Konoha Year 42 March 1.
Early in the morning, Akaseki combed her hair neatly, applied more hair wax, made sure Star-Pulling Circlet was fixed well, and put on her clan robe - not the usual gray one, but a ceremonial robe with the specifications of the ancient ceremony of the Warring States Period.
Then he took a square step and walked out of the clan area, heading to Hokage Building with other Uchiha Clan's Jonin.
"Akaseki brother!"
"Akaseki..."
Other Uchiha Clan Jonin also said hello when they saw Akaseki Jonin.
"Where is Orochimaru?" Akaseki asked after looking at it.
"Already at Hokage Building." Gongzhi Jiu said.
Akaseki nodded and said, "Okay, let's set off too!"
As Akaseki waved his hand, Uchiha Clan filed out.
Because Jiancheng is not here, Chizuru Clan Elder is still blind, so now although Akaseki is not Clan Elder, he is the actual leader of the Uchiha Clan.
At this time, there was a large wave of the Uchiha Clan, all wearing clan robes, looking very dark, and walking on the street, they really looked like street tigers.
Although there were only eight Uchiha Clan Jonin who actually participated in the meeting, it was very powerful because there were also a group of Chunin and Special Jōnin...
Akaseki is at the front.
This can be regarded as announcing the identity of Akaseki and "Clan Leader candidate" to the village.
When they arrived in front of Hokage Building, the other people in the Uchiha Clan stood still, and only the eight official Jonin headed by Akaseki walked in.
As soon as he came in, Akaseki saw Forest Street's Jonin also coming.
"There are so many Jonins from the Uchiha Clan..." Lanjun said with some amusement.
Uchiha Clan now has seventeen Jonin, accounting for nearly one-tenth of the total number of Jonin in the village. In the history of Konoha, it is second only to the proportion when the village was first established - when the village was first established, there were fewer Shinobi Clan than now, and the Commoner Ninja class has not yet been born...
At this time, Uchiha Clan's Jonin, in addition to the eight in front of him, three are outside the village and have not returned, and six are at home... They are blind and cannot go out, but they have the right to vote, and these nine votes are also carried by Akaseki!
"Because Uchiha Clan sacrificed more Jonin." Yangyong directly criticized him.
However, Yangyong's words really left Lanjun speechless.
After this battle, Uchiha Clan had the most Jonin, but... the proportion and absolute number of Jonin sacrificed was also the largest!
On the contrary, if Forest Street is considered as a whole, because its participation in the front line is relatively small, the most has been preserved...
Unlike Uchiha Clan and Jonin, most of them were promoted after the war.
At the same time, Forest Street has the most Elite Jonin, and the proportion is also the largest - there are only eight Jonin in total, but four of them are Elite Jonin.
Now including Ranwu, five are here...
At this time, Akaseki and Ranwu also stopped the "family members" each to prevent the quarrel from escalating.
"We brought the tickets." After Ranwu persuaded Lanjun, he patted Yangyong on Lanjun's ninja bag.
Uchiha Clan was silent now - Akaseki told them this good news yesterday.
If Forest Street threatens to "not vote for you", Uchiha Clan will not give in at all, but... they have already agreed to vote for you, so no matter how much they argue at this time, it will not be fair.
"If Tsunade hadn't quit..." Lanjun was still a bit tasteful.
"Huh? Where's Sister Tsunade?" Akaseki asked in confusion - there was no Tsunade among the other five.
"Hokage Building came first... By the way, this doesn't count sister Tsunade, but..." Ranwu said specifically.
Forest Street There are eight Jonins, seven of them have already joined together to collect tickets, but they did not bring Tsunade.
Akaseki also understands that this is certainly not to bully her, but mostly because...
Third Uncle Fourth Uncle don't dare to tell Tsunade!
Otherwise, Tsunade may lose his composure and seek theories from Shimura Danzō and Hiruzen Sarutobi, or even...
Normal and limited "Wood Release Experiments", Canglan and they knew about it, but they didn't tell Tsunade. They just couldn't accept the "secret" ones, and Tsunade... maybe even those who knew Hiruzen Sarutobi wouldn't agree!
Moreover, Ranwu and the others also felt that even if she did not discuss this matter with Tsunade, she would definitely vote for Orochimaru. After all, they are teammates. Even if Orochimaru is usually indifferent to everyone, she will definitely have an extra sense of friendship with Jiraiya and Tsunade.
At this time, one after another, Shinobi Clan or Jonin, who was born as a commoner, came to Hokage Building.
In fact, most of the so-called "Shinobi Clan" only have one official Jonin...
Although it is not stated explicitly, the unspoken rule is that in a war, if the little Shinobi Clan, the only Jonin, is sacrificed, Hokage Building will replace him as soon as possible.
The official Jonin establishment of Konoha is indeed very strict, but in this case, it will still be relaxed - after all, there are many small Shinobi Clans, and there is only one Jonin in the first place. After people sacrifice, they can't even enter the Jonin Meeting door, which is not suitable.
"Huh... finally caught up." Minato's voice came over at this time.
I saw Minato arriving at the door of Hokage Building.
