Konoha: Uchiha Shisui's Advisor Alliance

Chapter 120: Ren Xiong is old
Who can be the Hokage?
Shisui's heart moved, and he looked at the Third Generation in shock. Is he planning to resign?
He thought again of Danzo's performance just now. It seemed that only the position of Hokage could make him react so big.

But who is qualified to be Hokage?
Now that Tsunade has left Konoha, no one knows where she is wandering. Jiraiya has a free and easy personality and has no interest in the position of Hokage.

Although Shisui was very hostile to that man, he had to admit that among the ninjas still in Konoha, Orochimaru seemed to be the only one who had both prestige, a strong team, and strength.

However, even though he had the answer in his mind, Shisui did not say it directly, because Sima Yi had taught him that one must be extremely cautious when it comes to taking sides, and one should never express one's opinion lightly unless one is absolutely sure or has no other choice.

"Third-sama, you can't do that. Konoha's stability still depends on you. If a change of leadership at this time causes unrest in Konoha, Kumogakure might take the opportunity to move in."

The Third Generation didn't care when he heard this, and explained, "It's not that serious. Although the Thunder Nation is reluctant to withdraw its troops, it is also beneficial for us if this small conflict continues. If they can't find an opportunity for a long time, they will collapse before us.

I plan to send another prestigious ninja to lead troops to the north for support, perhaps I can intimidate Kumogakure and make them retreat without a fight."

Changing the subject, Shisui did not argue and immediately praised, "Third-generation master, your idea is brilliant, but I wonder who you plan to send to the north to take charge?"

The Sandai picked up his pipe and took a puff. He hesitated for a long time under Shisui's questioning gaze, and finally sighed and asked, "What do you think of Orochimaru?"

"Lord Orochimaru is your disciple, and has been taught by you personally. He is not only powerful and wise, but also has been on the battlefield for a long time and has a great reputation. If Lord Orochimaru personally leads the troops to the north for support, he will surely be able to stabilize the front line and make Kumogakure return empty-handed."

The battle with the Land of Lightning does not require a large-scale fierce conflict. With the three countries withdrawing their troops, Konoha has no chance of winning a one-on-one battle with the Hidden Cloud Village. However, Konoha still has to be wary of the two western countries finding an opportunity to fight back.

Therefore, in the war in the north, it is enough to keep in mind stability and delay.

Shisui also remembered Sima Yi's analysis. It was indeed not a solution to always passively take a beating like this. However, with Konoha's current capabilities, it was just a pipe dream to want to counterattack.

"You're right, Orochimaru is indeed the best choice."

The third generation frowned and smoked his pipe, seeming to be very conflicted.

After a long time, when the whole room was filled with mist, the Third Hokage whispered: "If Orochimaru is allowed to be the Hokage."

He stopped talking and looked at Shisui, "I plan to have Orochimaru go to the north to take charge, and when he defeats Kumogakure he will return to the village to take over as Hokage. Do you think everyone can accept this?"

Shisui's heart sank, he really didn't want a gloomy guy like Orochimaru to become Hokage.

“I believe in the judgment of the Third-sama, but it seems that Lord Orochimaru has not appeared for a long time.

Those rumors have been forgotten by the villagers, why not ask Lord Orochimaru to return to the Anbu and get in touch with everyone first?"

“Those rumors.”

The Sanda frowned, as if he remembered something, and shook his head repeatedly to deny himself: "Orochimaru lacks light in his heart, so it doesn't seem appropriate to let him become Hokage."

Shisui:?
Shisui was shocked and lowered his head with surprise in his eyes. He just mentioned it briefly, but the Third Generation directly denied Orochimaru.

this.
Shisui seemed to be thinking about something, and then added, “But now that Tsunade and Master Jiraiya are not in Konoha, it seems that no one in the village can compare with you in terms of prestige and strength except you.

If we skip Orochimaru-sama and choose someone else, I'm afraid it will cause dissatisfaction among everyone."

"What you said makes sense. If it were someone else, they might not be able to stabilize Konoha." The Third Hokage found it difficult to refute, and he sighed and affirmed Orochimaru again.

