However, as one of the few pirates in the East Blue with a bounty of several million, Alvida quite confident.
After East Blue, apart from the Navy and a few pirates like the Arlong Pirates and the Crick Pirates with bounties of over ten million, Alvida didn't take anyone else seriously in the East Blue.
"Well, as the first test, I'll ask you to take down this pirate crew within ten minutes."
Meikyō yawned and waved to the three people behind him.
Sabo, Kuina, and Koala exchanged glances and charged forward together.
Meikyō casually found a rock to sit on and watched the three people fighting in the arena.
Sabo and Kuina are clearly stronger than Koala, but Sabo's performance is obviously better. He has obviously been trained under the dragon's arrangement, seen blood, and has more combat experience.
"Sabo, let Kuina deal with that fat woman. You just need to take care of the minions."
After watching for Meikyō, Mingjing spoke to Sabo.
Kuina and Sabo quickly switched positions.
Alvida's strength is only considered decent in the East Blue; she wouldn't be of much use in training Sabo.
On the contrary, it suits Kuina quite well.
After all, Kuina's strength is above Alvida's. Although she lacks experience, as long as you keep an eye on her, there shouldn't be any major problems. She's a good candidate for practice.
Kuina adapted quickly. In just over ten moves, she recovered from her initial flustered state to normalcy. Her moves were disciplined and measured. She seized Alvida's weakness, knocked away the iron rod with her sword, and then plunged it into the latter's throat.
"Not bad, you adapted quickly."
Meikyō sat on the rock and clapped his hands.
By this time Sabo and Koala had also eliminated the remaining remnants of the Alvida Pirates.
"Teacher Yuan Yi... Do all the pirates on the high seas do this kind of thing? And... even such a young child has joined such a group of kids."
After killing the enemy, Kuina seemed somewhat absent-minded, staring intently at a dead child in the corner.
The child, wearing black-rimmed Glasses and with pink hair, was killed by the aftershock of Alvida's attack during the battle.
"This is the ocean, this is... the ocean we want to change."
Sabo clenched his fists, his eyes burning with what seemed like fire.
At this moment, Koala also came over with the villagers who had miraculously survived from Poconoya Village.
These pirates knew they shouldn't do things that would kill the goose that lays the golden eggs, so their actions focused on robbing wealth and women, and most of the villagers were still alive.
"Everyone can now retrieve what was stolen from them by the pirates. We've already dealt with those pirates, so don't worry!"
Koala was exceptionally capable in handling these matters, distributing the property to the villagers in an orderly manner.
In the original timeline, Sabo, the Chief of Staff of the Revolutionary Army, was largely handled by her in internal affairs, demonstrating her exceptional political acumen.
However, although the villagers were much happier after retrieving their property, they still seemed worried. Some even seemed hesitant to approach and talk to them.
Finally, a young man could no longer bear it, ran out from the crowd, knelt down in front of the group, and kept kowtowing.
"My lords, please, I beg you, save us! We don't need any of these things!"
The crowd behind them also knelt down.
"Teacher Yuan Yi, what are they doing...?"
Kuina wiped the long sword in her hand and asked Meikyō, puzzled.
"This is the real test I'm giving you."
The Konomi Islands have long been under the rule and oppression of the Arlong Pirates.
The Arlong Pirates' strength is basically close to the ceiling of the East Blue.
Having defeated this Sun Pirates who had once sailed the Grand Line, Kuina and the others have essentially graduated from the East Blue and are now qualified to travel to the Grand Line.
Through conversations with the villagers of Poconoya Village, Kuina and her companions learned about the existence of the Arlong Pirates, a group of Fish-Man, and couldn't help but look at Meikyō.
"Discuss and decide what you want to do. This is your first test at sea, and I won't interfere."
Meikyō waved his hand dismissively, and then his figure instantly vanished from the spot.
In reality, he concealed himself using a Genjutsu similar to a sleight of hand. Given his skill in Genjutsu, it would be difficult to detect him without a sufficiently high level of Observation Haki.
"In that case, let's just go and wipe out the Arlong Pirates!"
