Uchiha Akaishi Tour

As soon as the voting began, the Uchiha clan and the Forest Town immediately sent representatives to "sweep up" the votes...

The Uchiha clan was quite expecting this – unless they were going to put on a show of "tearing apart the son-in-law," everyone knew they would definitely vote for "Uchiha Orochimaru."

However, the way Mori no Machi acted was quite meaningful...

It looks like they're deliberately trying to get votes, and they're doing it together with the Uchiha clan!

Seeing this, some Jonin secretly changed their minds.

Although no one produced a ballot to change on the spot, however...

Some Jonin who had clearly come chose to withhold their votes—generally speaking, Jonin who were not in the village could simply not send their ballots back if they wanted to abstain, while Jonin who were in the village could just vote for someone else.

The fact that so many people have come but not voted clearly indicates that they changed their minds at the last minute.

Akaishi estimated that most of these people were votes from Akimichi Torifu…

After all, the sight of the Forest City standing shoulder to shoulder with the Uchiha clan again after decades was truly shocking.

The fact that the two founding families of the village reached an agreement for some unknown reason has led people to speculate.

Many Jonin who originally wanted to join Akimichi Torifu reconsidered and decided not to join for the time being.

Of course, there were also a small number of tickets that were being held back, which were probably Orochimaru's votes...

There were quite a few rebellious Jonin, especially... After Akashi cast his vote, he turned around and saw that the Uchiha's big smart guys were baring their teeth at the other Jonin, as if trying to increase their intimidation.

Akaishi:……

Regardless, this scene will definitely reduce Akimichi Torifu's votes even more!

In addition, Akaishi noticed that the Jonin from the Ino-Shika-Cho clans deliberately voted separately at this time—although they should have voted for Akimichi Torifu, they did so in a very low-key manner, which was the opposite of the Uchiha clan.

"Have you all thrown?" Sarutobi asked when no one else came forward.

As he spoke, Hiruzen Sarutobi made a point of looking at the few people who had "arrived but did not vote."

Seeing that no one else responded, Sarutobi nodded and said, "Minato, cast all the votes you received."

"Yes." Minato stepped forward and said, "These fifteen votes were cast by the Jonin who are not in the village, and this is my vote."

After a quick glance, Sarutobi instructed Minato to put the tickets into the ticket box.

Sarutobi, still somewhat distracted by Arashi's performance, snapped back to reality after a moment and said, "Minato has mastered Master's Flying Thunder God Technique. From now on, Konoha will have a greater advantage in terms of battlefield maneuvering and support!"

Upon hearing this, some Jonin who had just learned the truth congratulated Minato...

Meanwhile, at the ballot box, there was no need to count the votes; the "sealing technique" on it automatically recognized the ballots.

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As soon as Sarutobi formed the hand seals, the vote percentages naturally appeared on the sealing technique of the ballot box...

Aside from a few abstentions that cast votes for others, a total of 140 votes were cast by Akimichi Torifu and Uchiha Orochimaru...

69:71 — Orochimaru wins by a narrow margin.

The result silenced the room once again.

After a moment of silence, Hiruzen Sarutobi said, "It seems that everyone's opinions are not unified. No one has a 70% approval rating, so..."

Normally, a Jonin class leader needs more than 70% of the support to be elected. Otherwise, we can only give everyone time to "continue to consider" and vote on another day, as a sign of respect for every Jonin.

Previously, Kisaku Shigeru had also received more than 70 votes, but at that time, more than 70 votes were already enough for 70%!

Now... even half isn't enough.

"Ahem..." Danzo suddenly coughed twice and then said, "Hokage, the war is not yet over, and the position of Jonin squad leader is very important. I think it would be better to appoint an acting one first... It would also give the Jonin who are indecisive a more direct opportunity to observe."

Danzo's words were overflowing with resentment.

Seeing that "Uchiha" had nearly half the votes, the highest number in the entire audience, and even... the Forest City was making a high-profile appearance to support him, Danzo couldn't stay calm and started to make sarcastic remarks to the other Jonin.

"What Shimura Suke means is..." Sarutobi hesitated for a moment.

"Shimura is right, why don't we let Orochimaru, who got the most votes, take over as acting Jonin class leader for now?" Yang Yong interjected.

Just as Shimura Danzo was about to retort, Lan Jun added, "That's right, Orochimaru not only received the most votes, but he was also the commander-in-chief of the Land of Wind battlefield before, so he's very experienced."

This scene caught Danzo off guard—he never expected that the Forest Town would come out to support Orochimaru and show resistance to his suggestions, and he didn't know how to react.

Before Danzo could even sort out his thoughts, Akimichi Torifu stood up on his own initiative.

"Everyone, thank you for your kindness. However, after careful consideration, I believe that the position of Jonin Squad Leader is more suitable for the more astute and cautious Orochimaru... Therefore, I have decided to withdraw from the election," Akimichi Torifu said voluntarily.

On one hand, Akimichi Torifu no longer wanted to waste time on this matter. As Danzo said, the war was not over yet, and it was only natural for Orochimaru, the biggest contributor to the previous battle in the Land of Wind, to become the leader of the Jonin team. On the other hand, Akimichi Torifu was also somewhat disheartened...

