Chapter 273 Tsunade-sama is back
One is that the three families of Sarutobi, Shimura, and Mitomon will not sit idly by, especially after the fifth generation takes over. Considering the relationship between master and disciple, they will definitely not allow the various families present to go too far.

Therefore, it is basically impossible to eat the fat in one bite. You have to spend enough time and nibble on it bit by bit.

After all, if the four major families are pushed into a corner, they will most likely do something desperate, which would cause great harm to Konoha. No one wants to see such an outcome, which is why Hinata Hyuga warned everyone not to act too hastily.

We can only follow the same pattern as Sarutobi Hiruzen and others did in the past, boiling the frog in warm water.

But we certainly cannot copy the Uchiha model, as that is an exception that will not be allowed to happen again.

Another thing is that the Hyuga clan must have the final say in the Council of Elders. As the saying goes, a man who eats someone's food will be soft-hearted. A man who receives someone's favor will be grateful.

Everyone present certainly had no objection to this. After all, if they didn't let Hyuga Hinata come forward to withstand the pressure from the Fifth Generation, they might not be able to move the four major families.

Another thing is something that everyone knows.

Hinata Hyuga is paving the way for the sixth Hokage.

After all, since the first generation established Konoha, five consecutive generations have been direct descendants of Hokage.

It is almost impossible for someone who is not a direct descendant of the Hokage to ascend to the throne. Kakashi's father, Hatake Tsuchigumo, is an obvious example.

So if you want to break this rule, you must offer enough benefits.

Without enough benefits, who would be willing to support you?

It doesn't mean that if you are strong, others will be willing to support you.

You have to follow me to have meat to eat and soup to drink, so in the end it’s all about benefits.

In addition, if the families present do not want to obtain the benefits they have obtained, and they are taken back by the Hokage during the Sixth Hokage period, they can only choose to support Hyuga Hinata.

After all, she was the initiator of this division of interests, so she would naturally protect the interests of all ethnic groups present.

Therefore, as long as these families extend their hand, when the sixth generation is elected, it will not be as simple as the fifth generation's recommendation becoming an established fact.

The Hyuga clan is going to produce a Hokage!
As for the idea that Hyuga Hinata would not die young, no one present had that idea. After all, they really didn't think that the Hyuga clan leader, who was able to calmly retreat from the Water Country despite the siege from the Hidden Mist Village, would die halfway.

This is especially true after Hinata Hyuga showed off her Wood Release technique.

After all, that was the unique skill that the first generation used to sweep across the Warring States Period!
Moreover, Hinata Hyuga is only less than 13 years old now, and she will only become more powerful in the future.

It’s not certain that we can find someone who can deal with her now, let alone in the future.

As for the fact that the Hyuga clan will produce a Hokage, I guess no one will care except the people in the Hokage department.

After all, even if they care, the position of Hokage is not theirs.

It would be better to see who can bring greater benefits to himself as Hokage.

In the past, even if one wanted to exchange support for benefits, there was no chance. After all, the Hokage faction was powerful and looked down upon those small families that might be removed from the list at any time.

But now that people who are not from the Hokage faction have stepped forward, the opportunity has come and we must not miss it.

After the ceremony, everyone quickly dispersed. After all, the formation of the Elders Council could not be delayed, so the personnel had to be confirmed as soon as possible.

The Hyuga clan had already discussed it in advance, so it was decided before the meeting that Hyuga Hiashi would represent the Hyuga clan.

But the other families only found out about this matter temporarily, so naturally they needed time to select personnel.

After all, who joins the Council of Elders is related to the future struggle for interests within the family, and it’s not something that can be done by just picking anyone.

In a sense, those who join the Council of Elders are even more important than the patriarch, because the subsequent discussion and distribution of benefits will be determined by those who join the Council of Elders.

"Shikaku, is there any special reason why you are not leaving today?" Akimichi Choza asked Nara Shikaku.

Akimichi Choza still trusted his old friend very much, so even though they endured a lot of contempt later, Akimichi Choza did not get angry. However, he and Yamanaka Inoichi did need Nara Shikaku to give them a reasonable explanation.

"If you want to leave, you will die!" Nara Shikaku did not hide anything and directly told him about his situation at the time.

"You have been targeted by an extremely dangerous aura?" Yamanaka Inoichi and Akimichi Choza couldn't believe it after hearing this.

After all, they were always keeping an eye on Hinata Hyuga and didn't notice any tricks she was doing.

"That is to say, there are still hidden strong people in the Hyuga clan." Nara Shikaku said with a headache.

