"The Nine-Tails is the most powerful Tailed Beast. According to the two teachers, it is more than ten times stronger than the other tailed beasts. Even though they each have only a quarter of the Nine-Tails, they are still not easy to tame, and right now we can only rely on sealing techniques to suppress it."
Speaking of this, Hiruzen Sarutobi could not help but wear a worried expression.
The Nine-Tails was indeed formidable. Teacher Hashirama had said back then that if Wood Release could not restrain tailed beasts, he would have to enter Sage Mode just to take down the Nine-Tails.
Yet when capturing the other tailed beasts back then, Teacher Hashirama had taken them down with ease, which showed the gap between them.
After the three of them discussed for a long time, Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu wearily stood up and left, though Utatane Koharu paused just before stepping out of the office.
"Hiruzen, Minato Namikaze is your chosen successor. We won't veto your choice, but you cannot cultivate him to be too strong. If he really becomes like Orochimaru, he will inevitably become a hidden danger to the village."
With that, Utatane Koharu closed the office door.
What they needed was a puppet with aligned interests; they certainly did not want a Fourth Hokage who was too overbearing.
The struggles between the Senju Faction and themselves over the years were still fresh in their minds. If they had to engage in such overt and covert clashes with the future Hokage, it would spell disaster, and worst case, it could lead to the eradication of their clans.
Hiruzen Sarutobi puffed on his pipe without a word. He naturally understood Utatane Koharu's thoughts, and this was what he had been worrying about all along.
Originally, Minato Namikaze's personality