If you don't want to unify the ninja world, why are you crying about the ninja village system?

"Teacher...I promise you..."

Jiraiya finally made a decision.

"But... before the Chunin Exam begins, I want to ask Tsunade to come back. If she is willing to be the Hokage, then let her be the first. After all... she is the granddaughter of the Shodaime. She is more suitable to be the Hokage than me!"

"Of course, if time is running out and Tsunade is unwilling to come back... then I will take over this position!"

Jiraiya's words made the three of them fall into deep thought.

But soon, they compromised.

"Jiraiya! I'll leave the important task to you! I will take some people and leave Konoha first, you must remember not to make it known!"

Jiraiya nodded.

"I understand, teacher!"

The three of them stood up and left. Before leaving, the Third Hokage handed the clothes that belonged only to the Hokage to Jiraiya.

Jiraiya looked at the thing he had longed for as a child and now it was in his hands, and a look of helplessness appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Alas... Why is the peace I long for always destroyed by various accidents?"

Root station.

Mito Kado En looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen and spoke hesitantly.

"Monkey, who do we need to take with us this time? If we take too many people with us, it might attract the attention of other countries!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen narrowed his eyes and looked carefully over Mito Kado En twice.

I just said that I would hand over the position of Hokage to Jiraiya, and just took off those clothes, and he called me a monkey?

But this was not the time to worry about these things, the thought just flashed through his mind.

"Old man, you are right. We can't take too many people away this time."

"I decided to take away the chiefs of the Ino, Shika and Chou clans and the elite jonin of their clans."

Seeing that Sarutobi Hiruzen had already made up his mind, Mito Kado En and Utane Koharu said nothing.

Everyone knows that the Ino, Shika and Chou clans are all Sarutobi Hiruzen's cronies.

He has basically arranged the young leaders of the three tribes to serve under his son Asuma Sarutobi, and now he has begun to pave the way for Asuma!

Now in the Hidden Leaf Village, only these three families can barely make it to the stage.

As for why Sarutobi doesn't win over the Hyuga clan, the strongest clan in Konoha?

Many years ago, his cowardice led to the death of Hyuga Hiashi's brother and caused the Hyuga clan to lose their respect. He has long been hated by the Hyuga clan.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to win them over, it’s just that it’s impossible to win them over!

"Monkey, can we take some of the Aburame clan with us?"

Looking at the panic on Mito Kado En's face, Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled coldly.

"If everyone leaves, won't Konoha become an empty shell?"

"And, it's not us! You stay and assist Jiraiya. As for me, I will take all the jonin from the three clans away on the pretext of carrying out a secret mission!"

"What? Monkey you..."

Mizuto Menen was horrified. He never expected that Sarutobi Hiruzen actually wanted to keep him!

"Me what? We are all for Konoha, for the consciousness of fire!"

"If Utane Koharu and I were to leave, it would cause others to question and panic. Of course, I will leave a clone in Konoha, so you don't have to worry. If something happens, we will come to reinforce as soon as possible and catch the other party off guard."

"Of course, don't think so badly. Maybe my intuition is wrong?"

Mizuto Menen gritted his teeth as he looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen's face full of wrinkles and deep eyes.

He believed that if he didn't agree now, he might disappear.

"it is good..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen seemed to feel a little sorry for his old friend, and he consoled him, "Don't worry, Asuma, I'll stay in Konoha too, you don't have to worry about anything."

Hearing this, Mizuto Menyan breathed a sigh of relief.

However, he did not notice that Sarutobi Hiruzen's hands had been clenched tightly.

It's not like he hadn't talked to his son about this, but unfortunately his son had been too deeply brainwashed by the Fire Consciousness. He actually said that the Chunin Exams were approaching and as a teacher of Class 10, he couldn't let his students down.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was filled with pain and disappointment about this.

I arranged three students for you to consolidate your future rule!

I didn't ask you to risk your life!

As a politician who had been in a high position for a long time, he left the precarious Konoha to Minato during the Third World War. After Minato revived Konoha from despair, he could not wait to take the office of Hokage again. He used the reason of consolidating Konoha, but he was too greedy for power and did not elect a new Hokage for many years.

He even swallowed up all the wealth that Kushina, the princess of a fallen country, and Minato had obtained from his missions, and used it for his own consumption to win over the rest of the ninja clans.

He secretly spread the rumor that Naruto was the Nine-tailed Demon Fox, and openly used the pension that would be spent on buying a few buckets of paint every month to give to Naruto in the name of himself and the village.

During his tenure, he was extremely cowardly in order to consolidate his rule. He did everything he could to gain power, including ceding land and paying compensation. He even acquiesced in Danzo's extermination of the Uchiha clan because he felt that the Uchiha sword was difficult to control.

What is he doing all this for? For whom?

The Hokage's son is still the Hokage, isn't that all for Asuma?

What was the result? After all the hard work he put in over the years, that guy showed no appreciation for the sake of the consciousness of fire!

Stupid!

Mizuto Menyan felt slightly relieved after hearing this.

"Monkey, I hope you remember what you said!"

After saying that, Mizuto Menyan left the Root base with a grim look on his face.

Seeing this, Utane Koharu sighed.

"Hiruzen...is this arrangement really okay?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen had his back to her, so she couldn't see his expression.

"It's all for Konoha."

......

The country of waves.

The new Team 7 and a few other members have arrived at the Imperial Bridge area created by Nagato.

"Zusuke, your illusion technique has improved again!"

Mingren watched Sakura obey Sasuke's orders and he couldn't help but praise her.

"Humph!"

Zuo Zhu snorted coldly.

Mingren smiled, he didn't care about Zuozhu's attitude.

It has been like this for so many years.

"So our Team 7 is formed! From now on you will stay here temporarily, and I, Sasuke, and Kakashi will go to Konoha together!"

"Once I find your variants, I will bring them back with Flying Thunder God. You will replace them and then participate in the Chunin Exam of this world!"

Akito started talking about his next plan.

Mingren of the empire has been gifted with great strength since childhood, and because of his strength, this operation is basically led by him.

Even Kakashi confidently handed the decision-making power to Mingren.

"I see. It's really troublesome."

Luwan nodded.

"Well, trouble!"

Gaara gave Akito a gentle smile.

Sasuke looked unhappy and glared at Gaara.

"We are all working for the empire, there is no trouble!"

Sasuke glanced at Gaara, then he looked at Akito.

"I don't know how much you have improved during this period. If I wasn't afraid of delaying the empire's mission, I would really like to spar with you right now!"

Mingren scratched his head and smiled awkwardly.

"Sasuke, why are you in such a hurry? As far as I know, the Chunin Exam in their world requires a one-on-one duel. At that time..."