Chapter 421 I Am the Hokage Now

"long time no see."

Orochimaru's eyes fell on the child beside Jiraiya, and his laughter was teasing: "But then again, when did you become a nanny?"

"How will you be here."

Since Orochimaru's rebellion, Jiraiya has been investigating his whereabouts, but he didn't expect that he would find him today.

Orochimaru said lightly: "Adapt to the new life in advance."

Jiraiya frowned and said, "What do you mean by adapting?"

"After a while, I think the wanted order on me will be cancelled." Orochimaru said with a smile: "Before that, I will live quietly in the village."

With Qing Pheasant's current power, it would not be that difficult to revoke his wanted order.

Hearing that Orochimaru was going back to the village, Jiraiya was very surprised, and suddenly thought of something: "Ao Pheasant has been in contact with you."

Orochimaru did not deny it: "Well, almost."

Jiraiya's expression turned ugly: "Are you also involved in killing high-ranking officials?"

Orochimaru shook his head and said regretfully: "Although I have this idea, Aojiji doesn't seem to want me to participate directly. Maybe he doesn't want me to bear the name of killing the master."

Jiraiya laughed at himself. He once wanted to bring Orochimaru back to the village, but he didn't expect that it would be completed in this way. He had to lament that fate had played a big joke on him:

"What are you going to do when you return to the village?"

If Orochimaru continues to engage in human research, Aokiji would probably choose to let it go in his current state.

Orochimaru didn't hide anything: "I will help Aoji to resurrect Tsunade."

Resurrect Tsunade?

Jiraiya was startled.

This kind of thing that goes against common sense is bound to be accompanied by a lot of sacrifices in the process.

Orochimaru looked at Jiraiya's expression: "When Aoji and I revive Tsunade, do you want to return to the village again?"

After saying that, he extended his hand and made an invitation: "We are just like we used to be."

Jiraiya remained silent and his attitude was self-evident. If something like this happened, it would be difficult for him to go back to the past.

Orochimaru understood and stretched out his hand: "Yeah, that's really a pity."

Jiraiya asked: "Are you so sure of resurrecting Tsunade?"

Orochimaru shook his head: "If it's just me, of course I'm not sure, but if it's Aokiji, I think it should be possible."

In Jiraiya's view, Orochimaru's attitude of trust in Aokihiko is almost blind obedience: "Why do you still trust Aokihiko so much after so much time has passed?"

"He's fun to be with. That's something you and Sarutobi-sensei can never give me."

"What."

"truth."

Jiraiya shook his head: "As expected, I still can't understand you since I was a child."

After that, he no longer stayed, and left here with Sarutobi Hiruzen's grandson to wander around the world.

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The first thing Aoki did when he became Hokage was to set foot in the Forbidden Library and study all the jutsu. From the catalog, it can be known that there are two missing ninjutsu, namely the Reincarnation of the Earth and the Yamata no Jutsu.

It happened to correspond to the two ninjutsu that Orochimaru took away.

Aoki looked at the Flying Thunder God Technique in his hand, and didn't quite understand why Orochimaru didn't take it away in the first place.

He put the Flying Thunder God Jutsu in his arms, left the Forbidden Book Technique, and returned to the Hokage's office.

There was a mountain of documents on the table. Just waiting for him to come back and read it, Qing Zhi flipped through it and threw it aside.

He rubbed his chin, wondering if he should find a secretary to share the work with him.

In my impression, Raikage, that big boss, just found a secretary for himself. The secretary usually does all the miscellaneous things, while he does it. Only important things will be looked at a few times.

When choosing a secretary, strength is secondary. The most important thing is to have a good mind, and then someone must be trustworthy.

Qingzhi plans to find a secretary within his own clan to help him organize documents on a daily basis.

He kind of wanted to choose Itachi, he was smart enough, and Aokiji could always teach him by words and deeds.

However, Itachi's fighting talent was too high, and being a secretary was too humiliating.

Just as I was thinking about it, there was a knock on the door, interrupting my thoughts. I could only put aside the matter of finding the secretary for the time being: "Come in."

After a while, two middle-aged men walked in, namely Fugaku and Nara Shikaku.

"Hokage-sama, there is something I need to report to you."

When Aoki became Hokage, Fugaku's name for Aoki also changed.

"whats the matter."

Needless to say, Fugaku and Aokiji also knew more or less.

When he became Hokage, one of the orders he issued was to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the four major families. Among the people sent, there were Uchiha and other personnel to supervise each other to avoid saying that Uchiha was acting for public benefit.

"We found that these families relied on their high-level connections and engaged in a lot of kickbacks, and even the Yuan Fei family was involved."

Aoji showed a surprised expression and looked specifically at Nara Shikaku: "Are you sure?"

Nara Shikaku nodded.

"Hokage-sama, how should we do this?"

"No leakage of this matter is allowed, and anyone who leaks it will be severely punished."

Qingzhi is not trying to save face for the top management, but once something is announced, it will lose the trust of the masses, which will be detrimental to subsequent management.

Both of them are smart people. Qing Zhi does not need to explain too clearly. He can understand the meaning and should claim "yes"

Aoki crossed his palms and placed them on the table: "Fugaku, you go down and do your work first. I have something to do and I want to talk to Shikaku alone."

Fugaku clearly retreated, leaving a chance for him to chat alone.

"Come for a walk with me."

Aoji left his seat and stood up. Nara Shikaku couldn't guess what the other person meant, so he could only follow the other person's intention and follow him.

The news that Aokiji had become the Hokage had spread throughout the village. The two were walking on the street and were quickly recognized. They stopped and nodded to show respect.

Not long after, the two came to the ninja school and visited the children.

