The wind is gentle and the sun is beautiful, and the sky is sunny after the rain.

Glancing at the crying Konohamaru, Asuma gently pulled him to her side.

"Uncle, uncle...wuwu..."

Konohamaru was still young, and Asuma didn't know what words to use to comfort him, telling him: Among them, in the ninja world, such sacrifices are very common, but because his grandfather is Hokage, there are also several ANBU who hope in this battle.

, including Moonlight Blast, they didn’t even have a funeral.

Yuhi Kurenai on the side leaned over and touched Konohamaru's head, showing her tenderness.

Not far away, Ino rubbed his eyes, his eyes dim with tears.

The whole village, in front of the Hero Monument, remembers the fallen hero, the Third Hokage!

Neji glanced at Ino, his expression indifferent.

It has been seven days since Hiruzen died.

The entire Konoha Village was busy dealing with the serious consequences of this incident. With Hiruzen's advance preparation, all the backbone forces of Konoha Village were used to defend the village for the last time.

But he himself died in this battle.

He is a well-deserved hero.

Although in Neci's eyes, he was not a pure hero. The cowardly Konoha at that time killed Neci's father Hizashi.

but……

Neci held the scroll in his hand and put it in his clothes.

After Neji completes this matter, he can tentatively recognize the third generation as a hero of Konoha Village. After all, in Neji's opinion, it is never too late to make amends for this matter, right?

…

The large conference room on the highest floor of Konoha Village is dimly lit.

The door was pushed open, and Hyuga Neji was brought in by Tenzo.

"Hyuga Neji is here."

Neji was brought in and saw that the chief minister's name was the same name he met by chance.

He bowed and followed normal etiquette.

"Oh... Hizashi's son, you are the genin who cooperated with Hiruzen to find a gap between the enemies in this mission? You also scored very well in the chuunin exam, and you have not lost a single match."

The daimyo fanned his fan and said calmly.

"yes."

Nara Shikaku nodded.

Next to him was the captain of the intelligence department. Neji looked at him and recognized him as Ino's father, Yamanaka Haiichi.

"The result of this chuunin exam?"

The daimyo asked.

Mito Kadobu, who was sitting aside, stood up, looked at the paper document in his hand, and read: "Hyuuga Neji, Yamanaka Ino, Nara Shikamaru, and Uchiha Sasuke who won in the finals all have chunin strength and fighting ability.

Talent, in addition, Uzumaki Naruto, who was unable to play, performed outstandingly in the battle and was given a special award. Like him, there are two genin, Aburame Shino and Tenten."

"However, Hyuga Neji's performance is particularly outstanding. Not only did he stop the enemy's conspiracy, but he also blocked Orochimaru's actions many times. Without him..."

Halfway through the daimyo's words, the door was pushed open.

It's Jiraiya.

He walked in slowly and stood opposite the chairman, who was facing the daimyo.

"I heard, you think Hyuga Neji's performance is excellent, so you want to send him to the ANBU organization in advance? I'm afraid he will be sent to Gen again?"

Jiraiya narrowed his eyes, looking a little fierce.

Neji was startled. After the last negotiation with Jiraiya, his identity was no longer secret.

This time, Jiraiya didn't seem to want to push himself out, but instead wanted to forcefully pull him in.

Jiraiya spoke, but no one could shake his aura.

Instead, Koharu stood up after going to bed: "Jiraiya, you came just in time. Today we will recommend the candidate for the fifth Hokage in front of the daimyo. Since you are so unwilling to let outstanding talents go to the root, you will be the Hokage.

Neji, you can take me under your command and become your direct ANBU!"

Mito Monobu also smiled and said: "Yes, that's good. You can't let a talented child just be a chuunin, right? He needs more training."

"you……"

Jiraiya swallowed, but he didn't expect that this sudden attack would trick him.

After thinking for a moment, he said with a strong attitude: "I will be the Hokage, are you going to investigate Orochimaru? If Orochimaru uses more terrifying power to destroy Konoha next time, can you cope with it?"

These words left everyone speechless.

Although this is not an era of force, Obei Jiraiya can still rely on his strength to silence them all.

At this time, Yamanaka Haiichi stood up.

"In that case, I have a suggestion."

"Please say?"

"Ningji is from the Hyuga clan and has a very insightful Byakugan. Even if he is very talented and powerful, he is still just a child after all. It is too early to enter ANBU. This is not an era of war. Such an approach is too inhumane.

How about being promoted to a special jounin and coming to my intelligence department?"

When Nara Shikaku saw what his old partner had said, he was very optimistic about Neji himself and didn't want to ruin it. He exclaimed: "I think it's great. Neji's talents will definitely be put to good use in the Intelligence Department!"

"If that's the case... that's fine, but what about the position of the Fifth Hokage?" The daimyo hesitated.

"The Suna Ninjas have fully surrendered. We in Konoha can also use this to let the Suna Ninjas prevent many disasters for us. In order to rebuild the village, it is of course the most important thing to choose a suitable leader. No one holds this position better than Jiraiya.

It fits!”

After going to bed, Xiaochun was very insistent.

Mito Kadoyan sighed and murmured: "If this is the case, then Danzo..."

Shikaku frowned and immediately said: "Danzo-sama's grounding has not ended yet, right? You can't just ignore the rules set by the Third Generation just because he died, right?"

Haiyi said nothing, but his eyes said everything.

Due to pressure, Mito Kabuto shut up.

Danzo's left-wing forces have been completely suppressed by Hiruzen's right-wing forces over the years. All left-wing forces have been forced into corners, which is the so-called root organization.

"Since you don't have a candidate, I do have a candidate that I would like to recommend."

Neji suddenly spoke, and everyone was surprised.

"you?"

The daimyo stared at Neji curiously.

Neji walked forward, took out a scroll, and spread it out on the table.

The ANBU on the side picked it up and handed it to the daimyo.

Everyone read it and were surprised.

Neji explained: "The reason why I cooperated with the Sandaime to take the initiative to attack the enemy in this battle is because of the Sandaime's dispatch of our Hyuga clan."

"Security Department? This is a department that has been closed for a long time..." Xiaochun looked complicated when he went to bed.

Neji nodded and said: "The Hyuga clan wants to block the position of the Security Department, and the Sandaime has signed a consent form. Secondly, this time the enemy's plan was reported to the Hyuga clan in advance, so it was able to avoid the village.

various major losses.”

"The sacrifice of the third generation seems to have been arranged by him. From the beginning, he made a will in advance. Regarding the passing of the next generation, he left it in my hands. When I face the daimyo, I have the right to make proposals."

"proposal……"

Everyone in the audience focused their attention on Ningji.

That day, Neji found the third generation and asked about the secrets of the Hyuga clan files.

Hiruzen's request to Neji was to ask Neji to do more important things when he learned that the village was going through crisis.

That is to pass on the will of fire through this incident. Neji took the initiative to take up the position of Hokage, and Hiruzen also handed it over.

"Is that so? The Hyuga clan inherited the security department of the year and indeed has this strength. This time the Hyuga clan's investigative power and the emergence of the Hizu have indeed made a great contribution. Hiruzen's idea is very practical."

After turning to bed, Xiaochun nodded in affirmation.

The daimyo asked: "So, boy, who is the person you recommend?"

Neji's mouth curled up slightly, revealing a calm smile.
Chapter completed!