Naruto: The whole world knows I am the savior

Chapter 101 Fifth Generation Election

"Everyone, the war is over. We have signed peace agreements with Iwagakure, Sunagakure, and Kumogakure. Kirigakure has not taken any action. There will be no war around the Land of Fire. We are at peace."

Inside the Hokage Building, many Jonin gathered in a room, with Tsunade and Jiraiya at the forefront, listening to Hiruzen Sarutobi's speech.

Bai Yunyoujie wasn't interested in any of this and simply hid at the very back; otherwise, given his status and strength, he could have stood at the very front.

However, Tsunade turned her head away disdainfully. Given her personality, she would find it very difficult to tolerate peace achieved by weakening herself.

"Although the war is over, there are still many things to be resolved in Konoha, and I, the Hokage who should have retired, have been in this position for too long. Therefore, I have decided to elect the Fifth Hokage."

Upon hearing this, some of the Jonin in the room showed shock, while others remained expressionless.

Some people have already guessed that a new Hokage will be elected. Every time a war ends, there are changes in the village's leadership; and this time, the defeat in the war could not be hidden among the Jonin, so someone had to be held responsible for the defeat.

Moreover, two of the three legendary Sannin have been in the village for so long and performed exceptionally well in the previous wars. If nothing unexpected happens, the Fifth Hokage will be chosen from these two.

All the Jonin turned their gazes toward Jiraiya and Tsunade at the front.

Hiruzen Sarutobi thought so too, but the proper procedures still had to be followed, so he slowly said, "According to the previous Hokage selection, those who meet and are recognized for their four criteria—battle achievements, mission experience, strength, and reputation—can participate in the Hokage selection."

The list of candidates will be announced before sunset tomorrow, followed by the Jonin vote and the submission of the list to the Daimyo for a final decision.

After announcing the procedures, Hiruzen Sarutobi paused for a moment, then continued, "If there's nothing else, you may dismiss. You will be assigned tasks later, and someone will notify you when that happens."

Even if the war is over, the tasks still need to be done. Besides, there are many tasks accumulated during the war that need to be cleared up.

Afterwards, the Jonin left the Hokage Building one after another. Shirakumo Yosuke was originally with Tsunade, preparing to go to Konoha Hospital together. Before leaving today, Tsunade said in an unfriendly tone that she wanted to check his medical ninjutsu.

However, just as she left the Hokage Building, Tsunade heard someone call out to her from behind: "Lady Tsunade, please wait a moment."

Tsunade and Yosuke Shirakumo turned around and saw that it was Hiashi Hyuga who had called out to them.

Hiashi Hyuga approached and said, "Lady Tsunade, are you free today? I would like to invite you both to the Hyuga residence for tea."

"Hmm, I happen to have some time, and I've never had Hyuga clan tea before. Wait, Yosuke, you're still going to Konoha Hospital, right?"

After Tsunade agreed, she immediately thought of something and then turned to Shirakumo Yosuke to say it.

Shirokumo Yosuke pointed to himself and asked, "Me? Am I supposed to go to Konoha Hospital by myself?"

"Of course, you should go. Once you get there, go directly to Shizune. Your medical ninjutsu skills are good enough to handle those surgeries."

Tsunade leaned closer threateningly and said, "If this brat goes, he might bring up the marriage proposal again, and then I won't have the nerve to refuse him."

"Alright then, Head of the Hyuga family, I won't go today."

Baiyun Youjie greeted Hyuga Hiashi and then turned to leave; the matters he and Hyuga Hiashi had discussed had already been agreed upon last time, and he wasn't involved in brokering the Hokage election, so the two of them could talk about it from now on.

After Shirakumo Yosuke left, Tsunade said to Hyuga Hiashi, "Let's go, Hiashi."

"This way, please, Lady Tsunade."

Before Hiashi Hyuga could finish speaking, someone suddenly shouted from behind, "Tsunade, wait a minute!"

The two turned around and saw Jiraiya just coming out of the Hokage Building. He quickly walked up to Tsunade and said, "Do you have time, Tsunade? I'd like to talk to you."

Tsunade shook her head and said, "No, I just promised Hiashi that I'm going to the Hyuga clan for tea later. Is there anything you need?"

"Hiashi, but I have something important to do, so I'll have to take up a little of your time."

