Chapter 654: Let’s Focus

In front of the entrance of Sand Village:

Gaara looked at the large army of more than a hundred people in front of him, and then looked at the leader Yuya who was looking at him with a smile. He bowed slightly to show his respect and said, "Thank you all for your help to the Sand Village. If you need anything, you can contact me at any time."

Gaara said as he looked at Yuya, "Hokage-sama, please follow me to meet Kazekage-sama."

Yuya smiled and nodded, then followed Gaara into the village of Sand Village.

After so many years of development, the Sand Village has changed from its original desert environment with flying sand to a desert oasis with beautiful scenery and pleasant climate.

Moreover, many plants that can survive in the desert have begun to be planted around the Sand Village.

Yuya followed Gaara to the Kazekage Building.

Amid the curious, respectful, and exploratory gazes of the crowd, Youya brought Nara Shikaku to the Kazekage's office.

After walking in and taking a look, You Ya complained directly: "I say, you are a Kazekage after all, how can you be so miserable?"

There are only two things in Fengying's entire office besides a desk.

A reception sofa and a bookcase.

As for the phone on the table and the various paper documents scattered all over the floor, You Ya didn't care much.

Luo Sha looked up at You Ya, curled his lips and said, "I just don't want to waste money. What's the point of doing so many fancy things?"

You Ya walked to the reception sofa without any hesitation and sat down, then slapped the sofa handle: "No, where's the tea? I'm a Hokage after all, and there's no tea even though I'm here?"

Luo Sha thought for a moment and pressed a button on the table: "Give me a cup of green tea."

Then Luo Sha looked at You Ya: "Stop talking nonsense, let's talk business. This time, our village..."

You Ya raised his hand and said, "Stop talking nonsense. I can probably guess what's going on with you. Asking us for support is fake. The real purpose is to find out the attitude of our village."

Looking at Youya sitting with his legs crossed and looking calm, Luo Sha frowned.

We had discussed the plan for such a long time, how come he could see it at a glance?!

After thinking for a while, Luo Sha said, "It is true that there was a flood in our village..."

You Ya rolled his eyes and said, "Okay, in that case, how about I ask you a few questions and after you tell me, I will do my best to help you with disaster relief?"

Luo Sha put down the pen in his hand and said, "I'd like to hear more about it."

You Ya: "How much area of ​​your city was submerged by the flood this time?"

Luo Sha: "About one fifth, it's still quite serious, actually..."

“How much of the commercial street was flooded?”

Luo Sha was stunned for a moment, then reacted, laughed and shook his head: "So that's why you can see it at a glance."

You Ya crossed his legs proudly: "The commercial street is the foundation of a village's prosperity. I treasure Konoha's commercial street very much and will not let anything happen to it.

After I come to your place, I only need to see if your commercial street is damaged to know whether you are truly affected by the disaster or not."

In fact, there is another point. After the disaster, the people who were at a loss and the people with confidence showed two completely different faces.

Of course, there is no need to explain these so clearly to Luo Sha.

Luo Sha nodded to You Ya, “The canal flood is a fact, but it is also within our expectations.

This year, the rainfall in the Rain Country has increased dramatically. We have expanded the area of ​​the inland lake, but it is still not enough. The canal is still very dangerous, so in order to prevent it from getting out of control, I blew up the dam and opened a small hole. I originally thought that only one-tenth of it would be flooded, but it turned out to be one-fifth. However, the commercial street is indeed fine."

You Ya nodded: "Look, so you can't be unprepared. The reason you asked us to come here for disaster relief must be that you have other preparations.

Then it's very simple, you must have other purposes.

And right now, what you guys are most concerned about in Konoha Village is who will be the next Hokage."

Luo Sha asked nonchalantly, "Then... who could it be?"

You Ya smiled and was about to burst into curse when there was a knock on the door.

Temari walked in with a cup of tea.

Rasa nodded his chin at Yuya, "To the Third Hokage."

Temari then came to Yuya with tea.

