Chapter 319 Considerations

Sasuke, who listened carefully in class, yawned from time to time.

Since yesterday morning, he has felt very tired physically.

For this kind of thing, Sasuke can only attribute the reason to his recent over-cultivation, which caused his physical discomfort.

But even so, he tried his best to focus his attention and firmly memorize every knowledge point the teacher said.

The teacher's name is Iruka, and he is an ordinary Chunin in every sense.

Being kind to people and serious in teaching may be one of the few advantages in him.

"Okay, next to the practice session, is there any student who is willing to come up and demonstrate the skills of performing the transformation technique?"

Iruka closed the book, glanced at the faces of every student sitting in the classroom, hoping that someone would take the initiative to cooperate with his lecture task.

Three body techniques are necessary basic skills for ninjas, but for children, not everyone can master them proficiently.

In the class he teaches, there are still many idiot students who are called 'crane tails', who belong to the type who don't understand no matter how they teach, which makes him distressed more than once.

"I, I, Iruksensei, let me come!"

A student yelled and raised his hand.

Wearing goggles on his head, blond hair, a pair of blue pupils, and six iconic beards on his face, like a fox.

"Uh, it's Naruto. Anyone else want to come up?"

Iruka glanced at Naruto who raised his hand, and immediately looked away, hoping that others would come up to demonstrate the skills of the transformation technique.

"Hey, Iruksensei, don't underestimate people. Recently, I created a very powerful transformation technique! It will definitely surprise you!"

Seeing that Iruka disliked him, Naruto suddenly became dissatisfied.

"Before that, Naruto, please control the chakra first, otherwise you will not be able to practice the transformation technique well."

Iruka sighed helplessly.

Really, this kind of thorny student who can't recognize his own ability is the most troublesome.

And self-created ninjutsu or something, Iruka didn't believe that Naruto had such abilities at all.

Compared with ninjutsu, Iruka believes that Naruto's task now is to control Chakra.

Otherwise, not only the transformation technique, but also the substitute technique and clone technique will also fail in a dismal way.

It is likely to affect the graduation exam a few years later.

"What, you look down on people so much!"

Naruto sat in his seat and muttered, very dissatisfied with Iruka's attitude of not giving him a chance to show off.

"Sasuke, come up and demonstrate the transformation technique, so you can become Hokage-sama."

Iruka called Sasuke's name at this time.

In the class, there were a lot of girls' exclamations, and they cast many admiring and **** eyes on Sasuke.

The actions of the girls not only made Naruto feel uncomfortable, many boys also stared at Sasuke's cold face with unhappy and jealous eyes.

I really don't know what's so good about this cold guy. This is the resentment in the hearts of most boys.

As long as Sasuke is around, none of the girls in the class will glance at them.

Sasuke stood up from the seat, put his hands in his trouser pockets, walked to the podium where Iruka was, and then turned around in a cool posture to face all his classmates.

Take your hands out of your trouser pockets, quickly form a mudra with skillful techniques, and the chakras in your body also start to work.

boom!

Thick white smoke enveloped Sasuke's body.

Sasuke turned into the third Hokage.

The figure, face, and dress are exactly the same as those of the third Hokage.

Even the expressions are so vivid that people can't tell the truth from the fake.

Iruka nodded appreciatively. In his opinion, Sasuke's transformation technique is almost perfect and has reached the level of graduation.

As expected of the chief student of the grade.

"Very good, everyone should learn from Sasuke, especially Naruto, you can ask others for advice when you have nothing to do, or you can come to the teacher for advice."

The attitude towards Sasuke is undoubtedly satisfied and gentle. When it's Naruto's turn, Iruka looks helpless and has a headache, which has the meaning of reprimand.

I don't know why, but Naruto couldn't do any of them perfectly in the test of the Sanshenjutsu.

As a ninja, talent is really bad.

Most importantly, Naruto's art is not good, and his fighting skills are terrible.

The only thing that stands out is probably the fact that she is extremely energetic, which is worthy of recognition.

With a soft snort, Naruto gave Sasuke a hostile look, as if declaring war.

Sasuke also snorted, not paying attention to Naruto's hostile gaze.

He didn't pay attention to this kind of crane tail at all.

He is no longer at the same level as this kind of crane tail.

My eyes should be on the senior students, not looking for opponents in the same grade.

Soon, after school, Sasuke declined the invitations of all the girls and returned to the Uchiha clan alone.

Habitually walked to Nanhe Shrine, the stone tablet with huge secrets might hide the secret of Sharingan opening eyes.

