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

Last quarter of the moon

The 24th hour after Uchiha Fugaku's death

Fire Country Konoha, night

There is no Hokage and the Hokage's young master to protect the old Hatake house.

Empty and silent, it is as lush and lush as before.Even though Gaara was snoring in the guest room with his gourd in his arms, the security patrols still passed by the black iron gate every ten minutes, and the ANBU who had been shaken off by the Hokage on the branches of the roof absolutely abided by their posts, but Kakashi still didn't I think this big house is popular.

Especially when Kakashi put down the latest information scroll about the safety of "Yamato Team" reported by the ANBU, and picked up the old belt that the teacher had placed in the most conspicuous place in the living room.

"The ghost lingers." Kakashi wanted to set fire to the belt and burn it clean, but after hesitating for a long time, he took it into his room and hung it in the closet as usual - after all, Hatake White Fang didn't leave much behind.Kakashi sighed, the tall figure shining in his eyes was indeed taller than the teacher; the strong arms were more powerful than the teacher when hitting people; the loving eyes were much worse than the teacher.But after all, he is also his father, the real and only one.Although thinking this way is a bit sorry for the teacher who has taken on the responsibility of being a father over the years.

But blood relatives are still blood after all.

Just like Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Naruto.

Before Kakashi met Uzumaki Naruto, he didn't quite understand the meaning of words like bloodline.He really remembered when he was three years old, and after that, he only got along with his father for three short years. In a person's long life, having a dog can accompany him for at least ten years.Therefore, Kakashi, now 30 years old, has not been sad for his irresponsible father for a long time.Even when I go to the commemorative monument to pay homage to my comrades, I rarely think of the number one ghost who may be in the underworld without food, drink or money.

But I don't know since when, maybe it has been like this from the beginning. Every time Kakashi feels defeated, scared, and guilty, especially after being scolded by the teacher, he still can't help but think of Konoha White Fang.

Kakashi honestly didn't like this feeling.

This will make him discover that his behavior and thoughts are actually very special. Uzumaki Naruto's instant visual dare. Every time that kid is bullied by the teacher in school for playing pranks or being late for not doing homework, he will immediately yell. This time he He must find his father to help him get revenge.

"That's ridiculous." Kakashi closed the closet door as if he was angry, "That annoying brat Naruto, the source of all troubles, if it weren't for him."

But immediately, Kakashi turned pale at his complaint. He touched his forehead, it was cold, and then a shadow emerged - he looked at the wound behind him and there was no sign of inflammation. It must have been an auditory hallucination. It must be an auditory hallucination. How could I think that? Although this is indeed the case, how old do you think you are to anger a kid Kakashi?

So Kakashi swallowed the vomit, changed out of his uniform with shaking hands, brushed his teeth and washed his face, and then climbed into bed.Of course, he is not sleeping, he is just convenient for his shadow body to apply medicine to the main body.

But the Anbu outside the window didn't think this was a good idea. This young man with black hands, black legs, and a dog-face mask walked in, saluted on one knee, and comforted him with the hoarseness unique to a teenager's voice-changing stage, "Drug absorption is very efficient when the body is incomplete. low."

Kakashi's brain was instantly occupied by the shame of exposing the injured part to others, and his anger made him want to drag the person out and chop him off on the grounds that showing up without being summoned was against ANBU duty regulations.But thinking about it again, this kind of little Anbu is just an intern who helps with housework when the Hokage is not at home. He is half his age, and he is still the kind of guy in the orphanage who is used to everyone sleeping in a bunk and bathing in a bucket. Fa Bu was soft-hearted and said, "It's just a flesh wound. Please step back."

But the young ANBU was pushing the envelope a bit, and he didn't put down the medicine. "Anbu-sama, let me help you apply the medicine."

Kakashi couldn't bear it this time. He stood up in excitement and said, "Here comes someone."

"Yes, sir." A black hand picked up the little ANBU and threw him out of the window, clapped his hands, "Kakashi-sama, I told you ANBU doesn't need interns."

"Then you do the housework" Kakashi sighed.

"I won't." This real ANBU on duty said confidently.

"How dare you, a woman, not know how to do housework, get married?"

"It's not your concern, leader of Konoha's bachelor group." Anbu lifted up his long purple hair, "I will get married next year, and my husband said that he will be responsible for doing housework and taking care of the children, so that I can work with peace of mind."

"" Kakashi gritted his teeth, "Only that boy Moonlight Hayate has a good temper."

"If he likes it, we'll make a dozen little Hayate angry at you later." The female ANBU picked up the ointment on the ground and returned it to Kakashi, "Would you like me to call the medic-nin for you?"

"No need." Kakashi yawned.

"Then you go to bed early." The female ANBU opened the window.

Kakashi waved his hand, "By the way, just educate that brat internally. He just wants to please me."

"I know."

Long night

over there

Wind and Fire Border Nomura

Uchiha Shisui jumped onto the roof, "Sir, the secret stake of the Intelligence Department said that Itachi did not rest here. He personally carried the rebel ninja's head back an hour ago."

