Voting for the five major Hokage elections has officially begun.

The Shimura family and the Root are tied to Danzo, so naturally there was no hesitation and they gave the ticket directly to Danzo.

Danzo's votes mainly came from the Root. Although the Shimura family benefited from Danzo's power, Danzo really did not do any substantial training for the family.

Unlike Sarutobi Hiruzen, Danzo attached more importance to the Root. All the money he collected from Konoha was invested in the construction of the Root and the training of Root ninjas.

Once a ninja joins the Root, it can be said that he is completely cut off from his original family, and there will not even be a record of him in the household registration.

The Root ninjas naturally would not appear in the Jonin Conference, but they could appear at the conference as ANBU. In order to become Hokage, Danzo brought all the Jonin hidden in the Root who could be brought here this time.

Just to be able to succeed the fifth generation.

After seeing the last Root member who was able to arrive finish voting, Danzo immediately looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen, hoping that Sarutobi Hiruzen would give him the vote.

Danzo was also clear about Sarutobi Hiruzen's idea. Didn't he just want to pass the position of Hokage to Sarutobi Asuma?

Danzo was not against Sarutobi Hiruzen passing the title of Hokage to Sarutobi Asuma, but the prerequisite was that Sarutobi Asuma could not take the position before him, Danzo, and he must also be qualified to become Hokage.

Therefore, Danzo winked at Sarutobi Hiruzen at this time, expressing that as long as Sarutobi Hiruzen let him take the position, he would let Sarutobi Asuma become the sixth Hokage.

Danzo and Sarutobi Hiruzen have worked together for many years. Although he cannot guess everything with just a glance, he can understand about 70% of the other person's intentions.

"Huruzen you!" Danzo's face turned ugly.

Sarutobi Hiruzen clearly understood what he meant, but Sarutobi Hiruzen asked the people of the Sarutobi family to vote for Hatake Kakashi.

This scene made Danzo furious: "What does Hiruzen mean by this?"

The next moment, he cast a meaningful look at Sarutobi Hiruzen. He understood very well that Sarutobi Hiruzen did not want to give up power and wanted to continue using the tactics from the time of the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze.

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Utane Koharu and Mito Kado En have always been inseparable, and the alliance between them is even closer than that between Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo.

Utane Koharu (→_→) (←_←) Mitomon En.

Utatane Koharu: Who?

Mitokado En: Jiraiya!
Utatane Koharu: Hiruzen and Danzo have made their choice and can no longer vote for Jiraiya.

Mitomon En: Then who should we vote for?

Koharu Utatane: I vote for Kakashi Hatake, and you vote for Danzo.

Mitomon: Good! Bet on both sides.

The next moment, Mito Kado En and Utane Koharu arranged for their tribesmen to vote. Their behavior made Hiruzen and Danzo very angry, but they could not really blame them for anything.

This is the best choice for Utane Koharu and Mitokado En.

Jiraiya's personality tends to be sunny. Even if he is lucky enough to become the fifth generation this time, he will definitely not settle accounts with them.

But if you don't vote for Kakashi and Danzo, you will really be hated.

Mitokado En and Utane Koharu have always stood together, and their behavior will naturally make Danzo and Hiruzen understand that they are not unwilling to take sides.

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Aburame, Nara, Akimichi, Inuzuka, Yamanaka!
The five major ninja families of Konoha also cast their votes for Jiraiya at this time.

The civilian ninjas were also discussing who to vote for.

The members of the Fourth Hokage's Shadow Guard were also discussing the matter at this time.

Deyiwashi: “Who do we support?”

They said in a similar tone: "The one who has the best relationship with us is Kakashi, but I'm afraid Kakashi's situation is not going to be good."

Genma Shiranui: "Let's vote for Danzo!" His two teammates were stunned and didn't understand why Genma Shiranui made such a choice.

Shiranui Genma: "Even if we don't vote for Jiraiya-sama and Kakashi, it won't be a big problem. But if we don't vote for Danzo, we will really be hated."

Similar discussions were also taking place among other civilian ninjas.

The election of such a big figure is a matter of life and death for them. Once they choose the wrong side, their life may be gone.

There is no fool who can become a jonin.

Even Might Guy is not an idiot. He just doesn't want to think about it, but that doesn't mean he doesn't understand.

These civilian ninjas only thought about it briefly and immediately cast their votes. No civilian ninja kept their vote until the end.

Because their strength is too weak, they are not qualified to stand in the last team.

After the civilian ninjas cast their votes, Jiraiya, Danzo, and Kakashi had roughly the same votes.

then,

Everyone turned their eyes to the Uchiha and Hyuga clans who had not yet voted.

Hyuga Hiashi had a blank expression on his face, sitting like a statue, with no intention of moving at all. He did not express that the Hyuga clan would not take any action either.

Yamanaka Inoichi and the others saw the scene and started discussing it.

Akimichi Choza asked anxiously, "What will the Hinata and Uchiha choose?"

Inuzuka Tale nodded and said, "Yes! Their election will determine our future!"

Nara Shikaku said confidently: "Hinata Hiashi's brother was forced to death by the Third Hokage and Danzo. The only person he could choose was Jiraiya. He must have understood that if he wanted to end the rule of the Third Hokage and Danzo, he had to vote for Jiraiya."

Aburame Shiwei agreed, "Indeed. With Hiashi's wisdom, he can definitely understand these things."

Nara Shikaku added: "The Uchiha clan was massacred by Danzo and his men not long ago. The Third Hokage even led his men to attack the Uchiha clan. The only one who can vote among them now is Jiraiya."

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Sarutobi Hiruzen's gaze shifted back and forth between the Uchiha and Hyuga clans, thinking to himself, "The Uchiha clan will definitely not vote for me, but they will not vote for Danzo either."

"It seems that Jiraiya will be the Hokage this time!" Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed inwardly.

However, he was not too disappointed with the ending.

Jiraiya's ascension to the position only makes it a little more difficult for Asuma Sarutobi to become Hokage, but it does not mean there is no chance.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was also thinking in his heart at this time: "Jiraiya's promotion will give me some free time to improve Asuma's strength."

Thinking of this, Sarutobi Hiruzen felt helpless. Sarutobi Asuma was too rebellious. He did not even learn his summoning technique, nor did he learn the Sarutobi family's ninjutsu well. His strength was just average among the senior ninjas.

Just as the Third Hokage began planning his retirement life, the members of the Uchiha family gave their tickets to Danzo one by one with expressionless faces.

"Fuck! What are these Uchiha lunatics thinking?"

"Are they really so cheap that the more they are beaten, the more they obey you?"

This scene shocked all the ninjas present. The smile on Danzo's face was harder to suppress than AK's. All his previous prejudices against Uchiha disappeared, and he looked as kind as if he had seen a relative.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's face was serious and his eyes were full of suspicion.

The people from the five major families, including Nara Shikaku, looked as if the sky had fallen.

PS: Failed to adjust the work and rest schedule! (End of this chapter)