Make Kiri Great Again

"Make Kiri great again!"

In the midst of the boisterous crowd, Takagi shouted so vociferously as the closing words of this speech.

Replying to him, there were mountainous cheers.

The fact that the audience was so enthusiastic undoubtedly reflected the success of the speech. Even when Takagi raised his hand and made a downward motion in succession, the people's enthusiasm lingered for a long time.

But it was no wonder that people were so enthusiastic. Takagi was not really a very skillful agitator, and did not have the power to make people shout in the beer hall, but... he really intended to solve the problem.

With the experience and wisdom he had accumulated over the years.

To be fair, that wisdom was by no means earth shattering, but trying to solve a problem and OMOing to do nothing were ultimately two different things.

The ninjas were just used to patience, it wasn't like they were real fools.

They see it.

-These problems would not have arisen originally. Since the end of the Fourth Ninja War, Yagura has been working on solving the problems. However, the timing of Brother 'Bito's entry was really good. With Obito's efforts, Yagura's efforts were not only ineffective, but also added countless problems...

Terumi Mei was too young after all.

Granted, that son of a bitch from Konoha was even younger than Terumi Mei when he first came to power, but that kind of sinful animal is all that's come out one in a thousand years...

Ninjas also vote with their feet.

It wasn't until ten minutes later that a rather tired Takagi made his way out of the crowd with the help of his guards.

Several speeches in a short period of time had certainly greatly boosted his support in Kiri, and the tiredness was also real.

It wasn't the physical aspect that was tired, it was more the mental aspect...

But instead of choosing to go home and rest on this, Takagi quietly arrived at the home of a conservative elder.

Takagi was quite old for a ninja. He was chasing after the position of Mizukage this time with the mood of succeed or fail.

However there were some people that he had to be cautious with even if he became a Mizukage later on.

Not to mention that he was still only a candidate.

This elder of Kiri invited him to sit down, ordered tea, and then began to complain.

"Really... unlikeable. -

"Going around like a monkey, jumping around in front of people. -

"A ninja, should act like a ninja! Takagi, I think highly of you, so you shouldn't turn into a Konoha ninja like that either... I've heard, however, that a lot of Konoha's ninjas don't do their own jobs properly and run off to make some kind of TV or movie... -

"A guy like that who even forgets his own job is doomed to not become an excellent ninja. A village with so many clowns will surely end up losing as well! -

"You have to keep that in mind!"

Deep down, Takagi didn't quite agree with this elder's remarks.

After all, times were different, and it was no longer the era of warring states where they killed each other endlessly.

Ninjas were also human beings and had their own needs.

Existences that were born like war maniacs were ultimately only a minority. For most of the ninja, their own position can continue to rise, the wealth of the clan can accumulate more and more, the children can be more and more successful, is the biggest pursuit of their life.

Whoever can achieve these things, the ninjas will support them brainlessly.

No matter how powerful the ninja tool theory is, it can't eliminate people's need to pursue happiness.

These days' speeches had made Takagi realize this very clearly.

-Why did those supporters embrace him? Was it because of his elite shinobi level strength? Was it his good looks? Was it his constant speeches?

None of it.

It was just figure he had this attitude of being able to solve problems.

However, Takagi didn't argue with the elder and just bowed his head in response.

"You're right, shinobi should behave like shinobi! -

"But these are troubled times, and this is a time when we should not add enemies, but political allies wherever possible. We will give them whatever they need. -

"When I become Mizukage, naturally..."

Naturally, I will first kill you, an old guy who refuses to change anything.

Takagi loathed from the bottom of his heart that the Mizukage line and the Hokage line had gotten so close, but the changes in Konoha and the Land of Fire in the past less than two years had also made Takagi realize that in these times, if you only knew to hold on to what you had, you wouldn't be able to go on no matter what.

But there was no reason to argue with this elder now.

What he said was what he said.

Takagi wasn't a youngster after all, when he was chasing girls in his youth he knew that give day to whatever you say. If you don't give it...

"Well..."

Seeing that Takagi said so, Kiri Elder stopped pursuing the matter and took out a newspaper.

"By the way, please take a look at this first."

It was a newspaper of the Land of Fire.

"A newspaper?"

"Well, there are a lot of unfavorable remarks about our Kiri published on it, especially you... You don't know yet, do you?"

In the past two days, Takagi had been busy with speeches outside, and hadn't really had the time to read any newspapers from the Land of Fire.

So he opened the newspaper and read it carefully.

It was obviously not the official newspaper of the Land of Fire, but the kind of lace tabloid.

