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

Konoha 62

Fire Country Konoha Hokage Studio

Naruto Office

11:45 pm

Namikaze Minato has quickly adapted to the busy work.He moved his pen very quickly, and the backlog of documents that seemed to be all over the desk and floor yesterday had been significantly reduced today.

Akimichi Tingza couldn't stand it. The fourth generation had been working all morning. Although he looked very energetic, he still tried his best not to be tired. "It's almost time to take a rest and wait for dinner."

"Okay." Minato looked at his watch, feeling that he had never been more obedient than before.To be honest, he wasn't tired yet.But ever since he heard Ding Zao, Aoba, and Genma testify yesterday that he had indeed been seriously injured back then, he felt that he was so awkward that he couldn't let go of anything.He was willing to devote himself to Konoha until death, but why did he have to die in the line of duty when he had the conditions not to die.

"Here, let's drink some water first." Zuo Ding took out a thermos cup from the lounge, "After choosing for a long time, I made you ginseng tea to replenish your qi and essence and blood."

Minato took the thermos cup and narrowed his eyes at Ding Zao, "It nourishes the essence and blood. You should drink more, otherwise you may be kicked out of bed by your wife at night."

"You don't have to worry about this. My wife didn't even have time to feed me delicious food. How could she kick me?" Ding Zuo's expression did not change at all.

Minato looked at Ding Zao's upright and honest head and felt bored. He frowned, "I always thought I could see Fugaku after drinking."

"It's not the previous batch, this is the new one I asked Shikaku to make for you, with deer antler added."

Minato continued to frown as he drank his tea.

"That Shikaku asked me to do that for him." Dingzuo said. It had always been Shikaku and Haiyi who talked to him. Suddenly, it was the first time that he was given the important task of speaking for Shikaku.

"Tell me, who of us will follow whom?"

"Shikaku thought about it again yesterday. He felt that giving the third generation a warning is enough. If time goes by, the impact will not be good."

Minato knew what Shikaku was thinking without even thinking about it. The fourth generation Hokage, who had always avoided direct conflict with the Sandaime, had a sudden attack and even put the Sandaime under house arrest. This smart man in Konoha didn't understand. If you want to ask, don't dare to ask. , I can only trick a cannon fodder to come over and test it out, "Smart people are really annoying, right?"

"No, you don't hate it." Ding Zao walked around behind Minato and massaged his shoulders and neck, "Kakashi said you always sit still, so you asked me to squeeze you more often."

Minato took a breath, "He says that to everyone."

"It hurts"

"You're about to strangle me to death."

Ding Zuo put down the fair neck, looked at his hand which was two sizes bigger than Minato's face, silently took out a tickle and tapped Minato's shoulder gently, "After so many years, I'm still like this, and I can't help. How busy.”

"Don't belittle yourself." Minato moved his shoulders in agreement, "We have been stationed at the border for almost 10 years, and the Cloud Kingdom and the Water Kingdom are so suppressed that they dare not move rashly. No one can do better than you."

"That's the mission." As the main attacker in the Ino, Deer and Butterfly combination, Akimichi Tingza is never afraid of charging face to face with people. Even if there are five shadows standing in front of him, he dares to run over them without fear, but in battle When he was young, his parents and elders were all around, so he didn't have anything to worry about. But after that, "I have always been taken care of by you, but I always feel that I have nothing to repay."

"Then sign up now. I heard that Ichiraku has a new flavor." Minato deliberately swallowed loudly.

"Hey, I'm telling you so seriously." Dingzuo felt that Minato was really destructive and angry.

"Aren't you serious about food?"

"Food is something to take seriously, but that's not what I want to say."

"I know what you are going to say. It's just that you are very grateful to me. Now you are worried that I am not doing well, so you want to repay me and ask me not to refuse Balabala. But Mr. Ding, we are all 40 years old. Don't be so stupid. Okay."

"What's the difference between brotherhood at 14 and 40? Why is it so stupid?"

"But don't you get goosebumps?"

"You have been Hokage for so long that you have forgotten what a normal person is like."

Minato followed Kakashi's example and stretched out his little finger, picked out his ears and flicked the earwax.

But Ding Zuo was afraid that he had said the wrong thing again.He was away from Konoha all year round, but both Shikaku and Haiichi had warned him that his captain Minato was becoming increasingly moody.Even Zhiwei, who came back only a month or two earlier than him, also said that sometimes if a sentence is wrong, the person will behave inexplicably and say strange things, especially when Naruto is not around him. Very permeable.

But Minato seemed to be in a good mood today, "Well, ramen is not nutritious, so I don't want to embarrass you, so what will I have for lunch today?"

"The nutritious meal in the cafeteria, your nutritious meal is very targeted and also nourishes blood and qi."

"How about you eat with me?"

"Well, my wife brought me food."

"Unrighteous."

Even though Choza has been following him for half a month, he still doesn't know how to deal with Minato like this.The golden flash and the fourth generation Hokage he is familiar with are those who smile brightly, are warm, and seem to be a reliable big brother who can solve all troubles.Instead of the current office creature who can only smile at the corners of his mouth and can't find any more topics to talk to even though he wants to chat with his friends.

But it was simple for Minato. He stretched out his hand firmly, "Robbery, bring your lunch box."

"My wife's cooking is always very fatty and meaty, and your stomach can't stand it."

"You're so stingy. Before you got a wife, you didn't take advantage of the love lunch Qinai made for me."

Dingzuo didn't even know how to deal with it.

