I, Yu Uchiha, am devoted to cultivating immortality

The second-generation Hokage Uchiha Madara returned to Konoha Village. After more than two months of negotiations, he reached a package cooperation agreement with the miko of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

The two sides redetermined the borders of the Ghost Country, gave up part of the land to the east, and obtained some land from the Earth Country in the north and the Bear Country in the south.

Overall, it was Konoha Village that received more land, and it was fertile land of better quality.

As compensation, the Kingdom of Demons can maintain its independent political power and receive full support from the Leaf Village when a monster disaster breaks out.

Both the witches and the priests expressed their indifference to the large tracts of land being cut off.

As a theocratic regime centered on witches, these magicians have extremely poor governance capabilities. They are simply unable to effectively rule the Kingdom of Ghosts. They rely solely on the habit of belief to maintain the stability of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

What's more, Uchiha Madara promised not to change the beliefs of believers, nor to prohibit the priestess from entering Konoha's land to preach.

For the magicians, they have not lost anything at all. Instead, they have expanded the scope of spreading their faith. In fact, they have made a lot of money.

In short, a transaction in which both parties feel they have made a profit will not have any twists and turns.

But the second generation Hokage Uchiha Madara, his reputation is too scary, how can ordinary miko and priests dare to let him see miko?

Therefore, during the two months of negotiation, the miko and the priests spent the first 58 days making ink marks. Through meaningless ink marks, they confirmed that Uchiha Madara would not hurt anyone casually, and then they were relieved to let the miko come forward to talk to Madara about the topic.

Miko Umiyuki is already very old, with obvious wrinkles on her face and gray hair. However, her strength and courage are worthy of being the leader of a country, and she does not fall behind in the face of Uchiha Madara.

What's rare is that Uchiha Madara also respects her very much. He talks harmoniously and patiently with the miko about specific conditions. He explains patiently throughout the whole process and clearly explains the advantages of both parties.

So the negotiations went very smoothly. Detailed conditions were determined in one day, detailed boundary drawing was determined in another day, and the treaty was signed in ten minutes.

With the signing of the border treaty between the Kingdom of Oni and Konoha, the unified regime of Konoha has solved all border issues. If there are no accidents, there will be no war for a long time.

The moment the signature was completed, Uchiha Madara suddenly felt very satisfied. He had truly brought peace to the ninja world, and his dream had come true.

After returning to Konoha Village, Uchiha Madara's first words after seeing Senju Hashirama and time traveler Hashirama were: "I brought peace to the ninja world, and my dream came true."

Without waiting for the two Hashiramas to congratulate him, he spoke again: "I want to step down as Hokage and allow the third Hokage to step onto the stage of history."

Senju Hashirama's smile solidified on his face: "Huh?"

The time traveler Hashirama was dumbfounded for half a second, and then he understood Uchiha Madara's meaning from the [System] prompt: "It's great that you can understand, but isn't it a bit too early for young people to carry it out so quickly? Isn’t it a little too hasty to take on such a heavy responsibility?”

Uchiha Madara laughed and said: "It's not early at all. When we become clan leaders, won't we be very old?"

"Isn't the key to experience?"

"With enough experience, a 20-year-old can take charge of Konoha, but without enough experience, even a 50-year-old may be an incompetent waste."

The time traveler Hashirama nodded repeatedly: "You're right, Madara, you are really amazing."

Senju Hashirama scratched his hair with both hands: "Wait, you two, just wait!"

"Explain it to me clearly, I don't understand what you are talking about!"

Uchiha Madara was ecstatic in his heart, but he sighed deliberately on his face and said in a condescending manner: "Hashirama, you are more reliable when you grow up. You are too childish now."

The time traveler Hashirama looked at his [System] prompt, wiped his sweat guiltily, and half-hidden the explanation proactively: "Now that the big thing has been completed, peace has arrived in the ninja world, so Madara wants to change the Hokage for the second time. Set the rules for the future succession of Hokage."

Senju Hashirama was even more confused when he heard this: "No, please explain clearly! What does the peace of the ninja world have to do with the Hokage? Why do we need to change the Hokage?"

