I teach kendo in the ninja world

Fire Country, Konoha Village.

Because the core building complex in the village suffered a devastating blow from the Hokage Rock, they had no choice but to place the high-level meeting in the central tower of the 44 training ground.

In the conference room on the top floor of the tower, the Third Hokage, whose arm was hung by a bandage on his chest, was in the first place.

On both sides of him sat Shimura Danzo and Orochimaru, who were [-]% similar to him, except that they also had gauze wrapped around their heads.

After that, Jiraiya, Tsunade, Mito Kadenen, Koharu Koharu, Hinata Hizashi, Uchiha Fugaku, Namikaze Minato, etc. were seated in sequence, and all the elite jounin of Konoha Village were present.

The Third Hokage took a puff of cigarette, blew out a smoke ring deeply, and said with a slightly tired look: "You have all seen the situation in the village. This time the village suffered such a huge loss, and I, the Hokage, have an unshirkable responsibility. Responsibility. So I decided..."

He paused briefly: "Resign and apologize."

"Sun Cut!"

"teacher!"

"Lord Hokage!"

Upon hearing his words, although most of the people below were already prepared, they still exclaimed in surprise.

This is the first Kage among the five great ninja villages to resign and apologize during his term of office, which can be called a precedent.

"Oh, you don't need to say more, I've made up my mind."

Hiruzen Sarutobi waved his arm to stop everyone's attempts to dissuade him, and then said: "But now the situation is critical, the situation in the village has most likely been spread by spies from various countries, and we don't have time to hold another Hokage election. So I propose..."

He glanced at every Jonin present, and finally stopped at Orochimaru on his left.

"Jounin Orochimaru will temporarily take over as Hokage. After the village has completely overcome the crisis, the complete process will be completed. What do you think?"

One thing to say, Sarutobi Hiruzen's proposal is quite reasonable.

With the level of chaos in Konoha Village that day, they were unable to restrict spies from other countries from passing on information.

So now Konoha's weakness must have been exposed to the other four nations.

Konoha has always been in an environment surrounded by wolves, and it only relies on its strong strength to remain safe and sound.

Therefore, the Third Hokage knew very well what kind of severe situation they would face now that they were showing signs of fatigue.

In the face of the upcoming crisis, Konoha Village has no time to start any Hokage election and engage in open and covert fighting. The most important thing is to immediately establish a new Hokage and integrate the power of the whole village.

Of course, because the key process is missing, there is a "generation" in front of this Hokage.

But it doesn't matter, as long as nothing unexpected happens, it is only a matter of time before Orochimaru takes off the word "generation".

No one objected to Sarutobi Hiruzen's proposal.

Because now the only two companions who are qualified to compete with Orochimaru for the position of Hokage, Jiraiya and Tsunade, but both of them are not interested in the position of Hokage due to various reasons of their own.

Therefore, after seeing that no one had any objections, Sarutobi Hiruzen stood up and exchanged positions with Orochimaru, giving him the central seat to show a simple change of position as Hokage.

"Okay, then the next topic is the second issue. How should we deal with the current situation? This is divided into two aspects. One is how should we fight back against the Kirigakure Village that caused all this? The second is the face-to-face How do we respond to the temptations that are bound to come one after another from the other three countries?"

The Third Hokage is now like a meeting host, constantly bringing up new topics.

"There's nothing good to say about Kirigakure Village. My opinion is that you must hit them hard!"

Danzo Shimura was the first to speak, his voice was harsh, and it was clear that he was filled with resentment.

"Of course we have to fight, but the question is how to fight."

Nara Shikaku spoke below: "The mainland of the Water Country where Kirigakure Village is located is far away overseas, and the environment there is very unfriendly to us. There, there is almost no room for fire and earth escape ninjutsu, and water escape ninjutsu The technique will be greatly strengthened..."

Although he had just suffered a major blow that could be said to be half-annihilation not long ago, Nara Shikaku was not blinded by hatred. Instead, he calmly analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of both sides.

And what he said was also recognized by many other people present.

After all, you may not believe it, but among the many strong men present in Konoha Village, none of them are famous for their water escape.The Water Release inheritance left by the Second Hokage was completely ruined by them.

"Then you mean..."

"To deal with Kirigakure Village, sending troops to attack is just the last resort. Not only will it get twice the result with half the effort, but other villages may also take the opportunity to sneak attack. Especially when the Three Kingdoms of Water, Earth, and Thunder will hold the Joint Chunin Examination soon. If they are really united, , which is extremely detrimental to us. So we might as well dismantle them from the inside!"

"Oh? How to dismantle it?"

Nara Shikaku's words aroused great interest from others, and they all turned their attention to the young jounin.

"In the past, the other four countries coveted Konoha for two reasons: rich land resources and rich ninjutsu reserves. Especially things like the Hyuga clan's Byakugan, various forbidden techniques, sealing techniques, etc., were in our hands in the past. , they can only take a look. But now, the book of seals has been taken away by Kirigakure Village, and the Hyuga clan members without the Caged Bird Curse Seal have disappeared inexplicably. We can definitely announce these things and let everyone know what Kirigakure Village got. …”

"No! Doesn't this make others see our weakness more clearly?"

Danzo immediately objected when he heard that Shikaku wanted to expose Konoha's shortcomings.

"Our weakness cannot be concealed in the first place. Rather than forcefully conceal it, we should avoid the important and take the light. Downplay the loss in ninja strength and focus on describing the benefits gained by the Kirigakure Village. For example, the ten people abducted by the Kirigakure Village have not yet been cast with the Caged Bird Curse. The printed Hyuga clan member." Shikaku raised the corners of his mouth slightly and his eyes were cold.

"Huh? But only three of our clan members are missing..."

Hinata Hinata opened her mouth wide.

"No, how can only three be enough? As victims, are we going to overreport our losses? We said they got ten pairs of white eyes, then they got ten pairs!"

Nara Shikaku said categorically: "After we fight with Kirigakure Village, other countries will definitely use these things as conditions to negotiate with Kirigakure Village as the price for sending troops. As long as Kirigakure Village cannot give them, it means sincerity Not enough, this can buy us more time.

"And we can also raise Kirigakure Village a little more, so that the other three countries can see how powerful Kirigakure Village is. Not everyone wants to see an ally that is too powerful..."