The capital of the Fire Nation and the daimyo's mansion.

It's said to be a mansion, but it's actually an extremely majestic castle.

There are maids and guards who serve the daimyo, many of whom are powerful ninjas, who hide in secret to protect the daimyo's safety.

In the castle tower at the highest point of the castle, the fire country's daimyo and several important ministers from the country gathered here for a meeting.

In addition, there are the Third Hokage, the leader of Konoha Village, who is the strongest military symbol of the Fire Country, and the two village advisors, Koharu Koharu and Mito Monen, as well as the root leader Shimura Danzo.

The four of them also came to the keep of the castle to meet with the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.

They discussed only one topic of the meeting, which was that the third Hokage was about to step down and pass the position of Hokage to the next generation.

Hearing that the Third Hokage was about to step down, the Fire Country Daimyo, who had known the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen for many years, showed a regretful expression.

"It's such a pity. I think Hiruzen, you have done quite well since you assumed the position of the third Hokage. I didn't expect to retire so soon."

"Your Majesty, Daimyo, is joking. In fact, I am already over fifty years old, and my energy and strength are not as good as before. It is better to decide on the next generation of Hokage as early as possible. Moreover, the reason why Konoha is always in war,

It’s also because of my poor command.”

Hiruzen sighed and said, seeming to have made up his mind.

The Daimyo of the Land of Fire nodded, opened the folding fan in his hand and fanned it gently in front of him, which seemed full of charm.

"In that case, then, if the four of you come here together, you must have decided on the candidate for the Fourth Hokage."

Although the daimyo is nominally in the country, he has the highest administrative power and the highest military power.

However this is not absolute.

It is difficult for daimyo to interfere in the decision-making of the Five Kages, including the management of Ninja Village.

Therefore, the choice of the Fourth Hokage is the decision of Konoha Village itself. The biggest purpose of coming here is to go through a cutscene and let the daimyo serve as a witness.

After all, the Ninja Village needs financial assistance from daimyo and other nobles to be able to operate.

This contract, which has lasted for decades, may not change even after hundreds of years. It will remain unchanged forever.

"Yes, this is the person we decided on."

Deliver several documents with the same content to the daimyo and other important ministers of the Fire Nation.

These important ministers, including daimyo, were from wealthy and famous families, possessing financial and human resources that ordinary people could not match.

Located at the pinnacle of power in the Fire Nation.

This has been true for generations.

The Fire Country daimyo and other important ministers nodded slightly after reading the contents of the document.

Although the chosen candidate is a bit unexpected, it is also reasonable.

"Yellow flash? He is indeed an excellent ninja. We can hear a lot of rumors about him here. Even among the nobles, there are many girls who admire young and promising ninjas like him. Next time you come here,

Bring him here too, my daughter also wants to see him."

The Fire Country Daimyo smiled and said.

"Your Highness, Princess, is so beautiful that it is inconsistent with etiquette. Moreover, the Daimyo-dono really praises that boy Minato too much."

Hiruzen chuckled and calmly rejected the Fire Country Daimyo's proposal.

Relatives who are related to the Daimyo of the Land of Fire cannot be simple things. Especially for princesses, marriages have political purposes.

No matter what, as the Hokage, you cannot let the power classes outside the village get involved, as this will damage the Hokage's prestige and power.

"They are all young people. Maybe they have more topics to talk about than us old guys."

Facing the repeated requests from the Fire Nation daimyo, Hiruzen smiled and said nothing, showing no signs of anything unusual.

Danzo sneered silently, his eyes showing reluctance.

Because a ninja like Minato Namikaze cannot stand on his side no matter what.

But as one of Konoha's decision-makers, he must come here to attend such an important but not-so-important meeting.

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It didn't take long to decide on the matter of the Fourth Hokage. On the pretext that there were still things to deal with in the village, Hiruzen took Danzo, the three of them, and the accompanying Anbu to leave the capital of the Land of Fire and return to the Leaf Village.

The first thing I did when I returned to the village was to send ANBU to publish announcements throughout the village, letting every Konoha ninja and villager know about the news that the yellow flash Minato Namikaze would succeed the Fourth Hokage.

Konoha will also usher in a new era led by the new Hokage.

No matter what changes the village ushered in due to the change of Hokage, at the top of the Hokage building, Hiruzen summoned Minato alone.

