calmly, "I left the family when I was born. Although I am the clan leader today, I don't know much about clan affairs, so all clan affairs, big or small, remain the same. All situations will be reported to Mizuno Yuejing first, and then Mizuno Yuejing will report to me."

After these words were spoken, many people in the tribe breathed a sigh of relief.

Although they were very convinced of Ye, they were afraid that the new official would make a big move upon taking office and completely disrupt the established things in the clan, and start all over again with positions, power, distribution of benefits, etc.

Unexpectedly, Ye chose to keep everything as it was, and gave Mizunotsuki Jing, who was originally recognized as the next successor to the clan leader, such great power. Could it be that Mizunotsuki Ye was not so eager for power?

Everyone was speculating and thinking in their minds, and many of them had some little ideas.

The drastic reduction in population has led to a significant decline in the overall strength and manpower of the Snow Clan, but it also means vacancies in various positions.

Many of these vacancies are lucrative positions. If you can hold multiple positions, you can easily make a lot of money...

"Secondly, this is the first clan leader order I will issue after taking over as clan leader."

Everyone was stunned and looked at Ye with extreme seriousness, even Mizunoe Yuejing and Mizunoe Yuexue.

In fact, Mizunotsuki Yuki was already wondering in her heart whether Ye would just wave his hand and lead the people of the Snow Clan to rush straight to the Mizukage's office to stage a coup to seize power...

"All those who are married and have families in the tribe, please put down everything you are doing in the next period of time. Even if you are widowed due to the war, please get over your sorrow as soon as possible and start a new family so that we can implement the 'Snow Tribe Population Recovery Plan'."

"what?"

The Snow Tribe's Population Recovery Plan...

Everyone present was stunned when they heard Ye's words. Mizunotsuki Yuki almost couldn't hold the cane in her hand steadily, but soon, a smile appeared on her old face.

"Population recovery... It seems that my choice was not wrong. Ye, you can indeed lead the Snow Clan to a truly glorious future!"

"However, as the clan leader, shouldn't you set an example in this matter?"

Mizuno Yuki's gaze kept moving between Ye and Jing, and the more she looked, the more satisfied she felt.

Just as Ye was about to explain the general content of the 'Snow Tribe Population Recovery Plan', his eyes suddenly fell on the bushes on one side.

Mizunotsuki Hyoji's expression turned cold, and he quickly formed seals with his hands. Countless ice crystals shot towards the bushes.

"Water Escape·Water Formation Wall!"

A light shout came from it, and the water wall blocked the thousands of ice crystals, but soon, Mizunotsuki Hyoji still pulled out a rather embarrassed figure from it.

"A direct ANBU under the Mizukage-sama?"

Looking at the clothes that guy was wearing, which were somewhat different from the usual clothes worn by the Kirigakure Anbu, everyone present frowned slightly.

As the deputy director of the Anbu, Ye can command almost all the Anbu personnel in Kirigakure, but there is still a special team.

That is the Anbu directly under the Mizukage!
As the name suggests, this Anbu team is a special Anbu team directly controlled by the Mizukage. Not to mention Ye, the deputy director of the Anbu, even the director of the Anbu cannot command them.

This special team is composed entirely of elites and often carries out some shameful special missions, which is quite similar to Danzo's roots.

"Master Ye."

Being surrounded by the people of the Snow Clan, especially with the indifferent gaze of the God of Killing Mizunotsuki, even the Anbu directly under the Mizukage were frightened and hurriedly explained: "Mizukage, Mizukage-sama asks you to come over."

"I see."

Ye nodded, took out a scroll from his arms and threw it to Mizunoe Jing beside him.

"Today's clan meeting ends here. In addition, you will be responsible for the specific matters of the mission."

"Yes, patriarch."

(End of this chapter)