Chapter 116: 116. Changes In The Ninja World
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There are undercurrents in the village. Under the surface calm, there are waves that no one can see.
Since the Jōnin meeting, the village has fallen into a strange calm, as if there is a taboo that cannot be mentioned. It is obviously a matter that will affect the entire village, but it is deliberately ignored.
Or, the people who participated in the Jōnin meeting subconsciously do not want to mention this matter.
But things will not end there. The things passed by the Jōnin meeting naturally need to be resolved, especially the matter of selecting three Hokage candidates. Those who are interested have already started to compare.
This matter naturally needs to be reported to the top. The two consultants said nothing in the Jōnin meeting and did not express any opinions. After the Jōnin meeting, there was no movement in the Hokage office. Only the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, signed the proposal.
Things are getting weirder now. Those who are interested want to find out the truth, but smart people have already started to make a choice.
Among the three candidates, Ishigami Hara must be one of them. Even the dullest person can figure it out, not to mention those who are quick-witted.
Ishigami Hara's proposal seemed a bit too shocking at the time, but looking back afterwards, it seems that everything has a traceable path.
Among those who supported the proposal, there were quite a few people from the ninja clan, and the rest were ninjas of civilian origin.
The fact that the former could directly support it at the meeting showed that there must be something inside.
It doesn't matter if you can't figure out the trick, just follow the pace of those people. A young genius like Ishigami Hara can influence the war situation, which is exactly what Konoha lacks now.
If such a person becomes Hokage, Konoha's future is visible to the naked eye, and the future is absolutely bright.
In this way, the other two of the three candidates may have to spend some time to think about it, but Ishigami Hara will definitely be selected.
As time passed, the news about the Jōnin meeting gradually spread in the village. The villagers inevitably had arguments when discussing it, but they were very happy about Ishigami Hara becoming the Hokage. As for the candidate for Hokage, there were few opponents.
The reason was simple. Even ordinary villagers could see clearly that choosing Ishigami Hara as Hokage was definitely better than choosing others.
Just in terms of age, Ishigami Hara had every advantage.
Not to mention Ishigami Hara's talent, which was already overflowing. If Ishigami Hara became Hokage, Konoha might have a Hokage who could inherit the title of the God of Shinobi.
That scene, just thinking about it makes people excited!
Half a month is not long, nor short, but it is enough for many things to happen.
The war is still going on, but because of Ishigami Hara's participation, it is now coming to an end.
First of all, Sunagakure has actively negotiated with Konoha since the signing of the agreement. The two sides have reached an agreement on some things and the war relationship has been lifted.
Konoha is naturally the winner, but it also left enough opportunities for Sunagakure, perhaps because Sunagakure saw the opportunity and turned around. Due to the degree of war, Sunagakure retained some of its interests, just giving up some mission rights.
The Konoha high-level officials were satisfied with this result. After all, Sunagakure was one of the big ninja villages. Its admission of defeat was a model for other ninja villages, and it had great symbolic significance!
In this case, Amegakure was also very straightforward, directly applying for an alliance with Konoha and turning from an enemy to a partner in one fell swoop.
The village leaders also handled Amegakure very straightforwardly. After all, Konoha did not have much interest in Amegakure, and the Land of Rain was a small country, so it was better to conquer it than to continue the hostility. The process was naturally smooth.
Then it was Iwagakure.
At the critical moment, Iwagakure stabbed Kumogakure in the back without exception, just because the Four Tails Jinchūriki was still in Konoha. Although it was not persecuted, it was imprisoned and studied. Ōnoki was naturally anxious.
In addition, Ishigami Hara defeated the coalition forces of the two villages on the battlefield in one fell swoop. Iwagakure had actually lost the initiative long ago, and it was only to put pressure on Konoha and then protect its own Jinchūriki.
So after seeing the choices of Sunagakure and Amegakure, Iwagakure did not choose to surrender directly like Sunagakure, but it also sent people to negotiate with Konoha.
After several rounds, some agreements were signed naturally.
Both sides also ended their war relationship. Although they did not reach a cooperation with Konoha like Sunagakure and Amegakure, at least both sides did not have to send forces to participate in the war.
The most important thing is that the Konoha high-level officials will definitely return Iwagakure's Four Tails Jinchūriki. It is precisely based on this point that Iwagakure agreed so quickly.
This time, Kumogakure was in trouble.
Not only did the idea of defeating Konoha in one fell swoop during the war completely fail, but they also suffered heavy losses in the war. The Eight Tails Jinchūriki was directly captured, and now they had been sentenced by the same camp.
Until the end, Kumogakure suddenly realized that it was the only one still at war with Konoha. Had it become the victim? How could this be possible!
So, Kumogakure was angry, and the result of anger was obvious. As a well-known martial arts faction in the ninja world, Kumogakure would naturally not admit its failure. In this way, it continued to invest more strength.
On the other hand, Konoha, without the constraints of Sunagakure, Amegakure, and Iwagakure, could squeeze out more strength to deal with the threat from Kumogakure. After all, dealing with one ninja village is easier than facing five ninja villages at the same time.
Yes, now apart from Kumogakure, only Kirigakure is still targeting Konoha.
Speaking of this, Konoha's top leaders are a little confused, because Kirigakure is isolated overseas and actually has few conflicts of interest with Konoha. The reason why they joined this war is not very clear.
But now that Konoha has obviously gained an absolute advantage, Kirigakure still chooses to be hostile to Konoha, which is really hard to understand.
However, even so, the external pressure on Konoha is much smaller now. Even if it is still necessary to be cautious when dealing with Kumogakure and Kirigakure, at least it does not have to bear the huge pressure as before.
And time is lost in it. In a blink of an eye, half a month has passed. The Jōnin meeting was held again. This time, more people participated in the meeting because many were withdrawn from the front line. As a result, the number of participants directly soared to over 400.
These people returned one after another during this period, and also knew the major events that happened in the village during this period, especially the election of the new Hokage. Although they did not understand why it was like this, they still made a choice.