The Age of Heroic Spirits in the Eyes of the Reincarnated.

Chapter 196 Taking the blame?

the next day.

The Jonin meeting was held as scheduled.

The Jounin Conference is often the most important decision-making meeting of a ninja village. The selection of the village chief (kage), changes in major policies, replacement of senior management, etc., all have to be reached through the Jounin Conference. Usually by voting.

As the name suggests, those who attend the meeting are the active jonin in the village.

This is also the reason why it is said that the Jonin has a certain say in Konoha Village.

A jonin represents a ticket.

One of the references for measuring the strength and status of a family is the number of jonin in the family.

The more senior ninjas there are in the clan, the more high-end combat power there will be, and the overall strength of the clan will naturally be stronger.

The more senior ninjas there are in the clan, the more say they have and the higher their status will naturally be.

The purpose of this jonin meeting is very clear:
One is to analyze the conditions of the countries and villages surrounding their Land of Fire and judge the current situation, and the second is to discuss the losses of the Root and Anbu in the Land of Rain.

And the main focus of discussion must be the latter.

Because this time, the Root only went to the Rain Country to discuss a ceasefire agreement, and a small action actually lost many elite soldiers, more than 70 skilled fighters were wiped out. This is the biggest loss of the village since the end of the Third Ninja World War.

The key point is that the sacrifices involved major families in the village.

He is someone’s father, son, or brother.

If their relatives and friends died heroically for the village and could be enshrined in the "Spiritual Monument", that would be fine. But if they died unclearly and could not even guarantee a decent afterlife, many jonin could not accept that.

Someone must take the blame and give everyone an explanation.

...

In front of the Hokage Building.

The jonin from each major family came along with their clan leader or head of the family.

Among them, the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze and the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi were the first to arrive.

"It's about time, Fourth Hokage, call Jiraiya back to the village from Myoboku Mountain."

"it is good."

Namikaze Minato nodded.

He came to the open space, and in an instant he completed a few seals, then slapped the ground:
"Psychic art!"

"Boom..."

The smoke and dust exploded, and a huge toad appeared, crawling on the ground, more than 20 meters high, and almost as tall and large as the Hokage Building.

It was none other than one of the top fighters of Myoboku Mountain: Gamabunta.

"Bunta, is Jiraiya-sensei back?"

"It's back, right in my mouth."

The big toad opened its mouth and rolled its tongue, and a tall middle-aged man appeared.

The middle-aged man wore a forehead protector with the word "oil" written on it, had long white hair that reached his waist, a red mark under his eyes, and wore a red coat.

Naturally, it is Jiraiya, one of the three ninjas of Konoha, who is known as the "lustful sage".

"Old man, Minato, why are you calling me back in such a hurry? Isn't the war over? Is there something important going on?"

"Hmph, I'm going to ask you something at the Jonin meeting later, and you'd better tell me the truth!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen snorted coldly.

He also had a huge headache with his three disciples.

Orochimaru is better, he just seems a bit dark, but he is actually gentle and kind in his heart and cherishes life very much.

The other two are different.

One inherited his good qualities: lust.

But I have the desire but not the courage.

He had only been secretly spying and collecting materials for his novels, but had never really taken action. But he hoped that his disciple could leave a few offspring, so that maybe this guy who was running around the world could stay in the village peacefully?
Another good habit he inherited from his mentor (who was also the first generation founder of Konoha): gambling.

And he always loses when he gambles.

In a short period of time, the major casinos in the Fire Nation were piled up with foreign debts.

The family fortune left by the Senju family is almost lost.

Every time he makes the Anbu clean up the mess.

Oh, it really makes me worry.

"Explain what?"

Jiraiya was confused.

"Bunta, please wait for a moment until the jonin meeting is over and then go back to Myobokusan with Jiraiya-sensei."

"Okay Minato."

The big toad nodded.

Then he simply lay down on the open space in front of the Hokage Building and fell asleep.

Using summoned beasts to flexibly mobilize one's own high-end combat power is a summoning tactic that only Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze can perform.

Cooperating with the two toad sages, Fukasaku and Shima, of Myōboku Mountain, this tactic can be said to save time and effort.

During the Third Ninja World War, Minato was able to be active in the battlefields of the four kingdoms of wind, earth, thunder, and water at the same time, and he was able to make great achievements for the village, surpassing Orochimaru, a veteran Kage-level strongman who had experienced the Second and Third Wars and also had great achievements...

This has a lot to do with the cooperation between the master and the apprentice.

Imagine that Minato Namikaze had just finished fighting in the Kumogakure battlefield in the northern country of thunder, and his physical strength, energy, chakra, etc. had been consumed. If he continued to use the Flying Thunder God Technique to hurry on, even if he arrived at the next battlefield quickly, his own condition would be very bad. But if the two toad sages of Myoboku Mountain and Jiraiya used "Reverse Summoning" and "Summoning Technique" in stages, Minato Namikaze's physical strength and chakra could be well preserved.

It is possible to participate in the four major battlefields of the four countries of Feng, Tu, Lei and Shui at the same time in one day.

It is normal that Orochimaru can only be active in one battlefield, and his military achievements and reputation are gradually overshadowed by Minato Namikaze who turned the tide.

In the competition for the Fourth Hokage, it was only natural for Minato to strike while the iron was hot and win more votes from the jonin to take the position.

After all, no matter how well Orochimaru performed, it was only a show of strength in one of the four major battle zones. Compared to Minato Namikaze, who was active in the four major battle zones of the north, northwest, west, and east, he made the Rock Ninja and the Cloud Ninja doubt their lives, and made the Third Tsuchikage Ohnoki and the AB combination of the Hidden Cloud Village dare not act rashly; compared to this record that stood out from the crowd, even if Orochimaru turned the tide of the battle at Mount Kikyo and defeated the Sand Village, it was not good enough.

