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"Sarutobi Hiruzen, you disappoint me!"
The Fire Country Daimyo walked up to Sarutobi Hiruzen and said, "You are old now and no longer have the same drive as before. It is better to let younger ninjas handle the peace talks with the Lightning Country."
"I heard that there is an outstanding ninja in the village. He surpasses the ninjas of the same generation in both strength and prestige."
"Hmm...his name...um...is it Minato Namikaze?"
"Yes……"
Sarutobi Hiruzen never thought that the Daimyo of the Fire Country would suddenly appear, but when the Daimyo of the Fire Country appeared, everything was no longer under Sarutobi Hiruzen's control.
Regret, endless regret!
Sarutobi Hiruzen subconsciously glanced at Hatake Sakumo who was sitting in the audience, and an idea suddenly came to his mind.
Could it be...
Hatake Sakumo did all this in secret, right?!
To be honest, Sarutobi Hiruzen guessed right, but he was only half right.
Hatake Sakumo was just an executor, but the planner was Hatake Akira who was far away at the front line!
Everything was within Hatake Akira's calculations...
Although there were some flaws, the final result was pretty much the same and very much in line with Akira Hatake's expectations.
Combining a series of stupid things done by Sarutobi Hiruzen in the original timeline, and Hatake Akira's understanding of the current situation, he predicted that the Hidden Cloud Village would use the power of the other side to bully others.
Although Hatake Akira was not very sure, based on his understanding of the Hidden Cloud Village, he believed that the Hidden Cloud Village could do such a thing.
As for whether Sarutobi Hiruzen would agree to the outrageous peace terms of the Hidden Cloud Village, Hatake Akira had no idea.
Although there is no bottom line, it doesn't mean that Hatake Akira won't do it himself and dig a hole for Sarutobi Hiruzen!
This pit is the Eight-Tail!
In the original work, the fundamental reason why Sarutobi Hiruzen unilaterally denied Orochimaru and chose Namikaze Minato as the Fourth Hokage was not some secret research done by Orochimaru, but because Orochimaru was difficult to control!
On the other hand, Minato Namikaze in the original timeline is much easier to control...
But with the intervention of Hatake Akira, the power behind Minato Namikaze increased exponentially and is no longer comparable to the original work.
This led to Sarutobi Hiruzen frequently testing Namikaze Minato.
However, because Minato Namikaze had been handling the situation well, Hiruzen Sarutobi had been hesitating.
It is precisely because of this that Hatake Akira instigated Namikaze Minato to become the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki and forced the decision for Sarutobi Hiruzen!
That's how it was. Hatake Akira used his foresight and some small adjustments to force Sarutobi Hiruzen to his current situation step by step!
As for the Fire Country Daimyo, it was Hatake Sakumo who was invited by Hatake Akira to come over to take charge just in case.
It has to be said that although the Daimyo of the Fire Country is not strong in his own right, his identity is very useful and became the last straw that completely overwhelmed Sarutobi Hiruzen!
"As long as I remember correctly."
Seeing Sarutobi Hiruzen nod, the Fire Country Daimyo smiled and continued, "Although I shouldn't interfere in the selection of the next Hokage, in view of your confused decision, I have decided to intervene."
"But there is another problem. We are in the middle of a war, and it is risky to change the Hokage hastily..."
"How about this." The Fire Country Daimyo looked at Hatake Sakumo and said, "For the time being, let Hatake Sakumo replace Sarutobi Hiruzen to exercise the power of Hokage. What do you think?"
"This……"
Reversals followed one after another, leaving Konoha's top leaders looking at each other in bewilderment.
But then they realized that this was a fatal problem in taking sides, and any carelessness would bring them endless troubles.
But soon, they made a decision in their hearts.
"agree!"
"agree!"
"agree!"
All Konoha's high-level officials voted in favor of the Fire Country Daimyo's proposal, which indicated that Sarutobi Hiruzen would step down in a rather shameful way.
"Okay, that's it."
The Fire Country Daimyo was about to leave, but before he left, he glanced at Hatake Sakumo and said, "Remember the agreement between you and me."
"If... hehe."
After leaving a meaningful smile, the Fire Country Daimyo left the meeting room, and Sarutobi Hiruzen suddenly lost his energy the next moment.
As if he had aged dozens of years in an instant, Sarutobi Hiruzen was now a dying old man with frighteningly cloudy eyes.
"Sakumo, you really are a hidden talent..."
"not at all."
Hatake Sakumo shook his head, not wanting to say more to Sarutobi Hiruzen, "Sandaime, the war is still going on at the front line. I think we should hand over the command."
Chapter 205: Mighty Dai is about to blossom into youth.
"call……!"
"Finally the arrangement is complete..."
