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

Chapter 239: Hiruzen, you should call me Godaime!

"Teacher, Danzo-sama can not only inject new vitality into Konoha, but also has sufficient strength, prestige, and qualifications! As a member of the Second-dae's direct guard, he is also very suitable to be the Fifth-dae Hokage!"

Orochimaru explained with a smile.

The two voices in his heart were telling him: Danzo is the most suitable person to be Hokage at the moment!
There is no one!

If Danzo Shimura is not qualified, then the rest of the people are even less qualified.

"Orochimaru, you are my disciple. Besides, hasn't your goal always been to become Hokage?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen took a deep breath and changed his words.

Orochimaru nodded first, then shook his head:

"I do want to become Hokage and do something for the village, but if there is a more suitable candidate, I will fully support him. Just like the Fourth Hokage, I voted for him back then.

Now, I think Danzo-sama is more suitable, isn't it right to vote for him?
This is a good thing for the village, isn't it?"

Teacher, teacher, please calm down. If you make someone angry or drive him away because of the position of Hokage, it will be a huge loss for Konoha, or even cause huge trouble.

"Alas, you have been blinded by your desire for power over the years."

"You don't even understand this?"

Orochimaru thought secretly.

He looked again at Mito Kado En, Utane Koharu, the two major families behind them, and the more than 30 Sarutobi clan's senior ninjas present, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

He knew all too well about the shit going on in the village.

These three clans, especially the Sarutobi clan, are almost able to form an army like the Uchiha clan before!

On the other hand, Minato Namikaze is no different from a puppet.

As the Fourth Hokage, Minato was really delighted at that time.

Jiraiya's disciple is very outstanding, with excellent strength, intelligence, character and other aspects.

However, it has been more than a year since the Fourth Hokage's Minato took office, and he did not follow the usual practice of selecting elites from the many outstanding successors of the major families or the jonin classes to form his own direct shadow guard; instead, he selected sixteen-year-old Genma Shiranui, fourteen-year-old Raito Bizuki, and ten-year-old Diewaki, who had just been promoted to Chunin less than two years ago, from a group of small and medium-sized ninja clans to serve as the Hokage guards.

They actually picked some kids who had some talent but were far from mature and trained them from scratch.

Let a ten-year-old kid be the shadow guard?
Is Konoha so short of people?

This also caused the Fourth Hokage's Shadow Guard to become a joke.

Imagine if the Fourth Hokage's Shadow Guard consisted of a multifunctional team including the Sealing Team, the Perception Team, the Intelligence Team, the Barrier Team, etc., and this team included at least dozens of special jonin, excellent jonin, and even elite jonin from the Nara clan, the Akimichi clan, the Yamanaka clan, the Hyuga clan, the Aburame clan, the Inuzuka clan, etc. to participate in the guarding work when the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki gave birth...

Will the Nine-Tailed Rebellion really break out?

You know, with Minato's friendship with Inuzuka Jaguar, Akimichi Doto and Akimichi Choza, Nara Shikaku, Yamanaka Inoichi, and Aburame Shiwei...as long as Minato opens his mouth, these outstanding and elite jonin of the middle-aged and young generations of Konoha's major clans will definitely be willing to give their full support.

As for the information he collected, it was mentioned that the outstanding jonin Inuzuka Jaguar and the elite jonin Akimichi Dotoshi regarded Minato as their younger brothers!
People like Nara Shikaku, Akimichi Choza, Yamanaka Inoichi, and Aburame Shiwei also regard Minato as a brother who would go through thick and thin with him!

Even if the shadow guards formed by these ninjas of the same age as Minato could not prevent the masked black-clothed man from attacking the Jinchūriki, at least they would not be unable to give a warning. After all, with this group of excellent jonin working together, even Orochimaru could not kill them all at once without making any noise.

If one does not handle it well, he may even be plotted against and get into trouble.

"Teacher, when you were in power and forming a team, you were not as shabby as Minato..."

Among all the Hokage, Minato Namikaze's team is the simplest.

He even had to borrow the Anbu guards directly under his command from the previous Hokage to protect his wife when she was giving birth.

It is unrealistic to say that Minato does not understand the twists and turns. That guy just doesn't want to fall out with you older generation, doesn't want to irritate your nerves, and wants to slowly change the current corrupt situation of Konoha.

Unfortunately, time did not wait for Minato.

"Teacher, the Konoha you lead is almost rotten to the roots, haven't you noticed? You should just stay at home and enjoy your retirement, and stop causing trouble. Danzo's position as the Fifth Hokage... is secured by me."

Orochimaru's inner thoughts actually only lasted for a few breaths.

