[Hokage] Secrets of the Fathers [Fourth Generation Center]

On July 7, several days had passed since Chief of General Staff Haiichi Yamanaka retired.

Fire Country Konoha

The air is stuffy

Hokage Building, Hokage Office

"Can you go back to your office?" Naruto Namikaze opened the door to the lounge and frowned at Nara Shikaku who was reading documents on the sofa.

"Don't be so stingy. It's really hot when it rains but it doesn't." The intelligence minister drank the tea in his cup. "The old air conditioner in my office is broken again."

"Then replace it with a new one. I remember that last quarter we allocated money to the logistics department to repair the old Hokage Building."

"But that guy Hinata said, if you can, just make do with it for one more summer. Next summer I will definitely move into the new Hokage building, and I will be given a new air conditioner. What should I do if other offices also want to change it? If you have the privilege, you can only have the Hokage. That's enough." Shikaku didn't show any concern at all. He shouted to the outside, "Itachi, can you help Uncle Shikaku pour some more tea?"

"The little Uchiha cub helped me deliver documents, but you can't help me." The Hokage picked up the thermos and filled some water for his subordinate's teacup. "My work today has been successfully completed. You must continue to stay here." If you are here, I will tell the ANBU on duty."

"Zai Zai Zai, please tell your subordinates, Hokage, that I am not trespassing illegally." Lu Jiu knocked his head, "You are getting more and more efficient. You really let them say it, Genma That damn boy is so biased that he won't send any troublesome work to your office."

"Yes."

"Ahem." Lu Jiu sipped his saliva and rubbed the old scar on his forehead, "Originally, I thought of transferring Xuanjian to deal with financial problems, but who knew, "Hey, it turned out to be an advantage for you. "

"Yes."

Seeing that Naruto was really not interested in chatting, Shikaku felt a little uncomfortable, "Minato, why are you so cold-faced again? You've been cold for days. It's scary. People should think more about good things in life. .Look at Haiyi, that old boy will be happy in the future. He has told me since he was a child that he wanted to cultivate new varieties of roses. The cultivation design has been completed for I don’t know how many years, but he just doesn’t have time; he also said, I always want to renovate my home and replace all the wallpaper, curtains, bedsheets, etc. that I don’t like anymore. You also know that Ino’s mother left early, and Ino still has to go to school and do tasks. Now he finally has the energy. Also”

"Yes." Minato interrupted his subordinate and pointed to the clock on the wall, "I have to go back from get off work to cook for my son. I don't know if there is any food at home."

"Yeah." Lukaku looked at his boss's colder expression and stood up, as if this would make him less embarrassed, "Sorry, Minato, I made a mistake just now."

"No, you didn't. You were trying to anger me. You just wanted to test my true thoughts on Haiichi's retirement." Minato sighed and smiled at Shikaku, "Shikaku of the Nara family will never have When he makes a gaffe, it’s like everyone believes that Golden Flash never does anything that doesn’t make sense.”

""

"Don't worry, let Haiyi rest assured too." Minato patted Shikaku's shoulder, "I have accepted his retirement application, and there is no way I will change it overnight. And since Haiichi has this idea, I can't stop him. Right. Do I really want to give a death order? Yamanaka Haiichi, do you know how much people are missing in Konoha now? As a ninja, who doesn't have old illnesses and injuries? So for Konoha, you must have surgery, or not The surgery is no big deal, just get back to work."

Although Shikaku had expected that the Hokage would say such things, his face tightened, "Of course you can't say that."

"So I remain silent." The Hokage remained expressionless, "I will not comment on this in the future, I promise. So you don't have to worry about the pressure of public opinion anymore. There are indeed some gossips now, but the cold period will pass. I It is said that if Shiranui Genma can be a good chief of staff, he can do a good job. If the former chief of staff Yamanaka Kaiichi loses his ability to work, then he has lost his ability to work."

"Thank you." Lujiu finally heard what he wanted to hear, and he felt relieved, "And, I'm sorry."

"Haiichi is not at fault, no one is at fault, don't apologize. That's the word I hate hearing the most right now." Minato waved his hand and walked outside, "But Shikaku, I also ask you to think carefully about these years of death. For your colleagues who are sick, overworked and old injuries relapse, their names are on the commemorative monument. They all have a chance to survive, but in the end, their children lose their father or mother when they were young, and even live in There is not a single family member left in the orphanage. Yes, they may all be very inconspicuous chuunin or even genin, and their positions and work do not seem to be very important, but they should not be forgotten. Of course, I do not hope that I All of his subordinates ended up with that strange reason, so I am very happy to see Haiyi actively fighting for the rest of his life for his daughter."

