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

another day

The light rain is still falling

Tsunade Senju woke up in the guest room of her teacher's house today.She didn't open her eyes, she just listened to the rain outside the window dripping from the eaves of the old roof to the sandy ground, once, twice, many times.This made her become more and more irritable, because these sounds reminded her of the past, the blood that flowed from the operating table and the people who could never be saved.Yes, Konoha's Medical Saint Tsunade Hime also had a pink-faced girlhood, and she also had medical accidents caused by various natural and man-made disasters.This is absolutely normal.However, I still want to go to the casino and play a game or two.

Tsunade turned over and jumped up, rolled up the futon on the tatami and stuffed it into the closet, then hesitantly took it out and folded it again, and then ran out barefoot in her pajamas.

"Miss Tsunade, don't run barefoot, it's not good for girls' health." The old housekeeper grabbed Tsunade's clothes and handed over a pair of clogs, "It's still the pair you often wore before, but it was the big front one the year before last. Over the years, the rope has become a bit rotten, so I will braid it for you again, with colorful flowers, you will definitely like it."

"Don't spoil her." Sarutobi Hiruzen pushed open the door of the tea room and smoked his pipe, "This girl is already 50 years old. At 50 years old, she sleeps until the afternoon every day and goes out without folding the quilt, brushing her teeth or washing her face. Run, look at what she's wearing again, she's leaking so much flesh, how embarrassed she is."

Tsunade put on her clogs, picked up the fan and shook it, "I mean, old man, it's summer. And I folded the quilt today. I didn't wash my face because there is no bathroom in the guest room. Besides, what's wrong with wearing pajamas? There are only two people in this yard now. An old man and an 8-year-old child."

"Seven years old." The old butler stretched out his finger, "I remembered correctly this time, Master Konohamaru is seven years old this year."

"Yes, the housekeeper is the best to the children." Tsunade held the old housekeeper's hand. These hands were covered with age spots, wrinkles and overlapping scars. They were as dry and cold as poplar bark in winter, but Tsunade The hand can still vaguely remember that this old man was once young and strong, and he also held a ninja sword to fight one against a hundred.

"What's wrong, Miss Tsunade?"

"Uncle Butler, I'm hungry."

"Yo Xi, uncle, go ask the kitchen to cook some tender chicken for you." The old butler took out his hand and lit up his eyes, "There is also wine in the cellar that Master Jiraiya brought back last time. Although it is a little lighter, it is suitable for girls to drink."

"Thank you, uncle butler." Tsunade watched the old butler's hurried back disappear around the corner, stood at attention, bent down and bowed.

When Hiruzen Sarutobi saw Tsunade's unusual move, the hand holding the cigarette rod suddenly trembled, "What do you mean?"

"That's what you mean." Tsunade straightened up, "Didn't you ask me to take some time to check the old housekeeper's body? I just checked him."

"Your inspection was simply sloppy."

"After being checked in Konoha Hospital a hundred times, the same result comes out. People age, and he doesn't have much time left."

"But it was fine last year. It's just that recently I can't remember things very well, and my hands still shake occasionally. I'd better check if it's the same bad thing as Haiyi."

"No, it's just aging. His cell renewal efficiency has almost reached the limit." Tsunade said decisively, "As for why it is so slight, people should not have any illusions about dignity when they get old. What about the loss of eyesight? Bones The body is loose, the internal organs are failing, and yes, there is also the possibility of incontinence."

"You are always so confident when dealing with these professional issues." Sarutobi Hiruzen avoided the important and took the easy.

"At least I haven't missed it in terms of diagnosis." Tsunade crossed her hands, "Old man, let's bet on whether you dare to stretch out your hand in front of me. I bet you dare."

But Sarutobi Hiruzen just puffed on his cigarette and didn't reach out.

"Tch." Tsunade scoffed.

Sarutobi Hiruzen also smiled and said, "Don't talk nonsense. Have you thought about whether to leave Shizune with you or separate. You'd better make a decision before Minato comes back. I'm not sure what he's bringing with him this time Is Naruto really willful when he goes to play for three days, or does he originally want to make a deal with you and me. But I am sure that if you haven't made a decision before he comes back, it will probably be out of your control later."

"This kid is getting better and better after not seeing each other for several years." Tsunade touched her chin and frowned.

"After you've tricked the king, you've tricked the new king. After you've tricked Danzo, you've tricked Orochimaru again. I don't know who will be next." Hiruzen took a puff from his cigarette and watched the white smoke rings slowly drifting away. "The wind has changed. ah."

