Naruto: They are all reborn

Chapter 15 Naruto is not great
Ninja School, lunch break.

Tokichi and the others gathered on the school rooftop, and Asuma told them what happened in the Hokage's office yesterday.

"That's the thing. I've been thinking about it all night, but I still can't figure out what the iceberg represents. Shixu, do you have any idea?"

When Asuma encounters something he doesn't understand, he subconsciously chooses to ask Shixu for help.

Tokihide took a moment to organize his words, then said, "Hokage-sama means that someone deliberately leaked Uncle Sakumo's affairs."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone looked at each other, only Kakashi looked calm.

Asuma was the first to react. His father was the Hokage, and he knew more than other children because of what he saw and heard.

"If I remember correctly, Lord White Fang was carrying out a top-secret mission. According to the village's confidentiality system, apart from Lord White Fang's teammates, there should be few people in the entire Konoha Village who know the inside story."

"There aren't many people, so it's easy to find them, but that doesn't mean it's easy to deal with." Shi Xu suddenly felt a headache.

How could he explain to these five-year-old kids what it meant to fight for power?
Nohara Lin asked in confusion: "Shouldn't the other ninjas in Konoha Village obey the Hokage? Why do you say it's difficult to handle?"

"The Hokage isn't omnipotent either."

Tokihiro sighed and drew a big circle with his hand: "Look... the village is so big, and there are so many people. If the Hokage has to handle everything, he will be exhausted to death and he won't be able to handle it."

Seeing their pure and untainted gazes, he added, "Do you understand?"

Everyone nodded: "Yes!"

"So Hokage-sama needed someone to help him handle affairs, and he only needed to deal with the most important matters. So the various departments of Konoha Village were formed. For example, the hospital, the Anbu, the school, etc."

After saying that, Tokiu suddenly had an idea and clapped his hands: "Okay! From now on, if I am the Hokage, Kakashi will manage the Anbu, Nohara Rin will manage the hospital, and Asuma will manage the school..."

At this moment, Obito excitedly shouted: "Hey hey! What about me? What do I care about?"

"Um..." Shi Xu paused for a moment, then said, "You'll be in charge of logistics."

"Why should I only be in charge of logistics? I'm an Uchiha, I have to be at the front! I don't want to be a coward hiding in the back!"

Kakashi narrowed his eyes slightly and whispered in Obito's ear, "Okay, you go to the front. I'll tell the logistics staff not to give you kunai and detonating tags."

Obito was dumbfounded: "How could you do this!"

"Okay, okay, let's get back to the topic." Shi Xu clapped his hands, attracting everyone's attention.

"In this simulated Konoha, the qualification to handle affairs is called power, and I am now dividing the power among you. In name, the Hokage has more power than each of you, but if you unite, you will be more powerful than the Hokage."

"No, no!"

Obito interrupted him again: "Hokage is the most powerful ninja in the village. Even if everyone else joins together, they are not as powerful as Naruto!"

"That's what you say, but the Hokage can't do it casually, and neither can anyone else."

"why?"

"To maintain stability." Shi Xu spread his hands.

"If the Hokage fights with the villagers, Konoha Village will fall into a weakened state called 'internal strife', and foreign enemies will seize the opportunity to invade the Land of Fire. Therefore, force is often the last resort."

After that, Toki patted Obito's shoulder and warned him, "Obito, you must always remember one thing: force cannot solve all problems. Unless... your force can also solve external enemies."

Having been in Konoha for so long, Tokisou had a more or less familiar understanding of the Uchiha clan. His most intuitive understanding of the Uchiha clan was that they were force-oriented. The Uchiha clan was extremely devoted to the use of force, and their thinking was quite simple and straightforward. In their own words, it was... well, those with less eye power than me had no right to speak.

Alas, dealing with this group of people is both simple and difficult.

Out of concern for his friend, Tokido doesn't want Obito to become like this. He should use more brains, at least... so that he won't be blackmailed when helping an old lady cross the street.

"Oh."

Obito nodded mechanically and fell into a brainstorming session.

"What Shixu said makes sense, but...what the tribesmen said also makes sense. Who is more reasonable?"

Seeing him like this, Shi Xu suddenly felt a little regretful. He seemed to have overestimated Obito's CPU computing power.

Kakashi gave Shixu a sympathetic look, and then said, "Forget it, Obito, you should sit over here and rest for a while."

Obito nodded at first, then immediately realized something was wrong: "Kakashi, do you look down on me? Go on, Tokido! I understand!"

Shi Xu protected his forehead with one hand and sighed helplessly: "In short, you can't just do it casually. Do you understand?"

"Understood!" Everyone nodded.

Tokihiro raised his hand and pointed at Kakashi again: "Next, let's assume that Kakashi is not satisfied with just controlling the power of the Anbu. In other words, he wants to become the 'Hokage'."

"And at this time, Kakashi needs to face a strong competitor. Well... let Kurenai Yuhi be this competitor."

"Kakashi and Kurenai Yuhi are competing for the position of Hokage. He will face two choices. One is to enhance his own prestige and gain more support. The other is to kill Kurenai Yuhi and prevent him from participating in the competition."

"I understand!" Obito immediately raised his hand, "So Lord White Fang is equivalent to Kurenai Yuhi!"

"That's right," Shi Xu gave him a thumbs-up and continued, "It's obviously easier to eliminate a competitor than to enhance one's own prestige, especially when this competitor has done something wrong."

"Strictly speaking, the mastermind behind this didn't commit any serious mistakes. He simply leaked a record of a failed mission, so it's difficult for Hokage to impose any effective punishment on him."

"And because the mastermind behind this holds some power, Hokage-sama cannot use force or issue unreasonable orders in order to maintain the stability of the village. He can only wait for the right opportunity."

For a moment, everyone present felt disillusioned.

They all used to think that the Hokage was the greatest ninja in the village because everyone had to obey the Hokage's orders.

But now, Toki tells them a truth: the Hokage is not actually great, and there are some people who can disobey the Hokage's orders, and even threaten the Hokage to make him compromise.

Among everyone, Obito felt the most.

He had always aimed to become Hokage, but Tokisou's words severely disenchanted him with the title of Hokage, and for a moment, he suddenly felt a little lost.

Asuma asked again: "Toki, what do you think we should do?"

"I do not know."

Shi Xu shook his head and said calmly, "Even the Hokage isn't omnipotent. What can I, a student who isn't even a ninja, do?"

Hearing this, Asuma suddenly became depressed, and the weight on his shoulders almost crushed him.

(End of this chapter)