A few days later.
Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi announced that Minato Namikaze would become the Fourth Hokage.
The major clans had long expected this. Judging by the momentum of the voting, the Hokage could only have been Minato Namikaze or Orochimaru.
It was perfectly normal for Minato Namikaze to have come out ahead in the votes.
Quite a few of them had voted for Minato. After all, most people preferred Minato's sunny, gentle personality to Orochimaru's.
Someone like him would not be too harsh as Hokage.
The Uchiha Clan Compound.
After learning that the choice of the new Hokage had been settled, the Uchiha Clan convened a clan meeting.
Inside the meeting room at Naka Shrine.
"What are your thoughts on Minato Namikaze becoming Hokage?"
Uchiha Fugaku looked at the assembled clan members.
The Uchiha Clan had suffered years of suppression and exclusion by the village leadership, so the new Hokage's attitude toward them was extremely important.
If the Fourth treated the Uchiha Clan the same way the Third had, it would certainly not be good news for them.
They therefore had to find out Minato Namikaze's attitude in advance so they could prepare for the worst...
"I don't think someone with Minato Namikaze's personality would actively target us," the Elder of the Pro-Peace Faction said first. "Although I have never interacted with him, the new Hokage has a good reputation in the village."
Most clan members felt that as long as the new Hokage did not target the Uchiha Clan too much, they could accept it.
Failing that, he could maintain the stance taken during Hiruzen Sarutobi's tenure, but he could not oppress the clan any further.
Otherwise, even the Pro-Peace Faction would object, and they would certainly join the Hawk Faction's camp, upsetting the peace maintained among