Chapter 187 The Influence of Kaleidoscope
Inside the Hokage's office.
As Danzo Shimura acted as if there was no one else he could rely on except him, Koharu Utane and En Mitokado frowned.
It seems that apart from Danzo, there is no one else who can do anything and control the situation.
"Hiruzhan..."
The two hesitated and were about to say something when Sarutobi Hiruzen interrupted them calmly.
"I have an unshirkable responsibility for the major mistakes in this decision, but now is a time of war, and I have no choice but to continue to shoulder the responsibility of Konoha. When the war is over, I will step down as Hokage..."
When Sarutobi Hiruzen said that he would step down as Hokage after the war, Shimura Danzo showed his joy and said, "Who else but me can be the Hokage?"
The faces of Utane Koharu and Mito Kado En changed drastically. It was okay for Sarutobi to be in this position, but if it was someone else, even Danzo, their good days would be over.
Look at the situation of the Shimura clan. Do you expect Danzo to do this for the sake of his old friend? That's nonsense!
If he can even suck the blood of his own family, what else is there he dare not do?
"Hiruzen, this time it was the intelligence department's mistake..."
The two wanted to persuade him, but Sarutobi Hiruzen just shook his head and sighed:
"Someone needs to take on this battle. There is no need to mention this matter again. During the war, I am still the Third Hokage. I will personally serve as the captain of the reserve team!"
After saying the second half of the sentence, Sarutobi Hiruzen showed a resolute look, which made Shimura Danzo feel aggrieved, "Monkey! You are like this, why don't you give me a chance?"
However, the next moment, Danzo was filled with excited hope again.
"But this time the war will affect a wide area, and I'm afraid it will not be weaker than the First World War. Therefore, we need to set up four reserve captains to be responsible for supporting the major war zones..."
At this time, Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the Hokage Rock outside the window calmly, and there was a firm look in his eyes. He would not admit defeat after a temporary failure. He would lead the village to win the war.
"I have decided to appoint Uchiha Ya, Namikaze Minato, Shimura Danzo, and Sarutobi Shinnosuke as deputy captains of the reserve team to form an elite team that can complete various difficult tasks such as support and raids. Each team will have 100 members!"
After Sarutobi Hiruzen spoke out his plan, Utane Koharu and Mito Kado En suddenly seemed to understand something, and Shimura Danzo even showed a smile full of energy and excitement.
Hiruzen still has him in his heart!
"Huruzen's suggestion is a good one. Shinnosuke's injuries have almost recovered. Coupled with his training in the Anbu, he is capable of taking on this important responsibility."
Mitomon En was the first to agree, and Utane Koharu seemed to have thought of something, and with a frown on her face, she couldn't help but say:
"Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru are guarding the three fronts of Kumogakure, Sand Village, and Iwagakure respectively. Who will go to Kirigakure?"
Now the four major battle fronts are still missing a commander.
After hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen glanced at the three of them without leaving a trace, and said in a low voice:
"I think the Hyuga clan will definitely not give up this opportunity."
As Sarutobi Hiruzen's voice echoed, the three of them immediately smiled after hearing it.
Conspiracy!
The Hyuga clan has been suppressed by the Uchiha clan in recent years. Faced with the temptation of a commander, and even the opportunity to become a stepping stone to become Hokage or a senior official in the future, will they refuse?
The more important point is that the Hyuga clan's Byakugan can just restrain the Kirigakure.
The major families will not bleed easily, but will they be tempted by fame?
Especially the two major families, Uchiha and Hyuga. As for the others? Uchiha and Hyuga have already started competing for their wealth. Are you guys conserving your strength?
"Hiruzen, I agree!"
No one expected Shimura Danzo to be so happy, and he even sneered:
"Although the Mangekyō is powerful, with constant use, the vision will become weaker and weaker until it becomes blind. The Uchiha, with his arrogant and conceited personality, will never refuse this reserve team temptation.
It just so happens that the Root discovered that a large number of puppets appeared in Loulan within the Kingdom of Wind. They are suspected to be the secret weapons of the Sand Village. Let Uchiha go!"
Danzo Shimura, who is extremely hostile to the Uchiha, will never let go of this good opportunity.
From the very beginning, when Uchiha Ye was asked to join, they were thinking of helping the village kill the enemy while continuously damaging the Mangekyo.
At the same time, the kaleidoscope was the last thing they wanted to mention.
"Mangekyo? Hiruzen, I think Danzo's suggestion is a good one."
"The Uchiha is the root cause of the village's unrest, and now he has awakened his Mangekyō. He must not be tolerated!"
Mitokado En and Utane Koharu are almost the same as Danzo. When facing the Uchiha, they are a united front.
"And putting Hyuga in charge of the Kirigakure side can also alienate these powerful families."