Such repeated actions made Shisui vaguely understand something, he lowered his head and said no more.

Neither of them said anything. The third generation closed his eyes and was still struggling. After a long time, he covered his forehead and whispered, "You go back first. I will think about it. Don't tell anyone else about this."

"Yes, Third-sama, please take care of yourself. No matter what your choice is, Uchiha will always support your decision."

"Haha, then I'll leave it to you, Shisui."

Shisui took his leave, and before leaving, he looked at the hesitant Sandaime and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: The strongest Hokage, the professor of ninjutsu, the master of the three ninjas, is really old.

"Shisui-kun, long time no see."

After leaving the Hokage Building, Shisui didn't walk far before he met someone he didn't expect.

The third generation's son, the captain of the Anbu, Sarutobi Shinnosuke.

Shisui was stunned for a moment, then smiled gently and said kindly: "Captain Shinnosuke, long time no see, are you going to look for the Third Hokage?"

Sarutobi Shinnosuke was wearing casual clothes at the moment and had his lush hair combed, which was very different from his usual serious attire. If you didn't look carefully, it would be difficult to recognize him.

"I'm on vacation today, so I won't go to my father's place. But you've been very busy since you became the clan leader. How are you today? Do you have time to chat?"

Sarutobi Shinnosuke smiled cheerfully, pointed at a store and continued, "I heard that store has a new flavor of grilled fish, it tastes very good, how about going to try it together?"

Shisui's eyes moved slightly, but he always maintained a gentle smile and looked towards the store obediently.

"Thank you very much, Captain. I haven't had grilled fish for a long time." Shisui smiled shyly and nodded in response.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke was a little surprised, "I remember that you used to like grilled fish the most. Have you become so busy since you became the clan leader?"

"The family is having some difficulties, so we should save as much as possible."

The two chatted and then sat down in the store. Perhaps it was not yet time for dinner, Shisui found that there was no other customer in the store except the two of them.

"Konoha is gradually becoming more stable, and I've also gotten some rare vacation time from my father. I didn't expect to meet you here. Would you like to drink some wine?"

This restaurant serves food very quickly. Not long after the two sat down, someone came over with dishes and drinks.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke took the drink, filled his own glass, and looked at Shisui.

Shisui shook his head and refused apologetically, "Sorry, I'm not old enough to drink yet."

"Well, I was negligent, but Shisui-kun has always been mature and steady, and it's easy for people to ignore your age."

As the two talked, Sarutobi Shinnosuke drank a glass of wine, while Shisui drank water instead of wine.

"No, I'm still far from that. But it must be very hard for you, Captain, to stay in the Anbu all the time, right?"

"It's not hard for me. Everyone treats me like a third-generation son and rarely lets me take risks. I don't have a lot of work to do on a daily basis."

After drinking another glass, Sarutobi Shinnosuke couldn't help but sigh, his eyes a little dim.

"If I can, I would rather be just an ordinary ninja who can follow my own ninja way and make some contributions to the village, rather than being bound to the Anbu and being unable to do anything."

"So the captain will face this kind of look? It seems that being the son of Hokage is also very difficult."

Shisui put down his chopsticks, his expression moved, and he softly consoled: "I don't know much about this, but if that person is the Sandaime-sama, as long as the captain communicates with him well, I believe the Sandaime-sama will understand you."

"Hahaha, he won't understand." Sarutobi Shinnosuke waved his hands, laughed and said, "Shisui-kun, you know, I asked him last year to go to the northern battlefield, to make some contributions to Konoha, to hone myself and prove to him that I have the ability to stand on my own.

Unfortunately, he hasn't given in until now. The Hidden Cloud battlefield clearly needs support so much, why must he let me stay in Konoha?
I can't do anything if I stay by his side. I will always be the Hokage's son!"

Sarutobi Shinnosuke said angrily, with a very dissatisfied expression and a painful look as if his ambitions could not be fulfilled.

Shisui looked at the other person deeply, then nodded.

"I see. The ideal in your heart cannot be realized because of the obstruction of your relatives. I understand the captain's pain. Unfortunately, this is the order of the third generation. He may have some difficulties."

