The Fifth Hokage Is So Considerate / The Fifth Hokage Calls All the Shots

As a man of steel, Uchiha Tekka would rather die than touch those two parts of a man's body, except when he's about to kill someone.

Are we supposed to lift this guy's butt up and make him stand up?

However, Uchiha Tekka was a decisive person, and after only a slight hesitation, he made his decision.

So he stood up, lightly kicked Bi in the backside, and shouted, "Get up! You idiot! Nobody here wants to harm you!"

If Uchiha Shingen hadn't been sitting opposite him, he definitely wouldn't have given him a light kick.

Hearing Uchiha Tekka's familiar tone, he finally believed that the ruthless Fifth Hokage was planning to drink with him.

I'm not trying to get rid of him.

He quickly got up and sat back down.

Uchiha Shingen picked up the sake bottle, first poured a cup for Bee, and then filled the cups of Tekka and himself.

"Here." He offered a glass of wine. "I've been busy lately and haven't had a chance to have a proper chat with you. Welcome to Leaf Village."

He clinked glasses with Uchiha Shingen in a very obsequious manner, his glass so low it almost touched the bottom of the sofa.

Uchiha Shingen didn't force him; it's normal for someone from the Cloud Ninja to be afraid of him.

After all, he has been targeting Kumogakure for many years.

But how should I put it? As Senju Butsuma said, this is a sign of respect for the enemy.

Otherwise, why doesn't he target other organizations? It's simply that only the Kumogakure has the potential to catch up with the Leaf Village.

After downing his drink in one gulp, Uchiha Shingen placed the cup on the table and said, "I've seen your attitude, and I believe you genuinely want to join Leaf Village. Tell me, why don't you want to continue being Cloud Ninja?"

Chapter 40 The Fifth Hokage is Understanding

Hearing Uchiha Shingen ask this question, Bi's extremely tense emotions immediately relaxed a little.

His nervousness stemmed from the fact that Uchiha Shingen had consistently ignored him.

This indifference towards his reasons for leaving Kumogakure put a lot of pressure on him.

"I really can't stay here any longer," Hitsuji replied cautiously. "Besides, I was forced to become Jinchūriki, and the Raikage doesn't like me either. I'm thinking it's better to leave as soon as possible."

"Oh? Forced?" Uchiha Shingen became somewhat interested. "I know a little about Kumogakure. Their process for selecting Jinchūriki is quite rigorous. You were a member of the former Raikage clan, weren't you?"

"Yes."

"Aren't the Yotsuki Clan and the former Raikage clan as close as family? Even if the Raikage doesn't like you, he naturally has his elders to look after him. Why would he act so impulsively?"

Bi felt that Uchiha Shingen seemed to be guiding him to self-destruct, but he had no evidence.

Even if I did, I wouldn't dare say.

"That was in the past." Criticizing the Fifth Raikage was effortless for him. "The current Raikage doesn't have the same prestige as before. He needs to suppress our clan, and our family was forced to send someone out of desperation."

"Even so, given how much importance the Kumogakure places on Jinchūriki, shouldn't they be trying to win you over?" Uchiha Shingen asked.

"Well..." Bi considered his words carefully, "The current Raikage doesn't possess that ability anymore."

"How so?"

"Lord Hokage, things are different now. In the past, although Jinchūriki were disliked in Kumogakure, they were protected by the Raikage. Now... the Raikage has no ability to protect Jinchūriki at all."

Once he said that, Uchiha Shingen understood.

He is, after all, the top Cloud Village expert in Hidden Leaf Village at present.

In short, the Fifth Raikage, Darui, was not strong enough. Although he was able to take the position of Raikage, his power and prestige could not compare with those of his predecessors.

Perhaps this is one of the reasons why he didn't change his name to "Ai".

In a place like Kumogakure, seniority and connections are useless. If you can't be strong enough to create a significant gap between yourself and others, the military leaders will cause trouble immediately.

The military leaders in Hidden Leaf Village who preferred to protect their interests through political maneuvering simply did not exist in Kumogakure.

In this environment, no one could have fared better than this Jinchūriki.

This important combatant, possessing the Tailed Beast Chakra, naturally became a tool for the Raikage and military leaders in their duels. Furthermore, the majority of the Kumogakure harbored an innate aversion and disdain for him due to the history of Tailed Beasts deaths...

"Kumogakure values strength above all else, and you've never resisted?" Uchiha Shingen asked.

The young man before us has changed his name to "Bi," which shows that his abilities as Jinchūriki are recognized.

