Chapter 308 Sarutobi Hiruzen's Happy Troubles

"What's the situation on the front line like?

The combat power of Kirigakure's troops exceeded his expectations, so he sent you back to seek assistance.

Or is everything under his control, and he is currently fighting a guerrilla war with Kirigakure with ease? "

Sarutobi Hiruzen stroked the beard on his chin and guessed confidently that in his opinion, these were the only two possibilities.

It is impossible for Uchiha Mai to lose to the Kirigakure Village. He definitely has the strength to hold back the entire Kirigakure army by himself.

Moreover, there was no way he could be killed by Kirigakure. Ohnoki couldn't keep him, so why could Yagura do it?

What is this called? This is called strategizing and winning a victory thousands of miles away!

"It's not a request for help."

Kakashi shook his head and reported truthfully: "The minister's strength far exceeds all of our imaginations.

The battle went smoothly beyond everyone's expectations... Half of the more than 4,000 troops in Kirigakure Village were killed by the minister in just one encounter..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes twitched.

If the death rate of a unit reaches 50%, it can be concluded that this unit has been defeated without a doubt.

For a long time, the morale and organization of this unit will be affected, and it will be no different than being abolished.

Kirigakure Village was destroyed in one battle!

Hiruzen Sarutobi had imagined such an impressive achievement, but he never expected that he could actually achieve it.

Could it be that the Mangekyo Sharingan is really close to invincible at its peak state, as recorded in the files?

"Among the more than two thousand mist ninjas killed, there were nearly twenty jonins, among whom there were also several jonins from the Corpse Lineage and Ice Release families."

Sarutobi Hiruzen's hand stroking his beard trembled.

Corpse veins and ice escape jounin are undoubtedly elite jounin.

There are several elite jounin and a dozen ordinary jounin. If any ninja village suffers such a loss, it will be bruised and painful for a long time.

The same is true for Konoha. Elite jounin is not so easy to cultivate.

Kakashi continued: "Before this battle, the minister had a fight with the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of Kirigakure Village.

In less than five minutes, the minister killed all the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and also captured the Kirigakure Murakami Ninja Terumi Mei.

It is said that Terumi Mei has been trained as a Mizukage candidate by Mizukage Yagura. "

"!!!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen's breathing became rapid.

The Seven Ninja Swordsmen have always been the front line of Kirigakure Village, and the strength of each Ninja Swordsman is at the level of a guaranteed elite Jonin.

And with the special ninja sword, the real strength that can be exerted is still higher than that of ordinary elite jounin.

Together, the ninja swordsmen can suppress a village of shadows. Now this idol group, which is very famous in the ninja world, has been completely wiped out by Uchiha Mai.

The other thing is Terumi Mei, Sarutobi Hiruzen has also heard of it. He is a genius of Kirigakure Village. Although his strength is not as good as that of the seven people, his potential is far beyond it.

What is this wave?

This wave destroyed the enemy's ace special guards, and also captured the enemy's prince. It can be said that Kirigakure Village will not be able to recover from the losses suffered in this battle in the next ten years.

"Where is the Seven Ninja Sword? Where is Mei Terumi?" Hiruzen Sarutobi asked with blazing eyes.

These are all damn good things.

"emmm...

The Seven Ninja Sword was on the Buchou's body, and Mei Terumi was beside him. " Kakashi replied.

"Confused, confused!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen slapped his thigh and said sadly: "The Seven Ninja Sword and that little girl Terumi Mei have extraordinary strategic significance.

As long as I have the Seven Ninja Swords and Mei Terumi as bargaining chips, I have 100% confidence in bringing that kid Mizukage Yagura to the negotiating table.

While asking him to withdraw his troops immediately, he must also owe us a non-aggression treaty for at least twenty years.

Alas, Wu is still a little younger after all, and he can obviously achieve peace without any effort. "

Negotiation and compromise have always been Sarutobi Hiruzen's specialty, and it is also an ability that he is proud of.

War is a continuation of politics. Handing over the spoils of war and prisoners can lead to peace, thereby reducing the losses suffered by Konoha. Why not?

At this moment, Sarutobi Hiruzen felt a little contempt for Uchiha Mai.

A young man will always be a young man, and conspiracies and intrigues will always be petty tricks. Compared with me, after all, I lack some political sense.

Kakashi had a strange look in his eyes and looked at Hinata Kagetora next to him.

Then he whispered: "Lord Hokage, you may never be able to bring Mizukage Yagura to the negotiating table.

