The capital of the Land of Fire, the residence of the Daimyo.

It is said to be a mansion, but it is actually an incomparably magnificent castle

It was inhabited by maids and guards serving the Daimyo, many of whom were powerful ninjas who hid in the dark to protect the Daimyo's safety.

In the castle tower, at the top of the castle, the daimyo of the Fire Nation and several important officials of the country gathered here for a meeting.

In addition, there are the three generations of Hokage, the leader of Konoha Village, who is the strongest military symbol of the Fire Country, and the two advisors of the village, Koharu and Mito Menyan, and the leader of the roots, Shimura Danzo.

The four of them also went to the castle's castle tower to meet with the Daimyo of the Fire Nation.

There is only one topic of the meeting they discussed, that is, the three generations of Hokage are about to step down, and the position of the Hokage will be passed on to the next generation.

Hearing that the three generations of Hokage were about to step down, and the Daimyo of the Fire Country, who had known the three generations of Hokage Ape Hibi for many years, showed a regretful expression.

"It's a pity, I think you've done a pretty good job since you took the position of the third Hokage, but I didn't expect to retire so soon."

"Your Excellency Daimyo laughed, in fact, I am already in my fifties, and my energy and strength are not as good as before, so it is better to decide on the next generation of Hokage as soon as possible. Moreover, the reason why Konoha is always stuck in the war is also due to my poor command. ”

Hinata said with a sigh, as if he had made up his mind.

The Daimyo of the Land of Fire nodded, opened the folding fan in his hand and gently fanned it in front of him, looking full of aftertaste.

"In that case, then, if the four of you come over together, you must have decided on the choice of the fourth Hokage."

Although the daimyo was nominally in the state, he had the highest executive power and the highest military power.

However, this is not absolute.

In the decision-making of the Five Shadows, including the management of the Ninja Village, it is difficult for the daimyo to interfere.

Therefore, it is Konoha Village's own choice to decide on the candidate for the fourth generation Hokage, and the biggest purpose of coming here is to go through the motions and let the daimyo as a witness.

After all, Shinobi Village needs financial assistance from nobles such as daimyo to be able to function.

This decades-long contract may not change in a few hundred years, and it will remain in place.

"Yes, that's who we decided."

Deliver several documents with the same content to the Daimyo and the rest of the Fire Nation Ministers.

These important ministers, including the daimyo, are all celebrities and wealthy families, with financial and human resources that are difficult for ordinary people to achieve.

Located at the apex of power in the Fire Nation.

This has been the case for generations.

After reading the contents of the document, the Daimyo of the Fire Nation and the rest of the important ministers all nodded slightly.

The decision was a bit unexpected, but it was also reasonable.

"Yellow flashes? He is indeed a good ninja, and we can hear a lot of rumors about him on our side. Even among the nobles, there are many young girls who admire a young and promising ninja like him. The next time you come over, bring him too, my daughter would love to meet him too. ”

The Daimyo of the Land of Fire said with a smile.

"Her Royal Highness the princess, the golden branches and jade leaves, are not in line with the ceremony. Moreover, His Excellency the Daimyo is really holding up the boy of Watergate. ”

Hizai smiled and quietly rejected the proposal of the Daimyo of the Fire Nation.

Relatives who are related to the Daimyo of the Land of Fire cannot be simple goods. Especially for the existence of princesses, marriage is meant for political purposes.

In any case, as the Hokage, he could not let the powerful outside the village get involved, which would damage the Hokage's prestige and power.

"We're all young people, so maybe we have more topics to talk about than we old guys."

In the face of the repeated requests of the Daimyo of the Fire Nation, Hizai smiled silently, and did not see anything unusual in the slightest.

Tuan Zang sneered silently, and his eyes showed unwillingness.

Because a ninja like Bo Feng Shuimen can't be on his side no matter what.

But as one of Konoha's decision-making layers, he must also come here to attend such an important and not very important meeting.

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It didn't take long to decide on the matter of the four generations of Hokage, and under the pretext that there were still things to deal with in the village, Hizai left the capital of the Fire Country with the three Danzou and the accompanying shadows, and returned to Konoha Village.

The first thing he did when he returned to the village was to send the Shadow Department to issue a proclamation throughout the village, so that every Konoha ninja and villager would know the news that Yellow Flashing Wave Feng Shui Gate would succeed him as the fourth Hokage.

Konoha will also usher in a new era guided by the new Hokage.

No matter what changes have changed in the village due to the alternation of Hokage, at the top of the Hokage Building, Hizashi summoned the water gate alone.

