Naruto: Fusion of Multiverse Character Templates

Chapter 178 Orochimaru nominates Mikoto for Hokage, and extends an invitation to her (Third and Fourth Updates)

"Natsuki."

Tsunade suddenly remembered something and said, "When the Anbu notifies the Jonin, remember to include a sentence: do not mention me."

"Tsunade-sensei, you are much more carefree. You can even give up the Hokage position that is within your grasp."

Xia Mu was stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening.

Although Orochimaru is already destined to become the next Hokage, Tsunade has the highest chance of becoming Hokage if she joins the competition.

In terms of achievements, they are about the same.

In terms of strength, although Orochimaru is stronger in combat, Tsunade is not bad either.

Especially under Natsuki's influence, she learned the Six Styles of Konoha and Armament Haki.

Most importantly, no ninja would want to offend the strongest medical ninja in the ninja world.

In terms of popularity and status, Tsunade is far superior.

There was nothing she could do; she had a close relationship with the Third Hokage.

"To me, that wasn't power above all others, but a mountain of trouble."

Tsunade smiled and said, "Orochimaru has even less control over me now that he's become Hokage."

Xia Mu was speechless.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was Tsunade's teacher.

His words often carry weight.

However, Orochimaru has absolutely no binding power over Tsunade unless it involves matters of life and death for Konoha.

"Alright, you go ahead and do your work. I'm in a good mood, so I'm going to go to the casino for a couple of rounds."

Tsunade waved her hand and walked out.

"Tsunade-sensei."

Xia Mu stepped forward and grabbed her wrist. "Do you have money? I can give you some."

Why are you being so generous today?

Tsunade stopped and turned to look at him.

"I've always been very generous."

Xia Mu said with a smile, "If you don't want it, I—"

"want!"

Tsunade immediately interrupted him, "How can I refuse money that's been handed to me for free?"

Xia Mu casually handed her a savings account with a balance of one million taels.

"Thanks."

Tsunade said with a smile, "I'll pay you back when I win the money."

Xia Mu hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.

Can you really win money?

"What kind of look is that?"

Tsunade glared at him and asked.

"It's nothing."

Natsuki coughed lightly and said, "Tsunade-sensei, I wish you more and more wins."

"I'll let you go today for the sake of money."

Tsunade raised her hand, intending to pat his shoulder, but ultimately, due to the height difference, she could only pat his back.

She couldn't help but think to herself that she had really grown up and was no longer the child she used to be.

Tsunade turned and left.

Xia Mu then headed towards the Dark Division base.

In less than half a day, all the Jonin received a notification from the Anbu, instructing them to nominate the Fourth Hokage.

Suddenly, the peaceful Hidden Leaf Village became a scene of undercurrents.

Because everyone knows that Konoha Village is about to undergo a huge change.

The Senju clan's stronghold.

Other Jonin were notified by the Anbu, but Natsuki would definitely have to notify Nawaki and the others personally.

"A nomination for the Fourth Hokage?"

Nawaki paused for a moment, then exclaimed excitedly, "This day has finally come!"

"You are a Jonin, you have the right to nominate someone."

Kushina Uzumaki asked curiously, "Who would you like to nominate?"

"Is there even a question? It's naturally the teacher."

Rope Tree answered without hesitation.

"Aren't you going to nominate your sister?"

Kushina Uzumaki paused slightly and asked.

"If I nominate my sister, she'll beat me up when I get back."

Nawaki remarked, "She has absolutely no interest in the Hokage position."

"He really is my younger brother."

Xia Mu laughed and said, "Tsunade-sensei has already told me that she has given up on the competition for the Fourth Hokage."

"It seems the Fourth Hokage will be Lord Orochimaru."

Minato Namikaze spoke up.

Instead of going to Mount Myōboku to learn Sage Mode today, he came here to teach Kakashi Hatake the Six Forms of Konoha.

Originally, it was arranged for Nawaki to teach Kakashi the Six Styles of Konoha and swordsmanship, but Minato Namikaze felt bad about it and took the initiative to help him share the burden.

Rope Tree agreed.

After all, he also had to teach Kakashi Hatake Water Breathing, which meant he had to teach him both Water Release and swordsmanship.

He really is too busy.

"Don't you support your teacher?"

Kushina Uzumaki asked again.

"My teacher, like Lady Tsunade, is not interested in the Hokage position."

