the last world

No confusion was created, no village secrets were stolen.

Jiuchuan Dengyue disappeared into Muye Village for reasons incomprehensible to everyone, leaving no trace behind.

And the last person to see Dengyue was... Qing Kong.

"Did Jiuchuan Dengyue show any abnormalities at that time?"

Facing the third generation's question, Aozora remained silent.

Recalling Dengyue's performance at that time, everything can be called abnormal. She only regarded it as his usual behavior after the war, but she didn't expect that he had already made up his mind at that time.

For the news of Dengyue's defection, no one else in Qingkong was surprised, perhaps he had foreseen this result early in the morning.From the first time I saw him doing a forbidden experiment, I had a premonition that this partner's path would run counter to them one day.

Aoki still shook his head.

"Is that so..." The third generation looked at Qingkong quietly, then sighed, "If there is no special reason, we can only consider Jiuchuan Dengyue as a traitor."

Be rebellious?

Qingkong's eyes became a little dim.

What does rebellion mean? From now on, there will be endless hunts and hunts, not just Konoha's ninjas. Once judged as rebels, ninjas from other ninja villages will also chase and kill rebels and hand them over to Konoha in exchange for money. right.

Most ninjas would not choose to defect unless they were backed by a strong force or had to defect, because after defecting, that person would face the common arrest from the five major countries.

"I'm going to chase Tomotsuki back!" Minato, who had been silent all this time, said suddenly after hearing that Tomotsuki would be identified as a traitor. He looked at Sandai with calm and firm eyes, "There must be someone who had to leave the village The reason, I believe in Lantern Moon."

"Calm down, Minato." Jirai also patted Minato on the shoulder, with the same dignified tone, "We have no trace of Dengyue at all, so looking for it like this can only be a random search without a clue."

Because of the election of the fourth generation, Jiraiya, who was the master of Minato, also returned to the village. Unexpectedly, he learned the news of his disciple's defection, which is not without heartache.

But at this time, none of them can leave the village.

"Minato, you can't leave the village." Sandai said, "Now is a critical period for the construction of the village. As a Hokage candidate, you can't leave the village at this time."

The fourth-generation election is imminent, and Minato, one of the candidates, has far more tasks and responsibilities than he imagined. At this time, it is absolutely not allowed to leave the village for a traitor.

What the third generation didn't finish was that Minato, as the fourth generation that he and his advisers outside the gate preferred, leaving the village at this time would only cause chaos.

They turned their eyes to the blue sky.

Facing the gazes of several people, Qing Kong raised his head and said calmly, "Do you need me to go?"

The third generation pondered slightly, but still shook his head: "No, for the current Konoha, there is no extra manpower to chase after a traitor."

Aozora, like the other jounin in Konoha Village, was overwhelmed by the tasks for the construction of the village, and she was exhausted from the successive commissions and non-stop running around.

Now she appeared in Hokage's office because she had just submitted a task.

"Oh." Qing Kong responded without refuting.

Due to various reasons, Jiuchuan Dengyue's defection was temporarily suppressed.

Although Dengyue's defection was suppressed for the time being, Minato was still depressed for a while because of this incident, which made the people around him a little worried.

But a few days later, Minato suddenly recovered, as if nothing had happened, and once again plunged into the complicated things.

Different from the continuous missions of others, Minato has recently been exposed to data-related training because of the fourth-generation election. He spends most of his time in the data room during the day, and then there are various consultants. Meeting with the daimyo, Minato always looked tired every time he came home.

And other people also saw that it was a bit tricky. Compared with Orochimaru, who is also a powerful candidate, Minato seems to be more favored by the upper class. Compared with Minato's recent continuous contact with the power center, Orochimaru has gradually disappeared.

The conclusion that the Fourth Hokage is Namikaze Minato has gradually been recognized by everyone.

As for why it is Minato, there are many speculations and complaints in private.

Some people say that the contribution of the fourth generation in this war is higher than that of Orochimaru, and some people speculate that there are people in the high-level who are not used to Orochimaru, and some people even say that the head of Minato is more suitable for a village than Orochimaru. Agents and the like, in short, have different versions and are full of tricks.

The specific situation is unknown to outsiders like them. In short, the wind vane of the rumors has turned to Namikaze Minato.

If there is anything more shocking than the defection of Kyukawa Jonin and the fourth generation of Namikaze Minato some time ago, it is the defection of Orochimaru.

As a senior with a high reputation in the village, a disciple of the third generation of Hokage, and a hero in two ninja world wars, the defection of one of the three ninjas, Orochimaru, undoubtedly dropped a blockbuster in the village.

Not to mention that Konoha, who had just been defeated, was still in a crisis-ridden state. Orochimaru, as an important combat force in the village, chose to defect at this juncture.

Although it was rumored that the defection was caused by the discovery of Orochimaru's privately conducted cruel human experiments, some people believed that the four-generation election was the main reason for Orochimaru's defection.

Because he couldn't bear being overtaken by a junior and couldn't be the fourth generation, Orochimaru chose to escape from the village.

Because it was discovered on the spot, and based on the particularity of this character, Konoha still sent a team to hunt it down, but in the end only Jiraiya returned with serious injuries. After that, there was no follow-up to this incident. He seemed to have aged a lot overnight.

Orochimaru was finally recognized by the village as an S-level rebel.

And Namikaze Minato was also regarded as the only candidate for the Fourth Hokage.

eve of succession

Minato, who had just taken a shower, sat on the edge of the bed and rubbed his forehead.

He was overwhelmed by recent incidents one after another. The succession of Hokage, the departure of his partner, and the defection of Orochimaru all happened together in a short period of time. Not only the three generations, but he also felt a lot of pressure.

"Are you tired?" Aozora gently rubbed Minato's hair, "But if you don't dry your hair, even you will catch a cold."

Minato laughed: "I'm not invulnerable to all diseases."

"So as an ordinary person, Namikaze Minato should sleep obediently." Aozora continued.

"Hehe." Minato closed his eyes, his expression relaxed a lot, "Qozora is really strict."

Aozora yawned, she was also drowsy when she just came back from the task, she squinted her eyes slightly, and didn't respond to Minato's words.

"Hey, Aozora." Minato said suddenly, "From tomorrow onwards, I will be the Fourth Hokage."

"Yeah." Another yawn.

"...Protecting the village, protecting important people, the responsibility of being a shadow..."

"...Hmm." Aozora whose movements gradually slowed down.

"I won't let Dengyue leave the village again, and I won't let everyone fall into the pain of war again..."

"...um." The voice was barely audible.

"...After these days are over, I must bring Dengyue back."

"..."

Feeling a weight on his shoulders, he turned his head and saw Qing Kong sleeping, he laughed.

"Nice dream."

The next day

Today is the day for the succession of the new Hokage, and everyone in Konoha Village gathered downstairs of Hokage, looking forward to the birth of the new Hokage.

Wearing a four-generation Hokage coat and a hat with the word "Hokage" standing on a high place, the wind brushed his face and blew his golden hair.

Aozora and Jiraiya also stood behind him, staring at his back, compared to Jiraiya's pride, she was more moved.

The moment when the dream comes true always makes me want to cry.For now, though, smile first.

"...Everyone has their own responsibilities. The strong have the responsibilities of the strong, and the weak also have the responsibilities of the weak. As the Fourth Hokage, it is my responsibility to protect everyone!"

"From now on, I am the Fourth Hokage!"

There was a burst of excited shouts from below, and under the brim of Hokage's hat, his expression was firm.

His time has just begun.