Konoha: I, Ninja War Sakura, rely entirely on skills!

Chapter 209: Ascend to the top of Hokage

The news of the daimyo's murder quickly spread throughout the Fire Country, and the name of Shimura Danzo also spread across the Fire Country along with it.

In the Hokage's office, Sakura sat in a chair, holding a document in her hand, staring at the contents on it.

Even though the so-called Hokage succession ceremony was still three days away, no one said anything when Sakura, who had been appointed Hokage by the previous daimyo, sat in this position.

The afternoon sun shone through the window of the Hokage's office onto Sakura, causing the man sitting on the sofa opposite to put down the teacup in his hand and look up for another second.

"Hokage, now that the murderer has been killed, should the Daimyo return to the capital?"

The man was the most loyal subordinate of the previous daimyo, a very capable person, and also a member of the nobility.

"Did you not learn a lesson from the assassination of His Highness Genyo by Shimura Danzo?"

Calmly putting down the document in his hand, which was jointly signed by nobles from all over the country requesting the current daimyo Minamoto Musashi to return to take charge of the situation, the young Hokage looked at the man in front of him.

"May I ask, Your Highness the Hokage, what do you mean?"

The man's attitude was quite humble, and there was no trace of the arrogance of other nobles in his tone.

The nobles certainly ruled over the ninjas.

But that also depends on what kind of nobles or ninjas they are.

The Hokage of Konoha is the head of the ninjas, but he... is just a retainer of the daimyo.

Only the Daimyo can give orders to the Hokage.

"In order to prevent traitors from having ambitions to attack the daimyo in the future, Lord Musashi has decided to move the capital to Konoha."

"No one in Konoha can endanger the Daimyo's safety."

The Hokage's calm tone made the man's eye twitch.

"But in the capital of the Land of Fire, there are also twelve guardian ninjas who can escort the daimyo."

The man spoke in a deep voice.

Faintly, he felt that the weather seemed to have changed.

"The Twelve Guardian Ninjas?"

"How many jonin do they have?"

The Hokage's words left the man speechless. At this moment, he really wanted to say that all the Twelve Warriors were Jonin.

But facing the gaze of this Hokage, he could only hold back the words.

"Moving the capital to Konoha... is this the Daimyo's order?"

The man continued to speak in a deep voice, the uneasiness in his heart growing stronger.

"Yes."

The Hokage gave a clear answer.

Not only that, the Hokage's words were not over yet.

"The daimyo is young. In order to prevent him from acting on impulse, all orders from now on will be conveyed by Konoha."

"Even if you have urgent matters to report, you can convey them here first."

The Hokage's words made the man's heart sink to the bottom.

Here?

Where is this?

This is the place where the Hokage of Konoha is!

The entire daimyo's palace was destroyed, and only Minamoto Musashi survived.

Now Minamoto Musashi is the representative of orthodoxy. Whoever controls Minamoto Musashi controls the Fire Country.

This kind of thing has happened in the ninja world before, but in the past, no matter what changes happened, even when the daimyo was overthrown, all it took was a single sentence.

If the rebellion is serious, you can order ninjas to protect you.

Everything disappeared in an instant.

No matter what kind of rebellion, it will collapse instantly in the face of the absolute power of the ninja.

And the one in front of him is the Hokage among the Hokage, the Ninja among the Ninjas.

With a man's knowledge and experience, apart from Hashirama Senju who founded Konoha, he really couldn't think of any other Hokage who could compare to the young Hokage in front of him.

But...if this Hokage is really the Senju Hashirama, that would be great.

But unfortunately, the other party is not.

Moreover, this young Hokage seemed to have inappropriate ambitions in his heart.

"I would like to see His Majesty the Daimyo."

At this moment, the man was in a state of confusion and could only bend his tall waist towards the Hokage in front of him and speak in a deep voice.

"Someone is coming."

"Take this Lord Himura to the Daimyo's residence."

Then an ANBU appeared beside the man and held out his hand to him, urging him to go with him.

"In that case, Your Highness the Hokage, I will take my leave now."

The man bowed to the Hokage once again and turned away.

Watching the man leave, a strange look flashed in Sakura's green eyes.

