The Fifth village Hokage:Uchiha Douhuan

Chapter 252: Nobody Knows Konoha Better Than Me

"Lord Raikage, perhaps you should go back and receive treatment first," Mabui said to A after some hesitation. "After all, with your current physical condition, I'm afraid you won't be able to suppress them."

A took a deep look at the group gathered in front of the Raikage Tower, then turned and left without a word. Mabui was right. He had now lost an arm, and his strength had already declined. What's more, the injuries on his body had not yet fully healed. If he appeared rashly and truly showed his weak side, it would be very difficult to hold on to his position as Raikage.

After all, he was the one who had to bear the main responsibility for their Cloud Village's disastrous defeat this time.

The Cloud Village, after all, was a ninja village with a militant faction as its founding core. For the Cloud, the Raikage could be tyrannical, could be a dictator, and could even be fatuous, but he absolutely could not fail!

If the Sand Village suffered a setback in a war, the Kazekage could return to the village, offer a deep apology, and then continue to be the Kazekage as if nothing had happened. But once the Raikage failed, the trust of the ninjas in the village would immediately drop to a freezing point. At this time, if he appeared before the villagers in such a weakened state, he would probably be directly driven from the position of Raikage.

Therefore, he must now find a way to hold on until his injuries healed and his sworn brother, Killer Bee, woke up.

However, when A returned to his place of recuperation in the Cloud-Thunder Gorge, another piece of bad news arrived one after another. That is, the Daimyō of the Land of Lightning, under the pressure of his ministers, had already passed the proposal to re-elect the Fifth Raikage.

Forced by the war pressure from Konoha, the court of the Land of Lightning was compelled to sign that compensation treaty. In this way, not only did the Cloud Village suffer heavy losses, but the entire economy of the Land of Lightning would also be severely damaged by this huge amount of compensation. Therefore, the current Land of Lightning urgently needed a scapegoat. And A, who was currently "unconscious" to the outside world, was chosen by the officials of the Land of Lightning as this scapegoat. After all, this matter, in the final analysis, was caused by A misjudging the strength gap between himself and Uchiha Douhuan.

After learning this news, A slammed the table heavily with his single arm, then sighed. He knew that in the village, he had lost all momentum. If he could still control the court of the Lightning Capital as before, then none of this would be a big problem. However, during the time he was unconscious, the civil officials of the Lightning Capital had already seized the initiative.

A pondered for a moment, then looked up at the secretary beside him and said, "Mabui, I plan to nominate you to run for the Fifth."

"Me?" Mabui was stunned on the spot upon hearing A's words. "I don't think I can do it."

"What's there that you can't do?" A said. "Your strength can be considered among the top tier of the village's elite Jonin, and you have been by my side all these years, so you are very familiar with the village's political affairs. As long as you are willing, I will send a message and have the Anbu and Jonin squad members who support me in the village stand behind you."

"But..." Mabui was still hesitating, but A waved his hand and said without allowing for refusal, "You saw it just now. Donald and his group have already gained the support of many people. If no one stands up, he has a high probability of becoming the village's Fifth Raikage. But what kind of character were Donald and those people before? You know it clearly. They are just a group of idiots who only talk big and make countless mistakes when they do things! If he becomes the Fifth, he will sooner or later destroy the village! So, for our village, you must stand up now."

Mabui fell into silence upon hearing this. As the Raikage's secretary who needed to handle many documents, she was no stranger to the resumes of Donald and his group.

First was Donald. This guy had always been trying to squeeze into the core circle of power in the Cloud. His strength was barely at the level of an elite Jonin, but among all the records of him leading a team to carry out missions, his success rate was close to the bottom among all Cloud Jonin. However, the casualty rate of his squad was consistently high.

Furthermore, this person's style of conduct had always been flamboyant. Before this, A had already warned him many times about it.

