Tsunade's Gambling Luck

Let Danzo inherit the position of Fifth Hokage!

This news, enough to shake the entire Shinobi World, kept echoing in the ears of Shikaku Nara, Kakashi, and the others.

Although Konoha's Hokage was nominally chosen by the villagers, the villagers actually had no voting rights.

More importantly, during wartime, the Hokage had the authority to directly appoint the next Hokage in an emergency. There had already been a precedent for this—Hiruzen Sarutobi had obtained the position of Hokage in exactly this manner.

Now, Konoha had suffered such a major attack. Even the current Hokage had been severely wounded and was on the verge of death.

Under such emergency circumstances, the Hokage candidate Hiruzen Sarutobi designated before his death was very likely to truly become the new Hokage!

But why Danzo?

Shikaku had followed Hiruzen Sarutobi for many years and knew his personality and thoughts well.

Although, as time passed, this Hokage no longer deserved the title of "Hero of the Shinobi," gradually becoming more calculating and conservative in his actions, his basic judgment was still sound.

In Shikaku's view, for a mature politician like Hiruzen Sarutobi to entrust the current Konoha to the radical Danzo was absolutely not a good thing.

Compared to him, the Hokage's disciple—Lady Tsunade, the "Slug Princess" among the Legendary Sannin—was actually the best candidate.

As the granddaughter of the First Hokage, she had been raised from childhood as Konoha's future leader. She naturally possessed the political qualifications to unite Konoha's various factions. The only pity was that she was naturally carefree and lacked the political resolve to become Hokage.

Perhaps that was precisely why the Hokage had not felt at ease handing the position of the next Hokage to Lady Tsunade?

At that thought, Shikaku and Kakashi both glanced from the corners of their eyes