A Hokage with a Paper-Thin Power Base Was Useless, No Matter How Strong He Was

The crowds on Konoha's shopping street gradually thinned.

After parting ways with Minato Namikaze and his group, Jin Uchiha led Itachi toward the Uchiha District.

The evening breeze blew in chilly gusts.

Jin's brows were slightly furrowed as he mulled things over.

The people in Team Minato were decent enough.

They fell a little short of the shining paragons portrayed in the original story, but in Konoha's murky waters, they were already pretty clean.

Team Minato had hardly been touched by the rot at the heart of the Konoha High Command. If anything, they seemed a little naive.

Especially Minato Namikaze himself.

A commoner who had climbed to his current position couldn't possibly be as innocent as the original story made him out to be.

Still, that sunny disposition of his really did make him feel like a little sun. He was so warm that it was hard to dislike him.

No wonder the Uchiha Clan had backed him so wholeheartedly as the Fourth Hokage in the original story.

Even Jin, meeting him for the first time, couldn't muster any dislike.

A thought occurred to him: should he give Minato a hand?

Once Minato took office, if Jin helped him survive the Nine-Tails' Attack, wouldn't he be able to spend the rest of his days lounging around?

Jin stamped out the idea the moment it appeared.

No.

Minato was good in every other way, but his power base was paper-thin.

Even if Jin saved his life and got him through the Nine-Tails crisis, he still wouldn't be able to keep a grip on Konoha.

Yan Uchiha shook his head, a wry smile tugging at his lips.

All he wanted was to slack off and coast through life. He really didn't want to wear himself out.

Just thinking about the plan