Hearing Orochimaru's reminder, Tsunade's pupils slightly constricted. In Tsunade's view, even if Kazuki didn't want to become Hokage, countless people would push him to become Hokage.
After all, Kazuki's current strength has already surpassed that of others in the village, and this is only during his growth period.
It is believed that it won't be long before Kazuki's strength will completely pull away from everyone else. If he reaches Madara's level, perhaps the entire Konoha together won't be Kazuki's match.
Under such circumstances, not allowing Kazuki to become Hokage would be targeting him.
It's not that the strongest person must become Hokage, but when one's strength reaches a terrifying level, that is the only choice.
However, upon closer thought, Kazuki wanting to become Hokage seems to have quite a few troubles, such as the Uchiha clan's perennial problem.
How can Kazuki become the clan head without resorting to violence?
During this period, it's hard to guarantee that Danzo and others won't do something messy.
Perhaps she needs to do something.
Tsunade had said at first that she would not explicitly help Kazuki become Hokage, but now the situation has changed.
She can't just let Kazuki be targeted by everyone, can she?
"I understand." Tsunade looked at Orochimaru meaningfully.
Orochimaru let out a light chuckle. He knew that Tsunade understood what he meant.
As for betraying Danzo, Orochimaru didn't care at all. The other party wanted to sow discord between him and Kazuki, but he didn't know that he didn't have the desire for the so-called Hokage position that Danzo imagined.
On the contrary, Orochimaru saw that Danzo was full of ambition, an ambition for the Hokage seat.
Orochimaru had a premonition that Danzo's ambition was constantly growing. For the Hokage seat, Danzo could do anything, and he would be devoured by his own ambition sooner or later.
Danzo actually wanted him to conduct Wood Release experiments, and was willing to give him the cells of the First Hokage, Hashirama, and those cells called White Zetsu.
Little did he know, he was no longer interested in Hashirama. He was going to research the power of the Sage of Six Paths. As for White Zetsu, it wasn't as if he had no opportunity to research it.
He had researched White Zetsu before, and Tsunade also had White Zetsu. He could clearly ask Tsunade for White Zetsu, so why would he ask Danzo?
Were their relations that good?
Moreover, Orochimaru believed he had seen through Kazuki. Although Kazuki was usually easygoing and seemed approachable, if he truly felt targeted, he might be forced to overturn the table.
How could Danzo be a match for Kazuki?
As for those in the village who didn't want Kazuki to become Hokage, hehe, as if Kazuki cared about them that much?
Since Tsunade understood what he meant, his goal had been achieved.
He was increasingly curious to what extent Kazuki would grow in the future.
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In the following months, Kazuki continued to cause trouble within the Land of Water, usually carrying out intelligence gathering missions, striking at the Kirigakure's troops, destroying supplies, and so on. His life was quite good.
With Kazuki's guidance, coupled with continuous bloody battles, Mikoto, Minato, Nawaki, and Rinka's strength grew at a visible rate.
On the other hand, Kazuki, who had previously drawn Asura and Izuna, seemed to have used up his luck. For a full six months, he didn't referesh any good opponents.
The most valuable one was Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, and what's more, it was Kaguya who had just descended into the Ninja World, seemingly easy to defeat. After all, that was Kaguya who hadn't eaten the Chakra fruit.
If he could defeat Kaguya, could he get a power-up like when he defeated young Asura? Would his strength be further improved?
But the facts proved that Kazuki was overthinking. Even Kaguya who hadn't eaten the Chakra fruit was not someone he could contend with. She didn't have that almost invincible strength, nor terrifying Chakra, but an Ōtsutsuki was an Ōtsutsuki after all.
Anyway, Kazuki was beaten quite badly. At the same time, he also recognized the reality. He couldn't even defeat Kaguya in her weak state, let alone Kaguya in her complete state in the future. He still needed to continue working hard.
In addition, the combat arena only refreshed some Chunin and Jonin. By defeating them, he only got some ninjutsu and special abilities, which actually didn't bring him much growth.
During these six months, the benefits that the combat arena brought to Kazuki were not as good as the benefits brought by his current Ōtsutsuki physique. Half a year was enough to increase his Chakra by thirty or forty units, and his strength also increased, especially his ocular power, which also grew.
With the integration of Asura's physique, the Indra Chakra that Kazuki had previously obtained seemed to have been fully activated. His ocular power increased almost every day, but the Mangekyo Sharingan was still a long way off.
Currently, Kazuki no longer held any expectations for the Mangekyo Sharingan. Instead, he focused his attention on developing combat tactics and helping others grow stronger.
On this day, Kazuki finished training the few of them, and then once again turned his attention to the combat arena, wondering who the opponents would be this time.
Akatsuki — Uchiha Itachi
Second Hokage — Senju Tobirama
Hamura's escendant — Ōtsutsuki Hanaki
Land of Snow — Kazahana Dotō
Seeing these four options, Kazuki was silent for a moment, and then his heart was filled with joy.
Goodness, a decent opponent finally appeared. Itachi appeared again. Kazuki had encountered Itachi before, but at that time, Itachi bullied him when he was young and weak.
Now that another Itachi has appeared, how could Kazuki not be excited?
Kazuki was never an Itachi fan. Some people preach that Itachi can seal everything with the Totsuka Blade, which is definitely impossible. But it cannot be denied that aside from being somewhat ruthless, Itachi is definitely powerful in combat.