chapter 124

Sarutobi Asuma and Nara Shikaku looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen at this moment for a long time.

Can't help but be very moved.

This man who has dominated the Ninja world for decades, the Hokage who has held the throne of Konoha Village Hokage for decades, looks so haggard and painful now.

Even Nara Shikaku doubted it.

Could he just go completely crazy like this, or even...

died.

However.

The next moment, Sarutobi Hiruzen suddenly widened his eyes.

"No, I'm not reconciled."

"I'm not reconciled."

"Konoha Village is mine, and Hokage's throne is mine~"

"No one can take it from me-"

"Kuzan, what about Kuzan?"

"I will definitely make a comeback, regain Konoha, and regain the throne of Hokage"

Looking at this crazy Sarutobi Hiruzen, Nara Shikaku couldn't help being shocked.

But he couldn't help but admire Sarutobi Hiruzen a little more.

In such a desperate situation, he still hasn't given up, and he still wants to continue fighting and fighting.

He even thought about taking back Konoha and taking back his Hokage throne.

It's unbelievable that the desire for power has reached such a level, it's to the point where you can't help but admire...

Sarutobi Asuma also couldn't help frowning: "Father, you..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen suddenly sat up.

"That's right, I'm not reconciled."

"Besides, I haven't died yet, so I haven't completely lost."

At this point, Nara Shikaku Finally understood.

A hero like Sarutobi Hiruzen really has his strengths.

At least I may not have the courage to rise up in such a desperate situation like him.

After Sarutobi Hiruzen sat up, he lifted the quilt and got out of bed.

"Father, where are you going?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen said: "Continue to negotiate with Raikage."

Both Nara Shikaku and Sarutobi Asuma were surprised.

"Konoha Village has already fallen into the hands of Kuzan, and now we have no leverage at all, how can we negotiate with Raikage?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen said coldly: "Konoha Village has indeed fallen, but Kuzan wants to completely control Konoha Village and make all the villagers and ninjas surrender. How can it be so easy."

"What's more, I am Hokage of Konoha Village."

Nara Shikaku felt emotional in his heart, it seems that this time he was in a desperate situation, but Sarutobi Hiruzen's thinking has been broadened a lot.

This layer came to mind very quickly.

However, these alone are still not enough to negotiate with Raikage.

What is he trying to do?

Sarutobi Asuma and Nara Shikaku saw him rushing out for a long time, so they could only follow behind.

Fourth Raikage soon hosts three.

But the way he looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen was completely forgotten.

In the past, although he despised Sarutobi Hiruzen in his heart, Fourth Raikage even coveted the fat meat of the Land of Fire and Konoha Village, and regarded Sarutobi Hiruzen as a bully who was ready to be slaughtered.

But now.

Konoha Village has fallen into the hands of Mizukage Kuzan of Kirigakure.

What is Sarutobi Hiruzen worth to himself?

It's just old trash.

Fourth Raikage said indifferently: "Master Hokage, what are you still thinking about now?"

At this moment, Master Hokage's title sounds so ironic.

Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help feeling a pain in his heart.

But he continued: "I do lose a lot of things now, but after all, I'm still the Hokage of Konoha Village in name."

Fourth Raikage sneered: "But this is already in name only, leaving only a false name, which means nothing to me."

Sarutobi Hiruzen said: "Master Raikage, do you think Kuzan just won like this?"

"You know where Konoha Village is, and you will never surrender to an outsider so easily."

Fourth Raikage's heart skipped a beat.

He also discussed this matter with Mabui and others just now.

The conclusion is not much different from the analysis of Sarutobi Hiruzen and Nara Shikaku.

Konoha Village can be defeated, but it is really difficult to completely surrender to Kuzan and Kirigakure.

The shadow remained calm: "Oh so?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen said solemnly: "I am in Konoha Village, and the forces loyal to me are still valid."

"And those Konoha's ninjas, civilians, and families can't all let Kuzan suppress them."

"The forces of rebellion will always exist."

"As long as Raikage-sama cooperates with me, and together with Sunagakure, who has a deep hatred with Kirigakure, I will secretly launch the rebel forces inside Konoha Village, and Konoha Village will surely be defeated."

"As for Kuzan, he can only obediently quit Konoha, and fled back to Kirigakure in despair."

