77. Jinchūiki Runaway

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Becoming Hokage is a necessity for Ishigami Hara. The situation in the ninja world is five big countries and five big villages. In addition to the daimyo, the people standing at the pinnacle of power are the kage of each village.

Ishigami Hara does not consider the former. The daimyo can only be regarded as secular power. The kage of the village is the highest authority that truly holds power. If Ishigami Hara wants to transform the ninja world, then becoming the kage first is naturally the best choice.

As for why he does not break the law with force and completely sweep across the entire ninja world?

This method is the most undesirable in Ishigami Hara's view. Strength can make people submit, but it cannot make people convinced. Ishigami Hara wants the latter. He knows what true peace is like better than anyone in the ninja world. Only such a world can satisfy him.

So what he has to do is to make everyone convinced of him. In the final analysis, Ishigami Hara has such a mindset and wants to do this. It is still selfish, not necessarily noble.

It's just that the result of his selfishness will benefit most of the ninja world.

From another perspective, isn't this a noble thing?

Nawaki's reaction fully illustrates a problem. Ishigami Hara has the potential to become Hokage. Even Nawaki, the grandson of the First Hokage, does not think that Ishigami Hara becoming Hokage will be difficult to accept.

In fact, it is not only Nawaki who thinks so. Tsunade also thinks so.

In the Ishigami clan's land, Ishigami Hara's mansion seems very lively.

There are members of the Ishigami clan gathering outside.

Although it is not a festival, Ishigami Hara's experience in his previous life is at work.

Whenever there is something happy, a big meal is definitely the most suitable.

In the lobby of the mansion, several elders of the Ishigami clan are also present. Tsunade has drunk a lot of wine at this time. Recently, she seems to like drinking. Every time Ishigami Hara sees her, she is drunk.

"I heard from Nawaki that you want to be Hokage?" Tsunade muttered.

Ishigami Hara is not old enough to drink, so he is not like other people. He also has no special hobby for alcohol. He is now asking Tsunade to serve her food, and Nawaki is accompanying her.

Hearing this, Ishigami Hara just nodded and asked, "Tsunade-sama, do you think it's okay?"

"Heh."

Tsunade just sneered and snorted, "Hokage? You are not even a dog..."

Ishigami Hara and Nawaki looked at each other, the latter's face turned black, but Ishigami Hara behaved very normally, just smiled and said, "Tsunade-sama is drunk. Why don't you go to rest first?"

"I'm not drunk!"

Tsunade put the bottle in her hand on the table, and with a bang, it immediately attracted the attention of everyone present.

"You, from the first time I saw you, I felt that you were hypocritical, but this hypocrisy is not annoying. Kid! You have to pay attention to those four old guys, they won't let you get what you want easily."

Ishigami Hara didn't feel surprised, but Tsunade's explanation to him was a bit unexpected.

He knew very well that he felt alienated from this world, and the same was true for others. In other words, he had not established a deep bond with this world, so whether it was towards people or things, Ishigami Hara always had some reservations, which was why Tsunade said he was hypocritical.

As for Tsunade seeing through this, Ishigami Hara thought it was normal. Uzumaki Mito's previous actions were actually helping Ishigami Hara build bonds with others, but it was a pity that it was too short. Tsunade naturally understood these things.

"I will, old things will always be cleared away, and the future belongs to the young," Ishigami Hara said.

Bang!

In response to him, there was a muffled sound, but Tsunade had already fallen headfirst onto the table, snoring softly.

"..."

Nawaki was stunned by this and hurriedly said to others, "Sorry, sorry, please arrange a place for my sister to stay. It seems that she can't go back tonight."

Ishigami Hara just smiled, nodded to Ishigami Asahi and others, and someone immediately went to arrange it.

As the head of the family, he naturally had the treatment he deserved, and there were servants around him who took care of his daily life.

They were all veterans in the family, and Ishigami Hara didn't think of refusing this.

So soon Tsunade was helped down by the two girls and taken to rest.

Nawaki was a little embarrassed.

His sister's performance was a little embarrassing.

After all, she was the eldest lady of the Senju family.

Although she was a little in name only, her identity was Tsunade-hime, one of the Sannin, the princess of Konoha.

As her younger brother, he was really speechless.

"Don't worry, this place is like home for you and Master Tsunade, relax and don't be so serious."

As he spoke, Ishigami Hara raised one leg, looking carefree.

Nawaki is good in everything except that he attaches great importance to certain rules. Perhaps this is the pressure brought by his identity.

In short, the party was very successful. Nawaki also secretly drank some wine in the end. His performance after letting go was not much better than Tsunade's, which opened Ishigami Hara's eyes.

As time went by, the news that Nawaki mastered Wood Release quickly spread in the village.

This is Nawaki, the grandson of the First Hokage, and now he has mastered Wood Release. This is not a trivial matter.

The senior executives who reacted immediately questioned Nawaki. Ishigami Hara only found out afterwards that Nawaki had taken the initiative to help him conceal many things. For example, Nawaki concealed the fact that he was able to master Wood Release through some experiments of Ishigami Hara.

In other words, if the higher-ups knew about this, they would definitely understand that Ishigami Hara had a way to make others master Wood Release, which was not necessarily a good thing for Nawaki.

On Ishigami Hara's side, he did not think that this matter was important. In fact, even if Nawaki concealed it, the higher-ups would definitely have some guesses.

Therefore, when Ishigami Hara was notified that the Hokage had summoned him, he was not surprised.

In the Hokage's office, Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at his pipe with a frown, and the whole office was filled with smoke. Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura also frowned in this environment. On the contrary, Shimura Danzō was not present, and Ishigami Hara was a little surprised when he came in.

"Hara, there is a task for you to complete now."

Sarutobi Hiruzen got straight to the point and spoke in a serious tone.

Ishigami Hara bowed slightly and said, "Please give me your orders."

The other two frowned and looked at Ishigami Hara with a hint of vigilance.

"It's about Jinchūriki."

Ishigami Hara was surprised. He hadn't seen Uzumaki Kushina much recently. The latter had disappeared for more than half a month. Ishigami Hara thought she had been sent somewhere for training, but now it seemed that things were not as simple as he had imagined.

Sarutobi Hiruzen took a deep breath and said, "The village needs you to reinforce the seal on Jinchūriki."

"Hokage-sama, can I know what happened?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen did not hide it, and his voice became more serious.

"Jinchūriki is out of control."