Konan said speechlessly: "Forget it, I don't care about you. If you have a mission, just don't delay the important things."
"Yes, sir! My respected Chief Konan!"
Konan:...
She has now become the respected Konan leader.
Seven million explosive tags could have been sold before, but this was because a representative from a small country said something suicidal: Sister Konan?
Seeing Konan getting angry, the envoy from the small country was kicked out of Amegakure by everyone.
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Hokage Building
A voice came from the Hokage's office.
"Jiraiya, now that you are back, don't leave. Stay and become the Fifth Hokage!"
"Sensei, please find someone else to be Hokage. I have my own things to do and I won't stay in Konoha forever."
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Jiraiya with a headache.
"What else do you want to say? Isn't the child of prophecy you've been looking for Naruto? Now that you've found him, what other reason do you have to leave the village? Haven't you always wanted to become Hokage since you were a child? I'm old and my energy isn't as good as it used to be. Do you want me to die of exhaustion in this position?"
"Aren't there enough talented people in the village who can succeed as the Fifth Hokage? Just let them do it."
Seeing Jiraiya taking it for granted, Hiruzen Sarutobi asked, "Besides you, who else do you think is suitable?"
Jiraiya was stunned.
He thought about it over and over again.
And found out... there don't seem to be many suitable candidates.
"What about Kakashi? How about him being the hokge?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi stretched out his hand, formed a 'Tiger Seal' in front of him, and shook it up and down.
The meaning was self-evident.
Kakashi has a bad reputation nowadays.
Jiraiya suddenly realized.
The corner of his mouth twitched: "Old man, you are really... humorous."
Seeing that his sensei didn't say anything, Jiraiya thought for a moment and suggested, "If it really doesn't work, we can find someone from the Uchiha clan, so that they don't have to stage a coup. If the Uchiha clan is exterminated, the village's strength will undoubtedly shrink a lot, and then the ninja world will be in turmoil again. Anyway, the Uchiha clan is one of the two major ninja clans that established Konoha, so choosing someone with the Will of Fire as the Fifth Hokage is also a very good choice."
At this moment, the door was suddenly pushed open.
Mitokado Homura walked in: "No! I absolutely disagree with an Uchiha becoming Hokage!"
Utane Koharu followed closely behind, scolding, "Jiraiya! Do you even hear what you're saying? You want to let a clan that wants a coup d'état be the Hokage? Can you see the Will of Fire in them?"
The two elders walked up to Jiraiya and started attacking.
"Jiraiya, tell me, do you think anyone would approve of an Uchiha being Hokage?"
"Don't say the village won't wrongly accuse them. Even if they did, so what? They are a little dissatisfied in their hearts, and instead of thinking about clearing their suspicion, they only think about a coup. With such an extreme personality, is he suitable to be Hokage? What do you think of the Kage? A long park bench that anyone can sit on? If it weren't for your teacher's pressure, the village would have dealt with the Uchiha long ago!"
"If we let them become Hokage, will the village still have a peaceful life?"
Jiraiya stared at the two old advisors in front of him in amazement.
How much do these two old guys dislike the Uchiha?
"No... it's not that serious, right? Uchiha have always been very reliable companions on the battlefield. Didn't Uchiha have a Shisui who could perform instant teleportation before?"
The two Hokage advisors wanted to say something else but were interrupted impatiently by Hiruzen Sarutobi.
"That's enough! You two put the documents down and get out first. Jiraiya and I have something important to discuss."
The two of them angrily slammed the documents in their hands on the table.
"No matter what, an Uchiha must not become Hokage! Otherwise, Konoha will be destroyed in their hands sooner or later."
After saying this, the two left the Hokage's office one after the other.
Hiruzen Sarutobi returned to his desk, picked up the pipe on the table, lit it, and took a puff.
"You heard what they said. No one in the Uchiha clan is suitable to be Hokage."
As he said this, a figure appeared in his mind.
In Itachi's heart, the village definitely comes before his family, but Itachi doesn't trust him very much, otherwise he wouldn't have kept hiding the truth about Shisui's death from him.
Itachi's thoughts are too deep, so deep that even an old man like him finds it difficult to see through them.
Itachi concealed the truth—could it be that he was afraid that he would protect the real murderer?
He is the Hokage, how could he do something like that?
"So, Jiraiya, the most suitable person in the village right now is you. Become the Fifth Hokage! Only you will always put the village first. You are my disciple, and I believe in you!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi stared at Jiraiya with burning eyes.
Jiraiya's scalp tingled when he looked at him.
Especially the documents left by the two advisors just now, which were up to his ankles. If he became Hokage, how long would he have to wait to see them?
"No! I will never do this! How about I go and bring Tsunade back for you? I think Tsunade is more suitable to be the Hokage than I am."
Being rejected again, Hiruzen Sarutobi seemed to have aged two years.
He sighed.
"I'm afraid we're running out of time."
Jiraiya's expression suddenly turned serious.
"Sensei, did something happen in the village? Is it related to Uchiha?"
If that was the case, then he couldn't leave Konoha for the time being, at least until the Uchiha problem was resolved.
Hiruzen Sarutobi and Jiraiya discussed the causes and consequences of the incident.
Basically, he discovered that the village might have misunderstood the Uchiha.
This matter is actually very easy to explain. If the Uchiha had another pair of Mangekyō, they would have launched a coup long ago and would not have dragged it on until now.
The culprit behind the Nine-Tails Rebellion is most likely Uchiha Madara.
Now Itachi has become the clan leader in order to prevent the Uchiha coup and has been buying time for him, waiting for his reply to the Uchiha.
As for what he had to do, it was to find a candidate for Hokage or acting Hokage as soon as possible.
Afterwards, he would take all the responsibilities on his shoulders and resign from the position of Hokage with a bad reputation.
Nara Shikaku and Yamanaka Inoichi are currently the most suitable candidates.
He was still hesitating, but then Jiraiya returned to the village...
Jiraiya took a deep breath and said, "Is that so? Then I will find Tsunade for you as soon as possible and have her return to the village to succeed the Fifth Naruto."
"Then, I will look for Uchiha Madara for the village. After all, that guy is the culprit who killed my disciple."
"Jiraiya, don't be impulsive. How can you be a match for Madara?"
"Of course I know that. I'm just looking for his traces. If I get anything useful, I'll pass it back to the village. Since there's nothing else to do, I'll go look for Tsunade first. Sensei, you can hold on for a few more days."
Sarutobi Hiruzen quickly stopped Jiraiya who was about to leave: "Wait!"
Jiraiya, who was about to leave through the window, turned around and asked, "Is there anything else, teacher?"
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