Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swordsmen Begins from the Hidden Cloud Village.

Finally, he added that Uchiha Fugaku wanted to take this opportunity to wash away the shame of defeat. The blame did not lie with them, the Uchiha, but with the dog thief Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"agree!"

"agree!"

Hinata Hiashi and Senju Orange Water expressed their opinions, and there was no room for negotiation on this point.

Shimura Danzo frowned and remained silent.

Jiraiya could only remain silent. He knew that this was most likely true. He had discussed the Impure World Reincarnation Technique with Orochimaru before and knew that his teacher alone could not forcibly control so many Kage-level warriors. It would make sense if it was a transplant of Uchiha's Mangekyō Sharingan.

"I agree!"

Orochimaru suddenly spoke, a smile on his lips.

Before, Uchiha Fugaku had used illusion to communicate with him briefly and made a deal, giving Uchiha Mingjing's pair of Mangekyō Sharingan as a gift to the Uchiha family, so that he could use them openly in the future.

Of course, we cannot say explicitly that it is Uchiha Mingjing's eyes, after all, Uchiha Mingjing is still alive.

"Orochimaru!"

Jiraiya was instinctively annoyed. How could Orochimaru, as his teacher's disciple, do this?

"Idiot, there is no way to refute it now. Otherwise, go and deal with the four-village coalition on your own."

Orochimaru glanced sideways, really not wanting to explain to that idiot.

Although this is a transaction, it is also a decision made based on one's own judgment of the current situation.

Now this front line needs the support of Uchiha Fugaku and the other two. Otherwise, once these three leave, or even become enemies, this front line will collapse.

With just such a small number of people, they were definitely no match for the four-village coalition. Even the decisive retreat of the four-village coalition before might have caused conflicts among them again.

"I agree!"

Before Jiraiya could figure it out, Danzo Shimura on the other side suddenly spoke up and expressed his agreement to remove his old friend from the position of Hokage.

He didn't make any deals, but he wasn't afraid.

After all, the current pair of Mangekyō Sharingan was obtained by Orochimaru in a trade with Uchiha Akie, not stolen, and the Uchiha family can't say anything if he uses it.

As for Wood Release, it is the experimental result that I inherited from my second-generation teacher. What can you, the Senju clan, say?

He now has enough strength to confront the Senju clan without any fear.

Jiraiya looked at Shimura Danzo in disbelief, his expression changed continuously, and finally he sighed.

"I abstain!"

He could not agree to remove his teacher from the position of Hokage and could only abstain.

As for opposition, do we really want him to go find the teacher, rip off his clothes and reveal his Mangekyō Sharingan?

"Abstain!"

Both Namikaze Minato and Hatake Sakumo expressed their abstention at the same time. This is their neutral attitude and style, and they will not directly participate in the power struggle within the village.

In this way, the removal of Sarutobi Hiruzen from the position of Hokage became a foregone conclusion.

"I propose that Orochimaru be made the acting Hokage, and hold the power of Hokage until the Fourth Hokage is selected."

Hyuga Hiashi suddenly spoke up and proposed that Orochimaru become the acting Hokage.

"agree!"

"agree!"

Senju Orange Water and Uchiha Fugaku spoke up to express their agreement. It was obvious that the three of them had already discussed this point.

They all have ideas about the position of Hokage and no one will give in. In order to temporarily maintain the alliance and finish the Ninja World War, they can only choose to let others become acting Hokage to assist them in finishing this Ninja World War.

As for the Fourth Hokage, they will eventually decide through force, and only the strongest one will become Hokage.

The statements of the three people surprised Orochimaru. He didn't expect that he would be promoted to the position of Hokage. Although he was only an acting one, he was still Hokage.

Not to mention Orochimaru, even Danzo Shimura and the others were confused, but they soon figured out the three people's intentions.

After careful consideration, it seems that Orochimaru is indeed the best choice at the moment.

Orochimaru is the disciple of the Third Hokage, and although the relationship seems to be a little broken, they still have the status of master and disciple. This way, those people in the Hokage faction can be temporarily stabilized and prevented from making trouble behind the scenes.

Orochimaru has had a cooperative relationship with Danzo Shimura and Uchiha Fugaku, and he even obtained Wood Release, so he has to give an explanation to the Senju clan.

There has been no obvious interaction with the Hyuga clan, but Hyuga Hiashi may have other ideas.

As for the neutral camp, there is no need to consider their opinions.

"agree!"

After thinking it through, Danzo Shimura expressed his agreement.

Minato Namikaze and Sakumo Hatake also agreed that Orochimaru was indeed the most suitable choice at this stage.

Finally, everyone looked at Jiraiya, who had not yet expressed his opinion, and Jiraiya looked at everyone suspiciously.

"Did you guys make some deal behind my back?"

If he asked directly, Jiraiya would also suspect that these people had made a shady deal, otherwise this tacit understanding would be impossible to explain.

"Teacher Jiraiya, Lord Orochimaru is indeed the best choice at the moment."

Namikaze Minato explained helplessly that what the bastard said was right, Teacher Jiraiya was indeed not good at thinking about this kind of things.

“Why can’t you choose me?”

Jiraiya was unhappy. He naturally didn't care about the position of Hokage. What made him unhappy was that he was surpassed by Orochimaru again.

This made everyone speechless. Why didn’t they choose you? Don’t you have any idea?

"I abstain!"

