[Tsundere Sasuke ran away from home, this is a big deal.]
[At Naruto's request, Tsunade sent a group of impressive chunin to carry out the first mission of retrieving Sasuke.]
[As for why it's a chunin team and not jonin...]
[Let's just say, after Orochimaru and the Sand Village caused such chaos, Konoha's credibility and image took a huge blow.]
[To make up for that, Tsunade had no choice but to send a large number of jonin to carry out missions. Only jonin could ensure the success of a mission.]
[So when it came to Sasuke, Tsunade had no extra jonin to spare.]
[Orochimaru, you've done nothing but bad things. (laugh)]
"Wait, am I the Fifth Hokage here?"
Tsunade pointed at herself, then looked at her image on the screen, feeling a bit confused.
Since the deaths of Nawaki and Dan, and after seeing the dark side of the village, Tsunade had always shown a strong dislike for the Hokage position.
She never expected that, in the predetermined course of events, she would become the Fifth Hokage of the village. That felt a bit ridiculous.
"You were always our best choice. This Hokage position was insisted on me by the Second Hokage," Jiraiya said, looking a little sad.
He was a wandering ninja world's great author, living freely outside. He never wanted to be Hokage.
But wasn't he cornered by the words of the Second Hokage?
Senju Tobirama: Don't want to be Hokage? Fine, then you'll become a rogue ninja.
It was clear which one to choose between Hokage and rogue ninja.
"I see you're doing a pretty good job as Hokage. The village is thriving under your leadership, and the mission completion rate has increased a lot since the old man's time."
"No external threats surrounding us, the village naturally flourishes. With people like Minato and others resurrected, if the mission completion rate didn't rise, that would be strange."
Jiraiya made a small joke, then continued, "How about I retire after some time, and you can become the Sixth Hokage?"
"No."
Tsunade rejected immediately without thinking.
Jiraiya wasn't giving up. He continued, "Being Hokage is great. You get to decide all the big and small matters of the village. Don't you want to experience the feeling of holding life-and-death power?"
"I don't want to."
"Alright, let me put it another way. Once you're Hokage, you control all the village's funds. Think about it, you'll be the richest person in Konoha, with the village's finances at your disposal."
"Can I use the money for gambling?"
"No, you can't."
"Then that's it. If I can't gamble with the money, what's the point of having it?"
"Ugh, Tsunade, just pity me a little. I don't want to be Hokage anymore. There are endless documents to handle every day. I have to deal with all kinds of things, big and small. The pressure is too much. Look at my hair, it's falling out."
Facing Jiraiya, who suddenly started crying, Tsunade's expression showed clear disgust. She rejected again, "I don't want it."
Seeing that Tsunade absolutely refused to accept the Hokage position, Jiraiya set his sights on Minato.
"Minato, what do you think?"
"No, no way. It's not suitable."
Minato quickly interrupted Jiraiya's proposal.
He was very happy with his current life. Aside from occasionally leaving the village for missions, he had plenty of time to spend with Kushina and Naruto.
"Sakumo."
"Jiraiya, are you crazy? You want me, who only knows how to kill, to be Hokage?"
"True, you're not suitable after all."
Looking around, Jiraiya couldn't find anyone else who could immediately take the position of Sixth Hokage.
As for the backup, right now, there were only Kakashi and Asuma.
In terms of strength, Kakashi is slightly stronger than Asuma.
But Asuma's background is much stronger than Kakashi's.
His father is the Third Hokage, and he is also the teacher of the heirs of the Ino-Shika-Cho trio.
As Asuma's girlfriend, Kurenai can also help him because her three students—Hinata Hyuga, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shino Aburame—are all heirs to their respective clans.
With this kind of background, as long as Asuma increases his strength, he will be able to logically become Hokage.
"Sigh~ It seems I'll have to sit in this Hokage seat for a while longer."
[The chunin sent by Tsunade are very strong. There are Neji Hyuga, Choji Akimichi, Kiba Inuzuka, Shikamaru Nara, and Naruto Uzumaki.]
[In front of these heirs with clan secret techniques, Sakura doesn't even have the qualification to participate in the battle.]
[Why do you guys get to have special powers? I, Sakura, don't accept this!]
[Mission failed, Naruto got beaten by Sasuke in the water, then was wrapped up like a mummy for a bondage play.]
[Seeing the guilty Naruto, Sakura held back her tears and said, pretending to be strong: As a ninja, I won't cry again. Next time, please take me along too!]
[Sasuke joined Orochimaru to learn snake poison formulas.]
[Naruto became Jiraiya's student to perfect his seduction techniques.]
[At this point, Sakura finally found her own special power. She became Tsunade's disciple and trained in the Hundred Healings technique.]
[With this, the new generation of "Pervert, Gambler, and Poisoner" is complete. Truly a cause for celebration!]
"So, when are you guys going to get rid of these bad habits? The title of 'Pervert, Gambler, and Poisoner,' I really never want to hear it again."
The last time the Third Hokage heard this was after Edo Tensei Danzo, when Danzo mocked him.
Danzo mocked him for not teaching his disciples properly and letting them turn out like this.
This time, hearing this again from the light screen, he truly felt embarrassed.
"I'm a snake, so what? Snakes have venom, what's wrong with that? I'm asking, what's wrong?"
"As everyone knows, writing requires inspiration. The reason I often go to the bathhouse is just to gather material. I definitely don't have any dirty thoughts."
Orochimaru was right—snakes having poison is normal.
Everyone also agreed with what he said.
As for Jiraiya, although his choice of material was somewhat forced, considering his novels always had a bit of a special twist, it seemed forgivable.
But then there was Tsunade.
"What's wrong with inheriting my grandfather's gambling technique from the First Hokage? It's a clan tradition, we can't let it go."
"Just a curious question, Tsunade, how many generations has the Senju clan's gambling technique been passed down?"
Tsunade glanced sideways at Jiraiya, then proudly replied, "Starting from my grandfather, it's been two generations so far."
"Heh, well, as long as you're happy."
The Third Hokage saw through it.
Trying to get them to change these bad habits was probably impossible.
Tsunade even pulled out the clan tradition card; what else could he say?
If he couldn't reason with her, what if Tsunade went and complained to the First Hokage, saying this old man is too wicked and trying to cut off the Senju clan's legacy?
What would he do then?
He was just an old, fading man—he couldn't handle that kind of accusation.
Third Hokage: This is truly a curse!
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