The nobles have been able to stand in the ninja world for thousands of years, and they are not all useless.

Among them there are many like the one just mentioned, Himura.

but……

Times should have changed long ago.

Being in a high position but not having the corresponding power is a fault.

At this moment, there was no one in the Hokage's office except Sakura.

A chilly breeze blew in from the open window, ruffling the Hokage's hair.

Looking at Konoha which had remained unchanged for decades, Sakura stood up and stretched.

Take your time, there's no rush.

He sat down again and pulled out a document from the pile.

This is an enrollment record of the Ninja School. Looking at the number of admissions recorded on it, Sakura couldn't help but curl her lips.

It seemed like Sakura suddenly became interested. This was just a document that only needed a stamp to pass the review, but it was opened by Sakura for the first time.

Even though many students did not pass some subjects in the above entrance examinations, almost all of them passed the last item, Will of Fire.

Naruto, ninja school student, ninja school.

"This Senju Tobirama is really shrewd and calculating."

At this moment, Sakura couldn't help but praise Lord Tobirama who worked for her.

Sakura didn't know about Tobirama Senju before, but she was too lazy to investigate.

But after Tobirama Senju, the Konoha ninjas only knew the Hokage but not the Daimyoji.

Even a Hokage like Namikaze Minato, who was born under the policies of the Ninja School, is the same.

From this it can be seen that Senju Tobirama had already laid the groundwork for the current situation.

As expected, he is the evil Thousand-Handed Old Ghost.

"It's not a good habit to talk bad about others behind their backs."

But just a few words of self-talk brought out the Hokage, who was still working diligently for Konoha after his death.

"Why, you dare not take responsibility for what you have done?"

Looking at Senju Tobirama who appeared out of nowhere, Sakura joked with a smile.

"what are you saying?"

"I do not quite understand you."

Sakura was no longer surprised by Tobirama Senju's pretending to be ignorant while knowing the truth, and she was too lazy to argue with him about this matter.

"how?"

"Did Danzo finish it?"

It has been four days since Danzo was captured. During this period, it was announced that he was imprisoned in death row and was under good guard. However, Tobirama Senju was extremely interested in how he could have the Sharingan and Wood Release coexist in one person.

After giving Sakura a little hint of the meaning, Sakura approved the documents and allowed him to deal with this direct disciple.

"I have to say, the person who implanted the Sharingan and Big Brother's cells into Danzo is a genius."

Senju Tobirama first praised Orochimaru without hesitation for being able to combine these two things, but then he sighed and continued:
"Unfortunately, that guy had a trick up his sleeve and simply placed these two powers on Danzo."

"Rather than implanting the Sharingan and Big Brother's cells into Danzo, it would be more accurate to say that Danzo was his test subject."

Upon hearing this, Sakura changed the stamp on the document in her hand and put it aside in boredom.

"So you didn't get any valuable information, right?"

Senju Tobirama couldn't help but look a little embarrassed when he heard this.

This pink-haired girl really doesn't give him any face.

"If I can't get any information, forget it. I don't need it anyway."

Sakura continued to look through the pile of documents in her hand that had already been processed by her subordinates and spoke slowly.

"You don't care?"

Even though Senju Tobirama had expected this, he still felt itchy.

The eldest brother’s Wood Release and the Uchiha’s Sharingan.

Based on Senju Tobirama's experience and knowledge, these are the two strongest forces in the ninja world.

Even the tailed beasts have to squat down and act like pets in front of these two.

Why on earth is this pink-haired girl not interested?
"Why should I care?"

"Other people's things are always other people's things."

"And even if it's the Sharingan, what about Wood Release?"

With a light touch, he treated the power that Tuan Zang had been pursuing all his life as nothing.

"You don't care, but the Hokage needs to."

Senju Tobirama corrected Sakura's wrong idea.

"Um, okay, then my Second Hokage, what have you found out after studying for so long?"

"This way I can also make corresponding countermeasures."

Senju Tobirama was silent.

This pink-haired guy deserves a beating.

"Okay, considering you've been busy for so many days, I won't discourage you."

"Come and see this."

Sakura opened the drawer of her desk with a mysterious smile and took out a scroll.

Senju Tobirama couldn't help but move closer out of curiosity.

