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Chapter 175: Chapter 178: Orochimaru Nominated for Hokage, An Invitation to Mikoto

"Natsuki."

Tsunade suddenly thought of something and said. "When the Anbu notifies the Jonin, remember to add one sentence: do not nominate me."

"Tsunade-sensei, you’re the more free-spirited one, even willing to give up the position of Hokage when it’s within reach."

Natsuki was slightly taken aback, then understood.

Although it was already decided that the next Hokage would be Orochimaru, if Tsunade joined the competition, she would have the highest chance of becoming Hokage.

In terms of merits, they were about the same.

In terms of strength, although Orochimaru’s combat abilities were stronger, Tsunade’s strength was not bad either.

Especially under Natsuki’s influence, she had learned Rokushiki and Armament Haki.

Most importantly, no ninja would be willing to offend the strongest medical ninja in the ninja world.

In terms of popularity and status, Tsunade completely crushed the competition.

It couldn’t be helped. She had close ties with the Third Hokage.

"To me, that’s not a position of supreme authority, but a monstrous pile of trouble."

A smile appeared on the corner of Tsunade’s mouth as she said. "Once Orochimaru becomes Hokage, he won’t be able to control me."

Natsuki was instantly speechless.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was Tsunade’s teacher.

Most of the time, his words still carried weight.

But Orochimaru had absolutely no restraining power over Tsunade, unless it involved a major matter concerning the life or death of Konoha.

"Alright, you go do your work. As for me, since I’m in a good mood, I’m going to the casino to play a few hands."

Tsunade waved her hand and walked outward.

"Tsunade-sensei."

Natsuki stepped forward and grabbed her wrist. "Do you have money? I can give you some."

"Why are you so generous today?"

Tsunade stopped in her tracks and turned to look at him.

"I’ve always been generous."

Natsuki said with a smile. "If you don’t want it, I’ll..."

"I want it!"

Tsunade immediately interrupted him. "How could I refuse free money?"

Natsuki casually handed her a bankbook with a million ryo.

"Thank you."

Tsunade said with a face full of smiles. "I’ll return it to you after I win."

Natsuki hesitated to speak.

Can you really win money?

"What’s with that look?"

Tsunade glared at him and asked.

"Nothing."

Natsuki coughed lightly and said. "Tsunade-sensei, I hope you win more and more."

"For the sake of the money, I’ll let you off today."

Tsunade raised her hand, intending to pat his shoulder, but ultimately, because of his height, she could only pat his back.

She couldn’t help but think to herself that he had truly grown up and was no longer the child from before.

Tsunade turned and left.

Natsuki, on the other hand, walked toward the Anbu base.

In less than half a day, all the Jonin had received the Anbu notification: they were to nominate the Fourth Hokage.

For a moment, the peaceful Konoha became turbulent with hidden undercurrents.

Because everyone knew that Konoha was about to undergo a massive change.

Senju clan compound.

While other Jonin received Anbu notifications, Nawaki and the others definitely had to be notified personally by Natsuki.

"Fourth Hokage nominations?"

Nawaki froze for a moment, then said very excitedly. "This day has finally come!"

"You’re a Jonin. You have the right to nominate."

Uzumaki Kushina asked curiously. "Who do you want to nominate?" freewebnσvel.cøm

"Do you even need to ask? Naturally, it’s Teacher."

Nawaki replied without hesitation.

"You’re not nominating your sister?"

Uzumaki Kushina was slightly taken aback and asked.

"If I nominated my sister, I’d get beaten up by her when I go back."

Nawaki complained. "She’s completely uninterested in the position of Hokage."

"Truly her real brother."

Natsuki laughed and said. "Tsunade-sensei has already told me she’s directly giving up on the Fourth Hokage competition."

"It seems the Fourth Hokage will be Lord Orochimaru."

Namikaze Minato spoke up.

He didn’t go to Mount Myoboku to learn Sage Mode today, but instead came over to teach Hatake Kakashi Rokushiki.

Originally, Nawaki was arranged to teach Hatake Kakashi Rokushiki and swordsmanship, but Namikaze Minato felt bad and volunteered to share the burden.

Nawaki agreed.

After all, he still had to teach Hatake Kakashi Water Breathing, which meant teaching both Water Release and swordsmanship.

He was indeed too busy.

"You’re not supporting your teacher?"