Konoha knew something about this kind of newspaper. As soon as he saw that it was this kind of newspaper, he had a rough idea in his mind.

-When Land of Fire's three-wheelers were on sale, various Shikaku articles were often published in such newspapers, which helped the Land of Fire reduce the overload rate, which was quite effective. Assholes are bastards in this matter. Those little editors are really good-looking, and many middle-aged uncles like to read them.

Sure enough, as soon as he opened the newspaper, the content on it was pretty much what he had guessed.

It was nothing more than a number of years ago, Takagi came to a certain place because of a mission, and then met a young lady from a big family. The young Takagi fell in love with the young lady at first sight, but the other woman had no feelings for him and instead fell in love with another rich man.

That was also her fiancé.

Takagi is furious and chooses to use force, eventually impregnating the young lady with his child.

But soon after, Takagi left the area because his mission was over.

It's just that a few years ago, Takagi came to a certain place because of a mission, and then met a young lady from a wealthy family. Young Takagi fell in love with the eldest lady at first sight, but the other party had no feelings for him. Instead, he fell in love with another rich and handsome man.

Originally good a big lady, is considered to have suffered a lot of pain.

She has nothing, would like to die, but ultimately remembered the child in the belly. So she went to a bathroom, while working, while waiting for the birth.

Shortly afterward, the baby was born, very strong and smart.

A few months after birth, he could walk and call his mother, and after he reached the age of three, he was able to actively read in some of the large parts of the book, and even attracted a scholar who wanted to accept him as a mantle heir.

That was the happiest time in the eldest lady's life.

However, this matter was eventually known by Takagi, who not only wasn't happy, but instead sent someone to kill mother and son.

Professional ninjas struck, and naturally a pair of weak mother and son with no chakra couldn't handle it. The ninja quickly found the two, but just before the ninja was about to succeed, the boy sharked himself in front of the ninja, only begging the other party to let his mother live.

It just so happened that the ninja had only survived because of his mother's sacrifice in his earlier years. Seeing such a scene now, the image of that year came to his mind.

So he only cut off the child's head, and surprisingly, he really left that young lady alive, and figured out how to use the other head to fill it up himself.

But the ninja let her go, but she couldn't let herself go.

It was hard for her to come out of the shadow of the past, she really couldn't bear the pain of losing her child. It was at this time that the bathroom that relied on her livelihood also collapsed, and the eldest lady, who did not have a skill, finally... went crazy.

She is crazy all day long, mixed in the street, rely on the occasional goodwill of people's succor to survive.

That is, the war is now over, otherwise in her current state, she should have died a long time ago.

But even so, anyone who sees the gentle and virtuous young lady become this way now, always have the heart to endure...

Takagi seriously finished reading the news in front of him... No, it should be a novel.

"The writing is really good."

Takagi was not a youngster after all, even if he was so vilified, he did not get angry, but instead complimented.

"I wonder if this editor is willing to jump ship? I think we can spend a lot of money to poach him here."

Because of Takagi's composure and openness, some of the doubts in Elder Kiri's heart slowly disappeared - after all, the article was so well written that it instantly hit the point that could raise everyone's blood pressure.

Ninjas are also people, naturally, it is also very easy to be caused by this article heart tide... Many things in the article, many ninjas have personally experienced, it is extremely easy to cause empathy...

"You really didn't do this thing?"

"Your Excellency, you know the situation in my family. I have only one adopted son and no other relatives beyond that. If there really is a real son out there, why don't I pick him up? I am at least a Jonin ninja, can't I even afford this amount of money?"

"You're right... but now that this matter has been in the newspaper, I'm afraid it will quickly spread among the crowd. The worst thing is..."

The Kiri Elder turned on the television.

What was playing on the TV was exactly the same news similar to what was in the newspaper.

Of course, the description on the TV was much more elegant than the lace tabloids, but the general content was the same.

For Takagi, however, that wasn't the worst of it.

If it was that sinful animal from Konoha, it would be normal for him to pull something like this. The most damaging thing was that at this time, the media of the four major countries were all breaking the story, only Land of Water was not...

Kiri is actually quite honorable in the Land of Water, if Kiri has a need, the media in the Land of Water is mostly willing to help.

But the problem this time is that Takagi didn't ask them to stop... How is it that the whole thing is like Takagi is deliberately blocking the news?

"...Damn."

Takagi, who had been able to happily read the small essay before, clenched his fists at once.

... ...