However, after the trend of Black-white conflict in the Land of Lightning blew into the Cloud Village, this guy seized the opportunity and transformed himself into the leader of the Cloud Village's white ninjas. This time, after their Cloud suffered a major setback in Konoha, he was also the first to shout the slogan of impeaching the Fourth and having a white person be the Raikage, and for a time, responders gathered like clouds.

As for his supporter, Elon, he was a famous ninja tool merchant in the Land of Lightning who had risen to prominence in the last two years. After the largest ninja tool factory in the Land of Lightning was sabotaged, his family's ninja tool industry took the opportunity to swallow up a large share of the market, becoming a new noble among the merchants of the current Land of Lightning. And as a ninja, although this guy's success rate in leading teams to complete missions was quite good, the casualty rate of his squads was extremely high.

The reason this guy supported Donald was probably because he realized that if he wanted his ninja tool business to go further, he had to get official support. And A had always given him the cold shoulder. So, after Donald jumped out, he was also the first person in the village to clearly support Donald.

The last of the three, Flagg, was the strongest of the three in terms of strength. He had once competed with Killer Bee for the title of "B," but lost to Killer Bee in the end. This had become his obsession ever since. During this period, he had publicly declared more than once that after Donald became the Fifth Raikage and inherited A's name, he would become the new era's B. The two of them would lead the Land of Lightning out of its current quagmire and create a new era for the Land of Lightning.

Under the operation of these three, taking advantage of the nearly one week that A was unconscious, they used the slogan "Make the Cloud Great Again" to win over a large number of white ninjas who were already dissatisfied with A. They used red-strapped forehead protectors as their identity symbol, gathered together, and built momentum for Donald.

Thinking of this, Mabui also realized that the other party had already gained momentum. If she didn't want the authority of the Raikage to really fall into the hands of this group of people, then besides standing up to compete with the other party for the position of Fifth Raikage, she had no other choice.

"I understand, Lord Raikage," Mabui nodded at A.

"The future of the village is in your hands. At the very least, you must hold on until Killer Bee wakes up," A said, his eyes narrowed.

"Understood!" Mabui nodded heavily.

...

The news that the Daimyō had passed the resolution to re-elect the Raikage soon spread back to the Cloud Village. After learning this news, Donald felt that victory was at hand. After changing into a red forehead protector, he and his supporters took to the streets of the Cloud to promote their ideas.

"Villagers!" At a conspicuous spot in the Cloud Village square, as Donald's supporters played upbeat music, Donald stepped onto the stage, swaying his body slightly to the rhythm of the music.

"Donald!"

"Donald!"

The white ninjas and ordinary villagers gathered here continuously shouted his name.

Donald strode to the high platform in the center of the square, his iconic golden hair particularly striking under the sun. At this moment, he was wearing a gorgeous ninja uniform with the Cloud symbol, waving to the crowd, his expression full of confidence, his voice loud and penetrating, with a unique cadence:

"Everyone from the Cloud! Great Cloud ninjas! Hardworking ninja tool merchants! And our best, strongest, most loyal Cloud ninjas! How are you doing? Listen, today is an important day, a very important day. The Daimyō has passed the resolution to re-elect the Fifth Raikage. We are going to elect a new Raikage, the Fifth Raikage!"

Donald clenched his fist tightly and waved it a few times at the supporters gathered below wearing red-strapped forehead protectors.

"We were once strong, very strong! The First, the Second, and the Third Lord Raikage were all strong. I respect them, very much so. But look now! Our Fourth Raikage started a war! A war that was started casually without careful consideration! And the consequence of the war is that nearly 1,000 of our village's comrades are imprisoned. To bring them back, our country needs to pay a huge price! And another 1,000 comrades have left their lives forever in the Land of Fire! Is this right? This is not right!"

A pained expression appeared on Donald's face.

"The Fourth Raikage, A! When he was trying to kidnap Konoha's little kid, did he consider the consequences of doing so? What did his actions create? It created a war in which our Cloud was completely defeated! It created the decline of our Cloud! He is a loser, a complete and utter loser! We need a winner! Someone who can make the Cloud great again!"

