On April 15, Konoha 48, in front of the patriarchs of the major families of Konoha and many elite ninjas, the three generations of Hokage handed over the hat that symbolized the position of the Hokage and the uniform of the fourth generation of Hokage to Orochimaru.

As a result, Orochimaru also became the fourth Hokage of Konoha.

The handover ceremony, which was supposed to be grand, was carried out in an extremely silent atmosphere, without the laughter of the victors and the despondency of the losers.

Everything seemed so quiet and eerie.

And with the end of the handover, the newly appointed four generations of Hokage did not hold a follow-up ceremony as usual, but directly played "disappearing".

And coincidentally, the three generations of Hokage and a group of Konoha high-level officials also disappeared from the crowd's field of vision.

"Jiraiya-sama, ...... this?" Many ninjas who don't know the truth are confused.

"I don't know, ahhahahaha."

Ziraiya, your laughter betrays yourself......

"Teacher?" Mizumon looked at Jiraiya suspiciously.

"Watergate, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and this defeat can lay a solid foundation for our next victory......"

"No......" Mizuto shook his head, indicating that he didn't care about this, he motioned to the shadow ninjas around him, whose number had suddenly decreased, and asked in a low voice, "Is there something going on?" Something to do with Shimizu? ”

"Ahem, ahem." Jiraiya waved his hand and said loudly, "You can continue to carry out your original mission." ”

Seeing the teacher's reaction, Watergate already had a vague answer in his heart.

Then let's wait for everything to fall into place.

So driven away by Jiraiya's change of direction, many Konoha ninjas gradually dispersed.

On the other side of the passage, Uchiha Fugaku was facing Hinata Hinata at this time, and the two major pupil techniques of Konoha had always been a fierce competition.

Fu Yue was the first to speak: "Rizu, what you said just now surprised me. ”

"Where, you are the one who surprised me that you could give up the position of the fourth generation Hokage at your fingertips."

"No...... I'm far from Orochimaru's predecessors. ”

"Heh, the predecessor of Orochimaru is indeed extremely talented."

"So that's why you're turning against you?" Fugaku seems to have grasped the key.

"Fugaku, you and I are both understanding...... "Hizoku looked at Fugaku and said, "No matter who is this Hokage, we are all part of Konoha. ”

"So we'll only choose the Hokage who can bring more benefits to Konoha!"

Fu Yue paused, and then replied: "I think so too, the predecessor of the Great Snake Pill is indeed brave in battle, and he has won the hearts of the people. ”

"I think under his leadership, Konoha will become more and more proactive in diplomacy in the future."

"Hehe......" Rizu left slowly and did not stop at the venue.

Looking at the back of Rizu's departure, Fu Yue recalled that the other party stood in line so clearly, and suddenly regretted whether he was too cautious just now.

In fact, from many clues, he had deduced that Qing Shui and Orochimaru had an extremely secret cooperation, and supporting Orochimaru was equivalent to "loyalty" to Qing Shui, but just now in that weird atmosphere, he finally chose to wait and see.

That's it, you can ask Shimizu for more information afterwards.

And now, he has tricky problems to deal with.

That's ...... Questioning from the group, and even revenge!

With this in mind, he turned around and walked to the other end of the passage, where a figure was standing at this time.

The blood-red kaleidoscope quietly opened......

……

After the day of April 15, Konoha 48, many rumors circulated that were not confirmed by Konoha higher-ups.

And one of the more credible rumors is that the dark part of the night who was on duty in Konoha Village that day, there is no log record.

It is completely confusing what kind of classified mission they performed and why they did not keep records.

The second rumor is that the two-tailed cat went on a rampage, and a large number of ninjas with powerful senses once felt the eruption of the two-tailed chakra, but then they were quickly suppressed, and a huge black circular sphere appeared in that direction at the same time, covering an area of several kilometers.

However, the area was quickly cordoned off, so there was no way for the outside world to know what was going on inside.

The third rumor was that rumors of a new war were spreading throughout the village.

