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Chapter 182 Just be a good Hokage in Konoha, Fugaku!

"Sarutobi Hiruzen, I think you are getting old and confused!"

The sudden voice, coupled with the momentum of the intruder, made everyone's eyes instantly fall on Uchiha Fugaku.

Everyone present was either stunned, shocked, or in disbelief.

When the Hokage was negotiating with the Kirigakure delegation, the head of the Uchiha clan not only intruded without permission, but also directly scolded the Hokage. Even if this Hokage was only the acting Hokage, an acting Hokage was still a Hokage, and Sarutobi Hiruzen himself was the Sandaime Hokage.

The most important thing is that the person who did all this was actually Uchiha Fugaku!

In the hearts of countless jonin in Konoha, Fugaku has always been a man with great ambitions and a desire for the position of Hokage, but with an extremely calm personality.

To put it nicely, it means taking the overall situation into consideration.

To put it bluntly, it means being cautious.

That's why they couldn't believe that this was something Uchiha Fugaku could do.

The faces of everyone present changed slightly. They didn't know what Uchiha Fugaku meant by suddenly barging in. Logically speaking, the super engineering cooperation among the three countries of Feng, Shui and Huo was originally negotiated by you, Fugaku, and the Fourth Hokage. What did you mean by jumping out to oppose it now?

He also humiliated the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen in public.

Could it be that the battle with Kumogakure, coupled with the current situation in the village, has driven the head of the Uchiha clan crazy? !
"Fugaku, do you know what you are talking about?!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen shouted coldly, but in his heart he was secretly delighted as he looked at Mangetsu Kizuna with a slightly gloomy face.

He knew that Uchiha Itachi would not let him down.

Using Uchiha Itachi as bait, he incited the Uchiha clan members who longed for the position of Hokage and wanted to stand up, and set up Fugaku, the head of the clan, to force him to oppose the cooperation between Konoha and Kirigakure, thus incurring the disgust of Kirigakure.

Now it seems that his plan has been completely successful!

"Do you need me to repeat what I am saying to you?"

Uchiha Fugaku walked into the Sarutobi clan's residence with a cold face and looked at Mangetsu Kizuki: "At the beginning, the Fourth Hokage and I went to the Iron Country to discuss the cooperation project of the Fengshui and Fire Three Kingdoms Super Project, but due to various accidents, the meeting was forced to stop."

"But you've already signed the contract."

Hozuki Mangetsu narrowed his eyes, knowing that Fugaku had come with bad intentions: "The agreement is signed by you, Uchiha Fugaku. You signed it yourself, don't you recognize it?"

"I signed it myself, of course I recognize it, but will Konoha recognize it?"

Uchiha Fugaku snorted coldly, and the words he said stunned everyone present. Fei Hiruzen seemed to have thought of something, his face changed drastically, and he directly accused: "Uchiha clan leader, please stop being unreasonable! The cooperation between Kirigakure and us is a major event that benefits the country and the people. We have no reason to refuse, and even less reason to decline!"

"Benefit the country and the people? Benefit whose country, benefit whose people!"

"What does the alliance between Feng Shui have to do with Konoha? Not only will they not gain any benefits, but they will also actively introduce foreign forces into the Fire Country and destroy its trade and infrastructure. You will even give up 50% of all the infrastructure in the Fire Country, Sarutobi Hiruzen, you are measuring Konoha's resources to win the favor of the country!"

Uchiha Fugaku did not give Sarutobi Hiruzen any face at all, and his words pointed out the shortcomings of the Feng, Shui and Huo Three Kingdoms Super Infrastructure Alliance, causing the entire venue to fall silent.

In order to show how much importance he attached to the Kirigakure delegation, Sarutobi Hiruzen not only personally welcomed the Kirigakure delegation and set the banquet venue in the Sarutobi clan's territory, but also called on a large number of Konoha's senior ninjas including Ino-Shika-Chou to continuously express their determination in front of the Kirigakure.

Fugaku's words at this moment made the faces of dozens of Konoha's jonin present change. All their eyes fell on Sarutobi Hiruzen, trying to get him to give an explanation.

In fact, they only knew a general idea of ​​the specific cooperation situation of the Infrastructure Alliance. Even at the banquet just now, Sarutobi Hiruzen avoided the main points and completely agreed without discussing it in detail.

Now that I think about it, this alliance seems to do more harm than good to Konoha!
"Nonsense!"

Feeling the gazes of everyone around him, Sarutobi Hiruzen felt a little flustered, but he quickly calmed down and let out an angry roar.

"Fugaku, this agreement was signed between you and the Yondaime. I am only executing the agreement. Why are you accusing me of this?"

"Besides, you signed something yourself, but in the end you denied it." Sarutobi Hiruzen said in a cold tone: "I don't understand what you are thinking, but where do you put the credibility of Konoha, where do you put the alliance status between Kirigakure and Konoha?!"

