Chapter 680: News of defeat exposed
Because Kakashi was reading the newspaper while eating breakfast, he came a little later than usual.
When he arrived at the Southern Forest, Nohara Lin and Obito had already begun training under Mu Yue's guidance.
Obito usually eats at home or at a breakfast shop in the Uchiha clan area. He may not necessarily pass by the commercial street on the way here. Kakashi guessed that Obito might not be aware of the new content reported in Konoha today.
Otherwise, with Obito's character, he wouldn't be able to yell and scream here.
Then Kakashi walked towards Mu Yue, who was teaching Obito to fly the Thunder God, and said:
"Teacher Muyue, I just heard a bad rumor on the commercial street."
Kakashi quickly told Muyue what he heard on the street.
When Muyue was teaching, Kakashi would not disturb him under normal circumstances.
However, Kakashi feels that this news involves a lot, and Mu Yue must know it as soon as possible so that Konoha will not be so passive.
If the news is false, clarify it as soon as possible, hold those who spread the rumor accountable, and trace the source of the rumor.
If the news is true, then we can find ways to reduce the impact more quickly.
Although this rumor sounds outrageous, Kakashi thinks it must be true.
Because this can explain something that Kakashi is very puzzled about - why he suddenly chose the fourth generation Hokage.
The reason Sarutobi Hiruzen gave at the meeting was that he wanted young people to come up because he was old.
However, Sarutobi Hiruzen is not too old, and this is not a good time to abdicate. How can a leader who has won a great victory suddenly abdicate.
If there was such a thing as losing to Soyousuke, then everything would be reasonable.
"Uncle Hokage lost to Soyousuke? Really or not, how did the two of them fight?" Obito scratched his head with a confused expression.
He knew that there was a conflict between Konoha and the Ninja Sect, but Obito only knew that Konoha wanted to force Soyousuke to commit suicide, and then the negotiations broke down.
Unexpectedly, we have fast forwarded to the fight between the Hokage and the ninja master.
"It's true." Mu Yue told the truth directly. Since it had reached Konoha and reached Kakashi's ears, there was no need to hide it deliberately.
"But don't discuss this matter too much, just go as usual."
This matter has actually been discussed in a high-level meeting. After all, they can keep Konoha's secrets well, but they can't get the Ninja Sect to keep it secret for them. It will be exposed sooner or later.
Kakashi showed an expression that was indeed the case, and he said that it was not that simple for Hiruzen Sarutobi to suddenly pass the position this time.
"Looking at it this way, Soyousuke's strength is quite extraordinary." Kakashi couldn't help but fall into thinking.
Previously, Konoha was very tough on the Ninja Sect and wanted to force Soyousuke to commit suicide, but inexplicably, there was no follow-up.
Connecting everything, the answer is readily apparent. Soyousuke's strength exceeds Konoha's imagination, causing Konoha to have to change its attitude.
Kakashi glanced at Muyue subconsciously.
Speaking of being powerful enough to change the attitudes of the five great ninja villages, the first thing that came to his mind was Mu Yue.
Mu Yue has not yet reached the level of Senju Hashirama, but in the current ninja world, except for Soyousuke, who is temporarily unknown, Mu Yue is the number one in the ninja world and has the strength to destroy ninja troops alone.
"Perceiving space is the first step to Flying Thunder God, and it is also an important step to successfully launch..." After reminding, Mu Yue continued to teach Obito the art of Flying Thunder God.
Kakashi also quickly put his thoughts aside and began to hone his sword skills and the changes in the properties of thunder attribute chakra.
At this time, on the other side, the clone of Mu Yueying in the Hokage Building was also found by Anbu.
"Please go to the high-level conference room immediately." Anbu quickly explained his purpose.
Mu Yueying's clone nodded and hurried to the high-level conference room with the ANBU.
"As we expected, the Ninja Sect did not keep the news secret. Various news about my defeat to Soyousuke has spread to the Land of Fire and even Konoha."
After everyone arrived, Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't waste time and immediately explained the problem.
"It's faster than expected. Did the Ninja sect take the initiative to promote it?" Mito Kadoyan said in a deep voice.
It takes time for news to spread. In the ninja world where communications are underdeveloped, it is not easy for a message to spread quickly in a short time.
However, compared to the news itself, Mito Monobu still pays more attention to the attitude of Soyousuke.
Even if the news is exposed, it will mean that Sarutobi Hiruzen loses some face, but Konoha will have no actual loss.
"It may also be that other great ninja villages that are unwilling to be left behind are adding fuel to the flames." Mu Yue shook her head.
