Chapter 356 Election Scene

"It's hard for me to give you an answer right away. I need to think about it for a few days. Anyway, I will definitely give you an answer."

Sarutobi Hiruzen weighed the matter for a long time and struggled. After all, this matter was too closely related. Even if he was the Hokage, he could not weigh the pros and cons in a moment.

Uchiha Mai stared at Sarutobi Hiruzen for a long time, then put away the fishing gear, held up the bamboo hat, turned around and left, and said without interest: "Let's go.

I'm looking forward to your reply. It's boring. It's really boring if you can't catch a single fish. "

I sat here for a long time. Although it was mainly to discuss things with Sarutobi Hiruzen, I still felt a little uncomfortable because I didn't catch a single fish.

The more Mai Uchiha thought about it, the more angry she became. As she walked, she glanced at the lake with the corner of her eye. With a finger, the chakra turned into several threads and shot towards a few big fish weighing three to four kilograms in the lake.

Wrap it around, pull it up with a hook of your fingers, and throw it into the fish basket at your waist.

This is called fishing, using chakra to turn into silk thread. This is a technique only used by many awesome puppet masters.

However, Uchiha Mai is so powerful now and has Sharingan. Unless her attributes really don't support it, she can master most of the special techniques at a glance.

Hiruzen Sarutobi stared at Mai Uchiha's retreating back, knowing that no matter what, he had to give Uchiha Mai an explanation, either to be fair or to be the Hokage candidate.

Even if you go out to catch fish, you are not willing to return empty-handed. People who are accustomed to using some special cheating techniques have double standards. The most intolerable thing is to become the target of others using cheating techniques to defeat and shady people.

If Hiruzen Sarutobi makes some small moves without compensation, he will completely break up with Mai Uchiha.

Shaking his head and putting away his fishing gear, Sarutobi Hiruzen returned home. He did several more polls in the next few days and found that the situation was getting increasingly grim.

There are more and more people supporting Uchiha Mai. This is what happens in [campaign] events. Whoever shouts louder slogans and draws attractive and implementable cakes will get more votes.

Compared with Mai Uchiha's campaign slogan, Minato's campaign manifesto pales in comparison. If it hadn't been for a better image, it would have been exploded.

As the election day approached, Sarutobi Hiruzen finally made a decision.

The official venue of the election was held at the Hokage Assembly Hall. Hiruzen Sarutobi had already arranged everything. Hundreds of ninjas with voting rights bustled into the assembly hall and took their seats in order according to the positions of name cards on the table.

Behind the name tag is a piece of paper and a pen. Different numbers are printed on the corner of the paper. The numbers on most papers are 1 or 2.

Fugaku is 5, Tsunade is 4, and Mai Uchiha is 7, this is the number of votes each of them has.

Fugaku glanced at the pen and paper in front of him, turned to Mai Uchiha next to him and asked: "How are you doing? Do you have confidence?"

"What confidence?"

"Confidence in the choice." Fugaku replied, and then he asked himself and answered: "It should be there. Tsunade-sama and I have visited a lot of people these days."

Fugaku's tone was a little excited. After many years, Uchiha, who founded Konoha with the Senju clan, was finally going to have a Hokage.

Thinking back a few years ago, the Uchiha clan still had to please the Hokage and survive in the cracks. Today, a few years later, it has become the number one wealthy clan that can compete with the Hokage clan and is truly worthy of the name.

"Whether you can choose it or not depends on the Hokage's wishes."

Uchiha Mai said casually: "However, I am 100% confident that I will become the most powerful person in Konoha after today."

In contrast, Uchiha Mai hopes that she will not be chosen. As far as the current situation is concerned, Hokage Advisor + Hokage Candidate is more popular than Hokage.

After all, the ninja world is a civilized society. If there is no such thing as the liquidation of the Bangzi Kingdom, Sarutobi Hiruzen will still be the Hokage of Konoha after he abdicates.

Mai Uchiha or Minato, either of them took over the position of Hokage from Hiruzen Sarutobi, and there was no way to force Hiruzen Sarutobi when they had different opinions.

First of all, it doesn't sound good to say it out. The third generation and the fourth generation can also be called a special teacher-student relationship. Ordering the elders and younger ones and respecting the teacher are the traditional virtues of the ninja world.

On the other hand, even if Sarutobi Hiruzen hands over the position of Hokage, his authority in the Hokage system will not change.

I'm afraid that when many Hokage ninjas encounter problems, the first thing they think of will be him instead of the new Hokage.

The only person in Konoha who can break this situation is Tsunade. The founder of the medical ninja system + the only successor of Senju + the granddaughter of two Hokage's identity bonus is too great.

