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

It’s still Konoha, July 61, 9

Fire Country Konoha

Naruto

Afternoon

"Meeting." The Hokage led the AN minister into the small conference room.

Participants Nara Shikaku, Hinata Hizashi, Shiranui Genma, and Mito Kaden stood up and sat down, and then looked straight at the AN Minister behind the Hokage. Those new pants are really new.

The Hokage made a serious face and spread out the documents in his hand, "Now is not the time to laugh at a joke, someone's life is about to happen."

"Haha, isn't it our little Kakashi who really killed people outside?" Elder Men Yan held back his laughter and took the file, then got stuck.

"Uchiha Fugaku is critically ill." The next person to speak was Hinata Hinashi.

"Ah, it can't be considered a critical illness. I just became stiff again and lost consciousness. However, the hospital did inform me that I need to prepare early, probably in the next day or two." The Hokage sat down, "So today's meeting The content is, the new minister of the Ministry of Security.”

A moment of silence.

"It is indeed a very troublesome thing, so sudden." The Hokage said expressionlessly, "But it has been some time since Fugaku announced his retirement. Everyone here is the center of Konoha. I believe that everyone should have thought about this matter or discussed."

Another moment of silence.

The Hokage had no choice but to start calling names, "Elder Men Yan"

"Well, should we ask the Sandaime and the elders of the transfer camp, as well as the elders of the mountain to attend the meeting together?"

"Today is not a vote." The Hokage scratched his eyebrows, "Of course it is not a unification of thoughts, it is just a simple discussion."

"If we want to discuss it," Men Yan thought for a moment, "Since the security department was reorganized into the security department, many members of the Uchiha family have been recruited from outside, but Uchiha is still the main force of this department, so let the people of that family accept the leadership of a non-tribe. It’s a little premature.”

"Continue." The Hokage took the minutes of the meeting seriously.

"Although Uchiha Mikoto Jonin is barely capable, she is a housewife who has been a housewife for a long time. She lacks qualifications. Without Fugaku's support, she may not be able to suppress Uchiha. As for the internal security of all Konoha, Itachi Jonin is still too young."

"The point."

"Is it possible to bring back Akimichi Choza from the field first?" Men Yan hesitated. His intuition told him that it seemed inappropriate to recommend candidates so hastily. However, as a consultant, the Hokage had no choice but to tell him when asked. "A field commander with deep qualifications, great military exploits and fierce strength can still have some respect. And he has been in charge of the field troops for too long indeed."

The Hokage frowned.

"There has never been a shortage of high-level jounin in the field. In the past, the young men were too young, but now the older ones should be more mature." Mito Kadoyan saw the Hokage frowning, and he knew what it was. I mean, I think he said too much.But now that he has said it, Men Yan is not afraid of anything, "The field staff can let those guys choose internally first. If it's not suitable, we can talk about it later."

"I know what you're thinking." The Hokage could only tap his pencil and ask the next question, "Nizu"

"Itachi Uchiha may not be able to suppress Uchiha, but the new security minister appointed by the Hokage himself may not be able to suppress him. In the same way, it may be reluctant to let Itachi be responsible for the internal security of the entire Konoha, but it may not be possible for Uchiha's new clan leader." As usual, Ashiqi stood up and said, "As for field service, Captain Akimichi has indeed been doing field service for too long. It would be a good thing for him or his juniors to be transferred back to Konoha as soon as possible. But with all due respect, there are three things: logistics, internal service, and field service." The systems are not in the same field at all, so it is not wise to have a field staff do the internal work.”

"Yeah, I got it." The Hokage frowned and motioned for Hizu to sit down, pointing to the intelligence minister.

