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

The sky gradually gets brighter and later.

Konoha 61

The old house of Konoha Hatake in the Land of Fire

"Bang bang bang." Naruto was chopping the cabbage on the chopping board.Yes, he has no morning tasks today, so he is making breakfast.Stir-fried noodles with seasonal vegetables, a technique taught by the master chef in the cafeteria, and the taste of Uzumaki Naruto.But today there is an extra porridge and three side dishes.The porridge is made from yesterday's leftover rice, and there's nothing much to say except adding some lily.The side dishes are vinegared fresh bamboo shoots, Uncle Yile's secret salted duck eggs, and the slightly expensive Fengzhiguo premium bacon.Although Naruto also wanted to eat the craftsmanship of the restaurant's professional chef and caramel pudding like yesterday, he didn't buy it after all.Because although there is indeed a lot of money in dad’s salary card,

Naruto was cutting bacon while looking out the kitchen window to the backyard.In the backyard, Kakashi Hatake is being kicked by his father. No, he is doing morning exercises under his father's supervision. 5000 push-ups, 5000 leg raises, and 5000 sit-ups are really annoying. Of course, Naruto is willing to help his father make a delicious breakfast.But why on earth is it rare for dad to get up early in the morning to help Kakashi train? In the past, it was because he was still young, and then he was busy with work. When he was not busy, his health was not good. Now that his body has recovered, he is not too busy at work, and his son has grown up. , but why do you still have to help Kakashi train? Just because Kakashi stupidly caught a cold yesterday and was judged by Konoha Hospital as lacking exercise.

"Kakashi, he is obviously lazy." Naruto chopped the chopping board harder.Just to cure Kakashi's laziness, his father had to leave behind his filial and obedient son, who clearly needed more training and who often cooked for him, to take care of others.

Naruto became even more angry.But what can he do? Now put down the kitchen knife and go to the backyard to fight with Kakashi. Then he hugs his father's thigh and acts like a spoiled child to get his father to agree to train with him. Or he hugs his father's arm and shakes A Yao, saying that he wants to go out to work. He wants to For promotion, he wanted to learn his father's signature ninjutsu, and he wanted to become stronger as soon as possible. Naruto knew that once he did this, his father would probably succeed in picking up the moon.But Naruto just didn't want to.He is really no longer a child who is still in school. From the day he got the forehead protector, he has already made a wish in front of the mirror. Uzumaki Naruto will be an adult from now on. So what should adults do when they want something? Is it possible to do this by throwing paint on Hokage Rock to get attention like I did when I was a kid?

"Bang." Naruto sighed and put down the knife, turned on the gas skillfully, put the cabbage in the pot, and while frying, he calculated the money in his father's salary card and his father's monthly income in the future.He felt that he could no longer wait for the logistics department to repair the Namikaze house. He had to go and see if there were any houses in Konoha with good land suitable for building another house for the Hokage. He couldn't live in Kakashi's house forever. It was annoying. If Kakashi had known that he would still dominate his father at the age of 30, he should not have agreed to move the family here.

But what Naruto said about hating Kakashi was actually very aggrieved. At least being drilled so early in the morning was really not what he wanted.Especially when he ran around Konoha 20 times out of breath and just jumped into his backyard. He only paused for less than a second before his trouser legs were torn.It's a pity that our young master Naruto didn't see the way the autumn wind blew over Kakashi's thighs that were leaking white flesh.

"It's really embarrassing." Namikaze Minato smiled at Kakashi, put the stopwatch in his pocket, then took out a large handful of beef jerky and fed it one by one to the eight neatly lined up behind Kakashi. dog.Yes, it is the eight ninja dog that Kakashi signed the blood contract with.

"Siba, Bisk, Aquino, Guluk, Jet Black, Urushi, Blue and Parker. Well done" the Hokage said with excitement in his voice.

"Woof, woof woof." Eight neat voices seemed to be very excited.

Kakashi was extremely angry. He was clearly on vacation yesterday due to an old injury, so why did he have to run around Konoha early in the morning like a green fool.Okay, just run, but why are there eight dogs behind him to bite him? Are they his own dogs?