Didn't he know whether he did it or not? Mu Yue did not specifically ask the Ninja Ninjas to conceal the results of the battle, but she also did not ask the Ninja Sect Ninjas to publicize it.
"Mu Yue is right. Compared to the Ninja Sect, other great Ninja villages are more suspicious." Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded.
Due to Soyousuke's refusal to fight, Sarutobi Hiruzen still can't tell whether Soyousuke is hostile to Konoha or not.
The other ninja villages are very simple. They have just been defeated. When they hear this kind of thing, they must be very happy to see Konoha make a fool of themselves.
"Then what should we do? Use the method discussed before?" Xiaochun asked when he went to bed.
"Yes, let's treat it coldly." Sarutobi Hiruzen confirmed.
You can't quibble, otherwise if the news reaches the Ninja sect and Sosuke demands to fight in public again, then he will have to lose face, and he will not be able to gain favor no matter whether he goes or not.
But it's not good to admit it directly. It would be a small blow to his personal reputation. If it affects Konoha's development momentum, it would be a big sin.
So the result of their discussion was to pretend to be dead and pretend they didn't see it.
In this way, supporters of Hiruzen Sarutobi can also tell themselves that Hiruzen Sarutobi disdains to respond to such rumors, or that the hard-working Hiruzen Sarutobi has never heard of this trivial matter, so as to refute and confront them.
"Speed up the election, compress the process, and get the results of the fourth generation election as soon as possible." Sarutobi Hiruzen said seriously.
This was the reason why he summoned the senior officials. Pretending to be dead was only a temporary solution, not a good strategy.
Only by selecting a new fourth-generation Hokage and letting Muyue, the second Wooden ninja who is expected by everyone, come to power can the problem be better solved.
After confirming the specific decision, no matter how hot the news of "Sosuke defeated Sarutobi Hiruzen" was discussed in Konoha Village, Konoha did not take any action. It neither explained nor suppressed the discussion environment. It just tried its best. promoting the electoral process.
In this case, the voting results of the middle genin came out soon.
The gap in the number of votes could be described as a huge disparity. The ninja who counted the votes had to confirm again and again to be sure that he had counted correctly.
The votes Muyue received accounted for 90% of the total votes for middle genin!
In other words, for every ten Konoha ninjas, nine Konoha ninjas support Mu Yue to become the fourth generation Hokage.
When the voting results were announced, Mu Yue's astonishing number of votes shocked Konoha.
People stopped discussing the various secrets between Sarutobi Hiruzen and Soyousuke for the time being, and there was once again an upsurge in discussing the Hokage election in Konoha.
"That's not right. According to the voting rules, Assistant Mu Yue has already won."
Someone combined the two voting results and discovered something outrageous. Even if Orochimaru gets 100% of the popular votes in the popular vote, he will still lose to Mu Yue.
The weights of the three votes of Jonin, Middle Genin and the public are different.
There were only more than a hundred Jonin voting, but they accounted for 40% of the total voting weight.
Although there were many middle genin and civilians, they only accounted for 30% each.
Mu Yue's jounin votes and middle genin votes are added together, and the total weight is infinitely close to 60%.
Even if Orochimaru gets all the weights next, the total weight in the end will be forty at most.
Obviously, this election has ended early, and Mu Yue will become the fourth generation Hokage no matter what.
Therefore, after consulting Orochimaru himself, the high-level meeting changed the election steps.
The popular vote continued, but it was only used to calculate the final number of votes. The election results were settled immediately, and the daimyo and senior officials of the Fire Nation were invited to determine the final candidate for Hokage.
Uchiha Fugaku and Shisui did not waste such an excellent opportunity. Seeing that everyone in the village believed that Mu Yue would be the next Hokage, they summoned the elders of the clan to discuss the matter.
Since there were not many people attending the meeting, they did not go to Nanga Shrine for the meeting, but chose the venue in Uchiha Fugaku's study.
"Due to the victory in the war, Konoha has received a large number of high-quality commissions..." Uchiha Fugaku said everything they were going to do next without any further delay.
"Temporarily leaving the police department to do high-level commissioned tasks?"
Uchiha Shengqing habitually wanted to refuse, but when he thought of the rewards he could get from high-level tasks, he didn't speak immediately.
"There is something wrong. We Uchiha elites have left the police department. What will happen to the security of Konoha? What if we cannot return to the police department?" Uchiha Katsuhisa asked a question.
"There is no need to worry about public security. Under normal circumstances, the police department does not need to be too strong. Some genin can be temporarily hired to take on the responsibility." Uchiha Fugaku replied.
