The Third Hokage Returns

At the final moment, Minato Namikaze sealed the Nine-Tails' Yang chakra into the body of a newborn baby, while he himself fell into an eternal slumber.

The baby was naturally his newborn child.

At that critical moment, he had no other choice.

Kushina's body was extremely weak after giving birth. Sealing the Nine-Tails' Yin chakra had already been no easy task. If she were forced to seal the Yang chakra as well, the two chakras would inevitably merge into one.

Under those circumstances, there was a strong chance that the Nine-Tails would break free from the seal once more.

The disaster finally came to an end.

However, nearly one-third of Konoha had been destroyed in the Nine-Tails' rampage, causing enormous property losses.

Even worse were the ninja who had died.

The villagers were gradually settled, and then an extremely important matter was placed on the agenda.

That was the succession of a new Hokage.

As expected, Danzo stepped forward at this time, declaring that he would take charge of the situation. With the recognition of the Land of Fire's daimyo, he exercised the authority of an acting Hokage.

Although the Land of Fire's daimyo held a lofty status in the country, he was merely an ordinary person. His position was largely symbolic; strictly speaking, he only had the right to make recommendations, not the authority to appoint or dismiss anyone.

Danzo's support from him was mainly to lend legitimacy to his cause and reduce some of the opposition.

But the process was clearly not going to go so smoothly.

Even with the daimyo's support, if Danzo wanted to truly become Hokage, he still needed the votes of most of Konoha's ninja, especially the Jonin.

In the end, he was defeated in this round due to insufficient votes.

Everyone unanimously believed