"Well, Parker, you're telling me that you don't want to eat beef jerky tomorrow, but if you want to eat black petite steak, that's fine. Don't worry, Kakashi has very little money to spend on. You can still afford the veal steak." But regardless of Kakashi, How to glare at your own dog fiercely, how to chat with a disobedient dog and his teacher.

So Kakashi could only listen to one of them and one dog bargaining there, and then looked at the other seven dogs who kept barking. He suddenly felt that as long as the ninja dogs could understand human speech, the world would be fine. There shouldn't be a deadbeat guy like Parker who can speak human language.

"Ah, wait a minute, let me remember it." But complaining never had any effect in fact. Namikaze Minato was still very interested. He took out a small book and gave a few dogs a few words under the translation of Shar-Pei Parker. As soon as the request was recorded, "Well, Brazil wants to eat small river shrimps, Bisque, Aquino, and Gruk want more beef jerky, and Jet Black, Urusi, and Blue want dog snacks in various flavors. That's right." Bar."

"That's right, respected Yondaime-sama." This was Parker's suddenly raised voice, which made Kakashi want to strangle him even more.Forget about the rest, but he had just finished running and got home, so why did Parker still instruct the cute little Brazil to bite his butt?

"Then, please continue to work hard to supervise my stupid disciple's running tomorrow." Kakashi seemed to hear Minato-sensei blinking at the eight dogs. Oh my god, a golden flash of electricity discharged at the dogs, really, "That's enough, you"

"Hey, Kakashi is out of breath." Our Hokage patted his disciple's head casually. Kakashi's hair was covered with sweat. "It seems that he ran with all his heart and didn't cheat. Go take a shower quickly." , don’t catch a cold.”

"Yes, teacher." Kakashi gritted his teeth, "Then, teacher, can I send back these disobedient psychic beasts?"

"Of course not, oh, I forgot to inform you that their last mission is over." Minato narrowed his eyes, "In the past, Konoha was short of manpower, and there were no powerful ninjas willing to go to the prison to guard the gate, so they sent Parker to jounin He and his ninja dog team were seconded to Konoha Prison as prison guards, but now there is a team over there who are willing to take charge of guarding the prison."

"Okay, okay, but why is Parker a Jonin?" Kakashi pointed at the Shar-Pei at the Hokage's feet that was facing its master proudly, wanting to skin it.

"Because I'm Hokage."

"He's my psychic beast."

"But you agreed to me giving him a ninja forehead protector when he was a child. And we agreed at the time that whoever takes the initiative to work in a boring place like a prison for three years, I will promote him." Our Hokage knelt down and rubbed his hands. A dog with only hairless head said, "Parker, take your team back to the old dog house. Let me tell you a secret. Kakashi, he has actually been helping you clean it regularly."

"teacher."

"You go take a shower, and then go to the kitchen to help Naruto." Minato looked at Parker and Kakashi still fighting silently, and his eyes narrowed even more, "Kakashi, believe me, it's time for you to study hard. Good at cooking."

"Okay." Kakashi glared at Parker again, sighed, and went to take a shower and change clothes.

Our Hokage looked at the suddenly empty yard and sighed. As he sighed, the smile on his face gradually faded away. He knocked on the back wall, and a black fox mask appeared silently. .

"Yakushi Jonin, you were here to watch the training just now, what do you think?"

Kabuto smiled, pushed up his glasses, and stood up a little straighter, "I stick to yesterday's report, and let Kakashi-sama take off that useless Sharun eye as soon as possible. It's too chakra hungry. And he's not originally The type with very deep chakra."

"What if I strengthen his physical fitness training again?"

"If he could insist on running around Konoha at least 50 times every day, it would indeed solve the problem a little bit. After all, in terms of Kakashi's mental energy, the better his physical strength and fitness, the higher his chakra reserves. But After all, indicators don't cure the root cause." Kabuto took out a folder and pointed to the chart for Naruto, "But when he reaches your age, if running circles can solve the problem of human body degeneration, why don't you run?"

