Ninja at the top of the food chain

Chapter 906 Ceremony
Konoha 47.

This is a very special day, at least for the villagers of Konoha, because they will witness the rise of the next generation of Hokage today.

The sky was blue without a cloud.

In front of the Hokage Building, crowds of people gathered together, filling the nearby streets and alleys.

The warm weather in early summer made the people rubbing shoulders even hotter, but no one complained, and no one moved around. Even the expressions were surprisingly consistent, either awe-inspiring or anticipating.

At this moment, all the Konoha villagers, whether they were ninjas or ordinary people, just focused their eyes upwards to watch the Hokage handover ceremony.

The scene was quiet, with the sound of falling needles. Minato stood on the top of the roof of the Hokage Building, looking at the opposite teacher who slowly took off the Hokage hat and walked towards him step by step.

Subconsciously, he swallowed.

The solemn and solemn atmosphere made Minato's eyes look a little nervous, and memories from the previous period vaguely appeared in his mind.

The fourth generation of Hokage Lei Luo intends to abdicate, and is going to hand over the important task of the next Hokage to his disciple Namikaze Minato.

It was a few months ago when the news first broke.

The war had just ended then, and peace agreements were still being signed.

The ninjas were either licking their wounds, or cheering for the victory of the war, or enjoying a long vacation, and not many people paid attention to it-this is a gossip that I don't know if it is true or not.

Until, time passed slowly, and the calls for the handover of Hokage became louder and louder, and the ninjas gradually realized that their fourth generation of adults really didn't want to be Hokage anymore.

Otherwise, this kind of news could not have spread like crazy.

In this regard, some people are surprised, some are emotional, some are reluctant, and some are persuading.

Such as Makoto Uzumaki, Orochimaru, Fugaku, Tsunade, Jiraiya, Shikaku and other high-level Konoha executives all spoke to Lei Luo, expressing that they did not want him to step down as Hokage.

But Lei Luo's will was very firm this time, without considering anyone's opinions, he gave a categorical refusal answer, and then, the water gate was pushed to the cusp of the storm.

Konoha villagers have different opinions on Namikaze Minato's succession to the fifth generation. Some people think that he is strong enough. As a disciple of the fourth generation, it is logical for him to be the fifth generation.

But there are also some people who think that Minato is not qualified to inherit the position of Hokage. The basis is that Minato does not have too many meritorious achievements. Instead, he has to bear the main responsibility for the defeat of Seven Mile Beach.

The water gate in the original time and space reversed the war situation of Konoha Yanyin with his own power. Needless to say his reputation and achievements, but in this time and space...

Even if Minato is stronger than himself in the original time and space, but the enemies seem to be on the hook, he doesn't have much chance to show off.

Not to mention Fourth Mizukage, who is at the same level as Lei Luo, but experts such as Hakura, Scorpion, Uzumaki Nagato, etc. Minato's desire to win easily is undoubtedly a daydream.

To be honest, even Minato himself didn't think he was qualified enough...

"Minato, I will leave the location of the fifth generation to you."

"do not let me down."

His thoughts were interrupted by the calm voice, Minato came back to his senses, raised his head, and met Lei Luo's gaze, unconsciously biting his lips, with mixed feelings in his heart.

Subconsciously stretched out his arm, took the Hokage hat from Lei Luo, Minato hesitated for a moment, and finally put it on top of his head slowly.

Hokage, his childhood dream was also the reason why he followed Lei Luo in the first place...

Why now, I feel that this position is so heavy, so... hot?
"Okay, don't think too much about it."

From Minato's expression, Lei Luo noticed something, so he comforted him softly, then patted his disciple on the shoulder, and waved his hand forward.

"Go and say hi to everyone."

Minato took a deep breath and resolutely dispelled all kinds of lingering thoughts in his mind. He nodded slightly to Lei Luo, his expression became firm in an instant, turned around, and slowly walked towards the roof railing.

He raised his right hand and raised it violently.

What greeted the water gate was the cheers of mountains and tsunamis.

……

"Lei Luo, you are only in your 30s this year, right?"

After the handover ceremony, Minato officially took over as the fifth Hokage, and the people dispersed to discuss the major events that happened today in the streets and alleys, and the whole Konoha Village seemed to become noisy.

As for Lei Luo, the moment he walked out of Hokage's office, he saw Orochimaru in a loose white coat leaning against the wall, as if he had been waiting for a long time.

"To be precise, it is 31 years old."

Replying casually, Lei Luo waved at Orochimaru, who stepped forward tacitly, and the two walked side by side in the corridor inside the Hokage Building.

"At the age of 31, you will abdicate, doesn't it feel a little too early?"

"Minato is only in his 20s this year, such a young Hokage... he is very similar to you back then."

Orochimaru's tone is very strange, at first it sounds like an understatement, but when you taste it carefully, there is an indescribable emotion, and... sourness?
"What? Are you envious of Minato?"

Glancing at Orochimaru lightly, seeing that the other person's expression didn't change, his gaze shifted slightly to the direction of Hokage's office, as if he was observing the new owner behind the desk. Lei Luo said lightly:
"If you want to be Hokage, that's fine too. The second village of the Kawa no Kuni and the fourth village of the Land of Earth, the leader positions are all vacant, oh, no..."

After a pause, Lei Luo slowly shook his head.

"Now it should be called Sichuan Province, Earth Province."

"I don't want to go far away. Compared with those places, Konoha is better. Whenever I see those familiar people or things, it always makes me relax my tired body and mind."

Orochimaru resolutely rejected Lei Luo's proposal, shrugged his shoulders, and remembered the meaning given to Hokage's name now, he couldn't help smiling.

"I'll be my dean of scientific research, at least I can come and have a look from time to time."

"Hokage... After all, it's not what I'm looking for."

The incandescent light cast from the roof reflected on Dashemaru's face, making his complexion paler than before. In the bright yellow vertical pupils, there was a sigh of relief, a sigh, and a trace of self-deprecation that could not be detected .

At this moment, Lei Luo surprisingly understood Orochimaru's mentality. He knew that Orochimaru must have been very upset when he saw Minato ascending the position of Hokage, but he quickly became relieved after communicating with himself a few words.

What caused this change?

Lei Luo felt that it should be vision... and pattern.

The Kingdom of Fire is no longer the Kingdom of Fire in the original book.

Konoha, although it is still a Ninja Village on the surface, broadly speaking, there is no essential change, but all kinds of information from the outside world will naturally change the thinking of the people living here.

Among them, it includes world outlook, outlook on life, and values.

Even a wise man like Orochimaru will be affected subtly, just like a frog that rushed out of the well and really looked up at the starry sky.

No one can keep his mind undisturbed in the face of drastic changes.

(End of this chapter)