The two chatted continuously from the evening till late at night, and Sarutobi Shinnosuke drank more and more, becoming increasingly drunk.

He seemed to be increasingly dissatisfied with the Third Generation, constantly denouncing him for obstructing his ninja way, and then continued to express his desire for the North.

Shisui simply responded gently, constantly comforting the other party and expressing his support.

After the two of them had their fill of food and drink, the streets were deserted.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke drank too much and was a little unsteady when he stood up, so Shisui had to step forward to support him, and then helped him walk towards the Sarutobi clan's territory.

When they were approaching the clan's territory, Sarutobi Shinnosuke suddenly said vaguely: "Hey, Shisui-kun." "What's wrong?"

His voice was too quiet and his words were unclear, so Shisui had to move closer to ask.

"If I want to go to the Cloud Hidden Battlefield, will you support me?"

Shisui paused, then smiled at the drunk Sarutobi Shinnosuke and said, "If the captain wishes, Shisui will naturally support you."

"Thank you."

After saying that, Sarutobi Shinnosuke fell asleep, and Shisui had no choice but to send him to the clan territory and have someone pick him up.

After leaving the Sarutobi clan's territory, Shisui did not rush back to the clan's territory, but groped his way westward along the Hokage Rock.

This place is very secluded. Shisui walked through the mountains and forests and came to a ruin. It was the secret warehouse that Doi Shuo used to traffic in human beings, but it had been blown up by the detonating talisman he left behind.

Now there are only ruins.

Shisui opened his Sharingan, his face calm, and strolled under the moonlight.

After a while, Shisui picked up a snake skin from under the woodpile. His eyes changed and he rubbed it with two fingers, then shook his head.

"We've already moved to another place. This guy is really good at hiding."

Not finding the target, Shisui sighed and had to leave and return to the clan.

Shortly after he left, a small white snake looked in the direction he left with human-like thinking in its eyes.

“Grandpa, the third generation may have to abdicate.”

After returning home, Shisui immediately told Sima Yi everything about today's conversation.

Sima Yi heard this and analyzed: "It seems that he is very hesitant. He seems to think that Orochimaru is not suitable, but in comparison, there is no one more suitable than him. He needs a reason to convince him to make a decision, whether to choose Orochimaru or give up on him."

When people get old, they tend to get confused when deciding on their successor, and Sima Yi can understand that.

“So should we support or oppose it?”

"No, you don't have to do anything." Sima Yi stroked his beard and smiled, and continued: "Just watch, he made such a gesture but was hesitant, I'm afraid it won't be long before Konoha will have internal strife."

"Civil unrest?"

Shisui was stunned for a moment, thinking about the reason carefully, then he remembered Sarutobi Shinnosuke and Danzo, and then he remembered the history of the ninja world written by Sima Yi, of course, mainly the history of Konoha.

He thought of two of them, one was the death of Hatake White Fang, and the other was the selection of the fourth generation.

Because of his excessive prestige, Hatake White Fang was suppressed by unknown persons, who used a small incident to make his morality flawed. Unfortunately, the other party probably did not expect Hatake White Fang to be so stubborn. He did not want to suffer such humiliation and committed suicide directly.

In the selection of the fourth generation, Orochimaru's voice was much higher than that of the up-and-coming Minato Namikaze at the beginning. Even with the support of Jiraiya, who was also one of the three major ninjas, the balance of victory still tilted towards Orochimaru.

Unfortunately, Orochimaru was suppressed by unknown persons on the eve of his victory, and eventually his reputation was damaged and his public opinion took a sharp turn for the worse, allowing Minato Namikaze to turn the tide and become the fourth generation.

"Grandpa is saying that someone will help the third generation make the choice?"

Sima Yi sighed, his eyes were puzzled, "There is nothing new in this world."

Shisui was shocked and admired Sima Yi's knowledge even more. He could actually teach him so many truths using some old stories.

Then he thought of Uchiha Teru. Wouldn't it be unreliable to ask him to go to church for such an important course as history?

