Chapter 153 Reserves

Konoha Village.

Hokage's office.

"Oto-Hokage? Where did Oto-Hokage come from? They didn't have any Oto-Hokage when I went there before." Jiraiya asked curiously.

The third generation took a puff of cigarette: "The inauguration ceremony was held recently. It is considered a village that publicly claims to have a Oto-Hokage outside the five major ninja villages."

Jiraiya nodded, and didn't think it was strange.

"I went there before..."

Jiraiya told the third generation Hokage about the prosperity of Oto-Hokage and what he saw and heard.

"Oto-Hokage is developing very rapidly, almost monopolizing all the tasks of several small countries nearby. With the Uchiha restaurants, Oto-Hokage is no longer a small village now."

"I suspect that Oto-Hokage is a puppet supported by Uchiha."

The third generation guessed.

Jiraiya laughed: "Old man, instead of guessing, why not ask Orochimaru directly?"

The third generation's expression moved.

Then he asked Jiraiya seriously, "Jiraiya, let me ask you a question now, do you really want to be Hokage? Answer me seriously."

For the third generation, if Jiraiya is willing to take over as Hokage, he will definitely not be so tired. Jiraiya's loyalty to the village is needless to say.

He is his own apprentice, and the master of the fourth generation Namikaze Minato. His strength is also top-notch.

Except that he is not a decent person.

Although it is not guaranteed that the Uchiha can be contained, the safety of Konoha should be guaranteed.

"Me?" Jiraiya was startled at first, and then he saw that the third generation Hokage's face was serious and did not seem to be joking.

He also frowned and thought slowly.

He paced back and forth for a few circles, and his eyes swept over a large pile of documents on the desk.

In his mind, the scene of drinking and enjoying himself flashed for a while, and then the scene of himself sitting at the desk and reviewing documents flashed.

And the sacrifice of Namikaze Minato for the village flashed again.

Jiraiya sighed: "Sorry, old man."

Although he had expected it, the Third Hokage still felt uncomfortable when he heard Jiraiya's direct rejection.

The power of the Kage of Konoha Village makes people lose themselves. Back then, I was also ambitious to make a career and develop Konoha Village to the strongest.

But later I found that I had done many wrong things.

In the end, I found that this job of Hokage was really tiring.

I knew it earlier...

Many images flashed through the Third Hokage's mind, Nawaki, Kato Dan, Hatake Sakumo, Tsunade, Orochimaru...

The last image was fixed on the image of Orochimaru.

The Third Hokage's expression was no longer hesitant.

He said directly: "I have prepared what Orochimaru wants. How can I send it to him? I want to see him."

Jiraiya seemed to guess the Third Hokage's thoughts: "Old man, have you thought about it? Maybe Tsunade is not bad either."

The Third Hokage shook his head, and Jiraiya did not fully understand what he meant.

Although he wanted to recall Orochimaru to prepare for the Fifth Hokage.

But now, there should be more manpower as a reserve to fight against Uchiha.

After all, Jiraiya is made of iron, how many nails can he hit?

Orochimaru is back, and the Third Hokage can be more at ease.

As for Tsunade mentioned by Jiraiya.

Tsunade was originally the most suitable candidate for Hokage.

You can see from the label on her that she is the granddaughter of the First Hokage, unlike Naruto, the son of the Fourth Hokage who is secretive.

Tsunade is the "granddaughter of the First Hokage, the founder of Konoha Village", and this matter is completely public.

This also means that she is the purest "Konoha bloodline". In terms of roots, you can't find a better one than her even if you turn the whole Konoha upside down.

She is also one of the three ninjas and the apprentice of the Third Hokage.

Tsunade is a famous medical ninja in the whole ninja world, and her medical ninjutsu is the best in the world.

If Tsunade succeeded to the throne of Hokage, her medical ninjutsu could save many lives in wartime.

Unfortunately, she acquiesced to Danzo's actions due to a momentary thought, which led to Tsunade's collapse and leaving Konoha. She has not returned for many years since then.

The third generation Hokage often regrets why he indulged Danzo at the beginning, or whether he was greedy for the little power in his hands.

