"The most essential power?"

Minato considered Jiraiya's words, "The teacher's meaning means that Orochimaru-sama doesn't really care about power, prestige, and even...belief as a Konoha ninja, and he is all about improving his own strength. , conduct your own research, is that so?"

"Probably so..."

Jiraiya sighed and said, "As a ninja of Konoha, the most important thing is to identify with the village and the determination to protect the village.

Although Orochimaru does everything for Konoha, he is also a great ninja recognized by almost everyone, but as his teacher and closest partner, Sarutobi-sensei and I both feel that he has a detached feeling for Konoha , as if... there are some great secrets that make people elusive..."

"is that so?"

After hearing Jiraiya's words, Minato was even more puzzled.

Today is almost the first close contact between him and Orochimaru. Minato still admires the leader of the famous "Konoha Sannin" in Konoha. Orochimaru's performance of comprehending the technique of Flying Thunder God is really impressive. He was shocked.

Orochimaru seems to have everything that the ninjas of the same period yearn for, so what's wrong with such a person?

Betray the village? Watergate is really unimaginable.

"Okay, let's not talk about those vain heads, Orochimaru is indeed an excellent ninja indispensable to Konoha, but...he got too close to Danzo after all."

The conversation entered into a long silence, and finally Jiraiya spoke up. He stared at the water gate solemnly, his tone extremely solemn.

"As I said, Sarutobi-sensei is not too young, and Konoha is full of talents, so the teacher is actually considering whether to train new successors if the next war breaks out, and entrust Konoha's will to fire. give him!"

"what?!"

Jirai has said so much before, but Minato has been in the fog all the time. It wasn't until this moment when the showdown was over that Minato suddenly realized!

If Sarutobi wanted to find someone to take over and entrust the name of Hokage, he would definitely find a suitable candidate among his three apprentices first.

Among the Konoha Sannin, Orochimaru is the strongest, Tsunade is the princess of the Qianshou clan, and although Jirai is not bad, he is more concerned with Konoha, but because of his own personality, he is reluctant to sit Take this position.

Then, the most suitable person for this position is undoubtedly Orochimaru. He has outstanding military exploits and a shrewd mind. Although he rarely works in Konoha on weekdays, he is well-received.

Speaking of seniority, Orochimaru is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate for the next Hokage!

But what Jiraiya said just now explained the reason why Sarutobi was not optimistic about Orochimaru.

Orochimaru was so good that Sarutobi couldn't see what his heart was longing for.

He himself doesn't seem to care about fame at all, and he has been working with Danzo all the time. He doesn't usually spend much time in Konoha, which is what Sarutobi is worried about.

And... although this issue has not been discussed directly, Sarutobi feels that Orochimaru doesn't seem to care about Hokage's position!

The selection of Hokage is a very serious issue, especially now that the ninja world is in turmoil, and there are crises around Konoha. Everyone wants to pull Konoha off his horse. He must find a strong, powerful person who truly loves Konoha as Hokage.

Orochimaru's character and his attitude are a problem after all, and Sarutobi is also quite regretful and tangled.

Then, if you don't consider Orochimaru first, there are still some other candidates in Konoha's Young Zhuang faction.

For example, Tsunade, such as Hatake Shigeru, to put it mildly, put them in other Ninja villages, and their aptitudes are also outstanding among their peers.

If it weren't for the accidental disappearance of Kato Dan, he would have a slight chance, if he can make enough achievements in the future ninja war.

However, among the same generation of ninjas, once Orochimaru is given up, these people will be eclipsed, at least those outsiders will be puzzled and dissatisfied.

The shadow of the village must be a person that everyone expects, except in particularly critical times, there is an election mechanism.

So if you don't choose Orochimaru, can these people really convince the public? Will Orochimaru have other ideas?

This is a problem, a problem that makes Sarutobi very troublesome, even the "outsider" Jiraiya can't explain it clearly.

"Oh, yes, there is another guy." Zilai also suddenly said, "If you vote, in fact, Ye Long from the elders should also be eligible to run.

He is the representative of the commoner ninja, and now he belongs to the elders, and his achievements and strength are equally outstanding. But it's not that much of a chance. "

"Ah... it's so complicated."

Minato sighed, thinking about the scene of seeing Orochimaru today, that kind of low-key toughness... Maybe Orochimaru is more suitable for Danzo?

Um? By the way, so what does this have to do with me? Watergate suddenly woke up!