Sabo clenched his fists and cracked them as he spoke.
Under Long's tutelage, he had never had any good feelings towards those who harmed and oppressed the people.
"Those guys are truly unforgivable!"
Kuina echoed this sentiment with equal indignation.
"I think we should gather some intelligence first, such as detailed personnel data and individual strengths of the Arlong Pirates, so that we can make targeted plans."
"Koala said, stroking his chin."
But when she turned around, Sabo and Kuina had already disappeared into the distance.
"Those two idiots... don't even know where the Arlong Pirates are!"
Koala helplessly covered her forehead.
Naruto World
The Shadow Clone led three young people out to sea for training, while the real Meikyō was extremely busy.
He was campaigning for Dan Katō.
The Konoha Hokage election is generally divided into three stages.
In theory, every Konoha of Jonin is qualified to become Hokage, but this is only in theory. At the very beginning, candidates must be selected based on their strength, experience, achievements, and prestige.
Through this process, the Konoha Jonin, who possess a certain degree of political power, vote. Only when a candidate for Hokage receives more than two-thirds of the votes and demonstrates his ability to gain the Jonin of these Jonin, who represent the main power of Konoha, can he become Hokage.
The final part involves traveling to the Daimyo's Mansion to gain the daimyo's approval.
This can be considered merely a formality; Konoha possesses absolute autonomy, and the Daimyo has no right to interfere.
However, this aspect is also important, namely, the relationship between the Hokage and the Daimyo, which will greatly affect the economic support that Konoha can obtain.
The military expenses for developing the ninja village's military strength are all allocated by the daimyo.
"At the clan meeting just now, all the current Jonin of the clan have agreed to vote for Dan-senpai in Vice Admiral Jonin election."
Uchiha Fugaku rubbed his temples, looking exhausted as he spoke to Meikyō.
"What, you must have gone to great lengths to get your people to agree?"
Looking at Uchiha Fugaku's expression, Meikyō couldn't help but laugh.
Because he was on a mission outside when the clan meeting was held, he went to the Land of Waves to sign a peace treaty with Mitokado Homura, representing the envoys of Konoha and Kirigakure, and at the same time returned the seven Ninja Blades that had been secretly planted by Minato Namikaze.
He now enjoys great fame and prestige in the Ninja World, and his achievement of annihilating the entire Ninja Sword Group can serve as a significant deterrent to Kirigakure, preventing them from causing any Kirigakure when signing the treaty.
In the treaty signed by both parties, Kirigakure would pay Konoha 500 million ryo in war expenses, just like Sunagakure, and would also buy back seven Ninja Blades at a price of 100 million ryo each, for a total of 1.2 billion ryo.
However, Konoha also "rented" the Three-Tails from Kirigakure for 50 years at a price of 1.2 billion ryo. After 50 years, Konoha can choose to renew the lease.
This treaty, which forced Kirigakure to rent out its Tailed Beast, was unprecedented in the Ninja World, and many Kirigakure ninjas considered it a disgrace.
However, this is also a way for Kirigakure to avoid bearing more of the burden of defeat and to regain the strength of the seven Ninja Blade as quickly as possible.
After all, it takes more than ten years to train a Jinchuriki, and the weakened Kirigakure cannot afford to wait that long.
Anyway, even if they lost the Three-Tails, they still had the Six-Tails, and after the war ended, they sealed it into the body of the new Jinchuriki, Utakata.
"Ah, yes."
Uchiha Fugaku's face was full of helplessness.
"Many clansmen believe that you and I are both qualified to run for Hokage, and they plan to vote for you and me directly."
"So how did you convince them?"
"I can only tell them that with Dan Katō's current prestige, coupled with the power of the Uchiha Clan, he will definitely become Hokage. At that time, you and I will both directly obtain a high-ranking position, and..."
"And what?"
"Furthermore, if Dan Katō becomes Hokage, then the position of the future Fifth Hokage will undoubtedly belong to you. But if you and I get involved now, then it will result in three people—you, me, and Dan Katō— split the votes, and you might not be able to get the Hokage position. It will even affect the position of the future Fifth Hokage."