He wants to open his sharing eyes as soon as possible, so that he can officially take the first step on the road of revenge.

To defeat Itachi, Sharingan is an indispensable force.

As in the past, Sasuke opened the seventh stone slab from the right in the meeting room of the main hall, and walked down the secret passage to enter the secret place below.

When he arrived in the underground dark room, Sasuke swept his eyes directly towards the opposite wall, and his eyes widened immediately.

In front of the wall engraved with the Gouyu pattern, there is actually nothing there.

The stele that recorded the secret of Sharingan Eye Opening disappeared...

"Yo, old man."

Didn't come in through the main entrance, but squatted at the window of the office, and Jiraiya also appeared there, smiling and greeting the Third Hokage who was processing documents in the office.

Although there was a smile on his face, the smile on his face was very forced.

After waking up in the ward of Konoha Hospital not long ago, Jiraiya also found himself in the fact that he was in Konoha, and he also heard from Shikaku that the Kingdom of Oni used him to start a deal with Konoha.

It is fortunate to have escaped death by chance, but Jiraiya's mood is very complicated.

In the prison of the ghost country, he seems to be in an optimistic mood, but the real situation is that he is having fun in suffering.

As a prisoner, this self-knowledge is naturally there.

Putting down the document that was being approved in his hand, Sandai Hokage turned his head to look at Jiraiya, and asked with concern: "How is it, is your body alright?"

As Naruto's Hirazan, he was very worried about what kind of spell was reserved by the enemy for Jiraiya.

It is about the personal safety of the disciples, and Ri Zhan dare not be careless.

"No problem, the Anbu people have already checked, and I didn't feel any abnormality in my body, and the other party didn't do anything to me. Besides, with Chiba Shiraishi's strength, there is no need to do anything to me."

Zilai said this too, his eyes darkened.

Even his own fairy mode was defeated, but as a result, he still had only a half-knowledge of the enemy's abilities, and there was no way to systematically organize them in detail.

The strength shown by the opponent that day is definitely just the tip of the iceberg, not all.

This point is also very clear.

Maybe he is a very proud and proud Sannin facing others, but the current ninja world is so unfamiliar that he can't figure it out.

In the end, he couldn't get a glimpse of Shiraishi's real purpose, but thinking of Shiraishi's last spell, which was extremely cruel and annihilated thousands of sand ninjas in Hidden Sand Village, the cold eyes that don't put life in their eyes are not at all the look that humans should have.

Such a person will definitely be unwilling to be lonely, and will ignite the flames of war that were finally ended, and burn them all over the ninja world crazily.

The big toad sage's prophecy is not wrong at all. For the ninja world, the opponent is the source of disaster.

Jirai also had this premonition.

However, will I still have the ability to stop it next time?

Or, with Konoha's current strength, is she really qualified to stop it?

I don't know the answer since I came.

Maybe the final result is cruel, but I have to stop it.

"Yeah?"

Hi Zhan could not empathize with the despair Jiraiya encountered, but he could make his proud disciple so fearful and fearful, he could imagine the specific situation of the War of the Wind Kingdom, and it must have dealt a heavy psychological blow to Jiraiya.

"Sorry, old man, I disappointed you this time. The mission can be said to have failed completely. Moreover, it cost the village so much to rescue me..."

Jiraiya came down from the window, looked at Hirizan's wrinkled old face, and didn't know how to explain it.

"It doesn't matter, as long as you can come back alive. For the current village, the power of you and Tsunade is indispensable."

Hizan didn't blame Jiraiya.

If you want to say that you made a mistake, you, Hokage, are also to blame for this kind of thing.

"Old man, don't you want to..."

"Yeah, you guessed right. Speaking of which, all of this is because I couldn't perfectly inherit the will of Tomonamsensei, so I had no choice but to let Danzo bear all the darkness in the village alone... This darkness could have been used as a boost to the growth of the village. However, I was unable to control this kind of darkness, let this force get out of control, and even created serious discord within the village. This is probably where I am far inferior to Tomonamsensei."

Remorse appeared on Ri Zhan's face.

So Mao.

Orochimaru is like this.

The Uchiha clan is like this.

These tragedies can actually be redeemed by themselves.

As a result, because of my own hesitation, I continued to indulge Danzo, which led to today's situation.

Where there is light, there must be shadows. This is the meaning of Hokage.

The light and darkness of the village originally belonged to Hokage alone.

When he is powerless against the dark side of the village and gives this part of power to others, the disaster has already been planted.

