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

When the night is deep, the children have fallen asleep quietly, but the adults' fun has just begun.

It's still the old Haimu house, in the backyard, under the courtyard wall, in the bushes.

Mr. Aburame in black sunglasses had just avoided the patrolling Anbu and climbed over the wall when he saw Minato Namikaze already squatting there.His Hokage was wearing an ANBU uniform, hugging his knees and showing a hearty smile like a fool.This kind of smile is really reassuring, even if it is often just an excellent performance to reassure people.

"Zhiwei, you're late." Namikaze Minato continued to smile, "I thought you would come during the last patrol break."

Aburashi sighed to herself, the small sunglasses on her nose glowed with a deep frosted light, "First of all, the Hokage should be sleeping in his bedroom at this time."

"To answer you first, the Hokage's shadow is indeed sleeping in the bed." Minato still smiled, "You are really cautious, this is Hatake's old residence."

"The security system has been leaking like a sieve in Konoha." Aburame Shi slightly wrinkled his mustache, "It's better to be cautious - secondly, this Yondaime-sama, this subordinate has no memory of being here with you. We have an appointment."

"Hey, I just invited you to dinner at noon." Minato frowned.

"A working meal in the cafeteria." Zhiwei couldn't remember when he, who was used to silence, started to get used to bickering with Minato Namikaze.

"That's my bill too."

""

"Why didn't you say anything? Are you being unreasonable?" Minato laughed again.

"No." Zhiwei really wanted to say a few more witty words to suit his boss's little hobby. Just like the "treat me to dinner" in the morning or the "work meal" just now, he had to make Naruto feel at ease, even if the two of them Even after not cooperating for a long time, he was still the loyal subordinate, but he said awkwardly, "My subordinate is just waiting for new orders."

"New order - scared." Minato suddenly turned on the flashlight that had been stuck on his chin.

Of course Zhiwei would not be frightened. He had always been calm about Namikaze Minato's trick of pretending to be young as he got older. He was more calm than the Hokage's cold jokes.At least casual joking can prove that there is no bad blood between them, even if it is just a deliberate performance, it is still a clear attitude of the Hokage.

"You're really not fun." Minato was a little disappointed. Sure enough, not all taciturn cold-faced people can evolve into talkative ones under the offensive of cold jokes. "Forget it, I won't play with you." Come on, give me a bug quickly, it won’t be long before ANBU patrols here again.”

Zhi shook his hand slightly, and a small black dot like a rice grain jumped on the back of Minato's hand.

Minato handed the flashlight to Zhiwei, then nodded with satisfaction and picked up the pen, "I knew that calling you here was the right choice for this kind of thing."

Zhiwei remained silent. He held up a flashlight to illuminate it and continued to control the scattered insects around silently.He is not one of those super masters in the Guards who may have to be rescued by the Hokage when they are in danger. There should never be such a problem in the dictionary of guards.In particular, since Naruto was born, Namikaze Minato has only called him for private help three times.One was the negotiation between Konoha and Danzo in 50 years, the second was the negotiation between Konoha and Orochimaru in 51 years, and the third time was when Konoha supported the new leader of the country in 54 years.

I hope it's easier this time.

Zhiwei looked at Namikaze Minato, who was squinting and drawing the Flying Thunder God Seal on the insect. The yellowish light of an old flashlight hit the side of his face that looked like needles, making the deep wrinkles between the corners of his eyes and eyebrows even more obvious.Zhiwei also touched the wrinkles on his face, and could only admit that not all old men could be like Minato Namikaze, with wrinkles growing just right.However, the drooping arc of Minato's mouth remained unchanged, looking as ugly and tired as ever in the flickering light.This made Zhiwei's mind suddenly wander back to the past.

Everyone said that Aburame Zhiwei always kept to herself, and it was enough for him to have his insect comrades.But those are just tasks, such as reconnaissance, assassination, and poisoning.It can never be a war.No independent individual can survive in war without his comrades.Therefore, Aburame Zhiwei really spent a long time with Golden Flash during the war-torn days.Although there are very few people who know.

as to why

Since you choose to build a village, you cannot be afraid of war. Since you have accepted the national war mission, from now on, there can only be one ninja village called Konoha in the entire Fire Country.So please disappear all those small ninja villages and ninja families that are not attached to Konoha.But the problem is that Konoha's front line was too long at that time, and it really couldn't draw too many trustworthy and strict-mouthed people.So, how can we use the least manpower to surround and kill other people's families as quickly as possible? Konoha doesn't want to leave too much hatred for future generations.