At this time, Utane Koharu sneered, "The reason these big families support Tsunade is because they don't have a chance. But if we let them see a chance, we won't have to do anything at all."
The temptation of Naruto!
It has to be said that although Konoha F4 is not very good at external wars, they are experts in internal wars and are absolutely first-rate in calculating people's hearts to the extreme.
At this moment, the four of them looked at each other, and they all revealed memories. At this moment, they seemed to have returned to the time when they fought together.
Even Sarutobi Hiruzen showed a look of reminiscence. In a trance, he slowly shook his head and said in a deep voice:
"In that case, issue the order. The elite members of the reserve team will be selected by the person in charge. Frontline forces are not allowed to be used. As long as the ninjas without missions agree, they can join.
At the same time, we will increase the training of students who graduated from the Ninja School, and even let the big families participate..."
Usually, the instructors in ninja schools are the third generation's exclusive friends, and they will not easily allow the major families to participate.
After all, taking ninja students is equivalent to cultivating direct descendants. These big clans are so powerful, how could he still condone them?
When Utane Koharu heard that Hiruzen was actually going to let the major families get involved, her face changed.
"Hiruzen, this..."
"During the war, this was all for Konoha!"
As Sarutobi Hiruzen's heavy voice echoed, if he wanted to stabilize these big clans this time, he had to cut flesh and bleed to let them see hope.
During the war, letting the major families get involved, to put it bluntly, is to use the major families to train war cannon fodder for Konoha. As for training direct descendants?
Win the war first, we don’t know how many people will survive.
"I understand, everything is for the war!"
Utane Koharu nodded solemnly. This time, Konoha was facing the four major ninja villages and was really short of ninjas.
"Danzo, you are also responsible for these small countries. The Root must not allow these small countries to participate!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen's intimidating look made Shimura Danzo nod solemnly.
"Don't worry Hiruzen. The Root will do its best to stir up unrest and war in these small ninja villages. This time we will try to keep the war in the small countries."
"Everyone! For Konoha!"
"For Konoha!"
As the firm voice sounded, orders and appointments were issued one after another from the Hokage's office building.
Facing the rising sunlight shining into the office, Sarutobi Hiruzen instinctively lowered his Hokage hat and hid his eyes in the darkness.
At this moment, he seemed to have changed from the Hokage who enjoyed the sun to someone who avoided it and wanted to hide himself in the darkness and watch the sun.
"Lord Hokage!"
After Utane Koharu, Mito Kado En, and Shimura Danzo left, a voice suddenly rang out in the silent office. Under the sunlight, a figure emitting golden light, with a resolute look on his face, saw this figure, Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes were a little complicated.
"Minato, you are here. I think you have received your appointment."
The person who came was Minato Namikaze. At this time, he knelt on one knee respectfully in front of the Hokage's desk and nodded respectfully.
"Thank you for your trust, Hokage. Minato Namikaze will never let the village down!"
Looking at Namikaze Minato, Sarutobi Hiruzen showed a relieved smile, and then sighed sadly:
"Minato, after the war, I will take on all the responsibilities this time, and you young people are the future of Konoha, and you are the only one I can trust."
This heavy tone of high hopes moved Minato Namikaze somewhat.
"Hokage-sama, I..."
Before Namikaze Minato could finish his words, Sarutobi Hiruzen waved his hand, sighed, and shook his head:
"The Hokage's vision cannot be limited to his own family. I admit that there are many powerful ninjas in the village, but how many of them can keep the entire Konoha in their hearts?
Letting Uchiha, Hyuga or even Tsunade become Hokage will only bring turmoil to the village, because they only care about their family..."
As Sarutobi Hiruzen's earnest voice echoed, he encouraged Namikaze Minato:
"Minato, you have learned the space-time ninjutsu of the Second Hokage. From now on, all Konoha's resources will be open to you. What you need to do now is to perfect your Flying Thunder God Jutsu as quickly as possible.
Konoha needs you in the war! I cannot entrust the village to a person who only cares about his family and is narrow-minded. You, Minato, with your background and vision, are undoubtedly the most suitable candidate!"
As Sarutobi Hiruzen's firm voice echoed, he took on the responsibility of the war. He could not become Hokage, but he would never allow someone who brought turmoil to the village to inherit.
Only Minato Namikaze, who completely inherited his will of fire, is the person he recognizes most.
"Minato, you are the one who has inherited the true will of fire. You are the one I trust most to entrust important tasks to. Now you just need to practice. With your talent, as long as you have made enough contributions in the war, I will help you to clear the rest!"
Faced with the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen's trust in him, and even considering him as the successor to Hokage, Namikaze Minato was so moved that he could not express it in words. He could only nod firmly.
"Third Hokage, for the sake of Konoha, Namikaze Minato Jonin will never let you down!"
