I'll Eat Two Bowls

It doesn't matter if he is the Hokage or not.

Danzo won't be the Hokage.

Makoto also slowly came to his senses.

Although it was not mentioned in the original work, in reality, Konohgakure also has many factions.

Among them, the largest and dominant position is naturally the Hokage's faction.

Hokages in the past are either brothers, masters and apprentices, apprentices and grandchildren, or granddaughters... In short, everyone is a family.

But Konoha does not just have the Hokage faction.

Because of the seclusion of the Senju clan, the Uchiha and Hyuuga Clans became the leaders of the smaller Clans in Konoha.

The Hyuuga has always been very demure and even tolerated such things as the daughters of the main clan marrying out and bleeding out of her blood.

But the Uchiha is always watching Hokage seat.

They don't want to rebel now, but as one of Konoha's oldest Clan, the Uchiha has always taken for granted that they should have their share of the Hokage position.

The Uchiha was never Senju's subordinate.

Don't even mention Danzo this scapegoat.

Everything was fine when the Yondaime was alive, but now that the Yondaime is gone, these goblins can't help but reveal themselves.

Fortunately, the Sandaime is still here.

Moreover, the Yondaime died to protect Konoha, so his reputation amongst the citizens has reached its peak.

Everyone knew that the Yondaime who owns the Hiraishin should have been the least likely to die. But he chose to sacrifice himself for Konoha.

While people are suffering, they also paid more respect to the Yondaime.

Therefore, after several times of confrontations in secret, several parties barely reached a consensus... Makoto, a kohai of the Yondaime, will take over as the Godaime.

For the Hokage faction, Suo is a disciple of Jiraiya, naturally part of their party, not to mention his great relationship with the Yondaime.

Now that the Yondaime is dead, while people mourn, they also extend this sympathy to Makoto.

If Makoto is young, he's only a little younger, the main key is that he's part of their faction. And precisely because of his young age and strong plasticity, he could be promoted.

After all, the Sandaime is still here, and it's not impossible for the Sandaime to endure for a few more years.

As for the other factions, they also know that currently, it's very difficult to completely seize power.

If things really don't work out, Sandaime would take over again.

Compared to the experienced and powerful Sandaime, Makoto, an Elite Jounin, is much easier to deal with.

Greedy ministers always like the young and inexperienced, let Makoto take the position, and then they will slowly look for opportunities to gradually weaken the power and prestige of the Hokage faction, which is acceptable.

As for why the Sannins didn't come out... the Yondaime Hokage was Namikaze Minato, not the Sannin who had higher prestige and contribution, which is already self-explanatory.

So... Suo Makoto thus became the Godaime.

The Daimyo of the Land of Fire has always been indifferent, and naturally will not stop it.

After the Yondaime's funeral will be the Godaime's inauguration ceremony.

Under the eager and worried gazes of countless people, Makoto put on the Hokage robe.

Everything went so smoothly, so smoothly that even Makoto, the biggest beneficiary, couldn't help but wonder if Danzo was holding back with hidden cards.

– It's almost like the rich woman was too beautiful, so he feels a little uneasy. Hoping that the rich woman can be twenty years older and a hundred kilograms fatter, or let him act like a burning steel wool, so he can finally feel at ease.

However, the facts proved that Makoto had been overthinking.

Nothing happened.

Under Sandaime's recommendation, Makoto sat on his white plastic chair, met with the heads of major and smaller Clans, and confirmed the relationship between each other's superiors or subordinates.

The last one that arrived was naturally the dead-faced Shimaru Danzo.

He stood still, with expressions of joy and sadness; he moved his lips, but no sound came out.

At that moment, Makoto almost made a move.

Danzo's attitude finally became respectful and he shouted clearly.

"Godaime-sama."

Makoto felt goosebumps all over his body.

It's way better for Danzo to go mad directly.

But he still forcefully endured it.

Next year at the latest, Orochimaru will leave, and Konoha can't risk losing one more Kage-level ninja for the time being.

Even if it's Danzo... for being Danzo.

Makoto doesn't have any small talk to say to Danzo, and Danzo probably doesn't either, so the two parties directly skip over the politeness and start talking about important topics again.

Thanks to the perennial war, the actual handling is very troublesome, Konoha is quite experienced in dealing with casualties and building reconstruction.

The most typical solution was Yamato's three bedrooms and one living room technique.

But other problems are more difficult.

Finances are exhausted, talents are withered, and the degree of war exhaustion remains high.

These three problems are entangled together and almost become unsolvable problems.

It's true that the Daimayo has special support for Konoha, but the fund is not unlimited.

And even if the village had money, after many years of war, many smaller Clans had already been beaten and chose to directly remove their names.

This kind of personnel loss cannot be compensated with money.

Even a kid like Kakashi has to go to the battlefield, which shows how deeply the war has damaged Konoha.

Kakashi survived, but how many young ninjas who could have achieved better development just fell into the quagmire of war?

