NOVEL NEXT Chapter 80
Chapter 80, When The Vote Is In Progress
“Mizuki Ryosuke, on behalf of the village, I agreed to your request.
After a while, Maeda Yuanshi said in a serious voice, and at the same time his eyes sank slightly, as if he had made a certain decision in his heart.
“Thank you, Maeda Squad Leader. 35
Seeing that his request was agreed by Maeda Yuanshi, Mizuki Ryosuke also nodded slightly at Maeda Yuanshi.
All this was within his expectations, so he was not surprised.
“You two, I will send someone to send the reward from the village to your residence later.”
Then, Maeda Motoshi turned his attention to Oniteng Manzuki and Mizuki Eiro.
Neither of them objected to this.
It’s just that after this incident, Jōnin looked at Mizuki Ryosuke in different ways.
Immediately afterwards, Maeda Yuanshi spoke again.
“Everyone knows the situation in the village right now. The most important thing right now is that we need a Mizukage who fits the “zero zero three” style to lead the village out of the predicament.””
“So next, we started voting for Fourth Mizukage!
As Maeda Yuanshi’s voice fell, everyone knew that the most important part of this meeting was about to begin.
Especially Mizuki Hidero, at this moment, he couldn’t help but breathe a little too fast.
“Due to the sudden death of Third Generation, the village was not ready for the replacement of Mizukage.”
“So this time the Mizukage election was a bit abrupt.”
“As a result, according to my discussions with the elders, the plan for the general election of Mizukage will be changed this time.”9
What Maeda Yuanshi said made all Jōnin look at each other in dismay.
Seeing that the three Mizukage candidates who were directly involved in this matter were all silent, and the Jōnin did not say a word, they continued to listen to Maeda Yuanshi.
“It’s different from the previous system where all Jōnin directly voted for Mizukage.”
“This time at the Jōnin meeting, three Mizukage candidates will be voted by all Jōnin first.”
“Then the village will examine the three, and the best performer will be selected as Mizukage.
The candidate system proposed by Motoji Maeda is very different from the previous system in which Kirigakure selected Mizukage.
According to the normal process, Kirigakure will only have one popular candidate to become a Mizukage candidate.
Under normal circumstances, the Mizukage candidate will be proposed by the previous Mizukage, and then can be directly appointed with the approval of the village elders.
After becoming a Mizukage candidate, it will have the right to be part of the Mizukage itself.
Then, after a series of moves, as long as the Mizukage candidate can get half of the votes in the Jōnin meeting, he will succeed Mizukage.
In fact, the Third Mizukage Mizuki Taki was stymied by the Teru Yoruichi clan and Yutachi Yagura after he became the heir of Mizukage.
As a result, he has been unable to get more than 150% of the votes in the Jōnin class, and it took him two years to sit on the Mizukage position.
This time, the plan proposed by Motoji Maeda is very different from the previous selection system of Kirigakure’s Mizukage.
And this is actually impossible.
A civil war caused heavy losses to the major forces within Kirigakure.
Mizuki, Kaguya, and Ghost Lantern, who were originally in the top three, suffered a serious decline in their strength, and the village was facing a reshuffle.
The current Kirigakure is in chaos, and it is completely impossible to follow normal thinking.
No matter who is elected as the Mizukage candidate, it is bound to cause dissatisfaction with other forces.
It is also impossible to get more than 50 percent of the votes in the Jōnin class.
Unlike the situation when Third Mizukage succeeded, this time Mist Shinobi is in a mess and needs to be resolved by Mizukage.
Of course, it can’t be delayed for another year and a half, and then the Mizukage candidates can go to the polls.
By then the civil unrest in Kirigakure will never end.
And this time, the reason for the civil strife is actually because of the civil strife among the family ninjas.
The massive consumption of family ninja strength has made civilian ninjas have a rising trend in the village.
At this moment, no matter who forcibly ascends the throne, as long as they don’t get the support of civilian ninjas, there will still be some tossing in the future.
In this regard, the three people who are currently the most vocal to succeed Mizukage have no opinion.
They also knew in their hearts that the plan proposed by Yuanshi Maeda was the most fair.
“Everyone knows the rules, so let’s start voting now.”
Maeda Yuanshi glanced at the audience and saw that no one raised any objections, and announced the start of voting.
As soon as the voting started, Kuroshima Morita, a ghost lamp family Jōnin and another Mizuki Jōnin nominated three Ryosukes respectively.
Subsequently, other Jōnin ramblings nominated a few sporadic Elite Jōnin.
One hundred and forty Jōnins soon began to cast their votes for their favorite candidates.
During the period, Mizuki Ryosuke, Mizuki Eiro, and Ghost Lantern Man Yue all sat on the spot motionless.
Soon, the voting was over, and the number of votes of everyone was clearly announced on the front counting board.
First place, Mizuki Ryosuke, received twenty-seven votes.
Second place, Ghost Lantern Full Moon, 25 votes.
Third place, Mizuki Hidero, nineteen votes.
In addition, the remaining few people can only be reduced to foils, and not even one of them has a double-digit number of votes.
In the end, as expected, three of them became Mizukage candidates.
In addition to this, it is worth noting that all votes counted totalled less than one hundred.
You must know that there were more than 140 Jōnins who participated in the meeting, which means that at least 40 people chose to abstain from voting.
In addition to half of them belonging to Maeda Yuanshi’s forces, the other half is obviously Jōnin, a civilian who maintains absolute neutrality.
It is foreseeable that whoever can get the support of these civilian ninjas will be able to secure the seat of Mizukage.
These ninjas have wandered around until today, and most of them have no sect, and belong to the retail investors who were disliked by ninjas from major families in the past.
Today is different from the past, Feng Shui turns.
Who would have thought that these unappreciated civilian ninjas in the past have now become a key role in determining the position of Mizukage.
At this moment, Mizuki Ryosuke looked at his top-ranked name on the counting board, and his heart was extremely complicated.
He never imagined that among the Mist Shinobi, the one with the weakest foundation and the weakest voice would win the first-place vote.
In addition to the Third Generation forces represented by Kuroshima Morita, some of the twenty-seven votes came from some unfamiliar civilian ninjas.
It seems that because of Mizuki Ryosuke’s performance just now, he was impressed by Mizuki Ryosuke.
Facing the “wrong love” of these ninjas, Mizuki Ryosuke was silent for a while.
Before he could continue to think deeply, Maeda Yuanshi had already spoken again.
“Okay, the count is over.”
“I think everyone knows the result, so I won’t go into details.
“This is the end of this Jōnin meeting.
“Please go home and wait for the three, and soon the village will arrange an assessment for the three.
After speaking, Maeda Yuanshi took the lead to leave.
And showed no desire to engage privately with either candidate.
All the Jōnins left the stage one by one, and only Mizuki Ryosuke remained in place.