Uzumaki Kushina asked again.

"My teacher, like Lady Tsunade, is not interested in the position of Hokage."

Namikaze Minato joked. "If I nominated him, I might get beaten up too."

"Why are both Lord Jiraiya and Lady Tsunade unwilling to be Hokage?"

Hatake Kakashi couldn’t help but ask.

From what he knew, the dream of the vast majority of ninjas was to become Hokage.

Especially his classmates, like Uchiha Obito, who constantly talked about becoming Hokage.

"Everyone has their own ambitions."

Namikaze Minato replied. "And not everyone is suited to be Hokage."

"Kakashi, do you want to become Hokage?"

Nawaki smiled and asked.

"I don’t know."

Hatake Kakashi paused and said. "I want to become a ninja like my father."

"That’s a good dream too."

Nawaki patted his shoulder and said.

Just then, Natsuki noticed an Anbu ninja appear not far away. It was Zo.

He greeted Nawaki and the others, then walked over.

"Lord Sakumo said he’s giving up on the Fourth Hokage competition."

Zo volunteered the information as he approached.

Natsuki nodded.

He wasn’t surprised.

Hatake Sakumo wasn’t interested in the position of Hokage to begin with. Coupled with his recent mission failure, even if he was interested, he wouldn’t participate in the competition.

A thought crossed Natsuki’s mind, thinking of a possibility.

Could it be that Sarutobi Hiruzen thought of this, which was why he initiated the Hokage transition at this time?

But regardless of what he was thinking, his proactive stepping down was undoubtedly a good thing for Natsuki.

After all, his status would be upgraded to the Hokage’s student.

That was what it truly meant to be a Konoha higher-up.

In his eyes, the Anbu Commander could only be considered half a higher-up, or rather, middle management.

His status was similar to the heads of other Konoha departments, such as the Konoha Military Police Force or Konoha Hospital.

After Zo left, Natsuki thought for a moment and opened an Air Door to the metropolis of the Land of Rain.

"Natsuki-sensei."

Seeing him, Konan’s eyes lit up, and she hurriedly walked over.

"Where are Yahiko and Nagato?"

Natsuki patted her head and asked.

"They went to help at CP9."

Konan replied.

"Tell them later that we will officially make our move on Amegakure next year."

Natsuki said with a smile.

"Mm."

Konan nodded.

Her expression was calm, completely unlike Yahiko. If it were him, his face would definitely be flushed with excitement.

But this was for the best.

The Akatsuki organization needed a calm person in charge.

"Follow me."

Natsuki turned and walked outward.

The two quickly arrived at the Dawn Company.

"Kakuzu, how is the rainwater business doing recently?"

Natsuki asked.

"Very smoothly."

Kakuzu replied.

"Since that’s the case, find some time to do something for me. The Dawn Company will be temporarily managed by Konan."

Natsuki said directly.

Konan was slightly taken aback, not expecting this.

But what followed was fighting spirit.

She couldn’t let Natsuki down.

"What is it?"

Kakuzu thought for a moment and asked.

The rainwater business indeed no longer required his direct supervision.

"Take thirty elite ninjas to the Land of Water and find a suitable base to settle down."

Natsuki paused and added. "Try to be as far away from Kirigakure as possible."

"Are you planning to develop a new business?"

Kakuzu couldn’t help but ask.

"It is indeed a new business."

Natsuki chuckled and said. "But more importantly, it’s for training."

His goal was naturally to establish the Kuja Pirates to unlock the Love-Love Fruit.

As for how to make a name for themselves, he already had a plan: rob the rich to help the poor.

"Once the construction of the new base is complete, you can return."

Natsuki added.

He planned to have the three Snake Princesses take charge of the Kuja Pirates.

After all, their name had the word "snake" in it, and the original Kuja Pirates were also led by the three Gorgon sisters.

"I’ll go do it right now."

Kakuzu nodded and said. "It will take at most a month to complete this."

"No rush."

Natsuki looked at Konan and said. "First, hand over your work to Konan."

Hearing this, Kakuzu began explaining the current state of the rainwater business to Konan and what she needed to do.

After talking for half an hour, he turned and left.

"How about it? Are you confident?"

Natsuki pinched Konan’s cheek and asked.

"Yes."

Konan nodded firmly.

"If you have any problems, you can ask Chino and the others for help."