Minato Namikaze joked, "If I nominated him, I might get a beating too."

Why didn't Jiraiya and Tsunade want to become Hokage?

Kakashi Hatake couldn't help but ask.

From what he knew, the vast majority of ninjas dreamed of becoming Hokage.

His classmates, especially Obito Uchiha, always talked about becoming Hokage.

Everyone has their own ambitions.

Minato Namikaze replied, "Besides, not everyone is suited to be Hokage."

"Kakashi, do you want to become Hokage?"

Rope Tree smiled and asked.

"have no idea."

Kakashi Hatake paused for a moment, then said, "I want to become a ninja like my father."

"That's a good dream too."

Rope Tree patted him on the shoulder and said.

Just then, Natsuki noticed an ANBU ninja appearing not far away; it was Elephant.

He greeted Rope Tree and the others, then stepped forward.

"Lord Sakumo said he's giving up the race for the Fourth Hokage."

As Xiang approached, he spoke first.

Xia Mu nodded.

He wasn't surprised.

Sakumo Hatake was never interested in the Hokage position, and given his recent mission failure, he wouldn't have participated in the competition even if he were interested.

Xia Mu's heart skipped a beat as he considered a possibility.

Did Hiruzen Sarutobi think of this when he decided to change the Hokage?

But regardless of his thoughts, his voluntary abdication was undoubtedly a good thing for Xia Mu.

After all, his status will be upgraded to become the Hokage's student.

This is the true Konoha leadership.

In his view, the captain of the Dark Division could only be considered a half-high-level or mid-level official.

Their status is similar to that of the heads of other departments in Konoha, such as the Konoha Police Department or Konoha Hospital.

After the elephant left, Xia Mu thought for a moment and then opened a spatial portal to arrive at the metropolis of the Rain Country.

"Teacher Natsuki."

When Xiao Nan saw him, her eyes lit up, and she quickly went over to him.

"Where are Yahiko and Nagato?"

Xia Mu patted her head and asked.

"They went to CP9 to help."

Xiao Nan replied.

"Tell them that we will officially take action against Amegakure next year."

Xia Mu said with a smile.

"Um.

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Xiao Nan nodded.

Her expression was calm, completely unlike Yahiko. If it were him, he would definitely be blushing and very excited.

But this is the best way.

The Akatsuki organization needs a calm leader.

"Come with me."

Xia Mu turned and walked outside.

The two soon arrived at Dawn Corporation.

"Kakuzu, how's the rainwater business lately?"

Xia Mu asked.

"It went very smoothly."

Kakuzu replied.

"In that case, could you do me a favor when you have some free time? I'll temporarily put Xiao Nan in charge of Dawn Company."

Xia Mu said directly.

Xiao Nan was slightly taken aback, somewhat surprised.

But what follows is fighting spirit.

She couldn't let Xia Mu down.

"What's wrong?"

Kakuzu thought for a moment and then asked.

He really doesn't need to worry about the rainwater business anymore.

"Take thirty elite ninjas to the Land of Water and find a suitable base to settle down."

Xia Mu paused for a moment, then added, "Try to stay as far away from Kirigakure as possible."

"Are you planning to develop some new business?"

Jiaodu couldn't help but ask.

"It is indeed a new business."

Xia Mu chuckled and said, "But it's mostly for training."

His goal was naturally to establish the Kuja Pirates and unlock the Love-Love Fruit.

As for how to make a name for himself, he already had a plan: rob the rich to help the poor.

"Once the new base is completed, you can return."

Xia Mu continued.

He plans to put the three Snake Princesses in charge of the Kuja Pirates.

After all, their names contain the word "snake," and the original Kuja Pirates were led by the three Hancock sisters.

"I'll get on it right now."

Kakuzu nodded and said, "It should be completed in a month at most."

"No rush."

Xia Mu looked at Xiao Nan and said, "You should hand over your work to Xiao Nan first."

Upon hearing this, Kakuzu told Konan about the current state of the rainwater business and what she needed to do.

After talking for half an hour, he turned and left.

"How's it going? Are you confident?"

Xia Mu pinched Xiao Nan's cheek and asked.

"have."

Xiao Nan nodded emphatically.

"If you have any problems, you can ask Chino and the others for help."

Xia Mu withdrew his hand and said, "I'll go now, I'll come back in a while."

"Um."

