Traveling through three generations: Orochimaru, you become the Hokage

He continued to look at the documents on the table carefully. To solve the problems faced by the village now, he must have a sufficient understanding of the village.

As he watched, he frowned. Konoha Village system, major ninja clans, domestic intelligence, and foreign intelligence.

It was clearly called a village, but after the Nine-Tails Rebellion, it was involved in countless things. It is true that Konoha has an administrative department to assist the Hokage in handling government affairs, but these are extraordinary times, and he, the Hokage, must take care of things and be busy.

If the Fourth Hokage had not died...

He was stunned.

Yes, he seems to be a retired Hokage who had to step in to stabilize the situation because his successor, the Fourth Hokage, died.

And after the death of the fourth generation, is it possible that the village cannot choose another Hokage?

Thinking of this, he waved.

The meaning is obvious.

Whoosh! A man appeared beside him, half kneeling on the ground.

The ANBU members who were nearby to protect Hokage should also be his confidants.

"Lord Hokage, what are your orders?"

"you,"

I originally wanted to ask, who do you think can be the Hokage in the village?

But I thought about it, this might be regarded as a political statement to some extent.

He wasn't sure if word would get out.

More importantly, he was not sure whether his confidants would misunderstand what he meant, thinking that he was going to reveal something to attract people's attention.

After all, political tricks in Japan seem to be very accustomed to playing "ventriloquism", and confidants are usually people who can interpret the ventriloquism of their bosses. Who knows whether this confidant will self-righteously interpret ventriloquism and then act?

He couldn't say that he asked just because he wanted to know who in the village could be the Hokage, right? It's too suspicious to say that.

Moreover, as an old Hokage, how could you not know who in the village can be the Hokage?

When you ask this, you will definitely be considered to have ulterior motives.

So, you can't say that.

Be more tactful.

"Who do you think is more reliable in the village?"

"...Of course the advisors and elders, and your disciple Orochimaru-sama."

This is a word that does not offend either side.

And he immediately grasped the point.

His disciple, Orochimaru.

If someone is emphasized as a disciple, then he is definitely a successor. This is undoubtedly the most reliable in terms of politics. Judging from the fact that the deceased Fourth Hokage was a young man, Konoha's Hokage succession should be quite stable. With such stability, there should be no coup to come to power, and he is only the third and fourth generation.

This stable succession ensures that the succession will not involve too much political risk. Coupled with his status as a disciple, Orochimaru should be a good choice.

He thought for a moment.

"Call Orochimaru over."

"yes."

Disappeared instantly.

He took a drag of his cigarette silently.

After a while, the door to the Hokage's office was opened. Under the not-so-bright light of the desk lamp, a man with a cold aura all over his body, long black hair hanging down, skin as pale as death, and sharp purple eyeshadow walked in. got this office.

Seeing this person, he frowned. This image was not very friendly.

Even in the eyes of ordinary people, it is a bit scary. It is true that the profession of ninja is extremely terrifying, but Konoha is an official institution of an orthodox power. It is best for the leader of an official institution of such an orthodox power to be cordial.

But then he thought about it, he wanted to retire, why bother with so much.

"Orochimaru."

He spoke.

Orochimaru was stunned. The teacher who spoke gave him a very subtle and different feeling.

His first thought was that the teacher had noticed something?

It doesn't seem strange. After all, he is his teacher. Even though he is old, he is still the Ninja hero.

But soon, he saw obvious fatigue from the old face of the teacher in front of him.

His heart suddenly trembled, and a subtle trace of pity and sympathy arose, but there was also some ridicule and contempt. There is also some fear, fear that oneself will become like this, such decay, old age, incompetence, weakness...

A certain Third Hokage did this on purpose, deliberately showing such fatigue.

He looked tired and said: "Orochimaru, what do you think of the village now?"

"...It's not good."

With the death of the fourth generation and the losses caused by the Nine-Tails Rebellion, the old Jinchuuriki had just passed away and the new Jinchuuriki had not yet grown. Tsunade ran away from Konoha because of psychological trauma, and Jiraiya, that idiot, was still obsessed with the prophecies of those toads and never came back.

Although several years have passed, it must be said that White Fang's death was a great loss to the village, both in terms of losing a strong man and in terms of people's hearts.

What cannot be ignored is that the Uchiha clan was placed in a very subtle position because of the strange behavior of the Nine-Tails on the Night of the Nine-Tails.

The strongest clan in Konoha has a suspicious stance, and there is also a group of elders who are behind it. The whole of Konoha is now in panic. It can be said that the people's hearts are becoming more and more scattered.

All major ninja clans are also agitated, and spies from major countries are constantly moving around, trying to find every opportunity to stir up trouble.

It can be said that the situation is ugly.

Yes, it’s no wonder that the old teacher is so tired when faced with such an ugly situation. Moreover, during this Nine-Tails Rebellion, the teacher's closest friend, Lady Biwako, had also...suffered such blows one after another. It's no wonder that the teacher gave him a different feeling than before.

Orochimaru had an enlightenment and accepted the feeling that his current teacher gave him, that something was different.

"Yes, it's very bad. The situation in the village is very bad, and I'm already old. It's really difficult to support myself."

The meaning revealed in these words.

Orochimaru's heart moved, and he noticed something, but soon felt that he had thought too much. As far as he knew, when people get old, they like to express themselves very much.

Moreover, it is not ruled out that teachers are trying to draw a bigger pie.

Ventriloquism hints, but as long as it's not explicitly stated, it's not a promise.

A shameful trick by a superior.

However, it turns out that Orochimaru still thought too deeply, or in other words, the development of things was beyond Orochimaru's understanding.

"Orochimaru, you should be the fifth Hokage."

For a moment, the atmosphere became a little solid.

The ANBU lurking nearby did not dare to breathe at this moment.

And Orochimaru also stayed in place.

After a while, he suppressed the sudden impact and his heartbeat was a little too fast, but his voice could not hide the dryness and asked: "Teacher, what did you say?"

The Third Hokage took a slow drag on his cigarette, exhaled the misty smoke, and said to Orochimaru through the smoke.

"I said, you be the fifth Hokage."

"..."

His pale throat couldn't help but twitch slightly. Through the smoke, he could vaguely look at the old and tired face with solemn and sincere eyes.

He was sure that the teacher was serious.