"Shikaku, what do you think about the Council of Elders?" After a moment of silence, Yamanaka Inoichi looked at Nara Shikaku and asked.

"Haiyi, Dingzuo, we have no choice." Nara Shikaku shook his head.

After all, Hyuga Hinata is the rising sun. If they go back on their words and offend her, the future of the Ino, Deer, and Chou clans will probably be more difficult than the four major clans.

Especially since Hinata Hyuga is still very young, she will have a long time to be active in the future.

Moreover, with the strength and political skills that Hyuga Hinata has shown so far, the possibility of her taking down the Sixth Hokage is really too great. If there are no accidents, it is almost a foregone conclusion.

The move against Sarutobi Hiruzen's posthumous name at the previous viewing ceremony can be said to have hit the weak spot of the Hokage series.

When Tsunade returned, she had to face a difficult problem first, which was how to define the merits and demerits of her teacher.

Not pursuing the matter would mean that Princess Tsunade would be slapping the faces of her two grandfathers and admitting that they were not as good as Sarutobi Hiruzen.

And if you look into it, Princess Tsunade happens to be a disciple of Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Don’t worry about what your former teacher did wrong. After all, the person is dead. If you still don’t let him go, people will say you are cold-hearted.

As for what people will say?

That must be the four major families.

Therefore, if the matter is not pursued, it would mean that the reputation of Princess Tsunade and the Senju clan would suffer a severe blow.

If we pursue that, we will lose the support of the four major families.

Although Hyuga Hinata has already expressed her intention to divide the four major families, this is not something that can be accomplished overnight.

Before the four major families fell into decline and were expelled from Konoha's core power circle, they still occupied most of the real power and lucrative positions in Konoha.

This will definitely create a lot of trouble for Tsunade's rule over Konoha, and Tsunade might even be used as a gun by the Elder Council formed by Hyuga Hinata.

In short, Princess Tsunade will definitely have a hard time in the future as Hokage.

By the time Tsunade-sama has managed to solve all these problems, Hinata Hyuga's contributions will probably have accumulated.

With enough strength and merit, if something happens to the fifth generation, the sixth generation can be elected. Nara Shikaku thinks that the probability of this happening is very high. Seeing that Hinata Hyuga sent away Danzo Shimura, Koharu Utatane and En Mitokado without any scruples as soon as she returned to the village, it is clear that she is not a person who sticks to the rules.

There is another point that Nara Shikaku also took into consideration, which is that Tsunade is over fifty years old.

No matter what, she will never be able to survive Hyuga Hinata, and she may not even last long as Hokage.

Therefore, for the sake of his family, Nara Shikaku had no choice but to surrender.

After hearing what Nara Shikaku said, Yamanaka Inoichi and Akimichi Choza couldn't help but twitch their faces.

"Who is the candidate?" Qiu Daoting continued to ask.

"Since there is no way out, then either don't do it, or do it to the extreme and go back to make the handover." Nara Shikaku said in a deep voice.

Upon hearing this, the two realized that Nara Shikaku was about to join in personally.

But that's true, since we can no longer rely on the Hokage line, in order to protect the interests of the family we must personally enter the Elder Council to fight for the interests.

Anyway, Ino, Shika and Chou have joined forces, and they are not afraid of anyone except Hinata.

Moreover, if you suffer such a huge loss and don’t make up for it from other places, then all the loss will be in vain.

Besides, if they don’t fight for the benefits given up by the Hyuga clan, are they going to watch other clans grow up because of these benefits and then suppress the Ino-Shika-Chou clan?

"Dad, do we really want to do this?" After Yamanaka Inichi and Akimichi Choza left, Nara Shikamaru walked out from the corner of the corridor and asked Nara Shikaku.

"Shikamaru, if there was still a chance, I would not make this decision, but there is no other way." Nara Shikaku shook his head.

"How come there is no other way?" Nara Shikamaru was not very angry. After all, he had only been Asuma's disciple for a few months and the bond between them was not that deep.

So Nara Shikamaru was more confused at the moment. After all, since the establishment of Konoha, Ino, Shika and Chou supporting Hokage has always been the unchanging purpose of the three major families.

"Shikamaru, in the face of absolute power, alliances will not work. Hyuga Hinata's strength is too terrifying. Even if the four major families unite to deal with Hyuga, they will definitely die miserably.

Although I don't know how the Hyuga clan trained Hinata, I suspect that Hinata may have the strength of the first generation. In the era without Uchiha Madara, no one could fight against the God of Ninja.

