Chapter 194: meet
Chapter 194 Intersection
The capital of the Land of Fire, the residence of the daimyo.
It is said to be a mansion, but it is actually an extremely magnificent castle
There are maids and guards serving the daimyo living in it, and there are many powerful ninjas among them, hiding in secret to protect the safety of the daimyo.
In the castle tower at the highest point of the castle, the daimyo of the country of fire and several important ministers in the country gathered here for a meeting.
In addition, there are the three generations of Hokage, the leader of Konoha Village, who is the strongest military symbol of the Fire Country, and the two village advisors, Zanju Koharu and Mito Menyan, and the root leader Shimura Danzo.
The four of them also came to the keep of the castle to meet with the fire country daimyo.
They discussed only one topic of the meeting, that is, the third generation of Hokage is about to step down, and the position of Hokage will be passed on to the next generation.
Hearing that the third Hokage was about to resign, the Daimyo of the Fire Country, who had known the third Hokage Hiruzasa Sarutobi for many years, showed a regretful expression.
"It's a pity. I think you have done a good job since you assumed the position of the third Hokage. I didn't expect you to retire so soon."
"Your Excellency, you are joking. In fact, I am already in my fifties, and my energy and strength are not as good as before. It is better to decide the next generation of Hokage as soon as possible. Moreover, the reason why Konoha is always in the middle of the war is also due to my poor command."
Hi Zhan said with a sigh, as if he had made up his mind.
The Fire Nation daimyo nodded, opened the folding fan in his hand and fanned it gently in front of him, looking full of aftertaste.
"Since that's the case, then, the four of you coming here together must have already decided on the candidate for the fourth generation of Hokage."
Although the daimyo is nominally in the country, it has the highest administrative power and the highest military power.
However, this is not absolute.
It is very difficult for daimyo to intervene in the decision-making of Gokage, including the management of Ninja Village.
Therefore, it is Konoha Village's own choice to decide the candidate for the fourth generation of Hokage. The biggest purpose of coming here is to go through a cutscene and let the daimyo be a witness.
After all, Ninja Village needs financial assistance from nobles such as daimyo to be able to operate.
This decades-long contract may not change in hundreds of years, and it has been maintained.
"Yes, this is the person we decided on."
Handed several documents with the same content to the daimyo and the other important ministers of the country of fire.
These important ministers, including the daimyo, are all celebrities and wealthy families, with financial and human resources that ordinary people can't match.
Located at the pinnacle of the Fire Nation's power.
Generations are like this.
The fire country daimyo and other important officials nodded slightly after reading the contents of the document.
The chosen candidate is a bit unexpected, but it is also reasonable.
"Yellow Flash? He is indeed an excellent ninja, and we have heard a lot of rumors about him. Even among the nobles, there are many girls who admire a young and promising ninja like him. Next time you come here, please bring him here, my daughter wants to see him too."
The fire country daimyo said with a smile.
"Your Royal Highness, the golden branches and jade leaves are not suitable for etiquette. Moreover, Your Excellency, Your Excellency, is really flattering that kid Minato."
Hizan chuckled, and calmly rejected the proposal from the Fire Nation Daimyo.
It is impossible for the relatives who are related to the daimyo of the Fire Nation to be simple things. Especially for the existence of a princess, marriage means political purposes.
No matter what, as Hokage, you can't let the power class outside the village get involved. This will damage Hokage's prestige and power.
"They are all young people, maybe they have more topics to talk about than us old guys."
Facing the repeated requests from the daimyo of the Fire Nation, Hirizhan smiled and said nothing, showing no sign of anything unusual.
Danzo sneered silently, with resignation in his eyes.
Because a ninja like Namikaze Minato, it is impossible to stand on his side no matter what.
But as one of Konoha's decision-makers, he must come here to attend such an important and not so important meeting.
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It didn’t take long to decide on the Fourth Hokage. On the pretext that there were still matters to be dealt with in the village, Hirizan took the three of Danzo and the accompanying Anbe to leave the capital of the Fire Country and return to Konoha Village.
The first thing to do when returning to the village is to send Anbu to issue announcements throughout the village to let every Konoha ninja and villagers know the news that the yellow flashing Namikaze Minato will succeed the Fourth Hokage.
Konoha will also usher in a new era of new Hokage guidance.
