The Fifth Leaf Village

"Take over the position of Anbu captain." Jiraiya said, "Now in the entire Anbu, you are the only one who is strong enough and not influenced by Uchiha Toukan."

Uchiha Itachi was speechless, but after the Will of Fire and the peaceful future predicted by Jiraiya flashed through his mind, Uchiha Itachi made up his mind.

"I understand, Lord Jiraiya." Uchiha Itachi stood up and saluted.

"Good," Jiraiya also showed a relieved smile on his face, "I knew that the Sandaime was right when he said that you are a good child with the will of fire in your heart."

"Lord Jiraiya, you are too kind. It is the responsibility of every Konoha ninja to contribute to the village." Uchiha Itachi said.

……

The next day, Uchiha Itachi took office as the captain of the Anbu.

Some of the ANBU members were not convinced that he was the captain of the ANBU, but for Jiraiya's sake, no one expressed any dissatisfaction. However, Nagai Seiichi delivered the news to Uchiha Dohuan's desk that night.

The next day, Uchiha Dohuan went to the Hokage Building with several captains of the security department to deliver Sarutobi Hiruzen the mission report on the case of the three clans colluding with Orochimaru.

"Sir Sandaime, the detailed investigation reports are here, please take a look." After Uchiha Dohuan placed the mission report on Sarutobi Hiruzen's desk, he took a step back and said.

Sarutobi Hiruzen only glanced at the report before placing it on the table and speaking, "Thank you for your hard work, Dohwan."

"It's all for the will of fire." Uchiha Douhuan bowed and said.

"Also, after confiscating the illegal gains of the three clans involved in the case and paying compensation to the families of the victims according to the standard, there is still about 200 million taels of stolen money left. According to the rules, this money should be included in the village treasury. Please sign it, Hokage."

After saying that, Uchiha Douhuan placed a scroll containing 200 million cash and an account book on Sarutobi Hiruzen's desk.

"Only 200 million ryo is left?" Sarutobi Hiruzen looked up at Uchiha Dohuan. As the Hokage, he knew exactly how much property the three clans had seized during this period.

Chapter 91 Hokage Nomination

"In order to appease the victims' families, the compensation this time is based on the highest standard." Uchiha Douhuan said calmly, "The Security Department is also worried that the impact of this incident will further expand, so they made this decision."

"After all, the length of time this case has been hidden and the number of people involved has far exceeded our expectations. If we can't give the victims a satisfactory answer, it will have a significant impact on the stability of the village." Uchiha Douhuan said, "The Security Department has recorded every penny of this money in a register. Please review it, Sandaime-sama."

Sarutobi Hiruzen picked up the account book, took a quick look at it, and put it down after a while. He could naturally not find any problems with this account book made by professionals that Uchiha Dohuan got from Cardo.

But he knew that it would definitely not take that much money just to compensate the victims. However, the Security Department had already distributed the money, but he knew that under the current circumstances, this seemed to be the only way.

Coupled with the vague threat in Uchiha Douhuan's words, Sarutobi Hiruzen could only nod his head: "Douhuan, you are very thoughtful about this matter."

Then, Sarutobi Hiruzen signed the report.

After signing, Sarutobi Hiruzen looked up at Uchiha Dohuan and asked casually, "Dohuan, how is the Security Department's investigation of the two consultants going?"

"Hokage-sama, after the Security Department's investigation, the two former advisors had nothing to do with the recent incident of colluding with Orochimaru to kidnap fellow villagers," Uchiha Douhuan said. "However, during the Security Department's interrogation of the thugs involved in the previous abdication incident, many of them pointed to the two former advisors as the masterminds of this incident. The Security Department is still confirming whether the two former advisors have colluded with forces outside the village."

As soon as Uchiha Dohuan said this, he suppressed Sarutobi Hiruzen's idea of rescuing his two old teammates.

After a long while, Sarutobi Hiruzen finally spoke up to remind them, "Although the two former advisors made mistakes in this matter, they have made great contributions to the village over the years. The security department should be more careful with their methods."

Uchiha Dohuan nodded with a half-smile, and seeing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen said no more.

After Uchiha Douhuan finished his work, he led his men out of the Hokage's office.

When he went out, Uchiha Douhuan walked out of the main gate in a swagger. Several members of the Jonin squad he met on the way all greeted him with a smile.

The masked Anbu, although he did not take the initiative to say hello due to the rule that Anbu could not reveal their identities in front of others, he still nodded in greeting when he met Uchiha Douhuan.

Such a scene made Jiraiya, who had been paying attention to this place since Uchiha Dohuan entered the Hokage Building, sigh secretly.

