Hearing this, Fugaku remembered the words he used to comfort Haneda yesterday and nodded, "Yes, I will."

"With Haneda here, there will be no problem for the Uchiha." Fugaku added silently in his heart.

…………

On the other side, in the Hokage Building, the conversation between the Sandaime and Minato had broken down.

The Sandaime originally wanted to persuade Minato to give up running for the Fourth Hokage and promised him the position of the Fifth Hokage.

But Minato insisted on competing fairly with Orochimaru.

His dream is to become Hokage, and he will not give up.

The news soon spread to the root base.

After hearing this, Danzo took the report and went to Orochimaru's laboratory.

ding ding ding...

A crisp doorbell rang at the laboratory door.

Sensing the familiar chakra aura, Orochimaru frowned and stopped the scalpel in his hand.

The roots have been secretly supporting his experiments.

Whether it was funding or experimental materials, Danzo provided him with too much, so Orochimaru had to postpone his experiments.

"what's up?"

Orochimaru opened the door of the laboratory and asked directly when he saw Danzo without any nonsense.

"Jiraiya's apprentice, Minato Namikaze, wanted to compete with you for the position of Hokage. Hiruzen tried to persuade him to give up at night, but he refused."

Danzo said as he handed the information scroll to Orochimaru.

Orochimaru took the information scroll and unfolded it.

He just glanced at it a few times and put it down.

Orochimaru smiled creepily:

"Are you worried that he will take my place?"

Danzo shook his head:

"Given your achievements, qualifications, and status, there is no way he can win the jonin vote."

"In a word, no matter what, with the support of Ino-Shika-cho and Hiruzen, the advantage is on my side!"

Hearing such confident words, Orochimaru smiled and said:

"maybe."

"If I remember correctly, in a few days, the teacher will announce his resignation, and then the candidates will be voted on."

Orochimaru thought of his arrangement in the Land of Rice and smiled mysteriously:

"We'll see then."

…………

The next day, early morning.

Haneda got up early and planned to visit Kakashi.

He lost a lot in the Third Ninja World War, and so did Kakashi.

Haneda understood Kakashi's feelings and planned to accompany him.

Kakashi's home is not far from the Uchiha clan's territory, both near the center of Konoha.

After walking for about ten minutes, they arrived at Kakashi's house.

Originally, Haneda wanted to go in first, but he accidentally saw Kai and subconsciously hid.

"Kakashi! Why have you become so cold these past few days?!"

"Have you forgotten our past friendship?!"

“Youth is so short!!”

Kai waved his hands excitedly and looked at Kakashi with a look of great concern.

Kakashi smiled bitterly:

"Okay, Akai, I'm fine, really fine."

"real?!"

Kai asked excitedly, and when Kakashi nodded, he immediately gave a thumbs up and smiled brightly.

"Yoshi! In that case, let's have a youth showdown!"

"It's been a full six months since our last duel!"

Hearing the familiar words, Kakashi's eyes suddenly turned into dead fish eyes.

He refused helplessly:

"Let me rest for a while, or...you can go find Haneda?"

Haneda, who was eavesdropping through the wall, couldn't hold back any longer. He took a peek at Kai who was eager to try, and quickly climbed over the window and said:

"Kai! Have you forgotten the agreement between us?"

"Youth is about moving forward step by step!"

Kai was a little surprised at Haneda's sudden appearance, but when he heard this, he immediately became excited:

"Yes, this is youth!"

"Kakashi! Accept my challenge!"

Seeing this, Kakashi looked at Kai, then at Haneda, his face full of black lines.

He recalled some unpleasant experiences.

Kakashi tried to change the subject:

"Kai, I heard that your teacher, Lord Orochimaru, is going to run for the fourth Hokage. Is that true?"

"What? Yondaime, so fast!"

Kai was busy with his youth training and was not interested in the earth-shaking changes that were about to take place in the upper echelons of the village.

But last time I went to see Orochimaru, I seemed to have mentioned a few things...

Kai asked quietly:

"Hokage-sama is abdicating?"

Haneda and Kakashi looked at each other, and thinking of Kai's thick nerves, they both said "hmm" in tacit understanding.

Remembering what Kakashi said about his teacher, Kai said happily:

"Orochimaru-sensei is going to run for election? No way? I'm going to be the Hokage's student?"

"Not necessarily." Kakashi shook his head, "Minato-sensei is also interested in running."

Haneda agreed, "Yeah, Minato-senpai has a chance too."

"As long as Orochimaru has no intention of becoming Hokage..." Haneda added silently in his heart.

Chapter 172 Uchiha enters and the conference room is shocked!

"Minato-senpai?"

Kai thought of the gentle, powerful and nearly perfect Minato, and couldn't help but worry about Sensei Orochimaru.

But he quickly thought of the competition between himself and Kakashi, and laughed again:

"Kakashi! I didn't expect that our teachers would have a youth showdown!"

"Yoshi~ That's awesome!"

Hearing the teacher's words, Kakashi subconsciously glanced at Haneda, and seeing his eyes change slightly, he quickly said:

"How about this, Kai, how about we go have a fight now?"

"Okay, Kakashi."

Kai didn't realize what was wrong. He was afraid that Kakashi would regret it, so he quickly agreed.

"Sorry, Haneda, I may have to keep you waiting for a long time." Kakashi said.

"It's okay. After this is over, let's go train."

Haneda looked at Kakashi who had regained his spirits and smiled.

…………

In the days that followed, Haneda always trained with Kakashi.

His focus began to shift from Lightning Release, Flying Thunder God, and Five Elements Ninjutsu to developing the abilities of the Mangekyō Sharingan.

At the same time, through arrangements with the Uchiha, he could obtain the latest information about the village.

Especially the news about Orochimaru.

Fortunately, Haneda already had a deep enough understanding of the Five Elements Ninjutsu. Although he was not proficient in it, he was familiar with it.

Great progress has been made in attempting chakra fusion.

For example, the fusion of wind style chakra and lightning style chakra, and the burning style chakra formed by fire style chakra and wind style chakra.

Haneda even tried to combine Lightning Release, Wind Release and Fire Release.

Possessing the immortal body's ability to restore pupil power, as long as Haneda doesn't overuse Senluo Wanxiang, he can recover as before overnight.

This undoubtedly accelerated the development of all things in the world.

After two and a half days of training, facing the resentment that was gradually accumulating in the village, the Sandaime Mingzhe announced that he would soon abdicate.

Two and a half days later, the Sandaime was preparing to hold a jonin meeting in the Hokage Building to vote on the candidates.

That is, the candidate to succeed the Fourth Hokage is elected through voting by the jonin.

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