"You know, his base camp is still in Kirigakure after all, and the ones following him to blitz Konoha now are just the damn Orochimaru and his Sound village forces."

"Although the Summoning beast of Ryūchi Cave is powerful, each Summoning has a time limit and cannot stay for a long time."

"In Konoha Village, there will be no ninjas who sincerely fight to the death for Kuzan."

"Then our power is me, Cloud Shinobi Village, Sunagakure, plus the rebel forces in Konoha Village who are loyal to me, and Kuzan, but only himself, Tsunade, Orochimaru and the power of Sound Village."

"How could they be our opponents?"

Fourth Raikage's heart moved, and he looked at Mubai beside him.

Mabui was also thinking in secret.

She spoke for Fourth Raikage: "Master Hokage, you are really considerate, but."

"Why do we, Cloud Shinobi Village, want to help you regain Konoha and Hokage's throne?"

"What good is this for our Cloud Shinobi Village?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen had already thought of the answer.

"As long as Cloud Shinobi Village can help me regain Konoha, beyond the conditions we negotiated before..."

"I'll add ten times more."

for a moment.

Whether it is Fourth Raikage, Mabui and others, Sarutobi Asuma, Nara Shikaku, they are all shocked and stunned.

Ten times the number of that level.

That is equivalent to selling half of Konoha Village to Cloud Shinobi Village directly.

Sarutobi Asuma and Nara Shikahisa looked at each other.

In this way, even if Konoha and Hokage's thrones can be regained, most of Konoha Village is already owned by others.

Even so, Sarutobi Hiruzen can accept it?

Nara Shikaku couldn't help sighing for a long time.

Looks like I'm still wrong about Sarutobi Hiruzen.

He really is crazy.

But Fourth Raikage and Mabui fell into deep thought after being shocked.

"This matter, if it is done like this, there may not be room for negotiation."

In an instant, Fourth Raikage and Sarutobi Hiruzen showed unpredictable smiles at the same time.

But behind Sarutobi Hiruzen, Sarutobi Asuma and Nara Shikahisa fell into silence.

Just when Sarutobi Hiruzen did not hesitate to cede half of Konoha Village to Cloud Shinobi, and wanted to regain the Hokage throne.

now.

In Konoha Village.

Summoning beasts in Ryūchi Cave, Wetbone Forest, and Mount Myōboku all have a certain Summoning time limit, and now they have all lifted their summons and returned to their respective territories.

Following Kuzan's order, Orochimaru led the ninja army in Sound Village to clean up the battlefield.

Subsequently, the remaining Konoha Village rebels were suppressed.

As for Tsunade, also under Kuzan's order, all the high-level officials of Konoha Village, the patriarchs of the major families and the elite ninjas of the backbone were all assembled in the Hokage meeting.

Among them, Inuzuka, the head of the Inuzuka clan , Aburame Shimi, the head of the Aburame clan. , Akamichi Choza, the head of the Akamichi clan and Yamanaka Inoichi, the head of the Yamanaka clan.

However, since Nara Shikaku accompanied Sarutobi Hiruzen out, the Nara clan did not have a patriarch.

And represented by Nara Suzaku, the ninja agent who is second only to Nara Shikaku in strength and fame.

In addition, Hatake Kakashi, Might Guy, Yamato, yuhi Kurenai, Mitarashi Anko, Morino Ibiki and others all participated in the meeting.

Even, Kuzan released Jiraiya from detention and participated in this meeting.

Although, his Chakra and calendar area are still blocked.

Kuzan is sitting at the head, while Orochimaru and Tsunade are on the sides.

The atmosphere of the whole meeting was very delicate and depressing.

Many ninjas in Konoha Village don't know how Kuzan will deal with the follow-up.

For a while, I was also uneasy.

Kuzan looked at the crowd and smiled slightly.

"Ninjas from Konoha Village, it's a pleasure to meet you.

Jiraiya frowned and sighed: "Master Mizukage, what are you going to do with Konoha Village and us?"

At this time, Jiraiya, although a prisoner, is the last backbone of Konoha Village regardless of status, fame or strength.

Kuzan glanced at him and said with a smile: "Jiraiya, what do you think should be done?"

Jiraiya shook her head: "I don't know."

"But I know that even you, Mizukage, cannot convince the entire Konoha Village."

"Even if powerful force is used to suppress it, it can only temporarily deter people's hearts, and it is impossible to achieve permanent peace and stability."