The backlash of the shadow also came unexpectedly.

All causes and effects are also born here.

"I am a failed Hokage."

Incapable of carrying out the policy of the teacher Qianshoubeijian to the end.

He also failed to fulfill his duties as an elder, and caused great inconvenience to the other party when Minato was in power.

This is Ri Zhan's negation of himself.

Zilai also looked at his teacher silently, not knowing how to comfort him for a while.

"Next, I want to hand over the future of the village to you and Tsunade. Please."

Hi Zhan turned his head, and said to Jiraiya very solemnly, his eyes were full of infinite expectation and hope.

Zilai was also a little at a loss, and then said with a wry smile:

"Old man, you should know that I am not suitable for a Hokage with a loose personality. If you don't want Konoha to end up in my hands, you'd better find someone else to take over."

This sentence is not a joke.

Jiraiya is also very aware of the serious consequences that his loose character will bring to Konoha after becoming Hokage.

In a sense, the consequences are more serious than Danzo's high-ranking Hokage.

Hizan and Jiraiya looked at each other, and he also knew that Jiraiya's personality was not suitable for Hokage, but now Konoha has no choice.

"Tsunade is more suitable than me to be Hokage. She has Konoha's purest blood flowing through her body. The medical system she established has benefited many people in the village. She is strong enough and cautious in everything she does. No matter from which point of view, she is the most perfect candidate for the fifth generation of Hokage."

Jirai did not look away, and said to Ri Zhan seriously.

Hizan sighed and said, "Tsunade has already left."

"leave?"

Zilai was also taken aback.

Hi Zhan nodded, with a deep tiredness hidden between his brows.

"After Tsunade came back, I did talk to her about it, but Tsunade didn't give me an accurate answer, but just responded in silence. After that, she disappeared from the village."

It would be a lie to say no regrets.

In Hirizan's heart, he also thinks that Tsunade is a more suitable candidate for Hokage than Jiraiya.

However, Tsunade's heart is still escaping from the past. Relatives and lovers have passed away one after another, causing indelible scars to Tsunade's heart.

"Is that so? Then, leave the task of persuading Tsunade to me."

Jilai also became serious.

"Are you going to convince Tsunade?"

Hizan looked at Jiraiya in surprise.

Jiraiya nodded heavily.

"This is the only way. Tsunade's heart is still for the village. After all, she has the blood of the first generation of adults flowing in her body. If you understand her with reason and affection, she will definitely understand the current difficulties of the village."

Hizan felt the firm belief in Jiraiya's eyes, but he was still not very sure whether Jiraiya could convince Tsunade to be Konoha's Fifth Hokage.

"Even so, it is not an easy matter to convince Tsunade."

Hizan is very aware of Tsunade's internal contradictions. She undoubtedly loves Konoha deeply, and loves every inch of Konoha's land, because this is an important legacy left by her grandfather.

However, Tsunade did not make up his mind to become the leader of the village.

Ri Zhan also knows that such a decision is a bit sudden, but now the international situation is changing, and a military power like the Kingdom of Ghosts has emerged in the western part of the mainland.

In terms of relationship, the kingdom of ghosts, the kingdom of fire, and Konoha are not the same people.

At least in the short term, Hirizan does not see the vision of Konoha and the Kingdom of Demons coexisting peacefully.

The conflict between Konoha's high-level and Oni's Country's high-level is no longer simply a simple hatred.

"I've already made up my mind in this regard. Whether it's a year or two, or longer, I'll try to convince Tsunade!"

Zilai also made a firm promise.

"It's up to you. If you can, it's best to convince Tsunade before I retire. I don't think I can be Hokage for a few years."

I am over 60 years old, and various body functions are rapidly declining, and I feel powerless to deal with many things.

He was worried that something similar to the Uchiha clan would happen in the village. At that time, he had to make a balance and compromise again.

"I will try to persuade Tsunade, but you have to limit yourself, old man Danzo, I don't want Tsunade to become a nominal Hokage by then."

"Don't worry, although I'm old, I still have some power. The roots of Danzo have not yet formed a substantial threat."

Hi Zhan said so.

Although the dark impression has already turned against him as Hokage, as long as his attitude becomes tough, he can still use the power in his hands to suppress the growth of the roots.

In any case, he is also the Hokage of Konoha, the biggest leader with real power in the village.

Danzo wants to take away the power of his Hokage, but it is not that simple.

Compared to Danzo, the succession of the next Hokage is the real concern of Hizaru.

