Two days later
The entire Konoha Village fell into a frenzied excitement.
After the crowing of the rooster at dawn, people began to leave their houses in the early morning and made their way towards the Hokage Building. As they shuttled through the streets and alleys, the groups of twos and threes became a steady stream of people.
The laughter of children, the giggling of ladies, the arguments and discussions along with the cries of vendors could be heard, creating a lively and enthusiastic atmosphere.
“What do you think? The Uchiha or the Hyūga? Which one will become the next Hokage?”
“I think... it should be the Patriarch of the Uchiha Clan.”
“Makes sense... after all, he has the Mangekyou Sharingan!”
“Yes, the Mangekyou Sharingan of the Uchiha Clan is really strong... Others don’t stand a chance!”
“Eh? But didn’t Hyūga Kuroto defeat Uchiha Shisui? He too possesses the Mangekyou Sharingan... but he lost!”
“That is to say, Hyūga Kuroto might not lose.”
“But I feel that his chances are not that high... the one who is more likely to win is Uchiha Fugaku, after all, trickery can only take you so far, in front of absolute power, it can’t help much.”
“It’s a pity, the last round was cancelled, otherwise, we would have been able to see an amazing battle!”
The focus of everyone’s discussion is naturally the next Hokage. Whether Uchiha or Hyūga?
Most of them are ordinary villagers who have no way of obtaining inside information, and they do not understand the mentality of the top-level of Konoha. Therefore, for them, the Uchiha Patriarch–who has a Mangekyou Sharingan–has a higher chance of winning compared to–a member of the branch family of the Hyūga Clan–Hyūga Kuroto.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Listening to the discussions of the villagers passing through the streets, Uchiha Shin–in charge of maintaining the law and order–grinned happily.
Undoubtedly, the battle between Fugaku and Kakashi has elevated the prestige of the Uchiha Clan, and the villagers have come to realize the power that the Uchiha Clan possesses.
Proud and happy, Shin glanced at the Hokage Rock as his eyes swept past the Shodaime, Nidaime, Sandaime, and Yondaime, he muttered with an ecstatic grin, “The Uchiha Clan will finally have a Hokage! Fugaku-sama has really done it!”
At this moment, a large group of shinobis dressed in all black walked through the main street with an imposing aura.
After Hiruzen and Kuroto reached an agreement, Sandaime decided to release Hizashi. After all, Kuroto was about to become the Godaime Hokage, if they continued to detain Hizashi, it wouldn’t look good for the prestige of the new Hokage.
Anyway, as the Hyuga Clan passed by, Shin was surprised, ‘Huh? He did not come?’ There was no sign of Kuroto in the Hyuga group, and this made Shin feel a bit weird.
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Kuroto’s Home
While arranging Kuroto’s hair, Yui murmured in a worried tone, “Kuroto-kun, do we really need not arrive early? Today is the Vote of Confidence, we can’t be late for such an important thing... what if... what if they start without you, and you lose because we were not there on time?!”
Obviously, Yui is unaware of the agreement.
Kuroto smiled, “Why are you panicking? The main protagonist always arrives at last! So there is no need to worry, they won’t start without me.”
“If you say so.” Muttered Yui.
As Yui looked at Kuroto’s handsome face in the mirror, she was dazed for a moment, “Kuroto-kun? Will your face be carved on the Hokage Rock as well?”
“Of course.” Nodded Kuroto with a smile.
To be honest, she is still not used to the fact that Kuroto is one of the two people who are likely to become Godaime Hokage of Konoha. There are times when she is walking through the streets or going somewhere, and people enthusiastically greet her with respect making her unsure how to react. Everything feels surreal as if a dream, ‘It’s all because of Kuroto-kun. Unexpectedly, you have so far... there was a time when you couldn’t even defeat me, and now you might even defeat the Uchiha Patriarch and become Hokage...!’
Yui suddenly lowered her head with a foolish smile.
Kuroto asked curiously, “Why are you smiling?”
Yui answered, “I am thinking of choosing the best sculpture in the Shinobi World for sculpting your face on the Hokage Rock.”
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