"How does it feel to become the boss of a village? Pretty wonderful, isn't it?"
Unlike the bustle within the Uchiha Clan Compound, Uchiha Gen and a few people he knew well had still headed to their familiar spot along the Naka River, near Shisui's Death Waterfall.
The person who asked that question was Obito Uchiha.
By now, Obito had lost his pallid appearance, but he still retained some of the traits of the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, since the Ten-Tails had yet to be extracted from him.
As he spoke, Obito Uchiha's voice was filled with jealousy.
That was normal, though. After all, aside from marrying Rin Nohara, this guy's dream was to become Hokage.
"I don't feel much of anything. If I had to put a feeling to it, it'd be, 'You've really made my life miserable.' I don't actually care much about the Hokage position.
Do I look like someone who likes sitting in an office scribbling away all day just to deal with trivial matters?
If it weren't for my clansmen's expectations, and the fact that the Uchiha really ought to have a Hokage by now, I think I'd rather let someone else take the job. Unfortunately, there's no 'if.'"
Faced with Obito Uchiha's envy, jealousy, and resentment, Uchiha Gen merely took a calm sip of Coke and spoke softly as he gazed at the moon overhead.
Given a choice, not even a dog would take the Hokage's job.
Once someone possessed absolute strength, power became optional. After all, with absolute strength, no one would dare disobey them anyway.
"Please don't sound so indifferent. Becoming Hokage used to be a lot of people's dream. Well, it still is. Plenty of children at the Ninja Academy still dream of becoming Hokage."
Beside him, Minato Namikaze immediately spoke softly with