Third Hokage Sarutobi, I have to admit that he is now facing one of the most difficult choices in his life.
He had faced this kind of decision several times before, but never as painful as today.
Sandai's life, from an outsider's point of view, was undoubtedly successful, but only those who knew him well knew that he was actually very unfortunate.
In his early years, his two father-like teachers, First, died one after another. In his middle age, his eldest son died in war. In his later years, he lost his apprentices, Sannin, one of whom he treated like his own son and daughter. Tsunade, who could not bear the tragic death of his lover and younger brother, suffered from hemophobia, and finally went into self-exile and left Konoha.
But the master is so out of tune. Now, he is about to lose another apprentice, and the one he is most proud of in his life...
Sometimes, he really doubted whether he had committed any sins in his previous life, and it was his turn to suffer retribution in this life.
Although he really wanted to come up with a way to get the best of both worlds, he also knew that it was unlikely. Now that Danzo had not come back, Chun and Homura would still give him face and reduce the level of the situation to the lowest level. Once Danzo came back and he had not yet decided on a countermeasure, then... with the high-level combat power gathered in Konoha now, it would definitely be a disaster.
"It seems that I can only solve it myself..."
He murmured to himself and admitted the reality - he could no longer keep his proud disciple Orochimaru. From today on, Konoha no longer has the master combination "Sannin". It has become history.
But let's not mention the inner feelings of these people. For the villagers, everything is still beautiful and harmonious. The war is finally over. Although the lost family members are sad, those who have not lost are really relieved.
And at this time, the election of Fourth Hokage has become a new round of Konoha event. Not only Land of Fire Daimyo's Residence, but also the four major ninja villages and dignitaries from various countries are also concerned about this.
As the chief mediator of the ninja village, Shadow's ideological tendency often determines the development direction of the entire village. Konoha has always been a moderate in power, so will there be any surprises this time? After all, there are villages where a militant faction is in power, and Kumogakure is like this.
Konoha is already very powerful. No one hopes that its foreign policy will change from a conservative defensive approach to a radical offensive approach. The four major countries and many other countries all hope that Konoha, the largest and most powerful village, will always be moderate and conservative.
So, with everyone's expectations, the first part of the Hokage election, the villager election, began. What every villager talks about most now is who they want to elect.
There are three candidates, Sannin is the only two left now, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Yellow Flash, Namikaze Minato, who studied under Sannin, is now famous, and his reputation is as high as that of White Fang in the past.
From this point alone, it can be seen that the absolute power of the Senju Clan family is unshakable. These three people are all direct descendants of the Senju Clan...
The so-called villagers, of course, not only include ordinary civilians. In theory, the majority of middle-class Genin below jounin are also "villagers", although here, especially those of middle- and lower-level ninjas from families, their attitudes are really very watery, and basically have nothing to do with the word "personal opinion".
It was under this circumstance that the Konoha delegation, headed by Danzo, who successfully completed the task, returned to the village. They brought the commendation order of Daimyo's Residence, as well as the record A list of a large amount of money, food and supplies. This is the war damage compensation given by Feudal Lord of Fire to Konoha who was still suffering from overwork and seven injuries despite winning the war. Among the large amounts of property provided, all aspects have been taken care of.
To a certain extent, this alleviated the pain caused by the war to Konoha. Those civilian families who had lost the backbone and pride of their families received generous compensation from Daimyo's Residence to make their lives smooth.
After all, since the creation of the Ninja Academy, civilian ninjas have replaced family ninjas and become the main source of soldiers for the ninja army. Their large and stable grassroots numbers have created ninja armies in various countries that are several times larger than the initial ones. If something goes wrong with them, it will be in big trouble...
However, for the upper levels, the return of the delegation also means a big trouble, because Danzo is back, which will cause the militant faction who have not expressed their attitude on this matter to start to raise their heads.
But this has nothing to do with Qi, and neither Danzo nor the Third Generation want him to be involved. Therefore, when he returned to the village, the Konoha four-man power group, knowing that the situation was serious, immediately gave him a holiday and let him rest.
In this way, Qi finally got what he wanted and relaxed. Before the second round of Hokage selection and the jounin voting began, he basically had nothing to worry about.
However, as the saying goes, there are three irons in life, and comrades are often the strongest link among them. Therefore, when Qi was put on leave, his comrades who had been put on leave earlier than him came to visit him.
"Yo!"
Uchiha Xiu, who had not seen him for a long time, stood with a large group of people, showing Qi a bright smile enthusiastically. At the same time, they completely ignored the fact that the group of them woke Qi up again after finally lying down.
"Isn't it possible that I have no chance of sleeping?"
Qi looked at the sky above his head in confusion, looking for the unnecessary master.
He really wanted to communicate with the other party...
It's a pity that he can't find the master, there is no such thing in Hokage, so he can only turn his attention back to the scum in front of him.
"Should I not see you for a long time?"
Staring at the dark circles under his eyes, he asked in an aggrieved tone.
"Qi, don't sleep, go out and play."
Uchiha Xiu was in good spirits, and Obito behind him was finally more reliable. He knew that he had disturbed Qi's sleep, so he looked embarrassed...
"It's such a waste to sleep when you're so angry!"
Beautiful eyebrows dancing with joy,
"Let's go to the hot springs!"
His smile at this time was definitely of the obscene type, and he was almost 70% similar to the legendary weirdo.
"Hehe, if you are lucky, maybe you can meet a beautiful sister..."
When he said this, he looked at Qi who was very depressed and in extreme pain because he was woken up and wanted to hit someone but couldn't find anyone to hit. He couldn't help but secretly think of what his family had told him.
d. That girl is really my sister...
It's a pity... What he didn't know was that there was a cataract patient beside him, who was also saying the same thing in his heart...