I Have a Bunch of Relatives Who Want to Be Hokage Chapter 50

In both numbers and intelligence, they far surpassed the little snakes Mitarashi Anko had summoned. They were on a completely different level.

But high intelligence was not always a good thing.

Uchiha Shingen kept backing away expressionlessly. The snakes, however, froze after sensing his chakra, then slowed their movements.

He had the air of a tough-guy actor.

In short, he was acting tough.

"Hm?" Orochimaru noticed the change in those Dragon Cave hooligans.

Why had these crude brutes, who always talked about eating people for a snack, suddenly become so timid?

There could only be one reason.

"You mastered the Dragon Cave Sage Technique?" Orochimaru dismissed the summons.

This only happened between true inheritors of Dragon Cave.

His gaze became even more chilling. Someone had come to his door looking for trouble, only for that person to turn out to be another inheritor of Dragon Cave from the current generation. He was in a very bad mood.

If he had been someone from Blue Star, he would probably have cursed, "What the hell are you competing with me for?"

"Nothing special. Mainly, I'm a good person. Old Man Wan and his wife even personally showed me the way," Uchiha Shingen said, taking the chance to widen the distance between them.

They completed their hand seals at the same time.

Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet!

Fire Release: Great Fire Technique!

Vast chakra surged.

A majestic water dragon rose from the ground and collided with the Great Fire Technique, which resembled a pillar of flame. Steam billowed forth, shrouding the entire forest in a hot mist.

In the distance, Mitarashi Anko was dumbfounded.

Behind her appeared a man dressed in Hokage robes. He watched the battlefield ahead in silence.

[This really is... not a single peaceful day.]

Namikaze Minato looked at the forest already swallowed by mist and thought this.

Only after becoming Hokage did he realize what a miserable position it truly was. It was nowhere near as comfortable as being the head of the Jonin Council.

It was impossible to please either side, and whatever he did would offend someone.

Look, only a few days had passed, and the village's new hero was already fighting its old hero again.

Perhaps he should not keep worrying about the Third Hokage's feelings. How about it? Should he take this opportunity to make a move?

Namikaze Minato's Resolve

Ever since Namikaze Minato became Hokage, he had noticed that something in the village was wrong.

The current ANBU was indeed Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo's territory, but that did not mean Namikaze Minato was blind and deaf.

Though he was no longer the head of the Jonin Council, he still had a firm grip on this formidable weapon.

To put it bluntly, every time the Hokage changed, the ANBU would basically have to be rebuilt from scratch. The old people stepped down and new people took their places, but the Jonin Council did not work that way.

Every jonin in this organization had their own circle of followers within the Hidden Leaf Village's ninja forces, and its membership changed very slowly.

Therefore, whoever gained the Jonin Council's support was the most powerful person in the Hidden Leaf Village.

Conversely, even if one were nominated and appointed Hokage by the daimyo, without the Jonin Council's support, one could only be an acting Hokage.

Forget about ever becoming official.

After Namikaze Minato became Hokage, the Jonin Council's attitude toward the Hokage was one of complete obedience.

They were all veterans of the Hidden Leaf's ninja forces, and quite a few had long disliked the old guard's way of doing things.

It had not been like this before, but ever since the Konoha White Fang committed suicide, a rift had formed between the Jonin Council and the former Third Hokage faction.

Before Namikaze Minato, the Konoha White Fang had been the head of the Jonin Council.

The Konoha White Fang had plenty of flaws, but his personal character had truly been admirable. Many in the Jonin Council had received his help, and people were not made of stone. After his incident, quite a few within the council spoke up for him. During that period, many people watched Hatake Kakashi closely from start to finish, afraid that something might happen to him too.

Whether it had been a conspiracy aside, everyone shared the same view—Old Captain Hatake's actions had indeed caused considerable losses to the village, and it was unreasonable to demand that the Hokage Building stand by his side. But could they not at least guide public opinion? Were all his past contributions just fed to the dogs?

Were they really going to be so heartless? If one day we accidentally caused a disaster, would we end up even worse than this?

Because of this, the Hidden Leaf Village's Jonin Council entered the most united period in its history.

When Namikaze Minato and Orochimaru were both nominated as candidates for Fourth Hokage, the Jonin Council overwhelmingly voted for Namikaze Minato.

At the very least, Namikaze Minato was Hatake Kakashi's teacher.

If the competition had been against Jiraiya, everyone might have felt conflicted. Orochimaru? There was nothing to be conflicted about.

With such a foundation, Namikaze Minato quickly gathered enough intelligence.

Human experimentation.

Human experimentation itself was not necessarily a problem. The Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, had done plenty of it back then. But the issue was that he had experimented on enemies, not his own people!

Yet some of the village's human experiments used its own fallen ninja as materials. They involved not only the village's ninja clans, but also ninja from non-clan backgrounds.

Was this some kind of joke? Were they trying to start a civil war for fun?

From then on, Namikaze Minato took the matter seriously. The first person he suspected was Shimura Danzo.

It couldn't be helped. The old man simply didn't have a face that looked capable of doing good deeds. Whenever anything bad happened, people naturally thought of him.

Namikaze Minato probed him a little, only to be rebuffed so badly that he nearly couldn't save face.

His suspicions thus deepened.

Namikaze Minato sincerely trusted the Third Hokage and his own teacher, Jiraiya.

But he did not trust Shimura Danzo. Orochimaru, who associated with Shimura Danzo, was also on his list of suspects.

Since then, he had been searching for an opportunity, and the Jonin Council had been waiting for one as well.

