Chapter 136 The Fifth Hokage

Konoha has announced the candidate for the fifth Hokage. After all, the third generation has only a few days to live...

Although it has not yet been recognized by the Fire King's royal family, I believe that since this is the third generation's will, and the advisors on the council also support it, there should basically be no surprises.

Looking at the name of the Fifth Hokage, Guan Liyuan felt dizzy...

"The Fifth Hokage... Uchiha Itachi? Is this the realization of the long-cherished wish of the Uchiha clan? What on earth do those guys in Konoha think?" Guan Liyuan confirmed to Naruto several times, and all he got was this result.

That's right, Itachi's identity has been cleared. This is something Guan Liyuan never expected. Originally, Guan Liyuan thought that Konoha did not dare to admit the Uchiha clan's affairs!

However, Guan Liyuan still underestimated the thickness of Konoha's decision-making hierarchy. Uchiha Itachi did overturn the case...

According to Konoha's current official caliber, it was the Uchiha clan who plotted a coup, but was discovered by Itachi Uchiha. After reporting the matter, the three generations were compassionate and could not bear to attack the Uchiha family, hoping to use gentle means to solve the problem.

Therefore, Uchiha Itachi killed his entire family on a dark and stormy night, and then apologized to the third generation...

Facing Uchiha Itachi who was pleading guilty to him, Sandai couldn't help crying, and said that if he had known that Uchiha Itachi would do this, he would have chosen to have a long talk with Uchiha Fugaku and solve the problem in a more peaceful way.

At the same time, the third generation could not bear to execute Uchiha Itachi, but on the other hand, because Uchiha's clansmen were still ninjas of Konoha at the time, they could not forgive him...

As a result, Itachi Uchiha was convicted and committed a crime, and as a rebellious ninja, he went undercover in a terrorist organization suspected to be related to the Nine-Tails incident!

Hearing this touching story, Guan Liyuan was so moved that he wanted to shed two tears in response to the scene!

Well, the names of Danzo and "Gen" did not appear at all in the story. The third generation's only mistake was simply misestimating Uchiha Itachi's determination to be selfless and only for Konoha.

And Uchiha Itachi has now balanced his merits and demerits. At the same time, because of his selflessness, he was designated as the fifth generation Hokage by the third generation.

Guan Liyuan called Taketori Xiu. After talking about this first-hand news, Taketori Xiu was very disdainful of Uchiha Itachi's actions!

Even if he completely believed this rhetoric, Taketori Shu could not accept Uchiha Itachi's behavior of destroying his own family. If there was such a person in the Taketori clan, Taketori Shu would be the first to kill him when he returned...

"Do you really believe this statement?" Guan Liyuan was even more confused about this matter.

"I don't completely believe it. There should be other secrets." Taketori Xiu said matter-of-factly.

Guan Liyuan saw Zhutorixiu's reaction and understood...

In fact, if you think about it carefully, although this story is nonsense now, "Itachi Uchiha killed his friends of the same clan for strength, and after being discovered by the Uchiha family, he brutally killed his entire clan"... This first version of the story five years ago, Isn’t it also nonsense?

Ordinary people and low-level ninjas will not think this is nonsense. As for those who really think this is nonsense, as long as the story "needs to be believed", they can believe it even if it is more nonsense!

At the same time, after seeing Taketori Shu's disdain for Itachi, Guan Liyuan could also guess some of the reasons why Danzo and the Council had no objection after the third generation nominated Uchiha Itachi to be the fifth Hokage...

Under the current circumstances, the third generation cannot hold on for a few days. What Konoha needs is a fifth generation Hokage who is cohesive in terms of "status" and can be accepted by the "council" and "root"!

Jiraiya and Tsunade meet this condition. Both of them are heroes of Konoha in terms of status, especially the latter who has the reputation bonus of the first generation.

The other two are not in Konoha all year round and have no power base in the village, so they can easily be ignored...