Last time, when he ran for election with the recommendation of the Hokage Building, he still lost to Sakumo Moku, and it was a "major defeat" - at that time, it could be said that Akimichi Torifu was too young, and at that time, everyone did not have enough trust in the Hokage Building.

However, this time, facing Orochimaru, who was even younger than himself, Akimichi Torifu still lost—although he received many more votes than last time, it was still not a glorious defeat…

The actions of Mori no Machi led Akimichi Torifu to realize that there was a division within the village... or at least a growing questioning of the Hokage's office. Therefore, he immediately withdrew to prevent the situation from escalating further.

Furthermore, the Ino-Shika-Cho trio has recently had a good relationship with the Uchiha clan, and Orochimaru is the Third Hokage's student, so there's nothing wrong with Akimichi Torifuka making him the leader of the Jonin class.

Even Hiruzen Sarutobi and Koharu Utatane breathed a sigh of relief when he stepped forward to express his opinion.

Only Shimura Danzo glared at his younger brother with a look of utter disappointment.

"Excellent! Jonin Akimichi is indeed of noble character!"

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"Then let's count these 69 votes as Orochimaru's votes too."

"Just appoint and dismiss them today!"

Akaishi:……

Akimichi Torifumi withdrew, and the Uchiha Jonin couldn't resist going out for a stroll, which made Akaishi feel uncomfortable.

Good thing...

"Ahem, alright, since Jonin Akimichi has withdrawn... then how about this, Orochimaru will be the acting class leader for now." Hiruzen Sarutobi made the decision.

"Agency? There must be a time limit, right?" Yang Yong asked directly.

It was something that others couldn't say, but when a member of the Uchiha clan said it, no one found it strange.

After being "checkmated," Sarutobi, though finding the Uchiha clan somewhat annoying, didn't hesitate much and said directly, "A vote of confidence will be held in three months. If the number of dissenting votes is less than 30%, the appointment will be formal."

Without that phrase, "agent" could always remain "agent".

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However, with the addition of the vote of confidence process, there's a high chance he'll be officially hired after three months...

Danzo wanted to voice his objections, but now that Akimichi Torifu had withdrawn, he had no one to hold onto.

The election for Jonin class president then came to an end.

But the Jonin meeting wasn't over yet; they still had to discuss the Iwagakure (Hidden Stone Village) matter...

"The situation on the Northwest battlefield is extremely tense, let's discuss it together." As Hiruzen Sarutobi said this, he couldn't help but glance in the direction of the Uchiha clan and the ninjas of the Forest Street.

There are two major obstacles to ending the war with Iwagakure, one internal and one external.

The internal reason is that since they didn't achieve any significant results, it's difficult to give an explanation. Ordinary ninjas are already exhausted from the war with Sunagakure, so they don't necessarily need this explanation. However, the death of Nawaki leaves Mori no Machi deeply troubled.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was originally confident he could persuade Canglan and the others...

After all, the Jonin of the Forest City had not shown a hawkish side for a long time. Although they were very sad and angry when Nawaki died, they were not unreasonable people. Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others could be persuaded. At most, they were not happy.

But now...

Hiruzen Sarutobi could no longer take it for granted.

As for external factors, the two scales saw that the Konoha ninjas were generally weary of war and wanted to make exorbitant demands to take back the spoils of the battle at Kannabi Bridge!

This was something that Hiruzen Sarutobi himself couldn't accept, and it was obvious that the Uchiha clan would also strongly oppose it.

At that moment, Orochimaru stood up abruptly.

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"It seems our new class leader has something to say." Hiruzen Sarutobi smiled, trying to ease the awkward atmosphere from the voting.

Although Hiruzen Sarutobi's dissatisfaction with Orochimaru reached its peak due to the "Uchiha" incident, however...

Ultimately, Orochimaru was still Hiruzen Sarutobi's student, and Sarutobi's dissatisfaction was also dissatisfaction with "his own student." Therefore, Sarutobi was not dissatisfied with the result, but only felt uneasy because of the "little incident" during the voting.

"Lord Hokage, I have carefully studied the battlefield situation with Iwagakure. I suspect that Iwagakure has no sincerity in ceasing hostilities. The reason for their back-and-forth is to continuously weaken Konoha and prevent us from recovering from the fierce battle with Sunagakure." Orochimaru directly addressed official business.

Sarutobi pondered for a moment upon hearing this, but Danzo scoffed, "Isn't Uchiha class president exaggerating?"

Danzo specifically addressed Sarutobi as "Uchiha Class Regiment Member" to remind him, but Sarutobi only felt a little annoyed. However... he really flattered the Uchiha clan members by calling them that!

Danzo: ...

"Although Iwagakure has occasionally escalated their attacks, even when we were caught off guard at Kannabi Bridge, they never took the opportunity to expand their gains. Isn't that a clear indication that they don't want to fight us?" Danzo said matter-of-factly.

Orochimaru sighed upon hearing this, as if lamenting Danzo's lack of intelligence, and then retorted matter-of-factly, "Suke Shimura, why don't you think about it the other way around?"

Danzo: !!!

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