Before long, news that the election for the Fifth Hokage, which had been postponed for over half a month, was restarting spread throughout the village overnight.
Early the next morning, all of Konoha was swept up in fervent excitement once more. Amid rooster crows and the morning light, small groups of people left their homes, weaving through the village's streets and alleys until they gradually merged into streams of people. Accompanied by children's laughter, vendors' cries, and noisy discussions, they converged on the Hokage Building from every direction.
"Who do you think will become the Fifth Hokage, the Uchiha or the Hyuga?"
"Probably the Uchiha Clan Head..."
"Yeah, after all, he has the Mangekyō Sharingan..."
"That's right. The Uchiha Clan's Mangekyō Sharingan's Susanoo is just too powerful..."
"What a pity! The village canceled the final match, or we could have enjoyed quite a spectacle..."
Naturally, the villagers' discussions centered on which of the two Hokage candidates would emerge victorious and become the village's Hokage.
To ordinary villagers who lacked inside information and did not understand the higher-ups' decisions, the Uchiha Clan Head, who possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan, clearly had much better odds than Hyuga Kagami of the Hyuga Branch Family.
Listening to the discussions of the passing villagers, Uchiha Shinji, who was responsible for maintaining street security, smugly curled his lips.
There was no doubt that Uchiha Fugaku's previous battle against Kakashi had completely established the Uchiha Clan's might, making many villagers who had watched the fight realize just how powerful the Uchiha were.
In particular, Kakashi, after opening the Eight Inner Gates, had launched one fierce yet futile assault after another against Uchiha Fugaku's Susanoo, making the villagers understand even more deeply how unmatched the Uchiha's Susanoo was!
Uchiha Shinji glanced at Hokage Rock in the distance, his gaze