Konoha has announced the candidate for the Fifth Hokage. After all, the Third Hokage has only a few days left to live...
Although it has not been recognized by the Fire Kingdom royal family, I believe that since this is the Third Hokage's last will, and the advisors of the Council also support it, there should be basically no surprises.
Looking at the name of the Fifth Hokage, Guan Liyuan felt a headache...
"The Fifth Hokage... Uchiha Itachi? Is this considered the realization of the Uchiha clan's long-cherished wish? What do those guys in Konoha think?" Guan Liyuan repeatedly confirmed with Naruto several times, and got the same result.
That's right, Itachi's identity has been cleared, which Guan Liyuan never expected. Originally, Guan Liyuan thought that Konoha did not dare to admit the Uchiha clan's affairs!
However, Guan Liyuan still underestimated the thick black of Konoha's decision-making level. Uchiha Itachi did overturn the case...
According to the current official statement of Konoha, it was the Uchiha clan that conspired to coup, but was discovered by Uchiha Itachi. After reporting it, the Third Hokage was compassionate and could not bear to take action against the Uchiha family, hoping to solve it with gentle means.
Therefore, Uchiha Itachi killed his entire family on a dark and windy night, and then pleaded guilty to the Third Generation...
Facing Uchiha Itachi who pleaded guilty to him, the Third Generation couldn't help but burst into tears, and said that if he had known that Uchiha Itachi would do this, he would have chosen to have a long talk with Uchiha Fugaku and solve it in a more peaceful way.
At the same time, the Third Generation couldn't bear to execute Uchiha Itachi, and on the other hand, because the Uchiha clan was still a ninja of Konoha at that time, he couldn't forgive him...
So he made Uchiha Itachi make up for his crime and infiltrate a terrorist organization suspected of being related to the Nine-Tails incident as a rebel ninja!
Hearing this touching story, Guan Liyuan was so moved that he wanted to shed two tears to respond to the scene!
Well, the names of Danzo and "Root" did not appear at all in the story. The only mistake of the Third Generation was to misjudge Uchiha Itachi's selfless determination for Konoha.
Uchiha Itachi's merits and demerits have now been offset, and because of his selflessness, he was designated as the Fifth Hokage by the Third Hokage.
Guan Liyuan called Taketori Osamu, and after telling him the first-hand news, Taketori Osamu was very disgusted with Uchiha Itachi's behavior!
Even if he completely believed this statement, Taketori Osamu could not accept Uchiha Itachi's behavior of destroying his own family. If there was such a person in the Taketori clan, Taketori Osamu would be the first to kill him when he returned...
"Do you really believe this statement?" Guan Liyuan was even more confused about this matter.
"I don't completely believe it, there must be other hidden secrets." Taketori Osamu said as a matter of course.
Guan Liyuan saw Taketori Osamu's reaction and understood it...
In fact, if you think about it carefully, although this story is nonsense now, "Uchiha Itachi killed his friends in the same clan for power, and killed his entire clan after being discovered by the Uchiha family"... Isn't the first version of the story five years ago also nonsense?
Ordinary people and low-level ninjas will not think this is nonsense. As for those who really think this is nonsense, as long as this story "needs to be believed", they can believe it even if it is more nonsense!
At the same time, after seeing Taketori Osamu's contempt for Itachi, Guan Liyuan could also guess why Danzo and the Council did not object after the Third Hokage nominated Uchiha Itachi as the Fifth Hokage...
Under the current circumstances, the Third Hokage will not last for a few days. Konoha needs a Fifth Hokage who has cohesion in "status" and can be accepted by the "Council" and "Root"!
Jiraiya and Tsunade meet this condition. Both of them are heroic figures in Konoha in terms of status, especially the latter has the reputation bonus of the First Hokage.
In addition, the two have not been in Konoha for many years and have no power base in the village. It is easy to be sidelined...
Now with the nomination of the Third Hokage and that "tear-jerking" story, Uchiha Itachi is also reasonable in terms of status, and it can be imagined that that "tear-jerking" story has now made the big and small families of Konoha applaud Uchiha Itachi on the surface, but in fact, they are full of vigilance against the Fifth Hokage who is ruthless to his own family!
It can be said that Uchiha Itachi's becoming Hokage inherently pushed the major families towards the Council and even towards Danzo...
Because when the Third Hokage was in power, he believed that Danzo would lead Konoha back to war, so he was very wary of the "Root" and even suppressed it. In addition, the Council and Danzo were restraining each other, so Danzo was not sure of directly competing for the position at this time.
Danzo hoped that a Fifth Hokage with little presence would appear, so that he could develop further. Once Konoha changed or the time was ripe, Danzo could become the Sixth Hokage.
The Council's advisors have not forgotten how little presence the position of Council advisors had when the Third Hokage was young and the First and Second Hokage were in power...
Therefore, the Council did not want a strong and popular Hokage to appear.
From this point of view, it is estimated that the Council and Danzo felt that Uchiha Itachi was more suitable than Tsunade!
The major families openly supported Uchiha Itachi's righteousness and killing relatives. After all, he is now the representative of Konoha's diehards. If they are dissatisfied with him, wouldn't it mean that they are not loyal to Konoha?
But secretly, they have made up their minds not to get too close to this guy, otherwise he will sell them out without hesitation as long as it is beneficial to Konoha...
As for Sarutobi Hiruzen, who is already on his deathbed, the reason why he chose Uchiha Itachi as the fifth Hokage is because of guilt, and secondly, because this battle was too sudden and he had no better candidate.
At least Itachi's strength is enough to be competent, and pushing Itachi to the position is a result that Danzo and the Council can accept. In addition, the third generation is more assured of Itachi's character!
After persisting for four days and explaining the important things one by one, Sarutobi Hiruzen also died of serious injuries...
The death of the third generation Hokage, this news that was enough to shock the ninja world spread, and outsiders would not notice the gossip that a Konoha ninja was missing.
Although this matter is very important to Naruto!
Sasuke could not accept Konoha's reasons and was suspected of rebelling against Konoha. He is currently out of contact. If Uchiha Itachi had not just taken office, it is likely that Uchiha Sasuke would have been declared to have defected.
When Guan Liyuan heard Naruto talk about this, he was even more puzzled. How did he leave Konoha without the support of the Four Sound Ninjas?
"Did someone in Konoha send him away? Orochimaru has been killed by Itachi, how can he go... No! Orochimaru is not so easy to be killed, could it be..." Guan Liyuan suddenly thought of a possibility.
At this time, on the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Rice, a thin middle-aged refugee was silently "smuggling", and after "smuggling", a layer of skin on the middle-aged man's outer skin fell off like mud.
The real body wrapped inside was actually a teenager, and the "mud" gathered into the shape of a white snake...
"We have to hurry, Konoha's people won't be long... No, they should have come to the Land of Rice!" The white snake said hoarsely.
The boy said without any warmth in his voice: "Are you sure your people are well hidden? Maybe they have been discovered by Konoha!"
"No, their location is very hidden, and Konoha should still be dealing with my abandoned children. Even if those abandoned children are very weak, they can still hold on for a few days..."
That's right, the boy and the snake are Sasuke who betrayed Konoha, and Orochimaru's clone.
Before in Konoha, although Orochimaru's body was burned to ashes by Itachi, a white snake clone survived and cooperated with Sasuke to lurk back to the Land of Rice.
But he obviously doesn't know now that his abandoned children have "already" been incorporated into the Taketori clan. At this time, Taketori is receiving Konoha's envoys on behalf of the "Tagakure Village", handing over the "remnants of Orochimaru" to them, and accepting Konoha's lie detector test on the Otonin...