From the Navy Admiral to the Gotei 13

They might even think that if you, Danzo, could have helped a little, perhaps the sacrifice wouldn't have been so great... or something like that.

Uchiha Fugaku looked at Shimura Danzo in surprise. This... Is this guy mentally ill, or is he secretly helping me, Uchiha?

Wouldn't it help relieve the pressure on us Uchiha by saying something like this at this time?

What a good man!

To be honest, this guy Danzo sometimes seems like a sinister old man, and his IQ is very high, but sometimes, when it comes to things like Naruto, he seems to be mentally retarded and does very weird things.

For example... He wanted to use the Sharingan to control the other leaders at the Five Kage Conference of the Five Great Nations and become the master of the Ninja Alliance.

Is this something a person with a normal mind can do?

For example, now, everyone is still immersed in sadness, but Danzo can't wait to come out and seize power.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was originally looking at Shimura Danzo with some anger, but after Danzo finished speaking, he became confused again. Did I misunderstand Danzo?

Actually... He's secretly supporting me?

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After thinking for a moment, Sarutobi Hiruzen said tentatively: "In that case, then without further delay, let's express our opinions now. You are all high-ranking officials of Konoha. As for your opinions on Danzo..." Before Sarutobi Hiruzen could finish his words, the squad leader of the Jonin squad, Nara Shikaku, said directly: "I support the Sandaime Hokage to continue to serve as Hokage." As soon as he finished speaking, the other high-ranking officials of Konoha all expressed their support for Sarutobi Hiruzen to continue to serve as Hokage.

Danzo Shimura? ? ?

That's not right. Shouldn't we first select some candidates, then give everyone some time to think about who to support, and then vote?

I have already prepared a series of subsequent procedures and even wrote a script for a public speech. Why did they just go straight to the vote?

Can't you guys afford to play?

Chapter 616: The concept of Hokage's master-disciple relationship and the organization of Konoha's intelligence.

Originally, Sarutobi Hiruzen was planning to quickly take over the position of the current Hokage again.

It’s not that he necessarily wants to seize power or anything, but this matter is extremely necessary.

First, if Konoha starts to elect a Hokage again now, it will definitely be a mess, because there was no preparation at all. No one expected that the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze would die so soon.

Everyone thought he would continue working for at least another ten years.

Therefore, during this period, no one would think about choosing Hokage, and no one would prepare for it.

Of course, except for Danzo Shimura.

Danzo was not really stupid. He had considered this point and felt that if he took action suddenly now, he would be the only one ready to be elected Hokage, so his chances of success would be very high.

As long as he identifies the candidates first and becomes one of them, he can then launch an offensive and start promoting himself on a large scale in the village, stepping out from behind the scenes to the front.

He has really prepared all these processes.

If he really follows his idea, Danzo might be able to make a comeback.

Turns out… the timing of his proposal was extremely poor.

Instead, it made Sarutobi Hiruzen successful.

Getting back to the topic, the second point is that the reason why Sarutobi Hiruzen decided to become Hokage again was to ensure the continuation and purity of the Hokage lineage.

Not to mention that Sarutobi Hiruzen had ever considered letting Uchiha Kagami or someone else take over as Hokage.

But that was just consideration. When it really came to choosing the Hokage, the power would not have so many choices. As the leader of the Hokage lineage, he had to choose someone from the Hokage lineage. The reason why he considered Uchiha Kagami was because Uchiha Kagami did have advantages in this regard. He was the disciple of the second Hokage.

What does it mean to be a member of the Hokage lineage?

This is one of the unspoken rules of Konoha's selection of Hokage. Everyone knows it. Basically, it can be understood as "teacher-in-chief's teaching."

There is no need to explain much about the First and Second Hokage.

The two of them are brothers, and in fact, during the period when Hashirama Senju was Hokage, the power of Konoha was essentially in the hands of Tobirama Senju.

Because Hashirama Senju really doesn't have any talent in this area.

You can let him fight, but if you let him be the village chief, he will be a bit tricky.

Therefore, the transition of power from the first generation to the second generation was quite smooth.

The transfer of power from Tobirama Senju to Hiruzen Sarutobi caused some disturbances, after all, Tobirama Senju died in battle on the front line.

