The Age of Heroic Spirits in the Eyes of the Reincarnated

The next day.

The Jounin meeting was held as scheduled.

The Jounin meeting is often the most important decision-making meeting of a ninja village. The selection of the village chief (shadow), changes in major policies, replacement of senior management, etc., must be reached through the Jounin meeting. Generally, it is done by voting.

The participants, as the name suggests, are the active Jounin in the village.

This is why it is said that Jounin has a certain voice in Konoha Village.

A Jounin represents a vote.

And one of the references for measuring the strength and status of a family is: the number of Jounin in the family.

The more Jounin in the family, the more high-end combat power, and the stronger the overall strength of the family.

The more Jounin in the family, the greater the voice, and the higher the status.

The purpose of this Jounin meeting is very clear:

One is to analyze the situation of the countries and villages around their Fire Country and judge the current situation, and then discuss the loss of the root and the dark department in the Rain Country.

And the main discussion must be the latter.

Because this time, the Root only went to the Rain Country to discuss a ceasefire agreement, and a small action actually lost many elites, and more than 70 combat forces with special skills were wiped out. This is already the biggest loss of the village since the end of the Third Ninja World War.

The key is that the sacrifices involve major families in the village.

They are the fathers, sons, and brothers of some people.

If their relatives and friends died heroically for the village and could be on the "comfort monument", it would be better. But if they died unclearly and could not even guarantee a decent afterlife, many jonins would not accept it.

Someone must come out to take the blame and give everyone an explanation.

…

In front of the Hokage Building.

The jonin of each major family followed their clan leaders or family heads to arrive.

Among them, the Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato and the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen were the first to arrive.

"It's almost time, Fourth Hokage, call Jiraiya back to the village from Myoboku Mountain."

"Okay."

Namikaze Minato nodded.

Arriving at the open space, he completed several seals in an instant, and then slapped the ground:

"Summoning Technique!"

"Bang..."

The smoke and dust exploded, and a giant toad appeared, crawling on the ground for more than 20 meters, close to the height and size of the Hokage Building.

It was one of the high-end combat forces of Myoboku Mountain: Gamabunta.

"Bunta, is Jiraiya teacher back?"

"He's back, in my mouth."

The big toad opened his mouth, rolled his tongue, and a tall middle-aged man appeared.

The middle-aged man wore a forehead protector with the word "oil" written on it, had long white hair to his waist, a red mark under his eyes, and wore a red coat.

Naturally, it was Jiraiya, one of the three ninjas of Konoha, who was known as the "lustful sage".

"Old man, Minato, why did you call me back in such a hurry? Isn't the war over? Is there something important?"

"Hmph, I'm going to ask you something at the jonin meeting later, you'd better tell me the truth!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen snorted coldly.

He was also very troubled by the three disciples.

Orochimaru was better, but he seemed a little dark, but he was actually gentle and kind, and cherished life very much.

The other two were different.

One inherited his good character: lust.

But he had lustful thoughts but no courage.

He only stopped at the level of secretly spying and collecting materials for novels, but never really did it. But he hoped that his disciple could leave a few offspring, so that maybe this guy who ran around the world could stay in the village peacefully?

The other inherited the good habits of his guide (also the first generation of Konoha's founder): gambling.

And he always lost when he gambled.

In a short period of time, he owed a lot of foreign debts to the major gambling houses in the Land of Fire.

The family fortune left by the Senju family was almost lost.

Every time, he asked the Anbu to clean up the mess.

Oh, it's really worrying.

"What do you want to tell me?"

Jiraiya was confused.

"Bunta, wait a moment, wait until the jonin meeting is over and then go back to Myoboku Mountain with Jiraiya-sensei."

"Okay, Minato."

The big toad nodded.

Then he simply lay down on the open space in front of the Hokage Building and fell asleep.

Using summoned beasts to flexibly mobilize one's own high-end combat power is a summoning tactic that only Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze can play.

Cooperating with the two toad sages Fukasaku Shima of Myoboku Mountain, this trick can be said to save time and effort.

During the Third Ninja World War, Minato was able to be active in the battlefields of the four countries of wind, earth, thunder, and water at the same time, and he was able to make great achievements for the village. In terms of military achievements, he surpassed Orochimaru, a veteran Kage-level strongman who had experienced the second and third wars and also had great achievements...

This has a lot to do with the cooperation between the master and the apprentice.

Imagine that Minato Namikaze had just finished fighting in the Kumogakure battlefield in the northern country of thunder, and his physical strength, energy, chakra, etc. had been consumed a lot. If he continued to use the Flying Thunder God Technique to hurry on, even if he arrived at the next battlefield quickly, his own state would be very bad. But if the two toad sages of Myoboku Mountain and Jiraiya used "reverse summoning" and "summoning technique" in stages, Minato Namikaze's physical strength and chakra could be well preserved.

It is possible to participate in the four major battlefields of the four countries of wind, earth, thunder, and water at the same time in one day.

Orochimaru can only be active in one battlefield, and it is normal that he is gradually suppressed by Minato Namikaze in terms of military achievements and reputation, who turned the tide.

In the competition for the Fourth Hokage, it was natural for Minato to strike while the iron was hot and win more votes from the jonins.

After all, no matter how well Orochimaru performed, it was only a show of operation in one of the four major war zones.

Compared with Namikaze Minato, who was active in the four major war zones of the north, northwest, west, and east at the same time, he made the Rock Ninja and the Cloud Ninja doubt their lives, and made the Third Tsuchikage Ohnoki and the AB combination of the Hidden Cloud Village dare not act rashly; compared with this record that stood out from the crowd, even if Orochimaru turned the tide of the battle at Kikyo Mountain and defeated the Sand Ninja Village, it was not enough.