I know that the Infrastructure Alliance will do more harm than good to Konoha, but in order to make friends with Kirigakure, I did it.

Besides, I am just doing what you signed. If there is any problem, it is your problem and it has nothing to do with me!

Sarutobi Hiruzen's attitude made the senior ninjas in the field relax their gazes slightly. They all looked at Fugaku with strange expressions, but Fugaku's expression remained unchanged.

"Everyone, and the messengers from Kirigakure."

He glanced at everyone present and spoke in a firm tone.

"It's true that I signed this agreement, but there are two points I need you to know."

"The first point."

"At the time, the situation was urgent. The Three Kage Meeting of the Iron Kingdom was invaded by the leader of the Akatsuki organization, and the meeting was forced to end. When the meeting was restarted, chaos broke out in our village again, causing the Yondaime to be forced to return to Konoha, leaving me alone in the Iron Kingdom."

"Second point."

Fugaku paused for a moment, and said in a serious tone: "According to Konoha's regulations, all commissioned tasks, including ninja village diplomacy, multinational contracts, etc., need to be personally reviewed by the Kage."

"I am just a guard, not even an elder. Let's not talk about whether I signed this document or not, and what I signed. In the final analysis, what I signed has no legal effect."

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole place fell silent. All the jonin showed extremely strange expressions, and many of them wanted to talk but stopped themselves.

Especially the current head of the Nara clan, the Hokage Nara Shikakichi, subconsciously wanted to deny Uchiha Fugaku's words, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say them.

The reason is simple: everything Uchiha Fugaku said is true and factual.

Konoha's legal text clearly stipulates that all commissioned tasks need to be personally reviewed and confirmed by the Hokage. This was decided when Konoha was first established.

It's not just Konoha, it's like this for all forces in the ninja world. Without the approval of the supreme ruler, the Kage, all contracts have no legal effect.

Otherwise, if anyone from any village just signs their name, wouldn’t that mean they are selling out the village?

"So the Infrastructure Alliance has nothing to do with Konoha. If there is any connection, it is because the acting Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen approved the document and put his own name of 'Hokage' on it again!"

Fugaku's words were firm and unquestionable.

"Hokage-dono."

Manzuki took a deep look at Uchiha Fugaku, then turned to look at Sarutobi Hiruzen: "Everything that Patriarch Fugaku said makes sense. You are the acting Hokage now, so you see..."

"This……"

Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes were extremely gloomy. Feeling the countless gazes directed at him, he wished he could tear Fugaku to pieces with his bare hands.

Can he agree to this?

If he agreed to this, wouldn't he be scolded by everyone in Konoha and the entire Land of Fire? !
His performance in the Third War was a mess to begin with, and he finally managed to come up with the Box of Elysium to save the situation. If something like this happens again now, then Sarutobi Hiruzen would not be able to continue to be the Hokage, and he would probably be directly scolded to death by the entire Fire Nation!

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency the Envoy."

Sarutobi Hiruzen took a deep breath, feeling like he was being pecked by an eagle instead of playing with it. He originally wanted to use the power of Kirigakure to limit the almost irresistible prestige of the Uchiha in the village, but why is it happening to him now?
Uchiha Fugaku, you are a ruthless person!

Sarutobi Hiruzen forced a smile and said, "Konoha and Kirigakure are allies, so I naturally want to promote this cooperation as much as possible. But you don't know, Your Excellency the Envoy, Konoha is in a rather awkward time right now. Even if I want to sign this agreement, I can't."

"Oh?"

Gui Deng Man Yue raised her eyebrows slightly: "How can you say that?"

"Is such that."

"Although I am the current Acting Hokage of Konoha, an acting Hokage is still an acting Hokage. A country cannot be without a ruler for a day, and a village cannot be without a Hokage for a day. We are actually preparing to hold an election meeting for the Fifth Hokage. Therefore, before the official Hokage is elected, I think no one in Konoha is qualified to sign this contract."

"The election of the Fifth Hokage?!" Mangetsu Kizuna was shocked: "I see, then I am indeed being rude."

"But the Hokage election is a big deal. Has Konoha set a date?"

"Of course. The original date was seven days from now. Although it hasn't been officially announced, our village has actually been warming up for a long time."

Sarutobi Hiruzen forced a smile, but it was quite forced, and he was forced to play his last trump card.

He didn't want to offend either side, didn't want to bear a bad reputation in Konoha, but also wanted to please Kirigakure, so he had to play his last trump card.

"So good!"

Hearing this, Mangetsu Kizuki was overjoyed and smiled: "In the past, the election of the Fourth Mizukage was held by Kirigakure. It was an unprecedented event. I still remember it vividly. I didn't expect that I would have the opportunity to witness the election of the Hokage of Konoha today. It is really an honor."

"Hokage-sama, we will stay in Konoha for the next few days, it shouldn't have any impact."