"Hmph, it's just old wine in a new bottle." Tsunade put down the fan, "I'm going to brush my teeth and wash my face. By the way, Danzo is dead, where is that one?"

"What do you say?"

Naruto

basement

The door to Minister An's office was filled with darkness.

"If you have anything to do, go and surround the General Staff. If you have nothing to do, get out of here." Kakashi kicked the door open from the house.

It's quieter.

"You." Minister An, who was in a bad mood, pointed at a subordinate casually, "Tell me, why did you surround the office door for several minutes and you didn't come in."

"Yes, sir." The little ANBU who was targeted by the ANBU's murderous intent responded reflexively, but he was not afraid at all, and secretly complained to his boss, "You are not good at learning and have been thrown away by Hokage-sama. Don't take it with you to play with." Let's vent our anger.

But the silence of complaining about Kung Fu was seen as contempt for authority by the irritated Anbu. He clapped his fingers and said, "Don't be afraid to say anything. You all know that I have always been very gentle."

I just pretend to be better in front of Hokage-sama.The little ANBU who was not afraid of death continued to complain in his heart, but his mouth, which was swollen by Kakashi's fist, still gave in, "Anbu-sama, we are just a little unconvinced."

"You're not convinced." Kakashi was stunned when he was told, "If you're not convinced by Shiranui Genma, then just be convinced. It's not going to hinder our ANBU."

"No, my lord, it's the roots."

Kakashi found that even hearing that word now gave him a headache. He gave up on the little ANBU who didn't answer without asking, and pointed to an older one, "Aren't they all quite quiet recently? They have to go out on field duty. , I have no field service and no internal service. Why have I provoked you again?"

Anbu replied, "The Logistics Department notified us today that we will repay the previous back wages and subsidies. Everyone is very happy. But we think there is something unfair here. For example, why do those people have the same treatment as us? "

"Didn't I explain it to you all?" Kakashi scratched his head, "The Root was the ANBU Training Department from the beginning, and was originally a subordinate unit of the Hokage ANBU. Although when Danzo-sama was here, we were independent and independent, but now we are no longer Danzo, then they are ANBU."

"Then why don't they just listen to Minister An's orders and still take on tasks on their own?" Someone else spoke up.

Kakashi was also depressed by these words. He wanted to say that it was because the Hokage-sama was afraid that the two gangs of us would fight, but in the end he said, "The authorization given to me by the Hokage-sama does not include them."

"But Hokage-sama has not set up two secret ministers, so even if they are two units under the same department as ours, they cannot be regarded as the same department. So why should they have the same salary and promotion methods if they are not the same department?"

"Why, you don't think they should get the same amount as you?"

"No, it's just why they are the same as us." The ANBU members became serious, "It's not about salary and promotion competition, it's about our pride and momentum as the direct subordinates of the Fourth Hokage."

"This question." Kakashi suddenly realized that it was, why should the people under that old guy Danzo be like us? "It's really important. However, this problem is not something you should worry about."

"We are just here to express our position and give you an excuse to go and have a detailed discussion with the Hokage, stupid ANBU." All the ANBU present pointed at Kakashi.

Even Kakashi felt a chill go down his spine, "I have received your position and thoughts, so let's leave now."

In an instant, the building was empty and the door was broken.

Kakashi sighed, pulled out a piece of sawdust from the sole of his shoe and threw it into the trash can, then took off the door and frame of the office.He watched the ash fall and swallowed, "It shouldn't collapse."

"Maybe." Shiranui Genma walked out of the shadows with Qianbon in his mouth, "But don't worry, I have already reported it to the logistics department for you, and they will come over as soon as they can."

"Then thank you very much." Kakashi bit out, "How does it feel to be a new officer, acting chief of general staff?"

"Not bad. You know I have never had a bad temper." Xuanjian bit Qianbon, "Besides, there are smart people in the General Staff. They know what to do."

"Okay, Chief Advisor." Kakashi invited Genma into the room, "You didn't come here just to see my jokes, did you?"

"Hear it, then watch around, and deliver the documents by the way." Xuanjian raised the document bag, "Sir, he will be back tonight. If he still has energy, you can have him sign it quickly. It is very urgent.

"Okay." Kakashi put down the documents and hesitated for a few seconds, "Actually, it's not a violation to ask you. Come and help me advise on how to deal with the roots. It depends on the teacher's intention to use them. But imagine, then Yes, everyone was trained by the sinister Danzo since childhood. There are not many of them, but not too few. Whether they set up separate departments or break them up and distribute them to various places, no matter how you look at it, it will be a disaster. , one pharmacist’s pocket is enough.”