Didn't I come here today to ask Naruto-sama to ask for ninjutsu? The development of things is a little inexplicable now!

"Minato, the talent you showed today really impressed Sarutobi-sensei."

Zilai also said quietly, "The technique of flying thunder gods is the unique skill of the second generation, but it has never been succeeded.

And you, you're that idiot boy!"

"Huh?" Minato's smile froze.

"Also, have you ever thought that you are my disciple, the descendant of the Hokage lineage.

Your strength is not bad, and it is difficult to be compared with ninjas of the same age as you. In the future, if you learn to fly Thunder God, or go to Miaomu Mountain to practice, your strength will increase by leaps and bounds. "

"well enough..."

Minato was a little embarrassed by Jirai's praise, "So what about teacher?"

"So... Sarutobi-sensei is just starting to think about the position of the successor, and the time is not very urgent. If you can get enough achievements in the next ten years... You may not be able to run for the position of Hokage!"

"Ah?! No way!"

Minato was really surprised this time. He loved Konoha very much, but before today he was just an excellent young Jonin.

Before he had mastered the technique of Flying Thunder God, had not learned various powerful sealing techniques of the Vortex Clan, had not gone to Mt. Miaomu to cultivate, and reached the shadow level, Minato was not that famous and majestic golden flash!

The first time I heard Jiraiya say that he might be favored by Sarutobi, and that there is a glimmer of hope of inheriting the position of Hokage in the future, although Minato was excited, he seemed overwhelmed.

"Don't be surprised, if Mr. Sarutobi finally decides that Orochimaru is not suitable for Hokage, then he basically won't choose someone from Orochimaru's generation, you know what I mean?" Jiraiya asked.

"Uh, yes."

Although Orochimaru may not care about it himself, his reputation will also bring great pressure to others.

If that's the case, then exclude all of them and choose a younger, next-generation ninja to be Hokage, and some problems will be solved.

"Minato, if you want to become Hokage, the teacher will definitely support you with all your strength, and I clearly recognize your character.

But the premise is that you must be good enough yourself, and... Orochimaru will never earn this position with you from beginning to end, otherwise you still don't have much hope, even if the teacher is optimistic about you. " Zilai also said solemnly.

"Yes...is that so..."

Minato slowly clenched his fists, constantly weighing the pros and cons in his heart.

Few people ignore the temptation to be a Hokage. After all, the education of the will of fire is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. From the time of entering the ninja school, becoming a Hokage is almost everyone's dream.

Ordinary ninjas are single-minded for the village, even if their strength is low, they will have the desire to become Hokage, because this is the village's recognition of his value and everyone's recognition of him.

Not everyone is like Jiraiya or Orochimaru, some people have always been obsessed with this position.

Although Minato is a sunny and bright young man with an open mind, he doesn't have any thoughts about Jiraiya's "being a Hokage".

He understands that being a Hokage is not only a right, but also a responsibility.

"Watergate, I hope you do your best, and don't waste your precious talent.

Orochimaru has also become stronger bit by bit, your talent is not necessarily worse than his, and you will definitely become a great ninja in the future!"

Jiraiya stared at Minato, there was one thing he didn't tell Minato.

Danzo and the elders are getting stronger and stronger, intervening everywhere, which has already made Hokage, Sarutobi, out of breath.

In addition, the rope tree of the Qianshou clan naturally awakened Mu Dun, and the Qianshou clan became more and more active in the village.

Konoha's current partisanship is so fierce that once the war breaks out, the battlefield will become an extension of politics and intensify.

What Konoha needs is a strong person to lead, so that he will not become a mass of loose sand, just like the first and second generations of the year.

Sarutobi had always been optimistic about Orochimaru because he was strong enough.

It's a pity that Orochimaru didn't stand up to share the worries for Sarutobi at this time. He was always in a stance of idle cloud and wild crane, taking care of himself. He even ran over to cooperate with Danzo, and did his own research in the Land of Rain, which made Sarutobi quite good. disappointment.

In Sarutobi's opinion, Orochimaru himself gave up the chance to inherit Hokage, and he can only choose other people to cultivate.

And this person can't be a **** of any other power. It's better to not be in a relationship with the major families of Konoha, Danzo and the elders.

So Sarutobi saw Minato.

Originally, he was only slightly optimistic, but today's performance of Watergate surprised him.