Even if Mai Uchiha is not afraid of the Hokage system, he will be restricted by secular prejudice and public opinion after becoming Hokage, and he can't help Sarutobi Hiruzen.

When eating in a pot, you have to follow some rules and you can't think about smashing the pot all day long.

Hokage candidate + Hokage consultant is actually a better choice, because it is a quasi-fifth generation, with a fourth generation in between, and has no direct connection with the first three generations of Sarutobi Hiruzen.

More convenient for distance fighting.

At the same time, because there is a Yondaime Hokage above his head, when he and Sarutobi Hiruzen fight to the point of breaking out and causing a storm in the city, he can still put the shit basin on the Yondaime's head.

Why do I, a mere Hokage candidate, dare to insist on my own opinion and go against the previous three generations?

That's all because I received the Yondaime's instructions!

The fourth generation was not satisfied with the current situation of the first three generations frequently intervening in Konoha's major decisions, and was unwilling to personally affect his own image. This hurt the relationship with the third generation, so he gave me the order to argue with the third generation.

I, Mai Uchiha, feel bitter in my heart. I have sacrificed too much for Konoha.

A few minutes later, Sarutobi Hiruzen walked up to the podium with a bright face, stood in front of the table and held the voting box to deliver a simple speech of 700 to 800 words.

Then he got to the point and said, "Then, the final voting phase of the Fourth Hokage election officially begins.

The candidates are Orochimaru, Namikaze Minato, and Uchiha Mai, three jonin who have made outstanding contributions to Konoha. I will not introduce their deeds one by one, I believe you all know them.

There is a paper and pen in front of you. The number of votes you have is printed on one corner of the paper. Just write the name of the candidate you support on the paper and throw it into this voting box.

Then I will count it myself.

In line with the principle of fairness and justice, this vote is anonymous. I hope everyone can understand."

After that, Sarutobi Hiruzen picked up the paper and pen next to the voting box, wrote a name, folded the paper and threw it into the box, and gave everyone a demonstration.

As a Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen naturally has the right to vote, and his votes surpass Uchiha Mai by 9 votes.

Hokage 4 votes + Minister of Education 3 votes + Sarutobi clan leader 1 vote + Konoha jonin 1 vote.

Uchiha is the Minister of Hollow 3 votes, the Minister of Mist Headquarters 3 votes, Konoha jonin 1 vote, Konoha has the second most votes per person.

After the demonstration, Sarutobi Hiruzen walked down the podium with a smile on his face, and instantly cast a hidden look at Uchiha Mai.

There is something strange.

[Spiritual Vision] ability is activated, Uchiha Mai looks at the ballot box, and sees his name written on Sarutobi Hiruzen's ballot.

Sarutobi Hiruzen supports Minato, and under normal circumstances he will fight for every vote, and will never cast his 1 vote worth 9 votes for Uchiha Mai.

So, there must be something strange about this election.

Uchiha Mai smiled, it seems that she can get what she wants, picked up the pen on the table and wrote Namikaze Minato's name on the ballot.

Fugaku, who had just written his name on the ballot, happened to look over. Seeing Uchiha Mai's move, he was shocked and whispered: "Mai.

Now is not the time to talk about teacher-student friendship and humility. Every vote is precious, not to mention that your vote has the second highest value in Konoha.

I bet that Namikaze Minato must have written his own name on that ballot. Even if he wrote your name, we still lost 3 votes."

"It doesn't matter." Uchiha Mai waved his hand.

Fugaku was extremely anxious. The two of them were only on par with each other. He couldn't ruin his bright future because of being too extravagant.

No...

After a few seconds, Fugaku, who had lost his mind because of the Uchiha's long-cherished wish, realized that Uchiha Mai's move must have a deep meaning.

Could it be that there is an inside story in this election?

More than ten minutes later, everyone cast their votes into the box, and Sarutobi Hiruzen walked up to the podium again and stood in front of the table.

After another speech, he said: "Next, I will read out the votes on the ballot, and Jiraiya, the three ninjas, will count the votes on the blackboard.

The candidate with the highest number of votes will become the Fourth Hokage of Konoha."

It was like an election for village cadres in the village.

"Uchiha Mai, 1 vote.

Uchiha Mai, 1 vote.

Namikaze Minato, 1 vote.

Namikaze Minato, 2 votes..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen slowly took out the ballots from the box one by one, and destroyed them immediately after reading the number of votes. Fair and just, there was no evidence.

Jiraiya recorded the votes of the three people on the blackboard.

Not long after, there were more than 20 "positive" characters under the names of Uchiha Mai and Namikaze Minato. The votes were over 100, and the gap was very small.