After watching him leave, Xiao Nan immediately threw herself into her work.

A new week begins, Monday, July 6th.

"Natsuki-sama."

The elephant, who had been waiting patiently, handed him a scroll and said, "This is all the Jonin's nominations for the next Hokage."

Xia Mu immediately opened the reel.

The dark areas have been statistically analyzed.

The ninja with the most nominations was placed first, and that was none other than Orochimaru.

The second one is Jiraiya.

Tsunade and Sakumo Hatake both made it clear that they were giving up, so they weren't included.

Because Jiraiya was outside the village and hadn't explicitly said he was giving up, many Jonin still nominated him.

To Xia Mu's surprise, he ranked third.

Although the number of votes was far behind Orochimaru and Jiraiya.

In addition, he also saw Hiashi Hyuga, Fugaku Uchiha, and Danzo Shimura, among others.

But their votes were even fewer, almost negligible.

Natsuki closed the scroll and went to the Hokage's office.

"Then let Orochimaru and Jiraiya be nominated as candidates for Hokage."

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After reading the scroll, Hiruzen Sarutobi said.

Xia Mu wasn't surprised.

Apart from Orochimaru and Jiraiya, the votes for the others were far too low to meet the criteria.

However, having only one Hokage candidate is also not good, as the purpose would be too obvious.

Two candidates for Hokage would be more suitable.

"Village voting begins this week."

Hiruzen Sarutobi put down the scroll and said, "The Anbu will organize it."

"Yes, Lord Hokage."

Xia Mu immediately responded.

"There are a lot of villagers, and if we want to complete the vote in a short time, the secret agents might not have enough manpower."

Hiruzen Sarutobi picked up a pen, wrote a warrant, and said, "Go to the Konoha Police Department and ask them for assistance."

The duty of the Konoha Police Department is to maintain the security of Konoha Village, making them the most suitable candidates to assist the Anbu in conducting the village election.

"Yes, Lord Hokage."

Xia Mu bowed slightly, accepted the warrant, and turned to leave.

He returned to the secret service base and sent Elephant to handle the matter.

He then went to the Konoha Police Department.

"Fugaku-senpai".

Xia Mu handed him the Hokage's warrant.

"I understand. I will assign personnel to form a temporary team to handle this matter, under the command of the Dark Division."

After reading the Hokage's warrant, Fugaku Uchiha readily agreed.

Although the Uchiha clan currently has some conflicts with the Hokage lineage, they are not numerous.

The main focus is on Danzo Washimura and his root conflicts.

The real conflict with the Hokage lineage began after the Nine-Tails' rampage.

During the Nine-Tails' attack, the Uchiha clan was unable to go out to provide assistance due to the obstruction of Danzo Shimura.

Furthermore, the appearance of Sharingan in Kurama's eyes has made the Uchiha clan the prime suspects.

Ultimately, under pressure from Danzo Shimura and others, the Uchiha clan moved their headquarters to the edge of Konoha and were placed under surveillance.

"Natsuki, which Uchiha Jonin do you want to lead this team?"

Fugaku Uchiha thought for a moment and then asked.

As the clan leader, he was naturally not stupid; he knew that Orochimaru was the most likely ninja to become Hokage.

Since that's the case, then we should try our best not to offend Orochimaru's student, Natsuki.

"Mikoto-senpai."

"That's what Xia Mu replied."

Fugaku Uchiha recalled something from a long time ago.

That was the battle between Natsuki and Uchiha Mikoto when they were at the Ninja Academy.

Back then, they were evenly matched.

After Mikoto Uchiha initially lost, the Uchiha clan was quite dissatisfied with her.

Looking back now, I realize I really shouldn't have done that.

After all, Xia Mu's performance after graduation was unimaginable.

Now, his status has caught up with his.

Once Orochimaru becomes Hokage, his status will rise even higher.

"Natsuki, are you and Mikoto getting along well?"

Thinking of this, Fugaku Uchiha asked.

"We have indeed crossed paths before. We did a mission together on the battlefield in the Land of Rain, so we are quite familiar with each other."

Xia Mu told the truth.

"I see."

Fugaku Uchiha nodded and said, "Mikoto is about your age, you two can interact more."

"————?"

Xia Mu immediately sensed something subtle.

What do you mean by that?

He thought about it carefully and roughly understood.

At this time, Fugaku Uchiha and Mikoto Uchiha had no relationship and were not dating.