"I'm sorry, Watergate, for putting you on such a heavy burden so early."

In the face of Hizai's apology, Mizumon replied, "Please don't say that, Lord III, since the village has decided that I will become the fourth Hokage, I will definitely carry the burden forward." ”

Watergate is ready for this realization.

Compared to the days of fighting on the front line, no matter how busy he is as Hokage, the road is not as bumpy as the front line.

Moreover, this is also a dream that I have had since I was a child - to become a Hokage.

"It wasn't my wish to keep you in the village, but many people in the village were already dissatisfied with my conservative approach. This is the time when the transition is just right. ”

Watergate listened carefully to Sunscut's words.

"You don't have to worry about Yun Yin's affairs, although their movements are very strange, there are other ninjas in the village who can stop them from attacking the Fire Country. Anyway, congratulations. ”

Hizashi had a heartfelt smile of blessing on his face.

Although Mizuto is not his disciple, he is also a Konoha ninja who grew up almost under his nose, and knows his roots better than the rest.

The water gate, which recognizes and implements the meaning of the will of fire, is a village that will surely guide well in the future.

But until then, the rest of the village must be silenced.

Otherwise, he would not have been relieved to entrust the burden of guiding the village to Watergate.

For Watergate, balancing the forces of the village was too difficult.

In short, let's let Mizuto slowly accumulate prestige and power through the Hokage's work.

By the time Watergate has its wings, at that time, he has almost solved the sharp contradictions in the village, and he can truly retire, entrust everything to Watergate, and live for a long time.

So at this time, Hizai is apologetic to Watergate.

On the one hand, he doesn't want Watergate to be his puppet, and on the other hand, he hopes that Watergate can exceed his own estimates and let him let go of Konoha development.

This kind of contradictory and complicated mood is exactly where the day is tangled.

Looking at the sky, three generations can see it.

If Mr. Kazuma hadn't died at that time, the village would have been a different face now. Hinata thought to himself, nostalgic for the scene at that time.

Uchiha, it's time to deal with it for real, and if it continues to delay, I'm afraid the situation will be extremely detrimental to the stability of the village. A fierce look flashed in Sunslash's eyes.

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At the beginning of August, after the inauguration ceremony of the fourth Hokage, Konoha officially announced to the countries of the ninja world that the Yellow Flash Wave Feng Shui Gate would succeed the fourth Hokage.

This thing, in a sense, was completely predictable.

The successor of the fourth Hokage will only appear between the yellow flash and the three shinobi.

And Yellow Flash became the fourth generation of Hokage, which means that Yellow Flash, a ninja with super strength, will not appear on the battlefield without special circumstances.

As for whether the yellow flash of becoming the Hokage will make Konoha go further or go downhill, at the moment, it is not intuitively felt.

The only thing that is powerful in the yellow flash is his combat effectiveness, and as for his leadership ability, it depends on what he does next.

No matter how disturbed the outside world is, Watergate is in distress and happiness.

It's a bit complacent to say that, but being a Hokage is indeed a joyous thing.

The distress lies in the fact that there are not many cronies under Watergate who can be trusted.

Those who have some experience are in a wait-and-see state, and rarely express their position directly, they are the same as the people in the ninja village outside, believing in the personal strength of the yellow flash, but it is worth thinking about what kind of leadership ability is.

Therefore, based on this embarrassing situation, Watergate can only look for available talents from the new generation of ninjas.

For example, the Shadow Guard and its own shadow department are all formed by themselves.

Based on this embarrassing situation, the previous generation of Hokage Ape Fei Sun Slash selected four squads from his direct dark department, a total of sixteen people, to act as the team of the water gate, join the direct dark department of the water gate, and share the pressure of the water gate.

As expected, a week after Mizuto succeeded the fourth Hokage, Kakashi joined the direct dark department of Mizumon as a shinobi to assist Mizumon in his work, and it was only a matter of time before he became the captain of the dark department, deputy minister, and minister.

Everything is going in a good direction.

What is interesting to Kakashi is that the order given to him by the third Hokage is to assist Mizumon well, just follow Mizuto's orders.

Orochimaru asked him to pay more attention to the ninjutsu collection in the Hokage Building, such as forbidden jutsu and the like.

Tuan Zang asked him to monitor Watergate's every move to see if he could find some black material and use public opinion to put pressure on Watergate.

Fortunately, Shiraishi didn't have any orders there, and Kakashi was left to play freely, otherwise the burden on his body would be really heavy enough.

