Chapter 180 Give Qing some Incentives as an “Old Employee”!

Asuma nodded. ₆₉ₛₕᵤₓ.cₒₘ

Asuma should be sad that his brother lost an arm, but for some reason, he felt very calm when he heard the news.

And in his mind, he couldn't help but recall the contempt in Kakashi's eyes when he looked at him.

"Did you feel that I was unfair to you and Shinnosuke before?"

"I gave Shinnosuke more resources."

"You are younger than Shinnosuke."

"The time and energy I spent on training you are far less than Shinnosuke."

"It is unfair to compare you with Shinnosuke."

"If you are given the same conditions, you will not be worse than Shinnosuke?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen said: "Then, now I will give you this opportunity."

"I have chosen to retire from the position of Hokage. From now on, I will have more time to spend on family and family affairs. I will do my best to train you."

"I hope you won't let me down."

Sarutobi Hiruzen thought that Asuma would be excited after he said this.

To Sarutobi Hiruzen's surprise, Asuma didn't have any expression change, and was even distracted.

"Asuma?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen's tone changed, and Asuma came back to his senses.

"Yes, father."

Sarutobi Hiruzen frowned slightly and waved his hand.

"You go down first."

Asuma left.

If Sarutobi Hiruzen made such a decision before leaving Konoha, Asuma would be really excited and would try his best to prove himself and prove to everyone that he is no worse than Sarutobi Shinnosuke.

But now, Asuma's thoughts have changed.

"When my elder brother was here, he despised me."

"Now that my elder brother is no longer able to do so, he thinks of me again?"

"But why should I do as you wish?"

Asuma hates his identity and his origin.

And whether it is his identity or his origin, it was brought by Sarutobi Hiruzen.

In other words, what Asuma hates is actually Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Whatever Sarutobi Hiruzen wants, Asuma just doesn't want him to get what he wants.

It's like the unfavored youngest child in countless two-child families, fighting against his parents.

Sarutobi Hiruzen took a deep look at Asuma's back as he left.

"Asuma, don't let me down."

"I stepped down from the position of Hokage ahead of time for you. Otherwise, I should have waited until the end of the war, which would have been a more appropriate time."

"Just so that I could have time to train you up."

"I hope you won't let me down."

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked towards the Hokage building again.

"Minato is still young. Even if he succeeds, there are still many things that need my attention."

"Take your time. Don't rush to make a complete transition."

"The village is in the middle of a war now, but the situation is under control."

The news of the change of Hokage was sudden.

Sarutobi Hiruzen announced it directly.

There was no election.

There was no voting.

It can be said that it was entirely decided by Sarutobi Hiruzen alone.

When the news came out, Namikaze Minato's supporters were naturally overjoyed.

However, Orochimaru was very surprised.

When Orochimaru got the news, he was stunned for a long time.

It has been a long time since Orochimaru lost his composure like this. Even when he was defeated by the Fugu Demon and others, Orochimaru never did so. He was just reviewing the situation in his mind.

"Sarutobi teacher..."

"So, from the beginning, I didn't even have the slightest hope of becoming Hokage?"

Orochimaru fell into autism.

It was like a fair competition, but the other party took the back door without honoring the martial arts ethics.

After hearing this news, Orochimaru suddenly felt that his hard work in finding the Bamboo Cat and trying to get information about the Hidden Mist Village, Zanpakuto, and forgers from the Bamboo Cat seemed unimportant.

For a moment, Orochimaru was a little bored.

It was like he suddenly lost his life goal.

But Orochimaru's life goal is not just one.

In addition to becoming Hokage, the longevity experiment... is also an idea that Orochimaru decided a long time ago.

When there is no hope of becoming Hokage, Orochimaru will inevitably focus more energy on this aspect.

Shimura Danzo is also in a bad mood.

Danzo was happy to see Orochimaru take the throne.

The two of them could not be said to have a good relationship, but in some aspects, they had the same views.

Moreover, the two of them had a cooperative relationship.

Once Orochimaru took the throne, it meant that Danzo could gain more power and status.

"What is Hiruzen doing?"

A simple ceremony for the succession of the Hokage was held in Konoha, similar to the succession of Yagura in the Hidden Mist Village.

After all, it was a war period.

There was not so much time and resources to make a big fuss.

But the difference was that Konoha had the custom of carving the Hokage's head on the Hokage Rock. When Sarutobi Hiruzen made the decision, craftsmen had already climbed up the Hokage Rock and started to work.

The Hidden Mist Village did not have that.

"Hokage-sama."

At night, after a busy day, Minato Namikaze returned home.

Uzumaki Kushina was doing the work of a qualified wife.

Came to the door in advance to greet.

Smiled.

Handed over a change of wooden clogs.

"Kushina."

Namikaze Minato showed a gentle smile.

"Thanks for your hard work."

"No, it's you Minato who's doing the hard work. Hokage's job is very busy, right?"

Namikaze Minato nodded.

"It's really busy."