Now, it seemed that opportunity had arrived!

He created two Shadow Clones. One used the Flying Thunder God Technique to notify the Jonin Council, while the other returned to the Hokage Building through the Flying Thunder God Technique to inform the Third Hokage and the others. Namikaze Minato himself remained where he was, keeping watch over Uchiha Shingen and Orochimaru.

But after giving it some thought, he created another Shadow Clone and sent it to notify the Police Force.

Going directly to the Uchiha Clan would not have been appropriate, but notifying the Police Force was perfectly reasonable.

A fight involving ninjas fell within the Police Force's jurisdiction as well.

Once the Uchiha Clan arrived, they would certainly protect their own. Then Shimura Danzo would definitely show himself too.

As long as the leaders emerged, the already-prepared Jonin Council would storm straight into the den of evil!

Namikaze Minato waited silently.

Before long, he sensed a large amount of chakra gathering in this direction.

A smile appeared on his face.

Today, Namikaze Minato would rid the village of a cancer!

After this, wouldn't Kushina agree to have a second child with him?

Ever since he was young, Namikaze Minato had envied people with brothers and sisters. He would never pass that regret on to Naruto.

The sound of wind rose behind him.

Although his chakra sensing had already told Namikaze Minato who was coming, he still turned around.

"Third Hokage-sama."

"Minato! What is going on here?" Sarutobi Hiruzen, clad in battle gear, rushed to the front. The moment he landed, he anxiously demanded an explanation.

At the same time, bitterness filled his heart.

Had his disciple lost his mind? Uchiha Shingen was merely giving Mitarashi Anko a private lesson.

Had he really not gotten over Nawaki's matter?

Behind him stood Tsunade and Jiraiya.

Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu remained stationed at the Hokage Building. They couldn't have every member of the leadership rushing out; someone needed to stay behind in case anything happened.

The recent string of abnormalities in the village had made Sarutobi Hiruzen increasingly aware that his energy was failing him.

His home was cold and empty now as well. Every day, when he returned home, he only had Konohamaru for company. Only when looking at that troublesome grandson could he feel a little warmth.

"I don't know." Namikaze Minato was not lying, nor would he lie to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

How could he know why those two had started fighting?

"Why is Orochimaru picking a fight with a child?" Jiraiya frowned.

There was none of his usual flippancy on his face.

He only acted foolish; he was not truly foolish. Otherwise, he would have been beaten to death long ago.

Over the past few years, the Legendary Sannin had become increasingly estranged despite keeping up appearances. All Jiraiya could do was try his best to restore things to how they had once been, but with little success. It felt as though they were barely holding things together.

The three of them had supported one another since childhood. No matter who it was, Jiraiya did not want any of them to be hurt.

"If it's a child of the Uchiha Clan, then it isn't really a child, Jiraiya," Tsunade remarked.

She had not wanted to come at all. She knew perfectly well what Uchiha Clan ninjas—especially those who had awakened the Sharingan—were like.

It was said that Uchiha Shingen had chosen a different path, but Tsunade did not think he was all that different.

See? Wasn't this exactly like an Uchiha—getting into a fight with Orochimaru?

When she was little, Uncle Muzoku had once told her that the same rice could feed a hundred different kinds of people. Not every Uchiha was a lunatic, and not every Senju of the Forest was an honest person. But Tsunade felt that every Uchiha was a lunatic, while among the Senju of the Forest, only Uncle Muzoku was shameless to an outrageous degree.

In the end, he had even gotten himself killed through that shamelessness.

What was the point of living brilliantly? Once a person died, everything was gone.

Thinking of that made Tsunade's mood worsen.

"How much longer are they going to fight?" she said impatiently. "This isn't some arena match. So many of us have come already—they should know when to stop!"

No one found Tsunade's sudden temper unusual.

Not charging in to openly take sides was already enough to make everyone think, "The Legendary Sannin truly live up to their name."

Taking sides in a fight was no easy matter.

Uchiha Shingen was one of the heroes of the Nine-Tails Night, and one of the Uchiha Clan's foremost figures today. More importantly, within Leaf Village, he was one of the Leaf ninja most recognized by the villagers.

As for Orochimaru, there was no need to say more.

If they took sides, the Uchiha Clan would definitely explode.

Everyone had seen the Security Force's performance during the Nine-Tails Night. Honestly, whether in combat capability or cohesion, the current ANBU could not compare at all.

Leaf Village's number one great clan—fully deserving of the title.

Before long, more and more people arrived. A fight had broken out at Leaf Village's entrance, and the Third Hokage leaving the Hokage Building in full battle gear was impossible to keep hidden.

It was not just the Hokage Building faction; members of other ninja clans had come to see what was happening as well.

"No matter what, Lord Third, we should separate them first," the ANBU ninja accompanying Sarutobi Hiruzen suggested from behind him.

The old man wore a conflicted expression. His old habit had flared up again.

It made the ANBU ninja anxious to watch.

The Uchiha Clan had yet to appear, giving him a bad feeling.

The next moment, his premonition came true.

A group of Uchiha Clan ninja dressed in Security Force uniforms appeared.

Every one of them had their Sharingan activated. Though not all possessed three tomoe, there was no doubt that they were all elites of the Uchiha Clan.

Before the Nine-Tails Night, the Uchiha Clan had been little more than loudmouths. The Hokage faction had never taken their complaints seriously.

But during the Nine-Tails Night, they had confronted the Sarutobi Clan right in front of the Third Hokage, their dominance utterly unrestrained.