Hokage: Ryo’s Path

Yamanaka Ryo put Xiaolin on the ground, and Xiaolin peeked at Namikaze Minato curiously.

Xiaolin also saw how fast Namikaze Minato was just now, and it was the first time Xiaolin saw someone whose speed surpassed that of Yamanakato, so he couldn't help being a little curious.

"Xiaolin, come to my sister!" Jiu Xinnai had no resistance to Xiaolin, and opened his arms to signal Xiaolin to her arms.

During the time in the Kingdom of the Wind, Xiaolin and Kushina got to know each other very well. So when he heard Kushina's call, Xiao Lin jumped into Kushina's arms with his hind legs.

Xiaolin twisted and twisted in Kushina's arms, finding a comfortable position, while her little paws were still resting on Kushina's chest.

Namikaze Minato's expression froze when he saw this, and asked Yamanaka Ryo in a low voice, "Ruto, what is the gender of your cat?"

"Xiao Lin is a girl, Brother Minato, why did you suddenly ask this?" Yamanaka Haru didn't pay attention to where Xiao Lin's paws were placed, and was a little confused about Namikaze Minato's question.

Namikaze Minato was relieved to hear Yamanaka Ryo's answer, and then said calmly: "Because this cat looks cute, I want to know her gender."

"Are you cute? Brother Minato, you are confused by appearances this time!" Yamanaka Ryo said with a smile.

"Confused by appearance? What do you mean?" Minato Namikaze glanced back at Xiao Lin, who was harmless to humans and animals, and asked in confusion.

Although Namikaze Minato is not a sentient ninja, he is also very sensitive to chakra compared to ordinary ninjas.

Coupled with years of fighting, Namikaze Minato is extremely sensitive to threatening things.

But Namikaze Minato could only feel weak chakra fluctuations on Xiaolin's body, and there was no threat at all.

"Xiaolin, show Brother Minato!" Yamanaka Ryo didn't answer directly, but turned to Xiaolin.

Xiao Lin nodded, jumped out of Kushina's arms, and ran into the woods tens of meters away.

"Xiao Lin, let's start!" Saying that Yamanaka Ryo released the seal, Xiao Lin's Chakra returned to her own body in an instant.

In the blink of an eye, a giant beast the size of a hill appeared out of thin air.

Namikaze Minato looked at the huge monster in front of him and was shocked: "Could it be that the cat is the creature Hinata Kenichi found suspected to be a tailed beast?"

Yamanakato nodded and said, "The ninja from the Hyuga clan should have seen Xiao Lin."

Namikaze Minato was speechless for a while when he heard the words, but Namikaze Minato was worthy of being the person who was about to become the Fourth Hokage, so he quickly adjusted his emotions.

"Yuan, what's the matter with this guy?"

Yamanaka Ryo repeated what he had said to Kushina to Namikaze Minato, and it was only then that Namikaze Minato realized how the creature in front of him came from.

"Yuan, so is she still a tailed beast?" Namakaze Minato pointed to Xiaolin and asked.

"In terms of strength and chakra, it is still a tailed beast, and its life form is already different from that of a tailed beast."

"So that's the case! Then why do you want me to keep it a secret, don't tell Hokage-sama?" Namikaze Minato then asked.

"Brother Minato, don't you know why? Or you don't even believe sister Kushina and I." Yamanaka Ryo asked back.

"Yuan, you are really smart, thank you!"

In the conversation between Namikaze Minato and Yamanaka Ryo, Kushina understood the meaning of every word, but she couldn't understand a single sentence.

"Hey! What are you two talking about!" Kushina asked directly.

Namikaze Minato smiled and said, "Let's talk about what happened after I became Hokage."

Kushina was a little puzzled when he heard the words: "What happens after becoming Hokage? Isn't it enough to protect Konoha after becoming Hokage?"

"It's not that simple! Sister Kushina, think about the three Hokages before Brother Minato. The first and second Hokage belonged to the Senju clan, and the third Hokage belonged to the Sarutobi clan. It is the high-level forces in Konoha."

"Family ninja? Are you saying that Minato's status as a commoner ninja hinders him from being a Hokage?" Kushina was relatively simple, but definitely not stupid, and she quickly figured it out.

"That's it! Let alone the first Hokage, the second and third Hokages have their families behind them. The Senju clan was stronger than the Uchiha clan in the early days of Konoha."

Yamanaka Ryo slowed down a bit, and continued, "Although the Sarutobi clan is not as strong as Uchiha and Hyuga, this family is indeed the leader of many small and medium families in Konoha. Really stand firm and keep your word."

"Minato doesn't have the support of his family, does it mean that he, Hokage, doesn't have much power?" Kushina grasped the key point of the matter.

Yamanakato nodded and continued: "It should have been like this, but now the situation has changed a lot. Brother Minato, how did you get the support of Hinata and the Uchiha clan?"

Namikaze Minato didn't hide anything and told Yamanakato and Kushina the truth. "The Hyuga clan came to me because they were dissatisfied with the growth of the Sarutobi clan, and the Uchiha clan was a deal between me and Uchiha Togaku. I promised him to help the Uchiha clan return to the center of the village after I became Hokage."

"So that's the case! I said why you were so calm, Minato, during the Fourth Hokage election. It turned out that someone had supported you long ago, which caused me to worry for so long." Kushina complained to Minakaze Minato.

"Sorry, sorry! Kushina is my fault!" Minato scratched his head and quickly admitted his mistake to Kushina.

Instead of entangled in the past, Kushina continued to ask: "Minato, why did you thank Yuan just now?"

"It's because Yuan supported me on behalf of the pig, deer and butterfly clan. He told me his biggest secret, which represented a kind of support for me. Isn't it Yuan?"

"Well! This is the result of the discussion between our three clans." Yamanaka Ryo nodded and said.

"Yuan, didn't your family have always had a good relationship with the Sarutobi clan? Why did it suddenly change?" Kushina was a little puzzled.

"That's right, the three generations of Hokage are in power, the Sarutobi clan is developing too fast, and other small and medium-sized families are becoming more and more like the Sarutobi clan's vassals. The strength of our three clans combined is not inferior to the Sarutobi clan. I don't want to become the Sarutobi clan A vassal. That's why he took the opportunity to draw a clear line." Ryo Yamanaka also expressed his thoughts.

Namikaze Minato was very happy when he heard the words, Yamanaka Ryo's statement gave him the support of another force.

Now that Namikaze Minato has become Hokage, there are Uchiha, Hinata, Inokacho clan, and most of Konoha's civilian ninja support. His Hokage team is strong enough.

"Brother Minato, I always forgot to ask you, will Uncle Jiraiya support you after you become Hokage?"

"I asked the teacher, but he didn't answer me directly. He said that he would only be the pillar of Konoha." Namikaze Minato said with a wry smile.

Yamanaka also laughed after hearing this: "It's really Uncle Jiraiya's style."

After the conversation, Yamanaka Ryo changed Xiao Lin back into the form of a puppet cat, and then unlocked Hinata Kenichi's illusion.

Hinata Kenichi looked around in a daze after waking up. When he saw Namikaze Minato and Kushina still searching, Hinata Kenichi thought he was distracted, so he immediately cheered up and continued to look for Xiaolin he saw before. .

I didn't want to write about Konoha's politics, but recently some book friends said that I should join some political struggles during the election of the Fourth Hokage. In fact, there is a part about politics in my outline, but after writing it, I still want to write it more easily, so I pinched these parts. I didn’t expect that many people would like to read this, so I added it back today. .