"Ding!"
The sound of two wine glasses colliding.
Tsunade drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.
Jiraiya stared at the wine in the glass with a complicated expression.
"Don't let your mind wander when you drink." Tsunade said lazily: "You are not Hokage. Oh, yes, you are now an elder. I don't understand. What's the use of this thing? Do you want to eat it?"
"It's useless. I don't want to be one. The old man forced me to do it. What can I do?" Jiraiya sighed and said: "Sorry, Tsunade, I didn't expect to involve you. Uchiha Funan is too cruel."
Now the village is full of rumors attacking Tsunade.
Jiraiya, who knew the reason, felt guilty.
Obviously, the woman in front of him didn't want to be Hokage at all but became the target of attack.
The competition between the two sides dragged her down.
He is also one of the pushers!
"Cruel?" Tsunade laughed and said: "If he is not ruthless, can he hold the position of the head of the Uchiha clan? Not to mention that he wants to challenge the position of Hokage now."
Jiraiya sighed again and said: "Now Konoha is in a mess, can he still sit on the position of Hokage?"
"Yes!" Tsunade said very confidently: "He will definitely become the Fifth Hokage."
"Uchiha Funan is a very scary guy. He has a very clear goal from the beginning and works hard." Tsunade paused and said: "His eyes seem to be able to see the future, and his strength is too strong. This is the most unsolvable part."
Uchiha Funan seemed to be able to predict and arranged everything in advance.
Since the Third Great Shinobi War, Funan had begun to lay out her plans.
While Hiruzen and Danzo were worrying about how to suppress the Uchiha and eliminate them, he was already thinking about how to make the people of Konoha beg the Uchiha to be Hokage.
He never took Hiruzen and Danzo seriously.
Smart people like Shikaku had probably already noticed something, but they didn't have the strength to stop it.
Or maybe they had the strength, but Funan was able to do whatever he wanted.
They could see the problem, but they couldn't solve it.
Jiraiya was silent for a long time, and slowly said: "What are you going to do?"
"Me?" Tsunade thought for a while and said: "Let's see what Funan says. It will be difficult to be free in the future. You have to listen to the Hokage. Jiraiya, you are the same. Don't think about running away. You are destined to spend your whole life in the village."
Jiraiya looked cold and arrogant: "Can he still stop me by force?"
"Naruto!"
Jiraiya immediately lost his temper: "I don't want to talk anymore!"
"Puff!" Tsunade couldn't help laughing. "Childish!"
Jiraiya was silent for a while, and he couldn't help it. He gritted his teeth and said: "Do you think the old man will really beg Uchiha to be Hokage?"
"I don't know if they will ask, but many jonin and chunin will." Tsunade sighed and said: "The village can leave anyone now, but it can't leave Uchiha."
"Tsunade, what should we do now?" Jiraiya said seriously: "My mind is a mess now, and..." He looked at Tsunade with guilt in his eyes.
"Haha, let me help you analyze it!" Tsunade smiled and said: "First of all, you don't have to worry about my problem. I will stay in the village and live my life as I want. If I want to leave, I can just report to Funan. As for the rumors outside, they will naturally disappear after Funan becomes Hokage."
"Funan? Hokage?"
"Yes!" Tsunade said affirmatively. "I am sure that Funan will become Hokage."
"Why?"
"Listen to me." Tsunade said playfully: "This year, Konoha has fought with four shinobi villages, right?"
Jiraiya shook his head and said: "Tsunade, if that's the case, then you don't have to worry. Konoha's losses are very limited, not to mention that you and I are here."
Jiraiya was suddenly startled.
Tsunade laughed and said: "Now you've reacted."
"If the losses for all shinobi villages were equal, that would be good. Everyone would have suffered the same, and the shinobi world would remain the same."
"But, due to Funan's power, Konoha's losses have been primarily among the hidden forces of the four Sarutobi clans and the others, while Konoha's more than ten thousand registered shinobi are still alive and well."
"Then the difference becomes evident."
"When people from other shinobi villages see it, they think, oh, Konoha is so much stronger than us. This is too much. We must weaken their strength if we have a chance."