When Akaseki saw Minato, he quickly asked, "Why did you come back so fast? Was there any accident?"
Minato shook his head and said, "Nothing, there are three Jonin... I wasted a little time looking for someone."
That's right, Minato has been on a special mission these past two days - Hokage Building issued a special mission to Minato two days ago, and he was responsible for collecting tickets!
This can be regarded as an investigation to see if Minato's "Flying Thunder God Technique" is really as amazing as he said...
"Can't you just place Flying Thunder God here..." Ranwu saw that he was out of breath and asked one more question.
Minato could only laugh twice at this.
Put Flying Thunder God Mark in Hokage Building?
It sounds very punishing...
Minato's "Infinite Rush" has now begun to take shape, but due to identity issues, he is not allowed to retain his spells in many places.
"How many did you bring back?" Akaseki asked with burning eyes.
As a "super errand boy", Minato is responsible for all the Jonin tickets sent back without entrustment - some Jonin will bring the tickets back to relatives and friends, but there are also some that are waiting for someone to collect them.
Now...
"Kannabi Bridge, Sunagakure, Kusagakure... Including each stronghold, there are a total of twenty-three Jonin, eight abstained, and I brought back the other fifteen votes." Minato said with a slight smile.
Minato has been traveling "all over the world" these days...
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From Land of Wind to Land of Earth, and even some Jonin who were performing tasks in Land of Fire, all Minato came to our door one by one!
People who knew the inside story also looked askance at Minato.
Did you really travel so much in two days?
It even includes the time to find someone, and the time to travel normally - not every Jonin carries Flying Thunder God Formula, but Minato has several key Flying Thunder God points, so it has an advantage on a large-scale journey. For the specific location, you still have to "Flying Thunder God" to the nearest key point, and then rush there...
From this point of view, the speed of Minato is incomparable to that of Second back then.
Hearing this, Akaseki further winked at Minato.
"But... most of them are secret votes, I don't know either." Minato said awkwardly when he saw this.
Akaseki curled his lips when he heard this and muttered in amusement, "Why are there still eight abstentions..."
You're already here, and he says he won't vote, so why don't you just ask for votes?
Minato:...
"It was originally fourteen." Minato could only say dullly.
The proportion of abstentions is very high, after all...Jonin who did not want to abstain, most of them took the initiative to find someone to bring their votes back!
Those who are waiting for Minato to come to confirm will naturally have a high rate of abstention.
Minato has also canvassed votes, which is equivalent to canvassing six votes directly!
And this is not just a casual comment. As Minato said before, it took some time to find three Jonin. In fact, they encountered some troubles in their mission. Minato also solved it by the way, and only then did they get three votes.
After all...
Although Minato also has a deep affection for Torifu Akimichi and feels that he is a reliable person, Orochimaru has taught him ninjutsu, especially... Now Orochimaru is still Uchiha Clan, and Minato dare not I thought, if I didn't help at all, Akaseki would be in a lot of trouble when he came back - I can even imagine that Akaseki would definitely attribute the reason to "Did you want to do Hokage, so you deliberately suppressed us Uchiha Clan"...
However, some people who insisted on abstaining did not want to get involved. Minato didn't want to say much, so he just mentioned it.
When Akaseki heard what Minato said and knew that he had obtained six votes, he immediately grinned and hit him on the shoulder.
Jonin came to the conference room and immediately found that the atmosphere today was a bit strange.
It's not just a question of Jonin Commander voting, but...
Jonin from the Uchiha Clan and Jonin from Forest Street sat down together without hesitation!
This unusual situation immediately made people feel that today was not an easy day.
Don't call me an outsider...
Tsunade, who arrived early, also looked at this scene in confusion. "They are..."
"It must have been canvassed by Akaseki." Orochimaru knew the real reason, but didn't say it.
Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Shimura Danzō also walked in at this time - Mitokado Homura was still not there.
Seeing Uchiha Clan and Forest Street sitting together, Sarutobi and Utatane Clan couldn't help but look dumbfounded. As for Shimura Danzō, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot - this must be the fault of the inherently evil Akashi Uchiha!
"Everyone knows that the main content of today's meeting, then... let's vote first!" Hiruzen Sarutobi Gate of Opening said straightforwardly.
As for the words of praise and encouragement to Sakumo Hatake, they were already said when he was dismissed from office a month ago.
"Old rules, everyone votes secretly." Sarutobi said, and personally marked Sealing Technique on the ballot box.
But...
Being anonymous is just "not remembering". If someone deliberately wants to express it, that's another matter.
For example, now, Akaseki and Lanjun stand up directly as representatives...
It's not strange for the Uchiha Clan to vote collectively like this, but...Forest Street hasn't done this for decades!
Even at this moment, everyone was "horrified" to see that Lanjun nodded to Orochimaru before voting, and then raised a stack of votes in his hand to him...
Although I didn't say anything, but... this means that I can't even act at all.
In other words, Forest Street "acted" out what he wanted to say - this is no longer a matter of trying to get together to win votes, but deliberately letting everyone understand that "we just rushed"...