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

Chapter 365 The Root Reconstruction Project Begins (Just kidding)!

Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

With the complete end of the Third Shinobi World War, the atmosphere in Konoha Village became increasingly peaceful and lively.

In such a peaceful atmosphere, the undercurrents hidden beneath the surface naturally go unnoticed by ordinary people.

With the shadow of war lifted, the people of Konoha now have only two most important things to do in the village.

First, of course, is the upcoming Five-Shadow Conference.

After a long period of communication (and wrangling), the second Five Kage Summit, initiated by Kirigakure, is finally approaching the substantive consultation stage.

The most striking feature is that the three ninja villages of Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure, which lost their third kage, each quickly elected their own fourth kage—almost without exception, all of whom were elite ninjas who had performed outstandingly in the Third Shinobi World War.

For example, Rasa, the Magnet Release ninja from Sunagakure.

With his exceptional gold panning skills—specifically, placer gold mining techniques.

Rasa defeated all his other opponents and successfully became the Fourth Kazekage of Sunagakure.

However, according to rumors spread by merchants from the Land of Wind who came to Konoha to conduct trade exchanges...

The inauguration ceremony for the new Kazekage of Sunagakure was held in a rather shabby manner.

Even the Fourth Kazekage, after his hasty inauguration ceremony, immediately ran off to the vast desert outside Sunagakure to mine for gold...

I wonder if that famous Sand Gold Ninja can actually lead Sunagakure to prosperity...

Aside from Konoha, the only ninja village that did not hold a Fourth Hokage election was Kirigakure.

However, there are also rumors that the Third Mizukage of Kirigakure is nearing the end of his life. Although the election for the Fourth Mizukage has not yet begun, his successor has already been designated.

As for who exactly the Hidden Mist ninja who inherited the Mizukage throne was...

Kirigakure is too isolated, and Konoha has not yet reached any concrete conclusions.

In addition to these crucial participants, the framework details of the second Five Shadows Summit, such as the time and place of the meeting, were also finalized one by one.

The Third Shinobi World War had just ended, and a great deal of enmity and hostility had accumulated between the various ninja villages.

No village wanted to hold the second Five Shadows Summit outside of its own village.

Konoha naturally wanted to hold the Five Kage Summit within the village.

Konoha's reasoning is quite simple—the first Five Kage Summit, convened by the First Hokage, was held in Konoha!

But apart from Konoha, no other village agreed to this condition.

Hashirama Senju has been dead for decades.

Times have changed!

Kirigakure, which took the initiative to propose the meeting, also hoped to hold the Five Kage Summit in Kirigakure.

Aside from the fact that the Third Mizukage's body simply couldn't withstand the turbulence of the journey.

Kirigakure also wanted to take advantage of the Five Kage Summit to promote their village's reputation "internationally".

But the other types of Cloud Hidden, Rock Hidden, and Sand Hidden each have their own reasons.

After exhausting their efforts, the various ninja villages finally decided to hold the meeting in a neutral country.

After exhausting their efforts, the relevant information for the second Five Shadows Summit was basically finalized.

Two weeks later, in the Land of Iron, a conference was held.

Besides the Five Shadows Summit.

The second thing that caught the attention of the people of Konoha was naturally the election for the Fourth Hokage!

It was just that onlookers in the streets and alleys were discussing their favorite ninjas.

The two Jonin, considered by most Konoha ninja to be the closest to the Fourth Hokage's throne, have recently encountered very troublesome problems.

There's not much to say about Orochimaru.

Minato Namikaze also encountered a problem that he found very difficult to solve.

It had been quite some time since he learned that "Obito Uchiha was not dead."

But now the Third Shinobi World War is over.

Minato Namikaze and his two subordinates have yet to see Obito Uchiha.

Because of Obito Uchiha, Minato Namikaze has been frequently traveling between his home and the Hokage Building in recent days.

However, whenever he inquired with Hiruzen Sarutobi about Obito Uchiha, the responses he received were always "still under investigation," "please wait a while," and "the village will not wrong any innocent ninja"...

Minato Namikaze was practically sick of hearing this.

After each visit to the Hokage Building to inquire about Obito Uchiha, Minato Namikaze would immediately receive inquiries from Kakashi Hatake and Rin Nohara.