In Hokage's office, Terumi Mei propped her hands on her desk and gave Makoto a deadpan look with a look of a rare animal.

Not long ago, Makoto decided to take on Takagi.

Then in front of Terumi Mei, Makoto performed what it meant to turn black and white upside down.

Takagi could be said to be truly living in dire straits these days.

Konoha hadn't sent a single soldier, but it had made him a whole lot of trouble.

In this recent period of time, the negative news about Takagi has basically never stopped.

This includes, but is not limited to, during a public canvassing event in the Land of Water, a dozen children with different skin colors rushed up to him, hugged his thigh and called him daddy - it must be said that Takagi's own reaction was quite good. Quickly, he actually stopped the ninjas around him from pushing these children away violently, otherwise Makoto would write again.

Of course, it was the same if he didn't push them away.

Secondly, there was a ninth-rate porn star from the Land of the Wind who stated that she had had a moment of pleasure with Takagi. At that time, for various reasons and the other party not knowing Takagi's identity, she didn't ask for money, and now she's bothering Mr. Takagi to settle the money from the past.

The case has now been accepted by the court of the Land of Wind.

Admittedly, the judges of the Land of Wind couldn't possibly run to the Land of Water to arrest someone, but that didn't stop them from classifying Takagi as an unfriendly person - a future Mizukage would be damned funny if he was blackballed by the Land of Water.

No Kage, as of yet, has ever been blackballed by a major power.

Even if it was a belligerent country before, a big country wouldn't pull the plug on a Kage.

Even the likes of Makoto.

If Takagi ended up becoming the Mizukage, he would be the first person in history to be nailed to the pillar of shame in history forever.

The Land of Fire is even tougher, with a certain restaurant making it clear that they absolutely respect Mr. Takagi's experience freedom. But no matter what, the pig's head is also their hotel's property, and the matter of fucking a pig is also... anyway, please ask Mr. Takagi to return the pig's head.

Of course, just returning the money is fine.

After all, the customer is God.

The Land of Earth was relatively gentle, but still asked whether he could be responsible for a small theft thirty years ago... and it didn't mean anything else. After all, who wouldn't make mistakes? As long as the compensation is in place, no one will care too much about the mistakes made when they were young...

For a while, Takagi's reputation could simply be said to have stunk.

Adjectives such as son of a bitch, bugbear, and parasite were not quite appropriate to apply to him because they were too literal.

With the exception of the Land of Lightning and the Land of Water, there were people cursing him everywhere.

The reason why the Land of Lightning was so calm wasn't that it didn't like to fall on its sword, but it was mainly because Kumo was now caught in a rather peculiar state of affairs - the conservatives and reformers of Kumo were fighting even harder than Kiri, and really didn't have the strength to care about the Mizukage election.

Ever since Makoto pointed out the matter of the Chakra Cannon, the two factions have directly entered a state of incompatibility.

Both sides carried out the greatest efforts to restrain, but everyone is very clear, do not come to a you and me, the real battle to spell out a Raikage, this matter will not end...

As for why Land of Water did not have any news... of course Makoto deliberately.

He just intentionally didn't put any news in Land of Water to guide those who are interested in this matter to collect it in foreign countries.

Humans are forever like that, not caring too much about things that come to them easily.

They would rather believe in the "truth" that was obviously spiced up, but which they had "gathered" themselves.

-Of course, none of the above was the reason why Terumi Mei was staring at Makoto.

"Did you really write this article... yourself?"

In the current situation, Takagi could be said to be surrounded by enemies on all sides, with almost every major country reacting in its own way.

However, in Terumi Mei's opinion, what was really killing her was not the news that was a catch-22 no matter how you looked at it, but the small essay that Makoto had written in the tabloid earlier.

How can I say it... Terumi Mei was really on fire and wanted to strangle Takagi when she read it for the first time.

Simple words, but poked the softest place in her heart, so that she could not help but burn with anger.

She did not doubt Makoto's writing skills, but... he wrote so truthfully, should not...

"It's me who wrote it, what's wrong?"

"Then that great lady, and her child..."

"She did have a child, and it is also true that she was killed by a passing ninja because of some altercation. But from the beginning to the end, she was just a roving warbler, not some great lady... I just artfully processed it, you don't what I say, you believe it."

Hearing Makoto say this, Terumi Mei's mood instead got a little better.

"Is it a lie? ...That is to say, from the very beginning she was never abandoned? Then her child..."

"It's just a very ordinary child, there's nothing special about it. It can only be said that it was a bad fate... at that time but it was in a war... that kind of rebellious patience, it is impossible for us to control it."

