Naruto's strongest wooden escape

"A bunch of guys who follow the trend." Nara Shikaku complained secretly in his heart.

"Shikaku, tell me, who in Konoha Village is most likely to become the fourth Hokage?" On the side, Akimichi Choza poked Nara Shikaku and asked with an honest face.

"If you ask me, it should be Minato." Nara Shikaku curled his lips and said impatiently.

It's very simple.

There are only six candidates in total for the Fourth Hokage.

Both Jiraiya and Tsunade made it clear that they did not want to be Hokage, so there were only four people left.

Hatake Sakumo had a bad background, and Uchiha Matsuri had a "too good" background, so these two people were also excluded.

As a result, the only candidates for the Fourth Hokage are Orochimaru and Namikaze Minato.

However, based on the behavior of the Third Hokage these days, Nara Shikaku speculated that Orochimaru should have been abandoned.

First, the Third Hokage did not send Orochimaru to the last two expeditions. For such an excellent opportunity to make a contribution, the Third Hokage did not send Orochimaru. This only shows that Orochimaru seems to have lost power.

Second, judging from the post-war propaganda of recent wars, Namikaze Minato has been the core of the Third Hokage's propaganda and praise.From this, Nara Shikaku keenly felt that the Third Hokage seemed to be intentionally improving Namikaze Minato's reputation in the Leaf Village.

Third, Orochimaru did not attend the meeting today!

That's right, as the proud disciple of the Third Hokage and a Kage-level expert in Konoha, Orochimaru did not attend today's meeting.

This makes people think a lot.

Previously, the Third Hokage had refused Orochimaru's request to join the army and attend meetings on the grounds that Orochimaru was injured.

However, what kind of serious illness caused Orochimaru to be ill for three consecutive years and unable to participate in any activities in the village?

From this point of view, it seems very incomprehensible that Orochimaru has not recovered from his injury.

According to Nara Shikaku, the only explanation for Orochimaru's absence from these activities may be that the Third Hokage deliberately did not allow Orochimaru to participate.

It was obvious enough that the Third Hokage suppressed Hatake Sakumo and Uchiha Matsuri in order to support the Feng Shui Gate.The current Orochimaru is most likely following in the footsteps of Hatake Sakumo and Uchiha Matsuri.

"Minato?" Yamanaka Kai turned his head and participated in the discussion, "I think the possibility of sacrifice is greater than Minato."

In terms of strength, no one would think that Uchiha Matsuri, who mastered both the Wood Release and the Mangekyō Sharingan, was not as strong as Namikaze Minato.

Especially "Ino Shikacho", a person who has personally participated in the war, knows that Uchiha Matsuri's actual combat ability is way ahead of Namikaze Minato.

In terms of experience, both of them are political novices, so at this point, the two can only regretfully tie.

As for public support, Yamanaka Kaiichi believes that if Konoha's top management publicizes it based on the truth, the Uchiha Festival will definitely gain more public support than Namikaze Minato.

"Impossible!" After hearing Yamanaka Haiichi's words, Nara Shikaku mercilessly rejected Yamanaka Haiichi's idea, "Uchiha Matsuri cannot be the Fourth Hokage."

"Didn't you realize that Uchiha Matsuri didn't attend this meeting at all?" Nara Shikaku asked.

A Hokage heir who was about to be announced did not attend the "Hokage Election" meeting. It was unjustifiable both emotionally and rationally.

It was precisely after seeing this that Nara Shikaku firmly said that Uchiha Matsuri could not be the Fourth Hokage.

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bsp; "Where did Matsuri go? It's strange, why didn't he attend such an important meeting?" Akimichi Dingzao scratched his head and asked with squinted eyes.

In order to ensure that most of the Jonin in Konoha Village can attend this meeting, the Third Hokage had modified the task schedule half a month ago, and postponed many unimportant tasks for the village by one day.

"He went to Kyoto." Nara Shikaku snorted, and then fell silent.

"As expected, it was the old fox who took advantage of the opportunity of assigning missions to send Uchiha Matsuri away, and then gave him the status of a temporary captain and let him stay in Kyoto for a while." Nara Shikaku thought to himself.

"When Uchiha Matsuri comes back, everything will be settled. Namikaze Minato has already ascended to the position of Hokage. No matter how much Uchiha Matsuri resists in his heart, he will have to accept the arrangement of the Third Hokage..."

That's right.

The Third Hokage arranged for Uchiha Matsuri to go to Kyoto at this special time, which was entirely intentional. His main purpose was to drive away Uchiha Matsuri.

As ninjas who have been supported by the Third Hokage since childhood, Uchiha Matsuri and Namikaze Minato have embarked on two completely different paths in life.

Ironically, just when Minato Namikaze was about to become the Fourth Hokage and reach the pinnacle of his life, Uchiha Matsuri was "sent" to Kyoto by the Third Hokage and experienced a very long trough in his life.

……

The meeting is still going on.

Holding his pipe in his mouth, the Third Hokage glanced at the people present, and then slowly said: "The candidate for the Fourth Hokage must be of good moral character, strong, have strong appeal and appeal in the village, and be dedicated to his work. , not afraid of setbacks, able to serve Konoha wholeheartedly, inherit and carry forward the 'Will of Fire' of the first generation..."

After a pause, the Third Hokage then asked: "With such conditions, I wonder if anyone has any recommendations?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Koharu, who was sleeping next to the Third Hokage, took the lead and said: "As a high-ranking official in Konoha, I recommend Minato Namikaze to be the Fourth Hokage."

"I second the proposal." Mito Kadoyan, who is also a high-ranking Konoha executive, said before moving to Koharu.

"I support Namikaze Minato to become the Fourth Hokage."

"Me too."

……

After hearing that the two top leaders of Konoha expressed their opinions, many jounin in the audience all agreed and supported Minato Namikaze as the fourth Hokage of Konoha.

"As the leader of the Uchiha clan, I recommend Uchiha Matsuri as the fourth generation Hokage." Uchiha Fugaku said suddenly.

Among the echoes, a different voice suddenly appeared.

Hearing someone recommending the Uchiha Festival, the ninjas in the audience stopped talking and turned their attention to Uchiha Fugaku who raised his hands.

"I also recommend Uchiha Matsuri as the Fourth Hokage." Namikaze Minato then said.

"Yes, what else?" The Third Hokage continued to ask.

"As the leader of the Aburame clan, I recommend Minato Namikaze!"

"As the leader of the Inuzuka clan, I recommend Minato Namikaze."

"I agree."

"I also agree."

……

For an entire hour, the Jonin in the conference room expressed their stance one after another.

In the end, Namikaze Minato received 157 votes, Uchiha Matsuri received 7 votes, and Orochimaru, Hatake Sakumo, and Nara Shikaku received 1 vote each.