Chapter 150

"Mizunuki Ryosuke, I accept your request on behalf of the village."

A moment later, Tian Yuanshi said in a serious voice, his eyes sinking slightly, as if he had also made some kind of decision in his heart.

"Thank you, Squad Leader Tian."

Seeing his request accepted by Tian Yuanshi, Mizunuki Ryosuke also nodded slightly to Tian Yuanshi to indicate his acknowledgment.

All of this was within his expectations, so he did not feel surprised.

"The two of you, I will send someone to deliver the village's rewards to your residences later."

Afterward, Tian Yuanshi shifted his gaze to Hozuki Mangetsu and Mizunuki Eiro.

To this, neither had any objections.

Only after this matter, the eyes of all the Jonin present looking at Mizunuki Ryosuke were somewhat different.

Immediately after, Tian Yuanshi spoke again.

"Everyone is clear about the village's current situation; now the most important thing is that we need a qualified Mizukage to lead the village out of its predicament."

"So next, we will begin to vote for the Fourth Mizukage!"

As Tian Yuanshi's voice fell, everyone knew that the most important part of this meeting was about to begin.

Especially Mizunuki Eiro, whose breathing even became somewhat rapid at this moment.

"Due to the sudden death of the Third, the village was not prepared for a change in Mizukage."

"So this public selection of the Mizukage has started somewhat suddenly."

"Because of this, according to the discussion between the Elder Council and me, the plan for this public selection of the Mizukage will be changed."

The content of what Tian Yuanshi said made all the Jonin look at each other in dismay.

Seeing that the three Mizukage candidates directly involved in this matter were all silent, the Jonin also said nothing and continued to listen to Tian Yuanshi.

"Unlike the previous system where all Jonin directly voted for the Mizukage,"

"this Jonin meeting will first have all Jonin vote to select three Mizukage candidates."

"Then the village will conduct an assessment of the three, and finally, the one who performs the best will be selected as Mizukage."

The candidate system proposed by Tian Yuanshi was vastly different from the system Kirigakure had used to select Mizukage in the past.

According to the normal process, Kirigakure would only have one person who was the popular choice become the Mizukage candidate.

Under normal circumstances, this Mizukage candidate would be proposed by the previous Mizukage, and then, after the consent of the village's Elder Council, could be directly appointed.

And after becoming a Mizukage candidate, they would possess a portion of the Mizukage's power.

Afterward, after experiencing a series of measures, as long as this Mizukage candidate could obtain half of the votes in the Jonin meeting, they could successfully succeed as Mizukage.

In fact, the Third Mizukage, Mizunuki Taki, had been obstructed by the Kaguya clan and Hozuki Yagura after obtaining the qualifications as a Mizukage successor.

This led to him never getting more than fifty percent of the votes in the Jonin squad, which was why it took two years for him to sit in the position of Mizukage.

And this time, the plan proposed by Tian Yuanshi was vastly different from Kirigakure's previous Mizukage selection system.

And this was actually a matter of having no other choice.

A civil war had caused all the major forces within Kirigakure to suffer heavy losses.

The Mizunuki, Kaguya, and Hozuki, which were originally ranked in the top three, had seen their strength decline severely, and the village was facing a pattern of reshuffling. ===== CHAPTER 152 =====