Natsuki withdrew his hand and said. "I’m leaving first. I’ll come over again in a while."

"Mm."

After watching him leave, Konan immediately threw herself into work.

A new week, July 6th, Monday.

"Lord Natsuki."

Zo, who had been waiting for a long time, handed him a scroll and said. "These are all the Jonin nominations for the next Hokage."

Natsuki immediately opened the scroll.

The Anbu had already tallied the results.

The ninja with the most nominations was placed first, and it was impressively Orochimaru.

The second was Jiraiya.

Tsunade and Hatake Sakumo had both explicitly given up, so they were not on the list.

Jiraiya, because he was outside the village and hadn’t explicitly stated he was giving up, still had many Jonin nominate him.

What surprised Natsuki was that he ranked third.

Although the number of votes was far behind Orochimaru and Jiraiya.

Besides that, he also saw Hyuga Hiashi, Uchiha Fugaku, Shimura Danzo, and others.

But their votes were even fewer, practically negligible.

Natsuki closed the scroll and went to the Hokage’s office.

"Then let’s designate Orochimaru and Jiraiya as the Hokage candidates."

After reading the scroll, Sarutobi Hiruzen said.

Natsuki wasn’t surprised.

Apart from Orochimaru and Jiraiya, the number of votes for the others was too far behind to meet the standard.

But having only one Hokage candidate wasn’t good either. The intention would be too obvious.

Two Hokage candidates were more appropriate.

"Open the villager voting this week."

Sarutobi Hiruzen put down the scroll and said. "The Anbu will organize it."

"Yes, Lord Hokage."

Natsuki immediately responded.

"There are many villagers. If we want to complete the voting in a short time, the Anbu might not have enough manpower."

Sarutobi Hiruzen picked up a pen, wrote an order, and said. "Go to the Konoha Military Police Force and ask them to assist."

The duty of the Konoha Military Police Force was to maintain public order in Konoha. Having them assist the Anbu in conducting the villager voting was the most suitable choice.

"Yes, Lord Hokage."

Natsuki bowed slightly, took the order, and turned to leave.

He returned to the Anbu base and had Zo handle the matter.

Subsequently, he arrived at the Konoha Military Police Force.

"Fugaku-senpai."

Natsuki handed him the Hokage’s order.

"I understand. I will specifically draw personnel to form a temporary squad responsible for this matter, and they will follow the Anbu’s command."

After reading the Hokage’s order, Uchiha Fugaku said very readily.

Currently, although the Uchiha clan had conflicts with the Hokage lineage, there weren’t many.

They were mainly concentrated in conflicts with Shimura Danzo and his Root.

The true conflicts with the Hokage lineage began after the Nine-Tails’ Attack.

During the Nine-Tails’ Attack, the Uchiha clan, blocked by Shimura Danzo, did not go out to help.

Coupled with the appearance of the Sharingan in the Nine-Tails’ eyes, the Uchiha clan bore the greatest suspicion.

Ultimately, under the pressure of Shimura Danzo and others, the Uchiha clan compound was moved to the edge of Konoha and put under surveillance.

"Natsuki, which Uchiha Jonin do you want to be in charge of this squad?"

Uchiha Fugaku thought for a moment and asked.

As the clan head, he naturally wasn’t stupid. He knew the ninja most likely to become Hokage was Orochimaru.

Since that was the case, he should try not to offend Orochimaru’s student, Natsuki.

"Mikoto-senpai."

Natsuki replied.

Uchiha Fugaku recalled something from a long time ago.

That was the battle between Natsuki and Uchiha Mikoto when they were in the Ninja Academy.

Back then, they were evenly matched.

When Uchiha Mikoto lost initially, the Uchiha clan was quite dissatisfied with her.

Thinking about it now, they truly shouldn’t have been.

After all, Natsuki’s performance after graduation was unimaginable.

By now, his status had already caught up to his own.

Once Orochimaru became Hokage, his status would rise even further.

"Natsuki, are you very close with Mikoto?"

Thinking of this, Uchiha Fugaku asked.

"We have indeed interacted. We did missions together on the Land of Rain battlefield before, so we are quite familiar."

Natsuki said truthfully.

"I see."

Uchiha Fugaku nodded and added. "Mikoto is about the same age as you. You two should interact more."

"...?"

Natsuki instantly felt things were subtle.

What do you mean by that?