"This is your ANBU's business. What's wrong with my general staff?" Genjian stretched out, crossed his legs, and shook the thousand books in his mouth.

Kakashi punched Genma's knee, "If you have the ability, show it like this in front of my teacher."

"No snitching." Xuanjian almost dodged, "As for Gen, what are you worrying about? Just appease your Anbu and others.

It's OK to fight. "

"You seem to know something."

"Ah ah." Xuanjian suddenly realized that he had not restrained himself from getting carried away. It was dangerous. "I have to go back to work. If you can't wait for the engineering team to come, just hurry up. If it rains, they will repair the roof. Woolen cloth."

Kakashi looked at Genma's back as if he was running away, and suddenly felt a little melancholy.He couldn't help but light a cigarette and thought: First, the kissing doll that had become the unbelievable incident in Konoha was the teacher who directly ordered Nede to destroy it without anyone else, if Nede hadn't messed it up. , he didn’t even know.Secondly, the teacher took Naruto with him for three days without consulting anyone, and for the first time, he deliberately got rid of the disciples who wanted to follow him. Who knows what they went to do.Thirdly, his teacher had something to tell Xuanjian, but he didn’t tell the disciples under the same roof why.

Kakashi admitted that he did not have the ability to peel off complex information like Genma and the others.But his analysis of the known things was quite logical, and his logic did point to the fact that his teacher really no longer trusted him after the Naruto incident.

But Kakashi's animal intuition immediately refuted his thoughts.He put out the cigarette butt and pulled his hair.Maybe it's protection like not telling Naruto anything.

So, here's why.

"why why why"

Outside Konoha

Toru Yuya

Uzumaki Naruto lay on the edge of the hot spring with a wet towel on his head and splashed water, "Why do you have to go back tomorrow? You only have 3 days off, and as the Hokage, don't you worry about Konoha, dad?"

Minato's father, who was also holding a towel beside him, blinked, "Because apart from repairing the roof, there is nothing important to do when it rains in Konoha."

"That's right. If I hadn't gone out to play with my father, I would have been repairing the roof right now."

"The genin's missions include highly technical tasks such as repairing roofs."

"Hit me." Naruto turned over and leaned against his father, "Dad, let me tell you something."

"Ah."

"I don't want to do any more D-level missions."

"But genin have been through this all the way, and so has dad. Otherwise, where can we learn a lot of common sense about life? Ninja schools don't teach this."

"But it's so boring." Naruto pouted, "I always feel that ninjas shouldn't be like this."

"Then what does Naruto think a ninja is like?" Minato's father grabbed his son's face and stretched it from side to side.

"They wore uniforms and majestically attacked the enemy." Naruto raised an arm high and then dropped it. "Or tore off the face, ah, it turned out to be him."

"It's really interesting to act." Minato's father laughed, picked up the juice on the plate and fed Naruto a sip, "moisten your little throat."

"I hate it, but I want to change the subject again." Naruto shrank under the water, only exposing his nostrils. He seemed not to be ready to talk to his father.

Minato's father had no choice but to reach out and dig out his son's nest.

Naruto blushed but refused to come out.

Minato's father could only give up. He sighed, "When we go back to Konoha, we won't have such a good opportunity to spend the whole day with our father."

Naruto remained silent.

Minato helped his son tidy up the towel that was about to fall off his head, "Dad actually wants to be with Naruto every day. Otherwise, let's not go back to Konoha and go to the Uzumaki Country, your mother's hometown. Your mother always Tell me, the water there is the most beautiful in the world. Every time the tide rises and falls, a group of them will go to the shore to watch the whirlpools. Large and small whirlpools are spinning on the clear water. . Sometimes during the day, when they look at it from a distance, it will glow with dazzling golden light under the sunlight, but when they look closer, it turns into an indescribable rainbow shape. Sometimes, when they look at it at night, the moon Hanging high above the head, a Milky Way spreads out brightly on the edge of the sky and water. At this time, the whirlpool is black, and a mysterious blue reflection appears on the edge of the water ripples. No one knows where it comes from. reflection, and no one knew what was underneath those whirlpools. Until one day, there was a person."

Naruto popped up, spitting water, "What's wrong with being alone?"

Minato's father continued to help Naruto arrange the towel on his head, "Ah, don't move around, the sweat will flow into your eyes again after a while."