No matter what changes the village has undergone due to the alternation of Hokage, at the top of the Hokage Building, Hirizan summoned Minato alone.
"Sorry, Minato, for making you take on such a heavy responsibility so early."
Facing Hirizan's apology, Minato replied: "Please don't say that, Mr. Third Hokage. Since the village has decided that I will become the Fourth Hokage, I will definitely move forward with a heavy load."
Minato has made such an awareness.
Compared to the days of fighting on the front line, no matter how busy you are as Hokage, the road is not as bumpy as the front line.
Moreover, this is also the dream I have had since I was a child-to become Hokage.
"It's not my wish to tie you up in the village, but many people in the village are already dissatisfied with my conservative approach. This time the transition is just right."
Minato listened carefully to Hirazan's words.
"You don't have to worry about Yunyin. Although their movements are weird, there are other ninjas in the village who can stop them from attacking the Nation of Fire. Anyway, congratulations."
Ri Zhan showed a heartfelt blessing smile on his face.
Although Minato is not his disciple, he is also a Konoha ninja who almost grew up under his nose, and he knows the basics better than others.
Minato, who agrees with and implements the meaning of the will of fire, will presumably guide the village well in the future.
But before that, silence the rest of the village.
Otherwise, he would not trust Minato with the burden of guiding the village.
For Minato, balancing the various forces in the village is too difficult.
In short, let Minato slowly pass through Hokage's work and accumulate prestige and power.
Wait until Minato has fully fledged. At that time, I have almost resolved the sharp conflicts in the village, and I can really retire, entrust everything to Minato, and enjoy the rest of my life.
So at this time, Hirizan was apologetic to Minato.
On the one hand, he doesn’t want Minato to be his puppet, on the other hand, he hopes that Minato can exceed his own expectations and let him develop Konoha freely.
This kind of contradictory and complicated mood is exactly where Hiruzen struggles.
Looking at the sky, the third generation is fascinated.
If Togama-sensei hadn’t died at that time, the village would look different now. Hirizhan thought in his heart, nostalgic for the scene at that time.
Uchiha, it's time to deal with it. If we continue to delay, the situation will be extremely detrimental to the stability of the village. A stern look flashed in Ri Zhan's eyes.
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At the beginning of August, after the fourth Hokage inauguration ceremony was held, Konoha officially announced to the ninja world that the yellow flashing Namikaze Minato will succeed the fourth Hokage.
This incident, in a sense, was completely predictable.
The successor of the fourth generation of Hokage will only appear between Yellow Flash and Sannin.
And Yellow Flash becoming the Fourth Hokage means that Yellow Flash, a ninja with super strength, will not appear on the battlefield without special circumstances.
As for whether the yellow flash that becomes Hokage will make Konoha go further or go downhill, at present, it is not intuitively felt.
The yellow flash is only strong in combat power. As for the leadership ability, it depends on what he will do next.
No matter how disturbed the outside world is, Minato is caught in distress and happiness.
It's a bit complacent to say so, but becoming Hokage is indeed something to be happy about.
The distressing thing is that under Minato, there are not many cronies who can be trusted.
Those Jnin who have some experience are on the sidelines, and rarely express their views directly. Like the people in Ninja Village outside, they believe in the personal strength of Yellow Flash, but it is worth thinking about the leadership ability.
Therefore, based on this awkward situation, Minato can only look for available talents from the new generation of ninjas.
For example, the Shadow Guard and its own Anbu are formed by themselves.
Based on this embarrassing situation, the previous generation of Hokage Hiruzaru Sarutobi selected four squads from his direct subordinate Anbu, a total of sixteen people, to serve as Minato's team, and joined Minato's direct subordinate Anbu to share Minato's pressure.
Unsurprisingly, a week after Minato took over as the Fourth Hokage, Kakashi joined Minato's Anbu directly under Minato as a ninja to assist Minato's work. In the future, as time goes by, he will become the sub-captain, deputy director, and director of Anbu. It will be a matter of time.
Everything is moving in a good direction.
What makes Kakashi interesting is that the order given to him by the Third Hokage is to assist Minato and just follow Minato's orders.
Orochimaru asked him to pay more attention to the collection of ninjutsu in the Hokage Building, such as forbidden techniques.
Danzo asked him to monitor Minato's every move to see if he could find some black material and use public opinion to put pressure on Minato.
