Chapter 24 Election

In Konoha Village, the Great Pillar gathered Madara, Kamui, Tobirama, Itama, and Izuna together and said, "How about guarding the leader of the Fire Country Ninja in the shadows and naming him Hokage?"

"What are you talking about?" Madara asked in confusion.

"The Fire Nation requires us to elect a representative for the village. Madara, I would like you to be the village chief and become the Hokage. I hope you can protect everyone like you protect your brothers." Daibashi said sincerely.

"Hokage? Big brother, why are you acting on your own? There is indeed nothing wrong with recommending Madara as the candidate for village chief, but the final candidate needs to listen to the public opinion of the Fire Nation and the village, and then communicate with the higher-ups to decide. This is no longer our father's era." Tobirama said objectively.

"All I have to do is protect my brother well." Madara said calmly.

"There is no time to retreat now, because in addition to the Uchiha and Senju, the Sarutobi clan and the Shimura clan also want to join us." Obashi said excitedly.

"Really? Are you kidding?" Madara asked doubtfully.

"In addition to these, there are many other people. This village will become bigger and bigger." Dazhuzi said with anticipation.

"Besides the six of us, who else is qualified to be the candidate for Hokage?" Izuna said arrogantly.

"Why don't the six of us run for election together, and the losers will be responsible for other departments in the village. But let me make it clear first, no matter who is elected or who is defeated, no one can hold a grudge." Shenwei said jokingly.

Kamui's proposal was recognized by everyone. The election process is as follows: the election is divided into two rounds, both of which are real-name voting. The first round of the election lasts for three days, and the two people with the highest number of votes are selected. The second round of the election lasts for one day, and the election conditions are mainly based on public opinion and supplemented by the support of the daimyo. In the end, the person with the highest number of votes will be elected as the Hokage.

The news of the Hokage election was announced very quickly, and many more ballot boxes were added to the village. These ballot boxes were managed by dedicated people. The villagers had never seen this way of election before, and now they finally had a chance to be the master of their own house. Of course, they would choose the person they liked most to be Hokage. These six people were all powerful men who could stand on their own in the ninja world. They were among the best in the ninja world in terms of strength and prestige. It was really difficult to decide.

On the day when voting closed, all the ballot boxes were sent along the village road to the entrance of the task force, and the votes were counted in the presence of all the villagers.

Among them, Obashira and Madara had the highest number of votes, Tobirama ranked third, Izuna ranked fourth with a difference of one vote, Itama received more than 100 votes and ranked fifth, and Kamui had only one vote. Upon hearing this result, Kamui shouted that it was impossible and there must be something wrong. However, the whole process was transparent and open. Kamui could not find any reason to question the fairness of the election. He could only hide in a corner and be selectively autistic. When Obashira and others heard the result, they all provoked Kamui and showed off their votes in front of Kamui. Even Tobirama, who was always serious, mocked Kamui.

The first round of voting officially ended under the witness of everyone, and the two founders of Konoha Village, Daihashi and Madara, entered the next round of voting.

Kamui was walking home feeling lost, but when he saw Mito, his loss was gone. The two of them were very happy together. Kamui said that after this period of busy work, we will have a grand wedding. Mito looked at Kamui with expectation, and the two looked into each other's eyes... and welcomed tomorrow's work.

The next morning, after Kamui placed breakfast at the door of Mito's room, he turned around and went out to find Madara at his home. Kamui took out the medical ninjutsu exchanged from the mall from his personal space and handed it to Madara, asking Madara to use it when he ran for the position of Hokage to increase his popularity. Madara was a nobody, and he disdained such unorthodox methods. He wanted to defeat the big pillar in an upright manner. Kamui asked Madara to take it, saying that the families that had recently joined Konoha Village were very close to Tobirama, and these families might have been won over. Now the mature medical ninjutsu in your hand is the sword that can disintegrate their alliance. Kamui finally said: "Brother Madara, not having a sword in your hand and having a sword in your hand but not using it are two different concepts."

Madara listened to Kamui's words and carefully took the medical ninjutsu into his arms. Kamui also told Madara that he hoped Madara could be the witness of his and Mito's marriage. Madara had no reason to refuse and readily agreed. Kamui did not stay in Madara's house for long and stood up to say goodbye.

After Kamui left Madara's house, he went to the police department to work. Kamui did not hide his whereabouts during the trip, and the news of his trip to Madara's house soon appeared on Tobirama's desk. Tobirama looked through the information on the desk, thinking about Kamui's purpose, and could not think of any way to turn the tables, so he destroyed the information directly.

The second round of voting began. The villagers each cast their precious vote. The Senju clan and the Uchiha clan were both working hard to promote their own candidates. The Great Pillar and Madara were waiting for the results of the election in the newly built Hokage building.

Kamui, Izuna, Tobirama, and Itama began to count the votes under mutual supervision. The final result was that Madara led Daihashi with a slight advantage in the public opinion vote, and Daihashi defeated Madara in the support of the daimyo. Although the second round of elections is based on public opinion and supplemented by the support of the daimyo, if anyone really believes it, he can only be said to be too young and naive. Konoha Village's financial problems have always been solved by allocating funds from the taxes of the Land of Fire, and the daimyo can influence the amount of funding. Unless Konoha Village can achieve financial freedom, it can ignore the opinions of the daimyo.

Now Madara and Oobishi are on the same starting line again. Tobirama suggests that the two of them give a campaign speech. Oobishi and Madara both agree with Tobirama's proposal, and they each prepare the content of their speeches.

Kamui and Izuna helped Madara improve the content of the speech. Kamui exchanged a large number of speeches from the presidential election of the United States in the previous life from the mall. Using these as references and eliminating some unrealistic things, Madara's speech came out.

Madara was able to memorize the entire speech effortlessly. Kamui told Madara to act casually when giving the speech, to put a smile on his face, not to make people feel that he was superior, and to be approachable. Finally, he told Madara that the Uchiha clan was willing to open up all their fire-style ninjutsu for people to learn.

Madara was a little stunned. He didn't expect Kamui to be so generous. Kamui smiled and explained that the Uchiha clan was famous in the ninja world because of the blood limit of the Sharingan. No matter how strong the Uchiha clan's fire ninjutsu was, it was just an external object. Anyone could learn it with a ninjutsu scroll. Now the ninja school in the village is recruiting students of the right age. The Uchiha clan is willing to offer fire ninjutsu for people to learn, which not only helps those civilian ninjas, but also allows the ninja school to recruit students smoothly. Gaining their support and becoming Hokage is just a matter of course.