Jiraiya glanced at Hiashi Hyuga, who nodded to him, then turned to Tsunade and said, "Lady Tsunade, I'll be waiting for you up ahead."

After Hiashi Hyuga had walked a little further away, Jiraiya and Tsunade came to a rooftop. Tsunade couldn't help but ask, "Jiraiya, what's wrong? Just say it."

"Do you want to be the Fifth Hokage, Tsunade?"

Tsunade glanced at Jiraiya and said, "Hmm, I've had that idea. What's wrong?"

Jiraiya laughed, "You don't seem like the type to be Hokage. If people found out about your gambling and drinking, it would really lower their opinion of the Konoha Hokage, haha."

"What right do you have to talk to me like that, you peeping tom? You're the one who's most worrying!"

Tsunade brandished her fist in threat, then glanced at Jiraiya and said, "And you want to be Hokage? Don't be ridiculous. If you really wanted to be Hokage, you wouldn't have supported your disciple so much in the first place!"

Upon hearing this, Jiraiya sighed inwardly. He truly didn't want to become Hokage. After hearing the old man's persuasion yesterday, his first reaction was to refuse, but after being persuaded repeatedly, Jiraiya vaguely remembered that he had agreed.

"Tsunade, all the Hokage and ninjas of Konoha have contributed to the peace and prosperity of the village. I don't want to see you make the wrong decision because of your personal feelings."

"Jiraiya!"

Before Jiraiya could finish speaking, Tsunade interrupted him coldly, then glanced at him and said, "No one has the right to judge me regarding village affairs."

Jiraiya, I don't know what you're hiding. If you really could see the future, you wouldn't have done such a stupid thing with the old man and the others. Even if Konoha disappeared, everyone in the ninja world would still live a prosperous life!

After saying this, Tsunade prepared to leave, but after taking only a few steps, she stopped and continued speaking without turning around.

"Even if my grandfather and second grandfather were to come back to life, they would definitely support me; otherwise, I'd rather stand against them!"

Upon hearing Tsunade's determination, Jiraiya knew that there was no point in saying anything more. In the end, he could only sigh in his heart and then turn around and walk towards the Hokage Building.

He and Tsunade have two different philosophies. One is to prioritize Konoha and serve Konoha first; while Tsunade places all her hopes on Yosuke Shirakumo and strives to realize the future she envisions.

Even if the village or name of Konoha disappears, the ninjas and villagers of Konoha will live a better life than before.

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"Lady Tsunade, please have some tea."

Inside the Hyuga clan's territory, Hiashi treated Tsunade, one of the Legendary Sannin, with the utmost courtesy, and she was very likely the future Fifth Hokage.

However, Tsunade was a little awkward. Although she came from the Senju clan, she was spoiled by her grandfather, Hashirama Senju, when she was young and hated these tedious formalities.

However, even though Tsunade felt a little uncomfortable facing the Hyuga clan who wanted to support her, she still had to endure it.

After enjoying the tea, Hiashi Hyuga got down to business: "Lady Tsunade, regarding the selection of the Fifth Hokage, the Hyuga clan can provide twenty-three Jonin for voting, and will also leverage the friendships forged within the Hyuga clan to help Lady Tsunade gain greater prestige."

Of course, given Tsunade's reputation in the village, the Hyuga clan's actions were somewhat of an added bonus.

The war had just ended, and almost everyone who returned from the battlefield had received treatment from Tsunade. She earned the title of "Medical Master" by saving countless lives.

Remembering Jiraiya's expression earlier, Tsunade put down her teacup and sighed, saying, "That's true, but it seems there's been a change in the Hokage situation this time. Hiashi, I hope to gain more support from the Hyuga clan."

"Oh? There shouldn't be anyone in Konoha who can rival Lady Tsunade. Does that mean Lord Jiraiya also wants to run for Hokage?"

Hiashi Hyuga asked with great surprise, "The only one who could pose a threat to Tsunade in the Hokage election is Jiraiya, but Jiraiya-sama... he's really not suitable for the position of Hokage."

"Excuse my bluntness, Lady Tsunade, but Jiraiya is not suitable for the position of Hokage. He may be the most reliable comrade on the battlefield, but he is definitely not suitable for the position of Hokage."

