Chapter 338 The Election Begins

The Third Hokage stood in front of the microphone in everyone's eyes.

Everyone below fell silent.

In addition to the villagers of Konoha Village, there were also people from various villages. These people entered Konoha with legitimate identities.

Some came to entrust tasks, and some came to do business.

The nominally heavyweight guests sat upstairs in the back.

The Daimyo of the Land of Fire.

"I declare that the vote of confidence for the Fifth Hokage is now officially open!"

The villagers on the periphery became excited, and the center of the venue fell silent.

As the Third Hokage announced, a huge ballot box was placed in front of the stage.

Several empty paths were reserved in front of the stage for voters to come forward and vote.

Although voting can be done on behalf of others, in order to show that their ninja clan is strong, most ninja clans vote one person at a time.

In addition, some people who deliberately keep a low profile or hide other thoughts hold a lot of ballots in their hands and quietly come up and stuff them in.

You don't know how much the other party voted.

The ballot box is engraved with a seal, and even the Hyuga clan's white eyes cannot see what the ballot inside is.

The ballots were distributed seven days ago. All the ballots have the names of the people they voted for and their own names on them.

Finally, they have to leave their own chakra samples to prevent fraud.

If someone really can't make it back, they should also explain in advance who they voted for, and the Anbu will record them one by one.

Even after the Hokage is elected, the ballot box needs to be sealed.

It guarantees fairness to the greatest extent.

According to the regulations, whether active or retired, Jonin is eligible to vote.

But there are only a few hundred Jonin in Konoha.

Don't think that the leaders of the Twelve Little Strongmen are all Jonin, that's because of their special status.

It's good for ordinary Genin to have a special Jonin to lead the team.

Most of them are led by Chunin.

For many Jonin, leading Genin is a complete waste of time and energy.

Wouldn't it be better to do more tasks with this time?

Because the number of Jonin is scarce, the candidates have focused their energy on some ninja clans with a long history.

Only the major ninja clans with a long history can train a large number of jonins.

Many jonins have retired, and even in their seventies and eighties, but the votes in their hands are also useful.

At this time, it is time to compete with the foundation.

Xia Mu did not let most people go up, but sent a few people to put all the votes into the ballot box.

The Hyuga clan was just the opposite. Many jonins took turns to go up.

It fully demonstrated the strength of the Hyuga clan.

But who the Hyuga clan voted for, that's unknown.

Tsunade, who basically did not canvass for votes before the election, had many medical ninjas go up to vote in turn.

Medical ninjas rarely go to the front line unless in wartime, and there is basically no loss.

There are many more jonins among medical ninjas than expected.

It is best to keep the number of jonins in a village a secret.

But Konoha Village is one of the five major countries, and it demonstrates its own strength.

Instead of covering up and checking whether there are people from other villages mixed in.

It is better to show it openly to spies from various countries.

I, Konoha, am so powerful.

In less than half an hour, the votes were cast in the four channels below.

The next step was to vote. Whether it was Natsuki, Orochimaru, or Tsunade, they all had the same posture.

Crossing their arms across their chests.

It was obviously a confident gesture.

But their confidence had a different meaning.

Natsuki didn't know what the others were thinking.

However, after Natsuki scanned the venue, the system kept ringing.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for greatly changing the life trajectory of Sarutobi Asuma. ]

Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Fire Release, Ash Burning X1 (can be replaced with the same type of ninjutsu)

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for greatly changing the life trajectory of Yuhi Kurenai. ]

Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Falling Sakura Nami Jutsu X1

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for greatly changing the life trajectory of Mitarashi Anko. ]

Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Unfinished Curse Seal X1 (can be replaced with the same type of ninjutsu)

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for greatly changing the life trajectory of Sai. 】

Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Super Beast Fake Painting, Eagle X1

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully recruiting Sai. 】

Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Painting Talent or Existing Talent Replacement X1.

A series of system sounds, dinging made Xia Mu's head hurt.

Xia Mu looked at it and could only say that there were good and bad.

Killing Feidan before also directly changed the fate of Asuma and Hong.

It's just that I haven't seen Asuma and his wife.

Saving Sai's brother is the same, and it's only triggered now that I see him.

However, why is Hongdou joining in the fun?

What's wrong with her?

Xia Mu is a little confused, and in his heart he can only classify her as a change caused by Orochimaru's change.

The ninjutsu awarded by Asuma and Hong is a bit lame.

Let's not talk about Hong, after all, Uchiha is still there.

Ash Burning...

You said that you are the son of Hokage, and your proficiency in fire escape is a bit rubbish.