"I'm happy too." Shikaku opened his mouth, watching Namikaze Minato's golden light disappear in a flash, and then rubbed the scar on his head. There was still swelling and pain there, and he felt that it was about to rain.

Hatake old house

5:[-]pm

The clouds are heavy

Namikaze Minato flashed back to Kakashi's kitchen carrying large and small bags.He put down his bag, looked at his watch, put on his apron and started washing his hands, washing rice and turning on the rice cooker.He was a little unhappy because he could only make curry today.But he could only quickly take out the leftover beef from the refrigerator and cut it into small pieces, wash the carrots, potatoes and onions and cut them into pieces.Then prepare two pots and put them on the fire at the same time. Pour oil into one pot and fry the beef until it is 5% cooked. In the other pot, fry the onions, ginger and garlic. When the potatoes are fragrant, drain the beef and put it down. Add water and add curry. The Hokage stirred skillfully, and when he smelled the smell of curry and saw that the soup was getting thicker and thicker, he breathed a sigh of relief, turned down the heat and closed the lid, turned around and went to the living room, lying down on the sofa. , initiated to stay.

The curry in the pot and the rice cooker are both sizzling, the incandescent light bulbs on the ceiling are making chirping sounds, the lush weeds in the yard outside the window are blowing in the wind, and the secret guards patrolling the courtyard walls are whispering to each other. .The old Hagi house is really a very quiet old wooden house, spacious, bright, comfortable, warm in winter and cool in summer.But Minato still couldn't develop a good impression of this place.The gold and silver kennel was definitely not as good as his own dog kennel, but Minato felt that the most important thing was that he could always see the ghosts of Kakashi's biological fathers, Konoha White Fang and Hatake Shigesaku, while half asleep and half awake.Senior Maoshuo's innocent soul is really too bloody and not as warm as Qinai's innocent soul in his family.

"Dad. You came back very early today." As soon as Naruto's good son walked into the yard, he saw his father lying on the sofa like a piece of dried kelp. He quickly put down the vegetable basket in his hand, took off his shoes and ran in.

"Welcome back, did you have a hard work today?" Minato's father pulled his son into the sofa, "I made curry, it will be ready in a while. You don't have to work anymore, just sit here with dad for a while."

"What's wrong today?" Naruto leaned on his father's lap and frowned, "Is dad in a bad mood?"

"Yes." Minato smoothed his son's brow and nodded seriously, "Dad is indeed very unhappy today."

"Then why?"

"I don't know either." Minato watched his son's beard curl up and up, and couldn't help but stretch out a few fingers to block Naruto's beard, and then suddenly felt like laughing again, "Naruto is getting longer and longer. Looks like your mother."

"Hey, dad, you are really weird today. You miss your mom." Naruto pushed his dad's hand away, got up, and quickly helped his dad take off his forehead protector, and touched his head, "I still feel uncomfortable again."

"Oh, daddy, can't we just chat with you?" Minato's father flattened his mouth, hugged his son's head, stood up suddenly, lifted Naruto above his head and spun around, "Hey, I pulled out a big carrot."

"Ah ah ah, daddy, put me down quickly, I will turn into a monster with a long neck." Naruto fluttered his calves and hugged his father's neck.

Minato's father had no choice but to let go and let Naruto hang on his body, "Naruto is growing up really fast. I originally wanted you to experience riding a big horse. Naruto's favorite was when he was a child."

"Dad, your son is over 13 years old this year, not 3." Naruto continued to hang around his father's neck, "Besides, if I really don't grow taller, you will go crazy."

"No way, a dwarf will be a dwarf. Then my Naruto will be a child for the rest of his life."

"What's so good about being a child?" Naruto pouted.

"Children can play every day, and they can also play pranks and scare people. Really, when you were a child, you clearly said that you would be the best prank ninja in Konoha when you grow up."

"Your son is still the number one in Konoha." Naruto put his chin on his father's shoulder, "Have you ever seen anyone in the Uchiha family who can open the blood chakra and be as ecstatic as Sasuke?"

"That's right." Minato's father seemed to remember something, and suddenly put Naruto down, patted his son on the shoulder, and said seriously, "Promise me again, you won't use that seduction technique in the future."

"Ah, Dad, it's very useful." Naruto shook his father's arm, "I promise not to use it indiscriminately."

"If you say it can't be used, it can't be used." Minato sighed, "I don't know if you are following me or your mother. You are really big-hearted. You look a lot like your mother."

"Isn't it normal for a son to look like his mother?" Naruto scratched his head.

Minato patted his forehead, stretched his arms and fell to the sofa, "Because besides being your mother, your mother is also your father and my wife."

"" Naruto's big innocent eyes flashed and he sat next to his father. He hesitated for a few seconds before speaking, "Although it's weird to say this, if dad really wants to see mom, I can change it for you." of."

