novel-bin Chapter 202 Itachi Uchiha: We're already the 8th Hokage, so what's wrong with producing an
Chapter 202 Itachi Uchiha: We're already the 8th Hokage, so what's wrong with producing an
Chapter 202 Itachi Uchiha: We're already the Eighth Hokage, so what's wrong with producing another Uchiha Hokage?
When Jiraiya re-examined this part, he no longer dared to underestimate what seemed like a joke.
Behind every joke may lie a deeply hidden piece of information.
Among those who mentioned themselves was Jiraiya, the intelligence strategist?
Why do you specifically mention intelligence when talking about yourself?
Could it be that I will suffer a great loss in the future due to insufficient information?
Jiraiya was somewhat puzzled. Although ninjas fought intelligence wars, with his level of strength, even if he lacked information, he shouldn't suffer a major loss immediately. In fact, he could carefully probe to find out more.
With his own strength, he could be invincible in the ninja world, if not invincible. But if he just wanted to escape, who could possibly stop him?
The future Seventh Hokage, Naruto, will be at least thirty years old. In other words, there are at least seventeen or eighteen years left before he suddenly encounters some terrifying accident.
At that time, Konoha urgently needed to elect the Eighth Hokage, but faced the situation of having no one to choose from. Therefore, they chose Nara Shikamaru, who was of the same generation, instead of choosing Sarutobi Konohamaru, who was the next generation, as was customary.
He knew that Sarutobi Konohamaru was the only grandson of the Third Hokage. He was only a few years old and still a mischievous kid. Could he really become a candidate for Hokage in the future?
The future Sarutobi Konohamaru is not too old, not too strong, which means he will be at least in his twenties. We can roughly estimate the timeline of these events from Sarutobi Konohamaru's current age.
He felt somewhat powerless, because if that time really came, he really didn't have any good solutions.
I'm already fifty, and even if I take good care of myself, there's no limit to how much I can maintain my health.
If this happened in the future, it would be twenty years from now. By then, he would be the same age as the old man he is now. He doesn't even know if he can live to that age. After all, he will have to go through the Fourth Shinobi World War. Even if he can live to that age, it's hard to say whether he will have the fighting power of a Kage.
Jiraiya has now subconsciously used the Kage-level system outlined by Kitahara Kaede to measure combat strength. Previously, he didn't really have this concept in his mind; at most, he used the concept of a Kage comparable to the head of a village.
"Will Konoha be choosing its eighth leader every year?"
Tsunade, another of the Legendary Sannin, shared the same doubts.
According to Kitahara Kaede's diary, the Konoha Crush plan will take place within the next year, after which he will succeed as the Fifth Hokage.
It took at most twenty years for the Seventh Hokage, Naruto, to take the throne, during which three Hokage were replaced in quick succession. This speed of replacement is indeed a bit outrageous.
"This damned Hokage position is definitely a short-lived one," Tsunade couldn't help but say.
She thought of all the Hokage she knew so far, and apart from the old man, none of them had served for a long time.
Speaking of which, what if my future self dies too?
Thinking about this, she had an even bigger headache. Otherwise, why would she have chosen the Sixth Hokage, Kakashi Hatake?
"So I really am the Sixth Hokage?"
Kakashi Hatake sighed. Although he had suspected it before, this was just confirmation.
What made him even more embarrassed was that Kitahara Kaede's mention of being the weakest Hokage of all time made it seem as if the title of the weakest Hokage of all time would have been placed on his head if it weren't for Nara Shikamaru.
It's so frustrating.
Isn't it just because I'm not a Kage-level?
Does Kitahara Kaede really need to be teased and reminded like this in his old age?
Do I need you to remind me?
No, I have to find a way to make a breakthrough in the Hatake sword technique, otherwise I won't be able to live like this.
Kitahara Kaede is such a scoundrel. On the surface, he's all polite and respectful to Kakashi-senpai, but behind his back, he keeps calling him "50/50" and has absolutely no respect for him. It's absolutely despicable.
How did this conversation turn into a disgrace to the Hokage?
Is it because I don't have Kage-level strength?
However, he was still worried. The future Seventh Hokage, Naruto, was the strongest Hokage he had ever seen. And you know what? He had actually seen all sorts of Hokage.
From the Third Hokage to the Fourth Hokage, to the Fifth Hokage, and even himself, the Sixth Hokage, plus the First and Second Hokage summoned by Orochimaru in Kitahara Kaede's diary, he could say he had seen almost all the Hokage.
They were all aware of their strength. It has to be said that the Seventh Hokage, Naruto, truly deserves to be called the future savior; his strength is indeed terrifying.
How could someone like that get into trouble?
What could possibly happen?
This even affected Boruto Uzumaki, who was forced to become a rogue ninja, which still indicates that the situation was extremely serious.
At that time, his age was probably similar to that of the current Sannin. Was he just a transitional Hokage, paving the way for Naruto?