"Of course I resisted, but my family only helped the Raikage to suppress me." At this point, Bee's emotions were very bad. "My parents are both dead in battle, and no one is speaking up for me."

Uchiha Shingen picked up the sake bottle again and poured more sake.

That should be enough questions.

After the war, he never had any direct contact with Kumogakure again, and he only heard about the changes in Kumogakure.

Due to the starkly different appearances of the People of Lightning and the People of Fire, Leaf Village's intelligence gathering in the Land of Lightning was not particularly convenient, and it mainly relied on merchant caravans.

After the war, Kumogakure) became more secluded, with the Cloud Ninja significantly reducing their area of activity and conversely strengthening secrecy, somewhat resembling the former Hidden Mist Village).

Leaf Village doesn't have a clear idea of what path the Kumogakure is currently taking. If what they said earlier is true, it would be very valuable and could provide direction for analysis.

At present, Uchiha Shingen is almost invincible, but he never thought of taking on the responsibility of fighting against the Ōtsutsuki Clan on his own.

Are you kidding me? Everyone has a share, why would you expect Leaf Village, an organization, to shoulder the burden?

Now that he's become Hokage, he'll use his power wisely.

The lineup of the five major ninja villages plus the Land of Iron in the original timeline, if simplified, could also be used to fight against the Ōtsutsuki Clan.

In this matter, organizations like ninja villages are not truly useless.

Through his contact with Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, Uchiha Shingen initially determined that unless the Ōtsutsuki Clan from outer space had eaten a Devil Fruit and merged with mythology like Kaguya Otsutsuki, they were essentially at the level of gods and would not reach the Six Paths level.

There is still much that can be done in the ninja village.

The Jinchūriki and the Five Kage- level fighters from each village are invaluable combat forces.

Uchiha Shingen began to recall the strength of the Fifth Raikage, Darui, in his mind.

In this timeline, Darui has risen to power earlier than expected. In terms of time, he hasn't yet reached the level of participating in the Fourth Shinobi World War in the original timeline. After all, compared to the original timeline, the current Hokage world hasn't even entered the Naruto: Shippuden era yet.

Darui from Naruto: Shippuden is already a proper Raikage- Kage Level.

Among the five who will inevitably inherit the Five Kage position after Naruto: Shippuden, he ranks third.

In the original timeline, he possessed a vast amount of Chakra and a superb level of Body Flicker Technique. In actual combat, he could dodge the Fire Release of the Six Paths Tools, the Bashōsen. The Bashōsen's attack speed was such that even Kakuzu's Earth Grudge Fear could not dodge its high-speed, wide-range attack.

His signature Lightning Release is a rare, area-of-effect Lightning Release, powerful enough to break through Kakuzu's Earth Release: Earth Spear.

In addition, Darui's highlight in the original timeline was his use of Water-Lightning Release: Emotional Wave to send Uchiha Sasuke flying and injure him, proving that he was also skilled in combination ninjutsu. In the original timeline, only Sarutobi Hiruzen, Kakuzu, and Uchiha Obito could perform this skillfully.

Such useful laborers should definitely be brought out to fight the Ōtsutsuki Clan.

Still want to stay in the Land of Lightning and farm? Dream on!

As long as Uchiha Shingen still has a breath left, Kumogakure can forget about farming and developing.

"Bi, from this moment on, you are a Leaf Village ninja." Uchiha Shingen raised his wine glass, looking at Bi. "Of course, you haven't made any contributions to Leaf Village yet, so your rank is tentatively Special Jōnin. I will finalize this at the Hokage meeting tomorrow. Although you can't take on missions at the Hokage Building yet, you can join the Police Force."

The comparison arrangement has been carefully considered by Uchiha Shingen these past few days.

First of all, Jonin is out of the question; it has nothing to do with strength.

No organization would Jonin without sufficient merit and value.

He was valuable, but he didn't make any contributions.

Assigning someone to a department would be impossible, especially to the ANBU. Hidden Leaf Village isn't wealthy enough to let a Jinchūriki become ANBU member.

As for departments like the administrative department, the Ministry of Education, and the Interrogation Department...

After considering all the options, only Uchiha Shingen's former employer, the Police Force, seemed suitable.

Besides, having spent quite some time in the Uchiha Clan Compound, Uchiha Shingen felt that he should have gotten used to that atmosphere by now. Going to the Police Force first would be more comfortable, since the environment is similar, making him feel more at ease and easier to integrate into the new group.

