Chapter 213 213 Change of Identity

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 gradually adapted to the leadership of the Fifth Generation Hokage. After all, the Fifth Generation Hokage continued almost all the ruling policies of the three generations.

Except for the restoration of the security force, there were not many changes in other departments.

The reason for restoring the guard force is also very simple. As the Hokage, Jiraiya needs to use this to cultivate his direct troops to strengthen his influence.

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

Although Jiraiya didn't want to do these twists and turns, he just wanted to be a warrior fighting on the front line.

But Tsunade, who is responsible for handling internal affairs, does not think so. They must control a force belonging to them in order to carry out drastic reforms within Konoha.

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

Then he looked at Jiraiya, who was caught by Shizune, and said helplessly: "I mean, Jiraiya, you are the fifth generation Hokage in the village, can't you use it a little at work? Why are you running around every day? Where did you go?"

Jiraiya spared his head and said: "Tsunade, you owe too much money. I am working hard to write a book to repay the debt."

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

To put it simply, after Tsunade became an assistant, the advisory elders Koharu and Mito Kado basically took a back seat.

The only major ninja clans that have strong influence in the village are the Inorakacho, Hinata, and Sarutobi clans. Among them, Inokacho has clearly expressed his support for the current Hokage. The past Hokage cannot leave the three Inokacho families. assist.

The Hyuga clan adheres to neutrality and never asks for important positions, which is very reassuring.

At present, the only ones that can become troubles within the Konoha Ninja Village are the remaining remnants of the roots, and the jounin of the Sarutobi clan who are entangled in important departments such as the ANBU. The latter, in particular, has almost become one of the biggest driving forces for reform.

Hearing this, Jiraiya appeared embarrassed. He could send ANBU to exterminate the remaining remnants, but he was helpless in the face of the Sarutobi clan jounin who held key positions.

Although he and Tsunade launched a coup, the Third Sensei voluntarily gave up the position of Hokage.

After minimizing Konoha's internal friction, they had to face the Sarutobi clan who couldn't lose their tail. While the Third Hokage was alive, they couldn't openly attack the Sarutobi clan.

The most critical thing among them is the attitude of the Third Hokage.

Sighing softly, Jiraiya also understood the situation Minato faced back then. Although he put the teacher under house arrest in disguise, the teacher was once the Third Hokage after all, and his influence on Konoha was too great.

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

Tsunade nodded slightly, then took out the letters sent by Amegakure and Uzushio Villages and handed them to Jiraiya.

Opening the letter, Jiraiya briefly glanced at it to roughly understand its contents. Above were some blessings for him after he became Hokage, followed by a request to strengthen cooperation and exchanges between the two parties.

After seeing the content in the text, Jiraiya said with some emotion: "I didn't expect that the rulers behind the hidden rain village were actually the three apprentices I took in in the Land of Rain. It's really unexpected."

Tsunade frowned and said, "Jiraiya, are you really planning to support them?"

Jiraiya shook his head: "Of course not. Since I am the Hokage, I naturally have to protect the interests of Konoha. In addition to being my disciples, they are also the leaders of the Amegakure Village, and they also consider the interests of the Amegakure Village. "

"That's good……"

Tsunade relaxed her brows and then asked: "By the way, how is the pursuit of the remnants of the root? The group of diehards loyal to Danzo even appeared near the Daimyo City, which may threaten the safety of the Daimyo."

Jiraiya seemed to have remembered something and said: "Tsunade, can we use this opportunity to control the daimyo... As far as I know, Uzushio Village is directly responsible for the citizens."

"Take it step by step slowly. The ninja clan in the village will not allow us to attack the nobles."

Tsunade seemed a little hesitant to take action against the daimyo. On the one hand, it was because the daimyo's rule was deeply rooted in the Land of Fire. On the other hand, the current daimyo was related to the Senju clan and it was difficult to threaten with violence.

Jiraiya nodded. He actually didn't have much talent in running a ninja village.

You still have to rely on Tsunade, who has rich experience. All he can do is try his best to maintain a relatively fair environment and avoid incidents like the Kumogakure Mission and Uchiha Night from happening again.

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

Kumogakure and Iwagakure are the old enemies of Konoha. They have fought large-scale wars with Konoha in all the ninja wars. Fortunately, the rise of Amegakure and Uzumaki Village can share some of the pressure on Konoha, and Sunagakure has signed allies through alliance agreements.

Judging from the situation, Konoha does not need to worry about pressure from the outside world in the short term, but in the long term, this may not be the case.

It is necessary to formulate a defense plan, form a larger response force, and always be alert to sieges from other countries.

After listening to these plans, Jiraiya fell into deep thought. After the war between Konoha and Kumogakure ended, although the countries gained valuable development time, they were all preparing for subsequent wars. There was really no day of complete peace in the ninja world.

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

The third generation teacher's compromise with Kumogakure objectively prevented the continuation of the war, and tacitly acknowledged that Danzo's attack on Uchiha prevented the village from falling into the crisis of civil strife, but it also planted seeds of doubt among the major ninja clans.

After all, it is the veteran ninja clans such as Hinata and Uchiha who have always been suppressed, but the Sarutobi clan has never been suppressed.

Such differential treatment would inevitably make the major ninja villages dissatisfied, so much so that when he launched a coup, no ninja clan stood up and expressed clear opposition.

But compared to these, Jiraiya was more worried about whether he would become as indecisive as the third generation teacher.

In the name of the Will of Fire, he went to weaken other forces in the village and seek personal gain for himself. That would go against the principle of being a Hokage and protecting your companions.

After sighing deeply, Jiraiya took out a piece of paper from his arms and tore it into pieces.

The source of the note was a ninja spy hiding in the village, and the note recorded Orochimaru's contact information, which was sent here deliberately by Orochimaru.

When he was a Sannin, Orochimaru would always avoid him.

However, not long after he became Hokage, Orochimaru came to him and wanted to trade with him.