And under Orochimaru's name, there were only a few "正" characters, and the votes were not even a fraction of the other two.

Sitting in the audience, Orochimaru felt like he was sitting on the execution rack, and every look from the surroundings was a whip dipped in pepper water.

Happiness belongs to them, I'm just a clown.

Orochimaru clenched his fists in anger, feeling ashamed, and wished he could leave the hall immediately.

Danzo's face was also livid. If he had known that Orochimaru was so useless, he would have voted for Minato Namikaze with his own and the Root's votes.

At present, the votes for Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Mai are extremely deadlocked, and Orochimaru has left Orochimaru far behind, which means that all the votes for Orochimaru will become [waste votes] and will not reflect any value.

If he voted for Minato Namikaze with his own and the Root's votes, it might be the key to the victory, allowing Minato Namikaze to suppress Uchiha Mai.

Danzo's attitude and expectations for this election are like Lin Xian'er's feelings for the swordsman A Fei: Anyone can do it, but you can't.

On the other side.

Master Men sat upright, staring nervously at the number of votes on the blackboard that could never be separated, and his left hand was clasped with Kushina's left hand beside him, with his fingers crossed.

Feeling her husband's palm was quite moist, Kushina stroked her belly and whispered: "Don't be nervous, Minato.

The gap between you and Mai is very small, and it is possible for either to win or lose. But no matter who of you can become Hokage, it is a good thing for Konoha.

Some things are fine as long as you try hard and leave no regrets. At least you have tried hard, and it also proves that you are no worse than anyone else in everyone's heart.

Whether you can become the fourth Hokage or not, you are my husband and the father of my children."

"Yeah."

Namikaze Minato nodded, and his nervous mood was relieved a lot. He hugged his wife's waist and felt unprecedented peace of mind.

Even if I can't become the fourth Hokage, I will become the happiest husband and father in the ninja world.

In the entire venue, only Uchiha Mai was the calmest, and his expression remained normal, because the ending had already been determined.

Uchiha Mai has been maintaining the [Spiritual Vision] state. Every time Sarutobi Hiruzen took out a ballot, he could see the specific number of votes and names on it.

Sarutobi Hiruzen made some moves. He gave some votes that belonged to Uchiha Mai to Namikaze Minato.

The current real number of votes is Uchiha Mai 147, Master Men 106, and Orochimaru 22.

emmm, Orochimaru's votes are normal. Sarutobi Hiruzen neither gave him extra votes nor divided his votes.

Long before the election, Sarutobi Hiruzen clearly supported Minato and threw all the resources of the Hokage system on Minato, just to fight against Uchiha Mai.

Many of Orochimaru's supporters are already people from the Hokage system. Between the Hokage and Orochimaru, they will definitely choose the former. Those who are willing to vote for Orochimaru are all pure die-hards.

The combination of various reasons led to Orochimaru's miserable number of votes.

"Namikaze Minato, 7 votes."

Sarutobi Hiruzen read out another ballot, and Jiraiya behind him quickly added a positive character and two more strokes under Namikaze Minato's name.

Because of the extra 7 votes, Minato's votes on the blackboard instantly surpassed Uchiha Mai, and the gap was a positive character.

There was an uproar in the conference room, and a whisper sounded.

Although it was an anonymous vote, many votes with special numbers could still be deduced from the identity of the voter.

For example, if the number of votes was 5 and it was voted for Uchiha Mai, then the voter was most likely Fugaku.

And 7 votes were easier to reverse, it must be Uchiha Mai, the head of the two departments and Konoha's senior ninja.

The master's chrysanthemum tightened, and his eyes flashed with surprise, helplessness, gratitude and many other emotions, and he turned his head to look at Uchiha Mai.

Then he quickly lowered his head with guilt, feeling ashamed of his selfishness and shameless behavior.

"What's wrong?" Kushina asked with concern.

The master whispered in a low voice: "In order to be successfully elected as the fourth generation, I voted for myself.

In fact, I thought about voting for Orochimaru or Mai at that time, especially the latter, his concept of [One Ninja World, One Dream] is really convincing.

In the end, my selfishness and shamelessness convinced myself: vote for yourself, voting for yourself is a manifestation of greater confidence. Voting for others doesn't mean that you think you are not as good as others?

Now I find that I am wrong. Mai voted for me. No one will doubt whether Mai has the ability to match the Hokage, nor will they doubt whether he is confident.

This is a manifestation of true self-confidence.

He has the highest morality and the purest heart in the ninja world. Compared with Mai, I am just a mean, shameless, selfish and self-centered villain."