Chapter 555: The Only Hokage Candidate (Asking for a Monthly Pass!) )
"Have you all heard, Lord Tuanzang personally led the team yesterday and rescued the Nine-Tails Zhuli and the eldest daughter of the Hyuga Sect family!"
"I heard about it last night..."
"It is said that he was rescued from the hands of the defected Orochimaru, if Orochimaru hadn't escaped quickly, I'm afraid that even he would have to be dealt with by Lord Danzang..."
In the streets and alleys of Konoha, people gathered in twos and threes to discuss.
And the topic of discussion was all about yesterday Tuanzang personally leading a team to rescue the nine-tailed Zhu Li and the daughter of the Hyuga Sect and returning victoriously, and in just one night, the news spread to the streets and alleys, and it was boiling.
And even more coincidentally, the operation of the group to rescue the nine-tailed Zhu Li and the daughter of the Hyuga clan happened to be the day before the village held a vote of confidence in the three generations.
With this rescue operation, the group hid in the village, and the popularity of the people soared.
In the past, the villagers had only heard of such an advisor elder as Tuan Zang in the village, but they did not know anything about what kind of person Tuan Zang was, what merits he had, and so on.
Not to mention ordinary villagers, even if it is a ninja of Konoha, there are not many people who are really familiar with Danzo.
The vast majority of middle- and lower-level Konoha ninjas only know that there is a secret mechanism called 'root' in the village, and Danzo is the master of this mechanism.
It is precisely because Tuan Zang has been hiding in the shadows and his prestige in the hearts of ordinary villagers is not high, so even if he forces the third generation to step down, it is not easy for him to take the position directly, after all, there are still qualified Hokage candidates like Jiraiya and Tsunade in the village, so he and Orochimaru teamed up to direct and act in this rescue operation.
Undoubtedly, under the vigorous promotion of the root ninjas, this self-directed and self-staged rescue operation played a very good effect, because the frustrated village urgently needed a victory to vent its emotions and boost morale, and Tuan Zang gave the village a victory at this time, satisfying the needs of most Konoha ninjas!
In the Hokage's office.
Three generations stood in front of the window and looked out at the rebuilt village.
Because of the unified planning, the rebuilt village is more reasonable in layout than before, and various areas have been maximized, which makes the reconstruction of the village cost a lot of money, but the effect is obvious, just a few months of effort, almost restored to the prosperous scene before the catastrophe.
Jiraiya and Tsunade were also in the office, but their faces were a little gloomy.
Swish...
Suddenly, a dark tribe arrived in the office, first saluted the three generations, and then reported: "Hokage-sama, the vote of confidence has begun!" ”
The third generation waved his hand: "It's hard work, you can step down." ”
After the darkness left, Tsunade frowned and said, "Teacher, are you just messing around with him like this?" ”
The 'he' referred to in Tsunade's words is obviously the group that single-handedly set off this farce of the vote of confidence.
The third generation sighed lightly, and said with a tired expression: "The position of the Hokage carries the expectations of too many people, since he wants to try, let him try it." ”
Jilai was also a little puzzled: "Is it really appropriate to hand over the village to someone like Tuanzang?" ”
The three generations set their eyes on Jiraiya and said unhappily: "It's not that you refuse to take this burden!" ”
Jilai also shrunk his neck and kept silent.
When the group hid in the village to create public opinion unfavorable to the third generation, the third generation had already decided to take the responsibility for the destruction of the village, remove the Hokage, and let Jiraiya replace him as the fifth generation Hokage.
It's a pity that I'm used to being casual and directly rejected the proposal of the three generations.,As a last resort.,The three generations found Tsunade again.,The result is the same as Jilai.,Tsunade refused almost without hesitation.。
Looking at the two disciples in front of him, the three generations had a headache, and every time it came to this time, he would unconsciously miss the four generations of Hokage Wave Feng Shui Gate who died early.
Time passed little by little, and the three people in the Hokage's office fell silent, and no one spoke again, quietly waiting for the final voting results.
After a long time, several Konoha high-ranking officials, such as Shimura Danzo, Koharu Zhuan, Uchiha Fugaku, Hinata Hinata Hitaku, Nara Shikaku, and the patriarchs of the Hao clan came to the Hokage's office together.
Boom...
Throwing the cane in his hand to the ground, Danzang announced to the three generations: "Sun, the results have come out, and it's a pity that you didn't pass the vote of confidence of all the Shangnin." ”
Koharu took over the conversation and said, "Hichi, from now on, you will remove the title of Hokage." However, as a third generation, you have the qualifications to nominate the next Hokage, do you have a candidate? ”
The results of the vote were not surprising to the three generations.
As the head of the five ninja villages, Konoha Village, which has survived three ninja wars unharmed, was destroyed overnight, and no matter what, someone must stand up and take responsibility.
Therefore, the third generation calmly accepted the results of the vote and set his sights on Jiraiya and Tsunade on the sidelines.
However, both Jiraiya and Tsunade avoided the gaze cast by the three generations and turned their faces to the side.
If the three generations are gone, driven by a sense of responsibility, some of them may stand up and take on the burden of the Hokage, but while the three generations are still there, they have no desire for power, and they are really not interested in the Hokage's position on the crater.
Seeing that the three generations were silent, Koharu sighed.
After the three generations stepped down as Hokage, the advisors and elders of the village were all qualified to nominate the next Hokage candidates, and Koharu encountered the same embarrassment as the three generations, that is, there were no qualifications for nomination, but there was no suitable candidate.
Jiraiya and Tsunade are obviously reluctant to take over the position of Hokage, and the new generation in the Hokage's lineage, such as Kakashi, Shizune and others, lack strength and prestige, and they can't bear the burden of the Hokage at all, and they can't cope with the complicated situation in the ninja world at the moment.
At this time, Tuan Zang stood up, coldly glanced at everyone in the office, and said, "The old man nominated himself to replace Hizai and become the next Hokage!" ”
Uchiha Fugaku's eyes froze when he heard this, but he remained silent in the end.
Although Tuan Zang has a bad attitude towards Uchiha, he is weak after all, and this time in order to get on the throne, he completely turned against the three generations, so even if Tuan Zang ascended to the position of Hokage, Fugaku felt that he would not dare to do anything to Uchiha.
Hinata Hinata hesitated, but because Tuan Zang had just rescued his eldest daughter Hinata, he really couldn't question Tuan Zang publicly, so he had to choose to remain silent.
Seeing the three generations, Koharu, Jiraiya, Konoha high-level leaders like Tsunade, and wealthy clan patriarchs like Fugaku and Hizoku all chose to be silent, and the patriarchs of the other clans represented by Nara Shikaku had no choice but to be silent.
So, in the silence of everyone, Danzou became the only candidate for Hokage...