Naruto: From the capture of the main family to the behind-the-scenes mastermind

Chapter 12: Hokage abdicates, retreat to advance
Near the gate of Konoha Village.

A team of ninjas retreating from the battlefield were greeted by many people lining the streets.

"Are those the heroes who destroyed the God of Nobi Bridge and forced Iwagakure to retreat?"

"I know that with Lord Minato here, the village will definitely win! Now only Kirigakure is still resisting, and the war will be over soon."

"I really wish it was me who went on this mission with Minato-sama."

The civilians had already learned the news from the Hokage Building. After ending the battle with the Hidden Thunder Village, Minato Namikaze led Konoha to victory again.

At this time, people were discussing the coming of peace and were very excited.

Of course, there are occasionally some strange discussions.

"Minato-sama is so handsome."

"Minato-sama is mine, you bitch!"

"Huh? You look like that? A messy hair!"

"I told you not to call me by that nickname!"

Minato walked with Rin and Kakashi among the cheering crowd, with a sunny smile on his face.

When he heard those strange discussions, his smile turned into a bitter one.

Hokage-sama, although it is to boost the morale of the village, it is difficult for me to deal with such enthusiasm.

Sighing secretly, Minato tried his best to ignore the boiling red chakra in a certain direction, straightened his expression, and walked to the end of the road.

There, Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at him with a look of satisfaction.

"Minato, you did great."

Minato stretched his hands back and pulled the two disciples with gloomy expressions to him, "This is all thanks to Kakashi and the others, and that kid Obito..."

Having said that, Minato paused and looked at the expressions of Kakashi and Rin. The visible sadness made Minato sigh.

He patted their heads comfortingly and said to the Sandai, "Master Sandai, they are already very tired after carrying out the mission. Let them rest first."

"This is not okay."

In Minato's puzzled gaze, the Sandaime smiled and shook his head, "Today is an important day for you. As your disciple, I hope they are here."

"Now, hold out your hands."

Minato held out his hand with a confused look on his face.

Then, as he and the crowd around him watched in shock, Sarutobi Hiruzen took off the bamboo hat that symbolized the Hokage and placed it in Namikaze Minato's hands.

"I originally wanted to hand over Konoha to you after the war, but I think now is a more appropriate time."

Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed softly, looked at the people of Konoha around him, and said: "As the Third Hokage, I nominate Namikaze Minato as the Fourth Hokage!"

"This proposal has been approved by the Daimyo. Everyone standing here, do you... approve it?"

The crowd was silent for a few seconds, and then cheers that shook the sky rang out.

"The Fourth Hokage!"

"The Fourth Hokage!"

"The Fourth Hokage!"

The legend about Minato began to spread a few months ago when the ninja from the Raigin battlefield returned to the village.

He forced the newly ascended Fourth Raikage to retreat, and was regarded by the enemy as a powerful ninja who could be abandoned upon meeting him.

No one objected that Konoha, which had been through a lot of war, needed a new Hokage.

A powerful, young Hokage!
"Minato, you are the one that everyone wants."

The Third Hokage smiled gently and said, "Take on this responsibility!"

"Third generation sir..."

Minato stared at him blankly, listening to the shouts all around him.

Naruto, are you going to become the Fourth Hokage?

A sunny smile appeared on Minato's face again. He put the hat on his head and said firmly: "I will bring the final victory to Konoha in the name of Hokage!"

Konoha's cheers reached their peak at this moment.

...Compared to the excitement of the Hokage's succession, the Hyuga clan was extremely quiet at this time.

Many Hyuga ninjas gathered in an open space, looking at the figure on the platform and staring at each other in confusion.

That was not the head of the Hyuga clan, but the Third Hokage - Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Why is he here?

Isn't this the place to depict the newly caged bird?

"I know what you're all wondering. The person standing here is not the real person, but just a shadow clone."

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the many rolling eyes in the audience and said loudly: "I am not a qualified Hokage!"

"When I was in office, I did not handle the relationship with the other five nations well, which resulted in Konoha being the target of siege every time."

"Not to mention overseas, I couldn't even handle the relationships between my peers in the village well."

"Apologies are meaningless to you, but as the Hokage, I have an unshirkable responsibility as things have developed to this day."

Sarutobi Hiruzen bowed deeply and said apologetically, "I'm sorry."

"Really sorry!"

The branch ninjas looked at him in confusion. The Hokage apologized to them personally... They were at a loss for a moment as they had never seen such a situation before.

Hinata Miyuki stared at Sarutobi Hiruzen and her heart sank.

"The new caged bird was researched by many ninjas, and was eventually improved by Tsunade and me."

"I can guarantee that this time the technique cannot be used to torture the recipient. It will be a technique that truly protects the Byakugan!"

The separation suddenly became noisy, and many people smiled.

A mother looked at her child, who was too young to be taken care of by her, and tiny tears fell from her eyes, "The end of the month, it's great, it's great..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen still bent over, "I, the incompetent Hokage, will also abdicate today."

"The new Hokage will be Minato Namikaze, the Yellow Flash of Konoha!"

"The Hyuga clan, whether it's a branch family or the main family, is a member of Konoha. I hope that with his help, you can truly integrate into the village."

Without giving them time to digest the information, pie after pie fell on them, making the branch ninjas feel like they were in a dream.

Namikaze Minato is no stranger to the branch family ninjas.

The first commander of the Kirigakure battlefield was Minato Namikaze's teacher, Jiraiya.

And because of the mobility of the Flying Thunder God Technique, in the early days of the Third World War, Minato Namikaze served as reinforcement and was active on various battlefields.

Some of the branch ninjas had fought alongside him.

The young man who is like the sun?
If it were him...

A branch family jonin stepped forward and bowed to the Hokage on the higher ground, "Hokage-sama, please do not belittle yourself."

"You are the first person to bring change to us, thank you!"

The two previous Hokage failed to do this!
"Yes, Lord Hokage, please raise your head. I am willing to accept the caged bird that Lord Hokage has improved."

"That's right, Third-generation Lord, please raise your head. We... will discuss it with the Zong family."

More and more people came out and expressed their understanding.

Faced with this scene, Hinata Miyuki clenched her fists, feeling somewhat desperate.

Why did you forgive so easily?

Are you satisfied with just loosening the leash a little?
The Third Hokage never said that the caged bird no longer has the ability to control our life and death!

A young man who shared similar sentiments with her was Hyuga Yuuki, who had previously killed the four elders of the Hyuga clan.

He looked at the Third Hokage in silence, without any expectation in his eyes.

Senior Yu said that the Third Hokage was secretly researching ways to break the bird in the cage.

He had even had a glimmer of hope for this, thinking that the Hokage was on their side.

But what the Hokage did today made him realize that the other party was not researching the solution for them!

(End of this chapter)