I, who just wanted to be lazy, was forced to become the Hokage.

Chapter 263 The Selection of the Three-Tails Jinchuriki!

"Lan Gui, the results of the Three-Tails' chakra endurance test are in."

Minato Namikaze, with a slightly strange expression on his face, rushed over to report the news.

"Kakashi, Rin, and Shizune, all three of them possess the aptitude and talent to contain the Three-Tails' chakra..."

From Minato Namikaze's perspective, this matter is indeed somewhat strange.

The requirements for becoming a Jinchūriki are extremely demanding.

In the ninja world where bloodline theory prevails, some abilities are not born and can basically not be expected in this lifetime.

Those ninjas who can become Jinchuriki are basically "geniuses" with outstanding talent and aptitude.

Five Konoha ninja participated in this Jinchuriki testing program.

Despite being from a prominent family, Uchiha Shisui and Hyuga Rei were the first to leave.

On the contrary, the three "commoner ninjas"—Kakashi Hatake, Rin Nohara, and Shizune—performed exceptionally well.

The "probability of winning" is too high.

It's understandable that Minato Namikaze found it strange.

Geniuses can emerge from among ordinary ninjas; Eiryuu is a top genius in the ninja world.

But... have genius ninjas from commoner backgrounds become so common?

Kakashi Hatake is known as a genius, but Rin Nohara and Shizune are truly invisible...

Minato Namikaze felt puzzled.

Nara Rinka was also somewhat surprised.

If Rin Nohara possessed the talent to become the Three-Tails' jinchūriki, it was within his expectations; Shizune was also able to contain the Three-Tails' chakra, which met his expectations.

So, Hatake Gogoku also withstood the seal of the Three-Tails' chakra...

This truly surprised Nara Rinka.

As everyone knows, the only thing that limits the full potential of Kakashi Kazuya is the amount of chakra in "Make-Out Paradise"!

Even if he becomes "Kakashi with the Sharingan" or "the clone ninja" in the future, Kakashi Hatake can only use four ninjutsu (specifically, Chidori) in a single natural day.

(However, after regaining his willpower and starting to train, Kakashi Hatake's use of ninjutsu increased significantly. This guy is a true genius!)

If Kakashi Hatake really did become the Three-Tails Jinchuriki, possessing the ability to control chakra at the level of a tailed beast, coupled with his current vigorous fighting spirit...

Nara Rinkazu inexplicably looked forward to seeing what version of Kakashi Hatake would "evolve" under his influence.

Gathering her scattered thoughts and the docile Samehada again, Nara Rinkazu looked at Minato Namikaze and asked.

"Shizune, Rin, and Kakashi, are their tolerance levels for the Three-Tails' chakra exactly the same?"

"No, although their bodies did not show any obvious rejection reaction to the Three-Tails' chakra, based on my observation, Kakashi and the other two also had different levels of tolerance for the Three-Tails' chakra."

Minato Namikaze pondered for a moment and gave a very detailed answer.

"If I had to say, I think Rin performed better than Kakashi, and then better than Shizune, when it came to withstanding the Three-Tails' chakra... Well, that's about it."

Mute, oh, mute!

Nara Rinka sighed softly to himself.

To be fair, he would certainly prefer Shizune to become the new Three-Tails Jinchuriki, since she was one of his subordinates.

As for Kakashi Hatake, Nara Rankei's relationship with him can only be described as "familiar," far from being "close."

However, Shizune's performance is indeed inferior to Kakashi Hatake and Rin Nohara, so there's nothing that can be done about Nara's capture of the laurel...

"In that case, let Rin, Kakashi, and Shizune increase their contact with the Three-Tailed Isobu in the coming days."

After a moment's thought, Nara Rinka presented his plan.

"We'll proceed with the sealing process once the village has decided on the specific Jinchuriki candidate."

Since the decision has been made to "sell" the Three-Tails to Konoha, Nara Rinkei will not interfere recklessly in the selection of the Jinchuriki.

Giving his three subordinates a little extra help beforehand was already the limit of what Nara Rinka could do.

Of course, if Konoha cannot offer a price that satisfies him, the two sides will not be able to reach an agreement on the Three-Tails issue...

Nara Rinka wouldn't mind adding another wild tailed beast summoning beast.

Seal the Three-Tails into Shizune's body?

That's nowhere near as convenient and efficient as directly controlling the Three-Tails!

Minato Namikaze had no objection to Nara's arrangement to recruit laurels.

In fact, the village had already decided to send him to the Land of Rain to "make a name for himself".