"But, the Third Generation is helping me, so it's okay. However, once I get familiar with the job, the Third Generation will not spend so much time in the Hokage Building."

Uzumaki Kushina asked again.

"Without you Minato on the battlefield, won't there be a shortage of manpower?"

Namikaze Minato replied.

"No, now the conflict between Iwagakure and Kumogakure has become intense again, so now we only have one main opponent in Konoha, namely Kirigakure."

"Jiraiya-sensei, Danzo-senpai, and Orochimaru-senpai can all go to the battlefield to face the Kirigakure ninjas."

"If the three of them attack at the same time and attack suddenly, without the intervention of other ninja villages, they will have a chance to completely defeat the army of Kirigakure Village."

"That way, maybe we can end the war."

It's too difficult to get to Kirigakure Village.

The terrain of Kirigakure Village is so special.

Even high-level ninjas can ignore environmental factors and still have extremely strong strength.

But low-level ninjas can't do it at all.

Among the army, the largest number of ninjas were chunin and below.

Namikaze Minato knew that both Jiraiya and Orochimaru were very strong.

However, no matter how strong they are, they are only two people.

The Third Raikage, who was known as the most powerful Raikage in Kumogakure Village, was still defeated by Iwagakure Village's human sea tactics.

In addition, the location of Kirigakure Village is not only difficult to get past.

And it's surrounded by the sea.

This is the environment where the ninjas of Kirigakure Village are best suited to perform.

Water is inexhaustible.

For some high-level water escape ninjas, there is no need to turn chakra into water, but just take it directly from the side.

Once they dive underwater, it's hard for Konoha's ninjas to do anything against the Kirigakure ninjas.

"I hope the war will end soon."

The bright moon hangs high.

Namikaze Minato leaned against the bedside and looked out the window, and some scenes from that year could not help but appear in his mind.

"Kushina, do you remember when I told you, do you want to become Hokage?"

"I did it for you."

Namikaze Minato looked back at Uzumaki Kushina.

The long fiery red hair flows on the off-white quilt.

Against the backdrop of the moonlight, it looks even more vivid.

Uzumaki Kushina showed a slight smile.

"I did it too."

"Um?"

Namikaze Minato was stunned for a moment.

"What I said back then was that I was going to be the Hokage's woman. Now Minato, you are the Hokage and I am your wife. Naturally, I am the Hokage's woman. Isn't this right?"

"Yeah."

…

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"Mr. Buchou, the people arranged by Mizukage-sama have arrived at the safe house. There are twelve people in total."

Osamu Uehara nodded.

"Okay, I'll go there now."

Osamu Uehara took out the Evil King Flame Killing Sword.

Kaguya Izumi followed Uehara Shu.

Qing didn't come.

Now that the above-mentioned original cultivators are strong enough, they don't actually need Qing's protection anymore.

Ao is good at sensing ninjutsu and has Byakugan.

Now Ao still patrols the forging island with his Byakugan regularly every day, but there are other members of the guard who are good at sensing ninjutsu.

Moreover, Ao also needs to be responsible for monitoring Yagura.

In this case, Qing's work is divided into two parts.

One part is patrolling the Forge Island.

Another part is to monitor Yagura.

At this time, Qing was doing this part of the work.

Osamu Uehara's combat strength is already superior to Ao's.

The two walked into the contract hut.

"Spring water, let them come in one after another."

"Yes, Sir Minister."

A young man walked in.

"Mr. Minister."

When the young man saw Osamu Uehara, he quickly saluted.

Uehara Shu nodded slightly.

"Hold the sword hilt."

"yes."

The young man stretched out his hand and grasped the hilt of the Evil King's Flame Killing Sword.

A burst of chakra surged into the past.

Just at this time.

The young man felt a sharp burning pain in his hand and subconsciously let go of his hand.

The Evil King's Flame Killing Sword fell on the table.

A low vibration came from the Evil King's Flame Killing Sword.

Osamu Uehara glanced at it.

The current Evil King Flame Killing Sword looks like a person getting angry after being violated.

"Sorry, you can go out now."

"Yes, Sir Minister."

A look of loneliness appeared on the young man's face and he left.

The second, the third...

Within a few minutes, all twelve candidates had tried.

Except for the twelfth person, all the others had their hands flicked away the moment they grasped the Evil King's Flame Killing Sword.

Only the twelfth person is not like this.

Instead, he was able to hold the Evil King's Flame Killing Sword.

However, the voice that appeared in Uehara Osamu's mind was only qualified.

But just being qualified, in Uehara Shu's view, is not enough.

"Unfortunately."

The twelfth person left disappointed.

Osamu Uehara was also a little disappointed.

"If I were in Konoha, it would be much easier to find a match for the Evil King's Flame Killing Sword."

"I have to admit that Konoha has more talents than Kirigakure Village."

"But, I am from Kirigakure Village."

"This determines that I must stand on the opposite side of Konoha."

"Even if I say that I am willing to join Konoha, Konoha will never give me true trust."

