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"Yes, Hokage-sama." Minato slowly said, "I think we should win over a country to become an ally, and the Land of Earth would be a good choice."

"Oh? Why? Can you tell me the reason?"

"Because he is greedy!"

Chapter 271 Even the Third Generation Wants to Retire

Konoha secretly sent a coded message to Iwagakure, intending to secretly join forces with them.

Although Nawaki felt it was unnecessary to do so, he would still listen to Minato's suggestion since it was his own.

After all, he was the man she approved of!

Meanwhile, the Land of Wind declared war on Konoha, and Zhang Shan returned to the battlefield after a long absence.

At this moment, at Zhang Shan's home.

Meiqin, who recently broke up with her boyfriend, has been staying at Zhang Shan's house recently because there are many empty rooms there, and she plans to stay for a few more days.

But she really didn't want to kick Zhang Shan out...

At this moment, Mikoto looked at Hikaru somewhat awkwardly and said, "I'm sorry, Hikaru, I disturbed you..."

Hikaru stopped his hoarding and turned to look at Mikoto, saying, "Don't worry about it. That guy was originally planning to go to the front lines too."

"Huh?" Mikoto was surprised: "I remember that guy was very resistant to doing missions?"

"There are beautiful women at the front lines," Xiao Guang said simply.

“…Okay, that’s very Zhang Shan.” Mikoto didn’t know what to say.

Zhang Shan is great in every way, except he's too much of a womanizer. Having two women at home isn't enough; he wants to find someone else...

After a moment of silence, Xiao Nan came out of the bedroom and saw Xiao Guang watching a TV series and Mei Qin playing with a jigsaw puzzle.

Konan took off her headphones and asked the two of them, "Are you going to find Kushina later?"

"No way~" Xiao Guang refused. She was a homebody now and would never leave her little nest.

Where is Mikoto?

"I...I'm not going either." Mikoto refused. After breaking up with Fugaku, her relationship with the clan also soured. Fugaku was, after all, the young clan leader. Now, not only was he dumped, but Mikoto was also hanging out with outsiders all the time. This was a serious violation of the Uchiha's pride. The only reason they didn't expel her from the clan was because of her three-tomoe jade pendants.

Xiao Nan nodded, not insisting.

In the afternoon, Konan found Kushina but noticed that she seemed a bit down, so she asked, "What's wrong, Kushina? It wasn't these past few days, was it?"

Kushina shook her head and said, "It's Grandma Mito."

"Grandma Mito? What happened to her?" Minami recalled the kind old woman, but felt even more puzzled.

Kushina sighed, "Grandma said she probably doesn't have many years left. She hopes that before she leaves, I can have a child with Minato and become the next Jinchuriki of Konoha."

"..." Konan hesitated several times before speaking. She really wanted to tell Kushina that tailed beasts were already toys, and even she, with Zhang Shan's help, could now easily defeat a tailed beast.

Therefore, Konan really felt there was no need for Jinchuriki; the current Konoha was already capable of completely overwhelming the world!

However, seeing the heartbroken Kushina, Konan comforted her, "Kushina, I remember when I first came here a few years ago, Grandma Mito used this reason to urge you and Minato to get married, right?"

Ding~!

Kushina suddenly realized!

"I see!" Kushina said cheerfully, pulling Konan's hand. "Konan is so insightful! I knew it! Grandma's health was so good, how could she suddenly say she couldn't do it anymore!"

Although her elders were urging her to have children, Kushina didn't really care.

He's been thinking lately about whether he should have a child with Minato.

But they're only eighteen years old, and they're having children now...

Kushina glanced at Konan beside her. Konan was a few months younger than her, but Konan's experience far surpassed hers. So Kushina asked mischievously, "Konan, tell me, when are you planning to have a child?"

“We don’t plan to have children,” Xiao Nan replied.

The two stared at each other for a few seconds, and a big question mark appeared above Kushina's head.

“Don’t look at me like that. Zhang Shan said he doesn’t plan to have children before he turns ten million,” Xiao Nan said honestly.

"..." Kushina didn't know what to say.

"Ten million years old... Hehehe..."

Xiao Nan didn't think it was anything special. Although this time was an astronomical figure that they couldn't imagine, Xiao Nan was about to advance to the third generation of divine body, and time could no longer leave a mark on her.

Konan rested her chin on her hand and said to Kushina, "How many years do you think Minato will be Hokage?"

Kushina was slightly stunned, startled by Konan's ability to change the subject.

So stiff...

However, Kushina also became interested when this topic came up, and she said with a smile, "Of course our Minato will serve longer than that old man, the Third Hokage!"

The two talked about their plans for the future, and as they talked, Kushina's opinion of the Hokage changed.

"What's so great about being Hokage? It's time-consuming, exhausting, and a waste of our precious youth! It's a complete waste of time!"

"Right? Instead of wasting time, we might as well travel the world. After we've explored this planet, we can fly a spaceship to the next one and see all sorts of new things."

"It's decided! Minato only needs to serve as Hokage for a few years; we can't waste too much time on this kind of thing!"

At this time, Minato was unaware that his wife had been led astray by Konan and did not intend to stay in Konoha for long.

