The Samsara of Konoha

Chapter 434 The Fifth Hokage
In the Konoha Hokage Building, Hirizhan stood in front of the window of the office, looking at the scenery outside the window in a daze, with a lingering sadness between his brows.

Just a few days ago, his eldest son, whom he had cultivated carefully for many years, was attacked during a mission and was unfortunately killed.

Hirizhan has been working hard in the position of Hokage for so many years, and he has long been exhausted. At first, he thought that his eldest son had been trained by him, and he should be able to succeed him as Hokage soon, and he would be able to take off Hokage again. Heavy burden, take a good rest, but when things come to an end, this kind of thing happens. At this moment, what he has to bear is not only the grief of losing his son in old age, but also the loss of years of painstaking efforts.

The room leak happened to rain overnight. After his elder son's funeral, his second son, Asma, suddenly lost his temper because he couldn't bear his strict discipline, and had a big fight with him. The task of the daimyo of the country, he left the village in the name of performing the task, but in fact he didn't want to stay by his side.

Under the double blow, Ri Zhan's spirit plummeted, as if he had aged a lot at once, not only his hair and beard became paler, but even his straight body in the past was bent a lot.

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Just when Ri Zhan was immersed in sadness, there was a knock on the door suddenly.

Ri Zhan instantly woke up from his sadness, then took a deep breath, temporarily suppressed the sadness in his heart, and forced a breath, before returning to his former majestic appearance.

"Come in." After recovering, Ri Zhan walked to the desk and sat down gently, then replied in a deep voice.

The door was gently opened, and then a mature and stable middle-aged man walked in. This man was wearing a green vest with Konoha Shinobu's logo and a brownish-yellow spiky hair on his head. This man was Natoki.

"Master Hokage, what do you want from me?" After Naoki entered the room, he immediately bowed respectfully to Hirizhan, and there was no more recklessness in his actions and words when he was young.

Hirizhan looked at Naoki in front of him with relief, thought of many things for a while, couldn't help but fell into deep thought, and even forgot to reply, and Naoki didn't get Hizhan's response for a long time, so he raised his head and looked at Hirizhan in doubt. cut.

"So many years have passed in the blink of an eye, and you have grown up so much. Looking back now, the voice of you arguing to become Hokage every day seems to be still in my ears." Sensing Naoki's gaze, Hirizhan finally came out of his contemplation Back to God, then sighed with a smile.

"Master Hokage was joking, those are just my youthful and frivolous wild words." Naoki smiled wryly and shook his head.

"Oh? Why do you no longer want to be Hokage now that you have grown up and gained strength?" Hirizhan raised his eyebrows and asked curiously.

"No, becoming Hokage has always been my dream!" Naoki immediately replied firmly.

While speaking, a firm temperament suddenly appeared on his body. At this moment, Ri Zhan seemed to see the shadow of Naoki when he was young again.

However, after saying these words, Naoki's temperament quickly changed again, and he became a little hesitant, "But I'm afraid I don't have the qualifications to pursue Hokage's dream now."

"Oh? Why do you say that?" Ri Zhan asked without knowing why.

"Hehe, the source of my current power is not right. If I become Hokage based on this, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public, and... I am not a Hokage through my own efforts, which is meaningless at all." Naoki looked down at his own feet, shook his head with a wry smile.

"So that's how it is. It turns out that it's because the strength in your body wasn't obtained by your own practice, so you can't get along with yourself, and you're just having a fight in your heart." After listening to Naoki's words, Hirizhan showed a suddenly enlightened expression, and then jokingly answered Rope Tree joked.

"It's not being awkward, it's just...it's just that this power really didn't come from my cultivation, although it is indeed very powerful to use, it makes me feel a little uneasy, because I always feel that this power doesn't really belong to me. " Shengshu waved his hands in a panic and explained hastily.

"Hehe, I understand. I'm very relieved that you can think so."

Ri Zhan nodded with a smile, and then continued: "Many people will lose themselves after gaining great power, sinking under the power, and finally get carried away and become a slave of power. After gaining power, it is very rare to be able to maintain one's true heart and not be confused by this powerful force. I believe that anyone in the ninja world will get carried away after getting this kind of power, even I may be no exception .”

"Master Hokage is too much." Naoki smiled modestly.

"However, it's good to be able to keep your heart, but you can't be too self-doubting. You are the grandson of the first generation of adults. It can be said that from the moment you were born, many people have already had expectations of you, hoping that you can inherit The power of the first generation continues to be the patron saint of Konoha like him, but now you are just fulfilling this expectation, although the process is a bit tortuous, but this power has a bright and aboveboard path." Ri Zhan encouraged He looked at the rope tree and said.

"However, I think the source of my power is not correct. It was not passed on to me by my grandfather, but we plundered it by special means." Sheng Shu still couldn't figure it out, and shook his head guiltily.

It turned out that Soul Leaf entrusted the rope tree to him after helping Sakumo transform into Danzo, and before Orochimaru rebelled against the village, he just developed a surgery to transplant the body with cells between the pillars, so Sakumo Ask Orochimaru to transplant the legs made by the Hashirama cells to Naoki. As a result, Naoshu not only successfully recovered, but also successfully awakened Mutun under the stimulation of the Hashirama cells.

At the beginning, Naoshu was really excited by this power, but soon he fell into self-doubt, thinking that this power was not his own, but plundered from the intercolumnar cells on his legs. So after recovering, he no longer actively worked hard towards Hokage's dream, but kept acting in a low-key manner.

"Shengshu, you have to know that power itself is not good or evil, what matters is how you use this power, if you can use this power to benefit all villagers, who cares about the origin of this power What about it?" Ri Zhan persuaded Sheng Shu earnestly.

"But..." Zhishu still seemed a little hesitant.

"You don't need to hesitate any longer. Now that I'm old, I don't have the energy to take the position of Hokage anymore, and there is no one in the village who is suitable to succeed Hokage, and no one is more suitable than you." Ri Zhan finally said His purpose of summoning Nakoki this time turned out to be that he wanted to pass the position of Hokage to Nakoki.

"Let me be Hokage, this..." Hearing that Hirizhan wanted him to be Hokage, Naoki's eyes flashed with surprise, and then he gritted his teeth and was about to say no.

Hirizhan reached out his hand to stop Nakoki's next words, and then said: "Don't refuse in a hurry, taking over Hokage, this is not a reward for you, but a responsibility that needs to be borne by you. As the saying goes, the more capable you are, The greater the responsibility, the greater the responsibility. Now that you have obtained the power of the first generation by chance, you must take on this responsibility. Therefore, I hope you can face up to the power in yourself, and use this power to truly become a leader. Konoha's trusted leader."

After listening to Hirizhan's words, Nasuki no longer hurriedly refused, but lowered his head and fell into deep thought.

"Okay, but now I don't have any prestige in the village, I'm afraid I can't really convince all the villagers, so I need some time to perform well, and I can take over after I have accumulated a certain amount of merit. Take on the important task of Hokage." Naoki pondered for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth, showing a firm expression on his face.

"No problem, next, I will try my best to arrange some difficult tasks in the village for you, so that you can quickly accumulate merit and prestige." Hearing that Naoshu finally agreed, a look of joy appeared on Hiri Zhan's face, and he clicked With a little headache, he quickly agreed.

"Don't worry, Hokage-sama, I will never let you down." Naoki bowed heavily to Hizhan.

At this point, Sheng Shu finally overcomes his knot in his heart, and is about to realize his childhood dream, and Ri Zhan finally finds a suitable heir, and he will be able to unload the burden soon.

(End of this chapter)