Uchiha Madara seemed to have a headache when he saw Senju Hashirama. He covered his forehead with his hands and sighed: "Because Konoha unified the ninja world, released the nine tailed beasts, and eliminated all medium-sized ninjas." Village, there is no one in the ninja world who can challenge the Leaf Village."

"In other words, Konoha Village has enough power to protect the continuation of peace, unless... Konoha Village itself is in civil strife."

Uchiha Madara said with an extremely serious expression: "The person most likely to have problems in Konoha Village is the person with the greatest power in Konoha Village - Naruto."

"The time when Hokage is most likely to have problems is when the power is transferred between two generations of Hokage."

"If we cannot establish unshakable rules for the succession of Hokage, there will definitely be fierce internal fighting around the competition for Hokage in the future..."

The time traveler Hashirama sighed: "In the most serious case, it may develop into a civil war in Konoha Village."

Uchiha Madara also sighed: "Konoha Village has unified the ninja world, and the civil war in Konoha is the war in the ninja world."

"We have worked hard for nearly 30 years and finally eliminated the source of the war, but we have also inadvertently concentrated the possibility of war within Konoha Village."

"Therefore, we must make plans for the replacement of Hokage and set unshakable rules."

The time traveler Hashirama nodded and said: "This rule is to protect peace and protect Konoha Village from civil war, so sacrifices must be made."

"I would rather endure the best ninja who could not serve as Hokage for ten years, then regretfully abdicate and be replaced, than let him be corrupted by power in the position of Hokage, and eventually become the biggest scourge of Konoha Village. "

Of course he was thinking of Hiruzen Sarutobi. This monkey was still a disciple of Senju Tobirama, and he was still a warm-hearted middle-aged jounin. He could not see the decay and depravity that he later had.

But Tobirama personally went to the future and saw what kind of power-hungry and corrupt old politician the third generation of Hokage in the original history turned into.

After the decay, the old politician Sarutobi Hiruzen is no longer Hokage. His first priority is whether his power is threatened, and secondly, how the Sarutobi family can continue to be in power.

The decadent Third Hokage will naturally gather those who chase the odor. Danzo Shimura, Koharu Kadeni, and Kadoru Mito, all of whom have similar odors, form the most disgusting Third Hokage group.

Among this group, Shimura Danzo was the worst. His unscrupulous evil deeds forced the young elites of Konoha Village to find no place in the village.

The young Kage-level ninjas headed by Hatake Shigesaku either fell into infighting or ran away because they couldn't bear the darkness, and even had to leave in the name of treason.

However, this group is extremely cowardly to the outside world, especially when facing the rogue Fourth Raikage, they retreat step by step. As long as the core interests of the four people are not touched, they can sacrifice innocent Konoha ninjas without any scruples. .

He even called it euphemistically: For Konoha, this is the spirit of fire.

Under the perverse rule of the decadent Third Hokage Group, Konoha Village was almost on the verge of destruction.

And not just once.

If two children of destiny hadn't emerged out of nowhere, and the Fourth Ninja World War had forced the ninja world to be oppressed by powerful enemies and forced to unite to fight against the outside world, I'm afraid the outcome of the war would have been that Kumogakure Village would become the strongest ninja village.

The ending of Konoha Village is self-evident. Even if the Lion King who rules the prairie abdicates, there will be bloodshed, not to mention the strongest handover in the ninja world.

The only outcome for Konoha Village is bound to be a river of blood, and the entire Fire Country will be torn apart and become the food of the four great ninja villages.

Even weak chickens like Sand Hidden Village and Kirigakure Village will never retreat even half a step. They will break the head and tear Konoha's body with all their strength. How fat and fat it is.

But if you really want to say that Sarutobi Hiruzen is not good, you really can't say that.

At least in the current Konoha Village, you really can't find a better ninja than him.

This is not to say that among Konoha ninjas under the age of thirty, Sarutobi Hiruzen is the strongest.

In terms of strength alone, there are three stronger young ninjas in the Uchiha clan. They fought bravely in the unification war, and finally awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, becoming the strongest among the Kage-level ninjas.

Although the Senju clan changed their names on a large scale, new powerful ninjas also emerged.