He is truly an understanding Hokage.

Chapter 41 The Arbitrary Fifth Generation

The next morning, Uchiha Shingen went to work as usual.

Of course, taking advantage of the Hokage's minor privilege, he first enjoyed a good workout in the Hokage's private training room.

The biggest advantage of becoming Hokage is that you no longer have to worry about queuing for equipment or getting up early. You can use it whenever you want, since it's just for you.

He could go to work, but he couldn't stop training; he didn't want to become the next Namikaze Minato.

Namikaze Minato, on the other hand, has clearly spent more time training since stepping down. Judging from his momentum, his second wave of strength growth seems quite stable.

This made Uchiha Shingen a little envious; Minato's family of three was a bit strange.

Generally speaking, it's not uncommon for a ninja family to have strong fathers and sons or husbands and wives; what's rare is when both parents and children excel.

For example, Senju Hashirama, he and his wife were both powerful, but his son was not.

Kakashi and his father are both very strong, but his mother is just normal.

Another famous father-son duo is Sarutobi Sasuke and Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Namikaze Minato is indeed quite unique.

The idea of being a reincarnation of Asura Chakra is completely irrelevant. To be serious, the prerequisite for possessing Asura Chakra is that Naruto Uzumaki himself must be the most outstanding among the descendants of Ashura in this generation.

Otherwise, Asura Chakra would go to someone else.

Born as a human, yet living among demons, Uchiha Shingen felt immense pressure.

He wouldn't feel at ease unless he trained hard.

Although others might see it differently—aside from those who know Uchiha Shingen very well—most people generally feel that Hokage who persists in his training like this is a true anomaly since the founding of Leaf Village.

Hokage, some Hokage were notoriously lazy, some were intolerant of any wrongdoing, some formed cliques, and some even had severe obsessive-compulsive disorder; none of them were truly dedicated to training.

That Hokage training room has basically been just for show for many years.

I never imagined it would actually come in handy one day.

However, to be fair, as the fifth Hokage, Uchiha Shingen was one of the quickest to learn among the Hokage.

Aside from the First and Second Hokage, he was the quickest to get started, unlike the Third and Fourth Hokage who both went through a considerable period of adjustment. After all, he was highly regarded as Hokage and already had a ready-made team.

After finishing his training, taking a shower, and changing into his Hokage attire, Uchiha Shingen began to work seriously.

The first thing I didn't do wasn't go to the office to approve documents.

The Fourth Namikaze Minato, was a workaholic. Even though he tried to delegate more authority later on, he still maintained a meticulous approach to everything, so he spent most of his mornings approving documents.

Uchiha Shingen knew he neither had the energy nor the interest. He only needed to review documents once every three days, and usually only dealt with urgent reports that needed to be submitted for approval, which he didn't handle many of in a day.

His main jobs are attending meetings and conducting field research.

If we calculate it this way, the difference between him and Namikaze Minato is probably that Namikaze Minato trained in upper body martial arts, while he trained in lower body martial arts.

After having breakfast in the Hokage's room, about an hour later, Uchiha Shingen left behind a Shadow Clone and went out to attend a meeting.

During the Fifth Hidden Leaf Village, meetings were reduced significantly, but joint meetings of the ANBU, the Police Force, and the Ministry of Education became a regular occurrence.

In reality, the Ministry of Education is the primary military department of Hidden Leaf Village.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's greatest contribution during his tenure Hokage was the reform of the Ninja Academy. Many policies were changed after he stepped down, but the academy was not only unchanged, but it was also strengthened in the direction he set out to become.

As for the medical reforms, which are suspected of taking credit for others' work, the first step actually started with the Ninja Academy.

However, for some reason, the Ministry of Education, the ANBU, and the Police Force never truly collaborated until the time of the Fourth Generation.

With Uchiha Shingen in charge, the ANBU, the Police Force, and the Ministry of Education were finally able to sit down together for a meeting.

When Uchiha Shingen entered the conference room, the heads and underlings of the three departments were already there.

The head of the Police Force is no longer Hyuga Hiashi, but Aburame Shibi.

As Aburame Shino's father, he also had a particular fondness for Kikaichū and was a top-tier insect user in the contemporary Ninja World.

Kikaichū don't have a strong presence in the original story, but they are terrifying to most people.

Given Aburame Shibi's skill level, most people would only need to meet him once.

The head of the ANBU has been replaced by Aburame Torune.

Uchiha Itachi is not yet ready for this position; he remains with the Special Operations Team.