"No impact, no impact!"

This should have been a good opportunity to welcome the Kirigakure envoy and to strengthen their relationship, but due to Uchiha Fugaku's sudden intrusion, it ended up in vain.

After he personally sent Mangetsu Hozuki and others away, and all the Konoha jonin had left, the smile on Sarutobi Hiruzen's face instantly disappeared. He was so angry that he almost overturned the table, and kept shouting Uchiha Fugaku Uchiha Fugaku.

In this situation, Danzo, Utane Koharu and others could do nothing except offer a few words of comfort.

It was Sarutobi Hiruzen himself who said he would deal with it, but it ended up turning out like this.

There is no point in talking too much nonsense, the most urgent task is the Hokage election!
Including Danzo and Utatane Koharu, they all started canvassing for votes, joining the Uchiha ranks in giving away rice, oil, warmth, and making speeches with banners and rosy promises.

Fortunately, there are still seven days until the election day, so there is still enough time.

But compared to the Uchiha clan who had already taken action, the Hokage high-level officials were obviously much later...

……

The struggle between the Uchiha and the Hokage started again, and both sides began to fight to the limit in Konoha.

In the morning, the Uchiha clan announced that they would receive posters and leaflets about Uchiha Fugaku driving Susanoo and holding the Konoha flag, as well as a bag of rice, a barrel of oil, and thirty eggs.

In the afternoon, banners and posters of Danzo Shimura, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Torikaze Akimichi and other members of the Hokage faction were also spread all over the streets of Konoha, and in addition to rice, oil and eggs, a bag of noodles was also given away.

"There's so much competition out there, but you're so relaxed."

Fugaku was sitting on the corridor of his house holding a cup of tea, looking up at the blue sky, not knowing what he was thinking, until he heard some voices behind him, which brought him back to his senses.

Fugaku rinsed the other cup on the tea tray, brewed it for seven-tenths, and gently pushed it in front of the man.

"It's up to you to get Sarutobi Hiruzen to hold the Hokage election this time."

"We didn't do anything. It was mainly because Sarutobi Hiruzen wanted to stir up trouble, and you have a 'good son'." Mangetsu drank the tea casually and said casually: "To be honest, this is the first time I've seen an Uchiha who likes Sarutobi Hiruzen's stuff so much. Your son really opened my eyes."

"Itachi...it was indeed my negligence."

Fugaku sighed softly, a slightly sad look on his face.

Itachi has always been his greatest pride, the person he has placed endless hopes on. He hopes that he will surpass Shisui and take over the Uchiha clan's top genius from him.

In Fugaku's opinion, Itachi had no problems at all in terms of talent or ability. He even opened his Sharingan at the age of six, setting a record for the youngest person in the Uchiha clan to open his eyes since the founding of Konoha.

But I never expected that Itachi would have such a problem with his thinking!

"I'm too lazy to meddle in your family affairs, but considering the current situation, what do you think your chances of winning the election in seven days?"

"very!"

When the topic turned to the Hokage, Fugaku's face became serious and full of confidence.

This made Man Yue curious: "Where does the confidence come from? The strength of the Hokage faction is not small, and there should be a large number of ninjas supporting them."

"Yes, Sarutobi Hiruzen and his forces are deeply rooted in Konoha, and the ninjas supporting them are far superior to the Uchiha." Fugaku nodded, but his face was still extremely confident: "But there is one thing, they can't compare to us Uchiha."

"There are too many people they want to get on stage, and they are too diverse!"

"It is unheard of for the previous Kage to succeed the Hokage again. The precedent of the Hyuga clan branching out means that they are doomed to never become Hokage. This means that my next opponent will not be Sarutobi Hiruzen, but a few others."

"Shimura Danzo, Akimichi Tofu, Utane Koharu, Mito Kado En... The political resources of these old guys combined are indeed formidable, but the question is, can they combine together?"

“But I am different.”

"I am the only one of the Uchiha clan!"

Fugaku was full of confidence.

"In this election, I, Uchiha Fugaku, shall be the Hokage!"

"it is good!"

Mangetsu Kizuki clapped his hands and cheered: "I also want to see what Konoha will look like after the Uchiha clan comes to power."

"Haha, I won't let you down." Fugaku snorted, and after a moment, a hint of hesitation appeared on his face again.

"Although this question is meaningless to you, I am still a little curious."

"Why you, why Seireitei, why Kirigakure should help me?"

First it was Tsunade, and now it’s Mangetsu Kizuna. Why would the Hidden Mist Village help him like this!
People in this world travel for profit, could it be that Kirigakure has some bigger intentions and conspiracy? !
"do not think too much."

Seeing Fugaku's expression, Mangetsu snorted: "Someone has already paid the price for you, so there is no need to worry about these things."

"Just stay in Konoha and wait to become your Hokage!"

(End of this chapter)