Comprehensive comic: Starting from the Soul Society and cutting through all the worlds

As for Ye Cheng's lateness, the Konoha high-ups and people who are familiar with Ye Cheng have long been accustomed to it.

Except for the current Uchiha clan leader, Uchiha Fugaku, who was somewhat dissatisfied with Ye Cheng's behavior, the other bigwigs present did not say anything.

There is no other reason, because Ye Cheng has a strong backing. If it is a major issue, it would be fine, but for a small matter like being late, they don't want to be too harsh on him.

Senju Yecheng, just by hearing this surname, you know that Yecheng is from that family in Konoha.

Although the Senju clan has declined today, they were once the largest clan in Konoha. In fact, the entire Konoha was founded by the Senju clan and the Uchiha clan.

As a genius among the now declining Thousand Hands clan, Ye Cheng is highly expected by the clan.

Apart from anything else, just because of his identity as a member of the "Thousand Hands Clan", everyone present would give him some face.

After all, even the current Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, and his two advisors Utane Koharu and Mito Kado Homura, are still disciples of the Second Hokage Senju Tobirama.

The first and second Hokage devoted themselves to the entire Konoha, and the Senju clan suffered countless casualties in the previous Ninja World War, and there are only a few members left in the clan.

Not to mention that Ye Cheng is now a famous genius in Konoha. Even if he is a small fry, the clan leaders present would not be overly harsh on him for the sake of their own face.

What's more, in addition to being a member of the Senju clan, Ye Cheng is also one of the "Three Ninjas of Konoha" and a disciple of Princess Tsunade.

This means that as the great-disciple of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, Yagiro is still a genuine descendant of the Hokage lineage.

The old man of the third generation was holding a pipe in his hand, standing in the C position in the crowd and talking freely, while a group of idle people around him kept nodding in agreement, which showed how high his prestige was.

Since the Second Hokage died in the Land of Lightning, Sarutobi Hiruzen succeeded as the Third Hokage, and after winning a great victory in the Second Ninja World War, Sarutobi Hiruzen has secured the position of Hokage.

The current Konoha Village should be considered to be at its most prosperous stage. Sarutobi Hiruzen has been praising each other for business with the current Five Kage, becoming the so-called "strongest of the Five Kage."

As one of the few remaining members of the Thousand Hands clan, Ye Cheng's status was no lower than that of others.

But because he was too young, and like Minato, he was only a third-generation disciple of the Hokage lineage, so he was now squeezed to the outermost edge of the crowd.

The other ninja clan leaders were all flattering the Third Hokage, but he and Minato, as plug-ins behind Jiraiya, didn't even have the chance to speak at this moment.

"This time, the Hokage has gathered so many ninja clan leaders in the village, even Master Jiraiya and Master Orochimaru. It must be a very important matter, right?"

Hearing Minato's curious question, Ye Cheng thought about the current timeline, then looked at the worried Third Hokage in the crowd, and said uncertainly: "Could this be the beginning of the Third Ninja World War?"

"Don't joke, the Ninja World has been peaceful for a long time since the end of the Second Ninja World War.

Moreover, there are no conflicts among the five major ninja villages, so how could the Third Ninja World War suddenly break out?"

Hearing what Ye Cheng said, Minato immediately shook his head in denial, and said that when a Ninja World War breaks out, there is usually a fuse, but the current Ninja World is very peaceful, and although there are some minor frictions between the five major Ninja villages, it will not lead to a major war.

"Minato, you are now a jonin in Konoha, why are you still so naive?

Is there so-called peace in this ninja world? Human desires are endless. Once life becomes comfortable, desires will expand accordingly.

The conflicts between the five major ninja villages have been going on for a long time. If they really want to start a war, they don’t need any fuse at all. They can start a war just by bringing up old issues.”

Ye Cheng was a little disdainful of Minato's idea, but it was quite normal for Minato to have such an idea now.

After all, the young man has not really experienced the Ninja War, and he is still young and does not understand the darkness of the Ninja world and the methods of those shady old men.

"Yashiro, do you have any news about Tsunade, or if you can find her?"

Ye Cheng and Shuimen were still whispering on the periphery, but the next second, a word from Sandaime made everyone's attention focused on Ye Cheng.

And the words he had just said to Minato were naturally clearly heard by the third generation and others.

"Ah this..., Hokage-sama, and fellow village elders, I was just bragging to Minato.

Especially Hokage-sama, the old scoundrel I just mentioned definitely didn't refer to you and Danzo-sama or anything like that, I hope you don't take it to heart."

The Third Hokage, who originally didn't care too much about this, couldn't help but twitch his face when he heard Ye Cheng's explanation that was trying to cover up the truth.

If there weren't so many people outside the venue, the Third Hokage swore that he would definitely let Ye Cheng know what the price would be for secretly plotting against his elders.

However, while his old face was twitching, the Third Hokage looked at Ye Cheng with a look of admiration.

Although Ye Cheng has many flaws, it is undeniable that his vision, analytical ability, and even overall view are quite outstanding.

If you want to become a superior, strength is only one factor. It is also very important to have extraordinary means and a broad perspective.

At this point, the Third Hokage has only seen two promising talents in his Hokage lineage.

One of them was Orochimaru, whom he had high hopes for, and the other one was Tsunade's disciple, Yagiro.

To become a Hokage, vision, skills, strength, fame and status are all essential.

Among his three disciples, Orochimaru is undoubtedly more suitable to become Hokage than Jiraiya and Tsunade.

Although Tsunade, as the granddaughter of the first and second Hokage, has an advantage in status and position, as a woman, she is always too emotional and easily dragged down by emotions. She is unable to make correct judgments on major issues and seek more benefits for the village.

As for the disciples of the "Three Ninjas of Konoha", that is, his own generation of disciples and grandchildren, as far as we can see now, Yecheng and Minato are also very outstanding children.

Minato is a positive and optimistic person. Although he was born a civilian ninja, he is very talented. He has a very high reputation among the Konoha ninjas and is deeply trusted by his companions.

As for Ye Cheng..., his strength and talent are also impeccable. Even when Tsunade left the village and left him alone, he was still able to grow wildly and even reached his current strength. Whether it is talent or potential, even the Third Hokage has never seen such a unique one.

In terms of genius alone, the Third Hokage even felt that Ye Cheng could be compared with his teacher, the Second Hokage who developed many ninjutsu and forbidden techniques.