"I'm sorry, Minato, for asking you to take on such heavy responsibilities so early."

Faced with Hiruzen's apology, Minato replied: "Please don't say that, Lord Third, since the village has decided that I will become the Fourth Hokage, I will definitely carry the burden forward."

Minato was ready for this realization.

Compared to the days of fighting on the front line, no matter how busy you are as Hokage, the road to the front line is probably more bumpy.

Moreover, this is also my dream since childhood - to become Hokage.

"I don't want to tie you to the village, but many people in the village are already dissatisfied with my conservative approach. This is the right time to make the transition."

Minato listened carefully to Hiruzen's words.

"You don't have to worry about Kumogakure. Although their movements are very strange, there are other ninjas in the village who can stop them from invading the Land of Fire. Anyway, congratulations."

A heartfelt blessing smile appeared on Hiruzen's face.

Although Minato was not his disciple, he was a Konoha ninja who almost grew up under his eyes, and he knew the ins and outs better than the others.

Minato, who recognizes and implements the meaning of the Will of Fire, will surely guide the village well in the future.

But before that, the rest of the sounds in the village must be eliminated.

Otherwise, he would not be able to truly entrust Minato with the responsibility of guiding the village.

For Minato, the task of balancing the various forces in the village was too difficult.

In short, let Minato slowly accumulate prestige and power through the work of Hokage.

When Minato has grown up, he will have almost resolved the sharp conflicts in the village, and can truly retire, leaving everything to Minato, and take care of himself.

So at this time, Hiruzen felt sorry for Minato.

On the one hand, he does not want Minato to be his puppet, but on the other hand, he hopes that Minato can exceed his expectations and let him develop Konoha.

This contradictory and complicated mood is where Hiruzen struggles.

Looking at the sky, Sandai was fascinated.

If Teacher Tobirama hadn't died at that time, the village would have looked completely different now. Hiruzen thought to himself, missing the scene at that time.

Uchiha, it's time to really deal with it. If you continue to delay, I'm afraid the situation will be extremely detrimental to the stability of the village. A sharp look flashed in Hiruzen's eyes.

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In early August, after the fourth generation Hokage's inauguration ceremony was held, Konoha officially announced to the ninja world that the yellow flash Minato Namikaze would succeed the fourth generation Hokage.

This matter, in a sense, is completely predictable.

The successor of the Fourth Hokage will only appear between the Yellow Flash and the Sannin.

And Yellow Flash becoming the Fourth Hokage means that Yellow Flash, a ninja with super strength, will not appear on the battlefield without special circumstances.

As for whether the yellow flash of becoming Hokage will make Konoha go further or go downhill, at present, it cannot be intuitively felt.

Yellow Flash is only powerful in combat. As for his leadership ability, it depends on what he does next.

No matter how turbulent the outside world is, Minato is trapped in distress and happiness.

It's a bit complacent to say this, but becoming Hokage is indeed a happy thing.

The troublesome part is that Minato doesn't have many trusted cronies under his command.

Those Jonin who have some experience are in a wait-and-see mode and rarely express their opinions directly. Like the people in the outside Ninja Village, they believe in Yellow Flash's personal strength, but it is worth thinking about what his leadership ability is.

Therefore, based on this embarrassing situation, Minato can only look for available talents from the new generation of ninjas.

For example, the Shadow Guards and their own ANBU are all formed by themselves.

Based on this embarrassing situation, the former Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen selected four squads, a total of sixteen people, from his own ANBU to serve as Minato's team and join Minato's ANBU to share Minato's duties.

pressure.

As expected, one week after Minato succeeded the Fourth Hokage, Kakashi joined Minato's direct ANBU as a ninja to assist Minato in his work. In the future, as time went by, he became the team leader and deputy minister of the ANBU.

, Minister, it will be a matter of time.

Everything is going in the right direction.

What makes Kakashi interesting is that the order given to him by the Third Hokage is to assist Minato well and just obey Minato's instructions.

Orochimaru asked him to pay more attention to the ninjutsu collection in the Hokage Building, such as forbidden jutsu and the like.

Danzo asked him to monitor Minato's every move to see if he could find some black material and use public opinion to put pressure on Minato.

Fortunately, there were no orders from Shiraishi and Kakashi was allowed to perform freely, otherwise the burden on him would be really heavy.
To be continued...