"I understand, Grandpa. I will pay attention to the changes in the village recently. However, it is difficult for Danzo and Sarutobi Shinnosuke to get close to me, so I am afraid that I cannot effectively monitor them."

"It's okay. Just focus on developing your family steadily recently. Don't worry too much about these things. As long as you are prepared, opportunities will come to you."

"Yes, Grandpa."

After Sima Yi's advice, Shisui turned his attention back to the clan.

In the blink of an eye, another half a month passed, the weather gradually became warmer, and Shisui also thoroughly reorganized and expanded the guard team that was originally transformed from the selection team.

Although the Uchiha had a barrier, there were too many problems with it. Plus, with Konoha monitoring them, it was difficult to repair it, so they had to send people to patrol at night.

Shisui believed that with the Uchiha's strength, even he would not be a match in a head-on battle.

But Itachi was able to wipe out the entire family, which must be because he attacked them by surprise, so he must be well protected.

Not long afterward, Shisui discovered another problem in the clan school.

"There is too little time at night. The children in the tribe have to study from the time they wake up every day until late at night. Not only does it affect their health, but there are too many courses in the tribe. Most people cannot keep up. I am afraid this will not work. Should we delete some courses and add them when they are on vacation?"

The third generation had asked him this question before, but Shisui didn't take it seriously at the time. But now, only one month after the clan school started, some people couldn't hold on anymore.

Sima Yi was reading some secret scrolls of his clan, and he responded calmly, "It's not normal for someone like Itachi to be able to keep up with everything and take care of his studies at the ninja school at the same time."

Speaking of Itachi, Sima Yi couldn't help but sigh, this kid is simply a natural born ninja, he can learn almost anything once taught.

“Moreover, I set up so many courses not for training, but for selection.

Now that the clan studies have been underway for a month, those students must have some understanding of their own talents. You can combine their grades and the opinions of those teachers to train them according to their focus.”

It is impossible for all children of large families to be talented, but they have all-round education, which can help them explore their talents as much as possible. Unless they are stupid and in poor health, they can all find a way out.

Shisui's thoughts had previously been limited to training powerful ninjas, and it was not until this moment that he understood Sima Yi's intentions.

“In addition to the necessary requirements for Ninjutsu and Taigen, medical ninjutsu and sealing techniques can be chosen based on talent. Of course, after Ninjutsu and Taigen, they can also be separated according to emphasis.

In addition, the children who have become Genin will have separate classes and will be allowed to come during the day. They don’t need to go to the academy, so they can learn more.”

Afterwards, Sima Yi made a lot of suggestions. Those who have not extracted chakra yet can go to the ordinary class and will be trained as civilian personnel in the future.

The extracted chakras are further subdivided according to age, focus, etc.

In this way, about a hundred people are divided into more than a dozen classes, which requires more teachers to teach.

However, Shisui did not hesitate at all. Now the Uchiha had nothing else but a lot of idle ninjas. As long as the situation allowed, he could assign a senior ninja to each of these people for one-on-one guidance.

"Okay, Grandpa, but I plan to train geniuses like Itachi."

Sima Yi did not refute. With Itachi's talent, it was indeed a waste of time for him to stay there.

"Then let him use his clone to go to the clan school as well, and let his original body train with a group of specialized jonin, so the difficulty can be increased appropriately." Sima Yi knew that Itachi had been using his clone to go to the Ninja Academy recently, so he suggested.

"We need to have a ninja who is proficient in medical ninjutsu to check his body every day, and we also need to have secret medicines that are beneficial to his body."

Shisui added that he almost trained Itachi as his successor and gave him the best resources in every aspect.

‘Just pamper him. ’

Sima Yi sighed and did not refute. He waved his hand and asked Shisui to go back and rest.

The next morning, as soon as Shisui arrived at the police department, he received a shocking message from Hui.

Orochimaru secretly conducted human experiments on villagers. The laboratory was exposed, and the people were caught red-handed. The whole village was shocked!

It’s really outrageous. The get out of class didn’t end until after nine o’clock. I almost missed it. Tomorrow is a holiday. I must save some manuscripts, otherwise I will be in trouble!
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(End of this chapter)