What caught my eye were four words.

Dragon's fate is reincarnation.

"This is?"

Senju Tobirama looked at this ninjutsu that he had never heard of and couldn't help but feel curious.

"As the name suggests, this is a technique that allows you to give your life to others."

Sakura briefly explained the ninjutsu recorded in the scroll in her hand.

Although they failed to obtain the reincarnation of Chiyo from the Sand Village, the Konoha troops stationed in the Kusagakure Village brought a surprise to Sakura.

The ninjutsu used by the heroine Ryuuji on Naruto in "Blood Prison Movie".

He used his own life to pull Naruto back from the brink of death, even though he was already dead and had a huge wound in his chest.

In a sense, this is even more powerful than reincarnation.

After all, there was such a big hole in the chest, and her internal organs must have been torn apart. Even Sakura would feel numb from such an injury.

Just like this, people can be resurrected, which is comparable to the Paladin's ultimate move.

"This……"

Senju Tobirama looked at Sakura in front of him with a complicated expression.

Last time, the other party was not joking with him.

She really wanted to resurrect herself.

"Are you very touched?"

Sakura winked at the other.

"Ah, indeed..."

Even though Senju Tobirama is now in a filthy world body, he couldn't help but be moved.

"After you are resurrected, you will be more happy to work for me. You don't need to be so secretive anymore. Just work harder for me."

Senju Tobirama's feeling of being touched disappeared.

"Oh, so you're going to do that?"

Senju Tobirama opened the scroll expressionlessly.

"I've researched it. It requires a being with enough vitality to bear your will and use his own life in exchange for your resurrection."

Sakura has studied Yang Dun for many years and has her own unique insights into the concept of life.

"so what?"

"How could a being who can bear my will be willing to die for me?"

Senju Tobirama shook his head.

"What if we implant Hashirama's cells into him?"!

Senju Tobirama narrowed his eyes slightly.

"It doesn't even require Hashirama's cells to be completely stable. We just need to let him use Dragon Life Reincarnation before his cells go berserk."

"I will give my life in exchange for your resurrection."

Listening to Sakura's words, Senju Tobirama looked at the Dragon's Fate Reincarnation in his hand thoughtfully.

It is a very high-level technique.

Its complexity is extremely challenging even among S-level ninjutsu.

"It's very difficult to learn this technique."

The fact that even Tobirama Senju could explain such a difficult ninjutsu shows how difficult it is.

"Besides, how can you make someone willingly die after having Big Brother's cells implanted into them?"

Senju Tobirama looked at the pink-haired girl in front of him and continued speaking.

"We can let the people of the mountain tribe learn this technique."

Sakura's words stunned Senju Tobirama.

The art of mind turning!
Possess the body of a person who has been injected with Hashirama's cells, and use the other person's body to use the Dragon Life Reincarnation!
"Worth a try."

"But there is still one problem..."

Senju Tobirama first nodded, confirming Sakura's guess, and then asked another question.

"How can we ensure that the mountain tribesmen who used the mind to turn around are safe?"

Neither Tobirama Senju nor Sakura would ever believe that they could avoid the cost of death so easily.

But since Sakura could come up with such an idea, it is clear what she is thinking about on a daily basis.

Senju Tobirama never asked who was to have Hashirama's cells implanted to die, and Sakura was too lazy to say it either.

There are so many death row inmates that any one of them would not deserve to die.

In fact, this method, even if the people of the Yamanaka clan use the Dragon Life Reincarnation with the help of other people's bodies, still has unpredictable risks.

The cost of life is equal yet unequal.

To resurrect an existence of the level of Tobirama Senju is definitely not something that a scapegoat with Hashirama's cells implanted in him can accomplish.

Just one Impure World Reincarnation requires the price of a living person.

And even so, the summoned Senju Tobirama, without considering strategies, couldn't even beat an ordinary jonin.

In such a harsh situation, it would be too easy to escape the cost of death by relying on a secret technique.

In fact, this is exactly what Sakura finds troublesome.

The essence of ninjutsu lies in chakra.

The essence of Chakra lies in the body and spirit.

No matter what technique you use, you cannot escape from chakra.

