Konoha's Ninja Successor

Itachi responded to Shimura Teru's expectations, nodded and continued: "Judging from the geographical location of the Kingdom of Ghosts, it is between our Country of Fire and the Country of Thunder, so I think it is very possible to encounter the ninja team from the Cloud Ninja Village. High. There is a deep conflict between Konoha and Kumo Ninja. If we meet Kumo Ninja this time, it will probably be difficult to coexist peacefully with the violent personalities of the Kumo Ninja Village ninjas."

Kakashi nodded. He had just thought of this. He knew this kind of thing as soon as he thought about it, but Kakashi was even more looking forward to Itachi's next speech.

Teru Shimura showed an approving look, and secretly thought that he was worthy of being called the Itachi God by netizens in his previous life. He indeed had excellent vision and thinking.

After analyzing the possible challenges of this mission, Itachi then formulated the method of action for the mission: "There is likely to be a fierce battle on this trip, but if there is a teacher leading the team, there is no need to fear the ninja team of Yun Ninja Village, unless It was the Raikage and the Jinchuuriki who appeared together, but the possibility of this is almost zero. From this point of view, our mission is very pure. We can directly escort the miko to seal the monsters, and if we encounter attacks by ninja teams from other villages, we can directly suppress them. .”

Itachi of ANBU was not a man of faith. He had also carried out many bloody assassination missions at a young age. With unlimited confidence in the strength of his teacher Shimura Teru, Uchiha Itachi did not feel that the Jonin of Cloud Ninja Village could threaten them. You only need to perform the tasks step by step according to the abbreviation of the task.

After Kakashi heard that Itachi was extremely superstitious about Shimura Teru's strength, he also chuckled and said: "It is true that Teru-sama's power is indeed unmatched in the ninja world today. As Itachi said, we only need soldiers to stop us, and water will come to us." Just cover it up.”

Although Kakashi used a teasing tone, his perception of Shimura Teru's strength was indeed the same as Itachi said. Unless the Cloud Ninja Village sent out a star lineup like Abby's team, it would indeed not be able to threaten Konoha's cards. Mr. Teru Shimura.

Shimura Teru smiled and said: "Itachi, Kakashi, your two people's flattery skills have improved. Now do the ANBU still teach you to flatter? You can't have this kind of mentality when dealing with tasks. Be careful when doing things, even if the other party is a genin. You You must also be careful whether the other party has special powers. There are many strange things in the ninja world, and capsizing in the gutter is not a good thing."

Kakashi also scratched his head and smiled, and Itachi on the side was also affected by the relaxed atmosphere, with a smile on his face.

After laughing for a moment, Shimura Teru said to Itachi: "Your analysis is correct. You have put forward the key elements of this mission. However, there is still one omission that you did not mention, and that is the political aspect."

Itachi narrowed his eyes slightly and lowered his head to think, but he couldn't figure out what he missed.However, Itachi didn't feel that his teacher was making things up out of thin air. The omissions mentioned by Shimura Teru must exist. It was just that he couldn't keep up with the teacher's excellent thinking and he didn't notice it.

Kakashi's thoughts were the same as Itachi's. He couldn't think of anything missing, especially in terms of politics, which Kakashi was not really good at.

"This political aspect belongs to us in Konoha. Kakashi, Itachi, you have not noticed the good intentions of the Fifth Hokage." Seeing that the two still did not understand, Shimura Teru said without hesitation.

"Father?" Kakashi was stunned. He obviously didn't know what this had to do with his father, Hatake Sakumo.

Itachi was thoughtful. He seemed to have understood something, and was in a state of half understanding and half understanding.

"Recall what the Godaime said before. Originally, he wanted you, Kakashi, to lead the team. The team members were Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi. Shisui had a mission, so he specifically asked me to lead the team. And give us great autonomy, right?" Shimura Teru asked Kakashi with a smile.

"That's true, but what does this have to do with politics?" Kakashi asked, still not understanding the key.

Shimura Teru said with a smile: "Including Shisui, the four of us are all candidates who may succeed the next generation of Hokage. Judging from the experience and political vision of the Fifth Generation, he must know that this mission is likely to encounter the Ninja Village of other countries. Force, this kind of task requires taking into account diplomacy and other political relations, which is undoubtedly a test and tempering."

"Could it be Teru-sama that you are overthinking it? Anyway, this is..." Kakashi was a little confused. He was not sure whether Shimura Teru was talking about his father's thoughts, and Shimura Teru was mentioning Naruto. Kakashi is not easy to comment on the content of the position.

"My father is the second-generation apprentice, and I am the successor of the Hokage lineage. With my strength and prestige, I can basically be the next Hokage, but I don't want to be. Besides, Kakashi, you are the fifth Hokage. Son of the Daime, disciple of the Yondaime, your bloodline and connections are also the key elements to becoming Hokage, your strength and prestige are still a little bit behind, but you just need to practice and practice."

Shimura Teru looked at Uchiha Itachi who suddenly realized it and continued: "Itachi and Shisui are representatives of the Uchiha clan, and they are both my apprentices, so they can be classified as ninjas of the Hokage lineage. The Fifth Generation Eyes adopted my Policy trends, the current political orientation is to win over and unite Uchiha. The fastest way to promote unity in Konoha is to have a Hokage named Uchiha. At present, Shisui is the most suitable. Itachi is due to his age and prestige. Then the next best thing.”

"What I'm talking about is the reason why we are the most qualified to be Hokage. We, who are equivalent to being Hokage candidates, are divided into a team. This is definitely not an accident. There is also the fifth generation mentioned last that he can ask for help at any time, or even give up the mission. In addition to the fifth In addition to worrying about our safety, the deputy head also has political considerations that the next candidate cannot afford to lose."

Kakashi wanted to say something else, but Shimura Teru continued: "Due to the particularity of the sealing technique and the location of the seals of monsters in the Kingdom of Demons, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire attaches great importance to establishing diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Demons. In order to prevent the rampage of monsters from endangering the Land of Fire. We are asked to carry out the mission in order to win the favor of the top political leaders of the Land of Ghosts after the mission is successful. This will have a great positive impact on our future as Hokage."

"Kakashi, Itachi, you don't really think that the Godaime is just a powerful ninja, do you? In addition to being a ninja, he is also a Hokage. He must be able to play with politics. After all, the Fifth The scene that the Daiime sees from his position is different from the scene in our eyes. I believe the Sandaime has taught the Fifth Daime about this a long time ago."

At the end, Shimura Teru added in his heart: The seventh generation of Naruto also appeared in the original work of Naruto, but fortunately Nara Shikamaru was there to help, otherwise Shimura Teru felt that something would definitely happen to Konoha at that time.

After hearing this, Kakashi finally understood. It turned out that his father had considered so many factors before deciding on the mission personnel. For the first time, he realized that his father was more thoughtful than he thought, and he felt very sad in his heart. There are sighs.

Itachi had a learned expression. After all, Uchiha Itachi didn't have much contact with politics, so he still needed to study hard in this aspect.However, Itachi is not averse to politics. After all, because of Shisui's influence, he also longs for a Konoha man to become Hokage.