Konoha, who had just come out of the Third Ninja War, was really exhausted from the possibility of another war, not only because of the imminent collapse of the economy, but also because of the exhaustion of people's hearts.

There were too many ninjas killed and wounded in the entire Third Ninja War, and almost every middle- and lower-class ninja family had some casualties.

Tired of the war, they immediately formed a powerful anti-war force, and as this rumor intensified, the contradictions became more and more prominent.

More than 20 days after the end of the four generations of Hokage's election, one day in early May, in ward 309 of Konoha Hospital.

A shadow minister is reporting the recent situation to the fourth generation Hokage Orochimaru.

When Orochimaru listened to all the reports, he waved his hand and said, "I see." You go ahead and go on with your mission. ”

"Yes!"

After the dark part left, Qing Shui was curious: "This dark part is your cronies?" ”

It's the first time since he's lying in Konoha Hospital that Orochimaru has been so generous enough to let the shadows listen to the conversation between the two of them.

"Not really...... Hehe, you know it too. I didn't make a big deal out of the shadow forces of the Miyome Hokage. ”

In Qing Shui's understanding, it was not only that he did not make a big move, but Orochimaru could be said to have done almost nothing, at most, he only mobilized his original cronies in the three wars and established a new dark brigade, while the rest of the establishment remained basically unchanged.

This is also to stabilize the secret power of these Konoha as much as possible.

Therefore, all the actions of Orochimaru today can be said to be transparent to the Konoha high-level and Danzang.

It's almost seeped into a sieve.

"It's strange to you, if you were the same as before, you must have to pull out those rats." Qing Shui was also amazed, it seemed that Orochimaru had really changed, and now he could tolerate these small actions, it was a miracle.

Or did circumstances change him?

"April Jun laughed, but the time is not yet ripe, and I have just taken the throne, and there are not a few people who disagree with me now."

"Brutality and bloodshed may be suppressed for a while, but it is by no means a long-term solution."

"So for now, we should focus on stability."

This time, Qing Shui is impressed by the Great Snake Pill, this is the pattern that a person in power who really has a view of the overall situation should have.

"You're a natural politician." Qing Shui sighed at the end, and then pulled the topic back to the focus of their previous discussion, "So what are you going to do with the fog?" ”

Orochimaru's golden vertical pupils flashed with a dangerous light: "Hit." ”

"Mobilize a small number of elites in the village and intercept the Misty Hidden assault force in the territory of the Water Country."

Attacking the opponent in the territory of the water country can also take the opponent by surprise, and this method has a certain feasibility.

"For a long time, I've been sending more people to the border areas, but you also know that April-kun is now powerless and unable to mobilize troops on a large scale. So I can only send a small number of ninjas at once in a while to send them to the front line in the name of regular missions. ”

If only a small number of troops act at once, this can indeed avoid the backlash of the anti-war faction to the greatest extent, and at the same time can confuse the view.

But Qing Shui still frowned slightly, how many troops can be gathered with such a dispatch method?

"Due to the limitations of supplies and the current dire financial situation, I plan to send a total of two teams of ninjas." Speaking of this, Orochimaru paused and continued to add, "In addition to the Inuzuka who was originally stationed there, there are nearly 30 ninjas in total between the oil girl and the Hyuga clan, a total of about 100 people. ”

"That's the limit of what I can do now."

With a force of 100 people, it is indeed an extremely difficult task to raid the invading troops that may be thousands of people in the land of water.

"Actually, the disadvantage in numbers is not the biggest problem, after all, there are our best detective ninjas in Konoha stationed there, so we definitely have an advantage in intelligence."

"The key is the selection of the commander of this operation......"

Shimizu felt that he had foreseen the lines that Orochimaru was about to state.

Orochimaru suddenly lowered his voice, and his slightly magnetic voice said in a low voice: "The water gate has been outside, and at the same time, he has other tasks that he can't pull out at all, so ......"

Can I say no?

"Now that Konoha is facing an extremely grim form, everything depends on you, April-kun."