At this time, Uchiha Itachi just arrived at the Hokage Building and met a group of people from the Security Department.

The faces of several Uchiha clan members behind Uchiha Dohuan changed the moment they saw Uchiha Itachi. It was no secret in the Uchiha clan that Uchiha Itachi had taken the initiative to move out of the family, especially after they learned yesterday that Uchiha Itachi had become the captain of the Anbu without even saying hello to the family. In the family's concept, Uchiha Itachi's behavior was no different from treason. Some radical elders of the family even went to Uchiha Dohuan on the spot to petition, demanding that the person who betrayed the family be dealt with directly, but Uchiha Dohuan suppressed such voices.

When Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Douhuan passed by each other, they said nothing.

"Hey, Itachi." After the two passed each other, Uchiha Douhuan was the first to turn around and speak.

Uchiha Itachi turned around and saw Uchiha Dohuan walking towards him with a smile on his face.

"Congratulations." Uchiha Douhuan said.

"Congratulations?" Uchiha Itachi frowned slightly.

"Yes, congratulations on becoming the captain of the Anbu. Elder Fugaku was also very happy when he knew about this. However, Itachi, didn't you tell the family about such a big thing? The family only found out about your promotion last." Uchiha Dohuan said with a smile.

Uchiha Itachi looked at the curious eyes of the Anbu and Jonin ninjas around him, and thought to himself that something was wrong. He knew that he had to draw a clear line between himself and Uchiha Dohuan here, otherwise, if in the eyes of others, even the Anbu captain belonged to Uchiha, then he would be doomed.

"Captain Douhuan, you taught me how to address people by their positions when working." Uchiha Itachi said seriously.

"Don't be so serious, Captain Itachi. I think you seem to have some misunderstandings about me. However, we are all ninjas in the village and we are from the same clan. Can't we just talk some things out?" Uchiha Douhuan smiled indifferently.

"Captain Dohwan, you're joking. What misunderstanding could there be between us?" Uchiha Itachi said expressionlessly.

"Itachi, I just want to get closer to you. After all, we have the same blood in our bodies. If you can stand on the same front with me, you can make better contributions to the village, right?"

Uchiha Itachi heard this and wanted to speak, but Uchiha Douhuan whispered in his ear: "Itachi, think about it before answering. This is your last chance."

Uchiha Itachi turned his head, but Uchiha Douhuan in front of him still had a smile on his face. After a moment of silence, he frowned and said, "I don't understand what you are talking about, Captain Douhuan. Aren't the ninjas of Konoha always on the same front?"

"Is that so?" Uchiha Douhuan said with a smile.

"Sorry, I still have official business to attend to. Goodbye." After saying this, Uchiha Itachi turned around and left without looking back.

"Chief, do you want to..." At this time, Uchiha Tieyou, the captain of the security team who had been by Uchiha Douhuan's side, came to Uchiha Douhuan and said as he looked at Uchiha Itachi's leaving back, his voice full of murderous intent.

"Let's go, don't worry about him. I have given him many chances. I can also explain to Elder Fugaku and Shisui." Uchiha Douhuan sneered. He had already expected Uchiha Itachi to react like this. The reason he stopped him was just to give face to Shisui and Fugaku, who were loyal to him.

……

The scene that happened in the Hokage Building soon spread throughout the ninja clan and the senior ninja class. Uchiha Itachi's almost open break with the clan finally dispelled Sarutobi Hiruzen's last doubts. However, some people in the Anbu who had originally been dissatisfied with Uchiha Itachi, the appointed captain, and were only polite to him for Uchiha Dohuan's sake, stopped pretending. In the following period of time, Uchiha Itachi also found that except for the ninjas from the Ino, Shikaku, and Chou clans in the Anbu who obeyed his orders, the others mostly carried out his orders in a bad way.

On the contrary, with Uchiha Dohuan's arrangements of large and small banquets, and the unconcealed gold and money offensive, the relationship between the Anbu and the ninjas of the Jonin Squad and Uchiha Dohuan became closer and closer. The Isshinkai, which was originally hiding in the dark, even surfaced directly. The Anbu was okay and did not go too far under the provisions of the confidentiality code. On the Jonin Squad side, many civilians and ninjas from the small ninja clans directly called themselves members of the Isshinkai when they had no missions.

This uncontrollable situation made Sarutobi Hiruzen feel helpless. He was the Hokage, but as the Hokage, he couldn't control what the ninjas did after get off work. They were just attending the banquet normally. Uchiha Dohan, who hosted the banquet, always toasted the Will of Fire with the first glass of wine at every banquet.