The looks from several people made Jiraiya even more unhappy, and he finally gave up again. This was the last bit of his stubbornness as a toad boy!

"It's no big deal to become Hokage now."

Orochimaru smiled, feeling that this Hokage was nothing special, especially since there were so many troublesome people and forces in the village. He really didn't know why the teacher still held on to this power.

Isn't he afraid of working himself to death?

"Thank you for supporting me in becoming Hokage, but I need to make something clear. I am only the acting Hokage. Don't tell me that I will protect the village with my life.

There are some things I won’t force you to do, but you have to keep them in mind.

The village and the Fire Nation are your foundation. You must not lose this foundation and you must pay what is due.

Finally, before the Ninja World War ends, please stop secretly opposing each other, or you will be doomed."

Orochimaru made his words very clear, and he also understood his current position, which was only to reconcile the relationship between the major forces and to assist in the fight to the end of this Ninja World War.

Several people did not speak, but nodded silently in agreement.

"If there is nothing else, let's adjourn the meeting. I need to think carefully about how to be a good acting Hokage. The next war will be difficult to fight."

After Orochimaru finished speaking, he left first, too lazy to waste time talking to those people.

Several people looked at each other, then stood up and left.

Minato Namikaze and Sakumo Hatake followed Jiraiya away. They needed to have some discussions next, as they were the few people who had a better view of the overall situation.

Uchiha Fugaku followed Shimura Danzo and left until they came to a secluded and deserted place. Shimura Danzo stopped and turned around.

"Do you have any doubts?"

"Were you involved in the plot against us Uchiha?"

Uchiha Fugaku stared at Shimura Danzo. He needed to confirm some things in order to identify the real enemy.

"I said I was not involved. Do you believe me?"

Although he looked playful, Danzo Shimura was actually depressed.

He had no idea how many blames he had taken in his life. Some of them he knew about, but there were many more that he was unaware of. He was hated by everyone in the village and was almost like a rat crossing the street.

"I believe!"

Uchiha Fugaku's expression became even gloomier, and his murderous intent towards Sarutobi Hiruzen became stronger.

It was really that old guy who planned it.

"Anything else you want to ask?"

Uchiha Fugaku's performance surprised Shimura Danzo and he became interested in him.

"Whose eyes do you have?"

Asked again, Uchiha Fugaku would never allow anyone to take away their Uchiha's Sharingan, especially the Mangekyō Sharingan.

"It belongs to Mirror. Orochimaru traded it from Mirror."

Danzo Shimura did not hide anything and revealed the origin of those eyes.

After getting the answer, Uchiha Fugaku looked deeply at Shimura Danzo and turned away.

Once those two issues are resolved, everything else becomes secondary.

"You want to ask me about my Wood Release?"

Watching Uchiha Fugaku leave, Danzo Shimura looked at a tree not far away.

Qianshou Chengshui emerged from the trees. He really wanted to ask his grandfather's disciple something.

"What happened to your Wood Release?"

When the coalition forces of the four villages raided the camp here, Shimura Danzo demonstrated a strange wood escape technique, which made him very curious.

"Is this how you ask for advice from your elders?"

Shimura Danzo sneered.

Senju Orange Water said nothing, just stared at Shimura Danzo.

Danzo Shimura did not indulge Senju Orange Water and turned and left.

"Such a dark power, Immortal, have you ever seen that kind of power?"

Watching Shimura Danzo leave, Senju Orange Water looked at a small slug in his palm.

"That feeling reminds me of a monster."

The Slug Immortal was silent for a moment before she spoke. The dark power was so extreme that it made her feel palpitations when she sensed it.

"Monster?"

Senju Orange Water was curious, did Shimura Danzo get some monster?

Is that the big bird burning with black flames?

Becoming a monster jinchūriki?

"That was a long time ago. In order to fight against the rising Ninja Clan, the Onmyoji worked together to create a magical weapon that could trigger the dark power in people's hearts and give birth to a demon creature called Wu that could devour living beings and continue to grow stronger.

But later they were defeated by the Ninja Clan, and the monsters and magic weapons were also sealed. Maybe he got that magic weapon. It was a very scary magic weapon. Even the Ninja Clan suffered heavy losses in that battle.

Toad Pill knows more about this matter, you can go ask him."

The Slug Sage doesn't know much about that battle, but Gamamaru participated in it and must be familiar with that thing.

"That kind of power is not easy to use!"

Senju Orange Water has little interest in that kind of power, especially after obtaining Wood Release and the Eight-Tails.

"That kind of power is extremely extreme and cannot be controlled by humans. He will eventually be corrupted and become a new monster."

The Slug Sage is not optimistic about Shimura Danzo's future, and it is only a matter of time before he is corrupted.

"I hope he will be eroded faster, so there will be one less competitor."

Looking at the scorching sun in the sky, Qianshou Orange Water turned and left.

Not to mention what Senju Orange Water was thinking, on the other side, Orochimaru was thinking about how to use the identity of acting Hokage to better assist his research, when he was visited by Hyuga Hiashi.

"Hiashi-kun wants to gain my immortal power?"

Without waiting for Hyuga Hiashi to speak, Orochimaru had already figured out what he was thinking. The only thing he had that could make the other person's heart flutter was his fairy power.

"What's the price? Except this eye."

Hinata Hiashi did not waste any time and asked directly about the chips. He really needed the power of fairy arts.