After Sarutobi's voice fell, the meeting room fell into a short silence.
The choice of the Fourth Hokage is a very serious and important topic, it's a change of power, it's not something that can be discussed casually, every proposal needs to be made with caution.
"I propose that my disciple Minato should succeed the Fourth Hokage."
In the silence, Jiraiya slowly opened his mouth.
He glanced at Orochimaru.
Orochimaru sat there indifferently, he didn't respond to Jiraiya's gaze.
Maples sat at the corner of the table, holding a teacup in his hand, gently sipping it. He didn't speak, he just looked at the scene in the meeting room.
The meeting room was silent.
The heads of the major clans didn't speak, and no one whispered.
"Minato is indeed suitable to be the Fourth Hokage."
Finally, the second person spoke, it was Homura Mitokado, who was sitting next to Sarutobi.
With Homura's words, Utatane Koharu also expressed her support for Minato, and the other Jonins in the conference room also expressed their opinions.
However, some people didn't speak, they were looking at Maples and Orochimaru, everyone knew the importance of Maples and Orochimaru in this meeting room.
Uchiha Fugaku was also looking at Maples.
The heads of the other major clans didn't immediately express their position.
Under everyone's gaze, Orochimaru stood up, revealing a smile, and said: "… I support Minato as the Hokage."
This sentence made the meeting room fall into silence.
The heads of the major clans looked at Orochimaru, and after seeing that he wasn't joking, they looked at each other and sighed, then they all spoke.
When the heads of the major clans expressed their views, Sarutobi looked at Orochimaru, and Orochimaru looked at Sarutobi, the two of them looked at each other in the air.
Orochimaru smiled faintly.
His smile was relaxed.
As if he had completely let go of something.
Sarutobi's eyes flashed with a trace of guilt and apology, but it was just a flash, then he took a breath, stood up, and said: "It seems that everyone's opinion is the same, in a few days, I will report this matter to the Daimyō-Sama."
After Sarutobi's voice fell, Minato also stood up and began to express to everyone in the meeting room that he will lead Konoha to prosperity.
Maples didn't listen.
He just looked at Orochimaru.
"In the end, he didn't choose to go against his teacher's opinion …"
Maples murmured in his heart.
He could guess the reason why Orochimaru made this decision.
In this era, Sarutobi, Sarutobi, and Orochimaru, and Sarutobi's support, Orochimaru, Orochimaru to fight against Sarutobi, Sarutobi, Orochimaru, Orochimaru, Orochimaru.
Oru Orochimaru gave up.
Oru Orochimaru in front of him, Oru's
… …
Hokage Building.
At the top.
Orochimaru left the meeting room and came here, standing on the edge, he could see most of Konoha's scenery, he could see the village thriving again after the war.
"You still gave up …"
Maples appeared behind Orochimaru.
Orochimaru didn't turn around, he continued to look at Konoha below, and said: "Sarutobi sensei chose Minato, I respect his choice, just like you respect mine."
"In fact, being a Hokage is nothing, you see, it's just like those fallen leaves, withering in the fire … Compared to this, isn't eternity something that humans should pursue?"
Orochimaru's voice was very light.
Maples sighed.
He knew that at this time, Orochimaru has completely put down Konoha, and now he's spitting out the last trace of emotion.
After that, Orochimaru will be the one who really made people tremble in fear.
"If you want to be the Hokage, you can give it a try."
Orochimaru turned around, and a trace of crystal disappeared in the wind, he looked at Maples, smiled, and then his figure flashed and disappeared.
Maples looked at the direction where Orochimaru disappeared, and then looked up at the sky.
"Hokage …"
Maples didn't choose to compete for the position of the Fourth Hokage.
It wasn't because he was too young or anything like that. In the face of absolute strength, these things could be ignored. There were only two reasons why he didn't compete. One was because Kakashi was Minato's disciple, and the other was because he got the Flying Thunder God from Minato.
Although it wasn't difficult for him to get the Flying Thunder God Jutsu, and it wasn't a big favor, Maple wouldn't oppose Minato becoming Hokage.
And.
He knew.
Minato becoming the Fourth Hokage is just the beginning.
"I won't oppose you being the Hokage, but I won't stand on your side, if Konoha can't accept my existence, then it will be the beginning of my purge."
Maples looked at the sky and murmured, then his figure flashed and disappeared.
… …
Half a month later.
With the approval of the Land of Fire, and the completion of the ceremony, Minato's succession as the Fourth Hokage was officially announced in front of Konoha's people.
For this result, only a few ninjas who were loyal to Orochimaru expressed their opposition, but after learning that Orochimaru also supported Minato as the Hokage, the opposition quietly dissipated.
Compared to the last time.
When Sarutobi succeeded as the Hokage, there were many bloody conflicts in Konoha, but this time, it can be said that there was almost no internal strife.
On the day Minato officially succeeded as the Hokage, Orochimaru wasn't present, he was just doing experiments in his base, and after learning the news, he paused for a moment.
"This result, you should be satisfied, Sarutobi sensei …"
"But."
"I'm afraid that Konoha will not be peaceful."
The village was now deformed.
Danzo controlled the root that only obeyed him, the two advisors controlled the finances of Konoha, and Sarutobi wouldn't hand over the Anbu to Minato, he would continue to control Konoha.
It seems to be a balanced situation, but in fact, as long as there is a little thing that breaks the balance, it will be overturned immediately.
And Maples.
It's that unbalanced existence.
Orochimaru has seen this, but all this has nothing to do with him, he only has one goal now, and that is to get eternal life.
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