Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 439 Off Work

After returning to the Hokage's office, Yuya immediately called Mitokado Homura.

Mitokado Enoshi is also currently looking for a suitable successor to him.

In fact, he had already chosen someone, and that was Minato Namikaze.

He didn't just pick this person randomly!

Minato Namikaze's wife was Kushina Uzumaki. Regardless of how the people of the Land of Whirlpools viewed Kushina, she was the princess of the Uzumaki clan and was personally chosen by the First Hokage's wife to go to Konoha as the next Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. Therefore, no matter how the Uzumaki clan slandered her, her status was the highest.

Moreover, don't forget the nature of these elders of the Whirlpool Clan. Although they are not very smart, they are definitely not complete idiots.

What are the benefits of smearing Kushina?

Smearing Kushina could even shake their base, since Kushina is related to them in some way. If Kushina's reputation is ruined, they will be affected to some extent.

Moreover, ever since Kushina was abandoned by these bastards in front of a great enemy when she was a child, she has viewed these so-called relatives as nothing more than trash.

Well, in some ways it does seem to fit.

Well, anyway, Kushina looked down on them, and they knew it too.

If that's the case, why bother deliberately trying to smear them when it's a thankless task?

at most……

At most, I'll deliberately downplay it and say a few bad things about it occasionally.

However, the elders of the Uzumaki clan would certainly be unwilling to slander Kushina, as it might involve the legitimacy of their rule.

So Kushina is still the princess of the Land of Whirlpools, and Minato Namikaze, as Kushina's husband, can naturally enjoy the benefits.

Unfortunately, no sooner had he expressed his thoughts than the couple went on a trip to Kumogakure.

Mitokazu was furious, but there was really nothing she could do about the two of them.

After all, Minato Namikaze is indeed exceptionally strong. Just ask around among the Jonin of Konoha, and you'll find many Jonin who are completely convinced of his abilities. But Minato just wants a wife, kids, and a warm bed. He doesn't want to go to your wretched Land of Whirlpools and become some kind of retired emperor. What can you do about it?

Mitomon even heard that Minato Namikaze refused the people Yua sent to find him. What did Yua want to do with Minato Namikaze?

Yuya wants Minato Namikaze to succeed him as the Fourth Hokage.

Then he was rejected by Minato Namikaze.

Minato Namikaze admitted that he was not talented enough and asked that someone more capable be found.

If Hiruzen Sarutobi were in Yua's position, Minato Namikaze would be confident he could do a better job than the old man, but if it's Yua...

Minato Namikaze stated that he didn't want to be so busy that he wouldn't even have time to spend with his family.

This was utterly baffling to Mitokado Homura, after all, it was the position of Hokage, and he had simply refused it like that... It had to be said...

Awesome.

Minato rejected the request to succeed the ruler of the Land of Whirlpools. Mitokado Homura took another look and realized that all the other options were rather difficult.

If we're talking about the second best successor, it would actually be Sarutobi Asuma.

They were strong enough to subdue the unruly people of the Land of Whirlpools, but the problem remained the same...

Sarutobi Asuma also refused Yua's nomination for the Fourth Hokage, even at the cost of tarnishing his own reputation!

It was around that time that Yuya realized he had made the position of Hokage too prestigious, and any successor who thought about being compared to him would immediately shake their head.

This is quite normal. For example, after the First Hokage died, the Second Hokage, Tobirama, succeeded him. When Tobirama succeeded him, many Konoha villagers were already saying that if the First Hokage, Hashirama, were still alive, he would definitely not have put Konoha in danger.

You have to admit that although these villagers of Konoha have a sharp tongue and a very one-sided view of things, what they say is actually quite right!

If the First Hokage, Hashirama, had not died, there would have been no First Shinobi World War.

Especially since his successor is Yua, who is basically confirmed to be in the textbooks of all countries in the ninja world. He has done a great job in developing Konoha, not to mention that. Even the soup left over from his meat consumption has fed many small countries.

Take Yahiko's long-held dream of a prosperous Rain Country, for example. Does he even dare to dream of it? It's all because Yua shared some of the spoils with the Rain Country. Now, the people of the Rain Country can support themselves by working as laborers and transport workers, and they no longer have to suffer from hunger. They even have electricity now. If you go back thirty years and ask the people of the Rain Country back then, or even just ask the elderly people of the Rain Country now if they dared to dream of such a life when they were young, they would be a different story.

It was precisely because the Land of Rain had this foundation that Yahiko dared to think about these things; otherwise…

I bet this guy is still worried about feeding the people of the Rain Country.

However, this makes the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, seem quite dull.

You see, when the First Hokage, Hashirama, was alive, the ninja world dared not cause trouble.

After the Third Hokage, Yua, came to power, some villages were unwilling to remain idle, but after considering the cost of the war and looking at the sorry state of Kirigakure as a result of the war...

Forget it, let's focus on making money. War is nowhere near as easy as making money.

Thus, the only time since the founding of villages in various countries that the entire ninja world has been engulfed in war was during the unfortunate tenure of the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju.

Do you think Tobirama Senju could have a good reputation in history?

Oh, of course, the Second Hokage, who was later resurrected, found out about this. He was so angry that he almost went berserk on the spot, but luckily the First Hokage, who was also resurrected, stopped him.

However, the title of the weakest and most useless Hokage was truly bestowed upon Tobirama Senju.

—(The Uchiha clan rejoices)

There was really no way around it; the two Hokage before and after him seemed rather inadequate, with Tobirama Senju being a rather poor one.

No one likes to be criticized by their descendants for being useless after they die, hence the issue of succession...

That is indeed a big problem.

However, that's not the main point right now. The main point is the submarine project. Yua gave Mitokado Homura a firm order to get the design blueprints, even just the draft paper would do. But since Yua has already paid for it, and the experimental site is in the Land of Whirlpools, there's no reason why Konoha can't get the blueprints.

Now that we have the blueprints, let's use Orochimaru again and have him do the hard work for us, researching submarines.

After Yuya finished making the call to Mitokado Yan, he started stroking his chin in thought.

The issue of succession is urgent, but directly appointing these guys as the next Hokage seems a bit unfair. It's just that I did too well and put pressure on the successor.

That being the case...

Why not give it a trial run?

Yua narrowed his eyes. That very day, Yua issued a series of orders, such as appointing Minato Namikaze as the captain of the first Anbu squad, Asuma Sarutobi as the vice-minister of Konoha's research department (the minister was Yua, and the real power was in Yua's hands, or rather, in the hands of the Hokage), Raido Namiashi as the regional manager of Konoha Bank, Kakashi Hatake as a specially appointed professor at Konoha University, and Kurenai Yuhi as the director of the Konoha Hospital office...

As the orders were issued, everyone who had been relaxing at home eating hotpot and watching TV was completely dumbfounded...

No, why is this any of our business?!

After settling these matters, Yua contentedly picked up the Hokage cloak, and then...

get off work.

Although some of these appointments were clearly unsuitable for him, it didn't matter. Youya felt that you would get used to the job after doing it for a while.

(End of this chapter)