Naruto quickly sat down and asked, "What happened to that person? Did he jump?"

"Bingo" Minato's father gave a thumbs up, "I just jumped."

"Then what?" Naruto asked quickly.

"I'm drowning." Minato's father leaned back and stretched his arms and legs, "It's really comfortable to soak in the hot springs in the summer."

"" Naruto sighed, "So no one knows what's under the whirlpool, right?"

"Correct."

"Then what kind of truth does Dad want to tell me now?"

"Er."

"This story is to warn me not to be so curious." Naruto squinted his eyes, "It's better not to be too ambitious. It's good to have the sun, so don't clamor for the moon."

"No, not at all." Minato hugged his son's shoulders, "Ah, it's great that young Naruto can be so strong even after being fed by his father every day."

"The skill of changing the subject is no longer effective for your son, Dad." Naruto clenched his fists and tensed his deltoid muscles, "What exactly do you want to say."

"If you die, you can't come back."

"Why are you doing this all of a sudden?" Naruto felt his father's breathing, which was rapid and depressing.

"So even if that person saw the world under the whirlpool, he couldn't tell everyone." Minato Namikaze took a deep breath, "I'm sorry, it's rare for Naruto to come out to play. Dad obviously wants to make you happy."

"Obviously, dad, it's rare for you to rest for a few days without having to do anything. You don't have to take care of me all the time." Naruto didn't look back. He was a little afraid of seeing his dad cry, although he had never seen his dad cry before.

"Dad is very happy to be with Naruto." Minato's voice suddenly became excited again, "By the way, I have always forgotten to tell you that the pool we soaked in today is the first time I took your mother. That’s where you came from.”

"Didn't Kakashi say it was a simple open-air pool?" Naruto was suspicious.

"He doesn't know everything."

"Ahem, then dad, you and mom are taking a hot spring bath." Naruto pursed his lips and winked, "Isn't that right, ahem."

"Dad is still the same as now, with a towel folded on his head and a towel underneath. Let me tell you in advance, dad has already prepared to wear swimming pants underneath, but your mother insists on who wears something inside the hot spring and told me not to do that. Cowardly." Minato's father danced with joy, as if he was still resentful when he mentioned it now.

"So mom came out after a while." The little fire of gossip in Naruto's heart burned brightly again.

"Here you go, a big long and wide bath towel, from the crease down to the ankles."

"Pfft." Naruto burst out laughing. He finally had the courage to turn around and pat his father on the shoulder, "Mr. Minato Namikaze, please keep up your efforts."

Minato's father drank the juice in the cup in one gulp and put it down with a snap, "The most outrageous thing is, after soaking and getting ashore, I pulled your mother up. You know, the towel is as long as your ankles. Your mother is the same as you again. Madama was so hot for 3 minutes, and in the end she forgot about the length of her bath towel, so she stepped on it and tore it off."

"Then what?" Naruto's eyes widened.

"Then your mother is actually wearing a swimsuit underneath. It's the Konoha Ninja School's standard one-piece swimsuit. It just has the shoulder straps folded in."

"Hahahahaha." Naruto finally laughed out loud, and he hit his father on the back, "As expected of my mother."

"Hey." Minato's father spread his hands.

"Then what?" Naruto persisted.

"Get dressed, go eat and drink, and then talk about life and ideals."

"and then"

"She goes back to her dormitory, and I go back to mine."

"This is the end of the date."

"What else can you do? Just sleep through the history class. The Third World War is not over yet."

"Haha." Naruto was very thoughtful, trying to avoid things that his father might not want to mention, such as the war, "Then what are you going to eat?"

"It's still Ichiraku Ramen. Your mother insisted on dragging me there. It's delicious, but your father and I were very poor. At that time, we only gave some subsidies occasionally, not even wages, let alone wartime mission fees. How hard it is to figure it out.”

"It's so miserable." Naruto listened to his father's venting complaints, and suddenly felt that the Yondaime Hokage was no longer compatible with the single old man in front of him who always wanted to be lazier.Naruto didn't like this feeling. He picked up his father's arm and dragged him into the warm spring water. "I know mom's dream is to become the first female Hokage in Konoha. What about dad's dream?" It seems like you’ve never mentioned it to me.”

"Dad's dream." Minato also followed Naruto's example and only showed his head, "It seems he also wants to become Hokage."

What a beautiful dream a teenager has

The third day of Naruto's vacation

For a moment, Naruto really wanted to tell his father that his dream was not to be the King of Pranksters, but to become the Hokage of Konoha greater than his father.