 

Watergate,"#*."

"Naruto, dad believes that you can definitely become the number one prank ninja in Konoha. You are much more talented than your mother." Minato's dad decided to change the subject and get down to business, "Dad decided to take a day off tomorrow."

"Oh, then I'll take leave tomorrow and not take on the mission."

Seeing his son's perfunctory attitude, Minato suddenly felt bad again, "Isn't Naruto happy that daddy is on vacation?"

"Of course I'm happy." Naruto looked at his father suspiciously, "It's rare for you to sleep in."

"Who said Dad would waste time doing something like sleeping? Let's go to the hot springs."

Naruto's eyes narrowed further, "Dad, although I am very much looking forward to a mission out of the village, but it won't be another unlucky mission to the capital, so please take me along with you."

"In the past, every time I wanted to take a vacation, the General Staff had to give me some casual tasks. But now the head of the General Staff is your brother Genma." Minato tickled Naruto's little nose, "Dad also wants to completely relax sometimes. Let’s go for a while. It’s best to soak in hot springs in the summer. It’s been raining lately and it’s been so boring that my muscles are all sore.”

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Naruto patted his father's belly and raised his fingers, "Turn over and lie down, and I'll give you a squeeze."

"Okay." Minato quickly turned over, "My son is really good."

But the position of Hokage was not so good. As soon as Naruto put his hand on his father's back, a little Heihei appeared wearing a dog mask.

"What's wrong?" Naruto said angrily.

The ANBU, locked by the Hokage's murderous intent, swallowed, took a deep breath, and blinked.

"It's really troublesome." Minato got up and turned to his son, "Dad needs to go out for a while. Naruto, let dad see if his hair is messed up."

"No, dad is so handsome." Naruto sighed and handed him the forehead protector, "Isn't it time for you to eat again?"

"Of course we have to wait. It's okay if Kakashi and Gaara don't come back to eat. If they come back and ask them to wait for me, they'll know how to eat ready-made food all day long." The Hokage frowned, put on a forehead protector, and suddenly lowered his head in front of his son's face. Go to the bar and take a sip, it flashes.

Naruto could only wipe his face, pick up the vegetable basket and walk into the kitchen. He had to wait for the curry pot, and when it was cooked, there would be nothing left to eat.

The water gate side is lively.

Jonin single dormitory area

Kato Shizune's dormitory

"Look, he showed up. I'm not wrong. You don't want to leave so soon. We are all being watched so well. Why don't you run away and wait to die here." Tsunade Senju opened the door quickly. , pointing at the fourth generation Hokage at the door for Shizune to look at.

Shizune bowed awkwardly.

The Hokage was not embarrassed at all. He frowned and looked at Tsunade, "I know that Sister Tsunade doesn't want to see me, so I have never come to disturb your wonderful experience of Konoha. But today you threatened to Demolish the Hokage Tower. If I don’t show up as Hokage, I will be impeached for dereliction of duty.”

"Oh, I've learned a lot about who dares to impeach you for dereliction of duty these days. The Fourth Hokage is really powerful. No one in Konoha dares to say a bad word about you." Tsunade lowered her head and shrank back. Shizune pulled out, "Shizune, look with your eyes wide open. The Namikaze Minato in front of you is no longer the one you remembered when you were a child. He has no trust in you at all. Good guy, I have seen what Konoha is like now. Why is it so harmonious? The two of us were chatting in our own rooms and using old-fashioned silent codes. This person actually appeared in just a few seconds. How many coordinates did he have buried in Konoha? It's better than the crystal ball technique of the third generation old man. It doesn’t look like something a good person would do.”

"But Sister Tsunade, I have never said that I am a good person." The Hokage blinked at the even more embarrassed young female doctor, and then turned to Tsunade with a cold face, "You are implicated in monitoring Shizune. You have been away from Konoha for so many years, and you didn’t say a word when you left, and you refused to carry out the mission letters you received many times. Now that you are back, do you still want to trust you and think that Konoha’s disciplinary troops and torture troops are just decorations?"

"Don't let evil people complain first. That's a legacy of history." Tsunade didn't follow Minato's thinking. She turned to Shizune, "Look, I was right. I will use discipline to suppress you first. If you can't suppress it, he will Later, you should be grateful that I haven’t arrested you now.”

"Grateful, why can't it be shame?" Hokage still winked at Shizune, "Konoha belongs to all Konoha ninjas, and the village has trained you."

"Look, I guessed it right again." Tsunade raised two fingers to Shizune, "If you are not afraid of his threat, he will play the emotional card for you. When the village spent so many resources on you to train you, Who do you deserve when you leave?"

