Sarutobi Hiruzen's tone was serious.
Clearly.
The current situation no longer allowed him to think. He had to push Tsunade to the position of Fifth Hokage as soon as possible, and then use the remaining reputation of the Senju clan on Tsunade, as well as the reputation of the medical sage, to temporarily stabilize the situation in the village.
As long as the situation in the village could be temporarily stabilized, he and the others who retired behind the scenes would have time to slowly fight with the Uchiha.
Other things?
Couldn't care less!
"Is this—okay?"
"You have to know that we haven't thought of a way to resolve Nara Shikaku's inquiry letter yet."
"If we directly push for the Fifth Hokage election now, will everyone in the village really accept it?"
Jiraiya looked astonished, obviously disagreeing a little.
There was no helping it.
Too hasty!
Could a Fifth Hokage pushed out like this really gain everyone's recognition?
In response to this.
Hearing these words, Sarutobi Hiruzen shook his head. He just glanced at Jiraiya indifferently, and then said in a very serious tone: "Jiraiya, we can't worry about that anymore."
"Although it's a bit unfair to Tsunade, we can only guarantee that the process goes smoothly at most."
"As for whether everyone in the village is convinced, that is not something we can think about."
"But, it doesn't matter!"
"As long as Tsunade can sit in the position of Fifth Hokage, this old man has ways to convince those guys, and even truly acknowledge the legitimacy of Tsunade as Hokage!"
When saying these words, Sarutobi Hiruzen's face was full of certainty and determination.
Yes!
In regard to this kind of thing, he really had a say.
Because when he became the Third Hokage back then, the situation he faced was actually even crueler than now.
At that time, the Senju clan did not recognize him, the Uchiha caused trouble everywhere, and the major ninja clans watched the show...
Perhaps Uzumaki Mito did help him a little back then, but in fact, the help to him was not great. Essentially, he was able to sit firmly in the position of Third Hokage back then entirely relying on the concerted cooperation of their Konoha F4!
He could sit firmly back then, and he could help Tsunade sit firmly now.
"Is that so? Understood."
"I'll go find the Hokage immediately. Leave the rest to you, old man."
"Farewell!"
After speaking.
Jiraiya sighed, and then prepared to leave.
Yes!
Although he also felt a little sorry for Tsunade, after all, in his original thoughts, he actually didn't mean to screw Tsunade. Even if he let Tsunade sit in the position of Hokage, it would be like the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato, a Hokage truly recognized by everyone.
But, there was no helping it.
The situation changed too fast, leaving him overwhelmed.
The original idea definitely couldn't be achieved, but in his opinion, Tsunade would definitely accept it. After all, everyone wanted the village to get better.
Perhaps it would wrong Tsunade a little, but for the village of her two grandfathers, Jiraiya didn't think Tsunade would refuse.
However.
Just as Jiraiya was about to leave, an Anbu knocked on the door and entered in a panic.
"Hokage-sama, Jiraiya-sama!"
"Our Anbu monitoring the Uchiha reported seeing Tsunade-sama going to the Uchiha."
Hiss!
With his words, the two present gasped.
Both of them were dumbfounded.
Their faces instantly turned pale, and their bodies couldn't help but tremble.
What the hell?
Tsunade joined the Uchiha?
This joke was not funny at all!
Especially Jiraiya was more direct, grabbing the Anbu directly: "You're joking, right?"
"Jiraiya-sama, I..." The Anbu trembled a little, but still spoke: "I dare not joke about such things!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen fell into silence.
Clearly.
At this moment, he couldn't care about the Anbu in front of him. His mind went blank, and for a moment, he didn't know what to say.
On the other side.
Jiraiya stared at the Anbu deadly, and only let go after a long time. The Anbu ran away without saying a word.
There was no helping it!
Jiraiya and Sarutobi Hiruzen were too scary at this time, especially Jiraiya's gaze, which simply looked like he wanted to kill him.
Especially considering today's suppression methods at the Hokage Building, a chill instantly surged through him.
To be honest...
If not for the Uchiha looking down on people and being like a block of ice, he would have defected to the Uchiha long ago!
Yes.
Unlike the major ninja clans who defected to the Uchiha before, people like them from civilian backgrounds didn't know much and didn't understand the true temperament of the Uchiha, directly taking the propaganda of the Konoha higher-ups as true.
Therefore.
Even if he was threatened by Jiraiya like this, he couldn't make up his mind completely.
On the other side.
The two people in the Hokage's office didn't know the Anbu's thoughts.
At this moment, both of them were dumbfounded on the spot, and even Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't know what to do.
What to do?
Almost all of Sarutobi Hiruzen's plans relied on Tsunade alone.
Now Tsunade went directly to the Uchiha, which made his plan fail instantly. However, he also knew very well in his heart that now was not the time to dwell on this matter, but how to settle everything in the fastest way.
So.
After taking a deep breath, his tone became quite cold: "Jiraiya, you become the Hokage."
"What? Me?" Jiraiya shook his head immediately: "No, absolutely not!"
"I'm not cut out to be Hokage; how could I possibly do such a thing?"
"No, really no!"
"..."
He refused this matter directly without even considering it.
Are you kidding?
If he really became the Hokage of Konoha, would he still have time to find the savior?
Besides.
He was a prodigal son. Letting him sit in the Hokage's office every day?
Hehe, forget it.
At this moment, he couldn't be bothered to think about the situation in the village. His first thought was to completely push this matter away. After all, compared to the savior saving the entire ninja world, the chaos in Konoha in front of him was actually barely acceptable.
After all...
As long as he could find the savior, the entire ninja world would be saved, and Konoha would definitely be completely restored to stability by then.
But, unfortunately.
Sarutobi Hiruzen was not so easily fooled. In the past, regarding Jiraiya's various refusals, since he wasn't completely forced into a desperate situation, he naturally had no interest in forcing Jiraiya excessively.
Now, it was different!
If the Uchiha were really allowed to ascend to the position of Hokage, they would definitely liquidate him and the others.
Therefore, at this time, Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately showed his boldness as a ninja hero and issued a death order without saying a word.
"Jiraiya, I am not discussing with you!"
"If you are unwilling to accept the position of Hokage, then I will immediately list you as a Konoha S-rank rogue ninja."
"You should know very well that your actions are actually no different from a rogue ninja."
"After all, whose ninja would wander in the ninja world for a long time?"
"You have no choice!"
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