Living your daily life in a shonen anime seems to be wrong.

Another point is that Orochimaru's personality is not as good as Minato Namikaze's.

Minato Namikaze always had a smile on his face, and the Uzumaki family even gave him the nickname "Little Sun".

Therefore, everyone has a relatively good feeling about Minato Namikaze.

Orochimaru is different; that guy prefers to work alone and is a bit sly.

Their snake-like eyes seemed to conceal a deadly danger.

If it weren't for Minato Namikaze, perhaps everyone would have chosen him.

However, compared to Minato Namikaze, people naturally tend to favor Minato Namikaze more.

The Nara, Yamanaka, Akimichi, and Aburame clans, who have always been part of the Hokage lineage, also learned about the Third Hokage's intentions from various sources.

Therefore, after careful consideration, they all expressed their support for Minato Namikaze.

In reality, there are only a few candidates.

Orochimaru, Minato Namikaze, Jiraiya, and other elite ninjas—although the heads of their respective clans were also elite Jonin—were lacking in prestige, battle achievements, and strategic vision. Therefore, the actual candidates were only these three.

Jiraiya explicitly stated his support for Minato Namikaze, so this can be disregarded.

Therefore, between Orochimaru and Minato Namikaze, they naturally chose Minato Namikaze.

It can only be said that Orochimaru is not very popular.

Among commoners, lower-ranking ninjas, and various clans, Minato Namikaze received the most support, so the outcome was self-evident.

The Third Hokage was also very satisfied with this and reported it to the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.

It was approved not long after.

For the daimyo of the Land of Fire, it didn't really matter who became Hokage, as long as they didn't betray the Land of Fire and were obedient.

While they are said to be obedient, they generally don't interfere in Konoha's affairs.

In Konoha, people make their own decisions in many things.

Anyway, this matter caused a lot of trouble for a long time.

After the results came out, I just waited for the successor.

Qi Ye didn't care about these things, but he knew the final result was not unexpected.

Orochimaru, on the other hand, seemed quite disappointed.

At that moment, Orochimaru was at the shrine, drinking tea with Nanaya.

After he no longer needed to go to the battlefield, Orochimaru would often come here.

His purpose was simply to ask him some questions and, incidentally, to see if he could get some equipment from Qiye.

This time, we simply drank tea.

"You seem very disappointed."

Qiye finally spoke up.

Otherwise, Orochimaru wouldn't have acted this way.

But Orochimaru refused to admit it.

There's nothing to be disappointed about.

As he said this, his eyes seemed to flicker.

I don't know if that was genuine or just a pretense of indifference.

It doesn't seem to be.

"Compared to immortality, these are nothing."

Yes, immortality.

Orochimaru's current pursuit is immortality.

Compared to immortality, fame, fortune, and wealth seem insignificant.

"Is that so?"

Qi Ye curled the corners of his lips into a mysterious smile.

But it disappeared quickly.

"Maybe."

He spoke casually, as if he didn't care at all.

but……

Perhaps it was his inability to become Hokage that led Orochimaru down the irreversible path of pursuing immortality.

However, none of this has anything to do with Qiye.

Chapter Thirty-Four: Time Flies

In the world of ninjas, ninjas ultimately reign supreme.

Nanaya didn't pay much attention to the ninjas' affairs; he had figured it out.

If they were just ninjas, that would be fine, but the problem is that there are quite a few politicians among the ninjas.

Getting involved with politicians will not end well.

In the world of politicians, even if you don't scheme against them, they will scheme against you.

So I guess I'll just stay at the shrine and live my daily life.

Occasionally, he would also conduct research and discussions with Orochimaru.

Scientists and politicians may not have much to say to each other, but scientists can have a lot to talk about with each other.

Although Orochimaru is not the only person in the ninja world who believes in science, he is probably the only mad scientist in the ninja world.

Qiye was raised by a group of mad scientists, so she doesn't have any aversion to mad scientists.

Even deep down, there's a gene for madness.

Although he may seem harmless on the surface, that's only because he hasn't been upset.

If someone really makes him feel uncomfortable, then things could get very serious.

The Third Hokage ignored Shichiya.

However, it seems that many more ninjas from the Anbu are secretly keeping watch.

Or perhaps there are ninjas from the Root.

Perhaps they already think that Shichiya is a troublemaker?

Or is it because he's been too close to Orochimaru lately?

What a joke! Nanaya has no intention of getting close to Orochimaru.

There is no one in this world who truly makes him feel close.

Although Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya brought him back to Konoha, they didn't pay much attention to Nanaya.

The favor owed to Konoha has already been repaid.

The reason I got involved in the war was partly to repay a favor, which was a deal I made with the Third Hokage.

However, it is probably precisely because of this that the Third Hokage felt a little wary of Nanaya's existence.

As expected, ninjas are like rats hiding in the shadows; they can't be trusted at all.

However, as long as he doesn't bother Qiye, Qiye doesn't care.

Time passed day by day.

One day, Shichiya suddenly heard Orochimaru say that the Hidden Cloud Village in the Land of Lightning seemed to be up to something.

Nanaya knew that the Five Great Shinobi Villages would be involved in the Shinobi World War, only at different times.

However, he didn't know much about the Third Shinobi World War, and even if he did, he didn't care.

He was a little worried that the Hidden Cloud Village was up to something, fearing that the Third Hokage would come looking for him again and ask for his help.

Shouldn't there be a sign outside the shrine that says something like "The Third Hokage and flies and mosquitoes are not allowed to enter"?

That seems like a good idea.

However, the Third Hokage did not come to find him in the end. Perhaps the war had not yet broken out there, or perhaps the Hidden Cloud Village still had concerns.

In this way, Qi Ye's peaceful life was preserved.

Time flies.

The war that needed to continue continued, but the places that needed peace remained peaceful.

Nanaya returned to her original life, writing one doujinshi every month. Besides Konoha, her doujinshi appeared in other cities in the Land of Fire, the Land of Wind, Sunagakure, and even several other major countries.

Notebooks are a good thing, especially for people in this world.

This world lacks entertainment options, let alone things like doujinshi (a type of Japanese comic book).

For some men who cannot afford to get married, this is also a sacred object to dispel loneliness.

Month after month.

The doujinshi spread at an astonishing speed, centered on Konoha, throughout the entire ninja world.

Many people even travel long distances to make pilgrimages to the shrine.

Then, satisfied, they left with even more notebooks.

Kakashi also comes here often.

But later he seemed to suffer a significant setback and became depressed for a while.

I learned from Orochimaru that it seems Rin Nohara is dead.

That girl...

There was no contact between them, so they didn't pay any attention to it.