It wasn't just Obito Uchiha's teacher who cared about him; his teammates Kakashi Hatake and Rin Nohara also did.

But faced with Kakashi Hatake and Rin Nohara's expectations, Minato Namikaze could only respond with awkward silence each time.

Minato Namikaze could roughly understand that Obito Uchiha's "resurrection" was very likely related to Madara Uchiha, whose whereabouts were still unknown.

Even Obito Uchiha's "disappearance and resurrection" could have been an event orchestrated by Madara Uchiha.

It's perfectly understandable that the village would investigate Obito Uchiha.

But no matter what, Obito Uchiha was Minato Namikaze's subordinate and student.

Whether it was out of Kakashi Hatake or Rin Nohara's expectations.

It was still because of the bond between him and Obito Uchiha.

Minato Namikaze believed that he had a responsibility and an obligation to restore Obito Uchiha to the normal life he deserved.

But what's really strange is...

When Minato Namikaze inquired about matters concerning Obito Uchiha, Hiruzen Sarutobi would give him a perfunctory answer.

But when he lowered his expectations and simply wanted to visit Obito Uchiha and check on his student's condition...

Hiruzen Sarutobi was just using words to brush him off!

If it weren't for believing in the Third Hokage's character...

Minato Namikaze even suspected that Obito Uchiha might not be under investigation by the village, but rather had been drawn into some more dangerous and dark incident...

After all, they had Jiraiya, a teacher with "extensive knowledge".

There's also a special girlfriend like Kushina Uzumaki.

Even though Minato Namikaze was naturally cheerful, sunny, and kind, he knew quite a few dark secrets about Konoha.

That morning.

Minato Namikaze, looking utterly exhausted, walked out of the Hokage Building.

When he saw Kakashi Hatake and Rin Nohara waiting near the Hokage Building, even Kakashi's brilliant golden hair turned a bit gray.

"I'm sorry, Kakashi, Rin."

Minato Namikaze forced himself to compose himself, approached the two students, and forced a smile.

"Obito is still under investigation."

"Our team's reunion... might have to be postponed for a few more days."

After the interrogation a few days ago, Kakashi Hatake and Rin Nohara didn't have much hope for Minato Namikaze's actions to begin with.

But when they actually learned from their teacher that Obito Uchiha would still need some time before he could reunite with the team...

Kakashi Hatake and Rin Nohara were still feeling very down.

"Kakashi..."

Just then, a deep voice resounded in Kakashi Hatake's mind.

"Behind you, at four o'clock..."

"That guy's chakra is moving this way."

Kakashi Hatake listened silently to this "heartfelt message" from Isobu of the Three-Tailed Beast, and secretly rolled his eyes.

He knew who "that guy" was that Mio Isobu was talking about.

There is only one ninja in Konoha who can receive such "high praise" from the Three-Tails, Isobu.

Nara takes the crown!

Kakashi Hatake didn't have time to talk to Minato Namikaze and Rin Nohara; he just turned his head to see what Ranka Nara was doing.

But in the next moment.

The three-tailed jinchūriki's dead fish eyes suddenly widened to their maximum extent, and he stammered out a few words.

"T-Teacher...look over there!"

Rin Nohara looked in the direction Kakashi Hatake was gesturing when she heard the sound.

Minato Namikaze, whose perception was even stronger than Kakashi Hatake's, had already cast his gaze toward Nara Rinkazu before the former even spoke.

He was just as shocked as Kakashi Hatake.

The little sun also opened its mouth slightly.

"Nara, and Tsunade... what on earth are they doing?"

"That guy's chakra is getting even more repulsive to me! This smell... this smell... I remember now!"

The deep voice of the Three-Tailed Isobu resonated in Kakashi Hatake's heart.

"This is Wood Release!"

"Hashirama Senju back in the day also knew this type of ninjutsu!"

If Minato Namikaze, Kakashi Hatake, and the others were closer to Nara Rin and Tsunade.

They might be able to hear the names of the ninjutsu that Nara Rinka and Tsunade are using—

[Wood Release: Descent into the World of Flowering Trees]!

(End of this chapter)