Mangekyo Loan Repayment Ends

After throwing out all his chips, Orochimaru took a sip of tea and waited quietly for a reply.

The aroma of tea filled the air, and a long silence followed in the living room.

"I must say, Orochimaru- senpai, your suggestion is very tempting," Qingye said, then suddenly changed the subject, "But I refuse!"

It's completely baffling that they suddenly came to me to ask for votes!

If Orochimaru had no one backing him, and he approached him, Qingye might have believed that Orochimaru was genuinely seeking support.

But Orochimaru is currently entangled with Danzo!

The competition between the two candidates for the Fourth Hokage was essentially a competition between Orochimaru and Minato Namikaze, who were behind Shimura Danzō and Hiruzen Sarutobi!

It's hard to say whether Orochimaru's visit today was part of a scheme by Shimura Danzō.

As for the issue of the Mangekyō Sharingan's blindness defect, Qingye is not in a hurry to resolve it right now.

I only have one month left on my Mangekyo Chakra Loan; I'll wait until this loan is paid off before worrying about anything else.

As for what Orochimaru said later, promising to make him a high-ranking elder or even an assistant to the Hokage, that was just empty talk.

You'd be a fool to believe it yourself!

"In that case, I won't bother you any longer."

Orochimaru remained silent for a moment, then got up and left.

He returned to the Root Base and arrived at the laboratory that Danzo had prepared specifically for him.

"How about it?"

Shimura Danzō had been waiting here since early morning.

"It was rejected."

Orochimaru said coldly.

"That's normal."

Danzo said this, yet he still felt a pang of regret.

If Uchiha Aoya could resist the temptation and fall for it.

With that kid's strength and battle achievements, he definitely has a significant influence within the Uchiha Clan, and may even affect some other Jonin in the village.

With this support, Orochimaru's chances of succeeding as the Fourth Hokage have increased even further.

As for those promises----

You can always find an excuse!

Solving the Mangekyo problem is simple; we can just drag it out and say we haven't found a solution yet.

As for the issue of promising high-ranking positions, that's even easier. On one hand, he's too young; on the other hand, whether it's him, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mitokado Homura, or someone else, they can easily raise objections.

Unfortunately, Uchiha Aoya didn't fall for it.

However, it can't be said that there was absolutely no gain.

If Orochimaru did indeed speak to Uchiha Aoya as he said, then it should at least have stirred up some tension between Uchiha Aoya and Uchiha Fugaku.

Now that the war is over, he can't think of a way to deplete Uchiha Aoya's Mangekyo Sharingan power.

Since that's the case, why not stir up trouble and let the Uchiha fight the Uchiha!

"I've done as you said. Don't forget the next round of research funding."

Orochimaru, however, paid little attention and instead went to observe the clump of white cells on the cultured blood.

"Increasing funding is a minor issue!"

Danzo pained but tried hard to control himself. Seeing Orochimaru's attitude, he was somewhat dissatisfied. "At a time like this, why are you still watching this experiment? Once you become Hokage, you'll have no shortage of research funding!"

Seeing that Orochimaru had no intention of paying him any more attention, Danzo furious.

Orochimaru seems to be giving up!

This can't be done!

If Minato Namikaze were to become Hokage, his power would be greatly diminished!

August of Konoha Year 47.

The Iwagakure delegation arrived and successfully signed Peace Treaty with Konoha.

Also brought were the ransom from Kitsuchi and war reparations from Konoha.

The ransom was naturally handed over to Qingye.

As for war reparations, the village leadership has never announced the specific amount of compensation received.

--

Qingye thought that it shouldn't be a complete loss, but it would definitely be an amount that wouldn't satisfy the Konoha ninjas.

Amidst veiled criticism, the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, officially announced his resignation Hokage.

The election for the Fourth Hokage has officially begun!

All the Jonin from the entire village gathered at the Hokage Building, and even the Jonin stationed on the border sent their votes by mail.

Inside the Hokage Building, the vote counting quickly came to an end.

After deducting some abstentions from all the Jonin in the village, the remaining votes showed that Minato Namikaze won against Orochimaru by a significant margin.

"Congratulations, teacher, you can now be called Hokage!"

Kakashi was the first to offer his congratulations.

Minato Namikaze pursed his lips, trying hard to suppress the upturned corners of his mouth, but he couldn't completely suppress the joy in his heart.

You've finally become Hokage!

His dream, which he had since his days at the Ninja Academy, has finally come true today!

"Minato, Konoha will be in your hands from now on."

Looking at Minato's youthful face, Hiruzen Sarutobi felt both gratified and moved.

"I will protect Konoha's future with my life!"

Minato Namikaze's expression remained resolute.

"I trust you."

Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded, then looked at Orochimaru on the other side. He saw that his disciple's face was expressionless, and he couldn't tell what he was thinking at all.

Congratulations, Minato.

Orochimaru walked over, offered his congratulations, and then completely ignored Hiruzen Sarutobi, turning and leaving.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had been hesitant and conflicted, wondering what to say, froze on his face upon seeing Orochimaru.

"Orochimaru- senpai is probably just feeling a little regretful, Third, don't worry about it," Minato Namikaze comforted him.

Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head with a wry smile.

I hope so.

In September of Konoha Year 47, the Hokage succession ceremony was successfully held.

After successfully succeeding to the position of Hokage, Minato Namikaze led the three Shadow Guards —Genma Shiranui, Namiashi Raidō, and Iwashi Tatami— whose combined age might not even be the size of a shoe, to the Fire Capital to pay homage to the Daimyo.

After another month passed peacefully, Qingye's Mangekyo Chakra Loan officially began its countdown.

[Name: Uchiha Aoya]

[Age: 13]

[Bloodline Limit: Sharingan (Mangekyo)]

[Chakra Nature: Fire, Lightning, Yin]

[Stats: Spirit 6 (9), Constitution 9, Strength 7, Speed 9, Endurance 10, Seal 9, Illusion 9, Wisdom 9]

"Physical strength and power each increased by one point, ninjutsu and hand seals both increased by two points, speed and illusion remain at 9----"

Qingye checked her personal Attribute Panel again.

The sum of all the values just exceeded 70, reaching 71 points.

Strength and speed are both limited by age.

At my current age of 13, even after nearly a year of weight training, it will be difficult to improve my speed any further.

As for Genjutsu, maxing it out would require further improvement in skill and understanding.

"Genjutsu are secondary; Taijutsu, on the other hand, can still be improved."

"Yes, and there's also the potential to further improve Chakra control. Ideally, one should be able to bring something to life with a simple clasp of the hands."

"As for chakra, my Chakra reserves should have increased a little bit more, right?"

If it weren't for the restriction of Chakra Loan, Qingye felt that his Chakra limit should have increased from the original ten chakras to about eleven chakras.

After all, I'm a year older.

Even after reaching adulthood, there should still be the potential to increase by two or three calories.

Open the system panel to view your personal loan interface.

I waited quietly, watching the loan repayment countdown tick down to less than an hour, then to just one minute, and finally the countdown began!

Finish!

Without a sound, the Chakra restriction was lifted!

The previously suppressed physical and mental energy has been restored!

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