The Uzumaki clan that had just merged into Konoha Village also had powerful sealed ninjas emerging, who could even completely crush Sarutobi Hiruzen.

If the scope of screening is further expanded, the former Sunagakure, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure ninjas that were merged will also have outstanding and powerful ninjas.

However, Hashirama Senju became the first Hokage, and Madara Uchiha became the second Hokage. In order for the Hokage inheritance to proceed in an orderly manner in the future, the third Hokage must not emerge from these two ninja clans.

It would take at least two generations of Hokage to consider it.

The three ninjas of the former Ninja Village were the strongest, but after all, they still have the mark of the former Ninja Village in their hearts. Whether it is themselves or the ninjas of Konoha Village, it is inevitable that they will have some psychological knots.

Although the four major countries have only existed for ten years, ordinary people are not familiar with the concept of country, and have not experienced any major disasters. They have united bravely under the national flag, so they have no patriotism at all.

But the four major ninja villages are different. In the past ten years, the ninjas have broken the restrictions of their families to form teams and constantly perform dangerous tasks. They really have the concept of ninja villages.

It is said that men's friendship needs a foundation, and a relationship requires experience, such as serving in the army together, going to school together, sharing stolen goods together, and doing things together.

Not to mention that when these ninjas go through a life-and-death crisis, the person who tests their relationship is likely to be the Konoha ninja. The two parties may even have seen blood and have a life-or-death hatred between them.

At least until this generation dies and the next generation of ninjas become the main force of the village, it is impossible for the ninjas from the three major ninja villages to serve as Hokage.

The Uzumaki clan is actually even more disadvantaged.

This group of sealing madmen were not only from other villages, but also relatives of the first Hokage, but they were aloof and cold-blooded before joining the Leaf Village at the last minute, which was very unpopular with the original Konoha ninjas.

Moreover, the ninja world is already at peace, and there is no way to use the reason of wartime selection to convince everyone to accept Uchiha Madara as the second generation Hokage, to select a truly powerful ninja.

Without a fatal threat, the ninja could not ignore their psychological discomfort.

After comprehensive consideration, the third generation Hokage has a very small range of choices, and can only choose from the ninjas from the early days of Konoha Village.

Within this narrow range, including comprehensive strength, interpersonal relationships, mentality, sense of responsibility, reputation and other conditions, Sarutobi Hiruzen is indeed the best ninja.

In other words, Hiruzen Sarutobi is really the best candidate for the Third Hokage, bar none.

Mito Katobu is a petty person. Although he is better than a scammer like Shimura Danzo, he lacks basic responsibility and easily shrinks from trouble. He is completely unsuitable for the position of Hokage.

Sleeping in Xiaochun, no, no, no.

Akimichi Torifu is a member of the Inarakacho. He is accustomed to listening to the advice of the Nara clan and accepting the decisions of the Yamanaka clan. This habit is a fatal flaw.

If Akimichi Tōfū becomes the third Hokage, the question of who is the real Hokage will arise.

Moreover, the next ten years will be an era when the reform of Konoha Village is in the ascendant. Akimichi Tifeng's character is too stable, even conservative, and is not suitable for the drastic changes in the next ten years.

Uchiha Mirror, he is a member of the Uchiha clan, it is a pity, but there is no way.

As for Shimura Danzo, he is the leader of a ninja team. If his status were higher and there were more ninjas under his command, he would immediately become swollen and forget about himself.

The biggest problem of this ninja is that his mentality is unstable and his thoughts are very easy to go to extremes. This shortcoming is nothing to a ninja. He walks on the tip of a knife and licks blood for a living. Extreme thoughts are not an absolute bad thing.

But for the leader of a big political power like Konoha Village, having unstable thoughts and easily going to extremes is a fatal flaw that is enough to veto all his possibilities with one vote.

The time traveler Hashirama took stock of Senju Tobirama's disciples one by one and clearly pointed out that the most suitable third generation Hokage is Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Senju Hashirama scratched his head and said: "Is there really no suitable candidate? I remember that there are many ninjas in Konoha Village."

Hashirama, the time traveler, shook his head and said: "The other young ninjas from the ninja clan in Konoha Village have not yet emerged. Only Tobirama's six disciples are the best, so the candidates for the Third Hokage can only be chosen from them."

