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

The most amazing thing in the world is that when you looked at him yesterday, he was still a human being, but when you look at him today, he has turned into soil.Sarutobi Hiruzen held his little sweet grandson Konohamaru in his left hand and held a brand new white pottery pickle jar in his right hand, and walked out of the back door of Konoha Hospital.

sunset.

"Well, Konohamaru, please stop crying." Hiruzen was upset when he heard Konohamaru's "嘤嘤" sound. He knocked on the jar in his hand, "Your housekeeper grandpa just went to a place far, far away. .”

"Grandpa, what are you talking about? I'm about to graduate from ninja school and I'm an adult." Konohamaru looked at his grandfather like a monster, "Grandpa the butler is dead and can no longer make delicious food for me. , will never pick me up from school again, he has not seen me wearing a forehead protector and becoming Hokage majestically, just like my parents, and will never show up again. I already know what death means."

"Ha, you have such a strong tone." Sarutobi Hiruzen pulled his grandson tighter, "Then why are you crying so ugly? I took you to Uchiha's funeral a few days ago. Look at your brother Sasuke and Brother Itachi, who is crying?"

"Humph, who knows if the two of them hugged each other secretly and cried secretly at night, covered with quilts?" Konohamaru raised his sleeve to wipe his nose.

Hiruzen put down the urn, took out a handkerchief and wiped it carefully with Konohamaru, "Then you should also hold your grandpa under the quilt at night and cry secretly. Since you say you are an adult, you must always act like an adult. When an adult meets The first thing you have to do when something like this happens is that you need to arrange the funeral as soon as possible, and notify the people who should be notified one by one. It is also up to you to decide whether to bury or scatter the ashes when you get them back."

Konohamaru blew his nose and said nothing.

"This time you don't have your butler grandpa following you to help you do that." Hiruzen picked up the urn again, "Human, this is the only funeral in your life, so don't embarrass him."

Konohamaru suddenly stopped crying. He opened his mouth and looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen, "Grandpa, tell me."

"Why, you're scared." Hiruzen blinked, "Your grandpa, the housekeeper, treats you as his own grandson. As a junior, it is your responsibility to take care of the funeral affairs of your elders."

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"Since you said you are an adult, you can't even hold a funeral."

"Tch, it's just a funeral." Konohamaru said, but his voice became smaller and smaller, "I haven't eaten pork before and I haven't seen a pig run away."

"Then grandpa, let's see how your little piggy escapes." Hiruzen took back his already embarrassed handkerchief and stuffed the white porcelain jar in his hand into Konohamaru's arms, "Where's your grandpa and me? Now You have to go to the logistics department to handle some procedures for your housekeeper before getting off work, and the rest is up to you. "

""

"Are you okay? If not, please speak quickly."

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"Hey, he is still a child after all."

"I'm not a child." Konohamaru looked at the contempt in his grandfather's eyes, hugged the jar tightly in his hand, took a deep breath, and shouted loudly, "I can do it, I can do it, I will do it."

The wind rustles the trees, and no matter how loud the human voice is, it can't be compared to nature.

Just like if you don’t want to eat out at all, you will still be hungry even at the end of the day.

Fire Country Konoha Hokage Studio

Naruto Office

It's long past the time to get off work

"Minato, you have to change your bad habit of not being able to eat when you are in a hurry." Acting Hokage Guard Captain Aburame Shimi said, hungry.He discovered that his Hokage really liked calling people to report on work during meals.

"Hehehehe, you are not Ding Zao." Our Hokage walked around the room with his hands behind his back, "You have been checking for two days, and you still tell me that there are no clues. Could it be that the so-called ghost in Konoha is also mine? Hallucination, then tell me how Uchiha Fugaku died."

But boss, no matter how urgent things are, they have to be handled one by one. I just put the bugs away yesterday, so it’s amazing how fast I can give some feedback today.Zhiwei pushed up the sunglasses on the bridge of his nose, wanting to slap these words directly on Minato Namikaze's face, but after all, that was no longer Captain Minato, "Fourth Hokage, please calm down, please sit down, and put the dinner on your table. Finish eating. That boy Naruto worked so hard to make it for you, and that boy Kakashi brought it to you while it was still hot. As for you, you ate it when it was cold, and half of it was left over - I am not Genma and Kakashi. Cassie. As agreed, I'm just here to help you catch ghosts temporarily. I won't wait for you to roll around on the floor with stomachache later."

"Hey, who wants you to take care of me?" Minato turned his hands behind his back several times, then sat back down and picked up the chopsticks.

"Why don't you eat again?"

"The hospital doesn't allow cold food." Minato sighed, picked up the stainless steel lunch box, opened his mouth and spit out a small fire escape.

But Zhiwei felt embarrassed when he looked at the burnt rice behind a ball of flames in front of Minato, "You just said you can't eat it when it's hot."

"I feel sleepy after eating." However, Minato felt that the slightly battered dry-fried river shrimp seemed to taste better. "There are many documents that cannot be postponed until tomorrow. Between eating a little late and being full and inefficient, I chose to work overtime. The one with the least time is fine, I’ve calmed down, you can continue.”

