Naruto: Abandoned baby, Madara recognized me as his godfather

Konoha Village, Hokage Building.

The meeting room was full of Konoha high-level officials.

Today was a weekly meeting to summarize the weekly government affairs and policies, and all high-level officials would attend.

The fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato sat in the main seat, and the third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen sat on the side with a pipe in his hand and listened.

“Strange, why didn’t Danzo come?” Utatane Koharu asked, looking at the empty seat beside him.

Mitomon En pushed his glasses: “Maybe he hasn’t finished his own business yet, why don’t we wait for him?”

Namikaze Minato smiled awkwardly and didn’t say much.

At this time, Sarutobi Hiruzen’s voice sounded: “No need to wait for him, it’s just a regular meeting, not a decision on anything important.”

After saying that, Sarutobi Hiruzen blew out a puff of smoke, nodded to Minato, and whispered: “Remember Minato, you are the Hokage, don’t care about us old guys.”

Minato is too kind, or maybe too young, even as a Hokage, he is embarrassed to do things that disrespect the elders.

Now with Sarutobi Hiruzen’s support, he naturally no longer cares, stands up and says: “Then… the meeting starts now.”

“Wait…!”

Outside the door, Shimura Danzo came late with a cane.

“Are you not waiting for me for the meeting now? Don’t forget, I am the senior consultant of the village…”

As Danzo said, he walked to his seat and sat down.

Considering time, Minato didn’t want to bother with Danzo, and directly opened today’s meeting.

Before he could speak, Danzo’s aggressive voice sounded again.

“Minato, in front of so many people, I ask you… Do you still remember the promise you made to us half a year ago?”

Hearing this, Minato Namikaze’s heart tightened, he knew what Danzo was going to say.

Ignoring Minato’s livid face, Danzo continued:

“You once signed a military order, if you can’t find the missing Uchiha clan, you will be willing to step down as Hokage and give this important position to a more capable person…”

“You said that, didn’t you?”

Minato Namikaze gritted his teeth and replied helplessly: “I said that.”

“Very good…” Danzo sneered: “Minato, I can say that I watched you grow up. Considering personal feelings, I don’t want to put too much pressure on you, so I gave you half a year to explore the traces of the Uchiha clan…”

“But considering the village ‘s overall development, I have to ask you today, half a year has passed, have you found them? ”

Namikaze Minato shook his head and answered honestly: “Not yet…”

“Hmph!” The captain slammed the table angrily and said: “Minato! As the fourth Hokage, it’s fine that the village lost the Uchiha clan’s combat power in vain. Now it’s been half a year and you still can’t find them. I really doubt whether you are qualified for the position of Hokage!”

“During your tenure, the village’s losses are incalculable. Do you admit this!”

“I admit it!” Namikaze Minato knew he was in the wrong and didn’t want to refute.

“Then… I hope you have self-knowledge and can fulfill your promise…” After getting the answer he wanted, Danzo was secretly happy and his tone was no longer so high-profile.

As long as Minato fulfills his promise, he will most likely become the fifth Hokage.

Danzo is not sure about Sarutobi Hiruzen’s intention, but Utatane Koharu and Mitomon En will support him.

“Alas…” Seeing that everyone’s eyes were on him, Namikaze Minato sighed with relief.

To be honest, he had long wanted to stop being Hokage.

When he was young, he thought that as a Hokage, he only needed to protect the village from being bullied by other countries, let the new generation thrive, and keep the country and the people safe.

But after a few years, he realized that there were too many intrigues…

This was completely inconsistent with his original intention.

It would be better to be a ninja and serve the village silently like before, at least he would not be exhausted.

During this period, Minato visited Sarutobi Hiruzen more than once, persuading him to retire later and return to the position of Hokage, but Sarutobi Hiruzen declined.

Sarutobi Hiruzen said that he would often assist Minato, but Minato didn’t see much of how he assisted.

Now, it’s time to unload the burden in front of everyone.

The pressure of being a Hokage is too great.

Moreover, it was his own military order. It was his own lack of ability, and Minato had no complaints.

However, even if he withdrew, Minato was not going to let Danzo take the position.

This old guy was too sinister…

If he became Hokage, the village would be doomed!

After thinking about it, Namikaze Minato said the decision he had made for a long time:

“Half a year ago, the Uchiha clan disappeared in the village, and I have an unshirkable responsibility.I know this very well. ”

“In the past few years of my career as Hokage, I have deeply felt that I was not decisive enough. I thought that people would understand each other, but in the end I found that my decision would cause great losses to the village. ”

“Maybe… I am too naive.”

“Naive people are not suitable to be the head of a village, but I believe… there will be a day when people can understand each other. This is what my master Jiraiya taught me, and it is also my ninja way!”

“Therefore, I decided to resign from the post of Hokage and hand over this heavy responsibility to the Third Hokage.”

When these words came out, everyone present was shocked.

“How can this be? “Danzo had not expected this move of Namikaze Minato.

Mitomon En and Utatane Koharu did not express their opinions. In fact, they preferred Sarutobi Hiruzen in their hearts.

Usually, they supported Danzo simply because they were a little afraid of him.

As long as the power was in Hiruzen’s hands, Mitomon En and Utatane Koharu believed that Danzo would not dare to do anything to them.

“Ah…”

Sarutobi Hiruzen raised his head, opened his eyes and sighed deeply.

“Minato, you really think highly of my old bones…”

“But now that I have come to this, I can’t say much.”

“How about this, Minato, I will return to the position of Hokage for the time being. During this period of time, you will keep following me to learn, and when you think you are fully competent, I will return the position to you…”

“Everyone…what do you think?”

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