Fortunately, Shiraishi didn't have any orders, and Kakashi was allowed to play freely, otherwise the burden on him would be really heavy enough.
The third Hokage, the fourth Hokage, the root leader, one of the three ninjas... are not good friends, each one is stronger than him.
However, Kakashi is not without benefits in becoming Anbu, that is, Minato, with the power of Hokage, opened up some important ninjutsu materials to him, allowing him to read, so that his strength can quickly become stronger.
The ninjutsu information that Konoha has summarized over the years has been of great help to Kakashi.
Although it is not a more mysterious fairy art system, the use of pure chakra is not easy to use.
After completing Anbu's mission, Kakashi, the captain of the four-member Anbu team, will come to the Hokage Building for a mission report.
The task this time is very simple, you need to solve the spy who sneaked into Konoha from Ninja Village of the enemy country. After Konoha stole the secret, the spy of the enemy country fled to the border of Fire Nation, was chased and wiped out by the Anbu team led by Kakashi, and successfully retrieved the stolen secret scroll. The body of the spy ninja was also recovered and handed over to the interrogation department to identify the ninja power of which country it was.
Put the stolen secret scroll in the ninja bag, and Kakashi, who has changed into Anbu costume and animal mask, walks towards Hokage's office, ready to hand the scroll to Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato to confirm the authenticity.
Before arriving at the office, a ninja came out from the front room. This ninja hugged a large box full of documents and carried them to the corridor, holding a toothpick-like toothpick in his mouth.
Seeing Kakashi in Anbu's costume, he smiled and said, "Kakashi, are you here to find Hokage-sama?"
"Hey, Genma, don't call Anbe ninja by name casually."
Anbu's ninja identity needs to be kept secret, which should be the common sense of ninjas.
Kakashi looked helplessly at Konoha Ninja in front of him.
Wearing the uniform of Konoha Chunin, she is about the same age as herself, about thirteen or fourteen years old, and her name is Shiranui Genma.
is one of the three former subordinates of the defected ninja Uchiha Ruri, and is now transferred to work here in the Naruto Building, and is also one of the shadow guard members of Naruto Minato.
"Haha." The man laughed, and said helplessly, "No way, your silver hair and the dagger behind you are so iconic that everyone can recognize you."
"What are these files?"
Kakashi looked at the contents of the box.
"It's a document that has been discarded. I'll deal with it. Sorry, I'll take a step ahead."
"It's okay, just go about your business."
Kakashi watched the other party leave with the box in his arms, and lamented that there was really no one under Minato's command.
It’s not that he looks down on Genma who became a Chunin, but that the member of Hokage’s Shadow Guard is unexpectedly served by a ninja who has just become a Chunin.
As for the other two ninjas who are members of the Minato Kageguards like Genma, they are also new generations who have just become Chunin.
Can you only draw your cronies from the new generation of ninjas? Kakashi felt a little sympathetic to what happened to Minato.
Come to the office where Minato is located, knock on the door and get permission to enter, and find that there are three other people there.
Nara Shikahisa, Yamanaka Kaiichi, Akimichi Choza.
The three Konoha-jomi who performed missions together two years ago.
Although they are Junin, the importance of the three of them in the village cannot be underestimated.
They were from the Nara clan, the Yamanaka clan and the Akimichi clan respectively.
The three families formed an indestructible alliance during the Warring States Period, advancing and retreating together, and inheriting special secret arts, which occupy a pivotal position among Konoha.
The most important thing is that these three families have always been friends with the Sarutobi clan where the third Hokage Hiruzaru Sarutobi belonged.
The three of them came here, does that mean the Three Hokages? Kakashi was puzzled.
The internal disputes in Konoha are far more intense than outsiders imagined.
And Kakashi felt that he was in the center of such a fierce storm.
After Kakashi arrived, Shikahisa and the others also glanced at him. Even though Kakashi was wearing a mask, others could recognize his identity at the first sight.
Silver hair, white teeth and a dagger, and a small body exuding a fierce and sharp aura, in this office, only Minato can deal with it calmly.
"Then, I will trouble you with the matter just mentioned."
Sitting on the seat that belonged to the third Hokage not long ago, Minato smiled and said to the three of Kakuhisa.
"Don't worry, leave this matter to us, Hokage-sama, we will definitely give you a satisfactory answer."
