Following Sarutobi Hiruzen's order, the entire Konoha was in chaos.
Konoha was originally founded by Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara, and the strongest Hashirama was the first Hokage. There is no problem with this.
In the early days of the establishment of the village, Uchiha Madara betrayed Konoha and the Senju family became the dominant family. Izuna was hacked to death before the village was established, and the Uchiha clan lost all its top experts.
On the other hand, in the Senju clan, in addition to the Senju Tobirama who is as famous as Izuna, there is also the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki Uzumaki Mito, who is still powerful.
Naturally, Senju Tobirama became Konoha's second-generation talker.
After the second generation took office, he implemented a number of reforms on Konoha and promoted a variety of policies to make Konoha look more like a whole.
And because although the Senju Clan still had some power, it was no longer what it was back then. The Senju Clan also transferred a lot of power, giving some comfort to the smaller families who had followed the two major families in establishing the village.
In fact, the Sandaime Hokage originally needed to be elected, at least for a while.
Several candidates were recommended by the jounin class and major families, and finally Senju Tobirama recommended one of them to the daimyo.
However, during the signing ceremony of the peace agreement, there was a rebellion in the Hidden Cloud Village, and Senju Tobirama had to kiss Hiruzen Sarutobi without even going through the superficial procedures.
After Sarutobi Hiruzen came to power, Xiao Gui Caosui continued to build on the foundation of the second generation.
At the same time, because the strength and prestige were indeed insufficient in the early stage, a lot of power was transferred to stabilize the rule, such as the establishment of Hokage assistants and advisors.
Let Konoha, a grassroots team, officially become a republican village with a "senator".
This fourth generation election will be different from before. At the same time, because Hiruzen Sarutobi doesn't want to quarrel with Mai Uchiha, he can't make any unforeseen moves in the election.
Therefore, canvassing votes has become a top priority. When the voting results come out in two months, whoever gets more votes will be the fourth generation.
Even Sarutobi Hiruzen cannot and does not dare to do anything after the marriage is over. Of course, it is normal to use coercion and inducement during the canvassing process. These are conventional methods.
Following Hiruzen Sarutobi's order, the entire Konoha was shaken and turned into a mess.
Orochimaru, Namikaze Minato, and Mai Uchiha stepped forward one after another to announce their participation in the election of the Fourth Hokage. After that, no top powerhouse stepped forward.
From this, the people of Konoha and the ninjas deduced that it should be Jiraiya, Tsunade and the others who do not want to run for the fourth generation. Don't choose me, it is useless, and I will not take up the position if you choose me.
In fact, there was one person who was ignored from beginning to end—Shimura Danzo.
When Sarutobi Hiruzen invited Orochimaru and others to a family dinner, Danzo felt something was wrong. Your ordinary family dinner almost wiped out the entire Konoha.
After the news came out, Danzo learned that Sarutobi Hiruzen was asking for everyone's opinions.
Jealousy, Danzo watched Uchiha Mai and the others in the village every day with great joy, his fists were clenched until they were red, and his teeth were about to be broken!
Jealousy! Jealousy!
But Danzo was helpless. Mai and Uchiha were young, talented and powerful, and they were born to run for Hokage.
He is different, his strength is indeed a little bit lower, and he is also a little older.
What Konoha needs is vitality. In terms of political ability, Uchiha Mai, Orochimaru, and Namikaze Minato are all immature, at least not comparable to the veteran Sarutobi Hiruzen.
If they choose, they are betting on their future, which is value investing.
The reason why Sarutobi Hiruzen abdicated was that he was getting older and incompetent. He couldn't let Sarutobi Hiruzen go and choose Danzo who was inferior to him in all aspects.
Therefore, Danzo could only cry at home every day, watching the Uchiha dance and the others showing off their magical powers.
With a big family and a big business, and running Kirigakure Village, Mai, known as Uchiha Hanjo, was the first to start the attack, and immediately rented the Konoha Arena for a few days, giving a concert and a speech.
Later, an elite campaign team was formed, with team members including but not limited to Fugaku, Tsunade, Hatake Sakumo and other big names and celebrities.
The team's first strategy is to spend a lot of money to put up posters and banners in various stores in Konoha.
[Choose Uchiha Dance and connect to the Internet!]
[Choose Uchiha Dance and get rice and noodles!]
...and so on.