Hatake Akira stood up, put his right hand on his waist, and raised his left hand to wipe the fine beads of sweat oozing from his forehead.
“I don’t know how the teacher is doing.”
Turning his head to look in the direction of Namikaze Minato, Hatake Akira muttered to himself.
Sa!
Following a slight sound, Hatake Akira turned into a flash of silver light and disappeared from the spot in an instant.
"Teacher, how much do you need?"
Minato Namikaze didn't look up. He imprinted the Flying Thunder God Mark on the ground and made sufficient disguise before he slowly stood up.
"I've finished it too." Namikaze Minato glanced at Hatake Akira, "You've been busy for so long, aren't you tired?"
"It's fine physically, but I'm a little exhausted mentally."
Akira Hatake stretched his waist, and didn't choose a place, just squatted down on the ground.
Reaching out and patting the empty space beside him, Akira Hatake motioned for Minato Namikaze to sit over.
Naturally, Minato Namikaze had no reason to refuse, so he smiled at Hatake Akira and sat next to him.
"Take a break. You still have to go find Hyuga Hiashi later." Namikaze Minato patted Hatake Akira's shoulder. "When you meet Hyuga Hiashi, you have to control your temper. He is a very serious person."
"Don't worry, teacher. I have never failed to deliver on my promises."
Hatake Akira told Minato Namikaze to rest assured, and at the same time, he patted his chest and repeatedly assured him, "Based on my life-long friendship with Uncle Hizashi, as Uncle Hizashi's biological brother, he will at least give me some face."
"I have always been confident in you."
Namikaze Minato nodded to Hatake Akira, then his face became serious and he took out a document from his arms, "Akira, there is something I think I should tell you."
"what's up?"
"Because I extracted the Eight-Tails from Killer Bee without authorization, Killer Bee died and I became the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki. This put the village in a passive position in the peace negotiations with the Land of Lightning."
Namikaze Minato frowned, his face looking a little unhappy, "Because of this matter, the Sandaime Hokage is very disappointed in me, so..."
"Ignore him."
Before Minato Namikaze could finish, Hatake Akira interrupted him with a smile, "There was a delay in the transmission of information. Maybe it is different now than before."
"Ming, what you mean is..."
"Teacher, do you think the order given to you by the Third Hokage is correct?" asked Akira Hatake.
"If we only consider one-sided factors, what the Sandaime Hokage said makes sense." Namikaze Minato looked sad, "I think this order is still correct..."
Hearing what Namikaze Minato said, Hatake Akira shook his head, "But you also said that this order was taken out of context and is somewhat one-sided."
"But... this is the order of the Sandaime Hokage..."
"He should step down now." Hatake Akira said shockingly, "The one who is currently exercising the power of the Hokage is my father."
"This..." Namikaze Minato was stunned, "What on earth happened in the village..."
"You should have guessed it, right?" Hatake Akira looked at Namikaze Minato, "With your mind, you should be able to guess some of the reasons."
"..."
Minato Namikaze was silent for a moment, then nodded under the gaze of Akira Hatake.
"The Sandaime Hokage...is a little too obsessed with the power in his hands."
"That's not all!" Hatake Akira began to add, "Sarutobi Hiruzen not only values power very much, but he is also somewhat weak and short-sighted."
"The matter of the Thunder Nation was his biggest failure. How could a winner be threatened by a loser?"
"As long as the wording is sharper, it will be easy to find out the truth about the Land of Lightning and the Hidden Cloud Village."
"Sarutobi Hiruzen ignored the method that would be more beneficial to Konoha and the Land of Fire, and instead criticized you, Sensei. This is truly an unwise act."
"No, it's not just unwise, it's also ****!"
Ming Hatake had long been fed up with Sarutobi Hiruzen, the hypocrite, and this time he was able to bring him down so easily, all thanks to Sarutobi Hiruzen himself revealing his true colors.
"So what is the Sandaime-sama Hokage doing now...?"
"You should be handing over power to your father." Hatake Akira looked up in the direction of Konoha, "Maybe after you have dealt with the Land of Water, you will return to the village to take office as the Fourth Hokage."
"Me? The Fourth Hokage?" Namikaze Minato didn't react immediately, his tone somewhat surprised, "Isn't this too fast?!"
"Not fast." Hatake Akira shook his head. "There are many people who took office faster than you, and there are many of them."
"Despite this, I still feel a little..."
"Teacher, relax. You have strength, talent, and unique qualities. And don't forget that you still have me and Master-sensei Kushina."
Hatake Akira comforted Minato Namikaze, "From now on, you can fully realize your ambitions!"
"Thank you for your kind words, Ming!" Namikaze Minato looked at Hatake Ming seriously, "And thank you for what you have done for me."
Minato Namikaze is not stupid, otherwise he would not have grown to this point.