At the beginning, Konoha White Fang was powerful and full of honors, but White Fang was the representative of the family faction.

Although the Hatake family is small, the appeal of the Hatake family is not small.

If White Fang takes the position of Hokage, he must support the family with good relations with them.

The "de-familyization" of the third generation will fail.

So when White Fang failed in his mission, the third generation acquiesced to Danzo's public opinion offensive.

The purpose was to dampen White Fang's spirit and hit White Fang.

Unexpectedly, White Fang's sense of honor was too strong, and he actually committed suicide directly.

The third generation Hokage was caught off guard.

If it weren't for the tacit approval of the Third Generation, how could the success or failure of a mission cause such a stir in the village.

If it weren't for the tacit approval of the Third Generation, how could Danzo do such a thing.

The Third Generation also regretted it, but fortunately, another Namikaze Minato appeared in Konoha later.

Namikaze Minato was an orphan. He was not born into a famous family, nor did he have any prominent background. He relied on his own strength to fight his way up.

And he also married Uzumaki Kushina.

Uzumaki Kushina is the orphan of the Uzumaki clan. Although the Uzumaki Kingdom is no longer there, there is still a lot of money left.

Even several streets in Konoha belong to Kushina.

Such a person, with high strength, no background, and a wife who is rich and a Jinchūriki, is the most promising candidate for Hokage by the Third Hokage.

Unfortunately, the subsequent development is not under his control.

The Fourth Hokage died unexpectedly during the Nine-Tails Rebellion, and the Jinchūriki also died, although the Nine-Tails was resealed on Naruto.

But Naruto is too young to form combat power for a while.

Konoha Village also lost a large number of elites, and at this time, Danzo proposed that the Nine-Tails was likely controlled by the Uchiha clan.

Because at that time, the Uchiha clan was the most suspected.

And after the teachings of Tobirama, the Third Hokage has always been prejudiced against the Uchiha clan.

Finally, he acquiesced to Danzo's series of actions against the Uchiha clan.

Over the years, the weakening of the Uchiha clan has never stopped.

Later, Uchiha Natsuki emerged as a dark horse, and the entire Uchiha clan developed rapidly.

Now, except for Jiraiya, Konoha has no generals who can compete with him.

It is impossible for the patriarchs of the major ninja clans to work wholeheartedly for Konoha.

Before, there was Kakashi who was still useful, but he was dug out his eyes by Obito, and now he is completely depressed.

Compared with Uchiha, the whole Konoha is in a period of transition.

In terms of scheming and wisdom, Jiraiya and Tsunade are completely incomparable to Orochimaru.

Orochimaru is not lacking in ability, and he is a versatile person with almost no shortcomings.

However, in the eyes of the third generation, Orochimaru is a person who has no so-called good and evil and no bottom line.

At the beginning, the third generation also felt that Orochimaru would not be controlled by him.

He would not even be swayed by him or lean towards Danzo, so he chose Namikaze Minato.

In the current situation, it seems that only Orochimaru is the most suitable person.

Orochimaru returns to the village, and the third generation can take advantage of the fact that he still has some energy to investigate whether Orochimaru can take over the position of Hokage.

If Orochimaru is not good enough, in the end, he can only push Danzo out because of what happened that year.

In exchange for Tsunade's forgiveness, let Tsunade be Hokage.

After all, the current Danzo is useless except for making him alert.

In the eyes of the third generation, Uchiha Xiamu is a very smart person. Rather than being smart, he is cunning.

Xiamu's external performance is not serious all day long, but since his appearance, every decision is unexpected.

But every time he strengthens the Uchiha clan or weakens Konoha.

To deal with such a person, Jiraiya and Tsunade are not Xiamu's opponents.

Perhaps only Orochimaru's mentality can compete with Xiamu.

Of course, if things are impossible.

He is relieved that Orochimaru, Tsunade, Jiraiya, any one of them can sit in the position of Hokage.

If he is here, he can help, if he is not here.

Before he dies, he needs to pull out the nail of Danzo.

Orochimaru and Tsunade have no grudges in their hearts, so they will naturally help each other, and Konoha's foundation can be maintained.

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