Minato Namikaze's background made him naturally different from the wealthy and powerful families. In addition, based on their perspectives, normal people would think that the wealthy and powerful families would affect the civilian ninjas.
However, no one remembers that there were no civilians when Konoha was first established, and it was all established by major families.
No one even remembers the legend of the first Hokage who once dominated the ninja world.
It is clearly due to his own incompetence that he is unable to intimidate the major powerful families in Konoha, but he still wants to raise a banner of righteousness. This is human nature!
As Minato Namikaze went down, after a while, Sarutobi Hiruzen's hoarse voice echoed in the Hokage's office.
"The position of Hokage cannot fall into the hands of your clans. This is irresponsible to Konoha..."
……
Uchiha family.
Ever since the news of the Mangekyo came back, if the Hokage family was wary, then the Uchiha clan was boiling with enthusiasm.
The legend of the Mangekyo appears again in the Uchiha clan.
Nanga Shrine.
"Here he comes, Lord Ye is here!"
The Uchiha clan meeting started after they returned last night. This group of elite members waited here for the whole night, but Uchiha Ye stayed in the Senju clan for one night.
However, such an arrogant attitude not only did not cause any dissatisfaction, but instead made the Uchiha elites show excitement.
For the Uchiha clan, as long as you are strong, let alone making them wait for one night, even three days! They will not complain at all.
This! It's Uchiha!
"The legendary kaleidoscope!"
"Since Madara-sama, our Uchiha clan has finally reproduced the Mangekyo legend..."
"Haha, with the Mangekyō, and the relationship between Lord Ya and Lady Tsunade, we Uchiha also have a chance to become Hokage!"
"That's right, at worst, Senju Tsunade will take the first place, Lord Ye is still young, so he can take the next round..."
Wow, these usually aloof Uchiha guys in the secret room now have fanatical looks in their eyes and have completely turned into little fanboys.
This made the eyes of the Uchiha clan leader sitting at the top full of complicated expressions.
If he had thought about letting his son and Uchiha Ye become the patriarch and elders of the Uchiha clan before, but in the current situation...
In the end, he sighed quietly. It was fate and the importance of the Mangekyo to the Uchiha clan was enough to make him back off.
Even if he didn't take this step back and didn't know how to be decent, under the influence of the Uchiha clan, some Uchiha would give him dignity.
"Master Ye!"
The moment Uchiha Yachi, dressed in white and with the Kusanagi sword on his waist, stepped into the Nanga Shrine, the Uchiha elites in front of him consciously made way for him with respectful voices.
From this point of view, we have to say that Uchiha is actually the one who knows how to advance and retreat the most. Before the three magatama, he was called Night Minister, and after the Mangekyo, he was uniformly called adults.
Facing the pairs of red lights in the dim light, Uchiha Ye calmly nodded to everyone and then walked forward.
"Clan leader!"
When he reached the front, Uchiha Yeduan sat down and addressed him respectfully, which made the Uchiha clan leader at the top straighten his back and bend over to return the greeting in the same reserved manner.
"Ye, you really opened the kaleidoscope..."
Even though the news had already been spread and confirmed, he still found it hard to believe it until he actually saw those eyes.
Even the Uchiha elites in the secret room looked at Uchiha Ye with excitement and hope, or rather, at these eyes.
Facing the expectant and fanatical eyes of the crowd, Uchiha Ye nodded slightly, the corners of his mouth raised to reveal a confident and indifferent smile.
"Kaleidoscope? If I'm not mistaken, it should be these eyes..."
As the calm voice echoed, under the gaze of everyone, a blood-red Sharingan slowly emerged in his eye sockets. As the three black magatama rotated, they instantly connected into one in front of everyone's shocked pupils who almost forgot to breathe.
After a pair of enchanting swastika Mangekyō Sharingan that looked like peerless works of art appeared, all the Uchiha clan members present showed fanatical and excited expressions.
“This is a kaleidoscope!”
"Long live Lord Ye!"
"Haha, long live Lord Ye..."
The usually sacred and solemn Uchiha holy place, Nanga Shrine, erupted into a boiling noise this time.
The moment the Mangekyo appeared, the Uchiha family's power was instantly twisted into one. Perhaps this would be incredible in other families.
But this is Uchiha!
The Uchiha people respect the strong and also revere the strong. With the absolute power of the Mangekyo, plus Uchiha Ye's record on the battlefield, who in the entire Uchiha community dares not to accept it?
It could be said that it was luck that he repelled the demigod Hanzo of Salamander during World War II, but this time, when he fought head-on and cut off the right arm of the strongest Third Raikage, no one dared to doubt Uchiha Ya's strength.
Not to mention that he has awakened the pair of legendary Mangekyō. Uchiha Ye is now a legend in the entire ninja world!
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