Yuya took the tea and smiled at Rasa, "Temari is a good girl. How about the boy from the Nara family who defeated her in the last Chunin Exam? I think they look like a couple."

Temari was stunned for a moment, then her pretty face turned red, and she subconsciously wanted to throw the plate in her hand on Youya's face.

Fortunately, thinking that the other party was the Hokage, Temari held back and thought that doing so would be seeking death.

Well, Temari told herself that she endured it for the sake of the village.

As for why I am so ashamed...

Temari subconsciously ignored it, or rather...

She didn't dare to think about it.

Rasa looked at Temari, then at Yuya, and a flash of light flashed through his mind.

"Third-generation Hokage, you are not kidding, right?" Rasa looked at Youya who took a sip of the teacup comfortably.

You Ya smiled slightly: "Guess?"

Guess, do you want to guess?

Luo Sha was complaining in his heart, but he looked at his daughter in a daze.

But Temari no longer wanted to stay here, and left the Kazekage's office with a blushing face.

Yuya crossed his legs, glanced at Rosa and snorted, “You know I can’t tell you who the next Hokage will be, so you did this.

If other villages are hit by a disaster, given my personality, I will definitely send people to help. If I only send one person to help, then you can use this person to judge who will be kicked out of the center of power. If several candidates come, you will know that the candidates are serious. I am really preparing to choose an heir. What a calculation! This method is not something you came up with, right?

Let me think, that old witch Chiyo?"

Luo Sha sighed.

When he first came to power, he was full of ambition. He thought Chiyo was a piece of trash and the Sand Village would become stronger in his hands.

However, after actually taking the stage, I realized that was it always so hard for Grandma Chiyo? !

Not only does he have endless official duties to do every day, but he also has to deal with various emergencies and face various temptations from other villages. And Chiyo has a little more than him. Chiyo is the director of the Sand Village hospital and often has to go to the hospital to check on things.

Only after taking office did Luo Sha realize how difficult this position was.

Fortunately, he has several trusted people who can share the pressure.

Thinking of this, Luo Sha looked at You Ya: "So, among those candidates, there is really someone you want to take over your position?"

Yuya nodded.

In fact, the best candidate in his mind is Shisui.

He has a calm mind and is capable.

only……

A bit too soft.

Simply put, letting Shisui take the stage might lead to something like what happened to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Even if someone slapped Konoha in the face and carefully tested Konoha's bottom line, Shisui would not care about such trivial matters and would only care about the general direction of development.

How to put it, if Shisui was the Kage of Kumogakure Village, Iwagakure Village, or even Sand Village, there would be nothing wrong with this kind of personality.

But Shisui is from Konoha Village...

This is difficult to handle.

But this is just Youya's impression. Youya still wants to see Shisui's specific performance.

So even though he knew that Rasa deliberately did this in order to find out who would be the next Hokage, Yuya still let candidates like Nara Shikamaru and Uchiha Shisui come.

The purpose is to train and select the Fourth Hokage.

The method that Rasa, Chiyo and the elders of the Sand Village thought of is actually very simple.

If Youya only sends one person, such as Minato Namikaze, to provide disaster relief, then it can basically be judged that Minato Namikaze and the candidate behind him are not qualified to inherit.

Of course, Naruto has already quit, so this is just an example.

And if Youya sent more than two people, it means that Youya intends to let multiple parties compete.

As for what to compete for?

What else could it be besides the position of Hokage?

This idea was just as Youya said, it didn't seem like something that Luo Sha could have come up with.

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Of course this is indeed the case.

"You are worthy of being the Third Hokage." Luo Sha said to Youya sincerely, then he turned around, took out a file bag from his own file bag and handed it to Youya.

Youya turned around and motioned for Nara Shikaku to go and take it.

Nara Shikaku took the file bag and opened it to read it.

Just a glance and Nara Shikaku took a breath.

Yuya glanced at Nara Shikaku and said, "What's wrong?"

Shikaku walked up to Youya, bent down and said softly, "It's a five-year cooperation agreement."

