Chapter 145: Danzo and Orochimaru's Response

Compared to the Ino, Shika and Chou clans who have made up their minds to fight, the attitudes of the other ninja clans are still very ambiguous.

Small families like the Aburame and Inuzuka families were unwilling to offend the Fourth Hokage, nor were they willing to offend the advisory elders who secretly opposed the Fourth Hokage.

These high-level officials who are competing secretly can be easily crushed by either side.

Apart from the fact that they followed the example of the Pig, Deer and Butterfly tribes to stick together for warmth, the Pig, Deer and Butterfly tribes have been united for hundreds of years, and their interests have long been completely tied together. They simply cannot trust others and can only be a group of scattered sand.

Among the many ninja clans in Konoha, the only two that can maintain their independence are the Hyuga and Uchiha.

Due to the system of main family and branch family, Hyuga clan ninjas rarely hold high positions in the major departments of Konoha, but all major departments cannot do without the assistance of the Byakugan.

Therefore, the Fourth Hokage's reforms had nothing to do with them, unless the reforms touched upon the caged bird system.

After discussions between the head of the Hyuga family and members of the main family, the Hyuga clan decided not to offend either side and to remain neutral for the rest of the time. Only neutrality would be fought for by both sides.

After the Uchiha received the order from the Hokage, there was an uproar within the clan.

Although Fugaku vaguely proposed the news of his cooperation with the Fourth Hokage at the clan meeting, there were still many ninjas who opposed handing over some positions in the security forces.

It is thanks to the work in the security force that many ninjas with mediocre qualifications can live a good life and show off in front of ordinary ninjas as members of the security force.

The Fourth Hokage's reforms undoubtedly affected their interests.

As for the conflict between the Fourth Hokage and the Third Hokage, some of them analyzed it, but they didn't care about it at all and only cared about their own interests.

Anyway, no matter whether it is the Fourth Hokage or the Third Hokage, the winner is a member of the Hokage series.

It has nothing to do with Uchiha, and Uchiha can never become the Hokage of Konoha. If you want to have an Uchiha Hokage, you must take the opportunity to strike hard and win over other ninja clans while the two sides are playing against each other.

Faced with the complicated situation of the clan meeting, Fugaku also had very complicated feelings.

The fourth and third generations are competing secretly in the village, and there are also many conflicts within the Uchiha clan. These people must have disliked him for a long time and want to seize the position of security captain.

If possible, he also wanted to carry out a reform within the Uchiha clan, clean up the complicated factions within the clan, and teach a lesson to those militant factions who always shouted for war and killing.

These ninjas talk big but they don't work hard at all when it comes to training.

After Uchiha Madara left, so many years have passed, and you are the only ninja in the clan who has the strength of a clan leader, and there are only a few ninjas who have awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.

And in the Naruto series, there are so many ninjas with the strength of a clan leader (Kage) that they cannot be counted on one hand.

In this case, instead of thinking about letting the Uchiha line surpass the Senju line, it is better to follow the example of Senior Kagami and join the Hokage line, become a ninja of the Hokage line, and then wait for an opportunity to become Hokage.

Of course, he couldn't count on this group of idiots. The only ones he could count on were his proud son Uchiha Itachi and Sasuke who was just born.

Itachi is a genius who can learn the Great Fireball Technique with just one look. He has a bright future.

With such a brother, Sasuke's talent must not be too bad. When the time comes, let Mikoto take Sasuke to get acquainted with the children of Minato's family. Maybe they can become good playmates in the future.

With this relationship, it will be easy to become an assistant to the Hokage in the future.

By then, one of Itachi and Sasuke will surely become Hokage, and at the very least, the Uchiha will be able to regain its glory before the village was founded. Now, he only needs to suppress the voices within the clan and try not to cause trouble for the Fourth Hokage.

He knew exactly what he should do. He could not fail in the election for the Fourth Hokage. He let the dream of becoming Hokage go to his head. Uchiha still had a chance after all.

……

At the same time as Uchiha Fugaku entered fantasy time, Danzo and Orochimaru also received the Hokage's order.

Facing the tough words in Namikaze Minato's Hokage Order, Danzo first frowned and sneered:

"Namikaze Minato is really young. Such a tough attitude will definitely cause dissatisfaction from Sarutobi Hiruzen. I'm afraid it will also offend those two losers, Mitomon En and Utane Koharu."

"Having lost their support, does he think his reforms can be implemented? Can the village's ills be solved so easily? Does he think he is Tobirama's teacher?"

Orochimaru read the contents and chuckled:
"I think Minato's tough performance was very good. The village seemed calm on the surface, but the windmills that were driving it forward had stopped turning."

"If we want to change the stagnant situation, we must make radical reforms."

"If I become Hokage, my reform measures will be more radical than his. At least it will provide the ninjas in the village with a chance to change their destiny."

Hearing this, Danzo's face turned much uglier. He certainly knew the difficulties the village was facing and knew that Minato's reforms still had some merits.

But Watergate wanted to integrate their departments and cut their funding.

As for the radical reforms mentioned by Orochimaru, he remained expressionless on the surface, but he was strongly opposed in his heart. What chance to change your destiny? It's just recruiting volunteers for you.

If you really recruit experimental subjects on a large scale, even if you really become Hokage, you will be driven out of office.

Although he has lived in darkness for a long time, he also knows that some things can never see the light of day. Even if he has the opportunity to come to the fore, he will keep all these things secret.

But Orochimaru is obviously different, he doesn't seem to shy away from these things.

Whether it was privately recruiting experimental subjects or conducting human experiments in secret, everything was done almost openly.

If Orochimaru had not done some packaging in advance, he would have lost even more miserably in the election for the Fourth Hokage.

Thinking of this, Danzo suddenly felt a little jealous of Orochimaru.

Compared to himself, Orochimaru was undoubtedly much luckier. Jiraiya and Tsunade, who were also disciples of Sarutobi Hiruzen, both gave up the election for Hokage, leaving only the younger generation's Minato Namikaze.

If it were him, he might disguise himself in front of Sarutobi Hiruzen first.

It won’t be too late to do whatever you want after you become Hokage.

However, what Danzo didn't know was that Orochimaru's sights were not limited to Konoha, the sky of Konoha had begun to constrain his vision.

After failing in the election for Hokage, he began to think about leaving Konoha.

Only by leaving Konoha Village can he study ninjutsu without constraints and explore the secrets of chakra. However, because he has not yet decided where to go, he stays in Konoha temporarily.

(End of this chapter)