When Hyugazo had a friendly meeting with the leader of the former Akatsuki organization, the Hokage Building also received an information scroll.
The Third Hokage sitting at the desk has aged a few years, and his hands began to tremble slightly as he read the official documents. Recently, he has not been greedy for power. He can't find any ninja to share the pressure.
The pursuit of the Akatsuki organization, the reconstruction of the village and the exposed scandals can crush him at any time.
Glancing at the seal on the scroll, Sandai untied the scroll and began to read the report from Hyugazo carefully.
He still agreed with Hyugazo's ability. Except that he was not from the Hyuga clan, he was almost the strongest among the younger generation of the Hyuga clan. However, the clan was destined not to get an important position in the Hokage Building.
After reading it, Sandai's face looked gloomy, as if he had swallowed a fly, and he was very uncomfortable.
Hyugazo's report mentioned that the investors behind the Tailed Beast Chamber of Commerce were all well-known nobles and officials in the Daming City, and vaguely pointed to the Daimyo of the Land of Fire in the Daming Mansion.
The Daimyo of the Fire Country is the leader of the Fire Country, and Konoha Hidden Village is also nominally loyal to the Daimyo.
Although the Konoha Village can be self-sufficient in the economy to a certain extent, the funds of the Daming Palace are also an important part, at least the Anbu, and the Anbu's funds come from this.
If this funding were lost, Naruto would not be able to have so many independent armed forces.
Therefore, even with the transcendent martial arts, the Hokage has always respected the daimyo and will not interfere in each other's affairs.
Regarding the Tailed Beast Chamber of Commerce, continuing the investigation will inevitably involve the daimyo and affect the relationship between the daimyo and the shinobi village. Perhaps we can use the traditional method of defeating the superior to give suggestions.
But he was caught in a scandal. Even if he was deposed by the daimyo and elected another Hokage, there would probably not be much opposition from the ninja clan and civilian ninjas. He could not think of anyone in the village today who would be suitable to become Hokage...
Unless Minato can bring Kushina and Naruto back together, will the controlled Hokage still be Hokage?
Pressing his temples to try to relieve the headache, the Third Hokage felt powerless and could only put it on hold indefinitely to continue investigating the Tailed Beast Chamber of Commerce.
"It would be nice if Danzo was still here, maybe he has some better suggestions..."
The Third Hokage began to miss Danzo again. Although Danzo was often disobedient, it would be difficult for the village to function normally without him. After all, they were friends who had worked together for many years.
A few months ago, his first thought when choosing his successor was that it couldn't be Danzo. Now even if he wanted to let Danzo take over as Hokage, he couldn't do it because Danzo had turned into a big tree.
Hall at the root.
The only ones left who are qualified to become Hokage are Jiraiya and Tsunade.
But again, if they want to become Hokage, they can become Hokage at any time, but he doesn't want to.
Among the younger generation of elite Jonin, Hinata's achievements and strength are not enough, and his status as a branch is destined to not become Hokage. Yamato is too reckless, Kai is too upright, and Shisui cannot become a leader.
As for the troublesome second son, I wanted him to become Hokage, but he was not qualified.
In this way, among the younger generation whose achievements are good enough and their strength meets the standard, only Kakashi and Uchibo are left. They both have the strength to meet the Kage, and their relationship with the village jounin is not bad.
The Third Hokage actually prefers the latter. The latter has enough strength to fight the Akatsuki leader and can appease the unstable factor of Uchiha, but it is Uchiha.
The Hokage series has always had several principles in selecting Hokage: to protect his companions, not to be a ninja from a rich clan, and not to be an Uchiha.
Uchibo violated two principles at once, which will also affect the policy towards the ninja clan since the second generation. So many years of efforts to balance the ninja clan and the ninja village will be in vain.
Uchiha is the number one ninja village in Konoha, and Oto is inextricably linked to the Hyuga clan. It is bound to make the Hokage Building a hall of truth for Uchiha and Hinata, restoring the situation to the Warring States Period.
But if you choose Kakashi, it will be difficult to convince the public, and there will inevitably be another open and secret fight in the village.
This has also been the worry of the Third Hokage, unable to choose a truly suitable successor.
Thinking of this, Sandai's mind gradually became dizzy, but more government and military affairs needed to be handled by him, so he said into the air beside him: "Go and call the two consultants over for help."
"Yes, Third Generation-sama." The ANBU in the darkness responded and disappeared.
Soon, there was a knock on the office door. It was not the consultant duo but an ANBU team directly under the Hokage.
The third generation glanced at the team in front of him and remembered that their mission was to track down the whereabouts of the Akatsuki organization, so he asked: "Is there anything gained from tracking the Akatsuki organization?"
The ANBU team leader took out a map of the Land of Fire, took a step forward and said.
"Third generation sir, my subordinates were chasing the Akatsuki organization's chakra all the way this time, but were finally forced to stop here and lost their traces."
With that said, the ANBU team leader took out a few more photos and placed them in front of the Third Hokage.
Seeing the devastated land in the photo, the Third Hokage frowned and said: "At this time, where is the Kingdom of Wind or the Kingdom of Earth, and the Akatsuki Organization has traveled so far all of a sudden?"
"It's the hinterland of the Fire Country." The ANBU team leader pointed out the specific location.
"The hinterland of the Country of Fire..." Sandai's expression changed slightly. He even suspected that the scene in the photo was a crater, but he was told that this was the hinterland of the Country of Fire, and it was once a forest.
"Did the Akatsuki organization encounter other shadows?"
The third generation fell into thinking and then said: "Or maybe the Akatsuki organization has experienced another internal strife and rebel ninjas have emerged. If this is the case, it will be good news for the entire ninja world."
After a pause, the third generation looked at the ANBU team leader: "Is there any more information?"
The ANBU team leader shook his head: "Subordinates don't dare to get too close. They usually conduct investigations after half a day. However, there were many ordinary people watching the excitement on the battlefield."
"Ordinary people?" Sandai frowned.
The ANBU team leader said seriously: "They are ordinary people. My subordinates have specially observed that they can't even refine the chakra in their bodies. They were even robbed by bandits once on the way."
"That's good."
The third generation nodded. If those people were ninjas, even if they were students who had not graduated from the ninja school, he would be wary of them, but if they were just ordinary people, there was no need to take them to heart.
The reason why the ninja world is called the ninja world is that ninjas occupy absolute power.
Even a genin who has just graduated from a ninja school can easily deal with a dozen or so ordinary people. Otherwise, wandering ninjas would not have to resort to ninja extermination.
This chapter has been completed!