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Konoha, Hokage Building.

"Very good, this plan is also very good..." Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded continuously while reading the work done by Tsunade during her substitute shift. 'It is just as what Makoto said. Tsunade is indeed the most suitable one among my three disciples to be the Hokage...'

"Tsunade looks a bit irritable at ordinary times, but when she really gets down to business, she has the demeanor of Tobirama. Shizune is the same, although she is a little lacking in strength, her work ability is outstanding. It is not necessary to have great strength to assist the Hokage..."

Slowly, Sarutobi Hiruzen thought of his best friend Danzo Shimura. After sighing, he immediately thought about another thing.

'There is still half a month left before the joint Chunin Exam with Iwagakure, Kirigakure, Amegakure, and Kusagakure. If we complete the Hokage election, report to the Daimyo, and wait for the results and prepare for the Hokage succession ceremony during this time, wouldn't it be too late?'

The Joint Chunin Exam is actually a microcosm of war, and those who actually participate in this "exam" are not only the Genin from each village, but also the Kage from each village, because when the Joint Chunin Exam is held, the Kage from each large ninja village also needs to come and participate.

The Kage leaving the village was a game in itself, and this time the Chunin Exam even included three of the five major ninja villages in the ninja world at once. No matter what, Sarutobi Hiruzen had to prepare for the worst, such as the Tsuchikage and Mizukage suddenly joining forces to attack Konoha, although the probability of such a thing was actually quite low.

At the same time, he also wanted Tsunade to appear as the fifth Hokage during the Chunin Exams. There were many things involved, but the most important point was that he didn't want other villages to have thoughts like "Is Konoha empty? How come this old man is here again?"

Although this was true a few months ago, it is completely different now. Konoha can now even bring out seven ninjas with the strength of Kage at the venue of the Chunin Exam to show other villages in the ninja world what the foundation of the strongest village in the ninja world is.

However, Sarutobi Hiruzen was also aware of the risks of doing so. That is, when the other four major ninja villages (Kumo, Iwaki, Mist, and Sand) discovered that Konoha had more Kage-level ninjas than all the other villages combined, not counting the Jinchūriki, they would most likely unite to target Konoha. But after weighing the pros and cons, he still decided to do so.

Sarutobi Hiruzen had already carefully analyzed what Shincod did to the Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Mist Village. It was nothing more than displaying military force that completely crushed others so that potential enemies would lose the idea of ​​becoming an enemy. In his opinion, such a policy was quite desirable.

Of course, if it was Konoha a year ago, it would not have the ability to display any overwhelming power at all. After all, Konoha at that time did not have that strength.

At this moment, Sarutobi Hiruzen suddenly heard a knock on the door, and he quickly identified the identity of the visitor based on the frequency of the knocks.

"Is it real cod? Come in, come in."

"It's me, Sandaime. I'm here to take on a mission." The person who came was none other than Zhen Cod. During this period of time, he had been accepting missions much more frequently than before.

Upon hearing that Shin Cod was here to take on another mission, Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately took out those short-term missions that he had already selected, which were more difficult but had the chance to be done without killing.

"By the way, Mana, you seem to have done more missions in the past half month than in the past six months. Is it because you want to be promoted to a jonin that you need to do more missions to get a matching resume?"

When Zhen Cod heard this, he found that he had indeed completed a lot of tasks during this period, but of course he didn't care about his resume.

"That's true..." Zhen Cod said "yes" without changing his expression, even though he had never thought about it that way at all.

"…But it's mainly for the reward. By the way, Sandaime, when I went to the Iwagakure Village, I met a ninja named Kakuzu. He was an active ninja since the time of the first Hokage. I wonder if you have any impression of him."

"Kakuzu? The rebel ninja from Takigakure who claims to be 'the man who lives as long as the heavens and the earth'?"

Hashirama Senju would never tell the villagers, especially the younger generations, about the assassination attempt on himself, so Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't know whether Kakuzu had assassinated the First Hokage was true or not, but he did know that the other party had lived for a long time and had been frequently working as a bounty hunter.

"Yes, I found that he seems to have a great talent in financial management, so I plan to give him a sum of money to manage. If he can do well, I will recommend him to Konoha. I wonder if it is convenient for our village to accept him."

"Financial management?" Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes suddenly lit up. Konoha really didn't have any talent in this area right now. The captain of the jonin squad, Nara Shikaku, was smart enough, but he had to take care of the work of the jonin squad, family affairs, Konoha's herbal supply system, and various major matters at the same time. Sarutobi Hiruzen really couldn't bear to increase his workload.

"If this Kakuzu really has strong financial management skills, then it would be a good idea to let him manage Konoha's finances."

Then, Sarutobi Hiruzen asked, "Makoto, can you tell me about Kakuzu?"

"He..." Shinji organized his speech, "As a ninja, Kakuzu is actually a very cruel guy. After all, his secret technique of Earth Grudge requires digging out the enemy's heart. At the same time, his strength is also very good. It is no exaggeration to say that if he was born in a large ninja village, he would have the strength to squeeze out the Kage of some ninja villages."

'The strength of the Kage...' Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't have much information about Kakuzu in his mind, but when Shinji said that the other party had the strength of a Kage, Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately believed it.

"As for life, Kakuzu is an intellectual who likes reading and making money. He is calm and thoughtful. Moreover, he seems to be a man who clearly distinguishes between gratitude and resentment and is quite loyal."

"I see..." Sarutobi Hiruzen thought for a moment, "No problem, but you will have to explain this to Tsunade when the time comes. If everything goes well, I should be able to retire successfully within half a month."

"Retire? So soon?"

"Of course, I am only acting as Hokage temporarily. If the Fifth Hokage is chosen, I will naturally return home to retire."

"So the candidate for the Fifth Hokage is... Tsunade-senpai?" asked Shinji.

"That's right. If nothing unexpected happens, it should be her. Right now, no one is competing with her for the position of Hokage." At this time, Sarutobi Hiruzen thought of Danzo again. Now, he already knew that the other party had been working hard all his life just for that position.

"It seems to be true." Shinji thought about it and found that the more powerful ninjas in Konoha now didn't seem to want to be Hokage. Even Tsunade was kidnapped back. If she didn't really have feelings for Konoha, she would have taken Shizune away again long ago.

"As for you, Shinji, you can start preparing to become the sixth generation now. Based on my understanding of Tsunade, she will probably work until you reach adulthood, and then..."

"Oops, my left ear suddenly hurts a little, I'll go back first."

Before Sarutobi Hiruzen could finish his words, Shinko disappeared in front of him with the mission scroll he had already read.

"This child, eh."

Of course Sarutobi Hiruzen recognized the Flying Thunder God Technique. He almost dropped his jaw when he first saw Shin Cod perform the Flying Thunder God Technique half a month ago. But now, he has gotten used to it.

"But the child should at least cover his ears..."

He clearly used the excuse that his left ear hurt, but in fact he covered his right ear, and it was obviously intentional.

"As for matters related to the succession of Hokage... we should probably ask Shikaku. He will definitely have a way to get those things done faster."

"Xiang, go to the Nara family and invite Shikaku over. I have something to ask him."

"As you command, Hokage-sama."

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