Three generations of Hokage, four generations of Hokage, the head of the roots, one of the three ninjas...... None of them are good existences, and every strength is stronger than him.

However, it is not without the benefit of becoming a dark part, that is, Mizumon has opened up some important ninjutsu materials to him with the power of the Hokage, allowing him to read them, so that his strength can quickly become stronger.

The ninjutsu information that Konoha has summarized over the years has been of great help to Kakashi.

Although it is not a more mysterious system of immortal arts, the use of pure chakra is not easy to use.

After completing the mission of the Shadow Division, Kakashi, as the leader of the four-member Shadow Squad, will come to the Hokage Building to report on the mission.

The mission this time is simple, you need to deal with the spies who infiltrated Konoha in the enemy ninja village. After Konoha steals the secret, the enemy spy escapes to the border of the Fire Nation, where he is chased and exterminated by a dark team led by Kakashi, and successfully recovers the stolen secret scroll. The body of the spy ninja was also recovered and handed over to the interrogation department to identify which country's ninja power it was.

Placing the stolen confidential scroll in the ninja bag, Kakashi, who had already changed into a dark costume and was wearing an animal mask, walked towards the office where the Hokage was, ready to hand over the scroll to the fourth Hokage wave feng shui gate to confirm the authenticity.

Before they reached the office, a ninja came out of the front room, holding a large box full of documents and carrying them down the hallway, with a thousand books resembling a toothpick in his mouth.

Seeing Kakashi in a dark costume, he smiled and said, "Kakashi, are you here to find Hokage-sama?" ”

"Hey, Genma, don't just call out the name of the Shadow Ninja."

The identity of the ninja in the shadows needs to be kept secret, which should be common sense for ninjas.

Kakashi looked helplessly at the Konoha ninja in front of him.

Wearing the uniform of Konoha Nakashinobi, he is about the same age as himself, he is thirteen or fourteen years old, and his name is Shiranui Genma.

He is one of the three former subordinates of the defected ninja Ruri Uchiha, who is now transferred to work here in the Hokage Building, and is also one of the members of the Shadow Guard of the Hokage Water Gate.

"Haha." The man snorted and said helplessly: "No way, your silver hair, and the short knife behind you, are so iconic that everyone can recognize your identity." ”

"And what are these documents?"

Kakashi looked at the contents of the box.

"It's a discarded file, I'll deal with it. Sorry, I went first. ”

"It's okay, just be busy with your business."

Kakashi watched the other party leave with the box in his arms, and sighed that there was really no one under the command of Watergate.

It's not that he looks down on Genma, who has become a middle ninja, but the members of the Hokage's Shadow Guard, who have just become a middle ninja, are actually served by ninjas who have just become a middle ninja, and the other party is more like coming to do chores than the Shadow Guard's guard work.

As for the other two ninjas who are also members of the Water Gate Shadow Guard with Genma, they are also new generations who have just become middle ninjas.

Can you only draw cronies from the new generation of ninjas? Kakashi felt some pity for what happened to Watergate.

I went to the office where Watergate was, knocked on the door and got permission to enter, and found that there were three other people.

Nara Shikahisa, Yamanaka Kaichi, Akido Dingza.

Three Konoha shinobi who went on a mission together two years ago.

Although it is a shinobi, the weight of the three of them in the village should not be underestimated.

They came from the Nara clan, the Yamanaka clan, and the Akido clan.

The three families formed an indestructible alliance during the Warring States Period, advancing and retreating together, inheriting the secret art of special ability, and occupying a pivotal position in Konoha.

The most important thing is that these three families have always been friends with the Sarutobi clan where the three generations of Hokage Ape Flying Hitobi belong for generations.

The three of them came here, what do the three generations of Hokage mean? Kakashi wondered.

The strife within Konoha is far more intense than outsiders imagine.

And Kakashi felt that he was in the center of such a fierce storm.

When Kakashi arrived, the three of Kakuku also glanced at him, and even if Kakashi wore a mask, others could identify him at first sight.

With silver hair, white teeth and short knives, and a small body exuding an incomparably sharp momentum, in this office, only Watergate can be treated calmly.

"Then, the matter just mentioned, I will trouble you."

Sitting on the seat that belonged to the third Hokage not long ago, Mizuto said to the three of them with a smile.

"Don't worry, we'll take care of this matter, Hokage-sama, we'll definitely give you a satisfactory answer."

Lu Jiu also responded with a smile, and left with Hai Yi and Ding Za, closing the door.