So Minato Namikaze could only sit in the wild outside a certain village in the middle of the night, lighting up a weak campfire, facing the insects all over the ground, and drawing them one by one all night long.Then during the day, these bugs will silently crawl into people's homes, including babies, and the golden flash will separate a bunch of shadows - a thunder god will fly together, and a kunai will shine on the heart, neck, and temples.Afterwards, there is usually a mixture of death and injury.What's dead is dead, and what's not dead is the self-inflicted insect that uses the team's other big killer for last-minute hits - Akimichi Choza, the most agile fat man in the world, will finish the job at a speed completely inconsistent with his body shape. After working, he picked up a golden retriever whose chakra had been exhausted and turned into a paralyzed dog and rushed back.But Ding Zuo usually walks slowly, and Zhiwei certainly doesn't object.Because returning to Konoha means that there will be a new mission soon.

"Zhiwei Zhiwei Zhiwei, give me a worm."

Minato's voice interrupted Aburame Shiwei's memories, "How many are you going to draw?"

"No, the last one failed." Minato dropped the insect and put down his pen, "My eyes are a bit dry."

Zhiwei looked at Namikaze Minato who was lowering his head and rubbing his eyes, and then thought about the young captain who led them almost all over the world. He felt that the years in the country were so ruthless, and his tone was somewhat persuasive, "Go back and get a new captain." Just wear glasses, it’s normal for your eyesight to decline if you do desk work every day.”

"Well, Shikaku also said that I would be a match, but he never cared about it." Minato picked another insect, cheered up, and started drawing again.But soon, the insect's thin back was scratched again.

Aburame Shiwei looked at Minato, who was obviously a bit irritable, and handed him another one, "Try on a bigger one. You haven't done this kind of work in 20 years. It's normal to be a hand craftsman. Didn't you also have it in the beginning?" Don’t harm my little cutie.”

"You talk too much when you talk about cuties." Minato pointed the pen at the knuckle-long cockroach in Aburame Shiwei's hand with disgust, "The drawing is done, but it's just too big."

The Aburame licked the cement blocks on the brick wall, "It looks like it was Kakashi's own work. There is not enough sand mixed in the cement and the workmanship is rough. Sooner or later it will collapse."

"Then you have to wait until you collapse." Minato sighed, but he pried out a gap with his kunai without any courtesy, "Can we get over it like this?"

"Don't underestimate creatures like bugs." Aburame put the cockroach on it, "Just wait."

Within a few minutes, without losing hope, Aburame Shimi grabbed Namikaze Minato's arm and said, "Okay, you can fly the Thunder God."

"Why didn't I take you in? I was hoping that you could also see White Fang." Minato curled his lips, "Then I can prove to Konoha Hospital that I am mentally fine."

"I'm willing to help you testify." Zhiwei tightened his grip.

Minato could only shake his head and form a seal.In the blink of an eye, they were standing between the pine wind screen and the plum blossom screen.

"Sorry." Minato moved his feet away first, and there was a big cockroach under his feet, "I forgot about it."

"Forget it, I forgot to remind you, after all, 20 years have passed." Zhiwei put away the shriveled cockroach corpse and took a flashlight to shine around.In this nearly square room, the white ceiling lamp on the ceiling has long been broken, the hot table in the middle and the fire for making tea are completely missing. Even the azure color of the gemstones on the picture of pine trees behind him has dimmed. On the other hand, the plum blossom door was still as black as ever after being splashed with blood when White Fang died.This made Aburame Zhiwei, who had seen the warmth here, feel sad.

But Minato didn't seem to care about this. He went straight to Kakashi's small chest of drawers, "It's here as expected."

Zhiwei glanced at it. As a de facto teammate of Konoha's Universal Patch, he actually watched Kakashi grow up with his own eyes. "Forget it, that kid only has such a hobby."

"He always reads unhealthy novels. How can he calm down and seriously fall in love and find a wife?" Minato closed the drawer and fanned the dust with his hand. "Real love and marriage life are completely different from those in novels. He doesn't One should always be fanciful.”

