Chapter 189 Analysis

Danzo came to Orochimaru's base, found Orochimaru, and told him directly that he wanted to recommend Orochimaru to become the fourth Hokage.

Orochimaru said that it didn't matter, he didn't care whether he became Hokage or not, the only thing he cared about now was his research.

If he had not figured out what he really wanted, he might have been interested in the position of Hokage.

But now, it's dispensable.

Hearing Orochimaru's answer, Danzo's mouth curled up and his eyes were filled with greed.

This state of Orochimaru is his favorite. After Orochimaru becomes Hokage, he will definitely not be in charge of things.

Then the responsibility will fall on him, the Hokage's assistant.

His power will reach its peak and he will be able to replace all the high-ranking officials of Konoha with his own people.

At that time, as long as he finds an opportunity to make Orochimaru abdicate, he will be able to become the next Hokage naturally.

Danzo said to Orochimaru, "Then it's settled. You don't need to worry about anything. I will arrange everything for you. You just need to show up on the day you succeed the Hokage and stay in the Hokage Building for a few days. After that, you can do whatever you want.

By then, I will prepare for you whatever experimental materials you need for your research, and you can also restart some banned experiments."

Danzo is now certain that Orochimaru will be the next Hokage, and has begun to make arrangements for what's next.

Orochimaru glanced at Danzo calmly and said, "Okay."

Danzo left Orochimaru's base.

Not long after, Qianyu arrived at the base.

Orochimaru was taking a break, so he looked at Chiba and asked, "Why? Are you free to come to my place today?"

Qianyu smiled embarrassedly. During this period of time, she was with Uzumaki Kushina every day and had never come to the base to see Orochimaru.

Qianyu sat opposite Orochimaru and asked, "Teacher Orochimaru, how is the experiment going? Do we have enough materials?"

Orochimaru replied, "We have enough materials, but we have reached a bottleneck in our experiments. We have not made any progress, whether it is the Impure World Reincarnation Technique or the Eternal Life Technique."

When Orochimaru said this, he was very calm, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him.

Chiyu poured a cup of tea and took a sip, remembering that Orochimaru's Impure World Transmigration Technique would have to wait a few years after Uzumaki Naruto was born to be successful.

At that time, a little kid who could manipulate the weather was resurrected by Orochimaru using the Impure World Reincarnation technique and placed in Konoha Village as a test subject.

As for the art of immortality.

It should be that Orochimaru successfully researched the forbidden technique of immortality, 'Reincarnation without Corpse', before invading Konoha.

Qianyu said: "There is still a lot of time. I believe that Mr. Orochimaru will succeed in his research. If you need experimental subjects, Mr. Orochimaru, just tell me. I will help you solve the problem of experimental subjects."

Orochimaru nodded: "Well, I'll leave it to you then. I'm being watched by many people right now. If the experimental products run out, I really won't be able to replenish them immediately, and problems will easily arise."

Qianyu sighed, "After all, Orochimaru's reputation in Konoha is at its peak now. Most people think that Orochimaru is the candidate for the next Hokage. By the way, Orochimaru, what do you think of the successor to the Hokage?"

Qianyu really wanted to know what Orochimaru was thinking now.

If it weren't for his intervention, Orochimaru would have been very interested in Naruto by now.

When selecting the next Hokage, Danzo intends to recommend Orochimaru to take the position in order to strengthen his own power, but the Third Hokage believes that there is evil and ambition hidden in Orochimaru's eyes, and does not intend to entrust the responsibility of Hokage to Orochimaru. Therefore, the Konoha high-level officials unanimously recommend Jiraiya's apprentice Minato Namikaze.

Therefore, Orochimaru's hatred for the Sandaime Hokage deepened.

But now with his intervention, Orochimaru is now focused on the experiment and should not be interested in Naruto.

However, after following Orochimaru for so many years, Chiba still couldn't understand what Orochimaru was thinking.

Orochimaru said: "Danzo came to me before you came..."

Chiba raised her eyebrows. She didn't expect Danzo to be so impatient to find Orochimaru.

But it's true, Danzo is very obsessed with the position of Hokage.

Orochimaru continued, "But I have no interest in the position of Hokage. It's just that Danzo said that after I become Hokage, some experiments and research will be more convenient, so I let him do it."

It seems that Orochimaru really doesn't care about the position of Hokage. Chiba also said bluntly: "Teacher Orochimaru, I hope you don't mind. The position of Hokage will probably not fall to you."

Orochimaru was very interested in Chiba's judgment: "What do you mean?"

Qianyu analyzed: "Because Orochimaru's file seems to belong to the Root, and to be honest, the Sandaime probably doesn't completely trust Orochimaru. After all, Orochimaru is mysterious in his actions, and he knows that you and Danzo are cooperating in secret, but he doesn't know what you are cooperating on.

The Sandaime abdicated at this time because Konoha had clearly won the battle, but did not collect much compensation from other ninja villages. He intended to give an explanation to Konoha by his abdication.

However, the Sandaime would never completely give up his power, so the Sandaime needed the Fourth Hokage to be a ninja belonging to his faction, who had no major ties with other factions, and whose thinking mode was not too different from that of the Third Hokage.

Teacher Orochimaru, you are too mysterious, and the Sandaime should have more or less sensed something about your experiment. After all, the Anbu, the direct subordinates of the Hokage, are no pushovers.

So when Danzo recommends you to succeed him as Hokage, the Sandaime will probably reject your recommendation."

Orochimaru tilted his head slightly to think about it, then nodded and said, "What you said does make sense. My values ​​are completely contrary to those of the Sandaime, and in their eyes, I am a very radical person. He will not be at ease if I become the Hokage. He needs someone who will adopt a soft policy both internally and externally like him.

Now that the war has just ended, it is very likely that, as you said, I am not among the candidates that the Sandaime has in mind to become Hokage.

So, who do you think will be the next Hokage? Jiraiya?"

Chiba shook his head: "It's unlikely. Jiraiya is a playboy who can't settle down and is usually careless. I think the Sandaime is not confident in handing Konoha to Jiraiya's hands, so I think the next Hokage will be Minato Namikaze."

Orochimaru pinched his chin and said in surprise: "Oh? Namikaze Minato, this is a candidate I didn't expect. Jiraiya's apprentice, the grandson of the Sandaime. Why do you think the Sandaime would want to hand over the position of Hokage to Namikaze Minato?"