Minato is young, he thinks that his consciousness is high, and his strength will quickly become stronger. He is a civilian ninja, and he has the support of the Uzumaki family. He can be firmly grasped by Sarutobi. High training value.

If he can make enough achievements in the future, and Sarutobi properly hides Orochimaru for a while to reduce his influence, then Minato has a great chance.

By then, Danzo will be old and Minato's strength will be completely strong, and he will justifiably become the Hokage who can unselfishly lead the major forces of Konoha!

Perhaps there is another person who can compete with Minato, and that is the same generation as Minato, the disciple of Orochimaru and Tsunade's younger brother Senju Roshu. He is also involved in the attitudes of Orochimaru and the Qianshou clan.

Roshu is also a person who Sarutobi Hizen is very concerned about.

However, that is also an issue to be considered in the future. Jiraiya is ventilating the water gate today.

The two of them left the teahouse, and Zilai also sighed with a bit of melancholy when she saw Minato's back, which became a little serious.

"It would be great if Orochimaru wanted to become Hokage from the bottom of his heart, the teacher wouldn't have such a headache, and Konoha would be even stronger.

That bastard, Orochimaru... what is he thinking about every day?!"

......................

"Today, Jiraiya and Minato had a long conversation. Although I didn't deliberately listen to their conversations, Jiraiya seemed to have said something incredible. When Minato left, he looked in a trance."

In the dark purple space, there was a slight fluctuation in the space. Orochimaru, who was still thousands of miles away in Konoha, appeared in the spooky space, looking at Ye Long and Xie Jiandao in front of him.

Ye Long smiled and looked at Orochimaru and said, "Do you really have no idea about Hokage?"

"The technique of flying thunder **** is really useful."

Xie Jian looked at the flying thunder **** technique at Orochimaru's feet with envy.

It was portrayed by Ye Long before. Since Orochimaru, who has some of Ye Long's soul qualities, can easily learn the technique of flying thunder god, and even touch the more mysterious power of space, then Ye Long naturally has a stronger grasp of it, and he has a better understanding of space. Understanding goes further than Orochimaru.

Xie Jian and Yaotian are not so lucky, except that they have not inherited the characteristics of space fit in Yelong's soul, they are a "primitive species" of the Naruto world, and they are a life form in outer space. Energy is not chakra, there is no space ability of the Otsutsuki family, and there is no possibility of learning the technique of flying thunder god.

However, all kinds of powers have the same goal after all, and the cultivation of immortality to a certain level can also communicate with the world and break through time and space.

Although they did not have the opportunity to use the flying thunder **** to master the power of space for the time being, they also left the flying thunder god's spell on their bodies.

When necessary, Ye Long and Orochimaru can directly appear by their side, no longer need to use the "psychic escape" method.

With Ye Long's understanding of the power of space in the future, he can even do the same thing as Orochimaru forcibly pulling Fei Lei Shen Kuai. According to the Fei Lei Shen technique on them, he can force them to his side!

You must know that the Flying Thunder God technique created by Tobirama is deliberately made to be extremely stable in terms of spatial characteristics~lightnovelpub.net~ to prevent deviations when it is activated.

Ye Long doesn't need to do this, he can completely modify the new Flying Thunder God formula, so that the target marked with the Flying Thunder God formula can more easily respond to his space power, so as to shuttle!

"I probably guessed that Jirai should have told Minato about that." Ye Long said lightly, "Orochimaru, what do you think?"

"Haha." Orochimaru sneered, "The current Konoha, the so-called Hokage, is just superficially having righteousness, but in fact, he has been constrained too much, and he has completely put himself under everyone's sight.

What's the point of being a Hokage at such a high price?"

Ye Long nodded and said, "We solved Tobirama secretly back then, but we also left this mess, and Sarutobi-sensei is also very distressed. So who do you think should be the Hokage? Minato Naikaze?"

"We don't need Hokage's seat, and of course I won't give it up easily."

Orochimaru narrowed his eyes, "Hokage represents righteousness and destiny, and we can use it as a bargaining chip to play a good game of chess.

In the future, I will hold it firmly in my hands!"

"Between five and ten years?! You mean...!" Ye Long looked at Orochimaru's solemn expression and said in surprise. .

"That's right, in order to facilitate the duel of the Son of Prophecy faster and gain that power, it is also to test the guy who threatens us the most..."

Orochimaru said in a deep voice, with determination in his eyes, "The seat of Hokage... let Roshu take over for the time being!"