"No. We still have to have dreams. If they come true, you won't be the same." Zhiwei was actually not as relaxed as he said, because he had already felt a gust of evil wind, and whether it was an insect or his Experience told him that this coldness came from the last bedroom.

"My wish has never come true." Minato still seemed

Not caring about anything, he opened the plum blossom door like a door to his own home, "Hey, excuse me, I'm Minato, White Fang-senpai, are you here?"

"Zhiwei." Minato turned around, "It seems he is indeed here."

"Really." Aburame Shichi took a small step in front of Minato. He felt that his muscles were tense like iron in the snow.

"Can't you see?" Minato tried to push Zhiwei away but failed.

"I only saw air." Zhiwei stood still. He saw a pair of footprints surrounded by insects on the crumpled and dirty white cloth on the ground. "But Captain Minato, what did you see?"

"White Fang-senpai is standing there." Minato pointed out his hand, "The way he looked when he committed suicide, covered in blood and expressionless, seemed to be saying, Minato, I entrust Kakashi to you, everything else is fine. Thank you, but I am worried that he is 30 years old and has not yet gotten married and had children."

Zhiwei's hair stood on end, but he became more sober, "Did you seem to hear it, or did you really hear it?"

"I don't know." Minato shrugged, "But from the look of you, you must have discovered something. The bugs didn't crawl on him, so there must be something there."

"Yes." Zhiwei had to admit.

"Is that thing a ghost?" Minato smiled.

"I don't know either." Zhiwei couldn't help but stepped forward and punched the air. Naturally, he didn't hit anything. "But my chakra seemed to sense something."

"Well, it dissipated. It's like this every time. It's gone as soon as I touch it." Minato seemed a little regretful, "Anyway, this thing does exist, because I was the only one who saw it before, and they said I was sick." It’s just an hallucination. In addition, these years have been busy every day. It’s no harm to just ignore them if you are too busy. But this time, even you can see that there is indeed something there.”

"" Zhiwei really didn't know how to answer, but he seemed to hear Minato use the pronoun "they", "Tell me what else you've seen."

"First it's Kinai, and then there are others I don't recognize. What's Danzo recently? Orochimaru is dead anyway." Minato sighed, "Don't talk to me about genjutsu. You know very well that this is not genjutsu. Genjutsu can only affect people." Cranky human thinking, and your bug is lucky enough not to have a high-level organ like a brain."

Zhiwei looked at the bugs that had crawled all over the floor and sighed, "Since it seems to be a ghost, should we find a psychic to take a look."

"That's a good idea." Minato nodded, then pulled Zhiwei and walked out of the bedroom, "Is the door closed? Then let's go."

The Fire Country Konoha Memorial Monument, Konoha School, Namikaze House, Namikaze Minato pulled Aburame Shiwei to jump over one by one. Unfortunately, he went through the Namikaze House today and didn't see him on weekdays. The most commonly seen Uzumaki Kinai.

Aburame Zhiwei felt that his world view had been refreshed.Even little bugs have souls, not to mention humans. Otherwise, what are the walking corpses reincarnated from the filthy soil?But the man from the dirty land never told the one who summoned him what it was like after death.So is there no life after death at all, or must we forget it when we return.So is there really hell? Is there really heaven? Where are the innocent and kind people who were killed by them? Where are the cruel and evil people who were killed by them? And what about the ninjas themselves? Will you linger with the world forever?

"Minato, why didn't you call me earlier?" Zhiwei complained a little.

"What's the use of you? You're in Konoha every day." Minato kept wiping Kinai's photo, "Didn't you also see it when I was offering incense to Aburame Shiguro at the Memorial Monument? Every time it's fleeting, and even my Qinai comes out suddenly and doesn't care how many times I call her."

"" Zhiwei looked at Minato Namikaze, whose hands were trembling while wiping the photos, and began to feel a little worried, "Why don't you go back to bed first, it's already past 2 o'clock, and we can talk about it at dawn if you have anything to do."

""

"Go back to bed." Zhiwei became serious, "Don't think nonsense. You just like to think nonsense, and you have become very suspicious after becoming Hokage. Why do you always like to keep stuffy in your heart about any thoughts or difficulties you have?" If you don’t say anything, how will anyone know?”

"I've always said that I've met Qinai."