Shikaku rubbed his forehead. To be honest, he had been thinking about this problem since he learned about Fugaku's death in the morning.The death of a clan leader who had not had time to arrange his funeral arrangements. The various factions in the Uchiha family would not obey anyone, and there was bound to be a commotion.Coupled with the fact that the orphans are half-grown and the widowed mother is not young, a quarrel that will lead to disaster can just bring the Uchiha who can't lose their tails in advance, peace, and division. This is really a pie-in-the-sky good thing for Konoha. After working hard for several generations, it is actually possible. It was so easy to succeed, of course, without mentioning the real cause of Fugaku's death.And listening to what Elder Men Yan said, the Sandaime and the others really discussed how to deal with Uchiha, otherwise they wouldn't have the answer to the question.It’s really conceivable to think of Akimichi Dingzao going to stir up trouble and rain.But this is also an opportunity for the Akimichi family.But after listening to Hinata's speech, I don't want to make a fuss. That Hinata guy always sleeps in front of Minato, so does Minato want to make a fuss or not? It doesn't matter if he doesn't, Konoha's security has many loopholes, and the security department is really chaotic. If you want to get up the security system, Fugaku didn't really die of a serious illness.

"Shikaku"

"I also think it's better to play it safe." Shikaku weighed it up. He felt that, since he was not sure whether others had seen Fugaku's body and the autopsy report like him, it was better to be conservative. "Activate the internal staff alone. Even if something goes wrong, we can still guarantee support, but with the addition of field support, the impact will be too wide."

"Yes, then Shikaku, do you support Hinata's idea?"

"No."

"Does anyone have any recommendations?"

"Nothing."

Minato narrowed his eyes and glared at Shikaku until he stared down, then looked at Shiranui Genma who was sitting at the end.

"We firmly support all decisions made by the Yondaime-sama." Genma stood at attention and then bowed and sat down.

Then there was another moment of silence.

"No one spoke in the middle of the meeting." Minato knocked on the few lines of meeting minutes in his hand, "There is never a perfect solution to things, and the essence of a meeting is to tinker with the limited time and plan. . So what do you mean by being so silent? I have no problem with just making suggestions and letting me handle the rest. But don’t wait until I give an order that doesn’t agree with you before saying that I want to make a fuss."

Now no one dared to speak.

Shikaku looked at Mito Kado and Hinata Hinata who had their heads lowered, then at Shiranui Genma who wanted to say something but didn't dare to speak, and then at Namikaze Minato who was spinning his pencil and was obviously in a bad mood, his eyes were silent. swept towards the telephone pole Kakashi.

"Don't look at him." The Hokage did not feel that he needed his disciples to adjust the atmosphere of the meeting. "The ANBU is the ANBU under the Hokage. He is not qualified to express opinions on the most senior personnel changes in high-level meetings."

"Uh." The intelligence minister, who had so much information, felt his heart skip a beat and was choked by the Hokage's words.

But the elder who loves his younger generation and has so little information doesn't care about anything else. "Look what you said. One person has a low IQ, and many people have a high IQ. It's a meeting, and the people here are all our own people."

"That's right, it's a meeting." Xuanjian also received Men Yan's look and quickly stood up to get the hot water bottle, "Would you like some tea?"

"Put it down." The Hokage still didn't appreciate it, "Shiranui Genma, how many times have I told you?"

"I know my mistake." Xuanjian answered quickly.

"I'm sorry, then what's in your hand? Listen to the bullshit answer you just gave me. Firmly support all my decisions and it's enough for Hokage's dog to have an ANBU. Otherwise, why don't you just come back and continue to be an ANBU for me?"

Genma didn't dare to answer this time. He blinked and quickly gave the pot to Kakashi. Why was he so angry today? He beat you and his anger still hasn't subsided.

Kakashi put the kettle back in the corner far away. You'd better worry about whether the horse patted the horse's leg first.

"You two, don't wink." Minato took the meeting minutes in his hands and took a deep breath, "Forget it, let's break up the meeting first. Everyone, please take the time to think about it again, discuss it with the people around you, and organize by department later. Give me a formal report, a formal, written report, give it to me alone, and leave it in Xuanjian as soon as possible."

"Yes." He opened the door and sent the person away, closing the door with a tremor in his heart, "Sir"

"Snapped."

Genma only felt the thick folder falling down on his head and face. It hurt, but Kakashi was also there, which was a bit embarrassing.

"You know why I hit you."

"I'll pay attention next time."

"Snapped."

"Will not do it again."

"scold."

""

"Please think clearly about why I support you as Chief of General Staff." Minato sighed, "Hey, I shouldn't have had much hope in you from the beginning.