Fire ninjutsu is a bit useless for Uchiha, after all, Xia Mu doesn't know any jutsu.

Xia Mu thought about it and changed it to Hao Huo Nie Que x1.

Xia Mu was a little confused by Hong Dou's "Unfinished Curse Seal".

The effect is: to sense Orochimaru through constant pain.

Thinking about it, it seems that Red Bean's curse seal does have this function, but Xia Mu always feels that something is wrong.

Xia Mu can't use this, so he replaced it with the full version of the curse seal. Now Xia Mu has two more curse seals.

It must be said that the curse seal provides Xia Mu with great convenience on the battlefield of the Land of Water.

Sai's fake painting of the super beast is useful and can fly.

Things here are over, and I should go to Ohnoki to collect debts.

I didn't expect that Sai is now dead set on Orochimaru's pirate ship?

Xia Mu was a little speechless when he saw Sai's painting talent.

If it can't be changed, won't it be useless?

Xia Mu clicked it and saw that there was only one valuable talent that could be replaced, and that was Illusion Mastery.

Xia Mu frowned and thought, it seems that this is what the system means by optimization.

What he lacks, he will be given what he needs.

Xia Mu chose to change Archery Mastery to Illusion Mastery.

Some mistakes I made when using illusions before came to mind one by one.

It seems that I can make up for my shortcomings in illusions in the future.

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During the vote counting phase, the Third Hokage sent one person to count the votes, and each candidate sent one person to stand behind to prevent cheating.

The Third Hokage sent a jonin from the Sarutobi clan to count the votes.

Number One on Orochimaru's side walked up and stood behind him, while Shisui was sent by Uchiha Natsuki, and Shizune was sent by Tsunade.

When the vote counting began, everyone below was quiet.

Sasuke kept staring at the stage. He didn't have a deep understanding of Hokage, but he knew that his father had always wanted the Uchiha clan to have a Hokage.

Naruto's childhood wish was to become a Hokage, but after tasting the sweetness of family affection, he threw the idea of ​​becoming a Hokage behind him.

He now has family, friends, and people who love him, so he doesn't need to be a Hokage at all.

At first, after he learned the true face of the Third Hokage, he hated the word Hokage for a while, but later he learned that his father was the Fourth Hokage.

As people grow up, they can look at the word Hokage more calmly.

Some time ago, Xia Mu told Naruto that after the Fifth Hokage was selected, he would let Naruto meet his father.

So now Naruto just wants the Fifth Hokage election to end quickly.

Whether it is Senior Xia Mu or Sister Tsunade who is elected.

He is very happy. As for Orochimaru, he is not too familiar with him. He has no idea.

But he should be a good person to make Uncle Fugaku and Brother Itachi's eyes better.

A huge display was erected behind the square, with the names of Uchiha Xia Mu, Orochimaru, and Tsunade written on it.

The number of votes is behind it.

Before the votes were counted, three more boxes were taken out, which were smaller than the previous voting boxes.

The names of the three candidates were written on the three boxes.

When the person's name is called, just put the vote in it.

If there are objections, the votes can be checked on the spot.

After the announcement, the Third Hokage returned to the podium.

He needed the Daimyo of the Land of Fire to greet him, after all, the country still needed the Daimyo to govern.

He had to save face.

"... Orochimaru's recent research on limb cloning has greatly improved the combat effectiveness of our Konoha."

"If we continue to develop like this, we will have a bright future."

The Third Hokage praised Orochimaru.

The Daimyo also echoed:

"The food recipes provided by Orochimaru and Uchiha Natsuki have made us a lot of money in foreign trade in the Land of Fire."

"Tsunade-sama is the granddaughter of Hashirama, who will be the Fifth Hokage..."

Just as the Third Hokage and the Daimyo were chatting.

The people below began to count the votes: "Uchiha one vote, Orochimaru one vote, Orochimaru one vote..."

"Tsunade one vote, Tsunade one vote, Tsunade one vote..."

The people who counted the votes obviously got the medical ninja's pile.

He kept reading Tsunade's name.

Mizutomon En, who was sitting in the back, had a dark complexion. He originally nominated Tsunade to disgust Uchiha Natsuki.

Now it seems that he has shot himself in the foot. All the jonin in the medical system voted for Tsunade.

Fortunately, Mizutomon En raised his head and glanced at the Third Hokage who was chatting with the daimyo.

Fortunately, Hiruzen made a backup plan. No matter how you, Uchiha Natsuki, struggle, you are doomed to fail.

Mizutomon En thought of this and his expression relaxed.

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