Chapter 242: Retreat to Advance! Elect the Fourth Hokage!
Konoha.
A picture appeared in a huge crystal ball on the Hokage's desk.
There was an ordinary-looking woman with red hair in the room, tenderly stroking her flat belly.
At this time, in the Hokage's office, four old faces were staring at this scene through the crystal ball using the telescope technique.
"Huruzen, it is not a good thing for the Kyuubi Jinchuriki to be pregnant at this time."
Danzo Shimura, who was wrapped in bandages, immediately showed dissatisfaction when he saw that the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was pregnant.
"During the war, we have lost a fighting force, and the Uchiha are still eyeing us. Hiruzen, you are simply confused at this time..."
Facing Shimura Danzo's dissatisfaction, Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was sitting in front of the table, slowly exhaled a puff of smoke and a rare smile appeared on his face.
"No! I think it's a good thing."
After hearing this, Mito Kado En and Utane Koharu couldn't help but show a look of confusion, while Shimura Danzo on the side frowned.
The Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki who was showing a gentle and affectionate expression in the crystal ball, and said with emotion:
“A Kyuubi Jinchuriki with a husband and children proves that she has taken root in Konoha, and now that the war situation is good, the negotiations with Kirigakure are going smoothly.
Kirigakure has personally sent an envoy, saying that the war is about to end. Our current problem is no longer the battlefield, but the future development of Konoha!"
When he said this, Sarutobi Hiruzen looked deeply at himself and Shimura Danzo, and said earnestly:
"A woman who already has a husband and children, do you think she wants her husband to take a step forward? To lay a good foundation for her future children? For example, if the father of the child is the Hokage..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen's words made Shimura Danzo furious, and he looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen unwillingly.
Why did he fight so hard in the Third War? Wasn't it just to get a chance to become the Hokage? But now Sarutobi Hiruzen told him directly that he was paving the way for a yellow-haired boy!
"Danzo, what Hiruzen said makes sense. The Uchiha we are facing now is stronger than ever before! Behind them are Aburame, Kurama, Hatake... these family ninjas, and even Senju Tsunade!"
When Sarutobi Hiruzen said the four words "Senju Tsunade", Shimura Danzo's face turned ugly. He had given so much to Konoha, but no ninja from the family was willing to approach him.
hateful!
Mitomon En also sighed, with a solemn look on his face, and said to Danzo in a deep voice:
"The Uchiha we're facing this time are greater than before. Even if we can stop the Uchiha, what about Senju Tsunade's rise to power?"
When he said this, even Danzo Shimura showed a look of fear on his face. The four words "Senju Tsunade" were a heavy pressure.
"If Tsunade is in the upper position, what's the difference between her and Uchiha!"
When Tsunade was mentioned, Utane Koharu showed an angry look, slamming the table and angrily saying:
"Tsunade has been corrupted by the evil will of the Uchiha. As the granddaughter of the Second Hokage, she has colluded with the Uchiha and even stood on the opposite side of the village..."
"Alright!" Finally, Sarutobi Hiruzen slapped the table, looked around at the three people with a firm look in his eyes, and said in a deep voice:
"Now is the time for us to join hands again, just like when we first took over Konoha. The war is about to end, and Minato has now gone to the Kingdom of Rivers...
With Jiraiya's help, Minato will make a name for himself. Now what we need to do is to make a name for ourselves in selecting a new Hokage. Koharu, you go to the Fire Country Daimyo's mansion and explain everything. What the village needs is stability, not turmoil..."
Listening to Sarutobi Hiruzen's instructions, Danzo Shimura suddenly realized something. At first he was angry that the Fourth Hokage didn't even have a chance for him, but later he gradually understood.
"Let's spread the word about the nomination of the Fourth Hokage first. Danzo, remember to keep the Root secret. If the news of the Wood Release human experiment is spread..."
After hearing Sarutobi Hiruzen's arrangement, Shimura Danzo sneered and said hoarsely:
"I understand. The Root will use the Iwagakure spies to spread this news. After all, the four major ninja villages don't want Senju to become Hokage again..."
The plan was to stigmatize Tsunade, a person who had studied the human experiments of the First Hokage, which might not be enough, but it would be enough to discredit her nomination in the Fire Country Daimyo Mansion this time.
"Hruzen's plan is good. After all, there are many Senju people in the Daimyo Prefecture."
Utane Koharu even smiled. The Senju clan was divided into two at the beginning. The Senju people in the Daimyo Prefecture might not listen to you, Tsunade, especially after the scandal was exposed.
However, in the face of Utatane Koharu's praise, Sarutobi Hiruzen shook his head and said, "This is far from enough. What we need to promote Konoha is a young and powerful Hokage..."
In other words, the initial nominees Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya would all be rejected.
