Naruto's strongest wooden escape

"Jiraiya-sensei is still in the Hokage's office. I don't know what Hokage-sama means by leaving the teacher alone there." Uchiha Matsuri replied.

"The Hokage's office." Sarutobi Yoshihiko said meaningfully.

……

In Hokage's office.

The Third Hokage waited for Uchiha Matsuri and the other three to leave, and asked bluntly: "Jiraiya, after this mission, what do you think of these two little guys, Minato and Matsuri?"

As the outstanding students among the first batch of students after the reopening of the ninja school, Uchiha Matsuri and Namikaze Minato naturally received the focus of the Third Hokage.

Especially since the Third Hokage is approaching the retirement age of 50, the candidates for the Fourth Hokage naturally need more attention.

As a direct student of the Third Hokage, the Sannin are undoubtedly the most promising to inherit the position of the Fourth Hokage.Among the three ninjas, the Third Hokage's favorite is Orochimaru, who is known as the genius.Therefore, at present, Orochimaru is the most likely to inherit the position of the Fourth Hokage.

Secondly, there are Jiraiya and Tsunade-hime.However, due to Jiraiya's loose nature and his love for freedom, Jiraiya would definitely not agree to assume the position of Hokage.As for Tsunade Hime, she has not explicitly objected to being Hokage, but because she specializes in medical treatment, the possibility of Tsunade being nominated by the Third Hokage is not very high.

To sum up, among the three, only Orochimaru has the ability and willingness to succeed as Hokage.And Orochimaru is still in the first line of succession as Hokage's successor.

The second in line to become Hokage's successor falls to the generation of Sannin apprentices.Orochimaru has not accepted a disciple yet (the team's subordinates are not technically disciples), and Tsunade's disciples are basically all medical ninjas. So the only two disciples who have the potential to succeed the Hokage are Jiraiya's two disciples. Namikaze Minato and Uchiha sacrificed.

If you want to ask people like Shimura Danzo and Hatake Sakumo if they also have a chance to succeed Hokage, then you are totally wrong.

Regarding Shimura Danzo, the Third Hokage knew everything about him.Precisely because he knew Danzo Shimura's character very well, the Third Hokage was determined not to pass on the position of the Fourth Hokage to him.

As for Hatake Sakumo, unfortunately, he is not a direct disciple of the Hokage lineage.Looking at the past generations of Hokage, basically they all inherited it as direct disciples of the Hokage lineage.Therefore, it is unlikely that Hatake Sakumo will inherit the position of Hokage.

Seeing the Third Hokage asking about his observations, Jiraiya thought for a while, and then said: "Minato and Matsuri, the two little guys, have no problems with their character. They have a strong team spirit and sense of responsibility. Two Everyone dreams of being Hokage..."

Jiraiya talked about a lot of observations, ranging from character to character.

After listening to Jiraiya's statement, the Third Hokage held his pipe in his mouth and asked: "How are the abilities of these two little guys?"

"Since Minato learned the Flying Thunder God Technique from the Second Generation, his strength has greatly increased, and his ability has surpassed that of ordinary chuunin. It's hard to say what Matsuri's strength is," Jiraiya said.

"Hard to say?" The Third Hokage was slightly surprised.

"Yeah. I always feel that Matsuri didn't use all his skills. From medical ninjutsu, to Yin seal, to the double Magatama Sharingan, Matsuri's strength refreshed my understanding bit by bit. Relying on these three things, Matsuri is enough to compete with ordinary jounin." Jiraiya said slowly.

"Ordinary Jonin..." Hearing this, the Third Hokage said to himself.

As two of the best in the same class, Namikaze Minato has reached a level that surpasses that of Chunin by virtue of the Flying Thunder God Technique.And if the Uchiha Festival can compete with ordinary jounin

If so, then at least in terms of strength, Uchiha Matsuri is already half a step ahead of Namikaze Minato.

After thinking carefully for a while, the Third Hokage suddenly asked: "Jiraiya, who do you think is more suitable for the position of Hokage?"

Hearing the Third Hokage suddenly ask this question, Jiraiya asked in confusion: "Teacher, if we talk about the Fourth Hokage, wouldn't Orochimaru be more in line with your wishes?"

"Orochimaru?"

Hearing Jiraiya's words, the Third Hokage couldn't help but think of Orochimaru's cold eyes more than ten years ago, and then shook his head.

Without answering Jiraiya's question, the Third Hokage just said lightly: "Orochimaru is also under investigation."

Seeing that the Third Hokage did not answer his question directly, Jiraiya immediately said: "If I have to choose one of the two, please forgive me for not being able to make a choice now."

"Oh?" The Third Hokage asked curiously.

"First of all, compared to Matsuri, Minato is more gentle, sunny, and patient. However, Minato's shortcoming is that this child is too kind and may not be able to accept some dark things, and he is slightly inferior to Matsuri in terms of strength."

"Compared to Minato, Matsuri is more rational, has more ideas, and is stronger. The disadvantage is that Matsuri is too uncertain. At the same time, although Matsuri has never been with the Uchiha people since he was a child, he After all, he is still a member of the Uchiha clan."

Jiraiya analyzed rationally.

On Konoha Street.

After bidding farewell to Sarutobi Yoshihiko's class, the three of Class [-] walked aimlessly on the streets of Konoha.

"Minato, what's the matter with you?" Uchiha Matsuri suddenly asked.

"no, what happened?"

"Then let's go to the training ground to spar and learn from each other now." Uchiha Matsuri said with a smile.

"Ah?"

Namikaze Minato looked at Uchiha Matsuri with a black line on his face.

By the way, why did this guy suddenly think of sparring with him?

In stark contrast to Namikaze Minato, Inuzuka E immediately became energetic when he heard that Uchiha Matsuri was going to compete with Namikaze Minato.

"Okay, when will you start? I'll go and watch." Inuzuka Aru excitedly hugged Uchiha Matsuri and Namikaze Minato, with no trace of tiredness on his face.

"Since you have this wish, then I will accompany you to the end." Namikaze Minato said with a smile.

Although he didn't show it, Namikaze Minato had always been brooding over his narrow defeat to Uchiha Matsuri a year ago.Now that the other party took the initiative to ask for a fight, Namikaze Minato readily agreed.

However, just when Uchiha Matsuri and the three were about to walk to the training ground, Inuzuka O suddenly stopped the two who were about to enter.

"What's the matter, E?" Uchiha Matsuri asked.

Seeing Inuzuka E lowering his head and thinking about something, Uchiha Matsuri had a bad feeling in his heart.

"I seem to smell four unfamiliar chakra scents." Inuzuka E said seriously.

"An unfamiliar smell, what is there to be wary of?" Namikaze Minato asked in confusion.

In times of peace, it is quite common for Konoha Village to have several ninjas from other villages.

"In addition to these four strange smells, I seem to have also noticed a very strong smell of blood."