The daily life of Konoha, a black-bellied swordsman

Chapter 156 Candidates for the Fifth Hokage (Second Change)
The life of the third Hokage in the past half a month has not been easy at all.

Although Konoha Village had already prepared for the riot planned by Orochimaru, it still suffered certain losses.

First the work of rebuilding, then the compensation of the death ninjas and civilians, and filling the positions of those death ninjas because of this battle.

These things are burdensome enough in themselves.

But this is not the end, the third Hokage is also responsible for negotiating with the people of Sand Yin.Although he doesn't have to go off in person, he must pay attention to the whole process.

There is a problem in the middle, and he also needs to help solve it.

Coupled with the tedious daily affairs, these make an old man over 60 overwhelmed.

Even if the third generation is still full of infinite love for Konoha, he is not at ease giving it to anyone.

The third generation knows in his heart that with his current energy, there is no way to manage this huge ninja village.He can only choose to abdicate to Xian, and retreat behind the scenes to help the new Hokage.

It's not just the three generations who feel this way in their hearts, the elders and high-level people in the village have also realized it.

The third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, probably has no energy, and is shouldering the heavy responsibility of managing the entire village.

Although because of Sarutobi's achievements in the past and the affection of his teammates, they didn't say anything.But in private, the elders are already thinking about the future leader of the village.

In the past half a month, the three generations have changed the order twice.

Although it did not cause any loss to the village, it was an indisputable fact that his energy could not keep up.

As a great ninja village, Konoha's top management is very calm.

No matter how much they support Sarutobi Hiruzen, or how deep their former teammates are, they cannot disregard the interests of the village.

It was also under such circumstances that Danzo, who had been eyeing the throne of Hokage, stood up and wanted to compete for the position of the next Hokage.

Not only did he recommend himself at the meeting of elders, he even went directly to Hiruzaru Sarutobi's house and had a showdown with Sarutobi directly.

"I want to be Hokage!"

In order not to let the third Hokage push himself too much, Danzo pretended to be disabled. At least 50% of his body was wrapped in bandages.

He looked like he was dying.

Before that, he never said that he would become Hokage.

But when he realized that the third generation had consumed a lot and was injured in the previous battle.

Danzo's strategy has changed.

He was no longer as low-key as he was when he used the bitter trick, but went directly to the stage and challenged the third Hokage head-on.

If it was just him, the Third Hokage might have become ruthless and chose the strong man to cut off his wrist.

Don't look at the energy of the third generation of Hokage who can't keep up, but it doesn't mean that he is soft-hearted.

The incident of Orochimaru had a great impact on the third Hokage.When he realizes the serious consequences that his soft-heartedness may bring, as long as conditions permit, the current three generations of Hokage can still eliminate the harm in advance.

But the group burial is not by himself, the entire root organization stands behind him.

Even if the third Hokage intends to eradicate Danzo, he cannot cause civil strife in the village.

Furthermore, the attitude of the Council of Elders is also very ambiguous.

The Council of Elders naturally supports Hokage, but the Council of Elders does not want Hokage's rights to be without any restraint.

In this way, as long as Danzo does not openly stand on the opposite side of the village, the Council of Elders will support him to a certain extent.

Three generations of Naruto Sarutobi Hiruzen, even now no one can directly challenge his authority.

But his current life is also extremely difficult.

The third generation rejected Danzo's request in person, which the elders also supported.

It is not wrong for them to favor Danzo, and they also think that it is necessary to have such an organization in the village.

A village needs both light and darkness, but the darkness cannot be without restraint.

Anbu's strength is too strong, too much power.There must be a force to control them specifically.

In other villages, there are not a few rebellions and rebellions that Anbu directly participated in.

Even in Konoha, this kind of thing has not happened before.

But since the establishment of the root, the frequency of such things happening in Konoha has dropped to the lowest point.

This is not to say that Gen is good and Anbu is bad.

The main reason is that any right cannot be without the power of restraint.

This is the balance of power of the Council of Elders.

In this process, perhaps due to the infighting between the two groups, some losses have been lost.

But for the whole village, such a structure must have more advantages than disadvantages.

It is also based on this point that the elders believe that Danzang is indispensable for the peaceful development of the village for so many years.

But it's one thing to be credited and quite another to be a Hokage.

First of all, Danzo has a gloomy personality, and the Council of Elders can accept such people as senior elders and army leaders in the village.

But it is absolutely impossible to accept such a person as the shadow of the village.

In the village, the leader with the highest power is the idol of everyone.

For such a person, high strength is only a prerequisite, and they must also be an image of justice.

On this point, Danzo is not qualified.

Not to mention, as the leader of Root, once he becomes Hokage, he will also take over Anbu.

In that village, the two most powerful military groups in the dark, didn't they all become Danzang's subordinates?
Isn't the balance that the elders are striving for so hard to be broken?

Once Danzo's brain is pumped and he does something irrational, the elders will be able to borrow the strength of the ninja families in the village to kill them.

In this process, the village is bound to cause extremely serious losses.

Therefore, the Council of Elders does not support Danzo's succession, either emotionally or in terms of interests.

The Third Hokage directly refused.

In this way, the confrontation between the two sides is basically on the table.

Sarutobi Hiruzen originally planned to continue working for another two years.

Now the situation is no longer allowed, and he himself feels that his energy can't keep up.

The question of the heir is on the table.

The Third Hokage originally didn't want to let his two apprentices go out of the mountain, but at this time he couldn't care less.

He summoned two apprentices back to Konoha respectively, preparing to compete for Hokage's position.

These troubles did not show much on the face of the third Hokage.

He put aside complicated affairs and listened intently to Ye Xiaotian's story about his battle with Mulong.

Ye Xiaotian didn't evade, and directly talked about the cutting machine.

But about how he ended up beating the wood dragon?Ye Xiaotian was somewhat secretive.

"It's the cutting machine, it made him panic!"

"What's the matter with the chakra left by the wind and thunder?"

Of course, the Three Generations of Hokage would not be fooled so easily, he directly raised the core point of the problem.

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(End of this chapter)