Kuzan nodded and said: "Indeed, it seems that you have thought about this problem long ago."

"Well, what would you do if you were me?"

Jiraiya smiled bitterly: "Oh?"

"I'm not you, I'm just a guy who travels around the world."

"Even if I tried my best to protect Konoha Village, I still failed to teach in the end."

"What's more, I don't want to be Mizukage or Hokage at all, I just want to be a free person."

Kuzan said: "But, what if I have to tell you?"

Jiraiya's heart skipped a beat.

"Do you want to hear the truth?"

"certainly."

"Okay, if I were you, I'd be pretty."

Kuzan laughed: "Is this the truth? Or is it a lie trying to persuade me?"

Jiraiya said: "This is really what I think in the bottom of my heart."

"Mizukage-sama, you can't control the entire Konoha Village, your power is indeed strong, maybe you can kill everyone . But it's another matter to convince others."

"And if you don't use force and want to rule Konoha Village for a long time, you still need the Konoha people to take charge of Konoha Village's affairs."

Jiraiya's words are actually consistent with the ideas of Nara Shikaku, Mabui and others.

It's just that he said it more cryptically.

In essence, it will also support an agent who is convinced and recognized by Konoha Village ninjas, and slowly figure it out.

Kuzan said with a smile: "As expected of Jiraiya, you also said that you don't want to be Mizukage or Hokage, but you can do it with your talent."

"However, the purpose of your heart is not here."

Of course, Kuzan himself has thought about this issue.

The final conclusion is not much different from Jiraiya, Nara Shikaku, and Mabui.

Be it Konoha Village or the Land of Fire.

It is too big, and it has been passed down for so long, and its profound heritage is not comparable to other Ninja Village powers.

It is easy to defeat Konoha by oneself, but it is indeed even more difficult to truly convince everyone.

And the idea he finally came up with was also to support an agent.

This candidate, without a doubt, is Tsunade.

then.

Kuzan said with a smile: "I know, you must not be convinced that I will rule Konoha Village."

"So, I don't want to beat around the bush and say more."

"I'll make Tsunade the Fifth Hokage-sama of Konoha Village."

Immediately, Tsunade's face changed slightly.

"Lord Mizukage-sama, this..."

Kuzan said with a smile: "I know it's difficult for you to accept it for a while, but there is indeed no one more suitable for this position than you."

"And even if it's you, completely betraying Konoha, completely breaking up from now on, never seeing each other again, I'm afraid it will be difficult to do it?"

"What's more, you are the granddaughter of First Hokage."

Tsunade nodded: "Yeah...."

Kuzan said: "Then it's settled."

Hatake Kakashi sighed: "Even if it is to elect a new Hokage, a meeting of all Jōnin and elders must be convened, and then reported to the Daimyo of the Nation of Fire before the final decision can be made."

Kuzan said: "I have already summoned all those who can make decisions."

"Why, do you have any objections?"

For a while, everyone was silent.

Kuzan laughed: "So, the Hokage meeting inside Konoha Village passed."

"As for the name of the Land of Fire, that's just a process."

"What's more, there is no one more suitable for Tsunade as Hokage."

Jiraiya Said "But she's just a cover."

"The Hokage behind is still you."

"Kuzan, you want to be a double shadow of water and fire at the same time."

Kuzan touched his nose: "Isn't this a matter of course?"

"Jiraiya, such an obvious fact, there is no need to point it out."

Jiraiya was speechless for a moment.

Hatake Kakashi said: "Mizukage-sama, you should know that even if you use this method to make Tsunade-sama Hokage, it is impossible for Konoha Village to truly surrender, right?"

"And once a war starts, no matter whether the ninjas in the village or the family, it is impossible to fight for you and fight to the death."

Kuzan smiled and said, "Is it the same as before?"

Hatake Kakashi was also at a loss for words.

Indeed, when Kuzan was not Hokage, they had been fighting passively.

There is nothing to say now.

Kuzan said with a smile: "Of course I know that you won't surrender immediately, let alone die for me, but it's just a matter of time."

"I ran Kirigakure for five or six years."

"What Kirigakure was like back then, and what Kirigakure is like now, you all should be very clear."

"I have come to the present step by step, not relying on any false name."

"My method..."

"You'll see you soon."