I just want to be lazy, I was forced to become Hokage

"Don't think that if you say that, we will let you go immediately, Lan Gui."

Nara Shikano glanced sideways at Nara Langui, not appreciating the latter's "praise" at all.

We are all Nara ninjas, who doesn't know who's true nature?

Want to casually drop a sentence and slip away to rest?

If it was a normal matter, Nara Kano could still turn a blind eye.

But this is a campaign for Hokage!

Can you show off some energy?

"……All right."

Nara Langui's expression froze, and the solemn expression he had just moments ago immediately collapsed. He raised his chin with one hand and analyzed boredly.

"Brother Minato is favored by the Third Hokage, this is a normal thing.

"Leave aside the achievements and prestige gained by Brother Minato in the three battles, he also has the support of Jiraiya, the Sannin, and a holy place like Mt. Myouki to promote the name of 'Son of Prophecy' for him.

"If I were the Third Hokage and wanted to find a follower in the village to accompany the Five Shadows Conference, I would also choose Brother Minato. He is young, handsome, powerful, and has a high reputation...

"But by accompanying the Third Hokage to the Five Kage Conference, it doesn't necessarily mean that Brother Minato will definitely become the next Hokage.

"Isn't the third Mizukage from the next village the most striking example?"

In recent times, the Nara clan has collected and compiled a lot of information about the first Five Kage Conference.

All three people here know that the third Mizukage once accompanied the first Mizukage to attend the Five Kage Conference, but the position of the second Mizukage was taken away by the Oniden Gengetsu of the Oniden clan.

If we have to analyze the reasons, we can only speculate that during the second-generation Mizukage campaign, the overall strength of Oniden Genzuki was better than that of the current third-generation Mizukage.

Isn't this very similar to the current situation in Konoha?

Sarutobi Hiruzen preferred Namikaze Minato and planned to take him to attend the second Five Kage Conference.

However, in terms of overall strength performance.

Nara will definitely not lose to Namikaze Minato when he takes Gui!

If the position of the Fourth Hokage is obtained through a "showdown", Nara Langui is confident that he will not lose to any opponent.

Now, he is still stronger.

After listening to Nara Langui's analysis, both the old patriarch and his son nodded in approval.

Only the qualifications to participate in the Five Shadows Conference.

This little thing cannot affect the overall situation.

"Except Brother Minato, what have everyone else done recently?"

Nara Langui thought for a while and narrowed down the target range.

"Ignoring those who are obviously running with him, has Orochimaru done anything recently?"

In fact, in Nara Langui's heart, Orochimaru was also destined to run with him.

Not to mention that Nara Langui has a lot of negative information about Orochimaru in his hands.

Just say a little.

The backer behind Orochimaru is Shimura Danzo.

And the background of Namikaze Minato is Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Purely natural pressed.

Even without the existence of Nara Langui, Orochimaru is destined to be unable to compete with Namikaze Minato.

But...

Strategically, we despise the enemy, but tactically we value the enemy.

Nara Langui doesn't want to lose his chain at such a critical moment.

"No……"

Nara Shikaku shook his head and frowned slightly.

"Lan Gui, you may not have noticed this information before. In fact, Lord Orochimaru has not appeared in public for a long time.

"Even when he was sitting on the battlefield in the Land of Grass, Lord Orochimaru had always been reclusive. Except for a few close friends, few people could see him.

"After returning to the village, Orochimaru-sama basically did not go out for activities.

"In the past week, Lord Orochimaru has only made one public appearance. About four days ago, he went to the torture department in the village.

"I asked the ninja who was in charge of the torture department at the time. His evaluation of Lord Orochimaru... was very unfavorable."

"how?"

Nara Langui raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Did Orochimaru attack the ninjas from the torture department?"

"That's not to say, no matter what, we are all companions in the village."

Nara Shikaku shook his head quickly. He also had a bad impression of Orochimaru, but after all, he was a powerful Sannin.

"It's just based on what the ninja from the Torture Department - Morino Ihiki - said..."

"The Lord Orochimaru he saw didn't look like a human being, but looked like... something wearing human skin."

"Shikaku, are you sure the person you asked is correct?"

Nara Shikano was slightly stunned and looked at his son in surprise.

"I have dealt with Orochimaru many times. His temperament is a little cold and arrogant, and he is indeed not easy to get along with, but he is not like what you said.

"Still wearing human skin...isn't Orochimaru a human?"

"I just repeated what the torture department ninja said."

Nara Shikaku spread his hands, looking helpless.

"After all, I haven't had personal contact with Lord Orochimaru for a long time...

"But Morino Hiki doesn't seem like someone who likes to exaggerate."

Nara Langui fell into deep thought while listening to the conversation between the old patriarch and his son.

He had a fairly good understanding of Orochimaru's life experience.

After failing to run for the Fourth Hokage, Orochimaru defected to Konoha because of the discovery of human experiments, and then wandered into the ninja world, embarking on a path of complete indifference.

Especially after various "cursed seals" were developed, it is really difficult to define Orochimaru's personal life status.

But Nara Langui does know one thing better.

Orochimaru's "physical condition" is indeed complicated.

But his "soul state" is not certain.

No matter how Orochimaru says "I spit out snakes" or "snake spits out me", he always has only one soul.

This can be seen from the fact that Uchiha Itachi's Ten Fist Sword can completely "ban" Orochimaru.

If Nara Shikaku had just done it, there would be no problem.

That can only mean one thing - something is wrong with Orochimaru's soul!

‘Could it be said that Orochimaru has embarked on the path of soul research? Have you even started research on the art of reincarnation? I feel like the time is not right...'

‘If it weren’t for the art of reincarnation, why would Orochimaru’s soul have problems? ’

‘Reincarnation in dirty soil? The art of Yamata? Or...a curse seal? ’

One idea after another flashed through Nara Langui's mind, but due to the lack of information, he could not draw accurate conclusions at all.

"No matter what, if there is nothing wrong with what Shikaku just said, then this is good news."

Nara Shikano stroked his beard, temporarily abandoned those difficult questions, and directly focused on the key to the problem.

"It doesn't matter why Orochimaru became like this.

"The important thing is that as a strong competitor of the Fourth Hokage, Orochimaru is in a very wrong state right now. Even ordinary ninjas will be intimidated when they see him.

"Then Orochimaru is destined to fail in the Jonin class voting!"

According to Nara Shikaku's introduction, the ninja named Morino Ihiki was just an ordinary chuunin with a certain talent in torture.

But even the chuunin can detect Orochimaru's problem, how could the jounin with better overall quality not discover it?

Even though Orochimaru's personal condition is not as bad as Nara Shikaku said.

But the "monster in human skin" theory is only half credible.

It is basically impossible for Orochimaru to successfully run for the Fourth Hokage...

The three of Nara and Gui continued to talk about the fourth generation election for a while, thoroughly finalizing the general campaign plan, and then talked about another major event.

"Lan Gui, what are you going to do with that 'empty area'?"

There must be a reason for Orochimaru to start research on the art of immortal reincarnation.

But the original comic didn't write it...it's very awkward.

In other words, this is a BUG.

I personally think that Orochimaru started researching the art of immortal reincarnation because there was something wrong with his body.

It does not refer to issues such as "aging" or "mutation".

[Personal speculation] It was because Uchiha Itachi cut off one of Orochimaru's arms, and then Orochimaru began to reincarnate.

If I have the opportunity in the future, I might make an analysis post on this issue. For now... I can only stay at speculative conclusions.