In the Hokage's office.
"Maples and the Uchiha have been in contact …" Listening to the information from the Anbu, Sarutobi had a dignified look on his face.
It seems that Maples still hasn't given up on helping Orochimaru to become the Fourth Hokage, and the contact between Maples and the Uchiha is a very dangerous thing.
With the power of Maples.
Coupled with the power of the Uchiha.
If they want to launch a coup, it's not difficult to seize the power of Konoha, not to mention that Rin beside Maples has become the Sanbi's Jinchuriki.
"…"
Sarutobi had a headache.
It's basically the same as what he expected.
Once the war is stabilized, no matter what Maples does, it will immediately make people feel vigilant and worried, because Maples is too strong.
"Sarutobi, we have to plan early."
Danzo stood on the side and said to Sarutobi: "The contact with the Uchiha is a signal, if we ignore it, it will be more and more difficult to deal with it."
Most of Konoha's leaders and most of the people now support Minato as the Hokage, and in their previous discussions, Minato is more suitable to be the Fourth Hokage.
Orochimaru is indeed very good.
But in many aspects, he's not as good as Minato.
Now that they have decided to support Minato as the Hokage, they must be wary of Maples and Orochimaru, especially Maples, he's more dangerous than Orochimaru.
"You want to control Maples … Danzo, I don't agree with you."
Sarutobi looked at Danzo and said in a deep voice.
Danzo is too radical.
Maples is Konoha's hero, so far, he hasn't done anything bad to Konoha, just to prevent future threats, it's too much, and Maples' strength isn't that easy to control.
"This time, you must be decisive."
Danzo looked at Sarutobi and said: "Unless you want Orochimaru to be the Hokage."
Sarutobi took a puff of his pipe, he was silent for a moment, then he finally sighed and said: "You go first, Danzo."
"Yuan Fei …"
Danzo's face changed slightly, he wanted to say something, but after looking at Sarutobi, he finally took a deep breath and said: "That depends on how you deal with it."
After leaving this sentence, Danzo turned around and left.
Sarutobi stayed in the office alone, he took a few puffs of smoke, he finally made a decision. He put down the pipe and left the office alone, he went to Orochimaru's research base.
…
Two days later.
At home in Maples.
After listening to Maples, Kakashi, and Rin's statements about their previous encounter with the Belt Soil, Minato fell into deep thought, then nodded to Maples and said:
"I know … Thank you for your help, Maples."
"You're welcome, Kakashi and Rin are very important to me, I can't just sit back and watch."
Maples smiled back at Minato.
Minato looked at Kakashi and Rin and said: "Then I'll take my leave first."
"Ok."
Maples stood up, and Kakashi sent Minato to the door.
After sending Minato away, Kakashi came over, pondered for a moment, and then looked at Maple and said: "Brother, Konoha should soon decide on the candidate for the Fourth Hokage."
Maples looked at Kakashi.
He returned to the sofa and sat down, then said: "So you want me to support Minato?"
"No."
Kakashi shook his head and said: "Brother, you are Orochimaru sama's disciple, you should support him, but in my opinion, Minato-sensei is indeed more suitable to be the Fourth Hokage."
Maples closed his eyes slightly.
Rin looked at Kakashi, then looked at Maples, and didn't try to interrupt. She knew that she couldn't easily express her opinion on this topic, but in her mind, Minato was more suitable.
In fact, Orochimaru also had a lot of supporters, especially before the Third World War, almost all of them supported Orochimaru, but Minato's brilliance in the Third World War couldn't be hidden.
Both of them were geniuses.
Both of them were extremely good ninjas.
And in the collision of geniuses, one side was bound to be overshadowed.
In silence.
Maples opened his eyes and looked at Kakashi.
Facing Maples' eyes, Kakashi was obviously a little weak, because the person in front of him was not only his brother, but also the famous Silver Flash.
"It doesn't matter who you support, Kakashi."
Maples looked at Kakashi's nervous look, and suddenly smiled and said: "This kind of thing can't be decided by your support and position alone."
Hearing Maples' words, Kakashi was slightly relieved.
He was actually a little scared.
Although he has always been aiming at Maples since he was a child, he has never stood in a completely different position from Maples.
Standing behind Maples, he could feel the strength of his brother, and the kind of ease that seemed to have no difficulty in everything, but standing opposite Maples, he felt a correspondingly huge pressure.
This was the first time he really raised a different opinion to Maples.
And it was a difference in position.
"Why are you so nervous, you two."
Maples saw that Kakashi and Rin were a little nervous, and couldn't help but continue to smile.
It seems that his brother's majesty is indeed extraordinary.
In fact, he thought about Kakashi's position a long time ago, but he didn't care about it, because in this world, the closest person to him is his brother Kakashi.
Secondly.
It's the others' turn.
Rin saw the tense atmosphere suddenly relaxed, and couldn't help but sigh, and smiled: "The atmosphere just now was really scary."
"Then brother, you …"
Kakashi looked at Maples hesitantly.
Maples picked up an apple and took a bite, lying on the sofa, and said: "Of course, I still support Orochimaru-Sensei, although your position and my position conflict, it doesn't matter, different people will always have different opinions."
"So …"
Kakashi sighed, he could understand Maples' decision.
After all, Maples is Orochimaru's disciple.
… …
Half a month later.
Konoha held a high-level meeting.
The only ninjas who were eligible to participate were the elite ninjas of Konoha, as well as the patriarchs and spokespersons of the major clans.
There were many people who participated in the meeting, each of them had a certain status in Konoha, including the Hokage Sarutobi, Danzo, two advisors, Jiraiya and Orochimaru, in addition to Minato, Hatake Maples, Uchiha Fugaku, Hyuga Hiashi, and so on.
Except for some people who were performing tasks outside, and some people who guessed the content of the meeting and didn't want to express their opinions.
The rest were basically present.
After a brief description of the situation in the ninja world, Sarutobi got to the point.
"So … What do you think about the successor of the Fourth Hokage?"
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