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

"Lord Godaime, please sign."

Konoha, December 61, 12, Fumagi

Sand Hidden Kazekage Office in the Land of Wind, Early Morning

"The appointment notice you wrote to the king is simply terrible." Gaara closed the scroll with some disgust and shuddered. He had been shivering a lot these days.He thought that maybe he was used to the beautiful wind and sunshine in Konoha, but he always felt that there was an inexplicable cold wind everywhere in the winter in Sunagakure, which made his face turn white.

"Ahem, as shown above, it is like this from the [-]st generation to the [-]th generation."

"Oh, it was really copied in five copies."

"At least you can't go wrong with the ready-made ones."

Gaara twitched the corner of his mouth, "Forget it, let's just leave it like that, change the name and make do with it first."

"Yes, Lord Godaime."

"Yes, that's it, Maki Jounin, every time I hear you call me the Godaime, I always feel weird."

Maki frowned. He was 32 years old and had been with the Fourth Kazekage for 20 years. The boss he wanted to be loyal to now suddenly changed. He was still the student he had watched and taught since he was a child. It was indeed awkward, "Courtesy cannot be abolished. Godai-sama, you don’t have to be embarrassed, I am your subordinate now, and it is appropriate for me to use honorifics towards you.”

"No, I'm not embarrassed." Gaara raised his eyes and said in a slow voice, "Whenever I mention the Fifth Generation, I always feel like I'm calling him the successor of the Fourth Hokage."

"Yes, that's right." Marky clenched his fists to hold back the attack, "Then how about I call you Kazekage-sama."

Gaara continued to play with the scroll, "The Kazekage is not good either, so why not just call him by name?"

"It is against the rules to respect superiors and inferiors."

"I didn't say you don't need to use honorifics."

Ma Ji was so blocked for a moment that he felt like there was sand in his throat. He looked at Gaara in front of him who was wearing a new cloak and an old hat, and suddenly felt a little regretful.This child's strength, bloodline, and special status as a Jinchuuriki, as well as the support of the Kazekage's old subordinate, and the good relationship with the allied ninja villages, can indeed ensure that everyone is united and secure their position.But forget about his character. Gaara-sama is just Gaara-sama. The new Kazekage just wants a comfortable title. Could he really be able to make a coup for such a trivial matter?

"That's it." Gaara was very satisfied with the silent Maki. He opened the scroll and quickly signed his name at the end, sealing and stamping it before Maki could jump up.

"Wait a minute," Marky jumped, "That's not right."

"how"

"It's not about signing Gaara." Maki quickly took out other scrolls, "Look, your father's signature format, you only need to sign four, no, the words "Fudaime Kazekage" are enough, no need to write any extra. "

"Then why do you need to make a special seal for me? It's not too repetitive." Gaara raised the small seal hanging around his neck in front of Ma Ji. On the brand new copper seal were several positive characters "Fifth Kazekage" Daimu."

"This"

"And didn't you just agree to the change?"

"I thought it was about changing the name."

"I haven't changed this"

"That's not what you just said."

"But I just call Gaara." The new Kazekage said with a serious face, "If the name is not correct, the words will not be right. I am Kazekage, and Kazekage is me. Why can't I sign my own name."

So Maki stopped talking again. He really hoped that he couldn't understand what Gaara meant. The Fourth Kazekage himself was willing to be a nameless Kazekage and devote his whole life to Sunagakure and the Kingdom of Wind until he died. Gaara had to leave his name, "But"

"No buts."

"Uh." Why is this sentence so familiar? It seems that I have seen it in the intelligence. It should be the catchphrase of some big shot. But who is it? Ma Ji quickly started his brain. He wanted to find a reason to dissuade Gaara, but his brain It was buzzing inside and couldn't turn at all.

Gaara was not in the mood to wait for Maki to act cute, so he tied up the scroll and stuffed it back, "Next one."

Marky opened his mouth.

"By the way, it's a receipt. The Third Hokage said that he was not the current Hokage. He took me out of Konoha and didn't bring me back without receiving the current order. He wanted something in writing." Gaara opened his notepad , "Have you finished writing the acknowledgment to Konoha?"

Ma Ji mechanically took out the scroll.

"The writing is decent this time." Gaara signed and stamped.

