Empowered by Chakra, Minamikawa Yuu's calm voice echoed in all directions.
Hearing his words, the surrounding Uchiha Clan members fell silent for a moment.
Then, a thunderous roar of cheering broke out.
"Yuu! Yuu!"
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"Long live the Clan Head!"
Shout after shout continued to ring out.
The young Uchiha Clan members looked at the figure on the high platform, their faces filled with fanaticism.
In their eyes, only that one person remained.
As for Uchiha Kawaaki? He had long since been cast to the back of their minds.
Even the few clan members who originally supported Uchiha Kawaaki could only sigh at this scene, ultimately choosing to support this new head of the Uchiha Clan.
Regardless of the past, now that he had become the head of the Uchiha Clan, he represented the entire Uchiha Clan.
Whether for public interest or personal reasons, they had to support Minamikawa Yuu.
This was their only choice.
On this day, surrounded by many clansmen, Minamikawa Yuu officially became the head of the Uchiha Clan.
The former Clan Head, Uchiha Kawaaki, was appointed as a Clan Elder, responsible for assisting him with daily affairs.
And this also meant that a popular candidate for the Hokage election had directly withdrawn.
Most people felt happy about this news.
Compared to Uchiha Kawaaki's previous performance, Minamikawa Yuu's performance was far more trustworthy.
Most people were willing to believe that if Minamikawa Yuu took power, Konoha should be able to maintain stability without any turmoil occurring.
However, there were naturally those who were displeased by this.
"For it to turn out like this..."
Within the ancestral grounds of the Shimura Clan, Danzo Shimura quickly received the news.
Even now, he found it somewhat hard to believe.
"Yuu... he actually became the head of the Uchiha Clan so easily?"
Even now, his mind was still a bit dazed.
Previously, he was still plotting in his heart how to make Minamikawa Yuu clash with the Uchiha Clan to exhaust their strength.
In the blink of an eye, Minamikawa Yuu had defeated Uchiha Kawaaki and become the new head of the Uchiha Clan.
These two forces that he originally feared had now directly merged!
How could he even fight this?
Danzo Shimura felt a sense of despair in his heart.
His strength and reputation were already inferior to Minamikawa Yuu's.
Now that Minamikawa Yuu had become the head of the Uchiha Clan and inherited their influence, his strength had undoubtedly taken a step further.
What could he possibly use to compete with the other party?
After some time, more news arrived.
Every single piece of it was undoubtedly bad news for Danzo Shimura.
News had come from the Senju Clan's side that Minamikawa Yuu was to take the grandson of the First Hokage—Tsunade's younger brother, Nawaki Senju—as his disciple.
Undoubtedly, this represented a closer connection between the Senju Clan and Minamikawa Yuu, and it also meant the Senju Clan was personally endorsing him.
After the news spread, the Ino-Shika-Cho Clans, who were still hesitating, didn't delay for a second and directly made their stance clear, declaring they would support Minamikawa Yuu in the Hokage election.
The Ninja Clans represented by people like Utatane Koharu and Homura Mitokado need not be mentioned; they had endorsed him from the very beginning.
Even the Sarutobi Clan, which had always had a decent relationship with Danzo Shimura and was the clan of his friend Hiruzen Sarutobi, had publicly declared their support for Minamikawa Yuu.
As for the reason, it went without saying.
It was true that Hiruzen Sarutobi was Danzo Shimura's friend, but at the same time, he was Minamikawa Yuu's teacher.
One was a friend of the clan head, and the other was the clan head's only true successor; it was obvious which side was closer.
Even before, the Sarutobi Clan was more inclined toward Minamikawa Yuu, let alone now when Minamikawa Yuu held a greater advantage.
Counting it up, among the strongest clans in Konoha—the Senju, Uchiha, Hyuga, and Sarutobi—three had now directly expressed support for Minamikawa Yuu, leaving only the Hyuga who had not yet made a clear statement.
Danzo Shimura looked around and found that besides the Shimura Clan being willing to support him, he couldn't find a single other supporter.
Even excluding the influence of the Ninja Clans and looking only at the civilian and small-clan Ninjas, Minamikawa Yuu still held the advantage.
Compared to him, Danzo had no chance at all.
"Teacher..."
Standing there, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, various thoughts flashing through his mind: "Was this also something you anticipated long ago?"
"Fine..."
Now that things had developed to this point, he felt relieved instead.
The difference in strength between the two sides was so vast that he didn't even have the heart to try anymore.
He had only one thought now.
He wanted to wait until the day of the Hokage vote.
He wanted to see exactly how many votes Minamikawa Yuu would eventually receive.
Time passed slowly.
Soon, the day of the Jonin vote officially arrived.
On this day, several veteran Jonin with sufficient seniority were responsible for acting as vote counters, and Uzumaki Mito personally presided over the event, arriving at the scene.
"Let us begin."
She checked the time and then announced the start of voting.
One by one, the Jonin stepped forward with serious expressions to cast their votes.
