To be perfectly honest, the result shocked almost everyone.
Before the voting began, the people who favored Fugaku Uchiha and Hyuga Hiashi had been roughly split down the middle. Then, after Kazamatsuri Masaki pulled his surprise move of changing his surname on the spot, another portion had broken off to support him.
As for Haruno Mebuki?
Most people did not, in fact, have Fugaku Uchiha's eye for talent.
And Fugaku Uchiha was naturally dissatisfied with this result. Extremely dissatisfied!
The Uchiha clan's obsession with the position of Hokage had lasted a full fifty years! This was the closest they had ever come to success. After the jonin vote, it could even be said that he had already put on half of the Hokage's robes.
And the result?
Haruno Mebuki had charged over out of nowhere and said, "Why are you wearing the Hokage's robes?" Then he had snatched them right off him!
If this could be endured, what could not?!
So when the vote count came out, Fugaku Uchiha slammed the table and rose to his feet. "I object!"
"Fugaku, this is the result of two rounds of voting. I guarantee that there were no issues with the count."
Torifu Akimichi said with a frown.
This Hokage election had been presided over by him. It had clearly been about to end, with only the announcement of the result remaining, and then Fugaku Uchiha had suddenly jumped out to cause trouble. Was this not a slap to his face?
Besides, Torifu Akimichi could actually accept Haruno Mebuki's election.
His personality had always been detached and noncompetitive, so compared to Fugaku Uchiha and Kazamatsuri Masaki's intensity, he had naturally admired Hyuga Hiashi's steadiness more. He simply had not expected Haruno Mebuki to rise so suddenly.
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