Of course, if you just want to see him, that would be easy..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen did not hear the mystery behind the two men's words, frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"

It is impossible to bring Mizukage Yagura to the negotiation table. Who are you looking down on? How much do you distrust my ability to compromise?

"Because Mizukage Yagura has been killed by the minister!" Just as Kakashi was about to speak, Hinata Kagetora spoke first.

After that, he puffed out his chest.

It's important to hang out with the right boss.

Some big guys have no abilities, such as Danzo, who was beaten twice in three days and even his younger brother lost face.

Where is our minister?

He directly chopped down the entire Kirigakure Village and killed Mizukage Yagura by the way. Who can achieve this kind of achievement in the ninja world today?

Onoki lacks durability, the Third Raikage lacks AOE, the Third Hokage... I won't mention this.

"Nani?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi stood up with a look of astonishment, and was stunned for two seconds before coming back to his senses.

The two thousand ninjas and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen before were acceptable, but this was the Kage of a village, and even the weakest Kage was still a Kage.

Since the Third Ninja World War, no real Kage-level strongman has died on the battlefield.

Everyone's strength is about the same, and no one is strong in all directions without dead ends. Even if they can't win, they can still run.

Yagura became the first.

Kakashi took out a scroll, held it in front of Hiruzen Sarutobi with both hands, and introduced: "The body of Mizukage Yagura is in this scroll.

The minister said that you should take a look at it yourself, and then let the medical ninja repair the body and bury it in the back mountain of the Uchiha clan.

Bury with honor."

Hiruzen Sarutobi took the scroll suspiciously, probed a trace of chakra and mental power into it, and took a breath of cold air after observing it.

It was indeed the body of Mizukage Yagura.

After confirmation, Sarutobi Hiruzen returned the scroll to Kakashi and ordered: "Since Mai said to bury him in the back mountain of Uchiha, let's do as he wishes.

The dead are the greatest. After all, Yagura is the Kage of a village, and he died on the battlefield. Such heroes should be buried with honor."

"Yes."

After talking with the two for a long time, Sarutobi Hiruzen dismissed them.

He took the ginseng soup alone, turned off the lights in the office, sat on the sofa, and began to brainstorm.

The Kirigakure, where more than 2,000 ninjas were killed, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen were wiped out, and the Mizukage was killed, has essentially withdrawn from the Third Ninja World War.

I got up, what can I say about being killed in one punch?

Then why did Uchiha Mai stay on the Kirigakure front line, saying that there was something that was not dealt with?

Sarutobi Hiruzen could only think of two reasons.

The first one is that there is indeed something that has not been resolved-the third generation Mizukage of the Kirigakure.

After the First Ninja World War, the Kirigakure rarely interacted with the mainland, and Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't know much about the Third Mizukage.

He only knew that he was from the Mizunotsuki family and was the Three-Tails Jinchūriki.

In terms of age, he was about the same age as the Third Tsuchikage, Raikage, and himself, and a little older than the Third Kazekage.

None of the Third-Day leaders of the four major ninja villages were bad, unlike the Fourth-Day who had uneven quality.

Ice Release + Three-Tails Jinchūriki is indeed much more difficult to deal with, and the peak strength should be at the same level as the Third-Days of other ninja villages.

If so, then Uchiha Mai does have a reason to continue to stay on the Kirigakure front, after all, the Third-Day Mizukage may not be dead yet.

The second reason is that Uchiha Mai may have a rebellious heart.

Sarutobi Hiruzen remembered that when Uchiha Mai was a child, he still respected him very much. He was ruthless, talented, and eloquent, and was a nearly perfect ninja.

Being smart is both an advantage and a disadvantage.

The relationship between the Uchiha clan and the Hokage lineage has only eased in recent years.

Sarutobi Hiruzen believes that Uchiha Mai can definitely feel the suppression of the Uchiha clan by the second generation in the past, and the natural distrust of the Hokage lineage towards the Uchiha clan.

Whether the cause of this distrust is that the Uchiha clan really has problems, or the prejudice of the second generation, there is no way to delve into it, and there is no need to delve into it.

The chicken came first, the egg came first, this is a meaningless question.

In short, the current situation is that the Uchiha clan is willing to serve Konoha, the premise is that everyone can become a real "own person" - Uchiha Mai at least cannot be excluded from the candidate lineup for Hokage.

If it can't be done, then it is not impossible for the Uchiha clan to move to the Land of Water, control the Hidden Mist Village and become the Mizukage.

Sarutobi Hiruzen believes that Uchiha Mai has this ability and strength.