There are many civilian jounin in Konoha. Because these jonin come from the masses and are subordinates of the Hokage, they are not considered direct descendants of Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Moreover, these civilian jounin have a certain degree of empathy and will sympathize more with the common people of Konoha.
Although Konoha civilians do not have the right to vote, as their prestige and popularity among civilians increases, they can still win over some ninjas who have emerged from the civilian population.
At least we can deal with a few people who are not very firm in their stance.
Immediately after Uchiha Mai, Orochimaru also fired a shot, copying the former's operation in all aspects and hanging banners on the streets of Konoha.
A few days ago, Orochimaru worked with Danzo and defrauded Danzo of a lot of money in the name of various scientific research projects, which made his family rich. All the unconscionable money Danzo earned went into his pocket.
Orochimaru can fight the propaganda war.
The two of them each performed a set of punches, which confused Minato Namikaze. It turns out that running for Hokage is such a complicated thing and requires money.
The master is short of money. Although he has some savings, it is far less than Uchiha Hanjo and Orochimaru. Moreover, he is about to get married to Kushina, so it is the time when he needs money.
Just when the master was in trouble and Kushina planned to spend all her family wealth to support her husband's Hokage dream, Jiraiya stepped forward.
Don't you just have no money for a publicity war? I'll pay for it for you! Your teacher, I'm not only one of the highest-performing ninjas in Konoha, but also a well-known best-selling author in the ninja world, so I'm not short of money.
Really, I wrote that Xiao Liu will support you.
The three candidates completely carved up the streets of Konoha and gradually rolled up: half of Uchiha City even frantically sponsored thousands of poor Konoha genin and pulled the banner on their backs.
"Advertise widely and let everyone know that I am running for the Fourth Hokage, and use my strong financial resources and momentum to create a big scene.
While winning over those who are wavering, it also gives confidence to those Jonin who already support Mai.
But just doing this is not enough.”
In the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Mai analyzed the current situation to her team: "So we must quickly advance the campaign plan to the second stage.
Uncle Fugaku, Sister Tsunade, it's your turn to take action."
Uchiha Mai didn't mention Hatake Sakumo, the latter was stupid and really wasn't good at words.
Fugaku's eyes flickered and asked: "You mean, we will come forward to lobby the various families in Konoha?"
"Yes."
Uchiha Mai nodded and said: "There are dozens of families in Konoha, big and small, all of whom followed Senju and Uchiha to establish Konoha.
As some families have declined, even the ninjas no longer exist, but they still have the right to vote.
As for some large families that have not declined, there are often several jonin among the family members. The clan leader is probably still holding some position in Konoha and is the largest vote bank.
For example, Uncle Fugaku, you have 5 votes. The head of the security department has three votes, the jounin level has one vote, and the Uchiha clan leader has one vote.
Just one person's vote count is five times that of an ordinary jounin. Not to mention that if you are defeated, it will be equivalent to over thirty jounin in the entire Uchiha.
That’s the real highlight.”
Tsunade nodded slightly and agreed with Uchiha Mai's words. After thinking for a moment, she added: "These people are not as easy to deal with as ordinary ninjas.
Even small declining families are generally not too lacking in material resources. Their stance is relatively firm and they will be more cautious when making choices. They need to weigh the pros and cons of all aspects.
But overall, they will think more about the future. The future can also be equated with [continuation], which is what a family really values."
Tsunade pointed out the key point of the ninja family to the point.
Although her personality is a little dull, Tsunade's abilities are really outstanding. She also served as the acting Hokage for a period of time to control the overall situation and has a vicious vision.
Fugaku frowned and said, "I will take out part of the family's training experience and ninjutsu scrolls to win over those families that have declined.
But those big families are not easy to deal with."
The current Uchiha clan's training has been completely updated, from ordinary fire escape to dancing style ninjutsu.
Some of the eliminated ninjutsu and less important training experiences can be given away without feeling distressed.
"Then give them a future with pen and ink to serve them."
Uchiha Mai chuckled and pointed to Tsunade with her eyes. Then she realized that this was in the Uchiha clan, not Tsunade's house.
A few seconds later, a ninja from the Uchiha clan brought good paper and pen.
Uchiha Wu dipped his pen in ink, made an impromptu stroke, and wrote two lines of words on the white paper.