He thought about it carefully and roughly understood.

At this time, Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto had no relationship and weren’t dating.

Coupled with Orochimaru being about to become Hokage, Uchiha Fugaku wanted to win him over a bit.

But since he was an Uchiha, he didn’t say it so obviously.

When was Uchiha Itachi born?

Natsuki did some calculations.

Uchiha Itachi was taken to participate in the Third Great Ninja War when he was four.

He should be born before Might Guy and the others participated in the Chunin Exams.

In other words, there were still three or four years.

Calculating it this way, it was normal that Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto weren’t dating right now.

"Wait a moment."

Uchiha Fugaku walked to the door and said to the ninja outside. "Call Mikoto over."

"Yes, Clan Head."

The ninja specifically left to do so.

A moment later, Uchiha Mikoto appeared.

When she saw Natsuki, she couldn’t help but be slightly taken aback, not understanding why he was here.

"Mikoto."

Uchiha Fugaku explained the situation.

"Yes, Clan Head."

Uchiha Mikoto immediately said. "I will cooperate well with the Anbu."

"Take Natsuki to your office and finalize this matter."

Uchiha Fugaku nodded and said.

"Natsuki, follow me."

Uchiha Mikoto looked at Natsuki and said.

Natsuki followed her to her office.

"Please have some tea."

Uchiha Mikoto bent over and handed the tea to Natsuki with both hands.

Her long black hair fell down because of this, sliding past her slender waist.

Natsuki felt she was the female ninja who most exuded the aura of a good wife and loving mother.

Besides her, there was also Yakushi Nonou.

"I didn’t expect we would have the chance to do a mission together again."

Uchiha Mikoto said softly.

"I didn’t expect it either."

Natsuki said with a smile. "This is probably fate."

"Mm."

Uchiha Mikoto was slightly taken aback, then added. "But it will probably be very difficult to have such an opportunity again in the future."

"That’s not necessarily true."

Natsuki raised an eyebrow and said.

He was very clear about Uchiha Fugaku’s personality.

In the original work, he was someone who swayed with the wind.

He placed his hopes on the Hokage lineage while failing to control the hardliners of the Uchiha clan, ultimately leading to armed conflict.

If Natsuki proposed having Uchiha Mikoto work in the Hokage building, Uchiha Fugaku would most likely agree.

Just like how he sent Uchiha Itachi to the Anbu.

His original intention was for him to act as a spy while also showing goodwill to the Hokage lineage.

This could be seen from Uchiha Sasuke’s name.

There was a custom in the ninja world: if you respected someone, you could name your child after them.

Uchiha Sasuke’s name came from Sarutobi Hiruzen’s father, Sarutobi Sasuke.

In other words, Uchiha Fugaku was showing goodwill to the Hokage lineage through the name Uchiha Sasuke.

From this perspective, he truly lacked his own opinions and was quite indecisive.

"What?"

Uchiha Mikoto didn’t understand for a moment.

"I mean, you could be arranged to work in the Hokage building."

Natsuki said truthfully.

"Eh?"

Uchiha Mikoto froze for a moment and subconsciously said. "That’s not what I meant."

"I know."

Natsuki said with a smile. "If you are willing, you can go. It depends on your thoughts."

"That depends on the Clan Head’s arrangement."

Uchiha Mikoto shook her head and said.

No wonder the past Hokage never really liked the large ninja clans.

After all, ninja clan ninjas prioritized their clan over the village.

Thinking about it this way, Senju Hashirama disbanding the Senju clan truly showed great boldness and wisdom.

"Mm, you can ask Fugaku-senpai."

Natsuki believed Uchiha Fugaku would most likely agree.

After all, he wasn’t dating Uchiha Mikoto yet.

Having an Uchiha ninja infiltrate the Hokage building was definitely a good thing for the Uchiha clan.

The last Uchiha ninja to infiltrate the Hokage building was Uchiha Kagami.

Uchiha Kagami was a student of the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, and even had a very good relationship with Shimura Danzo.

His appearance eased the relationship between the Uchiha clan and the Hokage lineage.

After the battle with Kinkaku and Ginkaku, he had no more screen time.

However, the official Jin no Sho stated that he died at the age of twenty-five.

This meant that after the battle with Kinkaku and Ginkaku, he died young.

"Let’s talk about the villager voting now."

Natsuki returned to the main topic and said.

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