RNP Chapter 303: 3 Hokage Candidates, Orochimaru is Threatened
Chapter 303: 3 Hokage Candidates, Orochimaru is Threatened
On the first day after the Shikoku retreated, more than half of the Konoha jonin received transfer orders from the Hokage and returned to the village together.
The next day, Konoha held a meeting of all jonin. At the meeting, the Hokage announced the dissolution of the original Konoha senior team and removed all positions from Danzo Shimura, En Mito Kado, and Koharu Utane.
The three of them reacted violently at the collective meeting of the Jonin, but unfortunately any struggle and dissatisfaction were suppressed by the Third Hokage.
After disbanding Konoha's senior team, Sarutobi Hiruzen directly launched a nomination for the Fourth Hokage.
As soon as these actions were taken, everyone knew that the Third Hokage was going to abdicate, but the senior ninjas did not expect that the Hokage would act so quickly and be so decisive and resolute in his actions.
This collective meeting of the jonin lasted a whole day. After a period of public discussion, Konoha finally decided on Orochimaru, Hatake Sakumo, and Namikaze Minato as the candidates for Hokage. Five days later, the village-wide election voting will officially begin.
As one of the candidates for Hokage, Orochimaru did not have much expectation for the position of Hokage at the moment, but he did not decisively refuse the nomination like Jiraiya.
This attitude is very strange. Not only can Liuyun not understand the teacher's true thoughts, even Orochimaru himself cannot see clearly what he wants.
Becoming Hokage? Orochimaru actually had some ideas in mind. After all, the largest village in the ninja world was undoubtedly many times stronger than the Hidden Sound Village. Moreover, the Third Hokage had cleared many obstacles in advance. As long as he took the position, he would be able to control a brand new Konoha Village.
The temptation of this power is so great that Orochimaru did not want to refuse the nomination for Hokage even though he secretly formed the Sound Village.
"You really want to be the Hokage..."
In Orochimaru's residence, the master and disciple rarely got together.
"I haven't thought about this idea before, but the Hokage handed over a large part of his power today, and that position does make me a little tempted..." Orochimaru said his thoughts with a smile.
Now anyone with a discerning eye can see that without the constraints of Konoha's top brass, the Fourth Hokage is truly in control of the position.
It can be said that the Hokage has the final say in the entire Konoha. This high degree of centralization is comparable to the period when the second generation Hokage was in power.
"Okay... I respect your thoughts and decisions, but my words may not be able to help you sit in that position. The most I can do is let Kushina come forward and vote for you." Liuyun said with a smile.
He really had no way to interfere in this election, but Orochimaru was his direct teacher, which in itself was a huge political resource that no one could ignore. There was a high probability that the Third Hokage would choose Orochimaru because of this.
At present, Orochimaru has the greatest support and the highest chance of being elected Hokage. The combined support of Hatake Sakumo and Namikaze Minato is not as strong as that of Orochimaru, one of the Three Ninjas.
If nothing unexpected happens, his teacher can be successfully elected as the Fourth Hokage without Liuyun's intervention.
"If you want to be Hokage, you can no longer go to the human laboratory. If necessary, you must completely destroy the evidence. Otherwise... you will not be able to sit on the position of Hokage." Liuyun gave a serious reminder.
He remembered that Orochimaru was defeated in the original work because of this.
"Destroy? That's impossible! I put so much effort into acquiring those equipment and experimental materials. How can I just destroy them? I still have many experiments to continue researching..."
Compared to the position and power of Hokage, scientific research is obviously more attractive to Orochimaru.
"..."
Liuyun was indeed a little helpless, but he didn't say much about it. He had already persuaded Orochimaru if he needed to. Whether Orochimaru listened or not was his business. Maybe deep down in his heart he didn't really want to be Hokage?
After talking about Orochimaru, one of the three candidates for Hokage, we have to mention the other two candidates for Hokage.
Hatake Sakumo, a tragic character in the original work who was supposed to die soon, was deviated from the trajectory of his future fate because of Liuyun's existence.
The Third Hokage of this world should not have abdicated so quickly, nor should the election for the Fourth Hokage have started so quickly.
Kakashi was only 3 years old at the moment, and it was still a few years before Hatake Sakumo committed suicide in the original novel, so with his strength and reputation at this stage, he was definitely qualified to run for the Fourth Hokage.
In fact, Hatake Sakumo's popularity in the Hokage election is much higher than that of Namikaze Minato. Minato is only a little famous at the moment, and he hasn't even received the title of "Golden Flash" yet...
If it weren't for Jiraiya, the teacher, who strongly recommended his disciple, Konoha might only have two candidates for Hokage right now...
In this period of the original work, Hatake Sakumo's fame and reputation were ranked above the three ninjas, and Konoha even gave him the power to wear the "Hokage Half Sleeves", which actually foreshadowed that if nothing unexpected happened, Hatake Sakumo would be the next Fourth Hokage.
If Ryuun did not exist, at this time, Orochimaru's influence would generally be less than that of Hatake Sakumo.
Because of the existence of Ryuun, the Third Hokage is now more inclined to let Orochimaru be the Hokage.
Although his beloved disciple was becoming increasingly dissatisfied with him, or even impatient... Sarutobi Hiruzen was still full of confidence and expectations in him.
On the second day after the Jonin Conference ended, Sarutobi Hiruzen announced to all the villagers of Konoha that he had officially resigned as the Third Hokage.
The villagers of Konoha were not surprised by his decision, because a few years ago, the Hokage had promised to abdicate immediately after the war ended, and today was just fulfilling his promise.
After the Third Hokage announced his abdication, he used his abdication speech to encourage the villagers of Konoha to vote actively and jointly elect the new Fourth Hokage.
The voting will take effect tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. The results will be confirmed on the third day, and the Fourth Hokage will officially take office five days later.
Late this night.
Danzo Shimura personally showed up at Orochimaru's residence, and the two had a secret conversation for a long time.
Danzo Shimura first gave Orochimaru many research results and materials about human experiments, and then gave him many benefits and promises that made Orochimaru very excited.
He wanted Orochimaru to help him after he became the Fourth Hokage, and it would be best if he could continue to control the Root organization.
It’s a pity that Orochimaru turned a blind eye to his request and even claimed that even if he became Hokage, he would not help Danzo in the slightest.
It was just because his beloved disciple hated the other party very much. Although Liuyun told him that it was not Danzo Shimura who kidnapped Asuka that year, after that incident, Orochimaru still did not have any good feelings towards Danzo Shimura.
After the breakdown of the negotiations, Danzo Shimura calmly produced a lot of criminal evidence, which could fully prove that Orochimaru was a villain with evil intentions. There was a lot of evidence of his kidnapping and harming the people, and even clues and evidence of Orochimaru's participation in human experiments.
It can be said that as long as these evidences are made public by Danzo Shimura, Orochimaru will not only miss the position of Hokage, but even his ability to stay in Konoha Village will be a problem.
Orochimaru's "butt" is indeed very dirty. The Root can be easily found as long as one is willing to collect clues. Danzo has been holding these things in his hands so that he can use them to negotiate with Orochimaru one day. This is also one of his escape routes.