The Fifth village Hokage:Uchiha Douhuan

Chapter 253: A Girl Who Loves to Laugh Won't Have Bad Luck

Donald retreated amidst the cheers of the crowd.

And A, after learning this news, directly smashed two tables in his resting place in the Cloud-Thunder Gorge.

"Which idiot took it upon themselves to launch a sneak attack? A sneak attack is one thing, but how could they miss?" A roared angrily.

"It was a veteran Chunin from the village," Mabui said. "He was once taken care of by Lord Killer Bee during a mission. That's why he would act out in anger against Donald, who is trying to drive you from the position of Raikage."

The corner of A's mouth twitched. He gritted his teeth. What effect did this guy's actions have other than helping that bastard Donald gain prestige!

"Mabui, you must stand up now," A said to Mabui after taking a deep breath. "Take my official order to the Anbu, and then, just like him, gather... gather the Black ninjas in the village. The Anbu and the Jonin squad will assist you."

A spoke with some difficulty. Ever since the trend of racial conflict in the Lightning Capital had blown into the Cloud Village, A had always wanted to resolve this matter, but with little success. However, before this, he had always acted as a mediator between the opposing ninjas in the village. The Black ninjas had always wanted him and Killer Bee to stand out and directly support them, suppressing the white ninjas in the village, but A had never agreed.

It could be said that if it weren't for A mediating and appeasing the two forces these past two years, the Cloud Village would have imploded long ago.

But now, in order not to let the village fall into greater chaos, A could only push Mabui out as his representative and brace himself to be the leader of the Black ninjas.

"Me... can I do it?" Mabui was somewhat unconfident.

"You have to, even if you can't!" A said sternly. "Do you want to watch our village be destroyed by that group of idiots like Donald?"

"I understand," Mabui nodded.

Soon, Mabui, following A's arrangement, contacted the Raikage's trusted subordinates in the Anbu and the Jonin squad, and with their help, gathered a large number of Black ninjas.

Before Mabui went on stage to speak, she was still a little nervous. After all, she had always been just the Raikage's secretary before and rarely had such opportunities to be in the public eye. However, at this moment, the arrow was already on the bowstring and had to be fired. After taking a deep breath, Mabui walked to the front of the stage.

After getting on stage, Mabui waved to the crowd below. Mabui's situation was a bit special. She was not purely white or Black; one-quarter of Black blood flowed in her veins. Therefore, the Black people standing below the stage did not hesitate to give her applause.

"Good afternoon, everyone!" Mabui continuously waved at the stage below, and the audience below also continuously responded to him with cheers.

"Thank you all for coming," after the cheers gradually subsided, Mabui continued to speak. "The purpose of gathering everyone here today is very simple. I hope everyone can support me in becoming the Fifth Raikage."

"Our village has just gone through a defeat. Our most respected Fourth Raikage and Lord Killer Bee have not yet woken up. But now, some people in the village are already impatient to usurp Lord Raikage's authority, and it is only for their own selfish desires," Mabui said. "So, we can no longer sit by and do nothing. Think about it, in the missions of these past few years, how many times have missions failed because they didn't put in enough effort on the grounds that the commander was Black? They have always been using the difference in skin color to divide our village! Now they even want to seize the power of the village! Just imagine, if they become the Raikage, will we still have good days to live?"

"That's right! That guy Donald has mediocre strength. On what grounds can he replace Lord Raikage!" a Black ninja in the audience shouted excitedly.

"Everyone! We must act now! We absolutely cannot just watch as the position of Fifth Raikage falls into his hands!" Mabui said.

...

Uchiha Douhuan and Tobi, mixed in the crowd, listened to Mabui's speech.

"Lord Douhuan, this Cloud Village is really getting more and more lively," Tobi said to Uchiha Douhuan with a smile.

"Heh heh, lively is good," Uchiha Douhuan said with a chuckle. "As long as their reparations are paid in full, no matter how lively it gets, it's their own business."

"Then Lord Douhuan, who do you think will win, her or that corn-head from yesterday?" Tobi asked with some curiosity.