"Hiruzen-sensei doesn't think that way, and Jiraiya has already made up his mind."

"I see, I understand now. Please rest assured, Lady Tsunade, I will visit a few friends tomorrow."

Hiashi Hyuga readily agreed, and he personally went to visit his friend, who could only be the clan leader of a ninja clan with a good relationship with the Hyuga clan.

This way, she can win over many people. Once there are more ninjas supporting Tsunade, even the Third Hokage cannot ignore one of the village's ninjas.

Afterwards, Hiashi Hyuga and Tsunade chatted for a while. Suddenly, Hiashi remembered something and asked Tsunade, "Lady Tsunade, I have another marriage proposal to discuss with you. My daughter Hinata and Yosuke are about the same age and were classmates for a period of time. If Lady Tsunade does not object, I would like to marry Hinata to Yosuke Hakukumo."

"How can this be!"

Tsunade immediately objected, but seeing Hiashi Hyuga's surprised expression, she realized she had been a bit impulsive. She quickly came up with an explanation: "They're...too young. They're only ten years old. How can they get married?"

"Age doesn't really matter. We can get engaged first and then get married when we reach the appropriate age."

Hiashi Hyuga said, "My daughter Hinata doesn't have the talent to be a ninja, and she won't inherit the main family in the future. Although I don't particularly like her, she is still my daughter, so I want to find a way out for her."

"If she doesn't inherit the main family, she'll have to separate and become a branch family. But if she marries Yosuke, Tsunade's disciple, Hinata might not have to be branded with the Caged Bird Seal."

Da da da!

The footsteps outside made Hiashi Hyuga pause in his speech. Tsunade also turned her head to look. After a few seconds, Hiashi Hyuga continued, "It must be my daughter who was eavesdropping. Don't worry, Lady Tsunade, she's timid and wouldn't dare to tell anyone."

Ugh.

Tsunade sighed inwardly. Hiashi had put it so bluntly that she couldn't even think of a reason to refuse. She couldn't very well be shameless enough to reveal her true feelings.

"Then I'll ask Yosuke when I get back."

"If Lady Tsunade agrees, then it's settled then."

Upon hearing this, Hiashi Hyuga's usually serious face broke into a rare smile as he said, "Lord Yosuke said last time that he would listen to Lady Tsunade. It seems that my daughter Hinata will find a good home."

"This, this, haha."

Tsunade could only laugh it off helplessly, but in her heart she thought it was good that it was just an engagement, and she could just postpone it and see.

Meanwhile, after Jiraiya was summoned back to the Hokage's office, Hiruzen Sarutobi asked, "Jiraiya, what's your decision?"

"Well, old man, I still think it's not a good idea for me to compete with Tsunade. You know my personality; I'm really not suited for the Hokage position."

Jiraiya scratched his head and said, "I'm a million times unwilling."

"I know, but I also know you won't watch Konoha disappear. No matter how many flaws you have, your heart for protecting the village is second to none!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi slowly spoke, "Some trivial matters can be handled by Shikaku or others, so you won't be too busy. Jiraiya, I only hope that you can protect the village and prevent the name of Konoha from disappearing from the ninja world. That's enough."

"Old man, you..."

Jiraiya was in a dilemma. He wasn't afraid of Hiruzen Sarutobi scolding him, but he was afraid of being asked for a favor by someone using a noble cause. It was too awkward, and he couldn't bring himself to refuse.

After a while, Jiraiya, still incredibly conflicted, finally gave in to his heart's desire: "Alright, I understand, but if I don't get elected, then don't blame me, old man."

"Don't worry, Jiraiya."

Hiruzen Sarutobi breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that with Sarutobi and the Ino-Shika-Cho trio leading the election, it would be enough for most of the village's ninjas to choose Raiya.

Moreover, there is not much difference between Jiraiya and Tsunade; their battle achievements, status in the village, and popularity are extremely similar.

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"This is a cell fusion technique, Orochimaru. You're really something, to have actually developed such a method. But it's too crude. The fusion method could be more refined, which would greatly reduce the failure rate."

After seeing Orochimaru's previous experimental notes, Hakuun Yosuke couldn't help but praise him.

Orochimaru's research is somewhat disorganized, but it generally revolves around the evolution of life. However, he has many different paths to evolution, dabbling in one thing and another.