Zhiwei smelled the aroma of hot rice and felt even hungrier.This finally gave him some understanding that no matter how good the relationship was, the Hokage was still a superior.

"talk."

"I already told you that I don't have any clues. What do you want me to say?" Zhiwei sighed, realizing more clearly in his heart. Sure enough, his superiors are completely unreasonable.

"It sounds like I'm being unreasonable." Minato bit the last piece of cabbage, "I remember when I was often scolded by my superiors when I wrote reports. It was obviously you who taught me how to report without clues. It's been a day, and of course you can't finish checking the entire Hokage Tower, but these are the only people who come and go around me, so you can always help me eliminate a few."

"That's true."

"Then why didn't you say a word?"

"Minato, now that you've calmed down and finished your meal, I can tell you what I have to say." Zhiwei shook his mustache.

"Of course, no matter who you suspect, you can just tell them."

"But here's the problem." Zhiwei organized his words, "The last time I monitored my people on such a large scale, I was frightened by White Fang's ghost, so I didn't realize what you were doing by asking me to follow you. Didn’t you yourself hate the Third Generation’s crystal ball technique back then?”

"So you were doubting this." Minato sighed, stretched out his hand and swore, "So I just asked you to investigate secretly and find evidence. Don't worry, I only catch moles. I don't think the one who can poison Fugaku is one of my own. .”

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"If I arbitrarily expand the scope and cause anyone to die in vain, or doubt anyone without evidence, let me die in the hands of my son Uzumaki Naruto."

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"If you still don't believe me, there's nothing I can do." Minato stood up and continued to circle, "Zhiwei, you have such doubts just because you haven't realized the seriousness of the matter. I'm really scared. , whenever I think about the fact that there is such a person hiding in Konoha, I dare not even sleep. That person knows Konoha very well. Do you know what would have happened to Konoha if Mikoto hadn't made a decisive decision this time? Destroy, or I will massacre everyone before the Uchiha rebellion, or I will have to kill the most suspected Kakashi with my own hands. This is different from having your own people kill your own people."

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"Zhiwei." Minato said eagerly.

"The last question." Shimi Aburame stared at Minato's eyes. He looked at the fatigue and sincerity in those eyes, "Were you responsible for the recent disappearances of the Uchiha family?"

"No." Minato also looked into Zhiwei's eyes and did not shy away, "Fugaku left it to Itachi Liwei. Mikoto gave me the list. My ANBU just helped him with the perimeter security. You can check it as you like."

"Okay, I understand. I will report anyone who is suspicious to you and will not hide anything." Zhiwei nodded and simply walked out of the office.He knows that he seems to have disappointed Minato. No one wants to be suspected by his own people, right? But I'm still sorry, Captain Minato. Aburame Shiwei is just an ordinary person with selfish motives. He only has you as his friend in this life, and he doesn't mind. for

I will die for you if you block the knife, because you can't deal with the shameful things that come out, even if you will be silenced in the end.But he is not alone after all, so when things may harm his descendants, he must first make sure that you are still the same person you once were.

But is Minato Namikaze still the Minato Namikaze he once was? Minato Namikaze who sent Zhiwei away doesn't know.All he knew was that he was being doubted by the people who least deserved to doubt him.This made him feel a little uncomfortable, so much so that he suddenly became less confident, "Have I changed a lot, Qinai?"

"Okay. I knew you weren't in the mood to come out today." After a long time, Minato took down the photo on the table and started packing the lunch box.

The leftovers in the lunch box were poured into the toilet and flushed away.Then buckle it as it is and wrap it with cloth.Minato wiped his hands, looked at the sky, turned on the light, and prepared to continue his work.But in the end, he still couldn't concentrate, "Here comes someone."

"Yes, sir." The dog mask in black bowed on one knee.

"Help me send all these signed away."

"Yes, my lord."

Minato sighed, took some important things to read before going to bed, then stuffed the rest into the cabinet, locked it and left.

Fire Country Konoha

Hatake old house

backyard

"Wang Wang Wang."

"Wow woof, woof woof."

"Uzumaki Naruto, don't go too far, you guy."

"Kakashi Hatake, don't go too far."

When Minato Namikaze appeared in the backyard with his lunch box and bag, this is what he saw - under the dim moonlight, the holly against the wall was bald, all the fitness equipment was lying down, and there were shurikens and iron dysentery everywhere. , there are two people and eight dogs fighting together, it is really inexplicable harmony.

"Dad, dad." The first one to get up from the ground was Naruto. He rushed towards Minato, "Have you had dinner? Do you like the fried river shrimp? It's a new dish I just learned today."

The second ones to get up were Kakashi and the eight dogs, "Woof woof - teacher - the Fourth Generation."

"Are you bitten by a dog or bitten by a dog?" Minato hugged Naruto hanging around his neck, looking at the bald dogs and the dog hair on Kakashi's mask, feeling a little confused.

"Naruto, get off your father." Kakashi did not answer the teacher's question. He grabbed Parker and the other dogs who wanted to say something, threw them over the wall, and clapped his hands, "Look at your height now, your feet are all Isn’t it embarrassing for you to hang it around dad’s neck after mopping the floor?”

