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Chapter 286 The Fifth Hokage: Tsunade!
Chapter 286 The Fifth Hokage: Tsunade!
As time went on, all the Jonin of Konoha began to gather below the Hokage Rock, except for those Jonin who had already gone to the Land of Water.
Everyone wore a faint smile on their face during this Hokage election.
It's not that the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, was really that unpopular; it's just that people would much rather have Tsunade as their Hokage than an old man. At least that way, everyone would have something to brag about.
As for what they're bragging about, that's none of your business!
"After the Fourth Hokage died in battle, Konoha should have chosen a Fifth Hokage."
"At that time, Orochimaru defected from the Sannin, Tsunade left the village, and Jiraiya was pursuing the rogue Orochimaru. There was no suitable candidate for Hokage in the entire Hidden Leaf Village, so I shamelessly continued to serve as Hokage and handle missions."
"Now that Tsunade has grown up, it's time for me to lay down my burdens!"
On the platform erected below the Hokage Rock, Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the smiles on the faces of the Jonin below and even some villagers further away, and felt a strange sadness in his heart. Was he really such a failure as Hokage?
"Please grant me the letter of appointment!"
The Jonin election proceeded without any setbacks. Everyone could see that even Hiruzen Sarutobi himself had given up on vying for the Hokage position, making this Jonin election incredibly smooth.
As Mitokado Homura presented the appointment letter for the Hokage of the Land of Fire to the stage, the ninjas and even the common people below the stage began to cheer.
After receiving the letter of appointment, Tsunade's expression was surprisingly calm.
"The Hokage—"
Tsunade looked at the cheering crowd below and sighed softly in her heart.
While Konoha was holding its Hokage election, the Akatsuki organization on the other side also began its operation.
"The money from the Land of Earth hasn't arrived!"
Kakuzu's face was very ugly. If he remembered correctly, the last time he assassinated Uchiha Ikezumi, there was a bounty of 300 million rupees from the Land of Earth. But Kakuzu never expected that the Land of Earth could be so evil!
The Akatsuki organization lost a key general, and the Land of Earth wouldn't even pay them?
They even said that what they demanded was to kill Uchiha Ikezumi, and that what they did was at most harassing Uchiha Ikezumi!
"It's not just the Land of Earth that hasn't sent money; there are problems in the Land of Fire as well. Koharu Utatane, who was in contact with us, has been confirmed dead."
"White Zetsu has sent word that Koharu Utatane was killed by Hiashi Hyuga, who then sacrificed his entire clan to obtain a Sage's Eye!"
On the other side, Sasori added, glancing at Pain as he spoke.
If he remembered correctly, the leader of their Akatsuki organization possessed a pair of Sage Eyes!
"Did Hiashi Hyuga sacrifice his entire clan to obtain a Sage's Eye?"
On the other side, Xiao Nan's eyes suddenly brightened after hearing what Scorpion said.
When she and Yahiko were children, they heard Nagato say that Nagato's Sage Eyes appeared suddenly one day, rather than being something he was born with. At the time, Yahiko and Konan thought that Nagato had awakened them for some reason.
But now that she heard that another Sage's Eye had been born in the ninja world, and that it was created by the Hyuga clan, Konan had an almost uncontrollable thought pop into her mind: was Nagato's Rinnegan really his own?
"Tell me in detail about the Hyuga clan's Sage Eyes."
After calming herself down, Xiao Nan started asking Scorpion for more information.
After Sasori revealed all the information he had obtained from White Zetsu, even Nagato's expression changed.
"Another pair of immortal eyes—"
"And the Sage's Eyes only appear when the entire Hyuga clan sacrifices their eyes?"
"With his Sage Eye, Hiashi Hyuga was even able to fight Uchiha Izumi to a standstill—"
Nagato was somewhat agitated. He couldn't understand why the Sage of Six Paths might have two completely different eyes.
"Let's put the Konoha matter aside for now; I need to further develop the power of the Rinnegan."
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"Kakuzu, Sasori, you two will go to the Land of Earth with Konan."
"Since the Land of Earth is unwilling to pay, then let's take away the disciple of the Tsuchikage, Onoki, who is also known as the Two Scales. According to information from the Land of Earth, his disciple is very likely learning the power of Dust Release."
After a long silence, Nagato, controlling Pain, slowly spoke.
He had already suffered extremely heavy losses in his last encounter with Uchiha Ikezumi. Even if he wanted to recreate the Six Paths, it wouldn't be something he could do in a short time, since the most important Hell Path was also destroyed.
In this situation, Nagato was unwilling to clash with Uchiha Ikezumi, and instead planned to find an easy target to bully first.
Unfortunately, in Nagato's eyes, the Land of Earth was an easy target!
"Speaking of which, are Madara Uchiha, Black Zetsu, and even White Zetsu really alright?"
"This is clearly an internal Akatsuki operation, yet they haven't even shown their faces, and we have no idea what they're up to!"
Kakuzu had a lot of opinions about Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu and White Zetsu. Everyone said that Kakuzu was a rogue ninja, but Kakuzu really had some feelings for the Akatsuki organization, or rather, he felt that the Akatsuki organization was his place of refuge!
"Ignore them. Our plans have little to do with them, or rather, we're just using each other."
Pain slowly shook his head. If it weren't for the fact that White Zetsu and Obito Uchiha still had some value, he would have actually wanted to remove them from the Akatsuki organization.
While the Akatsuki were planning a major attack on the Land of Earth, the Land of Lightning wasn't idle either.
"News has come back from Konoha that Tsunade has been confirmed as the successor to the Fifth Hokage."
"But that's not the key point. The key point is that guy named Uchiha Ikezumi!"
"According to spies from the Land of Fire, they saw a second sun rise in the direction of Konoha this morning. That second sun was very likely created by Uchiha Ikezumi."
"That power is unlikely to be an ordinary bloodline limit; it's very likely a bloodline elimination technique!"
"The Uchiha clan's Susanoo, Hashirama Senju's Wood Release, plus a bloodline limit that has never been seen before, Uchiha Ikezumi's strength has reached an unbelievable level."
The Fourth Raikage, A, looked at the elite Jonin from Kumogakure before him and couldn't help but sigh.
He just couldn't understand why those ninjas who seemed so illogical kept appearing in Konoha. Could it be that there was some special custom in that place?
"The daimyo has started urging us again!"
"The commotion in the Land of Fire this morning was so great that it has instilled fear in the Daimyo."
"He was also afraid that one day he would be living peacefully in Daming Prefecture, and suddenly a fireball would fall from the sky and level the entire prefecture!"
"The Daimyo's headquarters sent a direct message: if Kumogakure doesn't go to war with Konoha and doesn't kill Uchiha Ikezumi, the Daimyo will refuse to allocate any more funds to Kumogakure!"
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