Zhiwei was a little speechless. Minato Namikaze had indeed said that he saw his wife's ghost shortly after Kinai Uzumaki's death, but Minato's mental state was indeed very bad at that time. He worked like crazy and didn't care about his own body. , and even more so, Kakashi was once caught stabbing himself in the thigh with a knife. Even a doctor would suspect that he was hallucinating.Wait, "Minato, don't tell me that you have been taking psychotropic drugs for 14 years."

"I'm like a fool." Minato finally put down the rag, "But I will eat it when I'm too sad, but of course not too often."

"" Aburame Zhiwei said that he was even more worried.

"I promise, in fact, I am sane and you don't have to worry about me at all." Minato sighed, "Forget it, let's not talk about this. I originally planned to confiscate Kakashi's pornographic book and talk to you about something serious. . But now that these accidents have happened, I guess you won’t believe anything I say.”

"" Zhiwei looked at Minato's clear eyes when he spoke, and suddenly realized that maybe there was nothing wrong with this man's mental state. It was just that he had performed in the special position of Hokage so much that he was used to it, "Minato Namikaze."

"Um"

"I'm not the patriarch of the Aburame family. Our Aburame family doesn't have enough people to need a clan leader. I've never served as a leader of a high-level department in Konoha, and I basically work alone, so I don't have a huge Relatives, friends, old friends and subordinates need to be taken care of." Zhiwei gritted his teeth, "You don't need to treat me like you treat Uchiha, Hinata, Yamanaka, Nara and other important people. I believe you trust me. I believe you too. Even if you want me to become a dead person to keep the secret, I can easily kill anyone, so don’t pretend to be mysterious in front of me."

"But I'm also very surprised today." Minato paused, and he looked at Aburashi, who rarely had an expression, and smiled bitterly, "You always say that I am suspicious and like to think too much, but you are the ones who think too much."

"But what makes people more and more confused is what you want to do."

"No, why can't I understand." Minato felt that he was getting irritable again. He hated doing ideological work for his subordinates. Really, "I asked you out today and used Kakashi as an excuse. Do you understand? .”

"Ah."

"Why do I need an excuse to get you out?"

"You don't want others to know your true purpose." Zhiwei seemed to understand something, "What happened?"

"Uchiha Fugaku didn't drink to death, he drank the tea that Kakashi gave to me and I gave him." Minato said every word.

"There is a traitor around you." Zhiwei was really frightened and felt even colder than when he saw White Fang, "Who is it?"

"I want to know who it is, why did I have to cover up the cause of Fugaku's death, and why did I ask you to come back so secretly." Minato sighed and lifted the floor, "Also, some time ago, mold grew inexplicably in the Namikaze residence. , which made me suffer from pneumonia for several months. I thought it was Orochimaru who planted it. Although this is not like his harmful style, he is indeed the only outsider who can enter and exit my bedroom."

Minato put the floor down and continued, "Also, remember the strange kissing doll that the Council of Elders had to use at the group wedding before. It contained explosive charms and poison. I thought it was a gift Danzo left for me, even though he really wanted to keep it. The gift won't be that simple, but you can believe that he can do anything. And before that, before signing the contract with the Kingdom of Wind, the Sandaime-sama sent an unreported homing pigeon, and the Lord of the Kingdom of Wind gave I sent a pigeon skeleton. It was for cooperation and I was fooled by it as a joke. But later, the nail next to that damn fat man told me that I had indeed received a very seductive letter, but it was just that the fat man was afraid of it. Death, I didn’t even dare to watch it and burned it with the pigeon. I always thought that the third generation wanted to prevent Konoha and Sagakure from cooperating, because Orochimaru was eyeing him at the time, and it was really too risky. But a few days ago, I knocked down the third generation at the memorial monument, He said that he was reporting the funeral of a friend far away for Danzo. That friend used to be a Konoha ninja, but he was no longer, so he didn't tell the truth at the time. Do you understand? There are four magical stories about Konoha here, and they are all equally boring. It’s such a childish trick, it looks so much like it was done by the same group of people.”

"You think there is an evil spirit at work?" Zhiwei blinked.

"You're kidding" Minato also winked.

If you understand too much, you will understand even less

On October 61, Konoha 10, Shiwei Aburame suddenly felt that the world was changing so fast that he couldn't keep up.