At the end of Chapter 461, a new plan begins!
".I have decided to step down as Hokage. Please tell me who you would like to be the next Hokage!"
When the Third Hokage finished speaking, everyone's mind went blank, and only his last words remained, especially Danzo.
He was the one who was most shocked. In the past, the three generations had been good friends with him. If there were any important decisions, even if they didn't consult him, they would always inform him in advance. But now...
Danzo feels very bad now. He feels betrayed. He looks at the Third Hokage with his one eye full of anger, wanting him to give him an explanation. Unfortunately, the Third Hokage had already made up his mind and would not be easily shaken.
He did not react at all to Danzo's glare, and continued to calmly look at the shocked people in the conference room. The third generation had already anticipated their shock.
This includes Shiro, who speculated that the Third Hokage would not always hold the power of Hokage. He thought that given the Third Hokage's personality, he would not hold this power for a long time, but not so soon.
According to his original estimate, it would take at least another two or three years until the Third Generation's physical ability weakened again and his strength declined. However, the current Third Generation had fully proved that he was still at the peak of his powers with the battle that destroyed Kumogakure!
Now is not the time for a change of leadership, but as mentioned before, the Third Hokage is the Hokage, and no matter what others think, they cannot stop this action.
All they can do is to re-elect a capable Hokage, and given the current situation, this Hokage must focus on ability rather than the interests of the various clans.
Thinking of this, the old and young foxes present all glanced at the third generation. They no longer thought about the reasons for abdication, but thought about the suitable candidate. This was also the reason why Danzo looked unhappy.
Who could he choose? His choice is himself!
But is this possible?
"I'd like to state in advance that I have no intention of becoming Hokage!"
On the other hand, after Shilang realized what was happening, he immediately expressed his attitude. This time was different from the previous private selection.
The candidates selected this time are different from the previous ones, so they can be a little more casual. Once the candidates are selected this time, there will be a great chance that they will be directly qualified to become Hokage!
Therefore, all qualified people will be included in their list, and with Shilang's current reputation, once he becomes a candidate, he might actually be selected, which would be very troublesome.
Therefore, Shiro had to make his attitude clear. Although the advisory committee would most likely not let this position fall to a young man like him, the problem was that he had not publicly stated that he would not run for Hokage.
Sure enough, after he spoke, everyone looked at him and then silently deleted him from the list of candidates.
Then, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade all spoke up, causing their lists to shrink further. In the end, a list with a huge gap emerged.
The first among them is the hero of the Three Wars, the one who was given the name of Yellow Flash by the enemy village so that he could abandon the mission without punishment when meeting him, the great-grandson of the third generation, the disciple of the Three Ninjas, the eldest brother of the God of Ninjutsu, the sweetheart of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and the son-in-law of the Uzumaki clan - Minato Namikaze!
Then came the other elite jonin Nakamura, elite jonin Akimichi Hanji, and elite jonin.
Although the list is quite long, the comparison is clear at a glance. Except for Minato, the rest are all elite Jonin, who basically only meet the combat power standards. The rest, forget it, are just there to make up the numbers.
Of course, Konoha does have other prestigious elite jonin, such as Dai, who is quite good, both in terms of reputation on the front lines and in terms of favor with the daimyo, but this guy... His personality is not suitable.
The others had similar reasons. Finally, the list, which everyone, including Danzo, had no objections to, was officially released. Now we just have to wait for the next stage.
"Then Hokage-sama, when will we elect the Hokage?" After the list was officially finalized, a representative of a small family asked the Third Hokage tentatively at the signal of the others.
"Don't worry about that. Everyone, just wait a moment. I've asked the Anbu to gather the jonin in the village. The election will begin soon. Those who are not here will be represented by the jonin squad leader, Shirou Emiya."
After saying this, the Third Generation closed his eyes and began to rest, no longer paying attention to the others. In fact, he mainly wanted to avoid Danzo's gaze.
Although the situation in Konoha during the Third War was severe, many things had changed because of the existence of Shiro, the little butterfly, and the pressure on Konoha was much less than in the original work.
This actually gave the Third Generation enough energy to review past events, and Danzo was too busy doing other things to disturb him, allowing him to figure things out completely.
If Konoha wants to change for the better, either they have to destroy Danzo! Directly cut off the root of everything! But unfortunately, he can't bear to do so. Or, he has to step down as Hokage!
The only thing Danzo relies on to cause trouble is his status as Hokage. So as long as he is no longer Hokage, given the current situation in Konoha, the new Hokage will definitely be able to quickly get rid of Danzo's influence.
At the same time, the Hokage selected under this situation is of higher quality. Therefore, he felt a little sorry for Danzo, so he simply closed his eyes and rested.
"Congratulations, Minato-kun, your dream is about to come true."
After receiving the news from Shiro quietly, Minato was stunned for a moment, then shook his head in his heart: 'The Hokage is still here, how can you be so presumptuous? And this matter has not been decided yet, it could be someone else.'
"Don't worry, Minato-kun, I'm not the only one who's making small moves."
Sure enough, Minato looked around quietly and saw that everyone present was communicating "secretly". After all, the third generation had given them too little time this time and they had not communicated much.
Such a big thing as selecting the Hokage must be communicated in advance. Now we need to wait for other senior ninjas to be in place, so there is still some time to communicate.
After seeing this scene, Minato began to "talk" with Shiro with peace of mind. The two mainly talked about Kakashi. As for the position of Hokage, why think about such a thing without suspense?
In this way, time passed in the "secret" communication of everyone, and the members of the ninja class were basically all present, with only one or two going on missions. Therefore, Shiro suspected that this was also one of the considerations of the third generation.
Afterwards, all the jonin participated in the selection of the Hokage in confusion. The result was not surprising. Except for some jonin who cast their votes for other candidates due to personal relationships, the rest of the votes were all Minato's.
This result was also recognized by the Advisory Elders and the Third Hokage. With this, Minato officially established the position of Hokage. As for the Hokage inauguration ceremony, it would not be so soon, as the candidate had already been decided.
The inauguration ceremony is a big event and cannot be taken lightly. It is a good opportunity to hand over the work to Minato during this period.
With this, the meeting ends, and Shiro will also face new challenges!
(End of this chapter)
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