Master, Please Become a Hokage

To let her slowly fall into the abyss.

"No... No..." Kushina cried, shaking her head, trying to deny everything.

"You should know, he can't do what I can do..."

Sarutobi Ryo continued mercilessly, shattering the last hope in Kushina's heart.

"Let's leave it at that."

Making the decision alone, Sarutobi Ryo turned and walked towards the backyard entrance.

Bang!

After the back door closed, the two returned to the warm living room.

The fireplace was still burning.

The firewood crackled, baking the winter room with heat.

Sarutobi Ryo hugged Kushina and walked to the sofa in front of the fireplace.

Then, he began weightlifting training, lifting her up and down.

Kushina's beautiful red hair swayed with the movements, and her mournful cries echoed in sync...

......

At some point, snowflakes began to fall outside.

The earth was silent.

Subtle sounds continued to emanate from the house...

Chapter 202. Capture the Tailed Beast Plan

A few days later.

Minato Namikaze returned, bringing with him the results of the negotiations with Amegakure.

In the Hokage Building, all the upper echelons were present.

Sarutobi Ryo listened calmly to Minato Namikaze's report.

And because Madara Uchiha was plotting the Ten-Tails.

Therefore... collecting the tailed beasts in advance had to be put on the agenda.

The best outcome.

Was for Konoha, Sunagakure, and the Amegakure alliance to hold the nine tailed beasts.

Of course, if Kirigakure also joined the alliance, it would mean that four ninja villages controlled the nine tailed beasts.

"Currently, Takigakure has agreed to bring the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki to Konoha..."

Sakumo Hatake nodded and took over the speech.

Takigakure Village was an ally of Konoha.

This phenomenon of small ninja villages acting as allied countries was relatively common.

The key was that Konoha had always been very friendly with Takigakure.

That was why Takigakure trusted Konoha.

"But no matter what, it's unbelievable that they agreed to send the Seven-Tails..."

Jiraiya shook his head and sighed.

After all, tailed beasts were not common goods.

Although Takigakure's intention was... to let Konoha temporarily protect it, it was enough to show their attitude.

"I think this has something to do with our reforms in recent years, ho ho..."

Orochimaru smiled from the side.

With the downfall of Koharu Utatane and the others, Konoha had undergone earth-shattering changes.

The news of these reforms gradually reached the ears of other ninja villages.

Takigakure must have weighed the pros and cons before deciding to trust Konoha today.

After all, they had previously sent envoys to learn a lot of things.

Witnessing the changes in Konoha with their own eyes was probably the root of their peace of mind.

Facing history squarely and admitting shortcomings.

Konoha rewrote a brand new history textbook.

It even admitted the erroneous invasions of Amegakure in the First and Second Shinobi World Wars...

This was the foundation for other ninja villages to gain confidence.

And Hanzō of the Salamander's joining also provided confidence to other ninja villages.

An unprecedented alliance... was rising.

"We saw the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path in Amegakure..."

Jiraiya began to talk endlessly about what he had seen and heard.

Nagato personally demonstrated the summoning of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path for Jiraiya's sake.

Although driving the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path would damage Nagato's vitality.

However, simply summoning it, just to look at it as an ornament, would not be a problem.

"......"

Jiraiya continued to speak, but Orochimaru looked at Sarutobi Ryo.

Sarutobi Ryo received Orochimaru's gaze and nodded.

According to Amegakure's intention, the extra tailed beasts obtained were best stuffed into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

However, Konoha had a different view.

Research on White Zetsu was being stepped up.

Using White Zetsu as the first experimental subject to verify the collection of tailed beast power was a more stable approach.

What's more, Konoha could not allow Amegakure to dominate.

And Sunagakure directly expressed their disagreement in a very sturdy manner.

After all, the people of Sunagakure were more straightforward and said whatever they had to say.

So......

Specific matters still needed to be discussed again.

After learning of Sunagakure's attitude, Sarutobi Ryo decided to contact Sunagakure.

First extract some of Shukaku's chakra for research.

Even Sunagakure had mastered the technique of sealing tailed beast chakra.

Of course, Konoha would also contribute something in exchange for this cooperation.

"Let's start with Shukaku first."

Sarutobi Ryo made the following decision.

Matatabi was in Kumogakure, so find a way to steal... steal Yugito Nii directly.

Isobu was on Yagura of Kirigakure, so we could cooperate and persuade him to get a part for research first.

Son Gokū, Roshi, was in the wild, so people could be sent to capture him.

Kokuō, Han, was in Iwagakure, so we could also find a way to steal him.

Saiken hadn't run away yet, and Utakata was active as a young ninja, so we could also find Yagura.

Chōmei took the initiative to come to our door.

Gyūki... was not easy to steal, so we could leave him for last. Oh, right... Orochimaru might have Gyūki's horn, which could be used as a substitute.

As for Kurama... Kushina was a ready-made living body.

The DNA of the Gold and Silver Brothers, who fought against Tobirama Senju before, was still residual. It could also be used as a substitute.

After Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze finished reporting.

The meeting ended here.

After informing the two Hokage of his plan, Sarutobi Ryo also left the Hokage Building.

......

Edge of Konoha.

Minato Namikaze, who had returned home, almost flew back directly with the Flying Thunder God Technique.

He missed his lover... and the fetus in her womb.

"Kushina, I'm back..."

Minato Namikaze's sudden appearance gave Kushina a surprise.

Kushina, who was drying the sheets in the yard, was taken aback.

"Minato~!?"

Kushina's eyes flickered slightly.

Minato Namikaze didn't care, but walked forward naturally and hugged his wife.

After a moment of tenderness, Minato Namikaze entered the house.

He saw the completely new furniture.

This time, like the last time he went out.

Minato Namikaze still didn't suspect anything, but just felt that his wife was virtuous.

"Minato, you must be hungry, I'll cook for you..."

Kushina put down her work and went to the kitchen.

Looking at the cleaned floor and the scent of detergent, Minato, who was sitting on the sofa, only felt refreshed.

When Kushina had prepared the meal.

Minato Namikaze also picked up the remote control and turned off the TV.

Recently, the ninja world was very peaceful and nothing had happened.

"Kushina, your cooking skills have improved again..."

Minato Namikaze couldn't help but smile as he ate.

After a moment, he looked at his wife sitting across from him.

"Kushina... aren't you eating?"

"I had a lot this morning..."

Kushina quickly smiled.

She did eat a lot, these few days... she had been fed full every day.