Two days later
The entire Konoha Village fell into a frenzied excitent.
After the crowing of the rooster at dawn, people began to leave their houses in the early morning and made their way towards the Hokage Building. As they shuttled through the streets and alleys, the groups of twos and threes beca a steady stream of people.
The laughter of children, the giggling of ladies, the argunts and discussions along with the cries of vendors could be heard, creating a lively and enthusiastic atmosphere.
“What do you think? The Uchiha or the Hyūga? Which one will beco the next Hokage?”
“I think… it should be the Patriarch of the Uchiha Clan.”
“Makes sense… after all, he has the Mangekyou Sharingan!”
“Yes, the Mangekyou Sharingan of the Uchiha Clan is really strong… Others don’t stand a chance!”
“Eh? But didn’t Hyūga Kuroto defeat Uchiha Shisui? He too possesses the Mangekyou Sharingan… but he lost!”
“That is to say, Hyūga Kuroto might not lose.”
“But I feel that his chances are not that high… the one who is more likely to win is Uchiha Fugaku, after all, trickery can only take you so far, in front of absolute power, it can’t help much.”
“It’s a pity, the last round was cancelled, otherwise, we would have been able to see an amazing battle!”
The focus of everyone’s discussion is naturally the next Hokage. Whether Uchiha or Hyūga?
Most of them are ordinary villagers who have no way of obtaining inside information, and they do not understand the ntality of the top-level of Konoha. Therefore, for them, the Uchiha Patriarch–who has a Mangekyou Sharingan–has a higher chance of winning compared to–a mber of the branch family of the Hyūga Clan–Hyūga Kuroto.
Listening to the discussions of the villagers passing through the streets, Uchiha Shin–in charge of maintaining the law and order–grinned happily.
Undoubtedly, the battle between Fugaku and Kakashi has elevated the prestige of the Uchiha Clan, and the villagers have co to realize the power that the Uchiha Clan possesses.
Proud and happy, Shin glanced at the Hokage Rock as his eyes swept past the Shodai, Nidai, Sandai, and Yondai, he muttered with an ecstatic grin, “The Uchiha Clan will finally have a Hokage! Fugaku-sama has really done it!”
At this mont, a large group of shinobis dressed in all black walked through the main street with an imposing aura.
As everyone noticed the arrival of this large group of shinobi, they took two steps back and made way for this group of shinobi, so villagers even went as far as to lower their heads in awe and respect.
“The Uchiha Clan!” soone muttered in the crowd.
That’s right, this group of shinobi is none other than the Uchiha Clan. The one walking at the forefront of the group is Uchiha Fugaku. Carrying a proud fierce smile he made his way towards the Hokage Building.
Beside Fugaku, his wife Uchiha Mikoto, and their three children Itachi, Sasuke and Kiyomi are present. After that Shisui and Shinichi.
Behind Shinichi and Shisui are the other senior shinobi of the Uchiha Clan including Elite Jonins, Jonins, and Special Jonins.
Noting the arrival of his Patriarch and fellow clansn, Shin bowed to Fugaku, “I wish Patriarch the best of luck. The position of Godai Hokage is yours to take.”
Fugaku nodded lightly, “Hmm.”
Feeling the majestic aura exuding from Fugaku, Shin beca more respectful and after another deep bow, he took a step back.
As he saw everyone looking at his father in awe and respect, Sasuke felt happy in his heart, ‘We are indeed the strongest.’ He thought as a proud smile graced his face.
As his tender age, his understanding of what ‘Hokage’ actually ans and signifies is quite superficial, but this does not prevent him from enjoying the way everyone’s awe-inspiring gazes and fearful looks.
‘I must also work harder, I cannot allow Otou-sama’s reputation to be affected because of my lack of ability, he is going to beco Hokage, and as the son of Hokage, I must also beco exceptional.’ thought Sasuke as determination to work harder than anyone else took root in his heart.
Not long after the Uchiha Clan had passed, another large group of shinobis appeared as they made their way towards the Hokage Building. Different from Uchihas black, these were dressed in white that matched the colour of their pupils.
Looking at the incoming ninjas with Byakugan, Shin muttered to himself in annoyance, “Be proud while you can, and enjoy all you can… from tomorrow, I am going to make sure that you guys keep your head bowed in front of Uchiha!”
The ones incoming are the Hyūga s, known for their unique Byakugan Kekkei Genkai.
Walking at the forefront is none other than the Patriarch of the Hyūga Clan, Hyūga Hiashi.
Behind Hiashi are the elders of the main family of the Hyūga Clan. Although they were reluctant to support Kuroto in the Hokage campaign, at Hisashi’s insistence, they had no other choice but to co even if unwillingly. This is the first ti soone from the Hyūga Clan has co so close to becoming Hokage, and Hiashi did not want to miss such an opportunity.
Behind the elders of the main family, Hinata and Hanabi were walking with their caretakers Kō and Natsu.
These four are followed by a group of Elite Jonins, Jonins, and Special Jonins from the branch family of the Hyuga Clan. The one leading the branch family is obviously Hizashi, and walking beside him are his wife and excited Neji.
After Hiruzen and Kuroto reached an agreent, Sandai decided to release Hizashi. After all, Kuroto was about to beco the Godai Hokage, if they continued to detain Hizashi, it wouldn’t look good for the prestige of the new Hokage.
Anyway, as the Hyuga Clan passed by, Shin was surprised, ‘Huh? He did not co?’ There was no sign of Kuroto in the Hyuga group, and this made Shin feel a bit weird.
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Kuroto’s Ho
While arranging Kuroto’s hair, Yui murmured in a worried tone, “Kuroto-kun, do we really need not arrive early? Today is the Vote of Confidence, we can’t be late for such an important thing… what if… what if they start without you, and you lose because we were not there on ti?!”
Obviously, Yui is unaware of the agreent.
Kuroto smiled, “Why are you panicking? The main protagonist always arrives at last! So there is no need to worry, they won’t start without .”
“If you say so.” Muttered Yui.
As Yui looked at Kuroto’s handso face in the mirror, she was dazed for a mont, “Kuroto-kun? Will your face be carved on the Hokage Rock as well?”
“Of course.” Nodded Kuroto with a smile.
To be honest, she is still not used to the fact that Kuroto is one of the two people who are likely to beco Godai Hokage of Konoha. There are tis when she is walking through the streets or going sowhere, and people enthusiastically greet her with respect making her unsure how to react. Everything feels surreal as if a dream, ‘It’s all because of Kuroto-kun. Unexpectedly, you have so far… there was a ti when you couldn’t even defeat , and now you might even defeat the Uchiha Patriarch and beco Hokage…!’
Yui suddenly lowered her head with a foolish smile.
Kuroto asked curiously, “Why are you smiling?”
Yui answered, “I am thinking of choosing the best sculpture in the Shinobi World for sculpting your face on the Hokage Rock.”
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