As expected, Danzo immediately raised an objection: "Hiruzen, I don't recall Kakashi making any significant contributions to the Village. Besides being the Fourth Hokage's disciple, what other commendable achievements does he have?"
The implication was that he, an old man, had made many contributions, so he should be the Hokage!
The Third Hokage patiently explained to him: "Kakashi was promoted to Chunin at age 6, and Jonin at age 12. To date, he has completed 414 B-rank missions, 298 A-rank missions, and 42 S-rank missions. Is that not enough?"
Danzo's single eye gleamed with malice: "No! Far from it! Which Ninja who has reached this point hasn't completed some missions for the Village? Can they all become Hokage?"
Seemingly knowing what the Third Hokage was about to say, he quickly interjected: "I know you are the Hokage, but regarding Kakashi taking over as the Fifth Hokage, I explicitly state that I do not agree! His merits are simply not enough to be Hokage!"
Homura Mitokado and Utatane Koharu did not object, but they did not support it either.
The Third Hokage's probing attempt was not successful.
Ultimately, it was because Kakashi's reputation and achievements were still lacking. If he were like Minato Namikaze or the Sannin, Danzo would have no reason to object.
Immediately after the Jonin class meeting the next day, the Third Hokage called Kakashi to his office and handed him the Flying Thunder God scroll and some learning notes left by the Fourth Hokage.
"Hokage-sama, this is..." Kakashi looked at the large 'Four' label on the scroll and asked hesitantly.
The Third Hokage sighed softly: "You must think I, this old man, specifically rewarded this to you? Actually, no. Many years ago, when the Fourth Hokage first took office, he prepared this gift for you. He hoped you could go further, to a place even further than him. He had high expectations for you, Kakashi, do not let him down... This item has been in my safekeeping, and I believe you are now ready. Take it."
Inside the scroll were not only the Flying Thunder God Technique but also two sealing Ninjutsu of the Uzumaki Clan.
With a sense of remembrance for his esteemed teacher, Kakashi began to practice as soon as he received the Flying Thunder God scroll.
Difficult! Extremely difficult! Even with mental preparation, the difficulty of the Flying Thunder God Technique still exceeded his imagination.
Because Kakashi's Sharingan could not be deactivated, he could mobilize much less Chakra than other Jonin of the same rank, and the Flying Thunder God Technique consumed more Chakra than expected.
Chakra was one aspect; after Instant Transmission, his body's reaction speed could not keep up with the speed of the jutsu, which was another aspect.
Many times, his mind knew what to do, but his body didn't, his body couldn't react in time.
He used it twice during his spar with Might Guy and realized it wouldn't work.
It was clearly a killing technique, but he was using it as a technique to sacrifice himself, which was deadly.
Kakashi didn't want to give up the Sharingan Obito gave him. If his body speed couldn't keep up and his Chakra reserves couldn't keep up, what could he do? He was already an extremely outstanding Ninja, and he could find solutions to problems himself. He picked up the Eight Gates, which he hadn't practiced much, and started body training again.
Activating the Eight Gates could effectively increase a portion of Chakra and significantly boost body reaction speed.
Normally, he would take Team 7 on D-rank missions, occasionally have meals and go shopping with Ari, and spend the remaining time training taijutsu with Might Guy. His life suddenly became rich and colorful.
The Third Hokage's choice for the Fifth Hokage was Kakashi, and the Advisors to assist the Fifth Hokage would naturally be his son Asuma and his future daughter-in-law Yuhi.
Asuma, Yuhi, and Kakashi were all classmates, very much like him, Homura Mitokado, and Utatane Koharu back in the day.
As for Danzo's position, he hadn't decided who would replace him, but he had confidence in Kakashi and Asuma. They weren't children, and with the three of them working together, along with the support of numerous Ninja clans, they could completely suppress Danzo.
Having given the Flying Thunder God to Kakashi, he naturally wouldn't neglect his son and future daughter-in-law.
They both also needed some 강화.
The Third Hokage's own Ninjutsu were not suitable for the two of them, so he selected Ninjutsu from the scroll of seals.
Finally, he gave Multiple Exploding Tags to Asuma and Darkness Genjutsu to Yuhi, letting them practice on their own to strengthen their individual abilities.
Ever since he started practicing Multiple Exploding Tags, Asuma became increasingly impoverished. The cigarettes he usually smoked dropped two grades, and when he went to the Yamanaka Flower Shop to buy flowers, no matter how much Ino talked, he didn't dare to buy the most expensive ones anymore.
Poor! He was truly too poor!
The Flying Thunder God Technique Kakashi practiced was deadly, but the Multiple Exploding Tags he practiced cost money.
Multiple Exploding Tags, in theory, is a Ninjutsu that infinitely summons Exploding Tags for continuous explosions, but these Exploding Tags cannot be summoned from a shop. If the Second Hokage could develop such a heaven-defying Ninjutsu, Kinkaku and Ginkaku wouldn't be needed; the owners of Ninja tool shops would have to sell everything at a huge loss, smash pots and sell iron, and hire powerful Ninja to kill him.
Only Exploding Tags marked with his special jutsu formula would be summoned. To practice this technique, Asuma had to buy a large number of Exploding Tags.
His quality of life severely declined; not only was Yuhi dissatisfied, but Team 10, who had been freeloading food and drinks, also expressed their displeasure!
Asuma borrowed money from his old friend Chiriku, and following Ino's method, he leased out the vacant houses of the Sarutobi Clan. He tried every possible way to raise money.
Ino's Steam Impurities Explosion had completed the water transformation part, but the oil transformation was very difficult.
In Little Mustache's technique, the oil transformation only served a heating purpose, and how to transform Chakra into oil was not as detailed as when he explained the water transformation; it was very simple at the time.
Ino also had a solution for this.
In this era, besides the Second Mizukage, did anyone else use oil? Of course, there was; this person was Jiraiya, who had a 'Oil' forehead protector!
Jiraiya's oil transformation was probably different from the Second Mizukage's oil transformation, but there was a lot of knowledge that could be learned and then applied to Steam Impurities Explosion.
Coincidentally, Kakashi said he had officially recommended Ino to Jiraiya, and Jiraiya had mentioned this to Tsunade. What Tsunade specifically meant, Ino needed to discuss herself.
Ino had completed all eight missions for the Chunin Exams, Shikamaru and his team still had one mission left, and Asuma was currently preoccupied with money, money, money. All three were very busy.
So she used the excuse of finding Tsunade to learn Medical Ninjutsu to leave Konoha Village and go to a small town on the border of the Land of Fire and the Land of Waterfall to find Jiraiya.
Jiraiya, that pervert, often tailed Tsunade, and in places where Tsunade frequented, Jiraiya could often be found.
Ino's reason was justifiable, and moreover, there was no secret or shady business involved; it was open and above board, and no one could find fault with it.
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