Fortunately, Sarutobi Hiruzen was no mediocre person and quickly took over power.

Starting from Sarutobi Hiruzen, all the way to the Seventh Hokage, Uzumaki Naruto.

They are all passed down from the same master.

The fourth Hokage is Minato Namikaze, the great-disciple of Sarutobi Hiruzen, and his master is Jiraiya.

The Fifth Hokage was Tsunade, the direct descendant of the Senju family and also a disciple of Sarutobi Hiruzen.

The sixth Hokage is Kakashi Hatake, who is a disciple of Minato Namikaze and also a successor of the master.

When it came to the Seventh Hokage, Uzumaki Naruto, he was directly taught by Kakashi and Jiraiya. He was Tsunade's designated successor and the Fourth Hokage's biological son. He inherited all the political legacy of the Hokage lineage and was simply impeccable.

Even though there was an acting Hokage, Danzo Shimura, this short-lived acting Hokage was also one of Senju Tobirama's direct disciples.

From this we can see that the status of the Konoha Hokage lineage, Senju and Shichu is completely unshakable.

If you don't have a teacher from the Hokage lineage or the support of the Senju family, don't even dream of becoming Hokage.

Look at Uchiha Obito. When he wanted to be Hokage, he shouted slogans loudly, which seemed very stupid, but in fact, from the moment he became a disciple of Minato Namikaze, he was qualified to be Hokage.

Look at Kato Dan, he also shouted that he wanted to be Hokage. It seemed impossible, but in fact, as long as he and Tsunade really became a couple, he would be a member of the Hokage lineage.

As for the other Senju Nawaki, there is no need to say more. He is the direct grandson of the Senju family. If he had not died early, unless the Senju clan tried their best to prevent him from becoming Hokage, this would basically be a foregone conclusion.

And now, it is this concept that Sarutobi Hiruzen wants to maintain.

It’s good that Minato Namikaze is here. He doesn’t need to rush anything. Everything can go according to plan.

But the problem is that Minato Namikaze is dead now.

From this perspective, the Hokage lineage has been completely extinct.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's hope is naturally to let Jiraiya or Tsunade come back to be Hokage. Originally, Orochimaru could be considered one, but now it is naturally not possible.

But Jiraiya and Tsunade are nowhere to be found, so it's useless to say anything now.

Under Minato Namikaze, his disciples were really miserable. Uchiha Obito and Nohara Rin were already "dead" in Konoha, leaving only Kakashi.

As the sole descendant of the Hokage lineage, Kakashi is indeed qualified to be the Hokage.

But the problem is that he is too young and totally unqualified, so it is impossible to choose him and he cannot be the one.

As a result, Sarutobi Hiruzen did not have a stable successor to the power center who could continue the Hokage lineage, so he had to continue to be Hokage himself until he trained a suitable next Hokage, just like he trained Namikaze Minato before.

And now, the next suitable candidate he is thinking of is actually Kakashi.

If in the original story, Orochimaru had not killed Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Sarutobi Hiruzen had continued for another three to five years, it might not have been Tsunade who would have succeeded the position of the Fifth Hokage, but Kakashi.

During that period, Sarutobi Hiruzen even considered the continuation of the Hokage lineage for Kakashi, so he specifically asked Kakashi to become the teacher of Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto.

Whether it is Sasuke or Uzumaki Naruto, they are both considered by Sarutobi Hiruzen to be the successor to Hokage.

Of course, he naturally prefers Uzumaki Naruto, and Uchiha Sasuke also has a certain possibility because of the demise of the Uchiha clan.

In short, for the Hokage lineage, the stable continuation of this power is very necessary.

First, this continuity can make the village's policies consistent, so that there won't be a Hokage who comes up and overturns the ideas of his predecessor.

My goodness, the Seventh Hokage wanted to develop universal health care, but the Eighth Hokage came up and said that this was not possible and overturned it.

Then Konoha's resources will be largely consumed by internal friction, which is absolutely not conducive to the development of the village.

This is also the necessity of centralization.

The second point is naturally related to the interests of the Hokage lineage. This is understandable. The Hokage lineage has such a great influence because it naturally wants to bring benefits to those who support it.