"In this case, there are only two people from the younger generation. If they are Uchiha, they will be much easier to deal with than the Senju."
After hearing Sarutobi Hiruzen's plan of feinting, Mito Kado En and Utane Koharu couldn't help but show a look of realization.
He is truly their backbone, no wonder the teacher let Hiruzen become Hokage.
"In that case, with us behind Minato, he won't be much worse than the Uchiha!"
At this time, Mito Kado En and Utatane Koharu looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen with emotion. If the Third Hokage who resigned in response to the blame was just to support Minato, the momentum would definitely not be much weaker than that of the Senju clan!
Even the Senju were a thing of the past, and the prestige that Sarutobi Hiruzen had enjoyed during his thirty years in power was no exaggeration, especially after he resigned in response to the blame, which was enough to make up for the mistakes of the Third War.
This is how human nature is. When you resent those in power for doing something wrong, not only will they apologize in person, but they will also step down. By taking this tactic of retreating to advance, people's dissatisfaction will be dissipated a lot.
Human nature will make people remember the good things that the Third Hokage had done for them, especially since wasn't the prosperity for more than 20 years also due to his leadership?
Human nature is forgetful!
At this time, the Third Hokage looked ashamed and felt sorry for Konoha, so recommending Minato Namikaze would have a greater effect.
"Not only that, Minato's greatest advantage is something none of us have!"
At this time, Sarutobi Hiruzen looked around at the three people and smiled confidently.
"Commoner origin! With a little publicity, the tens of thousands of commoner ninjas in Konoha will be more accepting of this person who has the same origin as them."
"The first civilian-born Hokage in Konoha's history, what do you think of this gimmick?"
When Sarutobi Hiruzen told his plan, Mito Kado En and Utane Koharu looked at each other and couldn't help but reveal expressions of admiration.
"Hiruzen, you are truly worthy of me!"
Danzo Shimura was stunned and stared with eyes wide open. He didn't know that Naruto could be played like this.
First a group of people are nominated, then public opinion is aroused, the three ninjas are kicked out first, and then it becomes a dispute between the Uchiha and the commoner Minato Namikaze.
Even though the Uchiha have changed a bit over the years, their reputation cannot be changed in a short period of time.
The support behind both sides is equally strong, and Namikaze Minato is actually more popular among the civilians.
"Huruzen, if the election fails, be careful of the unrest in the village. After all, if the Uchiha and Senju join forces, the momentum will be terrifying once they really explode!"
However, Danzo Shimura frowned, thinking that these were just ideal plans. Once the Senju and Uchiha brought up the matter of the founding of Konoha and completely broke off relations, the village would also be in turmoil.
However, Sarutobi Hiruzen had a plan. He raised his hand and slowly lowered the Hokage's hat, and said calmly: "The nominations for the Fourth Hokage are temporarily Tsunade, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Uchiha Ya, and Namikaze Minato. When public opinion emerges, I will come forward as the Third Hokage!
Finally, we decided that Uchiha Ya and Namikaze Minato were suitable candidates, but the candidate for Hokage needs a long observation and training process, and the village still needs us..."
Good guy!
After hearing this plan, the three people's eyes began to light up, especially Mito Kado En and Utane Koharu, whose eyes lit up even more.
A delaying tactic!
Not only will it not cause conflict, but in the process of observing and training the Hokage candidates, they are still in power in the village?
……
Just as the Konoha F4, amateurs in foreign wars, were making their best arrangements for civil war in the Hokage's office, Uchiha Obito had already arrived outside the village.
"Obito, Konoha's barrier and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki are now surrounded by ANBU protection..."
The hoarse voice of Black Zetsu echoed, and Uchiha Obito, who was wearing a tiger skin mask, showed an angry look again, and said hoarsely:
"I hope this is the last time!"
Facing Obito's warning, the master of black and white smiled hoarsely and nodded, "Okay, Madara...sama."
This dragging sound made Uchiha Obito snort coldly. Now he is the incarnation of Uchiha Madara in the ninja world.
"The Nine-Tails Jinchūriki has the seal of the Uzumaki clan, and is in Konoha. If you want to be absolutely sure, it is best to do it when the Jinchūriki is giving birth. This is the easiest time to do it..."
Uchiha Obito spoke silently. After all, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki itself was quite powerful, and it was not an easy task to release the Nine-Tails.
During childbirth, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki's own strength is needed to suppress the tailed beast, which means he is at the mercy of others, and the seal will also become extremely weak at this time.
This is why he chose Minato Namikaze's wife instead of Kushina Uzumaki.
"Keep a close eye on it, this is my first great gift to the ninja world."
Uchiha Obito, who was trapped in darkness, had a distorted personality. There was no emotion in his cold eyes, even towards his master's wife who had been so kind to him.