"Phew... that's good."

Terumi Mei patted her chest and let Makoto off the hook for now.

But she quickly remembered something else.

"Wait, with such a complicated persona, how did you find someone so quickly... And, if I'm not mistaken, in order to deceive others, you must have post-trained her to make her really look like a former Missy, right?"

Makoto smiled without saying anything.

Yagura, who had a senbei in his mouth, raised his hand.

"Don't think too much, this is what this guy was going to leave for me. But I'm now... so I'll let Takagi enjoy it."

Terumi Mei thought about Shota Mizukage and the nice-looking street prostitute sister, and felt a little weird.

She mulled it over for a long time, which dispelled that strange bit of thought in her mind.

"So, you're just going to use this little gimmick to settle Takagi?"

"How could that be? These are just black material at best, and can only serve as a bit of flavor. To really seal the deal, you still have to rely on yourself."

Honestly, even Makoto hadn't expected that public opinion in this era would be so effective.

It could be that the little essay Makoto wrote was so touching that it immediately touched the hearts of those okaa-sans - never underestimate women's empathy, as well as pillow talk.

Maybe it's because the TV public opinion in this era still has a lot of credibility, when people get a news from TV, their first reaction is not whether it's true or false, but to start judging it first - there's no way, people in this era don't have the kind of habit of letting the bullets fly for a while beforehand like the young people of the Earth Online do.

Of course, there is also the possibility that those Takagi's haters are taking advantage of the opportunity to push - after all, he is not a small money money, let everyone like him? That was impossible.

Makoto couldn't do such a thing either.

All in all, this public opinion war was very effective.

There were no polls in this era, but in an incomplete survey conducted by Makoto Makoto using Konoha's power, Takagi had been taken out of at least 20% of his support because of the previous public opinion offensive.

-It had to be said that the amazons were really capable of fighting.

Theoretically speaking, senior shinobi don't need to be responsible for the people when they vote. But it's undeniable that when a lot of people started to hate Takagi, the senior shinobi had to consider the cost of continuing to support him as well...

Grandpa has always been biased, and the mouths of those who are the youngest do not dare to say so, but they will also have opinions in their hearts.

"By me? ...Is it a televised speech?"

"Well, this I really can't help, it's all up to you."

"Good..." Terumi Mei took a deep breath, "I understand."

... ...

Recently, Takagi could be said to have suffered from public opinion.

Of course, Makoto swore that the pressure of public opinion outside of the Land of Fire was really not something he had arranged, it was entirely the spontaneous behavior of the other countries.

Suna and Land of Wind might give him a face, as for the other countries, how could they help him so much... It's just that there is an opportunity to blacken Kiri, and everyone doesn't want to let it go.

That being said, this is actually the pot that Yagura left behind.

From the perspective of the hidden village, Yagura did a good job during the Fourth Ninja World War, fighting for Kiri to gain a considerable amount of benefits, but this also offended the other four major countries to death.

Before was no chance, and now... you kid finally fell into my hands...

The one they hacked was Takagi, but it was the entire Kiri that was affected.

-Your family boss f*cking pig, this kind of stunt even after a few hundred years, I am afraid that it will not be easy to pass.

As for why they don't move Terumi Mei... Terumi Mei to power is more favorable to them.

That's kind of an inherent bias.

There are still quite a few female Kage class powerhouses in Hokage.

But there are only three female Kages, from start to finish - Tsunade, Terumi Mei, and the Leg Shadow in the back.

T/N: have you seen Kurotsuchi's bare legs? Check the wiki, the pic is there

Tsunade didn't have much ambition, and was really out of it in the original. Now that Makoto is doing a good job and Kakashi is one of his own, it's only natural that Tsunade won't become Kage again.

She had this time to work overtime, she might as well go play a couple small games of mahjong.

Leg Shadow was considered a small character, not even a loli now.

Terumi Mei can be said to be the first female Kage.

And in this era where the legacy of the Warring States still exists, a woman... will certainly be looked down upon anyway.

This is a huge disadvantage for Terumi Mei because some people will disdain her, especially if she is not quite strong enough or prestigious enough.

But at the same time, the contempt of her enemies was her best chance.

Because of Makoto's messing around, Takagi could be said to be confused.

But this person had gone up in age after all, and was really better at raising his breath. Any other young man would have come up and fought with Makoto when he was messed with like that, but he held back raw.

He even in turn utilized Makoto's black hand and helped himself to fan purification...