After the three of them left, Kakashi took the stolen confidential scroll from his ninja bag and placed it on the table in front of Mizuto.

"Hokage-sama, the mission is complete."

This is understandable, as long as he enters the work, his teacher-student relationship with Watergate will be invalid, and there is only the relationship between superiors and subordinates, Hokage and the shadows.

The water gate picked up the scroll and opened it, and after confirming its contents, he rolled it up again and put it in a drawer.

"Thank you, there was no problem with the scroll, but luckily it was solved before it caused trouble."

Mizuto breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Kakashi in an appreciative tone.

"Nothing, that's what I'm supposed to do."

"There's one more important task ahead for you, no problem, Kakashi. After completing this task, I will give you a few days off to recuperate. ”

"It's my pleasure, Hokage-sama."

Kakashi replied solemnly.

Watergate asked him to complete tasks one after another, mainly because there was no one.

Even the personnel of the Shadow Guard are all served by the middle ninja, and there are almost a few upper ninjas who can be completely trusted under their hands.

"This is the content of this mission, you can take a look."

Watergate handed Kakashi the new quest scroll.

Kakashi opened it and confirmed the contents of the mission.

"Land of Rain?"

Kakashi's face under the mask raised an eyebrow.

The mission was set in the Land of Rain, much to Kakashi's surprise.

To be honest, Kakashi felt that there were many extremely dangerous places in the ninja world right now.

In addition to the country of ghosts, the remaining one is the country of rain.

This seemingly dilapidated country, which has lost even its sovereignty, is secretly turbulent.

"Yes, please leave this matter to you. Be careful, I think things are a bit difficult. If you find something wrong, it's okay to abandon the task. ”

Mizuto said to Kakashi with a serious expression.

Kakashi nodded.

Of course, he knew that the Land of Rain was dangerous, and if he encountered the eye of reincarnation, he would have to run away with his life.

He didn't want to die so young.

Therefore, the detonator should be prepared more.

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"As a result, the one who inherited the position of the fourth Hokage, is it Yellow Flash?"

In a secret room in the cave, when Nagato finished his cultivation and was resting in the room, he heard such information from Bai Jue.

"yes, everyone was surprised. That Orochimaru was a complete defeat. ”

Bai Jue grinned.

"Speaking of which, Nagato-sama is still a fellow disciple of the yellow flash, and they are all disciples of Jiraiya, one of the three ninjas."

Hei Jue also said on the side.

"Jiraiya-sensei's affairs are left alone, and we can't take Konoha lightly. Of course, the same is true for those three people, do you have any information about them? ”

Nagato looked at Kuroje.

Hei Jue knew who the 'three men' in the long gate were.

"Not yet. It's really strange that we searched almost every corner of the ninja world, but we couldn't find their whereabouts. It's like a god has disappeared. ”

Bai never smiled disapplausively: "What's strange about this. In the past, when Madara was still there, he suffered a lot from them. Their ability to hide themselves is truly superb. But then, Konoha should be able to free up his hands to deal with those three people. ”

Hei Jue also nodded, agreeing.

"No, it's not the time to deal with those three."

Nagato said a different opinion, which surprised the black and white jutsu.

Nagato looked at the half-burned candle on the candlestick, stared at the candlestick and said, "Compared to those three people, Konoha is the biggest trouble in his heart. I need to take back the sovereignty of the Land of Rain, and I need to make Konoha or the Land of Fire chaotic before I have a chance, and then I can deal with those three people. ”

"But ......"

Nagato stood up from his seat and interrupted Kurokjue's speech:

"Nothing. Konoha ...... The power of the Fire Nation is too strong. The stronger the Fire Nation becomes, the more we have to live on its breath. Konoha and the Land of Fire are our number one enemies. On top of that, Konoha is on the bright side and is easier to target. I don't know how long it will take to find those three people. ”

Seeing that Nagato's mind has been decided, Black Jue and Bai Jue can only agree.

What Nagato said is also true, the power of the Fire Country and Konoha is too strong.

Especially now in the position of Hokage, it is the yellow flash that is famous in the ninja world, and Konoha will only become stronger and stronger in the future, and if you don't target it now, it will be more difficult to deal with at that time.

"By the way, at the border of the Land of Rain, I got a very interesting news."

Bai Jue remembered something.

"What's the news?"

"Kakashi Hachiki, the student with the yellow flash, infiltrated the Land of Rain not long ago, and seems to be planning to investigate the matter of Kanzo."