Sarutobi Hiruzen also knew that he could not delay any longer. Soon, a letter nominating the Fifth Hokage was sent to the capital of the Land of Fire. He planned to cut the Gordian knot and decide on Jiraiya's position as the Fifth Hokage first.

The news that the village was about to elect the Fifth Hokage soon spread throughout the village.

"Have you heard? The village is about to elect the Fifth Hokage."

"I know. It seems that Sandaime-sama is planning to nominate Jiraiya-sama, one of the Sannin."

"What does it have to do with us who becomes Hokage?"

"That's hard to say. I heard that Master Jiraiya doesn't get along well with the Uchiha clan leader. If he takes office, he will definitely restrict the Security Department. Maybe he will help those of us who were beaten by the Security Department last time to seek justice."

"There's such a thing?" A villager who had been beaten during the martial law incident for sheltering thugs who attacked the security department said in surprise, "Then we have no choice but to support Master Jiraiya."

……

Similar rumors continued to circulate in the village, and soon, the rumor developed into that Jiraiya was about to become the Fifth Hokage, and the good days of the Security Department were over.

The consequence of this rumor was that the unruly citizens who had been quiet for a while due to the martial law incident became tough again, and the number of complaint letters received in the complaint mailbox of the Security Department increased again.

"Old man, are you not even going to act?" Uchiha Douhuan said in his office, stuffing a letter of complaint he had just read into the shredder and sneering.

"Originally, I wanted to give the old guy some dignity, but now, since he doesn't want to be decent, then I'll help him be decent." Uchiha Douhuan came to the window, summoned a ninja eagle after making a seal, and sealed a secret letter in the scroll on the ninja eagle's leg with a special ritual, and then patted the ninja eagle's head.

The ninja eagle let out a long cry, soared into the sky, and flew towards the east of the village.

After finishing all this, Uchiha Douhuan returned to his desk and calmly fiddled with the tea set. After brewing a cup of fragrant tea, Uchiha Douhuan looked up at the calendar on his desk.

December 10th, the 56th year of Konoha.

Chapter 92 Early morning of December th, the th year of Konoha

After Uchiha Douhuan sent Ninja Hawk away, he left work early and returned home.

That night, Uchiha Douhuan placed tea sets in the reception room, and the seat where guests usually sat was filled with the special kunai.

After Uchiha Douhuan prepared everything, he did not light the stove under the kettle, but just sat in meditation, feeling the natural energy in the air.

Time passed by little by little, and the pointer of the clock in the reception room moved forward half a grid after passing midnight. At this time, there was a sudden fluctuation of space on the kunai in front of Uchiha Douhuan.

Uchiha Dohuan's eyes suddenly opened, and light purple eye shadow instantly appeared at the corners of his eyes. The next moment when Shiranui Genma, Diewashi and the other two surrounded Kakashi and appeared, the natural energy around Uchiha Dohuan's residence also began to fluctuate abnormally.

Then, the charcoal fire in the charcoal stove placed on the side was also lit.

"Here we are." Uchiha Douhuan nodded to the four people.

The four of them nodded and each found a seat to sit down.

"You should have all read the contents of the letter." Uchiha Douhuan looked at the others and said, "I can maintain this state for 30 minutes. During this time, I can ensure that the Hokage's reconnaissance ninjutsu cannot see this side."

"Have you been doing well at the border during this period?" Uchiha Douhuan asked.

"You can rest assured about this. We've almost wiped out all the traitorous ninja who escaped, except for one who escaped with the Beheading Blade, one of the seven ninja swords of the Hidden Mist Village." Shiranui Genma said, "Also, Kakashi has the final say on the border troops heading towards the Land of Water."

"Really?" Uchiha Douhuan glanced at Kakashi and smiled, "It seems you are doing well over there."

"Let's talk about this first, Dohwan. Has the Sandaime sent the letter nominating the Fifth Hokage to the Daimyo?" Kakashi said.

"Eighty percent likely, the rumor that Jiraiya will become the fifth generation will not spread everywhere in the village." Uchiha Dohuan said.

"It's against the rules for the Sandaime to do this," said Genma Shiranui.

Everyone has seen the process when the Fourth Hokage came to power. If you want to become Hokage, you have to vote among the village jonin to determine the candidate, and then go through the formalities with the Daimyo. But now the Third Hokage is doing this, it can be said that he is not even pretending.

"Tell me, Doo Hwan, what do you want to do?" Kakashi asked directly without saying much.