"What about the positions in the police department? If it is not suspended, but business as usual, but the patrol tasks are replaced by high-level commissions, I think it will be good," Uchiha Katsuhisa expressed his thoughts.
Shisui finally understood. They wanted to earn commission money, but they didn't want to give up their position in the police department.
"Let me make it clear first that this is not the idea of Uncle Fugaku and I, but Teacher Muyue's suggestion about the police department." Shisui said.
"Teacher Mu Yue believes that the current power of the Police Department is over-qualified for maintaining public order, so she came up with the idea of liberating the powerful power of the Police Department."
As soon as Zhisui said these words, the study instantly became quiet.
Uchiha Katsuhisa smiled, "Assistant Mu Yue is right. We Uchiha Jonin are powerful, but patrolling the village is really a waste."
"I support Mu Yue's idea of assisting."
If I had told him earlier, he would definitely be the first to support Mu Yue's will.
Who in Konoha didn't know that Mu Yue's appointment as the fourth generation Hokage was already a certainty.
He has the potential to be the second god of ninja, and he is also the Hokage, and he has two Uchiha disciples. Who else will the Uchiha clan follow if they don't follow Mu Yue?
"I also support it. I know Assistant Mu Yue's ability. The Police Department and Uchiha will definitely develop better under the leadership of Assistant Mu Yue." Uchiha Yashiro also quickly stood up.
He was an elder who stood on the same side as Uchiha Fugaku, but he didn't expect Uchiha Katsuhisa to be so flexible in his stance.
"I support it." Uchiha Shengqing finally nodded.
At this point, whether he agrees to tell the truth or not does not affect the overall situation.
The moment Zhisui moved out of Muyue, the overall situation was decided.
The Uchiha are so eager for a Hokage who can be a little closer to them, and Mu Yue perfectly meets the needs of the Uchiha.
Unless Uchiha Shengqing can prove that Mu Yue becoming Hokage is harmful to Uchiha, standing on the opposite side of Mu Yue will only affect his reputation in the Uchiha clan.
At the jounin meeting, more than twenty Uchiha jounin all voted for Mu Yue, and no one abstained from voting or voted for Orochimaru.
"Well, since everyone agrees, let's start discussing the specific details." Uchiha Fugaku continued.
Seeing this, Shisui nodded with satisfaction.
After completing this step, Uchiha and the Police Department will no longer be bound, and the problem of the Police Department will be solved.
Next, as long as we create a good image for the Uchiha clan and improve the ideological education of the clan, the conflict between Uchiha and Konoha will naturally ease and disappear.
"Fortunately, I have you, Teacher Muyue." Zhishui thanked silently in his heart.
Mu Yue really helped him a lot. Without Mu Yue, he wouldn't be as strong as he is today. Without Mu Yue, he wouldn't have the knowledge he has today.
If he had not been taught by Mu Yue, he would probably have to find ways to solve the problem alone.
Because he neither thought of asking for help nor found anyone to help him.
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After receiving Sarutobi Hiruzen's letter, the Fire Country Daimyo quickly summoned senior officials and guards, and went to Konoha for a meeting under the escort of many elite ninjas.
The Hokage election is a big event for Konoha, and it is also a big event for the daimyo.
As the top sponsor, the Daimyo must hope that his ace fighter will be more powerful.
"Sandaime, I heard that you were defeated by that Soyousuke. Is the news true?" The daimyo asked curiously, sitting on the main seat, covering his face with a fan and only revealing his eyes.
He went to see the Youth Martial Arts Association and met Soyousuke. He thought he was a good person, but he didn't expect him to be so good at fighting.
Sarutobi Hiruzen:...
"Daimyo, this is a meeting to elect the Hokage. Please wait until the meeting is over to talk about irrelevant topics." Mito Kaden said seriously.
Not to mention his relationship with Sarutobi Hiruzen, just because of Sarutobi Hiruzen's status as Hokage, Mito Katobu would not be able to make the Daimyo so rude.
The daimyo was only their nominal leader.
Seeing that the Konoha ninjas were a little unhappy, the daimyo smiled and changed his words:
"So what are the recommended candidates?"
"I recommend Hanyu Muzuki!" Sarutobi Hiruzen replied immediately.
"Hanyu Mozuki." Namikaze Minato spoke for the second time.
The squad leader of the Jonin class cannot usually participate in high-level meetings, but he can participate in the Hokage election meeting.
"Hanyu Mozuki." Mito Menyan followed.
"Hanyu Muyue." Xiaochun went to bed and followed closely.
(End of chapter)