Genma suddenly raised his head, but Kakashi was the only one left in the room.

Kakashi took the folder out of Genma's mouth and smoothed it out, "He has been very angry these days, so let the brothers pay attention.

a bit. "

"I feel honored physically and mentally to be able to be the Yondaime-sama's punching bag." Genma chewed Senbon.

"Do you still have to show your face?"

"It's better than him sulking." Genma resisted the urge to spit on Kakashi's face, clenched his fists, and then released them, "Be honest with me, how did you provoke him at noon."

"It's nothing."

"It's nothing, he's willing to whip you with a belt."

"Maybe" Kakashi walked towards the door, "the head of the Uchiha family is a good friend after all."

"Then did you say something wrong? You and Uchiha Fugaku have never dealt with each other, right?" Genma grabbed Kakashi's sleeve, "It's not just for Uchiha, for him, Konoha is better than you." The more important thing is Naruto, you can't."

"Forget it, it doesn't matter if I tell you, just remember to keep it a secret." Kakashi did not break away, but moved closer to Genma and whispered softly, "Uchiha Fugaku was not critically ill. He died early this morning. He died an untimely death. .”

""

"You do not believe"

At the same time, several people walking out of the small conference room were also talking quietly.

"Would you like to go to the hospital to visit the patient together?" Mito Menyan, who was walking in the middle, asked around.

"I'm not familiar with Uchiha." Men Yan said in unison.

"After all, we've worked together for so long, so it's only etiquette to take a look."

"I'm busy." They all said in unison x2.

"None of them grow up." Elder Men Yan watched the two Konoha executives turn left and right and left. He sighed and took out the meeting documents just now. In the thin document bag was a summary of Uchiha Fugaku's condition. He was critically ill. Notice, and the leave request form approved by the Hokage.Yes, leave note, Konoha's senior leaders, including the Hokage, will automatically become members of the Elders Council after retirement, but this does not mean that the Konoha Council of Elders is a housing unit for retired cadres. Its function is to provide services to the current Hokage. Provide intellectual support and effective supervision.Even if their daily activities are indeed making hand-raising mascots at conferences and organizing funerals, I hope the Elder Advisory Council will still be around when the Godaime takes office.

"It's ridiculous, old man, I'm so old, but I have to arrange funerals for young people every day." Men Yan pushed open the door of the Presbyterian office fiercely, put the documents in his hand into the filing cabinet, and locked it.I poured some water on the cactus and the cactus, wiped the dusty seats and benches, then opened the drawer, took out my wallet and went out.He had to go to the flower shop to buy a bouquet of inexpensive, brightly colored daisies, and then find Uchiha Fugaku while the visiting hours of the inpatient department of Konoha Hospital were not over.Regardless of whether the boy could still answer him, he had to seize the time to ask on behalf of Konoha: Fugaku, do you want to bury some name under the commemorative monument to be engraved with your former comrades, or leave Mikoto beside you? If there is an open space, would you rather hold the memorial service at the commemorative monument or at your family's ancestral grave.Is your body going to be burned, buried, frozen or eaten? Are there any problems? If you can't put it down, you need Konoha to help you deal with it. Don't worry, the Council of Elders can't do it, isn't there our wise and powerful Yondaime-sama?

The wise and powerful Hokage's office

"Bang bang bang." There was a knock on the door.

"Enter."

Nara Shikaku put the document on the corner of the Hokage's desk, "I didn't sleep well yesterday."

"You're talking nonsense." The Hokage raised his head and continued to approve documents.

"Where's Kakashi?"

"Didn't you just wait for Kakashi to go out to do errands before you came to see me?"

"Ahem." Shikaku felt the back of his neck numb as he received the flash of cold light in the Hokage's eyes.

"Don't waste my time, no matter what, my Minister of Intelligence."

"Yes, Yondaime-sama." Shikaku stood at attention, "I have a question about the topic of the meeting just now. Sir, what do you think?"

"I'm asking you because I don't know." Naruto raised his eyebrows, "Shikaku, you really came to ask such an idiot question."

Shikaku looked around and shook his head.