"Because they are worried that Konoha will unify the shinobi world!" Tsunade spread her hands and said: "Once the Uchiha leave, don't you think that will be the spark that ignites conflict?"
"If the most powerful clan leaves, Konoha will inevitably be in chaos. Other villages will not miss the opportunity, and perhaps they have already begun to move at this time."
[Swish!]
An Anbu appeared and knelt on one knee in front of the two. "Jiraiya-sama, Tsunade-sama, the Hokage's assistant requests that you immediately go to the meeting room of the Hokage Residence."
Jiraiya and Tsunade looked at each other and had some ideas about Shikaku's purpose.
"It seems the time has come."
"Guess which shinobi village will be the first to move?"
"Does it matter? In the end, they will all do something."
...
The group quickly gathered in the meeting room of the Hokage Residence.
Shikaku threw a report on the table and said with resignation: "There are signs of large-scale mobilization of the Sunagakure's troops."
Everyone was silent.
Sarutobi Hiruzen had a grim expression.
If the weakest main shinobi village is already acting, what about the other villages? They are probably also on the move, but more discreetly, and have not been detected.
"What should we do now?"
Tsunade looked at the conference room and said: "Didn't the Uchiha come?"
"No." Shikaku sighed. "They are packing up, and we can't see Uchiha Funan."
"Besides..." Shikaku looked at the people present and said helplessly: "Not only Uchiha, the Aburame clan is also preparing to leave with them, and there are more than a dozen civilian jonin, all with their families. According to preliminary statistics, the number of shinobi exceeds 2,000, and the number of jonin is 53."
He added: "And that's not even counting the jonin the Uchiha might be hiding. You don't think a big clan like the Uchiha doesn't have jonin hiding, do you?"
Torifu's face darkened, and he said: "Shikaku, there is no need to explain in such detail. We certainly know that Uchiha has hidden jonin, and the number is estimated to be quite large." He looked at the people present and said: "Everyone, tell me, what should we do?"
Those present were dejected, sitting in their chairs with no desire to speak.
They have been deceived!
Now that the situation is clear, they have already realized it.
After the Third Shinobi World War, Funan seemed to be silent, but in these three or four years, he arranged too many plans.
He subdued a large number of Uchiha.
Accumulated a lot of money.
Accumulated a large amount of provisions.
Then, start to act.
So far, his plan was complete.
He could walk away at any time.
What should Konoha do?
Shikaku sighed and said: "Everyone, let's talk about our advantages. We now have a large number of shinobi and many strong ones. Tsunade-sama and Jiraiya-sama are back. In terms of overall strength, we are definitely ranked first."
"No shinobi village can compare with us."
"But..."
"Our Jinchuriki cannot be deployed on the battlefield."
"Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure can all use the Tailed Beasts at any time, especially the Eight-Tails. Funan once called the latter the perfect Jinchuriki. Used correctly, he alone can destroy a shinobi army."
"Shikaku, there is one thing you didn't say." Utatane Koharu said coldly: "Where is Danzo?"
"Hmm?"
Everyone's expressions changed.
Koharu looked at Hiruzen coldly and said: "Danzo knows too many secrets of Konoha. Who can guarantee that Danzo will not betray Konoha? Hiruzen, do you dare?"
Since Homura's death, she had lived in constant fear and eventually allied herself with Torifu.
Now that he had the chance, he wasn't going to miss the opportunity to attack Hiruzen and Danzo.
Hiruzen continued smoking his cigar, his expression serious.
"Okay!" Seeing that Hiruzen didn't say anything, Shikaku was helpless and said: "If Danzo leaks a little secret, it will cause great harm to Konoha. In this regard, we have to make preparations."
Hyuga Hiashi couldn't help but say: "How could this happen?"
How else could it be?
In the final analysis, it was because of Uchiha Funan's strength.
His plans, linked one to another, are now not difficult to understand.
What is rare is his strength!
Without strength, how can he subdue Uchiha?
How could he win when he provoked other villages?
Tsunade said: "One thing we have to consider is whether Uchiha will become the enemy of the village after leaving the village."
The people present were silent.
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