And now with the name of the third generation, and the "tear-jerking" story, Uchiha Itachi is justified in his name, and it is conceivable that the "tear-jerking" story now makes the big and small families in Konoha, on the surface, have a crush on Uchiha. Itachi clapped his hands in praise, but actually he was wary of the Fifth Hokage who was cruel to his family!

It can be said that Uchiha Itachi's position as Hokage inherently pushed the major families to the council and even to Danzo's side...

Because when the Third Generation was in power, he believed that Danzo would lead Konoha back to the flames of war, so he was very wary of, or even suppressed, the "roots". Moreover, there was a council and Danzo to check each other, so Danzo did not directly The certainty of fighting for position.

Danzo hopes that a fifth-generation Hokage with little presence will appear so that he can further develop. Once Konoha changes or the time is right, Danzo can become a sixth-generation Hokage.

And the counselors of the council have not forgotten how the position of counselor of the council had no sense of existence when the third generation was young and when the first and second generations were in office...

Therefore, the council does not want a tough Hokage who is too popular to appear.

From this point of view, it is estimated that the Council and Danzo feel that Uchiha Itachi is more suitable than Tsunade!

All major aristocratic families openly support Uchiha Itachi's righteous righteousness to annihilate his relatives. After all, he is now the representative of Konoha's die-hard loyalists. If they are dissatisfied with him, doesn't it mean that they are not loyal to Konoha?

But secretly they made up their minds not to get too close to this guy, otherwise he would sell them out without hesitation as long as it was beneficial to Konoha...

As for Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was already on his deathbed, he chose Uchiha Itachi as the Fifth Hokage, firstly because of guilt, and secondly because the battle was too sudden and he had no better candidate.

At least Itachi is strong enough to do the job, and pushing Itachi to the top is a result both Danzo and the Council can accept. In addition, Itachi's character makes the third generation more reassuring!

After persisting for four days and explaining important matters one by one, Sarutobi Hiruzen also died of his injuries...

The third Hokage passed away, and this news, which was enough to shock the ninja world, spread. Outsiders would not notice the gossip about the disappearance of a genin in Konoha.

Although this matter is very important to Naruto!

Sasuke could not accept Konoha's reasons and was suspected of defecting from Konoha. He was currently out of contact. If Itachi Uchiha had not just taken office, Uchiha Sasuke might have been declared to have defected.

When Guan Liyuan heard Naruto talk about this matter, he was even more puzzled. How did he leave Konoha without the support of the four sound ninjas this time?

"Did someone in Konoha send him away? Orochimaru has already been killed by Itachi, so he can go... No! Orochimaru can't be killed so easily, could it be..." Guan Liyuan suddenly thought of a possibility.

At this time, at the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Fields, a middle-aged refugee with a thin face was "smuggling" silently, and after "smuggling", the middle-aged man's outer skin peeled off like mud.

The body wrapped inside turned out to be a young man, and the "mud" gathered into the shape of a white snake...

"We have to hurry, the people from Konoha will be here soon... no, they should have come to Tian Country!" White Snake said hoarsely.

The young man's voice said without any warmth: "Are you sure your people are hidden? Maybe they have been discovered by Konoha!"

"No, their location is very hidden, and Konoha should still be dealing with my abandoned children. Even if those abandoned children are very weak, they can still hold off for a few days..."

Yes, the boy and the snake were the clones of Sasuke and Orochimaru who betrayed Konoha.

Previously in Konoha, although Orochimaru's body was burned to ashes by Itachi, a white snake clone survived and cooperated with Sasuke to lurk back to Tian Country.

However, he obviously doesn't know yet that his abandoned son has "already" been absorbed by the Taketori clan. At this time, Taketori is receiving the envoys from Konoha on behalf of the "Tagakure Village" and handing over "The Remains of Orochimaru" to them, and Accept Konoha's lie detector test on the Oto-nin subjugation...