Furthermore, since Orochimaru was about to become Hokage, Fugaku Uchiha wanted to win him over.

But since they are Uchiha, they didn't make it that obvious.

When was Itachi Uchiha born?

Xia Mu did some calculations.

When Itachi Uchiha was four years old, he was taken to participate in the Third Shinobi World War.

He must have been born before Might Guy and the others participated in the Chunin Exams.

In other words, there are still three or four years left.

So it's normal that Fugaku Uchiha and Mikoto Uchiha aren't dating right now.

"Please wait a moment."

Fugaku Uchiha walked to the door and said to the ninja standing there, "Call Mikoto here."

"Yes, clan chief."

The ninja deliberately left.

A moment later, Uchiha Mikoto appeared.

When she saw Xia Mu, she was taken aback, not understanding why he was there.

"Mikoto."

Fugaku Uchiha recounted the events.

"Yes, clan chief."

Mikoto Uchiha immediately replied, "I will cooperate fully with the Anbu."

"Take Xia Mu to your office and finalize this matter."

Fugaku Uchiha nodded and said.

"Xia Mu, come with me."

Mikoto Uchiha looked at Natsuki and said.

Xia Mu followed her to her office.

"Please have some tea."

Mikoto Uchiha bent down and handed the tea to Natsuki with both hands.

Her long black hair thus fell down, sliding past her slender waist.

Xia Mu felt that she was the female ninja with the most virtuous wife and loving mother qualities.

Besides that, there's Yakushi Nonou.

"I never thought we'd have another chance to do a mission together."

"Uchiha Mikoto said softly."

"I didn't expect that either."

Xia Mu smiled and said, "This is probably fate."

"Um."

After a slight pause, Mikoto Uchiha said, "But I guess it will be difficult to have such an opportunity again in the future."

That's not necessarily true.

Xia Mu raised an eyebrow and said.

He knew Uchiha Shigeaki's personality very well.

In the original work, he was a fence-sitter.

The hardliners, who placed their hopes solely on the Hokage lineage but did not control the Uchiha clan, ultimately led to armed conflict.

If Natsuki suggests that Mikoto Uchiha work at the Hokage Building, Shigeaki Uchiha would most likely agree.

Just like when he sent Itachi Uchiha to the Anbu.

His original intention was to both act as a spy and to curry favor with the Hokage's faction.

You can tell from Uchiha Sasuke's name.

In the ninja world, there is a custom that if you respect someone, you can let your child be named after that person.

Uchiha Sasuke's name is Sarutobi Sasuke, the father of Sarutobi Hiruzen.

In other words, Uchiha Shigeaki was using the name Uchiha Sasuke to curry favor with the Hokage lineage.

From a practical standpoint, he doesn't really have much of his own opinion and is rather indecisive.

"What?"

Mikoto Uchiha didn't understand for a moment.

"What I mean is, I can let you work at the Hokage Building."

Xia Mu told the truth.

"Eh?"

Mikoto Uchiha paused for a moment, then subconsciously said, "I didn't mean that."

"I know."

Xia Mu said with a smile, "If you'd like, you can go. It's up to you."

"It depends on the clan leader's arrangements."

Mikoto Uchiha shook her head and said.

No wonder the Hokage of each generation didn't seem to like the great ninja clans.

After all, ninjas from ninja clans prioritize their clan, while we prioritize the village.

Shi Yao thought to himself, "When Hashirama Senju disbanded the Senju clan, it was because of his great wisdom and ability."

"Hmm, you can ask Senior Shige."

Natsuki believed that Uchiha Tetsuya would most likely agree.

After all, he hasn't started dating Uchiha Mikoto yet.

The fact that an Uchiha ninja infiltrated the Hokage Building is a good thing for the Uchiha clan.

The last Uchiha ninja to infiltrate the Hokage Building was Uchiha Kagami.

Uchiha Kagami was a student of the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, and had a fairly good relationship with Danzo Shimura.

His appearance eased the tensions between the Uchiha clan and the Hokage lineage.

After his battle with Silver Horn and Golden Horn, he disappeared from the story.

However, according to the official "Book of Battle Formations", he died at the age of twenty-five.

The phrase "世" means that he died young after his battle with Silver Horn and Golden Horn.

"Let's talk about the villagers' vote now."

Xia Mu returned to the main topic and said.

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