It had barely been an hour since the Sun rose. In one of the many training grounds inside Konoha, a young man was sitting with his back against a tree while breathing heavily.
As he caught his breath, Fujin thought, 'Nothing like an intense morning workout to clear up my mind. Now, what do I do about this situation?'
Due to his tiredness, Fujin hadn't thought much about getting into the council. Fujin analyzed, 'I recall thinking about creating a faction inside Konoha post the Fourth Great Ninja War taking advantage of the void created by Danzo's death and the insane number of deaths in the war. Though I had given up on it, to think I would receive a position that would allow me to do just that with ease…'
Fujin began thinking about his old idea about spreading his influence among the many orphan ninjas in Konoha and the civilian ninjas.
After a while, Fujin shook his head and decided, 'No, it is sort of pointless. Even if it is after the war, such a faction will be heavily monitored by every force in Konoha. I will have to engage in a lot of political battles for gains that won't be of any use to me.
This isn't the same as creating an organization outside Konoha. I will have full control over such an organization with little to no outside influence. I can use them to do work that would be very shady for someone in Konoha to do openly.
But a faction inside Konoha won't have such an unrestricted environment. Leave it. If I want more influence inside Konoha, I'll directly contest the post of Hokage. Though my reputation inside Konoha is far lower than Kakashi's and the Sannins' reputation, it will change in the future.
Irrespective of who the enemies are in Konoha Crush, that war will allow me to rapidly increase my reputation and influence. Once Akatsuki starts gaining fame, I can pick on their members to increase my reputation further.
My current prowess is sufficient to neutralize Hidan from the future. Once Wind Domain is ready, I can also defeat future Deidara without resorting to Lightning Release. And I still have around 5 years. That should be sufficient for me to become capable enough to kill Kakuzu, Sasori and perhaps even Kisame.
With those wins, I can easily gain the basis to fight for the Hokage seat if I want it. And that is without considering Flying Thunder God and Sage Mode. As long as I get any one of them down, it's likely that Kakashi might not even want to compete against me.
So there isn't much point in creating a faction inside Konoha. I'll just focus on increasing my influence while spending as little of my time and resources as I can.'
Having made his decision, Fujin got up and began walking to the Hokage's Building. He had already informed Naruto that he would be busy for around a week. So, Naruto hadn't visited him for training.
Fujin entered Hiruzen's office and thought, 'I wonder what office he will be giving me.'
Hiruzen saw Fujin and said, "Good, you are here."
He stopped doing his paperwork and got up from his seat. He said, "Follow me. I'll show you your office."
Fujin nodded and followed him. Within a minute, both arrived inside a room on the floor under Hiruzen's office. Fujin looked around the room. The room wasn't too small or too big and looked as if it was very recently cleaned properly.
Hiruzen said, "I had this room cleared for you yesterday. As I had said, every council member has a room inside the Hokage's Building. Of course, you don't need to show up here daily, but if you have any meetings or official work, you can get it done here."
Fujin nodded and looked around the room. His eyes focused on a few places. He asked, "Did you also put seals in the room, Grandpa?"
Hiruzen answered, "The seals here are very old. Their purpose is for secrecy and some defense. Feel free to remove them and carve newer seals. But don't overdo it. I don't want to see thousands of seals in this room."
Fujin chuckled and replied, "Alright. Don't worry, I know that this isn't my home."
Hiruzen nodded. He was nervous about Fujin doing something like what he had done with his own house. Hiruzen thought, 'Though I trust him, I don't want a room so close to my office to have thousands of seals. Even with my expertise, it is very likely that I'll miss a few seals even if I carefully inspect such a room. It's no wonder that Danzo didn't dare to step inside his house.'
Hiruzen said, "I'll leave you to handle your room. Stay here for some time. I'll assign you a couple of assistants who will come here to meet you. They will be responsible for informing you if anyone comes here to meet you when you aren't present. Though there won't be much paperwork for you, they will also help out in what little there is.
As for the council meeting that we talked about yesterday, I have arranged for one to introduce you to the council. It will be on the day after tomorrow, at 9 AM. Be there on time."
Fujin nodded and said, "Alright, I'm looking forward to it."
Hiruzen nodded and left, leaving Fujin alone in the room. Fujin stood quietly while observing the room properly for around 5 minutes. Suddenly, a mischievous smile broke out on Fujin's face.
Fujin thought, 'Hiruzen asked me to not overdo it. He said that he doesn't want thousands of seals in this room. Meaning, as long as it doesn't reach that number, it should be fine, right? Hehehe, I'll just inscribe 999 seals in this room.
Hmm, wait! He said 'thousands' with a 's'. There have to be at least 2 to make it plural. So he allowed me to inscribe 1999 seals in this room. I don't understand why he wants so many seals in a room so close to his office…
Oh well, I'll inscribe 999 seals for now. That should be more than enough. I'll leave the remaining ones for the future in case I develop any cool seals.'
With a smile plastered on his face, 8 Shadow Clones popped next to him. Within a minute, every existing seal inside the room was wiped off. In the next few minutes, 999 seals were inscribed in the room!
Of the 999 seals, only 125 seals were to prevent spying and added some defense to the room, to ensure that it could endure a couple of rank A jutsus before collapsing.
Of the remaining seals, 125 seals were made for the sole purpose of spying on others. Of course, Fujin wasn't completely unbridled. Though the seals could spy, he didn't make the seals strong enough to break through the privacy seals in the remaining rooms despite being able to.
Fujin had analyzed, 'Even though my Fuinjutsu skills are great, I shouldn't look down on others. Hiruzen will definitely notice it if I use it several times. Others might notice too. Especially if I can break through privacy seals. But as long as I don't do that, the chances of anyone discovering it will be low. Even if they do, they can't do anything.'
Since Fujin dared to do something like this, he had implemented countermeasures. After all, those were just 250 seals. Fujin's Shadow Clones inscribed 500 seals just to hide those 250 seals. All the important 250 seals were thus hidden under several levels of disguise and cover.
The only way to see them would be if someone destroyed a good portion of those 500 seals. However, even if someone did that, Fujin had inscribed another 125 seals just to destroy the spying seals. So no proof would remain.
As for the remaining 124 seals, all were useless. Fujin had just randomly put seals which made no sense and served the sole purpose of confusing the shit out of anyone who wanted to investigate the seals inside his office.
Fujin closed his eyes and sensed the seals that his clones had just inscribed. One by one, the seals began activating. In a few seconds, the majority of the seals in the room disappeared and could no longer be sensed by anyone other than Fujin.
Soon, the privacy seals were activated. The room was completely sealed. No one would be able to spy on what was happening inside the room. If anyone tried to, Fujin would be warned. If someone better than Fujin forcefully breaks through the privacy seals to spy on Fujin, Fujin will be warned of it.
Finally, the seals for spying were activated. One by one, Fujin began hearing the words spoken inside the Hokage Building. Fujin avoided any rooms with Jounins or stronger ninjas inside them so that no one would be able to realize that someone was spying on them.
The sounds Fujin heard were initially very chaotic. But under Fujin's control, he began hearing distinct voices from every room. He could freely control what he wanted to hear and what he didn't.
Finally, Fujin deactivated all the spying seals. A smile appeared on Fujin's face as observed his work with pride! He thought, 'Neither Sasori nor Deidara is right. This is ART! Hahaha! I can spy on almost everything that happens inside this building. The amusing part is that I didn't even intend to do so until a few minutes ago, hahaha.'
