As soon as the soft morning light penetrated the night and sprinkled onto the earth, Uchiha's clan became lively.
In the courtyard of the patriarch's mansion, Sasuke paced back and forth in the pavilion, his always proud face was full of tension and anxiety.
swish...
After a while, the neatly dressed Itachi pushed open the sliding door and came out of his room.
Sasuke hurried up to greet him: "Brother, are you ready?"
Itachi rubbed Sasuke's head and said with a smile, "Don't worry."
"I... I'm not worried!" Sasuke turned his face away, and said in a very firm tone: "Even Lord Wudai supports brother, so brother will definitely succeed this time!"
Itachi said indifferently: "The fifth generation just recommended me, whether we can succeed or not depends on today's competition!"
Sasuke hesitated for a moment, then whispered: "Brother, I can lend you the Eye of Reincarnation."
"Silly boy!"
Itachi smiled and walked out.
Sasuke quickly chased after him. Although he was fourteen or fifteen years old and had grown a lot taller, he still followed Itachi like he did when he was a child: "Brother, I can awaken the eyes of reincarnation. You gave me the opportunity to integrate the eternal kaleidoscope of sharing eyes, so even if you use my eyes of reincarnation, no one will say anything."
Itachi said, "You really are still worried about me."
Sasuke shook his head again and again: "Not at all!"
The two brothers chatted all the way, all the way to the front yard of the mansion, and at the gate, Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto in full costumes were already waiting there before dawn.
"Itachi, are you confident?"
Fu Yue crossed his arms, and although his expression was calm, the look of worrying about gain and loss in his eyes revealed his true emotions at the moment.
Mikoto walked up to Itachi, tidied her clothes for Itachi, and said softly, "Just do your best, winning or losing is not important."
Sasuke pursed his lips and said, "Mother, winning or losing doesn't matter! This is a Hokage competition. As long as my brother wins, he can become the sixth generation of the village and become the first Hokage named Uchiha!"
Fu Yue nodded: "Sasuke is right, this time with the support of the five generations, we will surely succeed."
Seeing Fugaku, Sasuke and his son, who were more motivated than Itachi, Mikoto shook her head helplessly.
Itachi said: "Father, Mother, I will do my best!"
As soon as the family of four left the mansion, they found that the long street in the clan area was already full of clan members, and everyone looked at Itachi eagerly.
Unlike the last time Fugaku ran for Hokage, almost everyone in the Uchiha tribe fell into a kind of morbid madness at that time, but this time the Uchiha tribe was much gentler. There was no previous fanaticism on their faces, replaced by ardent expectations.
Facts have proved once again that as long as Hokage can hold the place, the Uchihas are quite reasonable.
Arriving at the gate of the clan, Itachi found that Shisui and Shinichi were already waiting there.
After looking Itachi up and down, Shinichi smiled and said, "Yo, looks good!"
Zhishui stepped forward and patted Itachi on the shoulder: "Come on!"
Itachi said speechlessly: "Even you two are like this, I will be under a lot of pressure!"
At this moment, Shinichi suppressed the smile on his face, and leaned into Itachi's ear: "You must win this time!"
Seeing that Shinichi was so solemn, Itachi was stunned for a moment, and then asked in a low voice: "You don't know how to place a bet, do you?"
"It's a breadwinner!" Shinichi glanced at Uchiha Izumi who was following Itachi, and said, "It won't take long for you to understand my current situation!"
Itachi lowered the volume: "How much did you bet?"
Zhenzhang opened his palm: "Fifty million!"
Itachi was taken aback: "So many? Are you crazy?"
Shinichi said with a bitter face: "So you must win today, if you lose, then I can only rent the kaleidoscope Sharingan to the village laboratory to pay off the debt!"
Itachi became more speechless, opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.
Shinichi went on to say: "By the way, my kaleidoscope Sharingan is quite good. The boss has used it and said yes, why don't I lend it to you first? Well, it doesn't cost money!"
side.
Shisui and Fugaku analyzed the opponents of Itachi's election for Hokage: "Now it has been confirmed that Kakashi-senpai will be nominated for the third generation, Kai-senpai will be nominated by Tsunade-sama, and Asma-senpai will be nominated by Jiraiya-sama, and itachi nominated by the fifth generation, the four of them will be the final candidates for this competition for the sixth-generation Hokage."
