Chapter 213: Change of Identity 213

Chapter 213 213. Change of Identity

Three months have passed since Jiraiya became the Fifth Hokage.

With the joint efforts of Jiraiya and Tsunade, the villagers have gradually adapted to the leadership of the Fifth Hokage. After all, the Five Generations almost continued the ruling policy of the three generations.

Except for the restoration of the garrison, the rest of the departments have not changed much.

The reason for the restoration of the garrison is also very simple. As Hokage, Jiraiya also needs to use this to cultivate direct troops to strengthen his influence.

Although Hokage is the leader of a village, the village is a combination of various interest groups, and Hokage is just the leader of the strongest faction. If he wants to implement reforms, it will inevitably touch the interests of many parties.

Although Jiraiya doesn't want to engage in these twists and turns, he just wants to be a warrior fighting on the front line.

But Tsunade, who is in charge of internal affairs, doesn't think so. He must have a force belonging to them in order to carry out drastic reforms within Konoha.

Rubbing his sore shoulders, Tsunade looked at the lush leaves outside the window to relieve the fatigue from work.

Then he looked at Jiraiya who was caught by Shizune, and said helplessly: "I said Jiraiya, you are the Fifth Hokage in the village anyway, can't you use it a little bit in your work? What do you go to every day? somewhere?"

Jiraiya spared his head and said, "Tsunade, you owe too much money. I'm trying to write a book to pay off the debt."

Tsunade looked a little embarrassed, and quickly began to change the subject: "Jiraiya, I think it is necessary to explain to you the situation inside the village and the challenges we are about to face..."

To put it simply, after Tsunade became an assistant, the elder advisor, Koharu and Mito Menyan basically retreated to the second line.

The forces with strong influence in the village are only the major ninja clans of Ikacho, Hyuga, and Sarutobi. Among them, Ikacho clearly expressed support for the current Hokage. assist.

The Hyuga clan strictly abides by neutrality and never asks for important positions, which is very reassuring.

Right now, the only internal troubles in Konoha Ninja Village are the remnants of the roots, and the Sarutobi clan Jnin who are deeply rooted in Anbu and other important departments, especially the latter, which has almost become one of the biggest boosters for reform.

Hearing this, Jiraiya also showed embarrassment. He could send Anbu to exterminate the remnants of the roots, but he was a little helpless in the face of the Sarutobi clan Jonin who held key positions.

Although he and Tsunade launched a coup, the three generations of teachers voluntarily gave up the position of Hokage.

After reducing Konoha's internal friction to the greatest extent, they have to face the Sarutobi clan with a big tail. When the third Hokage was alive, they couldn't openly attack the Sarutobi clan.

The most critical of these is the attitude of the third Hokage.

Sighing lightly, Jiraiya understood the situation Minato faced back then. Although he imprisoned the teacher in a disguised form, the teacher was once the third generation of Hokage after all, and his influence on Konoha was too great.

"Understood, I will visit the old man in a few days..."

Tsunade nodded slightly, then took out the letters from Yuyin Village and Uzushio Village, and handed them to Jiraiya.

Opening the letter, Zilai glanced at it to get a general understanding of its contents. On it were some words of congratulations to him after he became Hokage, and the second was to request to strengthen cooperation and exchanges between the two parties.

Seeing the content of the text, Zilai also said with some emotion: "I didn't expect that the behind-the-scenes rule of Yuyin Village is actually the three apprentices I took in in the Kingdom of Rain. It is really unexpected."

Tsunade frowned and said, "Jiraiya, don't you really plan to support them?"

Jiraiya also shook his head: "Of course not. Since I am Hokage, I naturally want to protect Konoha's interests. Besides being my disciples, they are also the leaders of Yuyin Village, and they also consider the interests of Yuyin Village. "

"That's good……"

Tsunade eased his brows, and then asked: "By the way, how is the pursuit of the root remnants? The group of rigid people loyal to Danzo even appeared near the Daimyo Castle, which may threaten the safety of the Daimyo."

Jiraiya also seemed to think of something, and said, "Tsunade, can we use this opportunity to control the daimyo... As far as I know, Uzushio Village is already directly responsible to the people."

"Take it slow step by step, the ninjas in the village will not agree to us doing something to nobles."

Tsunade seemed a little hesitant about taking action against the daimyo. On the one hand, it was because the daimyo’s rule in the Land of Fire was deeply rooted, and on the other hand, the current daimyo was related to the Senju clan, so it was not easy to threaten with violence.

Jiraiya also nodded, he actually doesn't have much talent in managing Ninja Village.

Still have to rely on the experienced Tsunade, what he can do is to try his best to maintain a relatively fair environment, and avoid similar incidents like the Yunyin Mission and Uchiha Night.

After discussing the situation at the roots, Tsunade mentioned the external pressure Konoha was facing.

Yunyin and Yanyin are Konoha's old enemies. They have fought large-scale wars with Konoha in previous ninja wars. Fortunately, the rise of Yuyin Village and Uzushio Village can share part of the pressure on Konoha, and Sand Yin is a signatory Allies of the Alliance Agreement.

Judging from the situation, Konoha doesn't have to worry about pressure from the outside world in the short term, but in the long run, it may not be.

It is necessary to formulate a defense plan and form a larger response force, always on the alert for siege from other countries.

After listening to these plans, Jiraiya fell into deep thought. After Konoha and Yunyin ended the war, although the countries won precious development time, they are all preparing for the follow-up war. There is really no day of complete peace in the ninja world.

Leaving the Hokage building silently, Jiraiya gradually began to understand some of the practices of the third Hokage.

The compromise of the three generations of teachers to Yunyin objectively avoided the continuation of the war, and tacitly agreed that Danzo's attack on Uchiha prevented the village from falling into a crisis of civil strife, but it also planted the seeds of doubt among the major ninja clans.

After all, the veteran ninjas such as Hinata and Uchiha have been suppressed all the time, and the Sarutobi clan has never been suppressed.

Such differential treatment will inevitably make the major ninja villages dissatisfied, so that when they launched a coup, none of the ninja tribe stood up and clearly expressed their opposition.

But compared to these, Jiraiya is more worried about whether he will become as indecisive as the three generations of teachers.

In the name of the will of fire, to weaken other forces in the village and seek personal gain for oneself. In that case, it violates the principle of being Hokage and protecting your companions.

After sighing deeply, Jiraiya took out a note from his pocket and tore it up.

The source of the note was a ninja spy hiding in the village, and the note recorded the contact information of Orochimaru, which was sent by Orochimaru on purpose.

When he was a Sannin, Orochimaru would just keep avoiding him.

However, not long after he became Hokage, Orochimaru took the initiative to come to him and wanted to make a deal with him.