After speaking, Donald pointed his finger at himself!

"That person is me! Donald! Nobody knows the Cloud better than me! Nobody! I understand our Lightning Release, our nintaijutsu. I understand our mountains, our thunderclouds! I even know the price of every single one of our lightning plates! Do you know why? Because I'm a man of action! I've built the best Lightning Release training grounds. I've negotiated the best ninja tool deals—of course, the best for us, the Cloud! Very good! Very nice!"

"Now, let's talk about our opponents! Let's talk about Konoha. Oh, Konoha... Konoha! Konoha!" Donald shook his head with a look of disgust. "They always say one thing and do another. They smile to your face and play dirty tricks behind your back. Do they think they're very smart?"

Donald's hands made a special gesture, constantly waving.

"No! Listen, everyone from the Cloud: Nobody... nobody knows Konoha better than me! I'm telling you, nobody! I've studied them for over a decade! I know what their Hokage is thinking, I know what their Hyuga family is thinking, I know their Uchiha... oh, the Sharingan, very troublesome, but I have a way to deal with it! I know their weaknesses, very well! Their so-called 'Will of Fire' is all fake! Weakness! Only our Cloud's 'Militant Faction' spirit is true strength!"

After saying all this, Donald paused, then raised his volume:

"So, when I become the Fifth Raikage—and you will elect me, because you are smart people!—the first thing we will do is renegotiate those terrible, very unfavorable treaties! We will win! We will win big! We will make the Cloud stronger, richer, and safer than ever before! We will get our glory back! We will make the enemy fear us again! Remember my words: under Donald's leadership, the Cloud will welcome unprecedented victory! Believe me, I'm an expert! Elect Donald as the Fifth Raikage! Thank you all! I love you! Long live the Cloud!"

After speaking, Donald waved enthusiastically to his supporters. His beautiful hair, like cornrows, sparkled in the sun.

"Donald!"

"Donald!"

"Donald!"

The red-forehead-protector-wearers below the stage shouted his name, lost in the moment.

And not far away, Uchiha Douhuan, disguised as a local by White Zetsu, watched this scene with his mouth agape.

"This guy... is a real talent," U-chiha Douhuan's mouth twitched slightly after being disguised as a local by White Zetsu. After a long while, he finally commented.

"Lord Douhuan, should we help him?" At this time, Tobi asked in Uchiha Douhuan's ear.

"Help him? Of course we have to help him," Uchiha Douhuan said with a light laugh. He broke off a section of the railing at his hand, then melted this piece of railing with the high temperature of Lightning Release, re-condensed it, until this metal condensed into a steel ball with a diameter of five millimeters.

Subsequently, Uchiha Douhuan gently tossed the steel ball down, while at the same time laying a weak magnetic field around the steel ball with Lightning Release.

As the magnetic field began to operate, this steel ball, suspended in mid-air, whistled towards Donald on the stage after a few breaths.

"Thwack!" With a dull thud, the steel ball grazed past Donald's right ear. A little bit of blood seeped out from the side of Donald's ear and flowed down.

"Protect Lord Donald!" The supporters beside Donald, upon seeing this, hurriedly gathered together. And Flagg, who was with him, also fiercely looked in the direction the steel ball came from. However, Uchiha Douhuan's shadow clone was long gone from here, leaving only a White Zetsu disguised as a Black ninja to be discovered and then turn and flee.

The Black ninja disguised by White Zetsu, after being discovered, was immediately surrounded and attacked by the angry red-forehead-protector-wearers and died among them in no time.

And at this time, Donald on the stage, his face full of blood, forcefully raised his hand to the sky, waved his arm, as if to tell the whole world that this little thing could not stop him!

"Donald!"

"Donald!"

"Donald!"

In the square, Donald's red-forehead-protector supporters were also infected by his emotions, continuously shouting his name. At this time, a White Zetsu mixed in the crowd once again shouted, "Fifth Kage! We love you!"

(End of chapter)

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