And the most shameless thing about this operation mode is that Namikaze Minato, who was active in multiple battlefields at the same time, will establish a bond with the vast majority of the jonins in at least two major war zones!

Get the recognition of more than half of the participating jonins in each major war zone!

Look, a few months ago, during the voting session of the jonin meeting to select the Fourth Hokage, Orochimaru suffered a huge loss.

In addition, during the war, every Flying Thunder God Kunai that Minato sent out with the Flying Thunder God mark was a political bargaining chip.

It was a life-long friendship!

Every Konoha ninja rescued by Minato on the battlefield became a loyal fan of the "Yellow Flash"!

The families behind these people will undoubtedly favor Minato as a lifesaver and a reliable comrade-in-arms!

So: What can Orochimaru use to fight for the position of Hokage after the local war?

What's more, Namikaze Minato has a huge political bargaining chip.

That is his wife: Uzumaki Kushina, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki!

This is a nuclear weapon that Konoha Village has never used!

Not using it does not mean there is no deterrence!

Therefore.

Even if Sarutobi Hiruzen does not vote for his disciple Namikaze Minato, even if Jiraiya does not vote for his disciple, as long as Minato wants to compete for the position of the Fourth Hokage, Orochimaru will not win anyway.

In this regard, Orochimaru, who also wanted to be Hokage, was very depressed, but he also admitted defeat.

His position as the fourth generation came in a dignified manner.

At least it was much more legitimate than the third generation.

The title of Yellow Flash was not exaggerated.

Therefore, during this period, this person still obeyed the deployment and went to the eastern border to engage in small-scale friction with Kirigakure. (In the process, he witnessed the growth of Uchiha Shisui.)

"Let's go, join the club."

The two Hokage took the lead and entered the Hokage Building.

The other senior ninjas of the major families followed their clan leaders or family heads.

…

In the spacious conference room.

Namikaze Minato sat on the main seat.

The third generation was slightly behind.

Then came the three F4 members who replaced Danzo, Li Xia, Mitomon En, and Utatane Koharu.

Then came the clan leaders and family heads of the Konoha clans such as Akimichi Tofu, Uchiha Fugaku, and Hyuga Hiashi, as well as individual senior ninjas such as Jiraiya.

Even Uzumaki Kushina was there.

Everyone sat down.

At first, the atmosphere in the room was quite good. They talked about Konoha Village getting back on track, and then the small-scale friction in the Eastern Theater. They praised Orochimaru's good command and praised the bravery of 13-year-old Uchiha Shisui.

Recently, he has even been called "Instant Body Shisui".

Then, they started talking about the actions of the Rain Country.

The atmosphere suddenly became wrong.

More than a hundred people present looked at Li Xia intentionally or unintentionally, which made him deeply understand the difficulties of the Nabekage.

As expected, someone pointed the finger at him:

"Danzo Advisor, I don't know how those dozens of elites were able to wipe them out in an instant? The mission of the Root this time was just to negotiate with Hanzo and to form an alliance with the Rain Village, and it did not involve a major war. Why did they all perish? Since the ceasefire between the parties, our Konoha Village has not suffered such a huge loss."

The younger brother of the man who spoke was one of the victims.

I can understand his pain.

Mitomon En and Utane Koharu saw each other and looked at each other with worry, worried that their good friend would fall this time.

Sure enough, as this person opened the topic, more scrutinizing and questioning eyes swept over.

At this moment, Li Xia finally understood why Danzo was so low-key during Minato's reign. He also understood why it was not until Minato's death that the Root successfully poached people from the major families again.

(Refer to Shino Aburame when she was very young, Danzo lobbied the major families again; he failed to get Shino, but earned a Root Aburame.)

In other words, Shimura Danzo in the original work must have taken the blame in this jonin meeting.

He was responsible for the death of a large number of Konoha Anbu elites.

This is not a normal jonin meeting, it is clearly a criticism meeting against the pot shadow.

"Fortunately, I was prepared..."

Li Xia said secretly.

Then he grinned, facing the unpleasant faces of many senior ninjas, and slammed the table in front of him:

"You want me to give you an explanation?

Humph, then who will give me an explanation?

You should know that most of those elites were trained by me. Don't you think I don't feel sad?"

Everyone raised their eyebrows when they heard this.

What's going on?

Why should someone give this old guy an explanation?

Li Xia quickly gave everyone the answer:

"Jiraiya, have you ever accepted three disciples named Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan in the Land of Rain?"

"Danzo, what do you mean?"

Jiraiya's face sank.

"You just need to explain whether you have accepted them or not. There is no other meaning..."

"Yes."

This cannot be denied.

There are a few people who know.

"Okay! Then I will tell you why this operation will suffer heavy losses!"

As he said this, his eyes fell directly on Jiraiya:

"This negotiation was going smoothly, but Jiraiya, you taught three good disciples, they sacrificed their lives for the development of Rain Village! The elites under my command were slaughtered by a little kid named Nagato..."

"Everyone here wants me to give you an explanation..."

As Li Xia said this, he slapped the table again, and the whole audience was silent.

His heart was beating with it:

"Why don't you ask Jiraiya why he has time to train such top talents for Rain Village, but why he doesn't have time to stay in Konoha to train more outstanding strong men like the Fourth Generation for the village?"

"Isn't my Konoha Village worthy?"