"Shizune was still a minor when she left. This lady was once trained as the 4th Hokage." Minato sighed, "Let me ask you, who are you worthy of?"

"I have a clear conscience," Tsunade replied firmly, "If you could really come up with solid evidence to prove that I'm sorry for Konoha, I would have been labeled a traitor by you long ago, and I could still run around leisurely with my pension. Shizune, this person is not a good person. We have traveled to so many places, and you still haven’t overcome the stupid idea of ​​looking at people’s faces. The more perfect a person behaves, it can only prove that he is the most hypocritical, cunning, and unscrupulous. "

"I just do things with a little more purpose." The Hokage listened to his bad words generously, and then continued to wink at Shizune, "Jōnin Kato Shizune, please answer, as a jounin of Konoha, I have no mission. , what reason do you have for leaving Konoha privately?"

"Ziyin, don't listen to him, that's a legacy of history, you don't have to"

"Okay, Sister Tsunade. I know you want to solve the problem of Shizune quickly adapting to life in Konoha through a crisis of trust or something. Are you afraid that Shizune will be reluctant to leave with you later." Minato looked at the stuck Tsunade-hime, and finally He smiled and made a V-sign, "But I've already led you into the ditch, so forget it."

""

"Don't say that Shizune was originally a Konoha ninja. Let me tell you, Konoha has really changed a lot now. It's said that it's different from before. Not to mention the distance, you see Zabuza, the demon who patrols the streets every day. Come on, even he can live a good life in Konoha." Minato seemed to scratch his head in annoyance, "Why can't Tsunade-sama and Shizune experience a good life together, right, Shizune, you have traveled to so many places , your hometown is still very good."

Shizune could only nod unconsciously.

"Of course I don't deny that there are still many shortcomings." The Hokage continued to smile at Shizune, "For example, although Konoha's medical system is much better than other villages, Shizune, recently I ordered Yakushi Kabuto to approach and please you. One is because he is eager to learn, and the other is because I want you to stay. I know that it is popular among girls to pinch their little flesh recently. What if you fall in love with him? But a shrewd person like Tsunade-sama must have warned you, Medicine Master. Kabuto smiled fakely, but he couldn't help it, that kid used to be a great spy ninja. You know, medical ninja also depends on talent. After the war in Konoha, there were too many people who needed to be taken care of, so he changed his profession. So, Please help him more in the future."

"Yes." Shizune was stunned by Naruto's frankness, but at the same time, she suddenly felt nostalgic. She remembered that a long time ago, there was indeed such a gentle, sunny and nagging big brother who often stood in front of them.

"Actually, Kakashi and the others also want to get together with you, but they are as busy as spinning tops every day. But Shizune can go to the cafeteria to eat more if she has nothing to do." The Hokage continued to ramble and winked at Shizune, "Maybe we can meet each other. There are many old friends from the past.”

"Okay." Shizune looked at Tsunade, who was about to get angry and hit the ground, and quietly slipped out. She finally remembered the Hokage's wink, which was the old code that she had used before. You withdraw first, I will break.

"Shizune is still as kind and cute as before." Minato waved at Shizune's back.

"You are really good at it." Tsunade became more and more angry. "Let's open the skylight and speak openly. I promised her uncle that I would protect her well. Konoha is really too dangerous. Let's perform an operation on the young doctor. It’s nothing more than a thunderbolt. If only I had known from the beginning that your target this time was Shizune."

"If I were to say that my original target was not Shizune at all, you probably wouldn't believe it either, but I promise that things like before won't happen again." The Hokage bowed solemnly, then raised his face and smiled, "And thanks Tsunade-sama was able to work tirelessly and travel day and night to come back this time."

"Pooh."

"Don't be angry." Minato scratched his face, and the facts proved, "You still can't let go of Konoha and us."

"Er" Tsunade felt like she was shaking with anger, "Minato Namikaze, let Shizune go, you know how scary this place is, Konoha is a ninja village, and the ninja village will never become what you say it is. "

"I will, I will." Minato smiled nonchalantly, "By the way, I'd better tell you that Orochimaru's name was secretly engraved on the commemorative monument by me and placed together with Danzo-sama."

"You." Senju Tsunade looked at Namikaze Minato's innocent big eyes and felt cold all over. At this moment, she suddenly had an irresistible impulse to stop worrying about Shizune and leave Konoha as soon as possible. Run away, run away, run away. Even though Minato Namikaze had his back against the warm sunset, he was smiling like an angel descending from earth.

Don't dream of going back to the past

Today, Tsunade spent the whole night looking for Orochimaru's name at the Memorial Monument, and she accidentally ran into the third generation Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Today, as soon as Minato got home, he hurriedly ate with Naruto. After eating, he stayed in the room and whispered. He loved hot springs.