"Uchiha Sasuke in the original plot was born in Konoha, and then made some mistakes. However, Uchiha Sasuke made a huge contribution to saving the ninja world and saving Konoha."

"However, Uchiha Sasuke still does not have the trust of most people in Konoha."

"It's more fear and fear than respect."

"As an outsider, let alone me."

Osamu Uehara looked at the Evil King Flame Killing Sword on the table.

[Evil King's Flame Killing Sword. 】

[Type: long sword. 】

[Quality: perfect. 】

[Ability: Evil King's Flame - With Feiying's demon power seeds as an energy source, he can use the Evil King's Flame that far exceeds ordinary flames and is extremely destructive. 】

[Note: According to the third rule of the blacksmith, the power of this ninja tool cannot act on the forger. 】

"Ding-deng-deng!"

There was a sound of footsteps.

Then, there was a knock on the door.

"Enter!"

A figure walked in.

Fire red hair.

A dark blue combat uniform.

Looks very capable.

Full of youthful and lively atmosphere.

"Miss Ming?"

"I met Director Uehara. Sorry, I'm late. When I received the order from Lord Mizukage, I was still on the mission."

Terumi Mei's name was not on the list.

This means that Terumi Mei came from behind and was arranged by Yagura.

Terumi Mei doesn't use fire escape very much, but she does possess fire attribute chakra.

In addition, the fire escape talent should be okay.

After all, Terumi Mei's Boiling Blood Sequence Kaikai is the fusion of water and fire.

Attributes that can form the limit of blood inheritance, single attribute talents, not too bad.

"It's okay, it's okay, they just left not long ago."

Osamu Uehara pointed to the Evil King Flame Killing Sword on the table.

"This is the new Zanpakutō I made. It's called the Evil King Flame Sword. You can just hold the hilt and input chakra."

Terumi Mei nodded.

[The appearance of a contractor who is suitable for the Evil King's Flame Killing Sword has been detected. (Feiying's recognition level: lower, attribute compatibility level: middle to upper) Overall compatibility level: qualified. Do you want to guide the contract? 】

Judging from the attributes, Terumi Mei can indeed bring out the ability of the Evil King's Flame Killing Sword.

But Feiying's recognition is a bit low.

This resulted in, taken together, only a qualified performance.

"Boss Uehara, does Evil King Flame Sword approve of me?"

Terumi Mei held the Evil King's Flame Killing Sword in her hand, which felt a little strange.

Holding this ninja sword in his hand, Terumi Mei felt that he was not holding any ninja sword.

It's like holding a living thing.

It's like having life.

Osamu Uehara shook his head.

"Unfortunately."

"All right."

Terumi Mei let go of her hand.

They are all qualified, Terumi Mei is a better choice than the ninja just now.

Because Terumi Mei is stronger and can better bring out the ability of the Evil King's Flame Killing Sword.

However, in Shu Uehara's view, compared to the Evil King Flame Sword, among the ninja swords he will build in the future, it is very likely that there will be one more suitable for Terumi Mei.

Terumi Mei left.

Osamu Uehara returned to the forging room with the Evil King Flame Killing Sword.

Just in time, Ao completed today's work of monitoring Yagura and returned to the forging island.

"Senior Qing, why don't you give it a try?"

Osamu Uehara feels that it is not completely impossible for Qingzhi to use the Evil King's Flame Killing Sword.

After all, there are similarities between Ao's transplanted white eye and Hiei's transplanted evil eye.

Qing hesitated and asked.

"Xiu, none of the people Mr. Mizukage arranged to come here were recognized by the Evil King's Flame Sword?"

"nothing."

"Then I'll try."

Ao took the Evil King Flame Killing Sword from Shu Uehara.

[The appearance of a contractor who is suitable for the Evil King's Flame Killing Sword has been detected. (Feiying's approval level: upper-middle, attribute compatibility: middle-lower) Overall compatibility: qualified. Do you want to guide the contract? 】

Uehara Osamu's heart moved.

"It's just qualified..."

"However, there may be no qualified candidates in the entire Kirigakure Village."

"Among the three qualified candidates, Senior Qing may still be the most suitable choice."

The first qualified ninja, Osamu Uehara felt that that ninja was not worthy of the Evil King's Flame Killing Sword.

The second is Terumi Mei. Osamu Uehara feels that there will be a more suitable choice for Terumi Mei.

As for Qing.

The compatibility with the Evil King's Flame Killing Sword is not very high.

However, he is definitely better able to bring out the ability of the Evil King's Flame Killing Sword than the first qualified ninja.

Moreover, Qingsui has been with Yuan Xiu for a long time.

Osamu Uehara knew that Ao longed to own a Zanpakutō.

"Just give it to Senior Qing."

"The qualified degree of contract can be upgraded to a good level through the blessing of yellow drawings."

"Even if it is, I'll give Senior Qing, who has been following me for a long time, a little encouragement."

Uehara Osamu thought silently in his mind.

"guide!"