Since it's about "boosting stats", Minato Namikaze obviously can't bring Kakashi Hatake and Rin Nohara along.

Given Little Sun's speed, aside from Nara Rinka, who also knows the Flying Thunder God Technique, any other ninja teaming up with him would almost certainly be considered a "burden."

It's almost a certainty that Minato Namikaze and his squad will be separated to carry out the mission.

Just then, Obito Uchiha "disappeared unexpectedly" in the Land of Hot Springs, and Minato's team lost an important member.

Minato Namikaze's original plan was to have another ninja inserted into his team from the village, so that his team could continue to maintain its three-person squad organizational structure.

But if we could get Kakashi Hatake and Rin Nohara to stay in the Land of Hot Water, under the guise of "getting to know the Three-Tails," and take a vacation for a while...

Minato Namikaze is not unacceptable.

It can only be said that the "class teacher" and the "team leader ninja" are two different levels of close relationship.

In a sense, Kakashi Hatake, Obito Uchiha, and Rin Nohara can be considered disciples of Minato Namikaze.

If conditions permit, Minato Namikaze wouldn't mind letting his two disciples live an easier life.

"Then I'll report the situation here to the village first."

Minato Namikaze nodded slightly to Nara Rinkazu.

"Lan Gui, is there anything else you need me to inform the village about?"

"No more for now."

Nara Ranka shook his head.

"If I have something to do, I'll have Shikaku-nii take care of it."

"Then I'll leave Kakashi and the others to you for now."

Minato Namikaze glanced at his two subordinates.

"I'm going to contact the Third Generation Lord... I might even go back to the village later."

Minato Namikaze's reason for returning to the village is quite simple.

It's true that he's very skilled in sealing techniques.

However, among the sealing techniques he is skilled in, there happens to be no [Tail-Sealing Seal] or [Tail-Unsealing Seal].

After all, he has a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki as his girlfriend.

Before Minato Namikaze reached a certain level of status, Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others were not very comfortable letting him master the methods of sealing and unsealing the Tailed Beasts.

If Konoha needs to quickly decide on a new Three-Tails Jinchuriki.

Therefore, the only option is to send a ninja skilled in the [Tail-Sealing Seal] from the village to the Land of Hot Springs.

As for bringing the Three-Tails back to Konoha...

Hiruzen Sarutobi doesn't want Nara to return to the village yet.

Without the restraint of the Dark Shadow, who can guarantee that the Three-Tails won't go berserk and out of control on the road?

Then we can only send someone to the Land of Hot Springs.

"I really envy Brother Shuimen. I also want to go back to the village for a holiday."

Nara slumped his shoulders and waved to the little sun.

"Brother Minato, you go ahead with your work. I'll keep an eye on things here; nothing will go wrong."

Minato Namikaze nodded, quickly left, and relayed everything that had happened to the village in detail.

The specific information about the three ninjas, Kakashi Hatake, Rin Nohara, and Shizune, was quickly collected and presented to the "Konoha High-Ranking F4".

"Three potential Jinchuriki candidates who can withstand the chakra of Tailed Beasts have suddenly appeared..."

Mitomon Homura looked at the intelligence information transmitted back from the Land of Hot Springs with some surprise.

"Could it be that Nara Rinka tamed the Three-Tails ahead of time? Generally speaking, tailed beasts are not so obedient, and their chakra is also accompanied by a certain amount of hatred towards ninjas."

As one of the elders of Konoha, Mitokado Homura also possessed a considerable amount of information regarding Jinchuriki.

The other three people in the office thought there was some truth to his statement.

But at this moment, no one wanted to flatter the Dark Shadow.

"Shizune, she is not suitable to become the new Three-Tails Jinchuriki."

Hiruzen Sarutobi merely glanced at the information sheets of the three ninjas before immediately eliminating Shizune from the list of candidates.

The specific reasons are obvious to those who know.

"Let's choose between Kakashi Hatake and Rin Nohara..."

"To be on the safe side, I suggest that Kakashi Hatake become the new Jinchūriki of the Three-Tails."

Danzo Shimura, suppressing his anger, spoke in a hard, stern voice.

"Regardless, Kakashi Hatake is a top-tier ninja genius. Making him the new Three-Tails Jinchuriki is much more reliable than that medical female ninja!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi glanced at the documents in his hand and nodded slightly.

"Kakashi Hatake?"

This is the first update of the day.

The second update will be available tomorrow morning...

I don't want to stay up all night anymore.

Goodnight everybody.

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There were fewer updates today; I'll try to make up for it tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)