"I'm happy to." Naruto quickly raised his legs.

Minato also cooperated very much by holding Naruto and spinning him around in circles, shouting as he did so, "Spinning around, you will grow taller, little Naruto, you can't be scared."

Kakashi's teeth felt a little itchy listening to Naruto's "hahaha" laughter, "Teacher, why are you back so early today? Didn't you say you were working overtime?"

"I came back after I was full and sleepy and didn't want to do anything anymore." Minato handed Kakashi the documents and lunch box bag on his handle, but asked his good son, "Naruto, are you, Kakashi, a good brother today?" "

"He's not good at all. He still has 20 laps to go." Naruto complained without hesitation. "The fight just started because Parker asked him to run laps and he refused."

"You're talking nonsense." Kakashi hurriedly explained, "I was saving it for bedtime exercise - bah, no. Teacher, the fight just started was because Naruto wanted Parker to give him puppies, and Parker refused to do it. Get behind me."

This time, it was Minato who was embarrassed. His mind kept flashing to the image of his sweet son wearing a groom's outfit, holding the phoenix-crested male dog Parker in his arms, and saying that he wanted to give him a grandson.

"Hey, dad, what are you thinking about?" Naruto saw his dad's expression and knew that his dad's brain cells were gone again, so he quickly came to pull Kakashi, "Kakashi, you didn't even go to school. The goods will be delivered in a few days, so don’t speak if you don’t understand clearly.”

"Am I wrong?" Kakashi, who still didn't react, grabbed Naruto off the teacher, "Look, you just scared Parker."

"Kakashi, did you do this on purpose?" Naruto looked at his father's more thoughtful eyes, and finally got angry, "Dad came to his senses, I want Parker to be my ninja dog, if Kakashi doesn't do it, other ninjas will Dogs can’t talk, so I asked Parker what kind of little bitch he likes. I’ll raise the puppies later, and I really didn’t do anything bad, Dad, you have to believe me.”

"Oh." Minato came to his senses and yawned, "It turns out I want a puppy. Naruto wants a pet. It's your birthday, so daddy will give it to you."

"It's not a pet." Naruto looked at his father who was still a little confused and sighed, "I want a psychic beast that can talk like Parker."

"The little toads in Mt. Myoboku can also talk." Minato poked Naruto's pouting mouth.

"The toads disappeared without chakra." Naruto hugged his father's arm and looked at Kakashi, "Forget it, Dad, don't think about it. You are sleepy and the water has been boiled. Since you are back, How about taking a dip early. "

"Well, that's a good idea." Minato dragged Naruto towards the bathroom, "Naruto and daddy take a shower together."

"Okay, okay, I'll rub daddy's back." Naruto hugged his dad's arm tighter. Although he wanted to talk to his dad more, his dad looked really tired today.

"What a good son." Minato looked at his son's smiling face and suddenly felt that his mood somehow improved, "Would you like Kakashi to come too?"

"Okay." Kakashi looked at Naruto's eye knife with the four characters "Don't come over" written on it, and nodded more firmly.But in the end, he had to instruct the ANBU to clean up the backyard, then help the teacher clean the lunch box, and then go to Konoha Hospital to get the medicine the teacher needed to drink before going to bed.Then he still had to run laps. When he came back from running laps to the hospital for personal testing and really needed to take a shower, the father and son were already lying on the bed talking quietly.

"Dad, aren't you sleepy again?" Naruto saw that the lights were still on in his father's room, opened the door and walked in.

"It seems so." Minato's father leaned on the bed and looked at the documents.

"Then talk to me, okay?"

"Okay, what do you say?"

"It doesn't matter what you say, I just want to chat with dad." Naruto blinked his big eyes in anticipation.

"Okay, let's talk about falling asleep." Minato put down the pen in his hand decisively and made half of the bed available to Naruto, "Sorry Naruto, I've been a little busy again recently."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Naruto took off his slippers and got into his father's bed, "Your son, I will officially be 14 years old in a few days. I will no longer cry, yell, and bite to ask my father not to work to play with me." ”

I hope you will always cry, fuss and bite.Minato was thinking this in his mind, but it was true when he said it, "Ah, so it's time for my Naruto to have a girlfriend. Is he in love with a girl and afraid to confess it?"

"Dad, what are you talking about? I don't like girls yet." Naruto leaned against his father, "But if that day comes, I will definitely tell my dad first that I don't like girls that dad doesn't like either."

"Pfft." Minato's father laughed out loud, "Just don't be a bachelor like Kakashi, who is a grown up."

"I'm not as unattractive as he is."

"But there are a lot of little girls who obviously like him."

"Looking at a handsome boy and bringing him home are not the same thing dad."

"Is that so?" Minato flattened the pillow and lay down with Naruto, "But your mother always agreed to be with me because she saw me handsome first."

"But dad, what you said last time was that you were a hero who saved the beauty. Mom fell in love with your heroism."

"Is it"

"Is not it"

"Probably so."

Life means that when it gets dark, it will always light up again

Konoha, October 61, 10, have a good night's sleep