Even for immortal techniques, one has to utilize natural energy and mix it into one's own chakra before they can be used.

If you want to use the Dragon's Life Reincarnation, it is inevitably related to chakra.

The Yamanaka tribe used the Heart Transformation to possess the experimental subject of Hashirama's cells and used the Dragon Life Reincarnation, and naturally the Yamanaka tribe did not need to pay for the vitality.

But essentially, the people who use ninjutsu are still the Yamanaka people.

Neither Sakura nor Tobirama Senju would ever believe that they could easily avoid the cost of death in this way.

Sakura leaned back in her chair and pondered. Even Tobirama Senju on the side was thinking about the same question.

How can we save the Yamanaka tribe member who uses ninjutsu?

Suddenly, Sakura opened her eyes.

Senju Tobirama also narrowed his eyes at this moment.

"Izanagi."

They both gave the same answer.

By sacrificing one Sharingan, a time node is set, and with this time node as the coordinate, everything that happens next will be regarded as an illusion.

When the caster feels that it is possible or has achieved his goal, he will restart this node and treat all events that are not favorable to him as illusions and erase them.

Even life and death is not enough.

But right now, apart from Sasuke and Hikari, Konoha only has two Sharingan.

Kakashi's Kamui, Uchiha Shisui's Kotoamatsukami.

Two Mangekyō Sharingan.

Sakura is inclined to use Kotoamatsukami to use Izanagi, but this also requires someone to transplant Uchiha Shisui's Kotoamatsukami.

And one must have certain ninja talents to learn Izanagi.

Use a kaleidoscope to exchange for Senju Tobirama...

worth it.

The emerald eyes seemed to glance at Senju Tobirama inadvertently.

Just in these three years, even if Senju Tobirama didn't say it.

No sense of taste, no sense of touch, no sense of pain, and I can't sleep.

I guess the other party must be feeling very uncomfortable too.

……

sunset
The Hokage stood in the Hokage's office and watched the man leave.

"What did they say?"

The Hokage spoke.

The Anbu appeared behind the Hokage and responded respectfully:

"Himurasa asked the daimyo-sama if he was willing to return to the capital."

"The daimyo refused Himura due to concerns about his safety."

"Then Himura wandered around the village for half a day."

The Hokage nodded slightly upon hearing this.

The twelve-year-old was labeled mediocre by his father, and it seems that he lived up to his father's evaluation.

But no matter whether the other party is truly mediocre or pretending to be mediocre, once you enter Konoha, don't even think about leaving.

There is no force in the Land of Fire that can compete with Konoha. Even in the entire ninja world, the only one that can fight against Konoha is Akatsuki.

And now...

The Hokage stretched out his hand to block out the setting sun.

As the palm moved slightly downward, the dusk that was glowing, emitting heat and spreading residual warmth slowly fell, and night arrived.

"Hokage-sama?"

The ANBU looked at the Hokage in confusion.

"Tian Zang, are you interested in trying to improve the breed?"

Sakura looked back with a smile.

"???"

Tenzang looked at Sakura with some confusion. He was doing well as an Anbu officer, so why did he want to improve the breed?
Is he, a man who licks blood from a knife, suitable for this job?
"If you don't say anything, I'll take it as your consent."

"Report to the Research Bureau tomorrow."

"Try to stay for a month first. There will be someone to guide you."

No, my Lord Hokage, I haven't said anything yet...

Tianzang looked at Sakura and felt like crying but had no tears.

I finally waited for the new Hokage to take office. I thought promotion and salary increase were just around the corner, but I didn't expect this result.

Does this count as being exiled to a remote frontier?
"Emm...monthly salary tripled, benefits doubled?"

Perhaps Sakura felt that it was too much and spoke hesitantly.

"Serve the Hokage with your life!"

The captain of the Anbu team earns about 80,000 taels a month when he is not on a mission, so three times that is 240,000 taels!

In other words, you basically don’t have to do anything all day. You can just use a little chakra to plant some trees and you will have no worries about food and clothing. Your living standard will skyrocket by two levels!

And this does not include benefits other than monthly salary!
Tianzang felt that he could retire early and enter old age.

"Do your best. You can make a big difference."

Sakura patted Tenzo's shoulder and spoke with a smile.