You Ya suddenly raised his eyebrows.

Reaching out to take the contract from Shikaku, Yuya began to read it.

After reading it, Youya curled his lips and said, "It does look like we made a lot of money, but setting up a commercial office in our Konoha...tsk, tsk, tsk, it's enough to set up a special venue for diplomacy for you. It's a bit boring to play these tricks again."

Luo Sha smiled slightly: "Wasn't the Third Hokage's first reaction to use this thing to test those children?"

You Ya narrowed his eyes, then laughed and shook his head: "Indeed, it's a good idea.

Well, tell me what you really want me to do."

Luo Sha nodded and said solemnly: "Let's prepare and apply to hold a Chunin Exam."

You Ya clenched the teacup in his hand and paused, then smiled and shook his head: "You guys... are really smart."

What can a successful global event bring?

You Ya knew it all too well in his previous life.

That is what can truly mobilize the people of the entire country to work together as one to achieve this goal.

And as long as it is successfully held and extremely successful and has special significance, the people of Sand Village will have an incomparable sense of identity with the village.

It only took Youya a moment of thought to know what Luo Sha wanted.

"Are you trying to promote the last Chunin Exam I took during my tenure as Hokage?"

Luo Sha did not hide it and nodded directly: "Yes, we will cooperate with each other to hold this Chunin Exam.

I'll pay your share, I just want the title."

You Ya put his hand on his head and began to think, then he smiled and joked: "Is my name really that valuable?"

Luo Sha nodded: "Yes, it is so valuable. As long as you agree, I can even promise you that during the time in Sand Village, I can try my best to cooperate with you to test your candidates."

You Ya's face was filled with black lines: "Damn it, do you think I'm stupid? Can you help me test it? Once you test it, you will know who the final winner is."

Luo Sha smiled but said nothing.

You Ya touched his chin, then curved his lips and said, "That's fine, I'm fine with any of the general conditions.

but……

What I just said to that kid Temari was true.

The boy from the Nara family is also interested in your Temari. You should think about it and decide whether to let the two little guys get together.

Anyway, for now, I definitely agree. As for the specifics...

We will analyze it in detail when the time comes.”

With that, Youya stood up and left the Kazekage's office with Shikaku.

Luo Sha was left alone in the office, lost in thought.

……

And the other side:

Nara Shikamaru, Hyuga Hinata, Hyuga Neji, Uchiha Shisui and Shimura Ichito came to the flooded area.

Gaara introduced the group, "We have roughly controlled the flood in our village, but we are unable to carry out the follow-up construction work and rebuild the dam, so we can only ask you for help."

Gaara lied without blinking.

Well, also a good candidate for a liar.

After all, look at Gaara's expressionless face, does he look like someone who would lie?

Hyuga Neji and the others looked at the area affected by the flood.

It has to be said that even if the flood destroyed unimportant areas, the destructive power still looked terrifying.

Hyuga Hinata looked at this scene with some concern, then she turned to look at Gaara and asked with a sad face: "How many people died in this disaster?"

Gaara was stunned, and then a little embarrassed, but this expression only lasted for a moment. Gaara said: "Because we were prepared in advance, no one died."

Hyuga Hinata: "???"

Just look at the history books and you will see that throughout history, there has never been a time when natural disasters or man-made disasters did not result in deaths.

Hyuga Hinata looked at Gaara with some suspicion.

Naruto, who came with her to protect her and take care of her while she was pregnant, had already put his arms around Gaara's neck: "Hahaha, long time no see, kid~ Do you remember me? We met during the Chunin Exams!"

Gaara turned his head and looked at Naruto.

Of course he knew him, he was one of the candidates, and then he withdrew...

Gaara nodded expressionlessly, "Hello."

There is no need to focus on those who have withdrawn from the candidacy...

"Let me introduce you, this is my wife, Hyuga Hinata, we have been married for a year~"

Gaara: "..."

Hmm… let’s add it to the list of key focuses.