Ma Ji mechanically put away the scroll.

"Next." Gaara ignored the deputy, who looked ashen as if he had hemorrhoids and was constipated, and closed the small book. "If you don't report anything new, I will continue to do the accounting."

""

"Sunagakure's accounts are really messy." Gaara had seen in Konoha what "the Hokage is actually a civil servant", and since he dared to come back to be a Kazekage, he was also prepared for "the Kazekage is also a civil servant" .However, during the handover, when I asked someone about my family background, no one could tell me clearly; when I wanted to renovate the office, I found that I needed to hire temporary migrant workers and had to wait until spring; to write a diplomatic statement, it took several people to hold it in for three days.Let’s take a look at the warehouse key left by the Yondaime Kazekage, which weighs a total of three kilograms and is written neatly, but there are only two items: income and expenditure, flow, water, and accounts - does this mean that the landlord’s family also has surplus food? No wonder Sagakure has no plan and no focus on spending, and frantically writes down his income and balance by day until it is clear and clear. However, the entire Sagakure's income is only three types of land rent, national appropriation and private work at the Konoha Mission Hall.

Sunagakure indeed occupies a large oasis, but the food production is just enough for the villagers to be self-sufficient. If there is a natural disaster or man-made disaster, the village will have to find a way to repay it and cannot collect rent at all. The capital allocates funds, not to mention how stingy the fat man is. No matter how much money you take from the king, you must still work for the country.The mission fee pension plus ninja training and wound medicine weapons were all deducted from it. If it weren't for the income from private work in Konoha in the past two years, no wonder the Kazekage had his turn, no wonder everyone was so cooperative, no wonder the fourth generation Kazekage died. He's probably doing this simply because he's afraid that Sunagakure will go bankrupt on his watch and he'll take the blame. He's definitely trying to pass the blame.

"Godai, no, Gaara-sama. Calm down, One-Tail-One-Tail."

"I'm calm." Gaara continued to burn his anger, "Maki Jounin, let me know, let Temari go to Konoha tomorrow with the receipt without delay."

"Ah, isn't Kankuro better, and since Konoha didn't take the initiative to mention it." Maki looked at the new Kazekage who was full of chakra from the dark circles to his hair, and swallowed the sand in his mouth.

"Just Temari, Temari is better at math."

Ma Ji only regarded him as a lackey, "It's not a good idea to let girls be hostages."

But where does Konoha still need Sunagakure's hostage now? We Sunagakure need to put one of our own in Konoha. If he doesn't accept it, we have to be shameless. Otherwise, how can we easily accept private work in the mission hall? If we don't accept private work, everyone is hungry. Gaara finished his inner roar and took a breath to calm down, "Idiot."

Ma Ji didn't understand why he was scolding him, "Even if I go, I have to stay in Sunagakure to spend the New Year."

"idiot"

Wooden leaves in the Land of Fire, floating in the wind

Hokage Tower, Office of the Chief of Staff

"I'm just an idiot, I'm really stupid." Nara Shikamaru, 15 years old, was lying on the table, muttering to himself while secretly watching.

However, the person he peeked at still showed no reaction.

Shikamaru, it's easy to use, the chuunin can only continue to brace his neck and work overtime.As for why this happened, we have to start from last night.

Shikamaru, who was returning home from a mission, had just entered the house and had not yet taken off his shoes when he was kicked out of the house by his dear mother. His mother asked him to carry the family's big lunch box and give it to a happy ninja, his father, who had been working overtime for many days. , Minister of Intelligence, sending supper.Of course, this was lucky and warm. If he hadn't eaten with his father, he wouldn't have met the current Konoha Chief of Staff who happened to be exchanging documents and claimed to be extremely busy.In this way, with a few compliments such as "Nara-sama's son is the most promising, smartest and most reliable", he would not be packed up with the documents and given away by his father. Until now, at noon the next day

Finally, Shikamaru couldn't stand it anymore. In addition to going to the toilet, he had been sitting on a stool for 12 hours, checking accounts, 12 hours of math problems, and 12 hours of mathematics. He was going crazy, "Shiranui-sama"

""

"Senior Genjian"

""

"Brother Xuanjian"

Opposite him, Shiranui Genma, who was flipping through documents, remained silent.Of course he heard Shikamaru's cry. To be honest, if Naruto, Sasuke, or even Hyuga Neji, he would choose to comfort the child first.But Nara Shikamaru, both

Since he has already shown his heart as an adult, he should no longer think of anyone treating him as a child.Besides, isn't the end-of-year budget calculation what Shikamaru is good at? He is making the best use of everything.