"Prospecting?"

Nagato frowned.

He hated this new leader who usurped Hanzo's power and now commanded Yuyin.

What's more, the current Hanzo has long been reduced to an obedient lackey of Konoha, acting as a bully in the rain, constantly excluding dissidents.

If it weren't for the power of Konoha that he was afraid of, he would have already taken action against it.

Nagato felt more and more that he had made the right decision.

If Konoha is not allowed to become chaotic, the situation in the Land of Rain and Rain Hide will only get worse and worse.

"Yes. There seems to have been a bit of an accident in the human trading between the exploration and the group. If only the yellow flash had been incriminated...... Hee-hee, Konoha is interesting, and it will be interesting to see how that group of treasures ends. ”

Bai Jue gloated.

"Don't be too happy. Yellow Flash has just served as the Hokage, so I'm afraid it may not be able to pose a threat to Danzou. However, this is a great opportunity, so take advantage of it a little. ”

Nagato's eyes shone brightly.

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Leading three of his dark subordinates, Kakashi only took one day and one night to rush from Konoha to the border of the Land of Rain, and before officially entering the border of the Land of Rain, Kakashi's team of the Dark Division rested for half a day, and after recovering all their physical strength and chakra, they began to enter the Land of Rain.

The Land of Rain, which had been far away from the war for two years, did not get peace at the first time, but was even more chaotic than during the war.

Bandits and wandering ninjas are rampant everywhere, and people are exposed to the wilderness every day.

It's normal to enter this country and encounter a battle whenever you encounter it.

Even a shinobi like Kakashi must be fully prepared.

The three subordinates in the team, one is a special ninja, and two are medium ninjas, although their strength is good, but if they meet a real master, I am afraid it will not play a role at all.

After all, it's a dark squad that has just been formed, and there are neither medical ninjas nor perception ninjas in the team, so the lineup is quite shabby.

Kakashi was just doing his best for this mission.

According to the information provided by Watergate, it seems that there are frequent criminal acts of human trafficking at the junction of the Fire Country and the Land of Rain.

The number of people involved, up to hundreds.

Behind human trafficking, Kakashi doesn't know.

In short, confirming the truth of the matter as soon as possible is Kakashi's top priority.

When the time comes, it is inevitable that you will have to fight a powerful ninja.

It is impossible to control such a large amount of human transactions without the control of powerful ninjas behind it.

While on his way through the Land of Rain, Kakashi suddenly sensed something and gestured for the three behind him to stop.

The three of them stopped as Kakashi instructed, and together with Kakashi, they looked at the man standing in the rain in front of them, and showed surprised eyes.

"Jiraiya-sama, why are you here?"

The man who was drenched in the rain on the path ahead was tall, with long white hair up to his waist, and it was Jiraiya, one of the three ninjas.

Kakashi and the others were surprised by Jiraiya's arrival.

"Don't worry, Kakashi, I've been commissioned by Watergate to come and work with you on this investigation."

"On a mission with us?"

Kakashi was confused, and there was caution in his tone.

"That's right, this mission you are performing, Watergate feels a bit dangerous, and there may be an accident if it is handed over to you, so please come over to help you soon after you set off."

Zilai also explained.

As he spoke, he took the appointment letter written by Watergate and gave it to Kakashi and the others for confirmation.

Only then did the Kakashi team believe that Jiraku was also a helper commissioned by Watergate to assist them in completing their mission.

"Then I'm sorry for you, Jiraiya-sama. If you're here, the mission will go a lot smoother. ”

Kakashi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

After all, he didn't know who was behind the scenes, and with Zilai also coming to help, the situation would be much better, at least in terms of security.

That reincarnation-eyed guy who doesn't know where to stare at the Land of Rain, just thinking about it makes me feel extremely terrifying.

"I hope so. I came to the Land of Rain, not necessarily because of Watergate's commission. ”

Jiraiya replied.

"Is there anything else Jiraiya-sama has to do?"

"Well, it's some old stuff."

Jiraiya looked at the gray rain scene around him, and his eyes were gloomy.

Nagato, how are you doing now? Is it still alive and well, or is it already ......

Zilai also thought of this, and didn't dare to think about it anymore.

No matter what, he has to find the three Nagato, and he wants to see people in life and corpses in death.

Let's hope it won't be the worst.

However, I also know that most of the three Nagato have died in the war that took place in the Land of Rain two years ago.

Is it true that the Son of Prophecy is Watergate? Jiraiya murmured in his heart.