It didn't matter how many people there were, what mattered was being able to ignore logic and make important blasts at critical moments.

The absolute number of Takagi's supporters went down, but the loyalty was even higher instead.

This was something that made Makoto couldn't help but think highly of him.

But as Makoto himself had said, he was ultimately an outsider. He could help for a while, but if he wanted to truly defeat Takagi, it could only be done by Terumi Mei herself.

...Things would have been much better if they could have dragged it out for a few more months before the match factory started to kick in, but unfortunately Yagura couldn't have dragged it out that much longer...

All in all, the first Mizukage televised debate in history, and at the same time, the first village Kage campaign in the history of the Hokage world, began under a lot of attention.

For the sake of ratings, even other countries were very active in broadcasting the convention.

Then the youthful and beautiful Land of Water older girls killed Takagi on TV.

Even Makoto had to admit that Takagi, the man who had dared to come out and choose, had two things going for him.

Coming from the bottom, he had experience and ideas that fit the bottom's hearts. Aside from being a bit ugly, there was nothing wrong with the speech itself.

If he is on the same track as him, Terumi Mei is definitely not his opponent... but the current Terumi Mei has big capital support ah.

Terumi Mei also does not talk about sentiment and bottom, directly according to the Makoto wrote for her PPT, began to talk about money, talk about new industrial jobs, talk about the layout of the district.

Takagi couldn't talk about this, because it was impossible for him from a traditional ninja background to be favored by big capital.

-The elders who supported him were also unlikely to allow him to go and join forces with big capital.

But Terumi Mei was different.

There was someone who helped her write the proposal, and many of the big bosses chose to support her - bosses never minded investing upfront... as long as you could actually make them a profit.

She even talked a little bit about female self-improvement - in terms of numbers, there are definitely not as many kunoichis as male ninjas, but those who can become kunoichi in this era have more or less a little bit of fortitude in their character. And Terumi Mei... she wants to be the first female Kage.

Sisters are so powerful, of course they have to help the field.

Compared to voting for Takagi, the kunoichis do prefer Terumi Mei.

Of course, there is also a very crucial point... of the lighting master.

One is a beautiful goddess bathed in light.

One is a malodorous old man who is eagle-eyed by the lights...

After the first televised speech, the support ratings of both parties completely plummeted.

Terumi Mei, who was clearly younger and more inexperienced, had begun to overwhelm Takagi in turn.

However, Takagi's resilience is good, other people were suppressed so badly, their mentality would have already gone wrong, but this guy is just holding on, neither refusing to give up, nor refusing to make any overly aggressive moves.

Not only that, but he started imitating Terumi Mei and similarly started attacking her from public opinion.

The most classic slut shaming came quickly.

Especially from her and Makoto's.

This put a lot of pressure on Terumi Mei, but she resisted and began to fight back once again.

During this time, Makoto never made a move.

This was both to keep the promise of both sides, and at the same time... no matter how the two fought, the last thing to fall was Makoto's prestige, and the ones who watched the fun were foreigners like them, what was his hurry... outside were almost publicizing her and Suo Makoto as a pair, and his wives They are still emotionally stable it, there is really nothing to rush...

Terumi Mei obviously also knows Hokage's sinister intentions, but in addition to copying the newspaper to chase Makoto dozens of streets, she does not have too good a way.

At this time... even if she wanted to stop, she couldn't stop.

She even already knew that the Land of Water daimyo there had clearly expressed dissatisfaction...

Fortunately, the worst thing didn't happen.

Seeing that the final voting day was getting closer and closer, and the struggle between the two sides was getting more and more intense, one of the more prestigious Kiri elders finally stood up.

-At this point there were still eight Jonin who hadn't voted, and he was the oldest of them, whom the others trusted.

This older elder stopped the farce from continuing to fester.

"Both of you, stop it in moderation! -

"Yagura, I don't blame you for what happened before, after all, it's inevitable for anyone to slip up at times. But do you have to lose all of Kiri's few remaining faces for you to be happy?"

Without waiting for Yagura to answer, the genin glared at Takagi again.

"And you, don't think that I don't know anything about your affair with Iwa!"

After saying this, the elder took a deep breath, adjusted his emotions, and stated his demands.

"I don't care what you guys really think, I absolutely can't let the Kiri's prestige continue to lose anymore... You guys listen to me, whoever can make the Kiri strong again, we'll support them! -

"And now... something has happened to the Taki-hidden village recently, you all know about it, right? Whoever takes care of Taki, we will vote for!"

Taki... Is it that Taki who just lost their Biju...