The signed ballots began to be cast.
In the blink of an eye, Minamikawa Yuu's vote count began to rise at a visible speed, surpassing a hundred votes in just a short time.
On the other hand, Danzo Shimura's vote count was still in the single digits even now, and it hadn't increased for a long time.
Soon, the final election results were out.
Minamikawa Yuu received over two hundred votes.
Danzo Shimura, however, received only nine votes.
Seeing this result, Danzo Shimura's face turned livid.
Nine votes...
The Shimura Clan he came from was not a small clan, and there were several other Ninja Clans in long-term alliances with them.
The number of Jonin among those people alone was more than nine.
Nine votes... in other words, even within his own base, some people had chosen to vote for Minamikawa Yuu instead of him.
This result was even more painful for him than watching Minamikawa Yuu win.
But the result was already out, and no matter what, he could only accept it in front of so many people.
"It seems the result has been revealed."
At the front, Uzumaki Mito looked at the ballot box and smiled.
In the next moment, under the surprised gazes of everyone around, she slowly stood up and, in front of everyone, cast her own vote into Minamikawa Yuu's ballot box.
Accompanied by a crisp sound, everyone's minds couldn't help but daze for a moment.
At this moment, they already knew that Minamikawa Yuu's position as Hokage was unshakable.
"Let us welcome our Third Hokage."
Uzumaki Mito personally stepped forward and draped the hokage robe representing the Hokage over Minamikawa Yuu.
It was from this moment that Konoha officially entered a brand-new chapter.
Minamikawa Yuu officially became the Third Hokage of Konoha.
"It's done, it's really happened!"
Watching this scene, the Ninjas of the Uchiha Clan couldn't help but feel exhilarated.
Even Uchiha Setsuna, the representative of the radicals, was dazed.
"This is... our Uchiha Clan's Hokage..."
He looked at Minamikawa Yuu in the hokage robe, his heart pounding with excitement.
Not far away, Uchiha Kagami, Homura Mitokado, and the others were smiling, pleased to see this outcome.
But for Minamikawa Yuu, becoming Hokage was only the beginning.
The current Konoha was not exactly stable.
Externally, having just gone through a Great Ninja War, the Ninja World was not particularly peaceful.
Although most of the wars between nations were nearing their end, some conflicts persisted, and another major war could break out at any time.
Internally, Konoha was also exhausted from the war; the major Ninja Clans had suffered heavy losses and desperately needed to recuperate.
Taking power in this situation, Minamikawa Yuu undoubtedly had many things to handle.
"The Daimyo has sent a letter congratulating you on becoming Hokage, Yuu."
Inside the Hokage Office, Uchiha Kagami walked in and spoke to Minamikawa Yuu: "Additionally, the construction funds the Daimyo promised earlier have now arrived."
"I see."
Minamikawa Yuu nodded: "It's quite timely."
"Summon the representatives of the major Ninja Clans for me."
He looked at Kagami in front of him and spoke.
Uchiha Kagami nodded and quickly left.
In just a moment, the representatives of the major Ninja Clans gathered together.
"In this war, the losses of every Ninja Clan have been heavy."
Minamikawa Yuu looked at the people around him and then spoke: "I know your hardships, so I plan to set aside a portion of the funds issued by the Daimyo this time to give to you, the clan heads."
"This sum of money can be arranged by you clan heads as you see fit; the Village will not interfere."
Hearing these words, everyone present showed looks of joy.
In this Great Ninja War, the major Ninja Clans had basically suffered heavy losses, with many clansmen dying in battle.
After all, this was not the future; the Ninja Academy had only been open for a few years, and civilian Ninjas had not yet become the mainstay of the Village.
The current mainstay of Ninjas in Konoha Village consisted of the major Ninja Clans.
This also meant that in this Great Ninja War, the ones who suffered the most casualties were the various Ninja Clans.
Of course, for Ninjas who died in battle, the Village did have arrangements for pensions.
But that didn't mean the Ninja Clans suffered no losses.
Because many of those fallen Ninjas were trained using the resources of the entire clan; after they died, not only were the previous investments wasted, but the clan also had to take care of their wives and children.
Only in this way could the cohesion of the entire family be guaranteed.
For these hidden losses, the major Ninja Clans had originally been prepared to accept the deficit.
After all, in the Ninja profession, one earns commissions by risking their life; even dying on the battlefield was something they just had to endure.
Compared to the previous era of warring clans, at least now there were some pensions to be had.
They hadn't expected this newly appointed Third Hokage to be so considerate of the people's will, providing extra compensation to the Ninja Clans; this was indeed a pleasant surprise.
Of course, Minamikawa Yuu giving them subsidies wasn't purely out of the goodness of his heart, but simply to let them recover their strength as quickly as possible.
At this time, when civilian Ninjas had not yet fully risen to replace the Ninja Clans, it was still necessary to maintain the strength of the Ninja Clans under his command to get things done.