Naruto: After hiding for a long time, he became the leader of the three ninjas

Otherwise, with his personality, he would never lead his companions into such a deadly place.

Hearing Kagura's question, the three people opposite remained silent.

After a long time, Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed heavily and said:

"Yes, your guess is correct. Before sending Hatake Sakumo on the mission, we did conceal some information about the mission."

"why?

Are you planning to use this mission to get rid of Sakumo?

But why?

He has never shown any expression that could harm the village!"

After hearing Sarutobi Hiruzen's admission, Kagura was not angry, but asked with a puzzled look.

You know, whether in private or in Konoha Village, Sarutobi Hiruzen has praised Hatake Sakumo more than once as his most admired ninja.

So why would they do this?

Judging from the scene in front of them, this was clearly a decision made jointly by these three Konoha high-ranking officials.

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the two people beside him, then slowly spoke:

“What you said...isn’t the real reason.

In other words, we never intended to harm Hatake Sakumo.

In the original plan, we just wanted him to fail in this mission."

Hearing this, Kagura became even more confused.

He didn't say anything, but looked at the three people in front of him, waiting for them to continue.

Mizutomon En on the side said:

“As you said before, Hatake Sakumo is the epitome of Konoha ninja.

He's good, but the problem is, he's too good.

Even many lords in the Fire Nation know of his reputation. "

Kagura's expression relaxed a little, as if he had figured out the reason.

At this time, Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled bitterly, picked up the pipe beside him and took a deep puff.

Then he exhaled a puff of thick smoke, as if he wanted to expel all his troubles.

He looked at Kagura and said:

"Kagura, I'm getting old, and it's time for the village to consider the Yondaime Hokage."

After hearing these words, Kagura finally understood what they meant. He stared at the three of them and said slowly:

"So, you don't want Hatake Sakumo to be the next Hokage?"

Based on Kagura's understanding of Sarutobi Hiruzen, he knew very well that this teacher was not the kind of person who coveted power.

As he said, Sarutobi Hiruzen is now almost 50 years old.

Although age does not mean a decline in strength, like Ōnoki from the Land of Earth.

In the original plot, he was so old that he could hardly stand up straight, but he still fought against Uchiha Madara as the Tsuchikage.

But no matter what, aging still has a significant impact on strength.

It would be fine if it was like the Water Country, where all the capable young generation had died out, because in that case the Mizukage would not be able to step down too early.

But Konoha is different. Now Konoha is full of talented people, and we have choices.

Therefore, in the past few years, the issue of who will be the next Hokage has been mentioned from time to time in Konoha Village.

Hearing Kagura's words, Utane Koharu nodded and said:

"Yes, you are right. We do not think that Hatake Sakumo can become a qualified Hokage."

"But... haven't you always praised him as a dedicated and upright ninja?"

“Yes, we still think so until now.

But because he is too upright, he cannot become Hokage."

Hearing this, Kagura did not ask why, but fell silent.

In fact, he could understand what these Konoha high-ranking officials meant.

As expected, Sarutobi Hiruzen continued the topic:

"To become a Hokage, you must be able to withstand darkness in addition to light."

Yes, it's a bit ironic to say that, but it's just as Sarutobi Hiruzen said.

The reason they thought Sakumo was not suitable to be Hokage was because he was too upright.

If he wasn't such an upright person, how could he have committed suicide out of shame because of his companions' blame in the original plot?

But such a person cannot be a leader.

Even someone like Tsunade, after becoming the Fifth Hokage, knew how to make sacrifices and trade-offs in many things.

But for someone like Sakumo, it is difficult to be as decisive as Tsunade.

This is why he is not suitable to be Hokage.

So, is it true that there is no one in Konoha who can become Hokage without accepting darkness?

Of course there are such overly upright people, they are Hashirama Senju and Naruto Uzumaki.

But the problem is, this is because these two are both extremely strong people of their generation.

Let’s not talk about Hashirama Senju, after all, he is a man who can be called the “God of Ninja”.

Even Naruto, after experiencing the Fourth Ninja World War.

He can perfectly integrate the Nine-Tails Chakra, and possesses the Sage Mode and even the Six Paths Mode. Who in the ninja world can be his opponent?

Compared to Minato who was willing to sacrifice his life to fight the Nine-Tails, the Nine-Tails was not something that could kill people in Hashirama Senju's eyes.

So when you have absolute power, you naturally don't have to compromise or accept the so-called darkness.

Unfortunately, although Hatake Sakumo's abilities are very good, they are still far from comparable to those of Senju Hashirama.

After a long silence, Kagura murmured:

"But you don't need to do this..."

At this time, Utane Koharu interrupted him again and said:

“The problem is, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire has heard of the name ‘White Fang of Konoha’.

In their opinion, Hatake Sakumo is a good successor.

That’s why we’re doing this this time.”

Chapter 96 Let’s go to save our companions

After hearing Utane Koharu mention the daimyo, Kagura finally understood everything.

Some people may ask, can the name of the Land of Fire still influence the selection of the Hokage by Konoha Village?

To a certain extent, it does have a certain impact.

First of all, we need to understand.

The Hokage is only the leader of Konoha Village, not the leader of the Fire Nation.

In this world's system, the ninja village is the embodiment of a country's armed forces.

But the real leaders of the country are those big names who rarely appear on the screen.

If I have to make an analogy, the Hokage is similar to the military leader of a country.

But the real leadership of the country was made up of those daimyo.

So even though the Hokage has great power, he still needs to listen to the opinions of the daimyos.

So in some of the theatrical versions of Naruto, you can even see scenes where the daimyos forcibly order the Hokage to carry out their orders.

Even in the original plot, during the Fourth Ninja World War, which was facing world destruction.

This is one of the reasons why countries still send elite jonin to protect those seemingly useless daimyo.

So when the candidates favored by the daimyo did not meet the ideas of the Konoha high-level officials, the Konoha high-level officials could only come up with some other ways to interfere.

For example, let this candidate fail his mission.

“We didn’t intend to actually hurt Sakumo.

The original plan was just to make him fail in his mission.

As long as he fails in his mission, we can use public opinion to make him withdraw from the Hokage candidate."

After hearing this, Kagura finally understood the slight discomfort in her heart.

Is this why even if he shows up, Sakumo will still face suicide?

Perhaps in the original world line, the suicide of Hatake Sakumo was also caused by the Konoha high-level officials?

Perhaps their original idea was just to influence his image through the words of those rescued by Sakumo.

But they didn't expect that such an action would become the fuse for Sakumo's eventual suicide.

In fact, as the current Konoha high-level officials, they are indeed a bit troubled about the selection of the next Hokage.

Apart from Hatake Sakumo, the three ninjas with relatively strong reputations are the "Three Ninjas".

However, Jiraiya had been away from the village for a long time and had no intention of becoming Hokage.

Tsunade has completely become a civilian, and is only interested in fulfilling her role as a mother.

As for Orochimaru...

Compared to the original plot, he does not make Sarutobi Hiruzen as worried now.

But unfortunately, under Kagura's guidance, he had gone further and further down another path.