He regretfully said to Madara Uchiha: "It's a pity that neither you nor I have any apprentices, otherwise we could have brought out a few more children to choose from."

Uchiha Madara sighed: "You are right, this is a problem left by us in the past, but the screening range is too small."

"Now we can only let Sarutobi Hiruzen become the third Hokage."

"Then the question is very clear, how to make good use of Sarutobi Hiruzen without being fooled by his flaws?"

The time traveler Hashirama stretched out a finger and said: "It's very simple. The number of years for the position of Hokage is set, ten years."

"Ten years is enough for a Hokage to stabilize his power and then complete a lot of work."

"Ten years can prevent a Hokage from over-expanding his influence and becoming a serious scourge for the Konoha village."

"Ten years can prevent a Hokage's heart from being corrupted by power and becoming a slave of power, harming others and himself."

Uchiha Madara's eyes lit up: "Okay, great, what a perfect plan!"

Senju Hashirama finally understood his future self's words, clapped his hands and praised: "I understand, rotating every ten years is indeed the best way."

In Konoha Village, the first-generation Hokage, the second-generation Hokage and the time traveler held a small meeting of the Big Three to decide what was an unchangeable event.

Any major event that can determine the future of Konoha Village will only be put to a vote at the Jonin Council, the nominally highest power meeting, after they decide it.

No jonin would be foolish enough to vote against it, so the jounin meeting was just a rubber stamp and a decoration.

Of course, this is only temporary. After all, these three giants are too powerful, their identities are too special, and their prestige is ridiculously high, completely beyond the level of Kage-level ninjas.

When the 789 Jonin of Konoha Village heard the names of the three of them, they couldn't help but stand at attention and salute. They had no intention of resisting at all, which is why they dwarfed themselves into seals.

In fact, the power of the Jonin Council is extremely great. As long as the Jonin work together, they can form a powerful clamp on the Hokage and make the Hokage's intentions aborted.

Because with the participation of the time traveler Hashirama, the influence of [the system] gradually penetrated and had a fundamental impact on Naruto's power structure.

The role of Hokage has changed from the familiar position of the Third Hokage as the head of state, supreme military leader, affairs officer, and political officer in one, to a true head of state and supreme military leader, and can no longer directly intervene in specific work.

This is not just the influence of the [system], but more importantly, as Konoha unifies the ninja world, there are so many things that need to be dealt with.

Not to mention anything else, there are more than 6,000 C-level task acceptance, release, supervision and feedback every day. Like the Third Hokage, he has to handle four in one second, and he can't do it even if he is exhausted.

And this change is not sudden, because the Leaf Village in this time and space has not experienced the second generation Hokage period of Senju Tobirama, nor has it experienced the rule of the third generation Hokage.

The first Hokage, Senju Hashirama, was the kind of leader who didn't care about anything. When he was Hokage, Senju Tobirama was responsible for all the specific matters.

The second-generation Hokage in this time and space is Uchiha Madara, who is also a ninja who is impatient with specific affairs, and still leaves government affairs to Senju Tobirama.

Until Senju Tobirama was overwhelmed by more and more work, he had to accept the [System] plan through the time traveler Hashirama, and established a government agency called "Hokage Government Assistant Shogunate".

With the establishment of the Hokage shogunate, he quickly took over the work of Senju Tobirama and liberated this most outstanding ninjutsu research expert.

At the same time, a new Hokage working style tradition was formed in Konoha Village, that is, Hokage is only responsible for Konoha's major policies and war planning.

In other words, the Hokage is not specifically responsible for the execution of specific battles and government affairs, but will be held accountable for all battles and government affairs failures.

This also laid the foundation for the regular replacement of Hokage in Konoha Village. The plan to ensure the limited time of Hokage's position successfully convinced the Jonin and passed the vote of the Jonin meeting.

Then, the second-generation Hokage Uchiha Madara's plan to designate Hiruzen Sarutobi as the candidate for the third-generation Hokage was also adopted amidst the uproar.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was in the Jonin meeting himself, was dumbfounded and became the only abstention vote.