Chapter 199
Witnessed by the envoys sent by the Fire Country Daimyo, Orochimaru completed the final Hokage succession ceremony. The handover between the new and old Hokage in the Hokage Building attracted cheers from the surrounding villagers and ninjas.
For the villagers who have been suppressed for a long time because of the Ninja World War, this situation of transition from the old to the new can bring them a hopeful expectation.
After all, the decisions made by the Third Hokage in the aftermath of the war were always somewhat unsatisfactory, but the newly appointed Hokage, in the early days of his tenure, can almost be said to have the highest reputation and the most expected impeccable momentum.
In the following period, Orochimaru began to make drastic personnel changes in a swift and decisive manner. Although Mitomon En and Utane Koharu were still in the position of consultants, it was obvious that they would hand over their responsibilities once Tsunade and Namikaze Minato were familiar with the affairs.
The two major consultants were also well aware of this, but given the general trend, even if they were unwilling to give up the power in their hands, they had no better way than to delay.
Nara Shikakichi of the Nara clan resigned from the position of Hokage's assistant, but Nara Shikaku, who was also from the Nara clan, had a very good relationship with Namikaze Minato and had made significant contributions on the battlefield, became the Hokage's assistant and the leader of the Jonin squad.
As for Shimura Danzo, he and his Root have also been targeted in the past few days. The ninjas in the Uchiha clan stared with a pair of blood-red Sharingans, and monitored the Root and Danzo very professionally, just like what the Root and Anbu did to the Uchiha clan in the past.
This caused Danzo Shimura to be extremely angry, and he even rushed into the Hokage's office and had a fierce argument with Orochimaru, who was sitting in the Hokage's position, by slamming the table.
Then, Orochimaru let Danzo Shimura experience the authority of "I am the Hokage" again.
However, in the past, Sarutobi Hiruzen always gave Danzo some face, or even compromised, out of consideration for the feelings of his companions and his own increasing indecision as time passed after he left the battlefield.
But as a disciple of the third generation, Orochimaru, no matter how cunning or venomous he is, can always deeply hurt Danzo's heart after he missed the opportunity to become Hokage again.
Uchiha Fugaku, who watched the entire process and followed the Hokage's orders to politely ask Danzo to leave the office, couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth slightly despite his forbearance.
Although he received a vicious and cold look from Shimura Danzo, Fugaku no longer felt the pressure he had before. The man who once made the entire Uchiha feel dark and depressed, after the world changed, the invisible threat and pressure seemed to have dissipated with the wind.
Fugaku also took a position in the Hokage's office, that is, the assistant of the future advisor Tsunade. Although it was a bit unpleasant for an Uchiha to help a Senju, neither he nor the Uchiha clan members, except for the extreme ones, had any objections.
Because everyone knew that Tsunade didn't want to care about anything else in the village except the medical department, she agreed to become a consultant only to use her reputation and status to help Orochimaru eliminate some conservatives and take up a position.
So although Fugaku is Tsunade's assistant, he can also be said to be the person responsible for helping Tsunade deal with affairs. It is one of the positions closest to the power center of the village!
Another family in the village that is as famous as the Uchiha family in terms of eye-jutsu is the Hyuga family, but its patriarch, Hyuga Hiashi, has not received such treatment.
Fugaku compared himself with Hinata, who was somewhat silent and quiet, and instantly felt no resentment at all.
Looking at Orochimaru's constant moves in personnel transfers, Minato Namikaze felt envious but also relieved.
If he became the Fourth Hokage, he would not be able to do what Orochimaru did, who could easily control the core power of the village as soon as he came to power, and take power away from the old people and redistribute it. Even with the support of his master Jiraiya, it would be impossible.
After all, Jiraiya's mind is not on the village at all. Although he has a high status, he has very few subordinates who can be considered as his trusted men.
Although his reputation spread widely during the war, he always acted alone as a member of the battlefield rescue team in the later period, and at most brought his own team with him when carrying out some tasks that did not require time constraints.
He had many good connections among the jonin, but not many of them would really stand by him regardless of everything. In addition, the relationship between an Uchiha and the village was enough to give him a headache.
Even if the third generation was willing to give up power and support him, he did not have enough trusted people to place in important departments of the village.
Therefore, when he takes the position of Hokage, he will most likely rely on time to slowly adjust and train the personnel, as well as use gentle means to subtly resolve the conflicts within the village.
Not only him, even Jiraiya and Tsunade could not do much. But with the support of Tsunade and Jiraiya, as well as many bloodline and mystic ninja clans, Orochimaru could take the position so quickly and master all the rights of Hokage without the Third Hokage holding him back.
After all, the number of senior ninjas in the ninja clan accounts for half of Konoha.
"A mission from the Wind Country?"
After seeing off Danzo, Orochimaru continued to deal with the official business at hand. A mission commission from the Wind Country aroused Orochimaru's interest.
The alliance between Sunagakure and Konoha still exists. As the number of ninjas in the Wind Country is seriously insufficient and their war performance is not good, according to the intelligence collected, the Daimyo of the Wind Country seems to be dissatisfied with the Sunagakure Village.
Orochimaru received a piece of news from the noble delegation of the Land of Fire some time ago, saying that after discussions between the Land of Wind and the Land of Fire, the Daimyo of the Land of Wind intended to allocate part of the money allocated to the Sand Village to Konoha of the Land of Fire, so that the ninjas of Konoha could replace the Sand Village ninjas and complete tasks for the Land of Wind.
When Orochimaru heard the news, he was surprised by the wonderful ideas of the Wind Country Daimyo. Now seeing this mission from the Wind Country, he looked through it curiously.
Hunt down the rebellious ninja Centipede?
After reading the mission, Orochimaru was somewhat uninterested. This kind of mission to hunt down a traitorous ninja is not limited to the ninja village where the traitor was previously located. His bounty will occasionally appear in the underground black market.
Allied ninja villages can also perform similar tasks together.
What Orochimaru was thinking was, was this mission due to the intervention of the daimyo? Or was it that there was no more manpower to be assigned within the Sand Ninja?
However, the Sand Ninja and Konoha teamed up to carry out this mission...
"Give this task to Lu Nie and have him lead the others to complete it."
Orochimaru thought about it and gave this task to Lu Nie. This task is of a very high level and can be said to be important in terms of aspects.
(End of this chapter)