And the most shameless thing about this operating mode is that Minato Namikaze, who is active in multiple battlefields at the same time, will establish bonds with at least the vast majority of the senior ninjas in the two major war zones!

Gained recognition from more than half of the participating jonin in all major war zones!

Just a few months ago, during the voting session of the Jonin meeting to select the Fourth Hokage, Orochimaru suffered a huge loss.

In addition, during the war, every Flying Thunder God Kunai engraved with the Flying Thunder God mark that Minato sent out was a political bargaining chip.

It’s a life-long friendship!

Every Konoha ninja rescued by Minato on the battlefield became a loyal fan of "Yellow Flash"!
There is no doubt that the families behind these people will favor Minato, their savior and reliable comrade-in-arms!
So: After the local war, what will Orochimaru use to fight for the position of Hokage?
What's more, Minato Namikaze also has a huge political bargaining chip.

That is his wife: the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki Uzumaki Kushina!
This is a nuclear weapon that Konoha Village has never used!
Not using it doesn’t mean it’s not a deterrent!
therefore.

Even if Sarutobi Hiruzen did not vote for his grandson Namikaze Minato, and even if Jiraiya did not vote for his own disciple, as long as Minato wanted to compete for the position of the Fourth Hokage, Orochimaru would not be able to win no matter what.

Orochimaru, who also wanted to be Hokage, was very depressed about this, but he accepted it.

The fourth generation of his position came to him in a legitimate way.

At least it is much more legitimate than the three generations.

The title of Yellow Flash is not exaggerated.

Therefore, during this period, he still obeyed the deployment and went to the eastern border to engage in small-scale friction with Kirigakure. (In the process, he witnessed the growth of Uchiha Shisui.)
"Let's go, join the guild."

The two Hokage took the lead and entered the Hokage Building.

The other jonin from the major families followed behind with their clan leaders or family heads.

...

In the spacious meeting room.

Namikaze Minato sat on the main seat.

The third generation is slightly inferior.

After that came the three F4 members, Li Xia, Mitokado En, and Utane Koharu, who replaced Danzo.

After them came the patriarchs and family heads of Konoha's major clans, such as Akimichi Tofu, Uchiha Fugaku, and Hyuga Hiashi, as well as individual jonin such as Jiraiya.

Even Uzumaki Kushina was there.

Everyone took their seats one after another.

At first, the atmosphere in the room was quite good, with people talking about Konoha Village getting back on track, and then about the small-scale friction in the eastern theater. They praised Orochimaru's good command, and praised the bravery of 13-year-old Uchiha Shisui.

Recently, he has even been given the nickname "Instant Body Still Water".

Then, the actions of the Rain Country began to be mentioned.

The atmosphere suddenly became wrong.

The hundreds of people present looked at Li Xia intentionally or unintentionally, making him deeply understand Guo Ying's difficulties.

Not surprisingly, someone pointed the finger at him:

"Advisor Danzo, I wonder how those dozens of elites were able to wipe them out in an instant? The Root's mission this time was only to negotiate with Hanzo and to form an alliance with the Rain Village. It did not involve a major war, so why did they all perish? Since the ceasefire, our Konoha Village has not suffered such a huge loss."

The man who spoke had a younger brother who was one of the victims.

I can understand his pain.

When Mitomon En and Utane Koharu met, they looked at each other and both showed worry, fearing that their good friend was going to suffer a big setback this time.

Sure enough, as this person opened up the topic, more scrutinizing and questioning looks came over.

At this moment, Li Xia finally understood why Danzo was so low-key during Minato's reign. He also understood why the Root did not succeed in poaching people from the major families until Minato's death.

(When Shino Aburame was very young, Danzo tried to persuade the major families again; he failed to get Shino, but got a Shino Aburame.)
In other words, Danzo Shimura in the original work must have been the one who took the blame in this Jonin meeting.

Responsible for the deaths of a large number of Konoha's elite Anbu members.

How could this be a normal jonin meeting? It's clearly a criticism meeting against the Nabekage.

"Fortunately, I was prepared..."

Li Xia secretly said.

Then he grinned, facing the unpleasant looks of many jonin, and slammed the table in front of him:

"You want me to give you an explanation, right?
Humph, then who will give me an explanation?
You all should know that most of those elites were trained by me, don’t you think I don’t feel sad?”

Everyone raised their eyebrows when they heard this.

what's the situation?
Why should someone give this old guy an explanation?
Li Xia quickly gave everyone the answer:

"Jiraiya, have you ever accepted three disciples named Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan in the Land of Rain?"

"Danzo, what do you mean?"

Jiraiya's face darkened.

"You just need to explain whether you have received it or not. There is no other meaning..."

"Have."

This cannot be denied.

There are a few who know.

"Okay! Then I will tell you why this operation will result in heavy losses!"

As he spoke, his eyes fell directly on Jiraiya:
"This negotiation was going smoothly, but Jiraiya, you taught three good disciples who sacrificed their lives for the development of Rain Village! The elite troops under my command were slaughtered by a little brat named Nagato..."

"Everyone here wants me to give you an explanation..."

As Li Xia spoke, he slapped the table again, silencing the entire audience.

The photo made my heart beat fast:

"Why don't you ask Jiraiya why he has the time to train such top talents for the Rain Village, but why he doesn't have the time to stay in Konoha and train a few more outstanding strong men like the Fourth Hokage for the village?"

"Isn't my Konoha Village worthy?"

(End of this chapter)