"That's good, then, I'll leave first. Not only Tsunade, but also Mt. Myogi, I have something to deal with. As soon as there is news, I will report to the village through Anbu, including the organization's affairs."

There was no hesitation when he came, his hands were knotted, his body was wrapped in white smoke, and he disappeared from the Hokage office.

Anbu suffered heavy losses.

Because Takashi Sarutobi and Purinko Sarutobi died on the battlefield of the Land of the Wind, and were killed by Chiba Shiraishi, an S-class traitorous ninja from Konoha, the position of Minister and Deputy Minister of Konoha Anbe was vacant.

Although Hokage still has a direct supervisor, but with the physical energy of the third Hokage at this time, he is almost exhausted to deal with various matters in the village at ordinary times. As a result, he has to command Anbe again, which will inevitably make Anbe's mobility worse.

In the case of losing the Uchiha Clan Guard, if the Anbu department does not work, the internal stability of the village will not be effective and stable.

Moreover, the speed of backlash is faster than Ri Zhan imagined.

After the Uchiha Guards disappeared, obvious cracks appeared in Konoha's internal management system.

"Master Hokage, this is the report letter collected in the past month or so. There are about a hundred villagers who are dissatisfied with Anbu's handling of the matter, and some of them were suppressed by me and did not report."

Kakashi put the hundreds of villagers' report letters he had received on Hirizan's desk, and spoke in a business-like manner.

As one of the four Anbu captains, Kakashi's unit has added another item of work when the Uchiha Guard's system is paralyzed.

That is to mediate various civil disputes within the village, or serious crimes, punish offenders, monitor and take them into custody.

With the current manpower of the Anbu, coupled with the loss of the leadership of the minister and deputy minister, not only is there a shortage of manpower, but also lacks efficient action. This has led to the recent violation of laws and regulations within Konoha, showing a trend of multiplying. There is no way to stop the loss in time.

If this continues, Anbe's reputation will definitely be shaken, which in turn will affect Hokage's own prestige.

In the past, the responsibility could be shifted to the security team in charge of the Uchiha clan. Now that the Uchiha clan is exterminated, the security team naturally no longer exists, and Anbu has become the target of the report.

Especially because of the large population of Konoha Village, there are only 70 members of Anbu involved in various practical operations, not counting various logistics personnel.

With the addition of the four Anbu detachments, the tasks and functions are not the same, and there are less than one detachment of personnel who can be used to manage the violations of the village.

Now how to stabilize the internal environment of the village has become the primary problem to be solved.

At this time, Jiraiya had just left and embarked on the road of finding Tsunade and convincing her to serve as the Fifth Hokage. Although things seemed to be moving in a good direction, after seeing the large number of report letters on the desktop, Hiraku knew that it was a complete illusion.

The direction of things is not going in a good direction.

For a long time, the Uchiha clan has been responsible for the management of violations of discipline within Konoha, supplemented by Anbe's actions.

Because compared to the huge number of guards, it would be too small to underestimate the ability of the villagers to cause trouble if they want to deal with the violation of law and discipline in a ninja village with the strength of Anbu alone.

Due to the lack of school institutions for ordinary people, most of the villagers in Muye Village have not received good quality and moral education.

The only school that exists is also to cultivate ninjas, and the cultivation of ninjas is also not for quality and moral education, but for the study of killing and fighting skills, so as to train the students in the school to be fighting talents.

This means that if the people in Ninja Village do not have a strong armed force to control them, it is easy to breed crimes.

Like the garrison led by Uchiha in the past, it is an indispensable public security management department in a village.

Now that there is a vacancy in the public security management department, the probability of illegal and criminal incidents in Konoha has increased, which is also reasonable.

Hi Zhan was thinking about whether to re-establish a brand-new security department to manage the internal security of the village.

Jiraiya intends to persuade Tsunade to serve as the Fifth Hokage, Hirizhan feels that he should do something, and can't leave all the mess to Tsunade to deal with.

"Thanks for your hard work, Kakashi. By the way, go and call Shikajiu over now, I have something to discuss with him."

Ri Zhan thought for a while, and finally issued this order.

Kakashi nodded, disappeared from the office, and went to call Shikaku.

Not long after, Lu Jiu came to the office and stood in front of the desk.

"Master Hokage, did you ask me to come over?"

Lu Jiu asked.

"Yes, there are some things I want to discuss with you. You can take a look at this first, and I want to hear your opinion."

Hi Zhan pointed to the stack of report letters on the table.