What's more important is that in previous years, there was a Hokage who fought hard against both of them.This year the Hokage ran off to find his son on impulse.In fact, if you want to stop it, you can still stop it.However, I thought that compared to working overtime with the whole of Konoha, flying Thunder God all the way to the border could calm my mind, exercise my body, and take a good vacation.

But who knew that as soon as their great golden flashes casually ran to the border, they would be able to create a scandal and bring in many accounts that were more urgent than the annual accounts. Ships, real estate, shops, all Mizukage's default left to Konoha Everything must be truly controlled by Konoha before the dust of the Kingdom of Water settles. Otherwise, when the other side frees up its hands, acquiescence will be tantamount to denial.

So Shikamaru, wanting to be lazy, could only continue to hold the pen and calculate, but he didn't pay attention and said, "Gululu."

"I'm hungry." Genjian finally raised his head.

Nara Shikamaru had a sad look on his face. He followed Genma's eyes and watched the second hand running. Hearing a "dang" sound, he pushed open the door of the office and shouted to the work hall, "It's lunch break time. The chief of staff asked everyone to Hurry and go eat”

The rumbling sound of chairs being dragged stopped in an instant, and within a few seconds it was empty. It was so fast that Shikamaru couldn't even say "remember to bring me a copy" before he said "help".

"They will consciously bring food back after eating." Genma patted Shikamaru, who had a cracked face, and poured him a glass of warm water.

Shikamaru's stomach continued to rumble as he drank water.

"You get hungry easily when you're growing, so don't be shy." Xuanjian opened the drawer and threw out a bag of biscuits.

Shikamaru slumped on the stool and chewed cookies. He had never realized as deeply as he did today that writing and drawing in the office was so energy-consuming.

Genma also lowered his head to nibble on biscuits. The biscuits were dry and tasted just like that. However, it was good for the stomach to take a few bites before devouring them. His Hokage's lesson was right in front of him. He only had a strong stomach that tasted good. The selection criteria for good Konoha cadres are "Nara Chuunin."

"Yes, sir." Shikamaru stood up.

"Ha, don't be nervous." Genjian smiled, "I just want to say that although you are not allowed to do unnecessary things during duty hours, sitting in the office does not count as duty. So you can bring some of your favorite snacks with you when you are busy in the future. If you are hungry It’s healthier to eat than to be hungry and to be full.”

Shikamaru stiffened instantly, "That means I will often work overtime like this in the future."

"As expected of a genius boy with an IQ of 200." Xuanjian patted the cookie crumbs on his hand, took out his Senbon and clicked it in his mouth, "Don't worry, you will definitely get the overtime pay. You have also seen this year's accounts. Let's Konoha is not short of money at all now. When you think about the overtime pay for overtime work in the future, it will still be sufficient, and your heart will pound with excitement."

Absolutely not

"Look, you're so excited that you can't speak." Genma looked at Shikamaru's loveless little eyes and suddenly realized something. Playing tricks on teenagers during a tiring break was indeed a stress reliever.So as a loyal supporter of the Yondaime, he has the obligation to pass on this little program, "Okay, it will take another 10 minutes before they bring the food back, which is enough for you to calculate another page of accounts. Please speed up your efforts."

"" Shikamaru sighed and shook his hand. He found that he had already recovered some, so he gritted his teeth and persisted. After all, he was no longer a child. He knew very well that he would have to get used to this kind of life sooner or later, right? In the former senior team of the Fourth Hokage After that, only his father and Naruto's father were left.

At the same time, at the border of the Fire Country, the wind blew

Konoha Resident Hokage Temporary Office

"It looks like you have a good rest." Guard Captain Yamato opened the door for Uchiha Itachi.

Itachi shrugged. He had gained almost 1 kilogram in three days of eating, sleeping and eating. "You should go to sleep too and come back to my shift later in the night."

