Naruto: Long Live Hokage's

Chapter 100: Feeling Guilty

Masahiko took a walk on the streets of Konoha, with many thoughts raging in his mind.

Masahiko learns about what he missed the previous month from Izumi.

In Konoha, people don't know much. They only heard that last month Masahiko and Tobirama were ambushed by the Kumogakure elites, and fierce fighting took place in the Lightning Country region. In the end, only the Third Raikage lived from that battle…

And due to the absence of Masahiko and Tobirama, Sunagakure took this opportunity to launch an attack on Konohagakure, which made the latter panic. At that crucial moment, Mito managed to turn things around and prevent the Shinobi World from underestimating Konoha's power.

Not long after the outbreak of the First Shinobi World War, the war strangely stopped. Except for Iwagakure and Kirigakure, who still maintained hostility to each other, the other villages were completely quiet.

“It looks like this event happened due to the sudden appearance of Mito in the Shinobi World. Which hints at the inevitable beginning of the Jinchuriki war..”.

However, fearing what would befall them from the outside, the internal affairs in Konoha became chaotic. For a month, there was no news of Masahiko and Tobirama's whereabouts; thus, the election for the third Hokage was called.

“Konohagakure Activity: Hokage Position Selection Struggle has officially started.” whispered Masahiko.

Now the most prominent candidate for the position of Third Hokage was the patriarch of the Uzumaki clan, Uzumaki Gensuke, who was then a disciple of Tobirama. In addition to them, Inuzuka and the Hyuga clan also joined the candidacy.

“Konoha does not need a third Hokage, because the second Hokage has not died.

Masahiko is in a difficult position; Tobirama's full recovery may take an entire year. Not having a decision maker for a long time will cause a lot of problems.

Just like the recent incident with Sunagakure, after Mito swept the floor with them, Konoha did not send anyone to demand “the cost of repairing the war” or anything like that, which slightly harmed Konoha's side.

“There's also Kumogakure. It would be ridiculous if Konoha did not ask for an explanation for their actions.” Masahiko was busy thinking about this, completely forgetting that it was he who forced their hands to take this action.

“Who will be the third Hokage this time?”

The first person who came to Masahiko's mind was Hiruzen's old face. It didn't matter if he took over the position for a year until Tobirama returned, after all, the latter was almost fifty years old. Ten years later, he could become the Third Hokage and lead the villagers. However, it has only been 13 years since the founding of Konoha, and Hiruzen is only 22; he is too young to lead, and his strength has yet to reach the standard.

“Gensuke..” Masahiko sighed. In her heart, she is very reluctant about the idea of making one of Uzumaki's people the next Hokage. The clan itself was already big enough to become a village. If patriarch Uzumaki becomes Hokage, he fears Konoha will be completely unrecognizable to him. This is what makes his heart feel heavy.

“Unless the two of them, Tobirama's other students aren't really suited to being Hokage, and Hyuga and Inuzuka.” Masahiko shook his head, feeling unreliable.

“So, in the end, Hiruzen is still the best candidate, huh?” Masahiko thought about it for a while, but he couldn't get a better result.

“Do I have to do this?” Masahiko shook his head. “Now there are people in Konoha who have greater fame than me.”

Masahiko shook his head hesitantly twice, then he went to Hashirama's house, which he hadn't visited in a long time.

Since the battle of the Late Valley, he had always come to see Hashirama here. Well, he rarely comes here voluntarily, especially when his gambling addiction gets worse in the end …

When Masahiko was about to knock on the door, the door quickly opened, and he saw the familiar face smiling, “Second Grandfather, you are back ..”

Masahiko looked emotional as he stepped in, “Yeah, since you have perfectly controlled the Kyuubi Chakra, I guess you already know that I came back when I set foot inside the village.”

Mito nodded, then Masahiko wondered, “Are you in no hurry to ask me about what happened?”

“Judging from your strength, a crisis has occurred and prevented you from returning for a long time. Tobirama should now be under rehabilitation somewhere safe, right?”

Masahiko smiled bitterly, “You will not have any friends if you are very smart.”

“No matter how smart I am, there will always be times when I don't understand some of the weird words you use. Actually, it's always like this.”

“It will take a long time for him to recover. Konoha needs a leader, and I've come here to hear your opinion, who do you think is better suited?”

Mito shook his head, “The little monkey is too young ..”

Masahiko's mouth twitched, little monkey…?

“No Senju Clan really defended the job this time. But, Kenji's strength and qualifications are enough, right? What do you think?”

Mito nodded, “Indeed, but Senju already held the Hokage position twice in a row. Taking it for the third time will not be easy, also right.”.

Masahiko also respected Hashirama's desire for Konoha to belong to everyone. But due to Hashirama himself, Senju took over the Hokage position for two consecutive times. If the third was still another Senju, there would be dissatisfaction from the villagers, even if he was the right person.

“How about Uzumaki? Why don't you, or my niece, try to stop this. You know very well that if Gensuke becomes Hokage, then Hashirama's dream of making the village a place for everyone will vanish, and Konoha will just be more like Uzushiogakure.”

After saying that, Mito and Masahiko lowered their heads.

“My father returned to the Uzumaki Clan. I wanted to stop him, but could not.”.

“Grandfather, war, and conflict will only bring pain and loss. Just like what happened in this war, Uzumaki sent eight elites to participate in the battle, other than your two disciples, but we lost one.”

“Who is it?” Masahiko hurriedly asked, having a bad feeling about this.

“A young man named Uzumaki Ashina.”

Masahiko somehow felt familiar with the name but also unfamiliar at the same time, which made him a little stunned, unable to remember where he heard it before.

“Seeing your expression, it looks like you have forgotten..he is your student's husband...Yuriko's husband..”.

Masahiko felt like he was struck by lightning and stood there, frozen.

“Suami Yuriko..?”

“So, now that Gensuke is competing for the Hokage position, we all thought Nanako would take the lead to support him. In fact, Yuriko also advocated... And I..”.

After she heard those words, Masahiko could not listen anymore; she was drowning in grief and guilt, her eyes wide open, as she was immersed in self-blame, regret, and regret …

“I... I killed him..” Bisik Masahiko; sadness quickly turned into regret, and anger, he felt very upset at that moment.

Although things have been heartless for Masahiko lately, she managed to make some of them succeed in the end, but she messed up another event that was supposed to be smooth. However, he felt a slight ease when the goal was finally reached, and he managed to save Tobirama.

However, after hearing about this, Masahiko realized that his plan really affected many people. At least the battle between Sunagakure and Konoha goes on a different path from the original story.

“He should not have died..” whispered Masahiko, then looked up at Mito. “Who did it?”

“It was an elder from Sunagakure. I personally killed him. If Ashina doesn't die, after all, I won't go to the battlefield personally.”.

Masahiko nodded. He actually thought earlier that Mito's decision to engage in this battle was wrong. After all, he's , and the situation isn't that important. But now the picture became very clear.

“I know. I have to go see Yuriko..”

Masahiko, who usually doesn't care much, this time deals with an unbearable sense of guilt.