"I knew I wouldn't be able to catch that kid in one chapter."

"Ah, what did you say?"

"I said, I really wronged Itachi by confining him in my office." Our Hokage sighed, squatted down, and began to carve the Thunder God's curse mark one stroke at a time on the spot where Itachi was about to rest.

"No, that kid was just lucky this time." Shisui had a different opinion, he shrugged, "Originally, in order to buy time, Kakashi didn't give him anything extra except a portrait and approximate directions, but Itachi didn't expect As soon as I came over, I met the head face to face. The head was also unlucky. He accepted a mission to kill horse thieves in the underground bounty house. He was blown away by the storm just after entering the desert. He crawled back without food or water for several days, let alone Ninja, any bun shop owner can chop him into stuffing."

"Oh." Minato continued to carve the seal spell, "I heard it. You were saying good things to Kakashi. I didn't remember how good your relationship was with him."

"I'm just telling the truth." Shisui's voice showed no guilt, "Itachi is still very young."

"He's still very tender. I can guarantee that even if he blows sand for several days, his little face will still be able to pinch water." Minato turned around and smiled.

"" Zhisui was silent. He knew that Naruto always choked when talking, but he didn't expect to be so choked recently.

Minato sighed, stood up and clapped his hands, "Don't worry too much, I won't do anything to Itachi, whether he's young or not."

Shisui felt that he could no longer speak in his throat, "I didn't mean that."

"You are." Minato smiled again, "I can't squeeze out water for a long time, so it's useless for you to wear a mask. What a person is thinking, just look at his eyes, not to mention your little red eyes in the dark night It was as bright as a light bulb."

"I'm sorry, sir." Shisui couldn't help but lower his head slightly.

"It's human nature." Minato patted Shisui, "You are my guard captain, okay. Even if I eat, sleep, fall ill, or lose consciousness, you stand by my side. I thought at least you wouldn't doubt me."

"Sorry my lord."

"I've heard enough of this kind of talk during the day." Minato continued to sigh, "Let's solve the problem - the good news is that the situation is better than I imagined. Itachi came too quickly and left too quickly. I guess even if someone wants to He probably wouldn't find a chance to say something he shouldn't have said in his ear. And the bad news is that we probably won't be able to catch those who want to cause trouble for Konoha here in Itachi. In this case, the problem will arise again. Okay, so what did Itachi discover that made him rush?

It depends on what we should say to him when we catch him later. "

"As your Anbu, I support all your decisions." Shisui expressed his sincerity first, and then carefully suggested, "Actually, just tell the truth. Please believe in Itachi's loyalty to Konoha and you."

"If he has any doubts, I'm not afraid to tell you. Just a few hours ago, Shikaku came to my office and tried again and again. In the end, even he suspected that I killed Fugaku. Dare you say that you are completely There was no doubt that I was the one who did it." Minato felt a little anxious, "What I want is Uchiha Itachi, the captain of the Hokage's guard, not an S-level rebellious ninja who has a grudge against me for killing my father - and you are not one yourself. Having not passed the second year of middle school, young people are high-spirited and are most likely to go to extremes when things happen, which is why Itachi's mother doesn't want Itachi to get involved."

"So even if Itachi rebels against Ninja, he will fight to the death and rank A." Shisui tried to change the direction of the conversation, "Sir, your heartbeat is very fast, please restrain it."

"I am a human, not a god. I am not in Konoha right now. You are the only one beside me. Can you please stop asking me to control my emotions?" Minato crossed his hands and flexed his fingers, becoming even more anxious. "It's a good idea to say half of it, but After that, as long as a little bit of gossip reaches that child's ears, I don't have the confidence, Shisui."

"" Shisui didn't speak. He made a listening gesture. He found that his Hokage really needed to vent.

Sure enough, Minato began to walk back and forth, "I know the person who poisoned the tea. He is in Konoha. He is hidden very deep. He is very cunning. By the way, he is afraid of death, otherwise he would have put it to death." It's actually my fault that I killed Fugaku. I've had this feeling of being targeted for many other things before. But I have no evidence, and I'm the Hokage. If I were to be suspected and arrested just because of my feelings, Capture, that would definitely be a bigger disaster for Konoha than the Kyuubi. Because the person who could do those things was either a high-ranking person in Konoha or someone close to me, or maybe even someone from the ANBU or the Guards. "

"Sir, you are doubting the Anbu and the guards." Shisui became more and more frightened as he listened. He quickly took out his water bottle, "Drink some water first. This is impossible. You are too nervous. Relax."

"Then tell me, how did Fugaku die." Minato took the kettle and drank the water, "Could it be Mikoto or Fugaku himself who killed him? I believed it a few years ago, but it's impossible for Fugaku these years, you didn't I've seen his eyes look like a lecher when looking into the future. As for the other Uchiha people who should be suspicious the most, if they had this ability, they wouldn't have watched Fugaku surrender to me."