At this time, the water in the kettle on the stove beside him was also hot. Uchiha Douhuan took the kettle down slowly and poured it into the teapot in front of him. The rich aroma of tea rose up.

Uchiha Douhuan served four cups of tea to several people one by one, and then took out a document.

"Before, I found something interesting in Orochimaru's experimental base. You can all take a look."

Kakashi picked up the document and found that it recorded three children from the Land of Rain that the three ninjas met during the Second Shinobi World War. Jiraiya chose to leave the team at that time to teach those three children, and the eyes of one of the children were the same Rinnegan as the legendary Six Paths Sage.

"Don't you find it strange? Why did Jiraiya teach children from other countries? And after that, he didn't bring the three children he taught back to Konoha. And I recently heard a rumor that there is a rebellious ninja organization called 'Akatsuki' in the ninja world, and some of their leaders have a pair of Samsara eyes. Jiraiya's behavior can be regarded as aiding the enemy, right? Can someone who aids the enemy become Hokage?"

After Kakashi finished reading the document and passed it to the other two people beside him, he picked up the teacup on the table and started drinking without saying a word.

"From this point of view, Lord Jiraiya is indeed very suspicious." After reading the document, Shiranui Genma and the other two looked at each other and said.

"For someone who has a great potential to harm the village, it is reasonable for the Security Department to take him away for investigation." Uchiha Douhuan said with a chuckle.

"But Lord Jiraiya is now the Hokage's assistant, and his position is half a level higher than the Guard and Anbu." Shiranui Genma analyzed with a frown.

"As long as the Hokage signs, won't it be okay?" Uchiha Douhuan said, "I believe that with the Hokage's will of fire, he will not sit idly by and allow the possibility of harming the village to exist, right?"

As Uchiha Dohuan spoke, the Mangekyō Sharingan in his eyes opened. Looking at the slowly rotating Mangekyō, Shiranui Genma and the other two understood Uchiha Dohuan's plan and couldn't help swallowing.

"This... can this be considered a coup?" said Shiranui Genma.

At this moment, Kakashi placed the empty cup of tea on the table and said, "Tell me, Doo Hwan, what do you need me to do?"

"During the operation to capture Jiraiya, the enemy may mobilize some ninjas in the village to fight desperately. At that time, the combat power of the guards may be insufficient, and I may need to capture Jiraiya myself, which will not be possible. Therefore, I need you to bring back some of the troops at the border to control the situation."

"Border troops? What if Kirigakure invades because of this?" Bingzu Leitong said hesitantly after hearing Uchiha Douhuan's words.

"The Kirigakure wouldn't dare invade." Uchiha Douhuan said, then looked at Kakashi, "My sword is pretty good, isn't it?"

Kakashi smiled when he heard this. Uchiha Dohuan gave him the Thunderbolt before he set off. At first he didn't understand the other party's intention, but until he showed the Thunderbolt when chasing the first batch of Kirigakure rebel ninjas, he understood why Uchiha Dohuan said that this sword was more useful than any other ninjutsu when facing Kirigakure.

Those rebellious ninjas of the Kirigakure who were roaming around the border, especially some of the older ones who had experienced the last Ninja World War, would lose their fighting spirit almost instantly and turn around and run away after seeing the dark blue thunder that would burst out after the chakra was injected into the Thunder Blade. For them, this sword was the most terrifying nightmare.

And this is the reputation that Uchiha Douhuan earned on the battlefield of Kirigakure.

"I understand. When is the time?" Kakashi said with a smile.

"Let's do it tomorrow, December 12th. I think this is a good day, right?" Uchiha Douhuan said.

"So casual?" Kakashi laughed.

"As long as you are well prepared, when the time comes, it all depends on your mood, right?" Uchiha Douhuan said with a smile.

"Well, the troops will arrive at the village by tomorrow night at the latest," Kakashi said.

After making the decision, Shiranui Genma and the other two surrounded Kakashi again and used the Flying Thunder God Formation to leave the place in an instant.

After the four people disappeared, Uchiha Douhuan also turned off the Sage Mode and walked out of the living room.

"Sister Keiko!" Uchiha Douhuan shouted loudly.

"Master clan leader, what are your instructions?" Uchiha Keiko walked out from the yard and asked.

"Please send invitations to all of these people. Invite everyone to come to my house for a gathering tonight." Uchiha Douhuan handed a list to Uchiha Keiko and said.

"Yes." Uchiha Keiko nodded and took the list and went to prepare.

After finishing all this, Uchiha Douhuan stretched in the yard and went back to his room to sleep. He would be busy tonight and tomorrow.