Uchiha Fugaku glanced at Meikyō and continued speaking.
"Both options were to allow the Uchiha Clan to have one more Hokage. The former was more stable and would also provide two high-ranking positions in the early stages, which would be of great help to the clan. However, the latter would make it easier for others to take the credit. After weighing the pros and cons, and with the persuasion of the Yashiro and Elder Hane, the clan members had no choice but to accept it."
"Very good. With the clan's thirty votes, it's enough to help Master Dan leave the other candidates far behind. In addition, with the other arrangements we've made, this Hokage Election is practically a sure thing."
Meikyō stretched and stood up from the ground.
Inuzuka Ryo and Aburame Nami are currently campaigning for Dan Katō within their respective clans.
If all goes well, the combined votes from the Inuzuka Clan, Aburame Clan, Uchiha Ninja Clan should be enough to give Dan Katō nearly fifty votes.
The Uchiha Clan, including Meikyō and Fugaku, has about thirty Jonin, making them the undisputed Ninja World's Foremost Great Clan.
Even the Hyuga Jonin, another powerful Hyuga Clan, only has about twenty Jonin, which is far from being at the Kage Level.
Further down the hierarchy are medium-sized Ninja Clan like the Ino-Shika-Cho, Aburame Clan, Inuzuka Clan, and Sarutobi clans, among which the number of Jonin (high-ranking ninja) openly displayed is generally no more than ten, or even fewer.
These large and medium-sized Ninja Clan together number around a hundred, and can be considered Konoha's most important source of strength.
After the two Shinobi World War, Konoha now Jonin. The remaining Jonin are mostly from small Ninja Clan like Dan Katō and White Fang, or are commoners.
These Shinobu clans typically have only one or two Jonin, though they may also have some Special Jonin and Chunin. Some Shinobu clans that have completely declined have no Jonin at all.
For a commoner ninja, becoming Jonin, if things go smoothly in the future and some of their descendants can also become Jonin with their support, and as time goes on and the clan continues to grow, after leaving behind a certain Ninjutsu legacy within their family, they can also form their own Ninja Clan.
Meanwhile, at the Root.
The place was dark and gloomy, Danzo used this frightening atmosphere to demonstrate his status.
"Orochimaru, what have you been up to lately? The Root members can't find you anywhere. Don't forget about the Hokage election! And how's the experiment going?"
Danzo's single eye flashed as he spoke to Orochimaru.
The Hokage election is about to begin. Danzo's previous plan was to push Orochimaru to the position, seize power himself, and then use Orochimaru's weaknesses to force him to step down, thus making himself the Fifth Hokage.
His funding of Orochimaru's experiments was intended to allow him to gain greater power while simultaneously uncovering Orochimaru's dirty secrets.
Just when the experiment was finally about to yield results, Orochimaru was nowhere to be seen all day and didn't seem to care much about the Hokage election.
"Hehe, Danzo, of course I have my own things to attend to. As for the Hokage election, aren't you the one to help me oversee it?"
Orochimaru smiled faintly and said to Danzo.
He and Danzo were collaborators, not superiors and subordinates, so he disliked the way Danzo spoke to him.
In the past, in his alliance with Danzo, the latter held the initiative.
Orochimaru was able to continue his research thanks to the financial, powerful, and influential Danzo.
But now, Orochimaru has a better option, with more research topics that fascinate him and ample research funding.
Danzo?
Orochimaru is already planning to sell him for a good price.
"What about the experiment? Didn't you say that as long as we have a powerful Yin Release to neutralize the Yang Release of the First Hokage's Cells, we can solve the problems caused by transplanting the First Hokage's Cells?"
Danzo tapped his cane and said.
"Oh? Could it be that Danzo has already obtained Yin Release, which is comparable to the First Hokage's Cells's Yang Release?"
"This old man..."
Danzo examined his right eye, which was almost completely drained of its power beneath the bandages, and remained silent for a moment.
"I don't have it, but others do."
Danzo stood up and said quietly.