From the time when the first Hokage established Konoha until his death, a time span of more than ten years occurred, during which time no major war in the Ninja World occurred. The reason was that the first Hokage did not want to see war, so no one dared to provoke a fight between ninja villages.

This is the absolute suppression brought by absolute strength. In addition, there is no reason for us, the Ino, Deer, and Chou families, to help the four major families share the hatred, because strictly speaking, our three families have also been suppressed by the upper echelons before, otherwise the Hyuga clan would not have invited us to watch the ceremony today."

After hearing what Nara Shikaku said, Nara Shikamaru couldn't help but mutter: "Absolute power brings absolute suppression?"

"Shikamaru, whether in the past or now, the Ino-Shika-Chou family continuation policy has actually never changed." Nara Shikaku said, looking at his son.

"It's about following the footsteps of the strong." With Nara Shikamaru's intelligence, he understood what his father was talking about as soon as Nara Shikaku mentioned it.

I supported Naruto before because the Naruto series is the strongest.

Now supporting Hinata, the same is true.

In other words, his father was not optimistic about the Fifth Hokage. At least in his opinion, the Fifth Hokage could not suppress Hinata.

By the way, how come Hinata suddenly became so powerful? How will Asuma deal with it?

What a headache!
While Nara Shikamaru was having a headache, Jiraiya, who was far away in Tansho Street, was also having a headache.

Although he found Tsunade, she had no interest in returning to Konoha.

If Jiraiya really had a way to deal with Tsunade, he wouldn't still be a single guy now.

As for Princess Tsunade, the news that Miyano Shiho told her was that she could not return to Konoha within half a month.

After all, Hyuga Hinata has to give the Elders enough time to establish their authority.

So I can only make things difficult for Jiraiya.

Half a month later, when Jiraiya saw the outline of Konoha, he couldn't help but feel relieved.

It has not been easy for him in the past half month.

If Naruto hadn't won the bet with Tsunade by talking, he really wouldn't know how to bring Tsunade back.

In other words, he didn't know that Danzo Shimura, Koharu Utatane and En Mitokado were all dead, otherwise he would have suffered even more during this period.

It’s not that the four major families don’t want to contact Jiraiya, it’s just that they have no emergency means of contact.

Jiraiya's Frog Summoning Scroll had been torn into pieces by the overgrown tree when Koharu Utane was taken away.

The newly established elders group began to target people clearly on the first day of its formation. It was no longer as easy as before for people from the four major families to accept missions and go out.

In addition, most of the people from the four major families were not ninjas who accepted the mission, which made it even more difficult for them to spread out to look for Jiraiya.

Of course, they didn't dare to do so, after all, they were afraid that the same thing as Uchiha would happen to them.

In addition, people from other families were openly monitoring the personnel of the four major families, making it even more difficult for them to act.

In other words, both sides had concerns and restrained themselves from taking action, otherwise civil strife would have broken out within Konoha long ago.

Therefore, when Jiraiya returned, not only he was happy, but the people from the four major families were also very happy.

It's a pity that they were happy too early.

In the Hokage's office, looking at the representative of the new Konoha Elders Council, Princess Tsunade had a calm expression on her face. After all, she already knew what she should know. On the contrary, Jiraiya's face was a little tense.

After all, the Elders Council has so many people that they can only send representatives to meet Princess Tsunade.

There are only two representatives, one is Hinata Hiashi and the other is Nara Shikaku.

Jiraiya couldn't hold it back because of Nara Shikaku.

After all, Ino-Shika-Chou has been a die-hard Hokage fan since the establishment of Konoha. How could a die-hard Hokage fan become a pioneer in restricting the Hokage's power when he has only been away for half a month?

"Tsunade-sama, we have no objection to the recommendations of Elders Tenshin and Mitomon. Both you, Senior Tsunade, and Senior Jiraiya are currently the most suitable candidates to succeed the Fifth Hokage.

Therefore, please go to the Fire Capital as soon as possible to obtain the Daimyo's consent and complete the succession ceremony. After all, the Hokage position has been vacant for a long time, and Konoha can't afford to delay any longer." Hinata Hiashi said.

"I will set off to the Fire Capital to meet the Daimyo as soon as possible. But before that, I heard some bad rumors. Where is that little brat Hyuga Hinata? Ask her to come see me!" Princess Tsunade said very domineeringly.

"No need to shout, I'm here already." As the door was pushed open, Hyuga Hinata walked into the Hokage's office.

(End of this chapter)