"Kakashi, Kai, Asma..." Recited these names silently, Fuyue said, "Sure enough, they are the same as I predicted before!"
Sasuke on the side listened carefully, while secretly calculating the threats of the other candidates to his brother Itachi.
Shisui said: "According to the fifth generation's regulations, this time the selection is still two stages of competition and confidence vote for all candidates. However, it is different from the last time. This time, a final winner is determined through a competition, and then a vote of confidence is held for all Jnin. And the Jnin can only vote for or against. Once the number of support votes exceeds 60%, the winner will pass the vote of confidence and win the election."
Fu Yue's eyes suddenly brightened: "So, isn't the competition part more important than the vote of confidence?"
The last vote of confidence was a choice between the two candidates, Hyuga Kage and Fugaku, because their last battle was not carried out under the obstruction of the third generation, so the Hyuga mirror and Fugaku who were running for the election at that time were equal, and this led to a huge room for manipulation in the vote of confidence, and the ninja can vote according to their personal likes and dislikes.
This time, the vote of confidence returns to the essence of the vote of confidence, which is just a trust assessment of the final winner.
The final winner has already proven his strength by defeating other competitors through competitions, so as long as there is no stain on the winner, the probability of passing the vote of confidence will be very high.
Zhishui nodded lightly: "Well, the competition is the key to this election!"
Fugaku pondered for a moment, then frowned: "Asma is not a threat, but Kakashi and Kai are not a small threat to Itachi, especially that Maitkai, it is said that he has specially trained against Sharingan before, and can judge the opponent's actions by observing the lower body."
Before Shisui could answer, Sasuke interrupted: "Mr. Kakashi should not be my brother's opponent, but Akai-sensei is indeed a strong opponent to my brother!"
In the Fourth Ninja World War, the 'Ye Kai' who faced the Rokudo Obito gave an indelible impression to everyone present at that time. The fact that the fully erupted 'Eight Gate Dunjia' can hurt a sage has become the consensus of the ninja world after that night. This also directly led to the end of the Fourth Ninja World War.
Zhishui said: "I heard that senior Asma has recently inherited three generations of psychic beast ape demons and received three generations of special training, so we shouldn't take it too lightly. In short, everything depends on today's match draw!"
Just as the Uchihas walked towards the venue together, the streets in the early morning soon became lively.
The Hokage campaign has always been the highlight of the village. Not only the ninjas, but even ordinary villagers flocked to the venue with their families.
This made the several main roads in the village crowded with people very quickly, and the vicinity of the venue was even more lively, with children playing and laughing, and adults talking and laughing happily.
Because it is related to the selection of Hokage, apart from the Daimyo of the Fire Country, the kages from other villages also rushed to Konoha in advance.
As the flow of people entered the venue, the fourth Kazekage said to the third Tsuchikage, the fourth Raikage, and the fourth Mizukage, "Konoha's Hokage campaign is so lively every time. Just selling the tickets for the venue is probably a lot of money!"
Three generations of Tukage made a bitter face, but did not say a word.
Ever since the Eye of Samsara was lost in the hands of Yanyin, the Three Generations of Tukage couldn't hold up their heads in front of all the shadows, and the Akatsuki Organization had recently disappeared, making it impossible for him to pursue them.
Fourth Raikage didn't pick up on it, and directly changed the subject, asking, "Who do you think will be Konoha's sixth generation this time?"
Fourth Kazekage smiled: "This is not certain. The four candidates for the election are not easy. Even Asuma Sarutobi, who is the least favored among them, is also the son of the third Hokage of Konoha, and Kakashi Hatake is the agent of that Hokage. Itachi Uchiha is the "Balrog" organized by the gods. As for Maitekai... he is also a monster. It is not surprising that any of them will be elected as the sixth generation of Konoha!"
The Fourth Mizukage Kutachi Yagura said: "Asma Sarutobi has little chance. I think the candidate for the Sixth Hokage should be born among the three of Uchiha Itachi, Hatake Kakashi and Matt Kai."
Nodding, Fourth Raikage said, "Well, I think so too."