Minato was thrown into the battlefield of Kumogakure. From the start, Minato became the overall commander of the battlefield, in charge of the entire battlefield situation.

He looked at the intelligence report handed to him by his subordinate and nodded slightly, saying, "I will take care of the AB duo. You don't need to worry about them posing any threat."

Hearing Minato's calm and confident voice, everyone present felt incredibly at ease.

"It's so great to have Minato here. We'll definitely be able to end this battle easily!"

"Yes, Minato's strength has now surpassed that of the Sannin. He is truly the number one in Konoha, and the Fourth Hokage is undoubtedly his!"

Faced with everyone's flattery, Minato smiled and nodded, without saying anything more.

I don't know when it started, but everyone has assumed that Minato will become the Fourth Hokage.

But right now, Minato has no mind to think about the Hokage; he just wants to end this somewhat farcical war as soon as possible.

After everyone had left, Minato murmured, "Zhang Shan's strength is completely hidden. Apart from a few of us who know him well, no one else knows how powerful he is, including Nawaki and me..."

Minato felt utterly helpless whenever he thought about this.

He felt he could conquer the whole world, but three generations didn't believe him.

The other party's explanation was also very convincing.

“Even the First Hokage wouldn’t dare say he could sweep through the entire ninja world, let alone you. Minato, don’t think you’re so strong now. I witnessed the power of Lord Hashirama back then, which was beyond the realm of humanity.”

Upon hearing this, Minato didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Hashirama was very powerful, Minato knew this from a young age, because Mito liked to talk about Hashirama's heroic deeds when he had nothing to do, so they all knew how powerful Hashirama was.

However, the Third Hokage actually believed that Hashirama hadn't destroyed other countries because he felt he couldn't defeat them...

It's amazing.

"I have a feeling that the Third Hokage is lying to me..." Minato muttered to himself.

At this moment, in the Hokage Building.

The three generations calmly reviewed the secret reports, their faces expressionless.

"That brat Nawaki is thinking of sweeping through Sunagakure again. Luckily, I had him stay with Zhang Shan. Only he can keep Nawaki in check."

"Is Minato also urging us? Well, whatever. The Hidden Cloud Village is always causing trouble. Let Minato give them a warning. The merit of destroying the Hidden Cloud Village is enough for Minato to become Hokage at the age of twenty."

"As for Kirigakure... Jiraiya is quite conservative, which is in line with his personality. But this kid actually wants to go find that so-called Child of Prophecy again? Really, can't he see that Minato is the Child of Prophecy?"

After reviewing the intelligence reports from various battlefields, the Third Hokage took a puff of his cigarette and exhaled smoke, saying, "This won't do. The ninja world cannot be unified under my rule. We need to leave some things for Minato to do."

Konoha now possesses the strength to sweep across the ninja world. Whether it's the Sannin or White Fang, Konoha has the confidence to crush other ninja villages.

With the addition of new generation monsters like Rope Tree, the Third Hokage has a very clear understanding of the current strength of Konoha.

Minato had asked him the same question before, but he had fooled him with a mental victory strategy.

They're saying that the moment the other ninja villages joined forces, we had already won, and so on~

But the Third Hokage's true thoughts were that he was almost sixty years old, and if the ninja world were unified under his leadership, not to mention the trivial matters after unification, the matter of passing on the throne alone would be enough to give him a headache.

It should be noted that the Third Hokage planned to retire after this war, and his successor had already been revealed: Minato.

I had actually considered Orochimaru before, but ever since he joined Zhang Shan's research institute, he has lost all interest in politics. Not to mention Jiraiya and Tsunade, even Sakumo lost interest in politics after that incident and recently submitted his retirement application.

Therefore, he turned his attention to the generation of Minato.

In this generation, there are three candidates for him: Zhang Shan, Sheng Shu, and Shui Men.

Zhang Shan had long shown his indifference to politics, and Sheng Shu was single-minded and not very bright. If there were no other options, he would have been a good choice, but Sheng Shu had the almost perfect Minato by his side, so he was eliminated.

To put it bluntly, this war was just to give Minato some credit, to let everyone know his strength, and thus to rightfully put him on the throne.

But if the ninja world were unified under his leadership, the matter of passing on the throne would not be so simple.

First of all, it is impossible for him to abdicate for at least ten years after the unification of the ninja world. No one wants to see him abdicate. In fact, because he is the number one ninja in the world, he might continue to serve until he dies before passing the position to his successor.

But to whom should the throne be passed?

Water gate?

That was just an idea from a long time ago. When that time comes, a new batch of people will emerge, or the old ones will have new ideas. These are all variables!

The third generation hates variables!

Therefore, in order to prevent these troublesome things from happening, the simplest solution is to wait until Minato takes over and then change the world according to his ideas!

At that time, even if Watergate creates a hole in the sky, it will have nothing to do with them.

The Third Hokage, who was smoking, suddenly widened his eyes and looked towards the door. The next moment, Danzo pushed the door open and entered, saying, "Hiruzen, you actually let that kid Minato take charge of a battlefield. This is incredibly immature!"

"Team! Me! Shadow!"

"You! Regret it!"

The conversation ended unhappily, and the Third Hokage sometimes wondered when he and Danzo had started to drift apart.