Naruto: Start by eating the golden fruit.

"You, why are you so stupid!" Sarutobi Hiruzen wanted to hit his son with a slipper.

Asuma Sarutobi gritted his teeth and said, "The Third Hokage is the greatest Hokage in history. I, your son, think... that it is impossible for anyone to surpass the Third Hokage..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen gritted his teeth as he looked at Sarutobi Asuma.

"Don't I know? You need to tell me this?! Do you know what you've given up?! Do you know that there are people supporting you inside and outside the village?! If you just give up, won't you disappoint these people?!"

Asuma Sarutobi looked up at his father and said, "When the Second Hokage was still here, didn't you give up right away, too?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen was stunned, then looked at his son angrily: "That's because the Nidaime is still here! I, your father, don't want to disappoint the Nidaime! So I..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen's roar did not frighten Asuma Sarutobi at all.

Asuma Sarutobi just looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen, just looking at him quietly.

Sarutobi Hiruzen gritted his teeth and finally sighed helplessly.

At first, he was indeed upset. He wondered why his teacher, Senju Tobirama, would hand over the village to Youya? How good could a brat who was still wet behind the ears do? !

Then, this little brat Yuya did something that made Sarutobi Hiruzen no longer have the courage to fight back.

When the first Hokage built the village, most of the people in Konoha Village were working hard. There were few people in the village, not much land, and most of the surrounding area was forest. The ninja clan was allocated a lot of clan land, but these could even be said to be a burden because they could not afford to support the land or the people.

But at least the war is over, there are no more battles, and children no longer have to go to the battlefield at a young age because of the war.

Hashirama Senju is indeed great.

but……

But Hashirama Senju will not develop.

Or in other words, Senju Tobirama will not develop either.

Sarutobi Hiruzen rubbed his brows.

Konoha's development to this point is of course inseparable from Yuya's ability, but...

Youya will die...

Moreover, You Ya is already fifty years old and is showing signs of fatigue. He is not a god and he can probably live to be seventy or eighty years old.

But so what? At most, I've only been Hokage for more than 20 years.

Not to mention that people’s energy decreases as they age…

He should have someone to help him share his energy...

Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed and waved to Sarutobi Asuma: "You go down."

Asuma Sarutobi breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and ran out.

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Sarutobi Asuma and sighed helplessly.

When it comes to Yuya, he himself can't even muster the heart to compete with Yuya for Hokage, so why should he let his son do it?

Not everyone is an idiot like Danzo who has no idea what's going on.

Sarutobi Hiruzen felt that he still had some dignity to maintain.

Asuma Sarutobi left, and just as Sarutobi Hiruzen was having a headache, the door was opened.

It was none other than his wife, Biwako Sarutobi.

"In fact, I think that Asuma, as a child, doesn't need to bear so much pressure."

Biwako spoke to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Sarutobi Hiruzen raised his head, looked at the door Asuma left, and muttered to himself: "Pressure... It seems... so too."

Asuma sighed and shook his head.

He was truly insane and had not considered at all how much pressure Asuma Sarutobi would be under if he accepted the position of Hokage.

That's the Hokage! He's the successor of the Third Hokage, Jin Yuya!

By then, everything he does will be compared with the Third Hokage. Sarutobi Hiruzen felt that he could not bear it, let alone his son Asuma.

"Forget it, let everything... just take its course."

In fact, Sarutobi Hiruzen has more than just Mito Kado En as an external aid.

Utatane Koharu is actually also an ally of Sarutobi Hiruzen.

It can be said that if Asuma Sarutobi could follow the path set for him by Sarutobi Hiruzen, then when Asuma Sarutobi married a clan girl from the Shimura clan, it would be Sarutobi, with Shimura inside, and Utane Koharu and Mito Kado En outside. Such a great force would be enough to support him to sit firmly in this position.

However, Sarutobi Hiruzen never considered whether Sarutobi Asuma had the ability to keep his position.

After thinking for a long time, Sarutobi Hiruzen finally gave up the idea of ​​forcing his son to follow the original plan.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was already very weak in the original plot, and his style of doing things was not tough, not to mention that this involved his own son.

What else is there to say? Forget it. We are not interested in the position of Hokage anymore. So let it be.

……

the next day.

You Ya came to the office holding a thermos cup.

Nara Shikaya looked at Yuya's expression and clicked his tongue twice: "It's amazing, Sandaime, you can still be so strong at this age."

You Ya snorted coldly and said while drinking wolfberry tea: "That's right, don't you see who I am? Even now, I can still hold my head high every morning."

After saying that, Youya squinted at Nara Shikaya and said, "Don't talk nonsense to me. You should at least give me some rules for the successor to the next Hokage. I don't ask you to confirm it, but at least give me a list of candidates!"

Nara Shikaya: "...Okay, if it's just a few names, it should be fine."

At this moment, there was a bang bang sound outside.

"Enter."

A female clerk came in with a tray and placed it on Yuya's desk, then said to Yuya: "Hokage-sama, this is a letter from the Rain Country asking for help from our Konoha Village."

You Ya was stunned and looked at the letter for help above.

"Okay, I got it, thank you."

You Ya said as he picked up the letter and opened it. Looking at the contents inside, You Ya touched his chin.

"What's wrong?" Nara Shikaya asked.

Yuya: "There was a conflict between the Rain Country and the Sand Village."

Nara Deer was also stunned, and then asked speechlessly: "Isn't it another water problem?"

You Ya smiled and said, "It's really a water problem. The Kingdom of Soup wants the leader of the Kingdom of Rain to build a canal connecting their territory. But if it is built, the water flow of the canal in the Sand Village may be reduced by a quarter or even more.

This is something that the residents of Sand Village, who are used to living by the canal, simply cannot agree to."

Nara Deer also sighed: "It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality."

Youya nodded: "That's the truth. For so many years in Sand Village, ever since the Second Kazekage built the canal, the canal has been the biggest contributor to the residents of Sand Village no longer having to endure water shortages.

Now someone wants to take over this river, they certainly won’t agree.

By the way, who is the leader of the Rain Country? This method of provoking conflicts between the Sand Village and the Hot Spring Country must be something."

Narashika thought about it and said a name: "Yahiko, it seems, it seems to be this name?"

Youya was stunned, and asked Nara Shikaya: "Are you sure? Is it really called this name?!"