While the other kages were discussing which of the four candidates would be elected, the third Tsuchikage who had been silent all this time suddenly asked, "Don't you think it's strange? That Hokage was so good, why did he suddenly want to pass the throne to the sixth generation?"
On the main stand of the venue.
Kakashi drooped his head, and listlessly asked Hinata Kagami the same question as the third Tsuchikage: "Kagaro, why did you suddenly announce the passing of the throne? At your age, even if you are Hokage for decades, there is no problem, right?"
Hyuga mirror jokingly said: "With Hokage's salary, you want to tie me down for decades, it's too naive!"
Undoubtedly, after defeating and capturing Otsutsuki Ichishiki and Otsutsukiura style, Hyuga Kyou gained a lot of technology and experience of the Otsutsuki clan traveling in the universe.
Although neither Ichishiki nor Urashiki are the core researchers of the Otsutsuki clan, and the high-end technologies of the Otsutsuki clan they have mastered are very limited, but for Hyuga mirror, this information and technology is enough for him to study seriously for more than ten years.
So in order to be able to devote all his energy to research, Hokage, a position that requires countless minds, is an obvious tasteless position, so Hyuga Kyou began to think about passing on the position.
Anyway, with his current prestige in the ninja world, it doesn't matter whether he is Hokage or not. His existence itself is more deterrent than Hokage.
Moreover, if he keeps dominating the position of Hokage, it will make everyone breathless, which will not be conducive to healthy competition in the ninja world. Giving up this position early will not only allow capable people to take the position, but also allow other ninja villages to dare to compete with Konoha.
Only in this way, the Konoha ninjas who have completely relaxed after the war will regain their vigilance.
Glancing at the more and more lively venue, Kakashi said helplessly: "I was in the hospital for a month or two during the last campaign, and I'm here again this time. I don't know what will happen this time."
Hyuga Kyou said, "Don't worry."
Kakashi quickly looked at Hyuga mirror: "Do you have arrangements?"
Hyuga mirror shook his head: "Since it's an election, fairness must be ensured, so I have nothing to do! I want to let you rest assured that you won't die with me around!"
"Well... "
Kakashi had a dark face.
On the other side of the board of advisors and elders.
Turning to the bed, Xiaochun leaned into the ear of the Third Hokage and asked, "Are you sure this time?"
The Third Hokage sighed: "The hope is very slim. Kakashi and Kai are not interested in running for the Sixth Generation. As for Asma..."
Mentioning his son, Sandai sighed again.
Asma's talent is actually good, but she was a little rebellious when she was a teenager. She left the village for a while to be a Guardian Ninja Twelve, and missed the best period of growth. Although she was stimulated by Hyuga mirror, Kakashi, Kai and others later, she became very hard in cultivation and her strength improved rapidly, but compared with the popular Itachi in this election, there are still obvious shortcomings.
Turning to bed Xiaochun said: "The fifth generation is from a wealthy family, if the sixth generation is also from a wealthy family, then all our efforts over the years will be in vain!"
In Konoha, only the Senju, Uchiha, and Hinata families can be called rich. The others, even the Sarutobi clan of the Three Hokages, cannot be called rich ninjas.
It is the purpose of the Naruto master-apprentice line to suppress the rich ninjas and give more opportunities to the small ninjas and commoner ninjas. This has started since the first generation advocated the "will of fire".
The third Hokage sighed: "The times have changed, and Kagami did not directly appoint, but chose the sixth generation in a campaign situation, which is already giving face to us old guys."
Turning to bed Xiaochun sighed faintly: "Hey!"
They are actually very clear that with Hyuga Kyou's current prestige, if he forcibly appoints someone to succeed him as the sixth generation of the village, the entire village will not have any objections.
At this moment, the Uchihas came to the venue, which caused a burst of cheers from the stands.
Thanks to the efforts of Itachi, Shimizu, and Shinichi, the Uchiha executives, the gap between Uchiha and the village has become smaller and smaller, so this time when the Uchihas appeared on the stage, what the villagers gave was not awe-inspiring eyes, but warm cheers.
Then, Asma, surrounded by the Sarutobi clan, also came to the venue, and then Kai in green, and with the entry of the four candidates, the lottery began...
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