"Judging from the speech alone, she's quite a bit worse than that one from yesterday. Plus, with the small arrangement I made yesterday, it will be very difficult for her to win against him and become the Fifth Raikage," Uchiha Douhuan laughed.

"So, Lord Douhuan, you hope that corn-head from yesterday wins the position of Fifth Raikage?" Tobi asked.

"What do you think?" Uchiha Douhuan asked back with a chuckle.

"This subordinate thinks you certainly hope that fellow from yesterday becomes the Fifth Raikage. Because Mabui is clearly a puppet pushed out by the Fourth Raikage's faction to counter Donald and thus keep the power in his hands. If she takes power, it can be said that there is no difference from the Fourth Raikage, A, continuing to govern. Although it is futile no matter who takes power in the face of your absolute strength, Lord, having that fellow from yesterday take power would be more favorable to your war plans," Tobi said.

"Heh heh, Tobi, you're starting to understand politics too," Uchiha Douhuan said with a gratified smile, looking at Tobi beside him, who was disguised as a Black genin.

These past few years, Tobi, who had been following Uchiha Douhuan around the ninja world causing trouble, had grown rapidly in terms of intelligence in this area.

It could be said that Uchiha Douhuan had watched this kid grow from an imbecile who only knew how to ask people what the urge to defecate felt like, to a little genius who could now say a thing or two about the situation in the ninja world.

Uchiha Douhuan was very gratified by his growth. After all, before he had a falling out with Black Zetsu, White Zetsu was indeed a useful tool. And Tobi was the best among them. It could be said that if you asked the current Tobi to plan a successful coup, he might still be lacking, but asking him to go to another village and be a shit-stirrer was more than enough.

Furthermore, Uchiha Douhuan had faintly discovered that this group of White Zetsus led by Tobi, whose mission was to cause trouble in various parts of the ninja world, had a degree of loyalty to him that was even higher than to Black Zetsu, their controller.

Recently, on many occasions, Tobi had liked to bypass Black Zetsu and directly report their mission progress to him.

"It's all because Lord Douhuan taught me well," Tobi said with a chuckle.

"Don't say that, I haven't taught you anything," Uchiha Douhuan said, looking at Mabui who was still talking eloquently on the stage. "I have a mission for you. Go and put her in an awkward position. How about it?"

"Lord Douhuan, you just watch!" Tobi nodded, then squeezed into the bustling crowd below the stage.

After Tobi mixed into the ranks of Mabui's supporters, he, along with others, gave her a warm cheer after her speech ended.

However, after the cheers ended, the Black ninja disguised by Tobi suddenly shouted loudly, "Lady Mabui, after we support you to become the Fifth Raikage, what methods will you use to lead our village out of its current predicament? Can you tell us? So we can also have the confidence to argue with those white pigs!"

Mabui was stunned on the spot upon hearing this question. How would she know what method to use to lead the Cloud Village out of its current predicament? She only knew that what she had to do was to prevent Donald from becoming the Fifth Raikage, and then return the power to her most respected Fourth Lord Raikage after a period of time.

The awkward Mabui's mouth twitched. But at this moment, the numerous supporters below the stage were all staring at her with expectant eyes, eagerly awaiting her answer. She knew that if she said the wrong thing at this time, then it would all be over!

"Haha... hahahaha!"

At this critical moment, Mabui had a stroke of genius and laughed heartily at her supporters below the stage.

Mabui's smile was extremely infectious. Soon, the supporters below the stage all began to laugh heartily with her.

The entire square was instantly filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

Tobi looked at the surrounding crowd in disbelief. She can even get away with this?

Uchiha Douhuan couldn't help but show a knowing smile upon seeing this scene.

After Tobi returned to Uchiha Douhuan's side, his face was full of annoyance. He said to Uchiha Douhuan, "I'm sorry, Lord Douhuan, I have failed your expectations."

"It's fine, it's fine," Uchiha Douhuan waved his hand. "You know, a girl who loves to laugh won't have bad luck."

...