Tsunade leaned over and read the words above with doubtful eyes: "The same ninja world, the same dream. And, make Konoha great again?"
"Yes, these are my two campaign slogans."
"Reconciliation?" Fugaku asked.
Although this sentence sounded quite reasonable, Fugaku really didn't understand its meaning.
Uchiha Mai explained: "After I take office, I will merge the two ninja villages of Konoha and Kirigakure into one. Even if they do not merge, I will integrate the resources of the two ninja villages.
Konoha and Kirigakure, as well as the Land of Fire and the Land of Water, have many places where resources can be exchanged. Once the integration is completed, both ninja villages will be able to gain an increase in strength.
As one of the big families in Konoha, they can gain more profits from the integration of resources."
By integrating the resources of Ninja Village, we will definitely be able to achieve the effect of one plus one being greater than two.
Kirigakure and Konoha do not need to guard against each other. First of all, they do not need to guard against each other in their various trades, and it will be much more convenient when doing tasks.
And once the two villages merge into one, it will undoubtedly become the most powerful village in the ninja world. Kumogakure and Iwagakure will be so handsome that they can't be seen in the taillights of the cars, and they will regain their glory when the village was first built.
No, maybe even stronger than before.
At the beginning, Konoha was only strong because of the two heroes. The overall structure was actually not healthy. At least the civilians in the village and the ninjas could not benefit much.
Tsunade's heart was filled with excitement. The two ninja villages merged. This was a completely different path from what her grandfather had taken back then, and this was exactly what she wanted to see.
"only……"
Fugaku frowned slightly and said: "Even if we are happy to see the merger of Ninja Village happen, we are afraid that we will encounter resistance from the daimyo.
Konoha is the Konoha of the Fire Country, Kirigakure is the Kirigakure of the Fire Country, we are just a ninja village, and many things are beyond our control."
"Let's draw the pie first."
Uchiha Mai smiled, then raised her left hand and clenched her fist, and said with a smile: "Furthermore, this is also the point that I am very dissatisfied with so far.
Fist is power, this has always been my belief. The era when the great names of various countries can enjoy the dominance of their pairs of ninja villages just by relying on an unfounded name of "descendant of gods", it is time to end.
We who have the power should take back what is ours."
!!!
Fugaku and Tsunade were shocked. They didn't expect you, Mai Uchiha, to have such appalling and rebellious thoughts.
but I like it!
No ninja with great power can tolerate an unrelated ordinary person or trash shitting on his head.
Unless you give money, give a lot of money.
In fact, Konoha is the "army" of the Land of Fire, and Naruto is the leader of the army.
In "Boruto", because the ninja world was plowed through again, Naruto gained more power and was upgraded from the top of the army to the top of the Fire Country.
Naruto was seized by the military and political affairs, and he was very busy with various meetings all day long. He shouldered the responsibilities related to the livelihood of the people of the Fire Nation that were once the responsibility of the daimyo.
This pattern is just like the shogunate period in this book: the power of the shogun in charge of the army continued to expand, eventually turning the emperor of the Eternal Line from the top leader into a sign and a mascot.
Therefore, there is nothing wrong with the Uchiha dance idea, and it is even in line with the normal development of the ninja world.
"Furthermore, if we really want to talk about [descendants of gods], Senju and Uchiha are the true descendants of gods."
Uchiha Mai added another sentence.
"What do you mean?" Tsunade and Fugaku asked at the same time.
"I just used these eyes to see some unknown information: Senju and Uchiha are direct descendants of the Sage of Six Paths."
Uchiha Mai pointed at her eyes.
Fugaku:!!!
Tsunade:!!!
"Six Paths Sage really exists?" Tsunade said in surprise.
For a long time, the Immortal of Six Paths was just a legend, a mythical figure.
However, the Uchiha and Senju clans are indeed the two most profound families in the ninja world. According to the family genealogy and archive records, it can indeed be traced back to thousands of years ago, that is, the ancient era when the Sage of Six Paths existed.
"It exists, but that's not the point."
Uchiha Mai said calmly: "Winning over the major families in Konoha and getting back what belongs to our ninjas is the most important thing at hand.
I'm going to trouble you, Uncle Fugaku and Sister Tsunade."
"snort!"
Tsunade gave Uchiha Mai a charming look.
It's like this every time. After arousing people's interest, you just ignore it and make people unable to get up or down.