Minato sighed and waved his hand, "Okay, there are only two of us left around. If you have any secrets, you can just say it directly."

"Besides me, who else did you call this morning?" Lu Jiu still hinted carefully.

"Only you, I thought you knew what I meant."

Shikaku frowned. Of course he understood that, in addition to being a trustworthy and capable subordinate, a sudden incident occurred in Konoha. Even if the Anbu was well hidden, the all-pervasive Intelligence Department could get part of the truth from clues, so the first Pulling the intelligence minister into the water for a while will help fill the sky and cross the sea, "But."

"But" Naruto also frowned.

It wasn't until Shikaku felt that his sternocleidomastoid muscles were about to stiffen that he realized that he should say something to facilitate the subsequent conversation.But he still said nothing.He admitted that since Golden Flash became the Fourth Hokage, he could never be like Fugaku, who only regarded Naruto as Hokage and Namikaze Minato only as Namikaze Minato.

"Shikaku" So in order to continue the conversation, Minato could only take the initiative to hand the ladder to his subordinates, "Do you know why everyone went to the battlefield together, but in the end, only me survived and became the golden flash?"

""

"In other words, the fundamental reason why Danzo failed to become a Hokage despite being more courageous and capable than the Third Generation." Minato laughed, "Because you guys, the only shortcoming is that you like to think too much."

""

"Of course it's right to think more. You don't fight unprepared battles. But when you prepare for war, others will also prepare for war. When you have everything prepared, others may be more prepared than you."

"So" Shikaku looked at Naruto's expression and continued to be careful.

"So don't waste your brain cells and just do things that are not harmful to you." Minato winked at Shikaku, "You just need to know that I have always trusted you, and at the same time I believe that you trust me, that's enough Yes, it’s really enough.”

Shikaku was blinked by the Hokage so much that the scar on his forehead went numb. He paused for a moment and then said, "I'm sorry, sir, but..."

"Don't hesitate." Minato put down his pen a little too heavily, "I think you can see how bad I am today."

"Sorry, I'm just a little worried."

"Okay, I'm just in a bad mood, I won't lose control of my emotions. Don't worry, if I want to make emotional accusations, I will take leave and go to the hospital to report to the wall. You don't have to worry about Ding Zuo. He was on my team back then. For the longest time, I won't trick him." Minato picked up the pen again and said quickly, "What else do you have to worry about."

Shikaku raised his head so that Minato could see his face clearly, "There is indeed one thing that needs to be made clear."

"What?" Minato put down his pen again.

Shikaku reached out and suddenly grabbed Minato's wrist.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

Shikaku felt that his back was wet and cold. He felt a little regretful, but he did not let go of the fact that he had made a mistake in the known premise and made the entire reasoning wrong. He also wanted to seek forgiveness from a Hokage who had a good overall view and was empathetic. No matter what he thought, it was still the latter. The damage caused is less.

"Goosebumps all over my body."

"Offended." Shikaku lit up a small ball of chakra.

Minato finally remembered to slap Shikaku's hand away, "Nara Shikaku, I don't understand."

"Don't be too busy getting angry yet." Shikaku said without extinguishing his chakra, "Stretch out your other hand."

"Okay, I understand what you mean. You suspect that I killed Fugaku. I admit it. If I can't survive Fugaku, I will definitely kill him before I die. Otherwise, a young fifth generation will really be unable to play with that treacherous and evil figure." Shameless. However, the tea I drink is never poisonous."

"Hands, Minato."

"Okay." Minato looked at the persistence on his subordinate's face, and finally stretched out his arm, "I have indeed been sick frequently in the past few years, and I seem to be a little past my prime, but my health is really not good yet. It’s so bad that Fugaku needs to be loyal to Konoha so quickly.”

Shikaku silently pressed Minato's pulse, and as the green chakra began to flicker again, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, "How is your stomach problem going?"

"It doesn't hurt even if I'm so angry that my lungs are about to explode. I'm healed." Minato tried to take a deep breath.

"Then try my deer antler later." Lu Jiu put down his hand, "You won't be able to drink ginseng tea for a while, but you still have to make up for it."

Bad things don't always turn into good things

The 17th hour after Uchiha Fugaku's death