Chapter 258 Hokage Nomination!

Hokage Building!

It's extremely lively today.

As long as there are jounin in the village, almost all of them have arrived.

An essential part of the Hokage election.

Jonin vote of confidence!

To nominate a candidate for Hokage, a majority of the Jonin must nod, that is, more than 70% must vote for confidence.

This is also a kind of screening.

The Hokage selected in this way can at least get the support of most jounin.

At least it's the default.

If some unknown cat or dog really jumped out, let alone become Hokage, he wouldn't even be qualified to be nominated.

And this is considered a kind of power of jounin.

The reason why jounin has a high status is not only the command level, but also because he can participate in the Hokage election and has a decisive position.

Dohei was also canvassed for votes before, because he and Yamama Koji counted two votes, and he could also influence many jounin.

The status of the strong in Konoha is extremely high.

If he votes for certain people, he can also lead many jounin.

Just like Kobayashi Ping, Nobita Nobi... and other jounin, they will definitely be affected.

The meeting location was not the conference room on the third floor, but the Jonin Hall on the side of the Hokage Building.

The interior is arranged in a ring-shaped lecture theater, and there are ten large targets arranged in a row behind it.

There were nearly two hundred jounin, all distributed in small groups in a huge space.

The person presiding in front of the target was none other than Nara Shikaku.

Jonin squad leader!

He has this identity.

Even though he is not an advisory elder, his status is quite powerful.

He manages all jounin, with great or small powers, and arranges some jounin tasks as long as the Hokage does not interfere.

At the same time, this position can be regarded as a confidant of Hokage.

In the past, this position was filled by White Fang.

"Today's Jonin meeting is for the Hokage nomination!"

Nara Shikaku didn't waste time and directly stated the goal of today's meeting.

Ninja is not a profession that likes to talk nonsense, except that the Third Hokage likes to talk about the "will of fire".

“Nominations open now!”

Nara Shikaku announced, at the same time handing over the hosting power to the Hokage.

That’s right!

Nomination is subject to qualifications.

Theoretically, the advisory elders, ninja clan chiefs, and shadow-level experts are all eligible to nominate someone.

Note, this is theoretical.

But in fact, whether you can become Hokage depends on whether you are a Hokage.

Anyway, the water inside is extremely deep.

Sarutobi Hiruzen stood up and spoke without hesitation.

"Nominate Orochimaru first!"

His eyes were looking somewhere.

Orochimaru!

Came back today too.

A peace agreement has been reached with the Kumo ninja and Iwa ninja, so naturally he and Jiraiya are here today.

Both of them have many supporters around them.

Orochimaru is surrounded by a new generation of strong men led by Mitarashi Shixiao.

There is no way, Orochimaru never looks at identity and background, only ability. If you have ability, he will really put you in a position, and the benefits will be real, so many people are his followers.

Whoosh!

A kunai was shot out and hit the first target directly.

Yes.

Jounin voting is not just about handing out paper and pen to write.

Vote with kunai!

Each kunai counts as one vote, and if the number of kunai exceeds half, it will pass a vote of confidence.

Simple and clear.

By the way, the kunai was handed out before the meeting, and they were not asked to come up with kunai on their own.

A fine kunai costs tens of thousands taels, and a poor one costs thousands taels, enough to eat several bowls of ramen.

Boom, boom!

Amidst the sound of dense rain-like kunai hitting the target, Orochimaru's votes were far more than half.

"hehe!"

Orochimaru chuckled, obviously calm about being able to get so many votes.

No matter how ruthless he is in directing battles, he is able to distinguish rewards and punishments. This alone is convincing enough, not to mention that he has a strong personality. It is not surprising that he received this vote.

"Tsunade herself is not here, so the nomination is invalid!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen announced directly.

This is normal.

Candidacy is to show that you are qualified due to your status, but when it comes to formal nomination, it is impossible that you don't want to be Hokage, but you have to hold your head and let you become Hokage, right? .

Therefore, since Tsunade was not present and had not stated in advance that she was willing to participate in the fight for the Hokage, it was only natural to stop here.

"Next…"

Sarutobi Hiruzen continued the procedure, but was interrupted.

"Everyone, I have no intention of becoming the Hokage. I hope you will support my disciple Minato Namikaze!"

Jiraiya suddenly spoke and said something that shocked many people.

Because that's the Hokage!

Hokage is the position that almost all Konoha ninjas dream of. Now that Jiraiya has this opportunity, he gives up directly. How can it not be shocking?

Of course, people like F4, Nara Shikaku and others looked calm.

Because they had known this for a long time, even Jiraiya was not persuaded by Sarutobi Hiruzen many times.

As for why it has to be announced here.

Naturally, because like Tsunade, the candidate for Hokage represents status. Jiraiya may not choose Hokage, but he has to be a candidate.

The announcement at this time is naturally to avoid being said to be a behind-the-scenes operation.

"Tch, it's simply as dark as it gets, and there's no backroom operation!"

Tang Ping, who was standing against the wall with his arms crossed, saw all this in his eyes and complained with some disdain.

Others may not know the shady dealings of the Hokage position, but how could he, a time traveler, not know about it?

The first Hokage had already started.

Uchiha Madara was obviously also qualified.

But Senju Tobirama wanted to have a "vote", and with Madara's overbearing personality, how could he possibly vote for the first Hokage?

Otherwise, if we really talk about ability, Madara may be overbearing, but his ability is really beyond reproach. In any case, he must be better than the first Hokage's stubborn personality, right?

Not to mention the third Hokage.

The second Hokage directly designated the position with one sentence. The election was completely shady, and he emphasized everywhere that there was no shady dealings. How could it not make Dohei complain?

Of course, these things can be done but not said.

At least on the surface, the Hokage system attaches great importance to the election process. After all, they came to power in this way. Once people doubt the election, they will give people the impression that they are "not in the right position".

"Anjing, since Jiraiya gave up the nomination, then the next one is Namikaze Minato!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen continued the process.

However, not many people voted this time.

If it was Jiraiya, they would have said nothing and voted for him.

But for Minato Namikaze… it is true that he has a good personality and strong strength, but he is not comparable to Orochimaru.

This is to elect a Hokage, not an idol.

So being young is not an advantage, but a disadvantage.

Maybe this is why Jiraiya also canvassed for votes for his disciples.

If he didn't canvass for votes, he wouldn't pass the Jonin vote of confidence.

Someone had to stand up at this time, and that person was naturally Dou Ping.

That's right, he had to be the first to speak out.

It wasn't to please Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others.

It was because a red-haired female ninja not far away was threatening him with a look of "If you don't stand up and support me, I'll make you look bad."

Faced with such a threat, how could Dou Ping endure it, so he just... voted.

Whoosh!

The kunai in his hand directly cut through the air and hit the target deeply, showing his attitude.

Vote for Minato Namikaze.

And his action naturally made Yamama Koji vote as well.

Influenced by the two, civilian jonins like Kobayashi Taira, Nobi Nobita, etc., who originally had a good impression of Minato Namikaze but hesitated because of his age, also took action.

Boom, boom...

Kunai hit the target one by one.

This is a vote of confidence, and it cannot determine who is the real Hokage. As long as you trust the candidate, you can vote.

It means that we have no objection to you becoming Hokage.

So you can vote for more than one person.

However, even so, Minato Namikaze's votes are far from more than half, let alone 70%.

He is too young.

And he has risen too recently, so no matter how brilliant his record is, it is far inferior to the three ninjas with a very solid base.

At this time, unexpected reinforcements began to jump out.