At the Jonin Conference, the ninja clans and Jonins who wanted to vote were still appearing one after another.

"The Nara clan, Nara Shikama recommends Danzo-sama to be the fifth Hokage!"

"The Akimichi clan..."

"The mountain tribe..."

"The Kurama clan..."

What is the general trend?
This is!
The Senju clan and the Uchiha clan are the two most influential clans.

Even though these two clans have declined, their remaining power still affects the attitudes of many other clans, not to mention that many other large clans and small and medium-sized ninja clans have almost reached a one-sided consensus.

But the most crucial thing is Orochimaru's support.

Orochimaru, in addition to being the disciple of the Third Hokage, is also one of the Three Ninjas of Konoha! He also has a great reputation in the two Ninja World Wars.

Orochimaru's squeak can influence a large number of jonin.

But if Orochimaru himself gave up the competition and chose to support someone instead, then this person would get more support from the senior ninjas.

Then there are Jiraiya and Tsunade. These two made mistakes frequently:

One of them taught a good apprentice, who came to Konoha specifically to sweep the floors, and almost flattened the entire village along with the land.

The other one was obviously a nurse, but she had to charge in and was the first one to be beaten, which put her team in a passive situation of lack of nurses. In addition, before the hemophobia is completely cured, don't jump out and cause trouble for everyone.

Therefore, no one present would be so tactless as to nominate these two as the fifth generation.

As for the Third Hokage?

Since they are the previous Hokage, why do they need to compete for the fifth generation? Do you have any shame? Everyone is competing for the fifth generation now, and the third generation and so on can just listen and watch quietly, and don't jump out and make trouble for yourself.

The third generation becomes the fifth generation?
Konoha can't afford to lose this person.

No one would agree to set this precedent.

"The Mitomon clan recommended Shimura Danzo to be the fifth Hokage..."

"The Tentane clan recommended Shimura Danzo as the fifth generation..."

After Mitokado En and Utane Koharu nodded, the other ninjas and jonin who hadn't spoken actually didn't need to express their opinions.

During the voting session for the jonin, more than 70% of the jonin present chose Danzo.

As for the remaining 20%, no matter who is recommended, it will not cause any waves.

The overall situation is decided!

A crushing victory!

Seeing this, Li Xia stood up, nodded with a satisfied smile, and then bowed to the people who supported him:
“Thank you for your trust in me...

Thank you for your support...

Thank you for your expectation...

Then, I, Shimura Danzo, will be the fifth Hokage!"

"Clap clap clap..."

The audience burst into applause.

"Here, I would like to make a few more points... First, I will hire Orochimaru to assist the Fifth Hokage and work with me to formulate a five-year plan for Konoha's future..."

This also indirectly indicates that the next Hokage will be Orochimaru!

Suddenly, the applause became louder.

The families and jonin who were close to Orochimaru smiled even more brightly.

"In addition, I hired Nara Shikaku as my advisor and as the leader of the Jonin Squad..."

This is also a high-ranking position.

It is the most powerful position under the consultant.

"The Konoha Finance Department will fund the expansion of the Konoha Hospital, and Tsunade will be the director, responsible for training medical ninjas for the village... Koharu, is that ok?"

Upon hearing this, Utane Koharu sighed and nodded:

"no problem."

After receiving such a positive answer, Li Xia smiled even more.

Then he turned around and looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen again.

"Expand the ninja school. Any child in the village who has the qualifications to become a ninja can enroll. Build a Konoha library, add ten types of ninjutsu of the five basic attributes of wind, earth, water, fire, and lightning, open specialty training classes, and improve the ninjutsu foundation of students in the ninja school at an early stage...

And I will be the principal!"

In terms of the school's ninjutsu, when Sarutobi Hiruzen was the principal, he only provided students with the basic training methods of the three body techniques.

This is not completely wrong, but it has greatly delayed the development of talented children among the common people.

If a commoner child does not show talent like Minato Namikaze, it is a sheer wishful thinking to expect to learn other ninjutsu from the school before graduating from the ninja school. Either the family provides it, or the instructor of the class teaches it after graduation.

But what family background can ordinary children have?

This is not friendly at all to children from ordinary families with good talents.

"Danzo, is there something wrong with this?"

The third generation old man frowned:

Danzo, oh Danzo, don't mess around. Without the distinction between the ninja clan and the civilian clan, it's like touching some people's cake.

Are you sure this is a good thing for Konoha?

And he actually took away his position as the principal of the ninja school? That's too much! How can he promote the Will of Fire?

He couldn't tolerate this!
"Huruzen, you should call me Godaime..."

(End of this chapter)