If power cannot be passed on, interests will dissipate, which is also not conducive to the stability of the village. It may even cause huge rifts and fall into a vicious cycle of fighting for power and profit.

For example, right now, the Uchiha clan and the Hokage lineage...

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Therefore, both for public and private reasons, Sarutobi Hiruzen must do his best to ensure this.

Therefore, he must now take back the power of Hokage and begin to train the next generation of successors.

Basically, the power center of Konoha now supports Sarutobi Hiruzen, which immediately secures Sarutobi Hiruzen in the position of Hokage again.

Danzo Shimura, who wanted to hold a "popular election", was a little confused for a moment.

However, he didn't know what to do in this sudden situation, so he endured it for the time being.

Sarutobi Hiruzen resolved this issue and continued, "Alright, let's continue sorting out the situation as planned. Does anyone have any intelligence regarding last night's events? We encountered the S-rank wanted criminal, Rodriguez Diarmait, last night. However, it seems he wasn't the perpetrator of the attack and has some goodwill towards us. Kushina was rescued thanks to his help."

As soon as Sarutobi Hiruzen finished speaking, Might Guy and Kakashi spoke together: "We have discovered information about Diarmait."

Sarutobi Hiruzen was stunned for a moment, then said: "Report the situation."

Everyone here is Konoha's top brass, so there won't be any spy issues.

So Sarutobi Hiruzen directly asked Kakashi and Might Guy to report in public here.

Might Guy glanced at Kakashi and motioned for him to speak.

Kakashi nodded at this, and then said, "Gai and I are also jonin, so we were planning to go to support the combat troops last night, but we ran into Senior Shinku and Master Hiashi on the way. They asked us to maintain order in the village and that we were not needed on the front line..."

Upon hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen glanced at Yuhi Shinku and Hyuga Hiashi.

Then both of them nodded, proving that Kakashi was right.

Kakashi then continued: "But after Senior Shinku and Master Hiashi left, we met Diarmait, or rather, he appeared on our side. Gai and I immediately suspected that he was the mastermind behind the incident, so we questioned him. However, according to what he said, he was not involved in the Nine-Tails incident, but was tracking a man named Uchiha Madara. He also made it clear that the masked man who was controlling the Nine-Tails at the time was the so-called Uchiha Madara. According to the information he provided, this Uchiha Madara is quite strong... This should be a comparison of Diarmait's own strength, but his thoughts are extremely dangerous. Compared with Diarmait, who is already an S-rank wanted criminal, this kind of thing even he feels is dangerous. "This guy is a dangerous person and should not be underestimated. The fact that he released the Nine-Tails proves that he is indeed very dangerous. Finally, regarding the abilities of Uchiha Madara, even Diarmait believed that he was extremely difficult to deal with, citing his unique space-time ninjutsu, which I cannot confirm. Finally, according to Diarmait, he came here to track down Uchiha Madara's "group" and informed us that this guy who calls himself "Uchiha Madara" has companions or an organization. Diarmait also said that when the masked Uchiha Madara appeared, his companions were also around Konoha. However, I cannot judge whether this is true or not. I simply reported the situation truthfully. This is the information we have received."

When Kakashi was speaking, many people already had shocked expressions, but none of them interrupted Kakashi.

It was only now, after Kakashi had finished speaking, that these people began to think and ask.

"Uchiha Madara, it should be that Uchiha Madara, right? If it is really him, he does have enough strength to use the Sharingan to control the Nine-Tails (Qian Zhao's), but he should have died at the hands of the Shodaime a long time ago...." Hinata Hiashi said in a deep voice.

Nara Lu Xun said: "Just because he calls himself Uchiha Madara, we can't assume that he is Uchiha Madara...Fen"

But before he could finish his words, Sarutobi Hiruzen shook his head and said, "It's unlikely, but the Yondaime has said before that the guy calls himself Uchiha Madara, so we can temporarily change his code name to 'Uchiha Madara or the Masked Man'."

Among them, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzo and others are the few who have witnessed Uchiha Madara's abilities.

They were still young at that time, but they could really understand how powerful Uchiha Madara was.