In contrast, the degree of war exhaustion can only be said to be a side problem.

The Sandaime in the original work didn't actually solve this problem.

Otherwise, in the following incident where Kumo kidnapped Hinata, the Sandaime had no reason to be so weak, and eventually led to the tragic death of Hyuuga Hizashi – Kumo themselves couldn't bear to continue the war, but they couldn't wait and stand for the other village to prepare.

In the current ninja war, unless the village has a master of Kage-level or above. Otherwise, until the end of the war, it'll be nothing but a loss.

An old fritter like the Sandaime will not clean out the inside of the village for a little thing called pride and reputation.

Konoha had already shed too much blood.

This problem wasn't resolved and the Sandaime dragged on for twelve years until Naruto was able to take charge of it alone.

Facts have proved that the Sandaime's strategy was successful.

When the plot started, Suna-nins had to adopt the policy of elite soldiers because of the depletion of the country's financial resources and reduced supply, which directly lost its potential to win the war.

Because of Obito's Bloody Mist policy, the foundation of the Kiri-nins was completely destroyed, and even the Seven Ninja Swordsmen were almost withered.

Iwa lost their tailed beast one after another and lacked high-end combat power. Only Onoki, an old man, was holding on to the situation.

Relatively speaking, only Kumo can pose a threat to Konoha.

However, by that time, what the AB brothers had to face was Konoha's protagonists.

At that time, Konoha finally accumulated enough strength again.

But right now... you can't tell Danzo and the Sandaime that things will get better in the future, so you don't need to do anything now, right?

This cannot be said, and this problem cannot be solved. The three discussed for a long time, but they only said nothing.

Looking at the troubled Sandaime and Makoto, the corner of Danzo's mouth finally curved up.

Seeing that it was almost lunchtime, Sandaime suggested.

"It's almost time, let's eat first. These things are not supposed to be resolved in a short time."

As for now, it's fine.

But just as the Sandaime was about to take Makoto to the cafeteria together, they were stopped by Danzo.

He looked at Makoto with a smile on his face, but his words were sharp.

"No, theoretically, you can't use the cafeteria with us."

"... Why?"

"This is due to the necessary caution in terms of safety. Our enemies absolutely don't mind poisoning, and your safety will affect the situation of the entire Konoha... It has been like this since the first generation."

Makoto was taken aback.

He really didn't know that Konoha had such broken rules.

Makoto instinctively felt that Danzo was messing with him, so he looked at the Sandaime beside him.

"Sandaime-sama, is there such a thing?"

"Ah... indeed there is."

"Then how do you usually eat?"

"My wife cooked for me."

"Then Minato?"

"Kushina cooked for him."

"What about Nidaime-sama? He doesn't have a wife."

"If it's sensei, in the beginning, it was Shodaime-sama's wife bringing him food, later, it was my wife..."

... So Hokages are foodies, and only responsible for eating, right?

... You all have wives, so just bullying me for not having a wife, right?

... And Kushina really knows how to cook? Won't the kitchen explode?

Makoto scratched his head speechlessly.

In the past, in order to save money, he had taken advantage of his good relationship with the Sandaime, he always ate in Konoha's employee cafeteria. He never turned the stove on at home, let alone cooking.

According to Danzo's words, isn't he unable to eat anywhere?

He knew Danzo was trying to embarrass him on purpose, but he'd better not object to such a well-established rule.

After thinking for a few seconds, Makoto divided to write Danzo's name down in his small black book, and then slowly concoct Danzo when he has a chance.

"Then... can you find me a private chef? It's always okay, right?"

The Sandaime nodded.

"You can find a better chef, the pressure will be very high next time, and you need to make up for it."

Danzo made a face and continued to output.

"Write this down. The first order after Godaime-sama came to power was to use a large number of public funds to add a private chef for himself."

Blood pressure went up immediately.

If people find out, Makoto would have to prepare to receive ultimate insults for three days and three nights.

"– Hey, can't I even arrange a cook for myself?"

"Yes, of course, this is your right as the Hokage, and I respect your idea. But everyone is paying attention to you, so your order should also be known to them."

"How about this, how about we change the news to deprive Shimura Danzo-san of all his powers as soon as I take office?"

Makoto narrowed his eyes.

Danzo raised his dead fish eye.

Electricity appeared between them.

In the end, Sandaime chose to compromise.

He stood up and began to smooth things over.

"Hokage's food safety must be paid attention to, but he is still young and has no family, so he really can't be like us... How about this, I will send someone to bring the news back, and ask my family to cook a meal and send it over. –

"For me, just a bowl of ramen. Makoto, Danzo, what do you want to eat?"

Makoto slowly looked away from Danzo.

"Don't bother, let's have three bowls of ramen together."

Danzo: "I don't eat ramen."

Makoto: "I'll eat two bowls."

... With parasites like Danzo, how can Konoha be peaceful!

Just when Makoto was extremely troubled by this, a voice that he could hear rang in his ear.

Ding.