Lu Jiu responded with a smile, then took Haiyi and Ding Zuo away, and closed the door.
After the three left, Kakashi took out the stolen secret scroll from the ninja bag and put it on the table in front of Minato.
"Master Naruto, the task has been completed."
This is understandable, as long as he enters work, the teacher-student relationship between him and Minato will be invalidated. Here there is only the relationship between superiors and subordinates, Hokage and Anbe.
Shuimen picked up the scroll and opened it. After confirming the content on it, he rolled it up again and put it in the drawer.
"Thank you for your hard work. There is no problem with the scroll. Fortunately, it was resolved before it caused trouble."
Minato breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Kakashi with admiration.
"Nothing, this is what I should do."
"There is another important task for you, no problem, Kakashi. After completing this task, I will give you a few days of vacation."
"It's my honor, Hokage-sama."
Kakashi replied seriously.
Minato made him complete tasks one after another, mainly because no one was there.
The members of the Lianying Guard are all Chunin, and there are very few Junin who can be completely trusted.
"This is the content of this mission, take a look."
Minato handed Kakashi the new mission scroll.
Kakashi opened it to confirm the content of this mission.
"The Land of Rain?"
The face under Kakashi's mask raised an eyebrow.
The mission location was in the Land of Rain, which surprised Kakashi.
To be honest, Kakashi feels that there are many extremely dangerous places in the ninja world.
In addition to the kingdom of ghosts, the remaining one is the kingdom of rain.
This seemingly dilapidated country, which has lost even its sovereignty, is secretly undercurrents.
"Yes, this matter is up to you. Be careful, I think things are not easy. If you find something wrong, it's okay to give up the task."
Minato said to Kakashi seriously.
Kakashi had no choice but to nod.
Of course he knows that the Land of Rain is dangerous, if he encounters the eye of reincarnation, he can only run away with his life.
He didn't want to die so early.
Therefore, more detonators should be prepared.
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"As a result, the Yellow Flash is the successor to the Fourth Hokage?"
In a secret room in the cave, Nagato finished his training and was resting in the room when he heard such information from Bai Jue.
"Yeah, everyone was surprised. That Orochimaru failed completely."
Bai Jue giggled.
"Speaking of which, Nagato-sama is still the same sect as Huang Shining, and they are all disciples of Jiraiya, one of the Sannin."
Heijue also said aside.
"Leaving aside the matter of Mr. Jiraiya, we can't take Konoha lightly. Of course, the same goes for those three people. Do you have any information about them?"
Nagato looked at Hei Ze.
Heijue knew who the "three people" in the long gate referred to.
"Not yet. It's really strange. We have searched almost every corner of the ninja world, but we can't find their whereabouts. It's almost like the gods have disappeared."
Bai did not take it seriously and smiled: "This is not strange. When Madara-sama was still here, they suffered a lot. Their ability to hide themselves is indeed superb. But then, Konoha should be free to deal with those three people."
Heijue also nodded, expressing his agreement.
"No, now is not the time to deal with those three people."
Nagato expressed a different opinion, which surprised Hei Ze and Bai Ze.
Nagato looked at the half-burned candle on the candlestick, stared at the candle and said, "Compared to those three people, Konoha is the biggest problem in my heart. I need to regain the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Rain. I have to let Konoha or the Kingdom of Fire get into chaos first to have a chance, and then deal with those three people."
"But…"
Nagato stood up from the seat, interrupting Hei Ze’s speech:
"Nothing. Konoha... The power of the Fire Nation is too strong. The stronger the Fire Nation, the more we have to rely on it to survive. Konoha and the Fire Nation are our number one enemy. The most important thing is that Konoha is on the bright side and is easier to target. We don't know how long it will take to find those three people."
Seeing that Nagato has made up his mind, Hei Jue and Bai Jue can only agree.
What Nagato said is also true, the power of Fire Nation and Konoha is too strong.
Especially the current Naruto is the yellow flash who is famous in the ninja world. In the future, Konoha will only become stronger and stronger.
"By the way, Bai Jue at the border of the Land of Rain got a very interesting piece of news."
Bai Jue remembered something.
"what news?"
"Hatake Kakashi, the student with the yellow flash, sneaked into the Land of Rain not long ago, and seems to be planning to investigate the matter of prospecting."
"Prospecting?"
Nagato frowned.
