Chapter 156

"The succession ceremony for the Fourth Hokage is about to begin."

"I've been working overtime these past two days, providing many suggestions for the future development of the Konoha Hidden Village."

"I'll just take this opportunity to release them."

"........"

Putting on the haori engraved with the Senju clan crest.

Senju Xingye held a piece of parchment in his hand, on which were written densely packed words.

And Senju Tsunade, who had put on the Fourth Hokage robe, also wore the Hokage hat on her head, and the two walked side by side to attend the ceremony.

The succession of the Hokage.

This matter was very grand throughout the entire Konoha Hidden Village.

From the high-level officials of Konoha and the clan leaders of various clans, down to the ordinary civilians, all took to the streets at the same time.

Clan leader of the Senju of the Forest—Senju Xingye.

Fourth Hokage—Senju Tsunade.

When the two of them.

Appeared in the main seats of the Hokage succession ceremony.

They instantly became the focus of the entire audience; whether it was their strength or their reputation, they were top-tier existences in the entire Konoha Hidden Village.

"Where the leaves dance, the fire burns."

"As long as there are places where leaves dance, the fire will burn! The shadow of the fire will shine on the village!"

"And let new leaves sprout; this is the will of sacrifice and inheritance."

"I believe that under the leadership of the Fourth Hokage, the Konoha Hidden Village will move toward a higher peak, leading everyone to prosperity together."

"........"

Under such circumstances.

Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen naturally wouldn't deliberately find fault.

After all.

Even if the master-disciple relationship was not good.

Senju Tsunade was his disciple after all, and now it was the succession ceremony for the Fourth Hokage; causing destruction at this time would definitely lead to malicious targeting by that guy Senju Xingye, and it wouldn't be good if he failed to protect his reputation in his later years.

"Clap, clap, clap—"

After Sarutobi Hiruzen's voice fell.

A very enthusiastic round of applause erupted at the scene.

Except for a very few people.

Almost the vast majority of civilians and ninjas in the Konoha Hidden Village welcomed Senju Tsunade to inherit this position.

"Next, proceed with the Hokage handover ceremony!"

"Tsunade, the village is now fully handed over to you."

Sarutobi Hiruzen slowly exhaled.

Relieving himself of the position of Hokage gave him a complex feeling.

On one hand, losing power made him a bit reluctant; after all, having been Hokage for thirty years, suddenly returning to being a commoner overnight, the sense of disparity was a bit large.

On the other hand, he also relieved himself of responsibility, not having to consider how to deal with the other four major ninja villages at the age of fifty-plus.

"Oh, oh, oh, oh!"

"Long live Lord Tsunade!"

"Long live Lord Xingye!"

"Long live the Senju of the Forest!"

"......."

Thunderous applause, cheers one after another, and the cheers of everyone present.

Resounded throughout Konoha.

At this very moment, Konoha ushered in the era of the Fourth Hokage.

Shimura Danzo, who was off-stage, could only look at Senju Tsunade, who was wearing the Hokage robe, with eyes full of envy, jealousy, and hatred; this was originally the position he sought, but the Third didn't have a share for him, and the Fourth didn't have a share for him either.

Having ambition alone.

Without matching strength.

This destined Shimura Danzo to be just a clown-like existence.

Very quickly.

Senju Tsunade, who had become the Fourth Hokage.

Also took the parchment handed over by Senju Xingye and began to read the contents on it.

"From today on."

"In order to improve the overall strength of the village, except for secret techniques and forbidden techniques."

"D-grade ninjutsu and C-grade ninjutsu are open to all ninjas in the village; whether you are born a civilian or born into a clan, you can learn them."

"After reaching the strength of a Chunin, you can browse all B-grade ninjutsu."

"After reaching the strength of a Jonin, you can browse all A-grade ninjutsu."

"After reaching the strength of a Kage, you can browse all S-grade ninjutsu."

"........"

For Senju Xingye.

Any ninjutsu below S-grade, even at the level of Rasengan or Chidori, had no meaning.

It was also unremarkable to the offspring of his clan, because they all possessed their own talents.

Therefore.

Directly opening up ninjutsu learning.

Was the best choice to improve the comprehensive strength of the village.

Although this broke the monopoly of some clans on ninjutsu and would offend their core interests, Senju Xingye was not a person who feared trouble; whoever dared to jump out at this time, he would dare to kill the chicken to warn the monkey.

And.

Kage-level combat power.

Was almost the highest level of powerhouse in a village; there was no problem with letting them browse S-grade ninjutsu.

"Re... really?!"

"I, a dignified Chunin, only know two C-grade ninjutsu until now; it's really too shameful."

"Without clan inheritance, unless we civilian ninjas make great contributions, otherwise, we have no chance to learn more advanced ninjutsu."

"I, Akizuki Kozo, will swear to follow Lord Hokage to the death!"

"I, Ito Makoto, will definitely follow Lord Tsunade's lead!"

"............"

Once this policy was released.

It directly caused an uproar, making the civilian ninjas of the Konoha Hidden Village excited.

They all expressed their willingness to dedicate their lives to the Fourth Hokage, Senju Tsunade!

At the same time, this also made some clan ninjas dissatisfied; in their view, in this way, those civilian ninjas would close the gap with them by a large margin.

However.

Compelled by the momentum of the Senju of the Forest and the Fourth Hokage.

They also only suppressed this dissatisfaction in their hearts, not daring to jump out at this time.

Jumping out at this time.

Was no different from delivering their heads, and they weren't fools.

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