First support the puppet acting as the Mizukage, and then win over, suppress, and divide the stubborn forces in the Hidden Mist Village, and it will be easy to take the position in a few years.

What kind of revenge for killing the shadow, the blood feud of two thousand ninjas that must be avenged, does not exist.

The low-level youth Uchiha Madara, the unknown young genius wants to change jobs, and any ninja village will welcome him with open arms.

Make sure to ask Uchiha Mai to serve as the fifth generation Mizukage, lead the Hidden Mist Village to counterattack Konoha, and make the Hidden Mist Village bigger and stronger to create glory again!

"Headache!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled bitterly, which cut off the possibility of continuing to suppress Uchiha Mai from the root.

If Uchiha Mai joins the Hidden Mist Village and leads the Hidden Mist Village to counterattack Konoha, Konoha will fall into an overwhelming disadvantageous situation.

He can do such a thing of defection after winning the battle. Uchiha Mai's character and ruthlessness are recognized by the entire ninja world.

Therefore, you must calm Uchiha Mai's heart. Don't say a big reward, at least give a reward that matches his merits.

You can't draw a big cake. Uchiha Mai is staying at the border. If you dare to drag him, he will defect.

Sarutobi Hiruzen saw the problem and was particularly distressed.

Among the commanders and vice commanders of the major battle lines, Hatake Sakumo and Jiraiya were not interested in running for Hokage. Danzo was currently in a state of redeeming his crime and could be ruled out.

The only three who really wanted to run for Hokage were Uchiha Mai, Orochimaru, and Namikaze Minato.

Among the three, Uchiha Mai was the strongest, while Orochimaru and Namikaze Minato were in the second tier. In terms of seniority, they were Orochimaru, Minato, and Uchiha Mai.

Sarutobi Hiruzen really favored Minato, whose image, personality, strength, and record were all the best for Hokage.

As for Uchiha Mai and Orochimaru, one lacks experience and the other lacks hard record, and both of them have too strong personalities, which are somewhat similar to the second generation.

The successor has a strong personality. What if he handles things too hastily after taking office and does not listen to his own advice?

Minato is still the best child.

But now, Uchiha Mai single-handedly broke the Kirigakure and killed the Mizukage Yagura, and made a great contribution.

If the Kage is replaced by the Kage, he must be rewarded according to his merits. Even if he is not rewarded as the only candidate for Hokage, he must be made the first candidate for Hokage.

What position should the candidate for Hokage match?

The answer is the head of the Anbu, which is the most powerful department in Konoha and the closest to the Hokage, without a doubt.

The current head of the Anbu is Minato, and the deputy heads are Orochimaru and Uchiha Mai. Uchiha Mai was also the real boss of the Anbu for a period of time before.

At least he must be promoted to the head of the Anbu to match his merits.

So the question is, what should Minato and Orochimaru do?

The current Konoha Anbu is similar to the Kaifeng Prefecture in the early Northern Song Dynasty. "Kyo-no-King" is a system of default for the crown prince during the Five Dynasties.

The mayor of the capital city as a prince will be defaulted as the crown prince.

The current Anbu Minister is such a position. The former Anbu Minister Hatake Sakumo still has half of the Hokage sleeves on his shoulders.

Minato is fighting hard in the Kumogakure battlefield. Even if his record is not as dazzling as Uchiha Mai, he has made great contributions.

If Minato is removed now, it will be a big trouble. Moreover, it will also affect Orochimaru.

Oh, old man, you first let Minato be the Anbu Minister, and now you remove Minato and let Mai take the position. Both of them are my juniors.

It turns out that you, old man, have never thought of letting me succeed the Fourth Hokage.

Orochimaru, who has a similar personality to Uchiha Mai, is discouraged and it is not impossible for him to defect on the spot.

The best way to appease Orochimaru and Minato is to delay Uchiha Mai, make big promises to keep the three of them in healthy competition, and squeeze their surplus value... No, it's motivation.

But Uchiha Mai has seen through Sarutobi Hiruzen.

In Sarutobi Hiruzen's mind, Uchiha Mai has never been the first candidate for Hokage.

Even if he hadn't shown too much talent and strength, Sarutobi Hiruzen would not even let him be one of the candidates.

Unless it is a last resort, such as Minato and Orochimaru are dead, Sarutobi Hiruzen will consider letting Uchiha Mai succeed as the fourth generation.

Uchiha Mai saw through this, so he directly forced Sarutobi Hiruzen to express his position and didn't give Sarutobi Hiruzen the opportunity to drag it out.

If it drags on, let alone the fourth generation, the fifth generation may not be able to become.