That night, Konoha lost a captain of the Anbu, but gained a Konoha jonin named Yamato.

-

Three days go by in a blink of an eye

The commotion caused by Danzo Shimura did not cause any unrest in the number one ninja village in the ninja world.

With the preparations laid three years in advance, any disturbance, turmoil, and unrest were quickly quelled through swift and efficient work.

And today...

Konoha will welcome their true Fifth Hokage.

The youngest Hokage ever.

She is also the first female director in history.

There is no precedent among the five major ninja villages.

And now, the first one is born...

In Konoha, there are lights and decorations, cannons are blasting, and flowers are everywhere.

All the villagers gathered in front of the Hokage Building in an orderly manner.

To greet their new Hokage.

Since his first appearance at the Fourth Ninja World War three years ago, he has dominated the ninja world, captured the tailed beast, killed the Raikage, slew the Wind Kage, and killed the Mizukage.

The only one in the history of the ninja world who killed three Kages in a row and chased down five thousand troops single-handedly.

Now, at the young age of 28, he has ascended to one of the five most supreme thrones in the ninja world.

She is given the title of witch by those who fear her, and those who fear her declare that anyone who encounters her will be undefeated in their mission.

Now, this person finally ascended the throne of Hokage amidst everyone's expectations, admiration, longing, fear, trembling, and horror...

……

The sound of crisp footsteps rang out in the corridor of the Hokage Building.

Mito Kado En, Utane Koharu, Tsunade, Jiraiya, Kakashi, Asuma and all the staff in the Hokage Building stood quietly on both sides of the corridor, silently watching this sixteen-year-old girl.

Step by step, I climbed up the stairs leading to the rooftop of the Hokage Building...

No one spoke. There were nearly a hundred people in the corridor. The originally spacious corridor now seemed a little crowded.

But now, apart from the sound of salutes from outside, no one spoke.

The young Hokage was wearing the red and white contrasting Hokage divine robe and a brand new Hokage hat on his head. One could vaguely see a playful pink ponytail peeking out from under the robe.

This made the scene, which should have been solemn and dignified, much more cheerful, and those who were familiar with this young Hokage couldn't help but smile kindly.

She climbed up to the terrace step by step, where an old man was already waiting for her.

Looking at the familiar, energetic Hokage in front of him, who was brimming with the aura of youth, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but feel moist in the corners of his eyes.

"Sakura..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the disciple in front of him, his heart filled with pride.

"Master."

Sakura spoke softly.

"From now on, Konoha will be left to you."

With heavy steps, Sarutobi Hiruzen came in front of Sakura, wiped the moisture from the corners of his eyes, and looked at the disciple in front of him with satisfaction, who made him love, happy, worried, and melancholy, but he could trust everything to her.

"I will definitely not let you down."

Looking at the old man in front of me, the hidden illness he suffered in his youth made him skinny and bony. The old man, who should not even be able to stand up, climbed up here today with his old and heavy body.

The pink girl stepped forward and gently embraced her mentor, then walked step by step in front of everyone in the gaze of everyone.

The people of Konoha stared at their Hokage in silence.

Under the gaze of everyone, the girl took off her hat, revealing her cherry pink hair and delicate face.

Solemnity and beauty, dignified and immature, majestic and gentle, simple and exquisite, all coexist in this Hokage.

"Sakura... so handsome."

Naruto, who was in the crowd, stared blankly at the pink color on the rooftop, and couldn't help but feel a little dazed.

Sasuke beside him rarely refuted.

"Everyone."

The young Hokage made his presence known.

"I'm Haruno Sakura."

Everyone's eyes were fixed on her, not daring to look away in the slightest.

"The successor to the Will of Fire will lead Konoha to the highest peak of the ninja world!"

With his pink hair flying and the bamboo hat representing the Hokage flying high into the sky, the young Hokage made no secret of his ambition and declared his ambition to the entire Konoha, the entire Land of Fire, and the entire Ninja World!

Announce to the ninja world.

The era belonging to the Land of Fire, Konoha, and Haruno Sakura has arrived!
In the sky above Konoha, cherry blossoms filled the sky, and along with the wind, they drifted towards the whole world...

(End of this chapter)