Chapter 182 The Fifth Hokage
That evening, many of Jiraiya's heroic deeds were hotly discussed by the villagers.
Jiraiya served as a front-line commander for a long time during the war years. He was powerful and approachable, and was very popular among ninjas, especially civilian ninjas. Many civilian ninjas felt that Jiraiya becoming Hokage was a great thing that met everyone's expectations.
Although the patriarchs of the ninja clan did not speak, some of the side branches of the ninja clan spoke one after another. The branch of the Hyuga clan believed that only Jiraiya could be the Hokage and save Konoha Village.
Danzo was annoyed.
He was very familiar with this method. The Third Hokage relied on this kind of publicity to allow Minato Namikaze to suppress Orochimaru in terms of personal image, reputation, and achievements, and eventually he was appointed the Fourth Hokage.
He also realized his weakness at this time. He was not as good as Orochimaru. Orochimaru had at least fought on the front line for many years and had many subordinates. What about himself? He had been hiding in the dark. He said that he had done a lot of meritorious deeds, but who knew? Danzo could only prove with his actions that he was the only candidate for the post of Hokage.
If you don’t have any achievements, then just create one.
When he returned to the Root, he began to recruit people! The ninjas affiliated with his Root, some civilian ninjas that were secretly trained, and the ninja clans under his command, including the Yamanaka family and the Aburame family, were all within his scope of recruitment.
Third generation, didn't you say that you must have meritorious service to become a Hokage? Fine, you wait until I wipe out the Sound Village, and then with the power of a great victory, I will force the Sand Village to retreat, and then see what you have to say!
The title of Acting Hokage was not famous enough, and it was probably impossible to mobilize most of the ninja clans at this time. If everyone kept shirking their responsibilities, his prestige would be damaged, so he only recruited his own subordinates.
He can cut the Gordian knot and wipe out the Hidden Sound Village. Then he can give a portion of the profits to the ninja clan to gain their support, and his position as Hokage will be secure.
After all, he is seventy years old and still has some political ability.
The Root Ninjas came out in full force.
The Yamanaka family dispatched one hundred and fifty ninjas, all of whom were led by Yamanaka Feng.
Neither Haiyi nor Ino came. Danzo knew that they wanted to diversify their investments. Ino-Shika-Chou were powerful, so they could only be won over and not suppressed.
The Aburame family was much worse off, with the clan leader leading the team himself, and the one who came was Shino's father, Aburame Shiwei.
He is also a veteran jonin. When he was young, he was a teammate who carried out missions with Minato Namikaze and Choza Akimichi.
Aburame Shiwei wears sunglasses and carries a large jar on his back. Like his son Shino, he has a low presence and is usually taciturn.
Haiyi is qualified to resist the call-up, but he is not. The acting Hokage has given the order and he must come. If he doesn't come, Shino will have to come.
Some ninjas from smaller clans also arrived one after another. When it was estimated that there were more than 800 ninjas on the scene, Danzo, Yamanaka Fuu, and Aburame Tone appeared.
"The destination is the Otogakure Village in the Land of Rice. Let's go."
Danzo wanted to wear the Hokage's hat, but now that the three advisors in the village were against it, he didn't insist on it.
The group left the village. Kamijutsuki Izumo and Koji Tetsu were still the ones guarding the gate. Danzo had no intention of going through the procedures for leaving the village, so the two of them acted as if they didn't see anything and just let the group leave the village.
"Ahem." The Third Hokage was sitting in a wheelchair, pushed by an Anbu ninja. At the intersection, he stopped Danzo.
Then he lowered his voice and said, "Danzo, sending troops at this time will definitely cause a chain reaction and destroy the balance between the forces of all parties. Have you considered this issue?"
Danzo sneered, "Huruzen, put away your hypocritical face. What does the ninja world need? You have been the Hokage for forty years and still haven't figured it out. What the ninja world needs is iron blood and strength! Peace will never be achieved through negotiations."
"Danzo, you're going to regret this."
"Haha, Hiruzen, I'm the Hokage!"
After the classic conversation was over, the 4.5th Hokage, Mr. Danzo Shimura, waved his hand and the large army quickly left Konoha Village.
After tricking Danzo and his cronies away, the Third Hokage immediately started working. Messengers kept going back and forth between the village and the border. As the representative of the Ino, Shikaku and Chou families who were friendly with Gaara, Shikaku went there twice in person.
The last time, Jiraiya personally took action and flattened half of the mountain. Only then did he reach an agreement with Ebizo. The two ninja villages reaffirmed their unbreakable alliance with each other, and then the Sand Village withdrew.
The Sand Village went back to lick its wounds, and the selection of the fifth-generation leader in Konoha had reached the most critical moment.
The Third Hokage threw the Daimyo's order aside. He usually cared about this, but now that he was about to die, the village must be more important. Some formal things could be made up for by future generations. Politicians were least afraid of personal grudges.
The third generation had been a stickler for rules all his life, but before he died, he broke the rules. Danzo had been a stickler for rules all his life, but at this critical moment he wanted to follow the rules, but was tricked by the third generation.
Taking advantage of the opportunity when Danzo was not in the village, the Third Hokage sacrificed his last bit of face in exchange for the firm support of Utane Koharu and Mito Kado En, and exchanged interests with many ninja clans in exchange for the ninja clans' approval for the new Hokage.
He finally convinced Jiraiya by saying that Danzo's ascension to power would bring disaster to Konoha Village and the entire ninja world.
Jiraiya couldn't explain how he felt, as he was forced into a task. He mechanically took over the bamboo hat representing the Hokage and became the Fifth Hokage of the village.
His teacher was the Third Generation, his disciple was the Fourth Generation, and now, after going full circle, he is back to be the Fifth Generation. For a moment, he felt that fate was so fickle. Could someone like him really become a Hokage?
Ino-Shika-Chou, Kakashi, and Asuma said he could.
Tsunade said he certainly could.
Naruto even shouted to encourage him.
Jiraiya had mixed feelings.
On the afternoon he took over as Hokage, the Third Hokage told Jiraiya many secrets of the village.
No one knows what the two men talked about exactly. All we know is that during those two hours, Jiraiya never stopped cursing. He cursed the Third Hokage and Danzo.
The Third Hokage died in the Sarutobi family's old house on the evening of the second day after Jiraiya took over the position of Hokage.
Ino said a month, but that was an overestimation.
In fact, an old man of this age, especially a ninja in this profession, is covered with wounds. Normally, as long as the chakra is there, it is not visible. But now more than half of his soul is missing, most of his organs are failing, and the body can no longer extract chakra. Without chakra, the accumulated injuries will erupt instantly.
The Third Hokage felt that his wish had been fulfilled by taking Orochimaru away at the last moment and handing the position of Hokage to Jiraiya.
In fact, he wanted to take Danzo away, but unfortunately his body couldn't hold on any longer.
Jiraiya looks confused, but he is actually very wise. The third generation felt that Jiraiya was fully capable of dealing with his old friend.
As soon as he let out the breath he had been holding on to, he passed away.
(End of this chapter)
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