"Sir, calm down, you are just venting your emotions." Shisui felt the bucket of water at his feet begin to seep out, and his exposed skin hurt. This is murderous intent, coming from the Kage at the top of the food chain in the ninja world, "Take a deep breath, Exhale, inhale, don't be controlled by emotions, please don't forget, although this is not Konoha, you are indeed someone else's roof under your feet."

Minato breathed in and out along with Shisui's breathing, then he raised the kettle, mouth down, and poured it directly on his head.

"Are you feeling better, sir?" Shisui waited for several minutes before summoning the courage to take the kettle away from the Hokage and hand him a towel.

Minato blinked and took it, "I'm curious as to why you bring something like a towel."

"Be prepared." Seeing that the Hokage had calmed down, Shisui took a deep breath and forced a smile, "But it really scared me just now. Now that you are comfortable, I thought you would take me and this little broken village with you. Silenced."

"You can run away." Minato wiped the water from his hair, feeling a little embarrassed, "As for this village, they are just rebellious ninjas."

"There are also hidden stakes in Konoha." Shisui took back the towel and handed over another water bottle, "Drink some more water."

"Why did you bring two kettles?" Minato didn't answer.

"Because we are prepared for anything unexpected." Shisui put down the kettle and nodded seriously.

Minato didn't know how to evaluate it. He jumped off the roof first, "Forget it, let's get down to business. We have been delayed for so long, can we still intercept Itachi?"

"Yes." Shisui followed up, "Itachi is an illusion type, not a speed type."

"That's true. It's already very rare that you are the only mutant in the Uchiha family." Minato sighed again, "I think, with Itachi's way of thinking, he should continue to walk back in a straight line. You said, we came here Why didn’t I meet him when I was there?”

"Because we flew all the way over Thunder God Jump." Zhisui also sighed, "Sir, I deeply admire your behavior of burying coordinates everywhere."

"That means, if we want to catch Itachi 100%, we have to run like him."

"Yes, two legs."

"Then keep your legs on." Minato flexed his ankles and turned back to smile at his guard captain, "Would you like to give it a try, who is faster, Golden Flash or Shunshen Shisui?"

"My pleasure." Shisui lowered his head to check the shoelaces and raised the corners of his mouth, "Let's say no to the start."

"Shout." Minato nodded, but what he said was not prepared, "But Shisui, I still don't know how to talk to Itachi."

"Um." Shisui saw the look in Naruto's eyes and felt his palms became clammy again, "Don't think too much, sir. Whenever he leaks any bad signs, we will just catch him first. He can still turn the world upside down."

"That's right." Our Lord Hokage nodded, but immediately shook his head, "I'm nervous. It really doesn't affect the overall situation whether Uchiha Itachi believes in me or not. But, Shisui, he is Fugaku after all. He’s dead.”

""

"Itachi's father is dead." Minato continued to move his hands and feet, "I was an orphan very early, and I have no idea about my father at all. But like Fugaku, I also have a son, and I don't want to know what Naruto will be like after I die. What kind of reaction would it be? I think my Naruto should be stronger. But on the other hand, if he holds my coffin and cries, I will be very happy."

"Sir, don't think so much." Shisui suddenly felt that his Hokage's shoulders were slumped, "I believe Itachi, he has always called me big brother for many years. Otherwise, I would take off my mask and tell him."

"Okay." Minato agreed quickly, then quickly regretted it, "Forget it, let me tell him. If you stretch your head and shrink it with a knife, you have finished warming up."

Shisui gestured "ok" to Naruto.

Minato took off the obstructive sandstorm cloak and put it in his backpack, picked up a stone and threw it into the sky.

"Kah."

Uchiha Shisui ran quickly, feeling the familiar wind blowing from his nose to his cheeks and past his ears - he hadn't felt so good in a long time.He even felt that he could go faster.But in the end, Shisui still only dared to be at most one length longer than Naruto. Of course he was not trying to please his boss, nor did he want to know who was faster, Shunshen Shisui or Golden Flash, but he was not competing in a sport without any real meaning. inside.Therefore, he should just be his guard for now - their Hokage hasn't had such a large amount of exercise for a long time, and this should have been his sleep time.

"Hoohoo."

Sure enough, after running at high speed for less than two hours, Shisui heard the rapid breathing of the person next to him.He immediately zoomed in and breathed faster, and then fell slightly behind while avoiding a stone.He originally wanted to observe whether the figure of the person he was protecting was still in good health, but all he saw was the Hokage's golden hair and the dew on it shining unbridled in the dark night.Shisui thought for a while and decided to remind Naruto that since he had found fresh traces of Itachi on the sparse trees on both sides, he should slow down and don't vent too much. But he couldn't speak when the words reached his mouth. He even felt like he was blaming Itachi. The kid was obviously capable of running faster and letting them chase him longer, because Shisui, like the owner of the blond hair, didn't seem to want the golden light to stop.

Stopping, for some people, never means resting

September 61, Konoha 9, the day after Uchiha Fugaku's death