At the end of the 57th year of Konoha, a siege occurred in the Kingdom of Rain. The newly born Yahiko forces in the North fought against the old "Yuhiko" forces. Both sides almost died together, leaving a large gap in power.

When Danzang received this news, he was in Konoha. He went to Rain Country and simply met "Yuhiko". Then he left some members of "Root" and returned to Konoha. For him, the small matter of surrounding and killing the new forces did not require him to come forward in person.

After receiving the news, he was a little surprised, but he didn't take it seriously. For him, the Country of Rain is a small country, and no matter how big the matter happens, it is a small matter. As long as you take time to pay attention to it and support another puppet force, it's enough.

The most urgent task now is naturally the problem of Konoha Village itself. The election of the Fourth Hokage is imminent. After discussion by senior officials, it will take only a few days to select the Fourth Hokage before the 57th year.

The same is true. He was left behind the scenes of Rain Country, but a series of events that happened later caught him off guard. When he wanted to look back and support the power of Rain Country again two years later, he was shocked to find that it had been built like an iron barrel, and no foreign force could gain a foothold again.

These are all things that happened later. In front of you, the most important one is the candidate for the fourth generation of Hokage.

If possible, Danzo hoped that he could become a new Naruto. He inherited the consistent policies and character of Tobira Senhou and always believed that Sarutobi was too weak during his administration. Although he did not lack decisiveness during major events, he usually paid too much attention to people's livelihood and conditions, ignored the threats from other countries, and even Konoha was content with the status quo.

If he is made a Hokage, he will definitely lead Konoha to a route of military strength. His dream is to learn from the first Hokage, unify the ninja world, and let Konoha's logo appear anywhere in this world.

Unfortunately, all of this is just his unilateral idea. There is no name among the candidates for the fourth generation of Naruto. It is not other reasons, but because his age is the same generation of elders as the third generation. Since even the third generation of Naruto feels that he has given up his position as Naruto because of his old age, how can he run for the election?

Although his true thoughts in his heart think that he is in his prime, it is no problem to struggle for another twenty years.

He took out the list on the table and looked at the candidates slightly. Although there were many names on it, most of the ones behind were made up for the numbers. Most of them knew that those people could not be elected as the fourth generation of Naruto.

As for the two most likely on the list, they have long become the two people who are eager to talk about Konoha Village, including Mizuno and Orochimaru.

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The bright sunshine shines on the earth. A winter snow just fell not long ago, and it was the coldest time when the snow was melting.

But Konoha Village is completely shrouded in an atmosphere of enthusiasm, and the laughter of the new generation of children is echoing in the streets and alleys.

Thick snow became their best toy, snowballs whistling in the open field, and extremely tall snowmen piled up everywhere under the trees, all kinds of which were clearly red with their hands and faces, but they were happy.

The ninjas looked at all this with a smile, warmed up a pot of hot wine and sat down to chat, which was a supreme enjoyment in this kind of weather.

They did not do anything to clean up the snow. According to the weather, there will be a new snowfall soon, and cleaning it is in vain.

The topics they discussed are naturally inseparable from the hottest Naruto election at the moment. There are many high-profile comments on those candidates, as if the candidate is himself.

In most people's mouths, the one mentioned most is Habuki Mizuno. Most of Konoha's ninja like this very sunny hero. The Fourth Ninja War pushed him to the legendary situation. The Battle of Kanwubi Bridge was even compiled into a script and sung in Konoha.

With only one week left before the Chinese New Year, the Third Hokage has announced that it will select a new Hokage the day before, so as to ensure that tomorrow will be the era of the Fourth Hokage. In other words, there are only less than six days left before the election.

A tavern is now shrouded in an eager environment, and the heat released from the stove permeates the inside, making people feel warm and comfortable as soon as they enter.

The Chunin and Shinin of Konoha Village like this place very much, and even the figures of the Shanginin can be seen frequently.

Some ninjas holding wine glasses were talking nonstop, with obvious drunkenness on their faces, and the whole hall was noisy.

"Hizz... I'm blind, who will be elected in the Naruto election in six days?" A drunken Shinin asked, hiccup. The person he was asking was behind the wine cabinet not far in front of him. The only eye left was smiling and looking at the situation in the store, and his hands kept wiping a wine pot.

He is the owner of this tavern, and no one cares about what the real name is. Ninjas like to call him Lao Yan very much. I heard that it was the third Ninja War that injured his eyes on the battlefield of the Rain Ninja Village. After returning to the village, he bid farewell to the ninja career and opened such a tavern in the village, which is very popular.

The old blind man smiled and said, "How could I know about this kind of thing? I have been away from the ninja profession for so long, so how could I know the current situation? But I heard that the Hakusuku Mizunomen in your conversation recently was very powerful, because there should be a great chance. However, when I became a ninja, it was the third ninja war, and I was still more inclined to Lord Orochimaru. In the past, in the Rain Ninja Village, if it weren't for the legendary three ninjas, we might have sacrificed more ninjas. It's a pity that Lord Tsunade and Lord Jiraiya...ah!"

After he finished speaking, he suddenly sighed.

The drinking ninja shook his head and took another sip of wine and said, "Oritorimaru is of course very strong, but his character is too lone, not something that we ordinary ninjas can get close to. Moreover, in the last ninja war, it was the war that ended only after the end of the war with Mizunomiki. In terms of credit, Mizunomiki is more powerful. After all, the three ninjas have three achievements. I still think that Mizunomiki will win this time."

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Chapter completed!