After Mabui stood out to compete with Donald head-on, who would become the Fifth Raikage became the hottest topic in the Cloud Village these two days.

The Fourth Raikage's old guard and the village's Black ninjas, represented by Mabui, and the Cloud Village's white ninjas, represented by Donald, launched the most direct attacks against each other.

The Black ninjas accused the white ninjas of only having racial struggle in their eyes and thus disregarding the village's situation. The white ninjas, on the other hand, accused the Black ninjas of ignoring the lives of them, the white ninjas, in missions. They directly shouted slogans such as "White lives matter" and "The Cloud needs a white Raikage."

For a time, the two groups were evenly matched in their fight for the support of those in the village who had not yet taken a side.

And as the competition deepened, Donald, during a publicity event, happened to run into Mabui, who was also planning to hold a rally in the square. The two thus started a war of words face to face.

"Enough! Look at her! Look at Mabui!" Donald struck first, pointing fiercely at Mabui. "She stands here, talking about 'experience'? Talking about 'rules'? Friends, villagers, our village needs strength! It needs victory! Everyone knows she is just a puppet pushed out by the Fourth Raikage who is about to be dismissed by the Daimyō! And what has the Fourth Raikage brought us? Weakness! Compromise! It's because of the war rashly started by the Fourth that we had to sign that treaty of national humiliation with Konoha. Now they actually want to push out a puppet to occupy this position and are still talking about some harmony, friendliness! A joke! Did our Cloud Village become the head of the Five Great Ninja Villages through good-neighborliness? No! It was won through strength! Won back by ninjas like me who dare to negotiate, dare to show their fangs!"

In these few days, Mabui had also gradually gotten used to being in the public eye. At this moment, facing Donald's aggressive momentum, she also showed no signs of weakness. "Jonin Donald, you have confused recklessness with strength, and packaged selfishness as the art of negotiation. The 'victory' you speak of is built on sacrificing the village's long-term interests and reputation. What the village needs now is to rest and recuperate, to restore its strength, so that there is a possibility of washing away the shame from Konoha's hands in the future! Your frantic jumping around does not help the village's future at all!"

Donald immediately started wagging his finger at Mabui's attack. "Slander! Pure slander! You say my frantic jumping around doesn't help the village at all, but look at you, Mabui, have you ever handled a real crisis? Your so-called 'experience' is just spinning in circles in a pile of documents. You haven't even commanded a proper S-rank mission! You don't understand real combat at all! You are the one who is the weak and incompetent 'armchair strategist' ninja! And I! Donald! Nobody knows how to command an army better than me! Nobody!"

"The 'nobody knows how to command an army better than you' you refer to, does it mean relying on boasting and using your subordinates as cannon fodder to build up your pathetic personal achievements? As for a crisis? Jonin Donald, you seem to have forgotten the chain reaction caused by your reckless intervention in the border conflict between the Land of Waterfalls and the Land of Earth three years ago. Who was it that finally led a squad to clean up the mess and prevented the Cloud from being dragged into that military conflict? It was me and Lord Killer Bee! And you, besides shouting 'fake intelligence! someone framed me!' afterwards, have you ever taken a shred of responsibility?"

Facing Mabui's accusation, Donald's face changed slightly, but he quickly regained his composure. He spoke calmly, "That was a trap! It was fake intelligence provided by Iwagakure's spies! They were jealous of my success! They were afraid of a strong Cloud! And you, Mabui, you are too close to them! You are in league with those corrupt old fogeys who are hindering the development of the Cloud! You are afraid of change! Afraid of a truly strong Raikage like me! You want to maintain the status quo, to maintain your little circle of power! 'Order'? Your 'order' is to let the Cloud stagnate, to become a pool of dead water!"

"What the Cloud needs is not a blustering show of strength, but a reliable, rational leader who can lead the village steadily forward in the complex ninja world. You, Donald, you can't even manage the finances of your own miserable ninja tool shop. How can you manage the entire Cloud Village? How can you make the villagers trust that you can protect their future?" Mabui said with full confidence.

(End of chapter)

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