"Kuragami, there may be something wrong with your succession to the Fifth Hokage." Hiruzen Sarutobi said.
Kuragami Uchiha frowned when he heard this.
"Take a look at this." Hiruzen Sarutobi took out a letter with the seal of the Daimyo from the desk and handed it to Kuragami Uchiha.
"The Daimyo had already agreed to your appointment as the Fifth Hokage, but several officials and nobles of the Land of Fire jointly wrote a letter to oppose this matter." Hiruzen Sarutobi said.
"Officials and nobles?"
Kuragami Uchiha frowned: "I don't remember when I offended them."
After speaking, Kuragami Uchiha looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi suspiciously.
"Don't look at me like that, Kuragami; this matter has nothing to do with me."
Hiruzen Sarutobi saw Kuragami Uchiha's eyes and hurriedly explained: "I even handed over the command of the Anbu and the Jonin squad to you, and I also want to retire."
Kuragami Uchiha nodded.
It is indeed unlikely that Hiruzen Sarutobi arranged this matter; otherwise, he would not have readily asked the private ninjas of the Sarutobi clan to come to the Hokage building to register and hand over the command of the Anbu and the Jonin squad.
At this time, Kakashi also hurried to the Hokage's office.
"Kuragami, let's go back to the Konoha Military Police Force first." Kakashi came to Uchiha Kuragami, looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi, and said.
"Let's talk about it here if you have anything to say." Uchiha Kuragami said.
"Several fortune tellers from the capital have come to the village in the past few days. After they came, many rumors against you spread in the village." Kakashi said.
"Rumors? For example?" Uchiha Kuragami raised his eyebrows and asked.
"For example, Kuragami, your face is not good. After becoming the Hokage, you will bring disaster to the village." Kakashi looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi and said.
"Hey, Kakashi, this matter really has nothing to do with me."
Hiruzen Sarutobi said helplessly: "My every move these days is under the eyes of your Konoha Military Police Force. How can I have the opportunity to do these things."
But Hiruzen Sarutobi also knew that this method of using rumors looked too much like the handwriting of his faction.
"Don't worry, Kakashi, this matter should not have much to do with the Third Hokage-sama."
Kuragami Uchiha laughed: "It's a bit funny to spread rumors because of a bad appearance. I mean, who among us ninjas doesn't live with their head tied to their belt, risking their lives every day? Who would even believe that stuff?"
Kakashi: ...
Kakashi really wants to say don't forget that there is still a person who believes in these things in the Konoha Military Police Force, but on second thought, what Kuragami Uchiha said seems to make sense, and only a few ninjas he knows believe in these illusory things. Most of them only believe the kunai in their hands.
"However, this rumor is very similar to what those nobles who have nothing to do all day long will come up with. Kakashi, please take people to the capital to investigate and see what these people who suddenly appeared to oppose me are from."
"Understood." Kakashi nodded and left.
"Hokage-sama, I'll go back and deal with these things."
Kuragami Uchiha said and turned around to leave the Hokage building.
After returning to the Konoha Military Police Force, Kuragami Uchiha took a look at today's patrol schedule and called Saito Uchiha.
After entering Kuragami Uchiha's office, Saito Uchiha first saluted respectfully and then asked: "Captain, what do you want?"
"Saito, I heard that there seem to be some new people in the village recently." Kuragami Uchiha said while brewing tea.
"Captain, are you referring to those fortune-tellers? The Konoha Military Police Force has sent people to deal with this matter." Saito Uchiha said.
"Okay."
Kuragami Uchiha nodded: "Remember to entertain the guests in the village well. The people behind them are not small."
"I understand."
Saito Uchiha nodded and planned to take the order and leave.
"Hey, what's the hurry?"
Kuragami Uchiha called Saito Uchiha and then handed him a cup of brewed tea: "At least drink the tea."
"Thank you, captain!" Saito Uchiha smiled and nodded, took the tea and drank it all, and then grimaced because of the burn.
"Alas..."
Kuragami Uchiha looked at the other party helplessly and sighed. It seems that the education of the next generation of the clan is indeed a long way to go.
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On the commercial street of the village, a brand new storefront hung a sign of divination and fortune-telling. This newly opened store seems to be doing very well, and there is a long queue in front of the store.
"Sister Yoshinaga, are you here to see the fortune teller for fortune-telling too?" A middle-aged woman in the queue greeted her after seeing an acquaintance.
"Yes, I heard from my neighbors that this fortune teller here is really accurate."
However, after the two of them exchanged greetings for a while, a team of people wearing Konoha Military Police Force uniforms came over with a cold face. The leader was Hideaki Sakurai, who had been promoted to team leader.
After seeing the Konoha Military Police Force, the villagers in line instantly quieted down.
"Go back; we have received a report that this store promotes superstition in the village and needs to be investigated."
Hideaki Sakurai dispersed the villagers queuing in front of the store with a cold face and then led the team to break in.
Inside, the customers who had been having their fortunes read hurriedly stood up and tried to flee when they saw the Konoha Military Police Force.
"Who are you? Why are you disturbing my business?" The fortune-teller, dressed in professional attire, asked immediately when he saw the customer running away.
"We are the Hidden Leaf Village's Konoha Military Police Force. I heard that the fortune teller is good at fortune-telling, so we came to ask the fortune to read our faces." Hideaki Sakurai said.
"If you want me to read your face, please go outside to line up." The fortune teller reminded.
"We just lined up and came in." Hideaki Sakurai said.
"Okay." Seeing that Hideaki Sakurai and his companions didn't look easy to mess with, the fortune teller could only be patient: "What do you want to see?"
"Fortune teller, please help us see, can this esteemed gentleman become the Hokage?"
Hideaki Sakurai took out a photo of Kuragami Uchiha and put it on the table in front of the fortune teller.
The fortune teller took the photo and found that the person in the photo was the person that the people behind them wanted to target when they came to Konoha this time, so he said: "Tsk tsk, this person's face is not good, I think there is no hope."
"Please take a closer look." Hideaki Sakurai said word by word with a gloomy face.
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