Chapter 117 Young Minato

"Black Zetsu, what are you thinking about?"

Seeing Black Zetsu standing still, Obito asked.

Black Zetsu cleared his mind of distracting thoughts and said, "I'm thinking about how to deal with the Konohagakure. Kushina and Minato are too powerful. We have no hope of capturing the Nine-Tails."

"Then have you come up with any solution?"

Black Zetsu shook his head: "I can't think of any good solution, but Bai Ye may have one. Let's go over and share the information with Bai Ye first."

When Byakuya was mentioned, Obito's expression changed instantly, and he said to Black Zetsu: "I don't need his help. One person can weaken Konoha's strength, and it only takes one year at most."

Black Zetsu glanced at Obito and shook his head: "Although you have inherited Madara's abilities, the Nine-Tails is not an ordinary tailed beast. To be on the safe side, it is better to tell Byakuya."

"I said, I don't need it!" Obito's tone gradually became cold.

……

a few days later.

Time passed quickly and soon it was time to hold a high-level meeting.

The Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze received a group of Konoha's high-ranking officials in the meeting, including the leaders of the Root organization Danzo and Orochimaru, the Hokage's assistants Mitokado En and Utane Koharu, and the Third Hokage who was in a semi-retired state.

However, the Third Hokage seemed to have stepped down from the position of Hokage and became a member of the advisory elders, but he still held a dominant position in high-level meetings.

Although Minato Namikaze respected the Third Hokage very much, he still felt a little dissatisfied.

After all, he is the current Hokage of the village, and the Third Hokage is the previous one.

Considering that he had no capable people under his command, Minato Namikaze could only endure it temporarily. Whenever he raised a problem and came up with a solution, he would always ask for the Sandaime's opinion.

There is nothing we can do about this.

Although he was chosen as the Fourth Hokage based on his merits and popularity, his power and prestige were far inferior to those of the Third Hokage who had served as Hokage for decades.

The so-called fourth generation era has not arrived at all, and now it still belongs to the third generation era.

To become a real Hokage, Minato Namikaze feels that it will take at least three to five years. This is one of the few good news, after all, he is still very young, less than 30 years old.

Thinking of this, Minato Namikaze took out the outline and looked in the direction of the Sandaime.

"Sandaime, I plan to form a guard team to ensure Kushina's safety."

"Third-generation, Iwagakure has sent envoys to negotiate. Should we ask for land from Iwagakure or simply ask for war reparations?"

"Sandaime, the troops from the Hidden Mist Village have already withdrawn from the border of the Land of Fire."

"Third-generation, the Hidden Rain Village has sent an envoy, hoping to trade with us in the border area and learn from Konoha's advanced experience."

The Third Hokage was very satisfied with Minato Namikaze's request and thought that he had made the right choice.

Namikaze Minato is worthy of being the Hokage he chose, and is loyal to him. He actually doesn't care how the Yondaime handles these things, but he has to ask him for instructions.

This scene was also seen by other Konoha high-ranking officials.

Utane Koharu and Mitokado En didn't react much. It was impossible for the two of them to become Hokage, but no matter who the Hokage was, he could not do without these two advisory elders.

To some extent, the Third Hokage was also a member of the advisors and stood with them.

In contrast, Orochimaru and Danzo were quite dissatisfied. Orochimaru could not stand the control of the Third Hokage, and his suspicion of the Hokage election made him start to suspect that the teacher had done something wrong. Danzo was much simpler, he just hated that he was not the Third Hokage.

If Orochimaru had been successfully elected Hokage, he should have been the one who successfully gained power, but his darkness was not as great as the Third Hokage, so he lost the Hokage election.

Noticing the strange looks from Orochimaru and Danzo, the Third Hokage chuckled and said:

"Minato, it's a good habit for you to ask us elders for advice, but now you are the Hokage, as long as it does not go against the interests of the village, you can make your own decisions."

"No..." Namikaze Minato shook his head gently: "I am still too young. I need to listen more to the teachings of the Third Generation, otherwise I will do bad things with good intentions."

After hearing this, the Third Hokage nodded with satisfaction.

This high-level meeting ended in an unusually harmonious manner, although no results were reached during the meeting.

After the meeting, Minato Namikaze returned to the Hokage's office with the Third Hokage's instructions.

Throwing the Third Hokage's comments aside, Minato Namikaze did not deal with his work immediately. Instead, he looked out the window at Konoha and fell into deep thought.

At the age of 24, he became the supreme leader of Konoha Village through his achievements and strength, but he had just started on the road to the top.

In the month after becoming Hokage, he visited the top leaders and also visited the ninja clan leader.

In a very short period of time, they quickly learned how the top leaders fought against each other.

In addition to forming cliques and factions to build hard power, the competition between high-level officials is to stand on the moral high ground and use the village and justice to suppress competitors.

Frankly speaking, this was a little different from what he had imagined Naruto to be.

In his impression, the Hokage was upright, willing to sacrifice his life to protect the village, and would not tolerate any sand in his eyes, but the reality was completely the opposite.

In the village propaganda, the image of the Third Hokage is glorious and without any stain.

But after becoming Hokage, he learned that the Third Hokage might have deliberately condoned Danzo to develop the Root, and that there were countless darkness hidden in the village's Anbu and the Root.

In addition to intrigues against enemies, many conspiracies are also directed against one's own people.

This made Minato Namikaze feel a little tired, and he also understood why Tsunade left Konoha and why Jiraiya was unwilling to be Hokage.

Sensei Jiraiya had already seen the dark side of the village and was unwilling to have too much contact with it.

However, he is more confident than Teacher Jiraiya and believes that as time goes by, he will be able to make Konoha a new place sooner or later.

Recovering his gradually scattered thoughts, Minato Namikaze began to arrange the work.

A guard team must be established, and two Anbu teams must be dispatched to take turns protecting Kushina.

The peace talks with Iwagakure must at least get a considerable amount of compensation, otherwise he wouldn't mind taking a tour of the Iwagakure Village and letting the Iwagakure ninja feel the charm of Flying Thunder God.

The Hidden Mist Village can't drag its feet any longer. Only by signing a treaty quickly can we avoid them shifting the conflict.

As for the envoy sent by the Hidden Rain Village to request trade... Minato Namikaze fell into deep thought, and finally decided to agree to the request for mutual communication.

He heard that the recent reforms in the Hidden Rain Village were going well and had successfully solved the problems within the village.

If he could gain reform experience from Yahiko, it would be of great help to him in reforming Konoha in the future.

(End of this chapter)