"Sakura Haruno is still too young to assume the position of Hokage."
Looking at the person who had spoken up from the crowd, Danzo narrowed his eyes. Someone from the Inuzuka clan...
Kiba wanted to say more, but a hand tightly clamped over his mouth. He looked over in dissatisfaction, only to find his older sister glaring at him sternly. Kiba pouted.
"I have inherited the will of Lord First and Lord Second..."
Seeing that Kiba had shut his mouth, Danzo Shimura's speech continued.
"...Amidst countless hardships, turning the tide, and saving Konohagakure from the brink of destruction. And because of this..."
In the crowd, Naruto stared blankly at the old man on the rooftop of the Hokage building, feeling completely dazed. Wasn't Sakura supposed to be the Fifth Hokage? Why was there a miserable old man up there instead? That old guy looked so weak. If someone like him could become Hokage, Naruto figured he could do it too!
Naruto scratched his head, trying to spot Sakura in the crowd. But he couldn't find her. At a time like this, Sakura actually wasn't here? Then where was she? Not just Sakura, even Kakashi-sensei, Ino, and the others weren't around. Moreover, even Grandpa Third was missing...
At the gates of Konohagakure.
"We're finally back. I hope we're in time." Looking at the familiar gates of Konohagakure before her, Sakura couldn't help but feel a bit helpless. She could have moved much faster, but since she had to bring along Gen Musashi, an ordinary person, she had no choice but to slow down.
"Are we here?" Gen Musashi looked at the unfamiliar sights of Konohagakure with curiosity. Will I be living here from now on?
Sakura looked up at the gates of Konohagakure and nodded.
"Sakura?!" Seeing the pink-haired girl appear at the main gate, Kotetsu Hagane was utterly shocked.
"What's wrong?" Sakura asked, feeling a bit puzzled as she looked at Kotetsu, who was dutifully guarding the gate.
Kotetsu quickly stepped forward and informed Sakura of everything that had happened in Konohagakure over the past two days. He was considered a fairly capable Chunin within the village, so he knew that Danzo was ascending to the Hokage position today, and that people had been searching everywhere for Sakura over the last two days. However, the matters concerning Mei Terumi, Kakashi, and the others were completely beyond his knowledge.
"I see..." Sakura rubbed her chin, deep in thought.
"Isn't this perfect? We can just take him down right in front of everyone," Hikari Uchiha spoke up disdainfully from the side. None of this originally had anything to do with her, but wherever Sasuke went, she would follow. She was practically his personal female bodyguard, which meant she inevitably had to get involved.
Sakura didn't object to Hikari Uchiha's words. Instead, with a calm expression, she led the group into Konohagakure.
The streets of Konohagakure were completely deserted, without a single pedestrian in sight. Clearly, everyone had gone to attend the inauguration ceremony for the new Hokage. As they passed a corner, Sakura raised her eyes to look in a certain direction.
"Uncle, Auntie, and little Mirai are all at home. But there are quite a few people monitoring them," Karin spoke in a soft voice.
"Yeah," Sakura nodded, then led the group toward the Hokage building.
Meanwhile, on the rooftop of the Hokage building, Danzo's speech was finally drawing to a close.
"Today, I—a direct disciple of the Second Hokage and a fellow disciple of the Third Hokage—shall assume the position of the Fifth Hokage! Konohagakure will attain even greater glory because of me! If anyone has any objections, feel free to speak up! I will answer everything completely and without reservation!"
As soon as Danzo finished speaking, a voice immediately rang out.
"Where is Sakura?" Who else could it be but Naruto?
"I do not know where Sakura Haruno is, and that has nothing to do with the Hokage succession," Danzo replied casually.
"Then I have a question."
"Can someone who once assassinated the Third Hokage, and is now using illusionary techniques to control the Daimyo, actually take the position of the Fifth Hokage?"
An untimely voice rang out in the crowd like a sudden clap of thunder.
"Furthermore..."
Carrying classified information that practically stunned everyone silly, the crowd instinctively parted at the sound of the voice, revealing the speaker's identity. With her pink hair fluttering, Sakura, who had been missing for two consecutive days, appeared before everyone once again.
"Compared to a rogue like you, I..."
"...am the true Hokage."
These words left everyone present utterly dumbfounded. Danzo Shimura up on the Hokage building claimed to be the Hokage, and Sakura in front of the crowd also claimed to be the Hokage?
Danzo and Sakura's gazes clashed in mid-air. At this moment, everyone looked at the two of them, completely at a loss.
A true and false Hokage? Who was real, and who was fake?
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