Upon seeing the mention in Kitahara Kaede's diary that Naruto had not received formal training, he couldn't help but nod in agreement. Naruto's mind was more than just recklessness; to be precise, it was completely devoid of any intelligence.
He graduated from the Ninja Academy, but he can't even pronounce the names of the chakra correctly.
So when he first took over Naruto's education, he had some doubts in his mind: Is this really Minato-sensei's child?
Could it be that they were switched at birth?
How does this resemble the genius ninja Minato I remember?
As a result, they used irrefutable facts to tell you that yes, that was indeed the child of his teacher, Minato.
I never imagined I'd become a savior in the future. Is that reasonable?
That's completely unreasonable.
"So Kakashi-senpai really is the Sixth Hokage?" Uchiha Itachi casually filled in the blank space for the Sixth Hokage in his notebook with Hatake Kakashi's name, and also wrote down the Eighth Hokage, Nara Shikamaru.
As far as he knew, this was Sasuke's classmate, who would later use his intelligence to outwit the extremely troublesome Hidan, who possessed an immortal body.
His understanding of the Nara clan is also at the pinnacle of intelligence. He served as the Hokage's assistant for many years, held the position of Jonin class leader, and was an absolute confidant of the Third Hokage.
If the advisory elders can be considered the Hokage's teammates and partners, then the Ino-Shika-Cho trio, to which the Nara family belonged, were the Third Hokage's absolute confidants and core members.
However, in the end, the three families are still far weaker than the powerful clans, and even weaker than the Sarutobi clan. They can only be considered as medium-sized families.
The characteristic of such a family is that it cannot produce Kage-level powerhouses; at most, it can only consistently produce Jonin-level experts.
In the end, it was actually Nara Shikamaru who became the Eighth Hokage.
Itachi Uchiha harbored some resentment. Even Kitahara Kaede said that as one of the two founding clans of Konoha, the Hokage had been passed down to the eighth generation. Why couldn't their Uchiha clan produce a Hokage?
No matter how much Itachi Uchiha had the so-called Hokage mentality, how much he cared for the village, and how much he was willing to sacrifice, how could he not have any thoughts in his heart? In fact, all his thoughts were on Sasuke.
As a rogue ninja, he was definitely out of luck, but Sasuke was, especially since Sasuke had become Kakashi Hatake's apprentice, which was a very important point.
Kakashi Hatake is a true member of the Hokage lineage, and he also has a father who is the White Fang of Konoha. By becoming his disciple, one has the opportunity to become Hokage.
This is extremely rare.
Even though Shikamaru Nara wasn't directly descended from the Hokage lineage, the Ino-Shika-Cho trio have always had good relationships with the Hokage, especially the Nara family, which has produced Hokage assistants generation after generation, making them a true lineage.
When Sasuke returns to Konoha with his own head, he will become a great hero, having wiped out the wicked villains for Konoha.
A top-tier rogue ninja—that's a huge achievement no matter how you look at it.
If he makes more contributions in the future, he will be qualified to compete for the title of Hokage.
After all, what the Konoha leadership was originally wary of was the Uchiha clan, their powerful strength and restless nature, and their potential for a coup at any time. However, if it were a specific member of the Uchiha clan, they wouldn't be the object of their wariness.
On the contrary, due to the rarity of the Sharingan, it can also become a target for higher-ups to recruit.
This was Itachi Uchiha's original plan regarding Sasuke. So what went wrong later?
Under Orochimaru's enticement, Sasuke defected.
With this dark history, even if he becomes the savior, he has no chance of becoming the new Hokage of Konoha, not to mention that there is more than one savior.
He never expected that this would involve the next generation, his eldest niece, Sarada Uchiha.
Sarada originally had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity when her contemporary rival, Boruto Uzumaki, was forced to defect and was even wanted by Konoha.
Isn't this just a reversal of the generation of Naruto and Sasuke?
The only difference this time was that the one who defected was Uzumaki, while the one who stayed behind was Uchiha.
What a great opportunity! So what if there's a transitional Nara Shikamaru? He's just a temporary replacement. Sarada can still compete for the Ninth Hokage position later.
According to what Kitahara Kaede's diary revealed, his eldest niece's talent was ridiculously high. Whether it was the much simpler path to awakening the Mangekyou Sharingan compared to his own, or the powerful abilities she gained after awakening the Mangekyou Sharingan, she was definitely one of the best among her generation.
He is absolutely qualified and has the potential to succeed as the next Hokage.
However, this possibility has now been shattered!
The reason lies with Sasuke. His history of defection not only caused him to lose his eligibility to compete for the Hokage position, but also affected the next generation's competition for the Hokage position.
He never imagined in his life that the Uchiha clan, which had finally produced a member qualified to compete for the Hokage position, and who was also his beloved niece, would be stuck at the political review stage.
The entire clan has a dark history of coups and defections, which is a huge black pot that has crushed Sarada.
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