"I'm not sleepy yet. I'll leave after lunch." Yamato pointed to the writing desk, "This is the document I received this morning. There's no rush. I'll let you take the time to sign it."

Itachi looked at the three or two thin pages and finally smiled, "Sir, he slept all morning again."

"It's a day off." Yamato walked into the lounge, opened the curtains, took out a small alarm clock and put it to the Hokage's ear.

Itachi moved closer to the bed together and saw that Naruto had rolled himself up in the quilt, from his feet to his hair, "Ha, what's his new look? He won't show off anymore."

"I disliked how bright it was in the morning, so I rolled it up and never moved it again."

"Oh." Itachi grabbed the quilt.

"Hey, you don't want to just lift the bed, do you?" Yamato said anxiously, "Then it's better to let him sleep until he wakes up naturally."

Itachi didn't say anything, but still grabbed the corner of the quilt, then pushed it back, pulled it back, and pushed it back again.

"Itachi, Itachi, you, you" Yamato was shocked by Itachi's actions.

"Look, does it look like a rolling pin rolling dumpling wrappers?"

"No, not at all."

""Yamato shut up and looked at Itachi, I didn't say anything.

""Itachi felt a little stiff, and neither did I.

I saw a hand suddenly stretched out from the end of the rolling pin, "Itachi Uchiha."

"It is now 12:25 noon on December 12th, with moderate snow, northerly wind level 21, outdoor temperature of minus 23 degrees, indoor temperature of 6 degrees, and unknown humidity." Itachi Uchiha reported skillfully, "Sir, get up. What?"

"Ah."

However, after 5 minutes, after 10 minutes

Yamato poked Itachi and found that he was still a little stiff, "Ahem, how about you do it again."

Itachi carefully took two steps back, "I'm just a temporary substitute, and you are the captain of the guard."

"I can't do it."

"You can tell by the look on his face that he hasn't had a few bites of breakfast. What if he has a stomachache if he doesn't wake up for lunch? You're doing it for his own good."

Yamato glanced at Itachi, then lifted up his sleeves himself, stretched out two fingers, walked slowly towards the quilt roll in the air, then held the fabric and pushed it over.

"How does it feel?" Itachi glanced at the knife.

Quite exciting.Yamato didn't reply, and continued to push and roll around. Finally, under his perseverance, our Hokage responded.

"Okay, okay, wake up, wake up, I'm afraid of you, stop shaking, I'm dizzy."

Yamato quickly pulled the person out of the quilt, quickly put on his coat and handed over his shoes.

Minato put on his shoes and didn't stand up immediately. He really felt dizzy, "Itachi, you bad boy, even Yamato was led astray by you."

"Today's lunch in the cafeteria is seafood assorted curry, braised sea cucumber rice bowl and shrimp oil braised noodles." Itachi said expressionlessly.

Minato rubbed his eyes, "I just want to eat instant noodles."

Itachi pouted.

"Sir, if you don't have an appetite, can you ask Master Naruto to cook some vegetable noodles for you?" Yamato smiled.

"No, don't think I don't know what my son's job is recently. I don't want to eat pig shit-flavored noodles. I just want instant noodles, pickled cabbage-flavored ones are the best."

Yamato looked at Naruto, who was obviously not awake, and winked at Itachi.

"Okay, I'm going to find Cup Noodles." Itachi sighed, opened the window and jumped out.

Yamato closed the window with a smile and wiped the snow foam on the window sill.

"I hate it, why are you laughing? You, Hokage, just want to eat instant noodles." Minato rubbed his neck and coughed, "It's very sore. It seems like I didn't sleep properly. Please squeeze it for me."

"Are you stiff?" Yamato pinched the Hokage's shoulders and neck.

Minato shivered.

"Sorry, my lord."

"It's okay, you continue."

Yamato did not continue, but stretched out his hand from the Hokage's clothes, touched his forehead, paused, then put his hand on the Hokage's forehead, turned around, opened the medical bag, and took out the thermometer, "Sir, raise your arm."

"Oh." Minato clamped the thermometer and covered Yamato's forehead with his other hand, "It's not hot."

"Because you are covering my head."

"what"

"You have a fever again, sir." Yamato looked at the dazed Hokage and felt his heart sinking.

It’s not just the responsibility that’s heavy

The end of Konoha 61, the border