Chapter 158 Dark Department

The speech of the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze received a great response.

Compared with the lengthy and preachy speech style of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, Minato's speech was obviously more practical and full of the enterprising spirit of young people.

In his speech, Minato briefly told the villagers about his governing goals.

Provide pensions and compensation to the families of the ninjas who died in the last Ninja World War, and the names of the ninjas who died will all be engraved on the memorial.

Focus on the education of civilian ninjas, especially strengthen the training of medical ninjas to reduce the number of ninjas who will die in the future.

Promote harmony within Konoha, and a series of policies will be introduced to ease conflicts. Although it is not stated explicitly, this is obviously aimed at the Uchiha problem.

Strengthen the role of the Anbu in defending Konoha, and never let the mistakes that occurred in the last Ninja World War happen again.

These are just a small part. As the youngest Hokage in the history of Konoha, Minato's ideals and ambitions are naturally more than these.

What Minato wants to do is the same as Che in a sense.

That is to change Konoha.

Che listened very carefully below.

Most of the other people of the same age, even the adult ninjas, were just listening for fun.

But Che was listening carefully to Minato's ideas.

"Although the reform is a bit conservative, it is constrained after all."

Che secretly evaluated Minato's ideas of governance in his heart, and at the same time, he glanced at Sarutobi Hiruzen behind Minato.

After all, Minato was young and did not have a deep foundation in the upper echelons.

In addition, Minato was originally from Sarutobi Hiruzen's line and was Sarutobi Hiruzen's disciple. Even if Minato became Hokage, he could not get rid of Sarutobi Hiruzen's influence.

Hearing this, Che did not listen carefully anymore.

Hearing is false, seeing is true.

Che decided to use his six eyes in the future to see for himself whether Konoha under Minato's governance could meet his expectations.

Che lowered his head and saw Hong, who was looking forward to it.

"Hong, what are you thinking about?"

Hong reacted, and her little face turned red for some reason.

Then Hong suddenly turned her head away and dared not look at Che again.

Although Che had six eyes, he could not see through a woman's heart. He just felt strange, but did not investigate further.

In fact, Hong was thinking that if Che became Hokage several years later, would she have become Che's wife?

At that time, she would be as glorious as Uzumaki Kushina standing on the roof of the Hokage Building.

If Che knew Hong's thoughts, he would probably be in tears and laughter.

Maybe he could really become Hokage, but he might disappoint Hong at that time.

After all, his means of becoming Hokage might not be as fair as Minato's.

Minato was from the lineage of Hokage, while Che was from Uchiha.

Since the first generation of Hokage was held by Hashirama Senju, it was destined that the members of the Uchiha clan could not become Hokage through normal means unless the Uchiha clan was destroyed.

Minato's inaugural speech ended.

The onlookers who surrounded the Hokage Building tightly suddenly burst into surprisingly loud applause.

The crowd was reluctant to disperse for a long time, and the haze of war seemed to be swept away by the newly appointed Hokage.

After a long time, the crowd slowly dispersed, and Che and Hong were about to leave.

A member of the Anbu wearing a cat-faced mask stopped Che.

"Uchiha Che, the Hokage summoned you."

Che raised his eyebrows and asked, "Which Hokage?"

"The fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato."

The cat-faced Anbu said calmly.

Che then turned to Yuhi Hong, "Hong, you go back first."

"Okay." Hong nodded and went back.

The cat-faced Anbu looked at Che, and when Che was about to leave, the cat-faced Anbu said again, "Wait a minute, there's another one."

The cat-faced Anbu left instantly.

Che just looked at the strength of this Anbu, and he had just reached the level of Jonin.

Judging from his clothes, he seemed to be a squad leader of the Anbu.

Che had an estimate of the overall strength of the Anbu in his mind.

The captain and vice-captain of the Anbu, that is, Asuma's elder brother and sister-in-law, are at the level of elite jonin.

The squad leader is at the level of ordinary jonin, and his teammates should only be at the level of chunin or special jonin.

In this way, the hard power of the Anbu is not particularly outstanding, but it is not effective on the front battlefield, so hard power is not that important.

Not long after, the Anbu came to Che's side, accompanied by a white-haired boy, Hatake Kakashi.

The three walked into the Hokage building.

"Che, you are here too?" Kakashi turned his head and looked at Che with his only remaining eye.

"Yes, I am here too. I wonder what tasks Mr. Minato will assign us." Che shrugged.

The cat-faced Anbu who was originally silent on the side said: "It's not a task, but an appointment."

Kakashi and Che looked at each other and walked to the door of the Hokage's office.

Pushing open the door, it was the fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato, not the third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, sitting upright, which made Che and Kakashi feel a little bit like a world away.

Minato had a classic gentle smile on his face.

"Kakashi, Che, you are here."

Kakashi and Che responded.

Minato quickly got straight to the point, "I plan to recruit you into the Anbu, sharpen your strength, and accumulate mission experience."

"Do you have any ideas?"

Kakashi turned his head and glanced at the cat-faced Anbu next to him.

"Anbu..."

Minato considered that Kakashi might not know about the Anbu, so he began to explain.

"Anbu, that is, the assassination tactical special forces."

"It was founded by the second generation Hokage, Senju Tobirama, and is directly commanded by the Hokage."

"The members of the Anbu are all excellent ninjas selected from the village. They are mainly responsible for protecting the Hokage and preventing foreign enemies from invading the Konoha Ninja Village. Sometimes they are also responsible for reconnaissance and assassination. Its members wear white masks imitating animals when they are in action. The nature of the mission and all other information are kept confidential. There are multiple squads under the unit, and the squad leaders uniformly convey orders and lead the execution of tasks."

"Kakashi, Che, you are all juniors I trust, and you will eventually become the pillars of Konoha."

"So I want you to join the Anbu. Of course, it doesn't matter if you have other ideas."

After Minato finished speaking, he quietly waited for Kakashi and Che to make a decision.

Kakashi spoke first: "I am willing to join."

After Kakashi answered, his eyes immediately drooped.

"Obito and Rin are gone, Minato-sensei has become Hokage, and Minato's team no longer exists."

"Rather than regrouping to carry out the mission, I would rather join the Anbu."

Hearing this, Namikaze Minato suddenly felt that his decision to let Kakashi join the Anbu was a bit inappropriate.

After all, Kakashi has been so depressed, and working in the Anbu environment may be detrimental to his growth.

But Minato finally decided to respect Kakashi's own wishes.

"Perhaps, Kakashi can be quiet in the Anbu."