Back home, Kanpū took a simple bath and wanted to rest, but he remembered that he had been away from the village for so many days and didn't know what happened to the Yondaime Hokage's election, so he hurriedly went out to find Hoshino, Inoue and Matsushita.
The three of them are playing shogi at Matsushita's house at this time. Two players play against each other, and whoever loses will be replaced by the third person. In this cycle, the three people have a lot of fun, they're like three salted fish.
"Father, Uncle Inoue, Uncle Matsushita." Kanpū greeted respectfully after coming in from over the wall.
"Kanpū, don't you know to use a door? How can you climb over the wall?" Hoshino who had just been defeated by Inoue, released his anger on Kanpū majestically.
Kanpū chuckled embarrassedly, and quickly changed the subject: "Tou-san, has the Yondaime Hokage's election started?"
Hoshino was indeed distracted, and answered: "They just started the registration for the election a few days ago."
After Iwagakure announced that they had surrendered, they began to customize the conditions of their surrender, and then sent it to Konoha. As a result, they were ambushed by Sunagakure's Shinobi on the road, which delayed the discussion for a long time until the two Shinobi Villages finally completed the process a few days ago.
Then, Hiruzen solemnly announced his resignation to Konoha's Shinobi and asked everyone to actively join the Yondaime Hokage's election.
As for the civilians of the village, they will not be notified until the final result is out, otherwise, it will affect the daily life of the villagers, especially those gambling halls. If they are notified in advance, they will definitely dare to start a bet on who will obtained the Yondaime Hokage's position.
Inoue jokingly said: "Kanpū, for you to care about the Yondaime Hokage's election so much, could it be that you want to participate in the election and fight for the position?"
Shinobi endure words, and generally don't roll their eyes easily unless they can't help it.
Kanpū leaned over rolled his eyes at him fiercely, and said angrily: "I want to sign up for Uncle Inoue. are still young, and you can still shine for the village."
Inoue said happily: "I'm already an old man, so I can't do it anymore. Of course, if Sandaime-sama agrees, I can accept it, hahahaha."
Kanpū was speechless when he heard Inoue's shamelessness.
"There are quite a few big names who signed up for the Yondaime Hokage's position this time."
Matsushita pondered what to do next, and said, "For example, Uchiha Clan's Clan Head, Uchiha Fugaku. For this election, the entire Military Police Force is working hard to build momentum for him."
"And one of the legendary Sannin, Orochimaru-sama."
Hoshino glanced at Kanpū and said, "This is Sandaime-sama's direct disciple. Not only is he powerful, he also has excellent military exploits. In the eyes of the others, Orochimaru-sama is the most promising candidate for the Yondaime Hokage's position!"
Inoue also became serious: "There is also Yellow Flash, Namikaze Minato, which can force a Shinobi Villages to issue an unconditional retreat order, the second one after Konoha's White Fang. He really stole the limelight in this war and is now famous in the entire Shinobi World. Moreover, his teacher is one of the legendary Sannin, Jiraiya, who is the same as Orochimaru, is also the disciple of Sandaime-sama, so his chances are also great!"
Kanpū asked "And then?"
"In addition to the three of them, there are also some Jonin, who either have military exploits or come from big clan, but judging from the current situation, Orochimaru, Uchiha Fugaku, and Namikaze Minato, are the people who have the best chance for the position."
Matsushita pretended to shuffle the chess piece on the chessboard without paying attention, and then said with a 'shocked' expression, "Sorry, sorry, I accidentally messed it up, Kanpū, it's all your fault!"
"…" Kanpū's face twitched slightly, 'You old man is really shameless.'
Inoue had a displeased expression on his face. He was about to win the game of chess just now, but he didn't expect this old bastard to play tricks!
"But it's too early to talk about that."
Hoshino looked at the two old men quarrelling, turned to Kanpū and said, "The registration for the campaign would take a month, and now, only four days have passed, so it's still early."
"One month? So long?" Kanpū was speechless, 'Isn't this efficiency too low?'
'Is it a primitive tribe?'
"It can't be helped."
Matsushita played fool for a long time, and finally managed to fool Inoue. They started a new game, and said casually, "Hokage's position is very important, so no matter who signs up, Sandaime-sama will send Anbu to investigate the specific information of these Shinobi, and even some information that the person himself does not know will be revealed."
"That's right, if there are many people who sign up, one month may not be enough." Hoshino added.
Only then did Kanpū accept the reality, and asked again: "Then, what is the process after the registration is over?"
Matsushita was in a great mood, so he said: "The end of the registration means that the information collection is completed, and then Sandaime and the advisors will naturally remove those unqualified Shinobi according to the information, and the remaining Shinobi will be chosen on the higher-ups joint screening."
"Higher-ups joint screening?" Kanpū was stunned.
"The so-called higher-ups joint screening is the screening done by the higher-ups headed by Sandaime-sama and the higher-ups headed by the Land of Fire's Daimyo."
Hoshino explained, "Our village's higher-ups is Sandaime-sama, the three advisors, and Jonin Commander, but this position is currently vacant. As for the Daimyo, generally, as long as the Daimyo nodded, his ministers won't dare to say anything."
Kanpū was stunned again, 'Jonin Commander… isn't it Nara Shikaku? He hasn't been appointed yet?'
As Kanpū thought about this, Matsushita continued: "After the higher-ups joint screening, there will be a vote of confidence from the Jonin in the village. If the number of votes is less than half, a new election will be held."
"Therefore, it is difficult for a person without a reputation to become the Hokage."
Hoshino said with a smile, "On the contrary, the greater their reputation, the greater a person's chance of becoming the Hokage."
Kanpū nodded: "I understand."
"Do you really understand?" Inoue looked at him with a serious expression.
Kanpū turned his head to look, and saw Inoue was winking at him constantly.
Kanpū followed his eyes to look at the chessboard, and found that after the restarting, Inoue was massacred to the point of losing all his pieces.
Kanpū immediately realized what Inoue wanted.
So he stretched out his hand and disrupted the chessboard: "No need to thank me, just call me Lei Feng!" (T/N: It's a slang usually used by Chinese's people in the internet.)
After saying those words, Kanpū flickered away immediately.
"Aiya, that little bastard is too much. Hahaha, it seems that we can only started it again." Inoue tried to control the smile on his face, but he couldn't.
Creak creak…
Matsushita started to gnash his teeth when he saw this.
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At the same time.
Root's headquarters.
At this moment, Danzo is asking his subordinates to go down and erase Orochimaru's black history, but suddenly, a Root's Shinobi came over with a letter.
"Danzo-sama, this is a letter from Hanzo of the Salamander, the leader of Land of Rain!"
"Huh?"
Danzo's expression changed, and he quickly took the letter.
After reading the letter, Danzo showed a big smile: "You finally understand, Shinobi World's Demigod!"
When Danzo left the Land of Rain before, he wrote a letter to Hanzo. In addition to his daily greetings, it was once again to warn him of the dangers of the Akatsuki. After half a month, Hanzo finally decided to attack Akatsuki and invited Danzo to deal with them together.
Danzo thought for a while. There are at least twenty-four days before the registration is over, so there should be enough time, but just in case, Danzo still ordered that if he has not returned before the registration ends, he chooses the top two Root's Shinobi to join the election. In this way, Anbu will need time to collect information about them, and the election can be delayed for a while.
After arranging everything, Danzo quietly left the village with dozens of Root's Shinobi.