I, Yu Uchiha, am devoted to cultivating immortality.

The second-generation Hokage Uchiha Madara returned to Konoha Village. After more than two months of negotiations, he reached a package cooperation agreement with the miko of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

The two sides redetermined the borders of the Ghost Country, gave up part of the land to the east, and obtained some land from the Earth Country in the north and the Bear Country in the south.

Overall, it was Konoha Village that received more land, and it was fertile land of better quality.

As compensation, the Kingdom of Demons can maintain its independent political power and receive full support from the Leaf Village when a monster disaster breaks out.

Both the witches and the priests expressed their indifference to the large tracts of land being cut off.

As a theocratic regime centered on witches, these magicians have extremely poor governance capabilities. They are simply unable to effectively rule the Kingdom of Ghosts. They rely solely on the habit of belief to maintain the stability of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

What's more, Uchiha Madara promised not to change the beliefs of believers, nor to prohibit the priestess from entering Konoha's land to preach.

For the magicians, they have not lost anything at all. Instead, they have expanded the scope of spreading their faith. In fact, they have made a lot of money.

In short, a transaction in which both parties feel they have made a profit will not have any twists and turns.

But the second generation Hokage Uchiha Madara, his reputation is too scary, how can ordinary miko and priests dare to let him see miko?

Therefore, during the two months of negotiation, the miko and the priests spent the first 58 days making ink marks. Through meaningless ink marks, they confirmed that Uchiha Madara would not hurt anyone casually, and then they were relieved to let the miko come forward to talk to Madara about the topic.

Miko Umiyuki is already very old, with obvious wrinkles on her face and gray hair. However, her strength and courage are worthy of being the leader of a country, and she does not fall behind in the face of Uchiha Madara.

What's rare is that Uchiha Madara also respects her very much. He talks harmoniously and patiently with the miko on specific conditions. He explains patiently throughout the process and clearly explains the advantages of both parties.

So the negotiations went very smoothly. Detailed conditions were determined in one day, detailed boundary drawing was determined in another day, and the treaty was signed in ten minutes.

With the signing of the border treaty between the Kingdom of Oni and Konoha, the unified regime of Konoha has solved all border issues. If there are no accidents, there will be no war for a long time.

The moment the signature was completed, Uchiha Madara suddenly felt very satisfied. He had truly brought peace to the ninja world, and his dream had come true.

After returning to Konoha Village, Uchiha Madara's first words after seeing Senju Hashirama and time traveler Hashirama were: "I brought peace to the ninja world, and my dream came true."

Without waiting for the two Hashiramas to congratulate him, he spoke again: "I want to step down as Hokage and allow the third Hokage to step onto the stage of history."

Senju Hashirama's smile solidified on his face: "Huh?"

The time traveler Hashirama was dumbfounded for half a second, and then he understood Uchiha Madara's meaning from the [System] prompt: "It's great that you can understand, but isn't it a bit too early for young people to carry it out so quickly? Isn’t it a little too hasty to take on such a heavy responsibility?”

Uchiha Madara laughed and said: "It's not early at all. When we become clan leaders, won't we be very old?"

“Isn’t the key to experience?”

"With enough experience, a 20-year-old can take charge of Konoha, but without enough experience, even a 50-year-old may be an incompetent waste."

The time traveler Hashirama nodded repeatedly: "You're right, Madara, you are really amazing."

Senju Hashirama scratched his hair with both hands: "Wait, you two, just wait!"

"Explain it to me clearly, I don't understand what you are talking about!"

Uchiha Madara was ecstatic in his heart, but he sighed deliberately on his face and said in a condescending manner: "Hashirama, you are more reliable when you grow up. You are too childish now."

The time traveler Hashirama looked at his [System] prompt, wiped his sweat guiltily, and half-hidden the explanation proactively: "Now that the big thing has been completed, peace has arrived in the ninja world, so Madara wants to change the Hokage for the second time. Set the rules for the future succession of Hokage."

Senju Hashirama was even more confused when he heard this: "No, please explain clearly! What does the peace of the ninja world have to do with the Hokage? Why do we need to change the Hokage?"

Uchiha Madara seemed to have a headache when he saw Senju Hashirama. He covered his forehead with his hands and sighed: "Because Konoha unified the ninja world, released the nine tailed beasts, and eliminated all medium-sized ninjas." Village, there is no one in the ninja world who can challenge the Leaf Village."

"In other words, Konoha Village has enough power to protect the continuation of peace, unless... Konoha Village itself is in civil strife."

Uchiha Madara said with an extremely serious expression: "The person most likely to have problems in Konoha Village is the person with the greatest power in Konoha Village - Naruto."

"The time when Hokage is most likely to have problems is when the power is transferred between two generations of Hokage."

"If we cannot establish unshakable rules for the succession of Hokage, there will definitely be fierce internal fighting around the competition for Hokage in the future..."

The time traveler Hashirama sighed: "In the most serious case, it may develop into a civil war in Konoha Village."

Uchiha Madara also sighed: "Konoha Village has unified the ninja world, and the civil war in Konoha is the war in the ninja world."

"We have worked hard for nearly 30 years and finally eliminated the source of the war, but we have also inadvertently concentrated the possibility of war within Konoha Village."

"Therefore, we must make plans for the replacement of Hokage and set unshakable rules."

The time traveler Hashirama nodded and said: "This rule is to protect peace and protect Konoha Village from civil war, so sacrifices must be made."

"I would rather endure the best ninja who could not serve as Hokage for ten years, then regretfully abdicate and be replaced, than let him be corrupted by power in the position of Hokage, and eventually become the biggest scourge of Konoha Village. "

Of course he was thinking of Hiruzen Sarutobi. This monkey was still a disciple of Senju Tobirama, and he was still a warm-hearted middle-aged jounin. He could not see the decay and depravity that he later had.

But Tobirama personally went to the future and saw what kind of power-hungry and corrupt old politician the third generation of Hokage in the original history turned into.

After the decay, the old politician Sarutobi Hiruzen is no longer Hokage. His first priority is whether his power is threatened, and secondly, how the Sarutobi family can continue to be in power.

The decadent Third Hokage will naturally gather those who chase the odor. Danzo Shimura, Koharu Kadeni, and Kadoru Mito, all of whom have similar odors, form the most disgusting Third Hokage group.

Among this group, Shimura Danzo was the worst. His unscrupulous evil deeds forced the young elites of Konoha Village to find no place in the village.

The young Kage-level ninjas headed by Hatake Shigesaku either fell into infighting or ran away because they couldn't bear the darkness, and even had to leave in the name of treason.

However, this group is extremely cowardly to the outside world, especially when facing the rogue Fourth Raikage, they retreat step by step. As long as the core interests of the four people are not touched, they can sacrifice innocent Konoha ninjas without any scruples. .

He even called it euphemistically: For Konoha, this is the spirit of fire.

Under the perverse rule of the decadent Third Hokage Group, Konoha Village was almost on the verge of destruction.