He hated this new leader who had usurped Hanzo's power and is now in command of Yu Yin.
What's more, the current Kanzang has long been reduced to an obedient running dog of Konoha, dominating Yuyin, and constantly eliminating dissidents.
If he hadn't been afraid of Konoha's power, he would have already shot him.
Nagato felt more and more that his decision was correct.
If Konoha doesn't get confused, the situation in Land of Rain and Umein will only get worse.
"Yes. There seems to be a little accident in Kanzo and Danzo's human trafficking. If the yellow flash gets evidence... Hehe, Konoha will be interesting, and we will see how that Danzo ends."
Bai Jue smiled gloatingly.
"Don't be too happy. Yellow Flash just took over as Hokage, so I'm afraid it may not be a threat to Danzo. However, this is indeed a good opportunity, so let's take advantage of it."
A gleam appeared in Nagato's eyes.
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Leading the three Anbu subordinates, Kakashi rushed from Konoha to the border of the Land of Rain in just one day and one night. Before officially entering the border of the Land of Rain, Kakashi's Anbu team rested for half a day and recovered all their physical strength and chakra before entering the Land of Rain.
The Land of Rain, which has been away from war for two years, did not achieve peace immediately, but was even more chaotic than during the war.
Bandits and wandering ninjas are rampant everywhere, and corpses are exposed in the wilderness every day.
Entering this country, when encountering battles, are all normal things.
Even a Jnin like Kakashi must be fully prepared.
The three subordinates in the team, one special Jnin and two Zhongnin, although their strength is good, but if they meet a real master, I am afraid they will not be of much use at all.
After all, the Anbu team has just been formed. There are neither medical ninjas nor sensory ninjas in the team, and the lineup is quite shabby.
Kakashi is only doing his best for this mission.
According to the information provided by Water Gate, it seems that there are often people who carry out criminal operations of human trafficking at the junction of the Land of Fire and the Land of Rain.
The number of people involved, as many as hundreds of people.
Kakashi didn't know what was hidden behind human trafficking.
In short, confirming the truth of the matter as soon as possible is Kakashi's top priority.
At that time, it is inevitable to fight a powerful ninja.
It is impossible to control such a large amount of population transactions without powerful ninja manipulation behind it.
While he was on his way in the Land of the Rain, Kakashi suddenly noticed something and made a gesture to signal the three people behind him to stop.
The three of them stopped in accordance with Kakashi's order, and together with Kakashi, they looked at the person blocking the way in the rain, with surprised eyes.
"Master Ziraiya, why are you here?"
The person who was drenched in the rain on the small road ahead was tall and tall, with long white hair reaching his waist. He was Jiraiya, one of the Sannin.
Kakashi and others were surprised by Jiraiya's arrival.
"Don't worry, Kakashi, I was entrusted by Minato to carry out this investigation mission with you."
"Join us on a mission?"
Kakashi was puzzled, with a cautious tone in his tone.
"That's right, Minato feels that the mission you are performing is a bit dangerous, and there may be accidents if it is entrusted to you, so please ask me to come and assist you soon after you set off."
Zilai also explained a sentence.
As he spoke, he gave Kakashi and the others the transfer order written by Minato himself for confirmation.
Then Kakashi's team believed that Jiraiya was also a helper entrusted by Minato to assist them in completing the mission together.
"Then I will trouble you, Master Ziraiya. If you were here, this mission would go much smoother."
Kakashi quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, he doesn't know who is behind the scenes. If someone comes over to help, the situation will be much better. At least the safety aspect should not be a problem.
That Samsara-eyed guy staring at the Land of Rain from nowhere, just thinking about it makes him feel extremely scary.
"I hope so. I came to the Land of Rain, not necessarily because of Minato's request."
Jirai also answered.
"Master Jiraiya, do you have anything else to do?"
"Well, it's something old."
Jilai also looked at the gray rain scene around him, his eyes were sad.
Nagato, how are you doing now? Are you still alive, or are you...
I have thought of this since I came here, and I dare not think about it anymore.
No matter what, he has to find the three Nagatos. He wants to see people when he is born, and he wants to see the corpse when he dies.
Hope it won't be the worst.
But Zilai also knew that the three of Nagato probably died in the war that took place in the Land of Rain two years ago.
Sure enough, the son of prophecy is Minato? Zilai also murmured in his heart.
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