Naruto: As a genin, I just want to live a normal life.

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The other commanding Jonin also understood that Rasa was the next Kazekage.

If Karura were still alive, he might have been able to compete with Rasa.

But at this moment, apart from Rasa, among the Sand Village Jonin, only Pakura possesses the strength of a Kazekage and is young enough to be qualified to succeed him as Kazekage.

Yekura's abilities are far weaker than those of Karura and Rasa.

The village naturally chooses the stronger one.

Three days later.

Konoha also received the claim that Loulan was a safe zone.

The Jonin meeting will also begin tonight.

This time, there was no appointment from Shirahoshi.

After all, the village's Jonin have gradually recovered since World War II.

Furthermore, the war has not yet officially begun, and the village has a sufficient number of Jonin.

just.

"That's probably what happened."

"All fifteen members of the Dark Division led by White Fang have died. Even though the mission was still successful, the losses were too heavy."

The person who reprimanded White Fang was not the Hokage, but Konoha elder Koharu Utatane.

"I propose that we temporarily remove White Fang's dark forces captain."

"In this state, he is not suitable to go to the battlefield."

“Koharu!” Hiruzen Sarutobi retorted, “Sakuya did his best.”

To escape from an encirclement of over a hundred Sand Village ninja is truly remarkable.

At that moment, Mitokado Homura, who was standing nearby, suddenly said:

"But White Tooth isn't doing very well right now, let him rest for a while."

Since returning to the village, Hatake Sakumo has been consumed by self-blame.

In this mission, his arrangement was a decentralized support system, with each squad located in a certain area of ​​the Land of Wind, forming an evacuation route carrying intelligence from front to back.

But they were discovered by the Sand Village troops...

At that moment, Sakumo Hatake really wanted to leak the information in exchange for his comrades' survival...

During the meeting, Hiruzen Sarutobi knew that there were major problems with this mission.

How did Sunagakure learn of Sakumo Hatake's pre-arranged evacuation route, and how did they follow the clues to find Sakumo Hatake at the forefront...?

"Then let's hold a Jonin vote."

The head of the secret service is, after all, an important official position.

Moreover, given that we are currently at war, the Jonin voting system is just what we need.

After a round of secret ballot, most of the middle-aged (30-45) Jonin seemed to have tacitly voted in favor...

Orochimaru saw through Hiruzen Sarutobi's hypocrisy. He clearly didn't want Sakumo Hatake to continue serving as the head of the Anbu and make achievements in order to run for Hokage, but instead he said something about the Jonin vote.

Would a Jonin dare to vote against the Hokage's wishes?! See if anyone dares to object...

"Five votes against."

"Fifty-one votes in favor."

"Six abstentions."

The notes on the blackboard in the conference room, along with Hiruzen Sarutobi's announcement, left Orochimaru somewhat dazed.

Are there really people voting against it? Aren't you afraid the old man will throw you into the most dangerous missions on the battlefield, sending this disobedient Jonin to his death?!

Orochimaru glanced around and saw Yuhi Ryuun sitting next to Tsunade, muttering something... Namikaze Minato sitting next to Jiraiya, looking helpless... and Shiranui Kumoma speaking quietly to Hirata Shinichi, only to be met with a cold response...

It turned out to be the case.

Five votes.

These must be the five people.

Orochimaru understood the thoughts of Shinichi Hirata, a veteran Jonin.

The other party is quite old and will likely retire completely after the last battle, becoming a retired old man.

They had no intention of getting involved in the village's political struggles.

Therefore, while Shinichi Hirata didn't dislike the simple and honest Jonin like Shiranui Kumo, he didn't want his clan to get into trouble.

He should have abstained from voting.

Seeing that the overall vote count was not unified, Hiruzen Sarutobi was just as Orochimaru had expected.

Even if he didn't verbally express his intention to give up on White Teeth, releasing the poll was essentially a way of saying yes.

Looking at the crowd, Hiruzen Sarutobi narrowed his eyes. He knew he was getting old, and many of the Jonin present represented their clans, and many of their higher-ups were already dissatisfied with him.

They were trying to force this old man, who was approaching fifty, to step down quickly and make way for a new Hokage!

But can I really let go?

Hiruzen Sarutobi was also somewhat unsure of his own thoughts...

After voting on White Fang's eligibility for the position, the Jonin meeting continued to discuss battlefield arrangements.

For example: Should Loulan's proposal be accepted?

The result was naturally that the majority agreed.

It is a good thing to minimize losses in war.

If they are surrounded by a large number of ninjas and cannot escape, the safe zone is the ninjas' last resort.

The Shirahoshi family.

Kakashi unusually took the initiative to find Shirahoshi.

After taking their seats, Shirahoshi got Kakashi a bottle of soda, and then took one for herself and sat on the other side of the sofa.

The canned beverage industry here was a joint venture between Loulan and a company from the Land of Fire, launched six months ago.

After taking a sip, Shirahoshi glanced at the distracted Kakashi and asked with a shifty look:

"It's rare to see a cool kid like you visiting my house. Is something on your mind?"

Kakashi hugged the soda can, looking conflicted, and finally looked at Shirahoshi and asked:

"Senior Shirahoshi, I heard your mission completion rate is 99.99%!"

"That failed mission was also due to our voluntary abandonment of the mission, which is why it failed."

"Senior Shirahoshi, have you ever regretted it? Regretfully, if you had continued with the plan, perhaps you could have maintained 100% accuracy indefinitely..."

"No regrets."

"..."

Bai Xing answered decisively, took another sip of soda, put the soda bottle on the table, and lay back on the sofa.

Seeing Kakashi fall silent again, Shirahoshi glanced at him and naturally understood that Kakashi was still affected by his father's last mission:

"Kakashi."

"Yes, senior."

"No matter how you choose in life, there will always be some regrets in the end."

"But we can only try our best to choose a path that will leave us with fewer regrets."

"senior..."

Upon hearing this, Kakashi suddenly understood, grabbed the soda can, stood up, politely bowed, and respectfully said:

"Thank you for your guidance, senior!"

"You're welcome."

"I will definitely repay this kindness from you another day."

"Hmm." Shirahoshi waved casually, watching Kakashi leave.

The door slammed shut, and Bai Xing looked up at the ceiling.

There are no perfect things in the world.

The honor of White Fang has also put a lot of pressure on Sakumo Hatake!

History always repeats itself along its original trajectory.

That's almost it.

The game of the genin has come to an end.

Shirahoshi was tired of playing around; her initial motivation for playing a genin was to live a peaceful life.

but now,

The identity of a genin has become a burden.

Who knows, one day that old bastard might send me to the battlefield again...

During the medical check-up period after returning to the village, Shirahoshi, through her connection with Nono, specially exchanged her own blood for the check-up.

Furthermore, when Orochimaru infiltrated the hospital and found Shirahoshi's blood, he discovered it was unremarkable; it did possess the five elements, but nothing particularly special.

Therefore, Shirahoshi's body is no longer important.

Perhaps it's just that Shirahoshi doesn't age easily during her adolescence; I plan to wait and see in the future.

......

Having made the decision, the next step is to wait for a suitable assignment.

The temporary death of a low-level ninja is perhaps a way to return to one's true self.

A week later.