"I'm lazy."

"Then what kind of forbidden arts does Lord Orochimaru still study?"

"What if I could completely help Kakashi seal the Sharun Eye.

"Minato was a little distressed, "I guarantee that Kakashi will never use that eye again, or even if he does, he will never use advanced eye techniques. "

"You can't guarantee that, sir." Kabuto's smile became brighter and brighter, "Since he has the Sharun Eye and the high-end kaleidoscope, how could he not use it when something happens? Kakashi-senpai is not a person who is afraid of death."

"Oh, I'd rather he be afraid of death." Minato paused and could only continue to ask, "What if he had ordinary eyes?"

"The biggest advantage is that he won't die young. The disadvantage is." Kabuto opened another page of the report and pointed it out to the Hokage, "He is only 30 years old, not 40 years old. I think the disciple of Golden Flash loses his Sharun Eye strength. It won’t drop so low that it’s unacceptable, maybe it will go even further.”

Minato couldn't help but nodded. Indeed, without the Sharun Eyes that feed on Kakashi's chakra 24 hours a day, with Kakashi's qualifications and physical fitness, if he really wants to take it off, will Kakashi agree?

"Yondaime-sama, it's better to decide as soon as possible." He tucks his hair around his ears and eyes wide, "You don't want the disciples you have worked so hard to train for so many years to have to retire at home in middle age."

"Okay, let me think about it again." Minato suddenly felt his stomach cramping again.Whether it's the Land of Fire or Konoha, it's like this. One thing is always one after another. Even before the last thing can be solved, the next thing will come overwhelmingly. The two countries of Wind and Fire Deepening cooperation, the ambivalence on the Water Country side, Fugaku's death, the inner ghost in Konoha, the continued division of Uchiha, a series of personnel changes and power exchange brought about by the new Minister of Security, and the ghost of White Fang, and The memorial service on October 10th, Naruto's birthday, Naruto's future, the experiments at Konoha Hospital, and the Chuunin exams are coming next spring. It's time to prepare in the winter. Oh, don't forget the new Hokage Tower, "It's really I'd rather die."

"Sir, what did you say?" Kabuto really didn't hear the last part.

"You can retreat." The Hokage felt that he was already weak. If Kabuto hadn't been there, he would have squatted down directly holding his head.But Kabuto didn't leave. He smelled the aroma of rice wafting from the kitchen chimney and glanced at the Hokage.

"Stay and eat." Minato knew that Kabuto didn't care about breakfast at all, and even the satisfied smile on his face was fake, but he was still comforted by this junior's flattering performance, "Kabuto, you dissect corpses every day, Do you like to eat the dried carcasses of animals? Naruto bought bacon."

"It should taste better than human flesh." Kabuto realized the hokage's good-natured joke and smiled even brighter.

It was already 6:[-] in the morning, the bright sun climbed over the treetops, and Konoha began to become noisy.

After watching the sunrise with the Hokage, the dizzy Aburame Shiwei, who had been completely attacked by the mouth, was walking alone on the streets of Konoha. He was holding freshly baked fried dough sticks and tofu puffs in his hand, and he was ready to go back. Home.But he had no idea whether his son would wait for him to have breakfast with him.Aburame Zhiwei is a field worker and spends at least half of her time in the field every year.Aburame Shimi is also a single dad, and like almost all single dads in Konoha, he has not remarried.Therefore, Aburame has always been a mature, steady and smart child. If it weren't for his father who has always been low-key and not in a high position, the most promising child in the new generation of Konoha would not be Koshikamaru of the Nara family.But it was this low profile that made the child more independent and self-reliant to the point where even his father could not speak to his son.

After all, the meaning of my father's existence is to be the person who cuts off the strange branches with a knife when the saplings grow crooked.

But that's all he thought about it. As a descendant of the Aburame family, there is nothing dependent on him and there is nothing wrong with him.