On the rooftop of the school, Qing Zhi sighed: "These children are really the flowers of the village, aren't they?"

Nara Shikaku couldn't help but ask: "Forgive me for being stupid, what did the Hokage want to say when he called me out?"

Aoki paused and said, "I plan to expand the enrollment of ninja schools and change the six-year system into nine-year compulsory education."

Nara Shikaku's expression was stunned: "What did you say?"

Qing Pheasant opened the skylight and said to Liang Hua: "I know you have objections to me, but I think it's best for us to live in peace and subtlety. This is good for each other and even the village."

"..."

"I will not touch the rights you have now, and I will give you more." Qingzhi promised.

"...Why must it be done so brilliantly?"

"For both public and private purposes, of course I have to do this."

Nara Shikaku looked at Aokiji and said what he said.

Aoki first talked about the "private" part. The general meaning was that the higher-ups were planning to destroy the Uchiha clan, so don't blame yourself for being so extreme and eradicate the roots to avoid causing trouble for yourself in the future.

"I just chose the most direct and effective method. I think with your brain, you should be able to judge whether what I told is a lie."

When Nara Shikaku learned the truth, he remained silent for a long time.

In the eyes of others, Aojiha's actions are extreme, but the reason why Uchiha has reached this point is because the top management suppressed him too hard. This is the principle that things must reach their extremes anyway.

Nara Shikaku asked: "Then what is the male you are talking about?"

He originally thought that Qing Pheasant would talk a little bit of truth around him, but unexpectedly, the other party was able to talk to him in a eloquent and well-founded way.

Qing Pheasant directly copied the welfare policies of the previous life, such as ID cards, five insurances and one housing fund, etc. In this backward era, these things can be called a dimensionality reduction blow.

Nara Shikaku, who is known for his wisdom, was immediately stunned.

Although it was the first time for him to hear these things, there was no doubt that the policies Qing Zhi mentioned were all beneficial.

It is conceivable how prosperous and peaceful the village will be if these policies are fully implemented.

But there is a fatal problem with doing this, and that is money?

Nara Shikaku told the other party his worries.

You know, the money bag of Konoha is in the hands of the daimyo. The daimyo allocates most military expenditures. How could the daimyo do such a thing?

Nara Shikaku's worry was not unreasonable, but it just made Aoji laugh: "Then they can't be tolerated."

Nara Shikaku vaguely heard some subtext from his words.

Aoki even slaughtered the whole family of the high-ranking officials. It's strange that a mere fire country daimyo would look down upon him.

"Do you want to threaten..."

Qing Zhi's face sank, and his expression was not very happy.

Nara Shikaku couldn't help but be stunned when he saw his expression.

What's wrong? Did you say something wrong?

"Are you looking down on me?"

Aoji said solemnly: "Do I, Uchiha Aoji, need to be so useless? I even resort to such boring tricks as threats."

Nara Shikaku was stunned for a moment, wondering whether he was a villain trying to judge a gentleman and misunderstood the other party?

"If I kill them all directly, all their money will be mine?" Qingzhi said disdainfully: "Do I still need to threaten?"

Nara Shikakugo's still annoyed expression suddenly froze.

The Uchiha across from him was a complete terrorist.

Qing Zhi glanced sideways and said coldly: "What, do you have any objections?"

Nara Shikaku risked his life to remonstrate and trembled: "Hokage-sama, please calm down. Your idea is too dangerous?"

Qingzhi didn't understand: "Danger? Where is the danger?"

"that is……"

Nara Shikaku wanted to find a reason, but suddenly found that there was no reason.

"A bunch of useless useless people." Qing Zhi snorted coldly and asked, "I kill them like chickens and dogs, tell me what's the danger?"

Nara Shikaku racked his brains and persuaded: "But this will be condemned by all countries, and it may even give them reasons to attack."

"It doesn't matter, I will take action."

"???"

Aoki crossed his arms and said with disdain: "It just gives me a reason to attack these countries. The dignity of a country is built by fighting without relying on constant compromise. The policies of the previous Hokage were too weak, which led to the surrounding countries." The country is jumping up and down against Konoha."

The persuasion was not only ineffective, but also added fuel to the fire. Nara Shikaku's mouth twitched and his head hurt terribly.

Aokiji's style and the Third Hokage's governing style are completely opposite extremes.

The former is submissive, while the latter strikes hard.

Qingzhi said without any doubt: "Do you have anything else to say?"

Nara Shikaku thought to himself that what I said was nonsense. Anyway, you, a terrorist, would not listen to advice at all. He should just stay there to cool down.

"Since you have nothing to say, it's my turn." Qingzhi raised his arms and clenched his fists, with an arrogant expression: "The system of one country, one village is outdated. Now is a new era. I want to win the fire." country and create a brand new country.”

Nara Shikaku widened his eyes. He didn't expect that Aokiji was so ambitious. He was not satisfied with the position of Hokage, but also wanted the position of daimyo.

"Whether you want to follow me to create new glory, or stick to the same set of things and enter the coffin, think about it carefully."

Qing Zhi turned around to leave, leaving the other party with a back view.

Nara Shikaku lowered his head.

Before leaving, Aokiji seemed to have thought of something and said leisurely: "Oh, by the way, I will let Orochimaru return to the village after a while, and I will inform you, the Jonin squad leader, in advance."

Orochimaru? "

Nara Shikaku was stunned for a moment and said in shock: "Wait a minute, isn't Orochimaru a traitor?"

"So what? Wouldn't it be better to cancel?"

"But……"

Qing Zhi said domineeringly: "It's nothing, I am the Hokage now."

Nara Shikaku:......