Became the mastermind behind the Akatsuki organization

Chapter 144: Tough Minato Namikaze

Konoha Ninja Village.

After attending a two-hour high-level meeting, Minato Namikaze dragged his tired body back to the Hokage's office.

After returning to the office, Minato Namikaze did not handle official business as usual, but looked out the window. Looking at the quiet and peaceful village outside the window, Minato Namikaze fell into deep thought.

Just now at the high-level meeting, Minato Namikaze was attacked by other senior executives.

Although the advisory elders who assisted the Hokage did not oppose him openly, they began to oppose the reform policies he had formulated in the past few months.

The faction led by Danzo believed that he was too indulgent towards the Uchiha.

The decision for Uchiha to stay in the guard force was made by the Second Hokage. Even though you, a young boy, became the Hokage, you cannot violate the ancestral laws established by the Second Hokage.

The Third Hokage, led by others, were accustomed to the previous set of rules and believed that it was enough to maintain the status quo and there was no need for drastic reforms. What should they do if an irreversible crisis occurred?
If these were the only voices of opposition, Minato Namikaze could have ignored them and continued to implement the reforms he had formulated.

Although the advisory elder is an old man in the village, he has been in a high position for too long and his thinking has gradually become rigid.

But the ninjas who were skeptical about the reforms included not only the advisory elders, but also his friends, his subordinates, and Uchiha Fugaku, with whom he had just reached a cooperation.

This made Minato Namikaze begin to doubt whether his reforms were right or wrong.

After all, the silence of his good friends Shikaku, Choji and others could be attributed to the pressure from the families behind them, but the opposition from his civilian ninjas and some Uchiha ninjas was something he could not understand.

The wording of reforming Konoha's major departments will obviously be beneficial to their future development.

But these people did not support him. Instead, they slacked off in the implementation of the policy, delaying the implementation of the policy, which directly led to the reform doing more harm than good.

Thinking of this, Minato Namikaze sighed softly, recalling his meeting with Yahiko a few months ago.

At that time, after hearing about the difficulties Yahiko encountered during the reform, he still had some contempt in his heart, thinking that he was different from Yahiko, and with the support of the Sandaime, the reform would go very smoothly.

But what he didn't expect was that the biggest "resistance" to the reform was the Third Hokage and his companions.

It was difficult for the Third Hokage to attack his senior who nominated him, and it was impossible for his former companions who had fought side by side with him to force anything.

On the contrary, the Root where Danzo and Orochimaru are located can smoothly implement reform measures and the progress is quite good.

However, according to Yahiko, it is inevitable to encounter some difficulties in the reform.

It would be fine if you are capable of facing these difficulties on your own, but if that is not possible, you will have to resort to special means.

Sometimes it is easier to deal with political opponents than to solve the problem itself.

Minato Namikaze didn't know where Yahiko learned these methods, but he had to admit that what Yahiko said made some sense and was in line with the style of the Third Hokage.

During the period of the Third Hokage, the Hokage always showed the bright and beautiful side, while the dark side was left to Danzo to take on, forming the opposing yet complementary light and shadow sides.

But he didn't like these methods.

The Hokage's responsibility is to protect all the companions in the village. How can he attack the ninjas from the same village, let alone let others bear his dark side.

Of course, the most important thing is that Minato Namikaze can't find a ninja to act as the white glove.

Although the Root leader Danzo is a good scapegoat, Danzo is the white glove used by the Third Hokage after all, so he cannot completely trust Danzo and must suppress him severely. Among the many ninjas he knows, the only one who is capable of acting as the dark side of Hokage is his student Kakashi.

But Kakashi had been in the darkness for too long and couldn't be exposed to the darkness of the village again.

After pondering for a long time, Minato Namikaze still couldn't think of a suitable candidate, so there was only one choice in the end, he himself would be the bad guy, showing the toughest attitude and offending everyone.

Hokage is Hokage, there is no need to divide it into dark and light parts.

He was convinced that the reforms he was carrying out were for the benefit of the village, so he had nothing to fear.

Thinking of this, Minato Namikaze's eyes became much firmer. He turned around and looked behind the desk, and began to issue Hokage orders one after another.

A few hours later, all the jonin from various departments of Konoha received the Hokage's order.

In the Hokage Order, Minato Namikaze took an extremely tough attitude and asked the heads of major ninja clans and departments to implement the reforms promulgated two months ago.

Regardless of whether these jonin objected or not, they had to carry out reforms as required.

Unless he steps down from the position of Hokage, he will never give up on reform as long as he serves as Hokage.

Faced with Minato Namikaze's tough words, the senior ninjas from various departments had no choice but to bite the bullet and push forward the reforms.

They originally wanted to fight a protracted war with the Fourth Hokage, delaying the reforms again and again until Minato Namikaze gave up the reforms, but they did not expect that Minato Namikaze was ready for a protracted war.

Although they were unwilling to reform, they were also unwilling to offend the young and energetic Fourth Hokage.

What's more, if they don't become department heads, their deputies have been waiting for a long time and are ready to take over their positions at any time.

As for impeaching the Fourth Hokage, they had also thought about it in their minds.

But at this moment, apart from Minato Namikaze, there is no other candidate suitable to be Hokage, and no one is more suitable to be Hokage than Minato Namikaze.

After all, although becoming a top jonin requires the consent of the majority of jonin, the key is still hard power.

When the Third Hokage resigned, Namikaze Minato was the strongest ninja in the village. The title of Golden Flash and his record on the Iwagakure battlefield were the best proof of this.

Moreover, all of them, the jonin, knew that the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki Kushina was the wife of the Fourth Hokage.

After receiving the order from the Hokage, the current Ino-Shika-Chou duo were stunned for a moment, and then ordered the family ninjas to strictly implement the orders of the Fourth Hokage.

They were watching before, but after seeing how tough Minato's attitude was, they all made their choice.

They knew the benefits of reform, but were concerned that Minato would be influenced by the advisory elders. Although Minato was the Fourth Hokage, a retired Hokage was still a Hokage and retained most of the power in the village.

Minato Namikaze's actions to reform the department were not only for the sake of the village, but also to consolidate power.

Nara Shikaku, Akimichi Choza and others have a good personal relationship with Namikaze Minato, but they will not choose to take sides when the situation is unclear unless they have a huge advantage.

In their opinion, in the contest between the Fourth Hokage and the Third Hokage, the final winner would definitely be the Fourth Hokage, because youth represents everything.

(End of this chapter)