They all achieved some success, but not much.

"These are the remaining materials from our previous research on Wood Release. Unfortunately, most of them were left in Konoha at the time, and I guess they've been taken by Root. Are these useful, Yosuke-kun?"

"It's very useful and saves me a lot of energy. If I had to start calculating from scratch, it would probably have wasted a lot of chakra and energy. It's much better now."

Hakuun Yosuke quickly reviewed Orochimaru's research and experimental records several times. With the basic data, he could use his omniscient ability to deduce and arrive at the optimal result.

"Omniscient Ability, activated!"

After activating his omniscient ability, Shirakumo Yosuke's eyes changed, and he only had Orochimaru's experimental data in his eyes.

Moreover, the words on the experimental data in front of him seemed to jump off the page, and countless numbers, formulas and steps circled around Shirokumo Yosuke's body before finally entering his brain.

After seeing Yosuke Shirakumo use his ability, Orochimaru silently turned on the recording device; this was what he was most interested in, but he had never figured out how it worked.

Bloodline limit? Or technique?

Orochimaru desperately wanted to understand!

Kushina, who was sealing a space within Yosuke Shirakumo's body, exclaimed in surprise, "Eh?!? Why is the Nine-Tails' chakra burning so fiercely? Yosuke, what are you doing?!"

Kushina was so frightened that she quickly dodged. She herself was also made of chakra, and if she were to burn along with it, she would completely disappear from the ninja world.

But Shirokumo Yosuke didn't care about all that. Apart from the threat to his life, his only goal now was to deduce the optimal method for cell fusion.

"There's an error here. Change the triggering condition; lower the temperature."

"And here, we need a trigger to get things moving."

"The final stage of training shouldn't be like this."

"This should work, but we still need to fuse them according to their characteristics. Hashirama cells are too phagocytic. Fortunately, by weakening the 'Wood Release' gene, we can achieve the result of rejuvenating the fused cells."

"That's settled then, Orochimaru."

Omniscient ability lifted!

Shirokumo Yosuke let out a long breath, and the Nine-Tails chakra that kept appearing and disappearing on his body stopped.

After sensing his physical condition, Shirokumo Yosuke thought to himself that he was fine. He could use the tailed beast's chakra to replace 70-80% of his own consumption. He was just feeling a little low in desire.

"How's it going, Orochimaru?"

Orochimaru didn't answer immediately. Instead, he first reviewed the cell fusion experiment method that Hakuun Yosuke had deduced, and then slowly said, "Very good, Yosuke-kun. Although there are some parts I'm not entirely sure about, these are very similar to the experiment I conducted before."

"I just don't know if it succeeded. I had already been discovered by the old man and was busy escaping from Konoha, hehe."

Upon hearing this, Shirokumo Yosuke immediately thought of Yamato and said, "It's a success. Now there's someone in the Anbu who can use Wood Release; he's the product of your experiment."

"No wonder, your experimental method immediately reminded me of previous experiments. So, Yosuke-kun, shall we begin the experiment?"

With a perfected fusion method, Orochimaru couldn't wait to try it out. Even without Hashirama's cells, he had many other options, such as Shikotsumyaku and Sharingan, which he could experiment with.

"I'll go back and ask. That's all for today. I need to rest. I'll give you an answer tomorrow."

Shirokumo Yosuke waved his hand and said that, and then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to go home.

As I stepped out of the room, I ran into Tsunade, who had just returned home.

Upon seeing Shirakumo Yosuke, Tsunade immediately put her hands on her hips and scolded him, "Hey, Yosuke, why did you sneak away this afternoon? You know today was..."

puff!

Before Tsunade could finish speaking, Shirakumo Yosuke lunged forward, a faint fragrance wafting over him.

Tsunade was taken aback, then immediately blushed and said angrily, "Feed."

"Let me lean on you for a bit, Tsunade-sensei. I can only rely on you now."

Bai Yunyangjie said in a muffled voice, his tone revealing a hint of grievance.

This immediately softened Tsunade's heart, dispelling her idea of ​​pushing Shirakumo Yosuke away. She then gently stroked his head with both hands and asked, "What's wrong? What happened?"

"Um, it's nothing."

Shiraku Yosuke took a deep breath, unable to suppress the smile on his lips. Older women are so easy to fool!

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