Zhiwei's eyes moved flexibly behind the dark sunglasses, and the mustache hidden under the collar of the tall windbreaker couldn't help but tilt up slightly. As soon as he approached the door, he saw the Nara deer who seemed to be returning from a morning walk together. Jiuhe Shanzhong Haiyi.Of course, there is really only a small river between the Aburame family's territory and Inolu Die. Of course, those two can also see themselves in "fancy clothes."

"Squeak." A small green door closed.

Nara Shikaku and Yamanaka Haiichi, who were watching from a distance on the other side of the river, also walked to their door.

"It was Aburame Shiwei just now. He came out to buy breakfast." Yamanaka Haiichi withdrew his gaze, "It's really rare."

"It's rare that you can tease people." Shikaku also looked back, "But when will that guy come back? It stands to reason that he should be in the Kingdom of Earth now."

"That guy has always been mysterious and mysterious." Haiyi poked his head into his yard, turned around and said to Shikaku, "What did you want to ask me just now? Why don't you call me back when Ino isn't here?" Let me analyze it for you when you have dinner at home."

"Not yet the new security captain, that kid Itachi still chose to go back to ANBU." Shikaku rubbed his forehead, "But Minato still hasn't announced the new person in charge of the security system."

"You have someone you want to recommend to Minato?" Hai smiled, "Did Choji's mother also look for you? It's time for Choji to come back. If he doesn't come back, his wife will go crazy. But don't make trouble, Minister of Security. He is Purely as a field worker, he can't survive the days of being an internal worker in Konoha."

"No, I mean, Minato has a vacant guard captain position." Shikaku rolled his eyes.

"You don't want to push Shikamaru up, no, no," Haiyi frowned.

"Why are you so joking after just a few days of rest? How could I push my son into the fire pit? He still has a lot of youth to be bored." Shikaku sighed, "I mean, let How about Dinzuo being the captain of the guard for Minato?"

Haiyi thought.

"Although there has never been a guard captain older than Hokage in the history of Konoha, he is stable and careful at an older age. Especially in this situation." Shikaku hit his right hand with his left hand, and he almost knocked out Uchiha Fugaku's The real cause of death was revealed, "Douza and Minato have been in the same team for so long, and he and White Fang-senpai have been friends for years. It's rare that Kakashi can actually listen to his words. In the past, there were so many children in the field that no elder could suppress them. Yes, but now that Metkai is 30 years old, Minato put that kid under Ding Zao's command, wasn't it just to let him take over Ding Zao's class in the future."

"Good idea, I just don't know if Minato has any other arrangements." Hai nodded.

"That's right, so I think you're doing well these days, so go help test Minato's intentions." Shikaku hooked his arm around his friend's neck.

"Why don't you go by yourself?" Haiichi pushed Shikaku away and poked his head towards the house again, "Ino doesn't let me run around. To be honest, she even looked unhappy when you took me for a walk today."

"Why didn't I see it?"

"My girl is well-behaved."

"Ah, anyway." Nara Shikaku clasped his hands together, "Please help me. I've been testing a lot lately. Minato seems to be angry. He's not very happy to see me now."

"It's October now, and he's not happy to see anyone." Haiyi refused to go.

"You are a patient, and no one will hurt you if he is cruel." Shikaku continued to plead, "It will be easy for you to retreat, but I will continue to work for many years. You know, this involves the real top management of Konoha Personnel changes require a show of hands from all the senior management. In the past, Minato would discuss it with us privately, but this time he really didn’t reveal it at all, and I’m afraid that the wrong hand will be raised.”

Haiyi looked at Lujiu suspiciously, reached out and patted his shoulder, "Brother, I think you are overthinking."

"I really didn't." Shikaku almost spilled the beans about the cause of Fugaku's death again. He sighed and took a deep breath, "To be honest, I also want to retire. The older I get, the more I realize that the Third Generation was right. Politics is really not what ninjas should do, right?"

The essence of politics is the minority and the majority

Either win over the majority and attack a small group; or control the majority and attack a small group; or get rid of the majority. In the end, no matter how small a group is, it will be better than no people at all.