"By the way, we have also found some interesting news. After Shimura Danzo came back, the Root has already begun to deploy against the Uchiha clan, especially the young clan leader Uchiha Fugaku..."
As White Zetsu's funny voice echoed, Uchiha Obito suddenly showed a deep cold expression after hearing it, and sneered directly:
"Danzo! You really are a rat hiding in the gutter!"
"But don't worry about him. Our most important target right now is the Rinnegan Nagato. Yahiko is dead, and the Akatsuki organization has been taken over by Nagato..."
When mentioning the Rinnegan Nagato, Uchiha Obito's eyes revealed a deep fear.
"Danzo is such a loser. He didn't even cause any harm to Nagato last time he had such a good opportunity."
Because of the appearance of Uchiha Ye, Nagato, who has the Rinnegan, has his own dream and is not that close to Yahiko, which results in Uchiha Obito having no good way to design Nagato now.
A complete Nagato is even more powerful, which is why Uchiha Obito is afraid of him.
In the original work, Nagato's legs and body were weak, and White Zetsu definitely had a way to treat or alleviate them over the years.
But there is none of them. There can only be one reason, which is that they are afraid of the power of the Rinnegan.
After the three wars, the one who was responsible for all this was Uchiha Obito. To be more specific, Obito was afraid of the power of the Rinnegan.
Black Zetsu, the other half of White Zetsu, had a flash of disdain in his eyes. The heir chosen by Uchiha Madara was too bad. However, he still pretended to have a gloomy smile and said hoarsely:
"Sir, the stronger Nagato is, the better. After all, Madara-sama was very satisfied with him before. Nagato, who has mastered the Samsara Eye, seems to agree with the idea of ruling the ninja world with a powerful force..."
Under Black Zetsu's hoarse smile, Nagato's change not only did not make them afraid, but instead made them excited, especially Uchiha Madara.
Uchiha Yazu's dream was to control Konoha, and then use it as a springboard to rule the ninja world and bring peace to the ninja world.
Nagato, who possesses the Rinnegan, agrees with this view very much, but after knowing the power of the nine tailed beasts, he chooses to control the nine tailed beasts and use their absolute deterrence to bring his dream of peace to the ninja world.
Both sides rely on force, the difference is one is to rule, the other is to deter!
But the end result is always the same! It’s just that the process and means are different.
"Hmph! Be careful that the final Rinnegan Nagato is too powerful and Madara's resurrection plan fails!"
After Uchiha Obito snorted coldly, he rotated his Sharingan and space ripples appeared around him.
Looking at Obito who was leaving, Black Zetsu laughed hoarsely, but there was deep disdain in the depths of his eyes.
No wonder Madara looked down on Obito, he is indeed a waste.
He can't be compared with Uchiha Ya at all. No wonder Uchiha Madara admires him so much and even regards him as his younger self.
Obito can only be a pawn, but Uchiha Ya is the heir to the will.
The changes in Nagato's Rinnegan under the influence of Uchiha Yai also made Uchiha Madara sigh that if it didn't conflict with his plan, Nagato could be a very useful sickle.
Pity!
From the beginning to the end, Uchiha Madara never took Uchiha Obito seriously.
When facing a strong opponent, a true Uchiha is confident that he can surpass the opponent, rather than hiding in the dark and using such unpresentable means.
……
In the 50th year of Konoha, the direction of the war in the ninja world has changed a lot.
First, Kirigakure raided Konoha, then the tailed beast Three-Tails appeared in the Bear Country, causing a fight between the Sand Ninja and Kirigakure, and then the two sides completely broke off.
The alliance of the four major ninja villages became a piece of waste paper.
The Sand Ninja Yegura had just captured the Three-Tails and had not yet left the Bear Country, but was snatched back by the Kirigakure at sea, and a fierce battle ensued between the two sides.
The Sand Ninja Village and the Kirigakure Ninja Village, two ninja villages separated by the Land of Fire, have become enemies. In the ninja world, ninjas from both sides are engaging in crazy revenge.
The war between Kirigakure and Sunagakure against Konoha got a temporary reprieve, and Kirigakure immediately arranged for envoys to go to Konoha to negotiate a ceasefire agreement.
Since then, the war of the four major ninja villages' alliance to siege Konoha was broken.
Immediately afterwards, Minato Namikaze appeared behind River Country, destroyed countless logistics, and cooperated with the Three Ninjas Jiraiya to defeat the Sand Ninjas several times on the battlefield.
The Sand Ninjas have obviously begun to plan to retreat.
The remaining Kumogakure and Iwagakure were furious, but as a large number of Konoha's ninja forces began to be mobilized, anyone with a discerning eye could already see the dawn of the end of the war.
Please give me a ticket for next month
(End of this chapter)
