Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 513 Hokage Internal Election

"Lord Kazekage, I'll head back to the lab now."

Scorpion approached Li Yaofeng's clone and respectfully said.

"Um."

Li Yaofeng nodded, satisfied with Scorpion's attitude; this was the attitude a researcher should have.

Li Yaofeng's clones wanted to relocate the village to the south to fully support Scorpion's further puppet research.

Sunagakure Village is still too remote, making it inconvenient to transport some supplies and materials.

After Li Yaofeng created clones, he spent most of his time researching the Puppet Heart Seal and the Soul Replication Array. This required not only a large amount of resources and materials but also human souls for experiments.

The vast and fertile land in the south, with its large population, made it convenient for him to conduct experiments.

"Brother-in-law, how did you do that?"

"That's incredible!"

Ye Cang looked at Li Yaofeng's clone with admiration, her eyes filled with worship. She finally realized the gap between herself and her brother-in-law and stopped thinking about surpassing him.

"It's alright!"

Li Yao's Wind Release clone smiled slightly. Moving a Sand Village was nothing compared to his current strength. If he could condense Six Paths level chakra, he could create not only a village, but even the moon.

After the village flew to an altitude of 5,000 meters, the villagers finally stopped worrying and realized that taking a village into the sky was a piece of cake for their Lord Kazekage.

Li Yaofeng used his clone to descend the high wall and headed straight for the research institute.

Yekura and many other ninjas climbed onto the high wall, looking at the scenery that could only be seen from 5,000 meters in the air, their eyes revealing unprecedented pride.

Their Kazekage is so powerful, he makes people feel incredibly safe.

Inside the institute.

Li Yaofeng's clones each have their own separate laboratory.

He did not share his research on enhancing soul strength with Scorpion.

He can share his research on scorpions.

His research, however, could not be shared with Scorpion.

Inside the research room, on a large flat table, Li Yaofeng used his Wind Release clone to shoot out chakra threads, manipulating the puppet's material combinations while simultaneously imprinting a soul replication array.

The Soul Replication Array can transform a person's physical body and soul into soul flames, allowing them to live forever in the life form of soul flames.

As long as chakra is continuously supplied as fuel, the soul flame can live on forever.

Sasori's current research on enhancing soul strength mainly focuses on chakra.

Higher quality chakra burning might enhance the intensity of the soul flame.

Li Yaofeng's idea of ​​creating clones stemmed from the soul itself.

He is building a soulfire furnace.

A fiery furnace that burns the soul.

In the Fourth Shinobi World, during the battle between Li Yao and Might Guy, after Might Guy burned his soul, he not only gained powerful physical strength, but also experienced a terrifying boost in his mental will, enabling him to sense people in the interlayered space.

Therefore, it is evident that during the process of soul burning, something that enhances the soul must appear.

Li Yaofeng's purpose in creating clones was to find this thing that enhances the soul.

For several days in a row, Li Yaofeng's clones stayed hidden in the research room and did not come out, leaving everything outside to the two sisters, Ye Cang and Ye Yi.

The two sisters, one is the Kazekage's wife and the other is the Kazekage's sister-in-law, and they are also one of the only two strongest members of Sunagakure besides the Kazekage.

With Li Yaofeng's clones and Scorpion not interfering, no one could oppose them.

And so, a few days later.

The envoys sent by the five great nations and daimyo prefectures, except for the envoy from the Land of Wind who got lost in the desert because he didn't have anyone from Sunagakure to guide him, all arrived at the gates of the four great hidden villages.

Leaf.

An internal Hokage election meeting had just begun when it was interrupted by an envoy from the Daimyo Prefecture.

"Let them get out. From now on, Konoha will no longer be under the control of the Daimyo's Mansion of the Land of Fire."

Tsunade spoke directly and mercilessly to the ANBU ninja who came to report.

Through this ceasefire in the Fourth Shinobi World War, Tsunade has come to understand that the Daimyo's Mansion is nothing but garbage.

Whether the ninja world is in chaos or not depends entirely on the Kage of each village.

This time, the Kazekage, Tsuchikage, Mizukage, and Raikage all disregarded the Daimyo's authority and unilaterally halted the war.

If Tsunade were to listen to the Daimyo at this point, wouldn't the war have to continue?

She didn't care about the so-called Daming Prefecture.

Thus, the poor envoy from the Daimyo Prefecture was thrown out by the Anbu before he could even enter Tsunade's room.

Then these guys arrogantly insulted Tsunade, and then they were killed by the Anbu ninja.

The Daimyo's envoy never dreamed that the Konoha ninja, who had hated them but never dared to lay a hand on them, would actually kill them outright.

Not just Konoha.

The Hidden Stone Village, the Hidden Cloud Village, and the Hidden Mist Village all took action against the incessantly chattering daimyo envoys, killing these powerless fools who still talked nonsense.

From now on, whether the ninja world is in chaos or not will be decided by the ninjas.

These were the words Li Yao said: "Get lost, Daming Prefecture!"

Without the interference of the Daimyo's messenger, the internal election meeting for the Fourth Hokage continued in the Konoha Hokage Building conference room.

This internal meeting was attended by the heads of the major ninja clans of Konoha and renowned powerful figures.

The clan leaders of Hyuga Hiashi, Uchiha Fugaku, the Ino-Shika-Cho trio, the Aburame clan, the Inuzuka clan, the Sarutobi clan, and other clans, as well as Konoha's famous ninjas such as Hatake Sagumo (Lightning Release clone) and Namikaze Minato (Shadow Clone) who perfectly transformed into Lee Yokage.

Oh, Orochimaru is here too.

Only Jiraiya was deemed a rogue ninja by Tsunade and therefore ineligible to appear; it could be said that all of Konoha's top-tier ninjas had come.

To put it simply, the result of this internal election will be the final choice for the Fourth Hokage.

As the acting Hokage, Tsunade did not sit in the Hokage's seat that the Third Hokage had preferred to sit in. Instead, she stood to the side, looking at the clan leaders below, and said, "Those who want to run for the Fourth Hokage, step forward."

Hiashi Hyuga remained calm and composed, as did Li Yao's Fire Release clone, Fugaku.

Both Hyuga and Uchiha remained calm and did not speak immediately.

Other ninja clans, including the Ino-Shika-Cho trio and the Sarutobi clan who had just lost their Third Hokage, all turned their attention to the two powerful figures: Hiashi Hyuga, Fugaku Uchiha, Sakumo Hatake, and Orochimaru.

Some ninja clan leaders also turned their attention to Minato, who was Li Yaoying's clone.

These people all understood that if Tsunade didn't want to become the Fourth Hokage, then the only people most likely to become the Fourth Hokage were the ones mentioned above; they had no chance.

No one spoke. Finally, Hiashi Hyuga looked at Tsunade and said, "Lady Tsunade, why don't you become the Fourth Hokage?"

Upon hearing this, the others echoed, agreeing that Tsunade should become the Fourth Hokage, and everyone was convinced.

"There's no need to mention that again. If you don't elect a Hokage yourselves today, I won't care about you tomorrow."

Tsunade shook her head, then looked at Li Yao's Lightning Release clone - White Fang, her aloof face instantly flushing with a blush, and said happily, "Tomorrow, Brother Zuoyun and I will leave Konoha to travel the world. Konoha's affairs will no longer be our concern."

(End of this chapter)