Lu Jiu took a step forward, picked up these report letters, read them slowly at first, then flipped through one in four or five seconds, and read through hundreds of report letters in just a few minutes.

"Master Naruto, do you want to rebuild the security department?"

Lu Jiu had a dexterous mind, and he saw through Ri Zhan's inner thoughts at once.

In fact, this question is not difficult to guess, and after the Uchiha was exterminated, this question became one of the sharp contradictions within Konoha.

Uchiha Itachi, it was Konoha's arm that was wiped out, and it was Konoha's most powerful arm.

He didn't know if there was tacit approval from the high-level. If there was, it can only be said that this decision was quite irrational and stupid.

But the matter has already happened now, no matter how much Lu Jiu guesses, it will not help.

It is an unshakable fact that Uchiha Itachi committed the crime of genocide... As for the truth, it is not very important anymore.

"That's right, the security issues in the village are worthy of attention recently. I plan to open a new department in Anbu to replace the functions of the Uchiha Guard in the past, and specialize in managing security issues within the village. Shikahisa, what do you think?"

Hizan seriously looked into Lujiu's eyes.

Lu Jiu pondered for a moment, and opened a new security department in Anbu, which is equivalent to increasing the power of Hokage in disguise.

For Hokage, this is undoubtedly a good thing.

For the village, the advantages of establishing such a department as soon as possible outweigh the disadvantages.

"I don't think there is a problem, it's just the Elder Danzo..."

Yes, the only question is whether the root agrees.

Integrating the power of the Uchiha Guard into the Anbu system is increasing the authority of Hokage. Lu Jiu's only worry is that Hirizhan is indecisive again, splitting this part of power, and letting the power struggle inside Konoha escalate again.

"I will go to Danzo and say, Lu Jiu, I need you to draw up a list for me as soon as possible to form a new guard team."

"yes."

This is a very cumbersome and troublesome job, but as the Jnin squad leader, there is no reason to refuse.

"In addition, the minister and deputy minister of Anbu are currently vacant. Do you have any recommendations?"

Ri Zhan asked Lu Jiu.

The opponent is an intellectual figure of Konoha. If Tsunade succeeds the Fifth Hokage in the future, I must now cultivate a strong enough team for Tsunade to suppress the roots of Danzo.

Anbu and Guards will be the two sharpest blades in Hokage's hands.

Lu Jiu never thought that Ri Zhan would suddenly ask himself this kind of question instead of holding a high-level meeting to make an internal decision.

Sometimes, Lu Jiu also felt that he, as the squad leader of the ninja, was too shameless, unable to interfere with the high-level decision-making, and was a marginalized figure.

However, now Hizan directly pulls him into the core, is he trying to regain the power that Hokage should have?

Or, because of the matter of the ghost country, did you feel a sense of crisis in your heart?

Regardless of these external factors, Lu Jiu thinks that the reason why Ri Zhan did this is probably a denial of his past.

"The candidates for the Anbu Minister and Deputy Minister...I think Kakashi is qualified for the job of the Anbu Minister."

Lu Jiu intends to test Hizan's reaction.

If the other party really wants to make changes, then making Kakashi the Minister of Anbu will undoubtedly be an important bargaining chip.

Otherwise, it would be a good way to balance the situation by continuing to select johnin from within the Sarutobi clan to serve as the head and deputy head of the Anbu.

This is the most commonly used method of Sun Slash.

Although the internal stability of the village was maintained, Konoha lost the possibility of growth, and his strength was constantly worn down in the balance.

This is the price of balance.

"Kakashi?"

Hi Zhan murmured, his eyes flickered, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Yes, as a ninja, Kakashi is very good. Among the younger generation, his strength is unmatched, and he is loyal enough to the village. He is a qualified candidate for the head of Anbu."

"Since you think so, I will seriously consider it later."

Hirazan didn't make a decision immediately. The position of Minister Anbu is extremely important, because a ninja who sits in this position means that he will control part of Naruto's power, and he will undoubtedly be among the core layers of Konoha.

Because of this, the candidate for the Minister of Anbu not only requires strength, but loyalty is the first requirement.

Otherwise, once you betray Hokage, the consequences will be disastrous.

However, making Kakashi the Minister of Anbu, Hirazan is also inclined to this point of view.

The reason why Shikahisa was asked was to further confirm Kakashi's ability.

Hizan never doubted Kakashi's loyalty to Konoha. Now that Anbu has no leader, Kakashi may be the best candidate among Anbu to turn the tide here.

(end of this chapter)