But before he could get the lunch box, Minato realized that he was in a bad mood, "Sorry, Din, I'm probably a little jealous."

Ding Zao could only say, "Well, everyone said the bento Naruto made for you was delicious."

"Of course, my son inherited his mother's talent." Minato smiled and pushed Ding Zao away and walked into the lounge, "Let Aoba get me lunch. I want to eat durian after dinner."

"it is good."

"Call Shikaku over after your nap."

"it is good."

at the same time

Sarutobi's house

The aroma of food also came from the courtyard wall.

Sarutobi Asuma's stomach growled and he closed his nose.It had been a long time since he had set foot in this area. It had been so long since the funeral of his eldest brother and sister-in-law, so long that his only nephew Konohamaru was 10 years old, and so long that he was nearly 30 years old.

A 30-year-old man cannot be considered a young man in Konoha, where the streets are full of people in their teens and early twenties.If you are not young, you should not be impulsive or reckless, learn to think silently, and understand that in reality, people are powerless.Moreover, he is the youngest son of the former Hokage. He has seen too much since childhood and still has some idea of ​​politics.

So 30-year-old Asma can already understand his father.His father had been Hokage, and when the village needed his son to die, there was no way he could stop him.After all, someone has to do "a task that seems to have no return", whether it is my child or his child.

But Asma thought about it for eight years and still couldn't figure it out.First of all, at that time, the Yondaime-sama had clearly issued the criteria for accepting special tasks: single, childless, and voluntary.From the moment the Hokage Order was issued, a man like his brother, who had a loving wife and young children, would not be put on the candidate list for a "suicide mission" no matter how willing he was, given Konoha's strict discipline.Secondly, at that time, the war had only been a few years, and the Nine-Tails rampage had not been a few years. Konoha was not lacking in injuries at all.

Or a ninja who can't survive if his whole family is dead.

So, how did his brother get that task despite the competition from so many people who were more suitable than him?

but

Asuma will never forget the hysterical roar of his gentle and virtuous sister-in-law at his father and the dagger she put into his heart when his elder brother's body was returned to Konoha; he will also always remember how his strong and optimistic mother was depressed and finally alone. He died of illness in the hospital; he will never forget how his father, the former Hokage of Konoha, proposed to the current Hokage in front of so many people at the jounin meeting that he use the death of his son as a reason to go to the conquest for a long time. There is no chance to intervene in the River Kingdom.

"Ash."

Asuma heard the sound of the ancient door opening and the half-broken exclamation, and suddenly felt a little dazed.He quickly straightened the dog-face mask on his face.Yes, Asuma gloriously became a Hokage ANBU yesterday afternoon.He applied almost every year, but he never expected to be accepted under such circumstances.

"Feel sorry."

Asuma saw clearly the person who almost revealed his identity and was covering his mouth in a hurry.That was Ebisu, his eldest brother's former subordinate, who had been guarding Konohamaru since his eldest brother and sister-in-law passed away.He and Ebisu used to be very close.He was so familiar with the person that he almost wanted to ignore it when he saw the person. He first grabbed Ebisu and asked about the current situation in Sarutobi's house.

But it's a pity that he still has reason. He is not going back to Sarutobi's house today. He is on duty at the gate of Sarutobi's house under the order of Anbu Akimichi Dingza.This is what Konoha's ANBU is doing.Almost no ANBU can completely conceal their identity in front of familiar friends, but whether you or someone who recognizes you leaks ANBU secrets for no reason, please go to the torture unit.Yes, the ANBU list is secret.

So Ebisu could only nod in the end, swallowed the doubts in his heart, and complained to the air like a blind man as always, "Ah ha, the teachers in the ninja school are becoming more and more useless now, Konohamaru might as well accept my gold medal at home. What about the tutor's education? Children can't be controlled. That kid Konohamaru insisted on eating outside with his classmates today, but who knows what he ate. I still have to go investigate, and the third generation of adults is also careless. make trouble."

Asuma was relieved to hear that, and Ebisu said everything was fine.That's great, it would be great to have your grandchild eat well and drink well at home to support your retirement.

But Ebisu, a Jonin who also liked wearing small black sunglasses, took off his sunglasses before taking two steps, looked up at the new Hokage Tower that could be seen from anywhere in Konoha, and felt chilled all over.

He has been working hard to learn to be a good teacher in recent years. Maybe his ninjutsu has not improved at all, but he has read a lot of books.He knew that once the external enemies could no longer pose a threat, the internal backlog of conflicts and grievances would reach a moment that needed to be resolved immediately. This was called the situation. It was a pity that he was just an ordinary Jonin. He could not stop the situation, let alone Naruto.

Besides, the Hokage seemed to have no intention of stopping it, both of them.

So he had better think about how to educate Konohamaru.Maybe things will be different after Konohamaru becomes Hokage.

But Konohamaru didn't think about it for so long.He is in the third year of Ninja School this year. Like all the children in Konoha, he is the age where he is lively and cute and feels like he is about to truly grow up.In fact, Konohamaru felt that he was already an adult.His grandfather would tell him how to deal with family affairs, and discuss with him how to get along with his subordinates and superiors. He even organized and hosted the funeral of the housekeeper himself.Although the funeral is sad, as Grandpa said, Grandpa the housekeeper will go to heaven with joy when he sees him grow up.

Therefore, Konohamaru feels that he has grown up and can do many things freely and independently.For example, like an adult, you occasionally skip home for dinner and go out with friends.

It's just that there seemed to be a lot of people who had the same idea as them today. After waiting for a long time, Konohamaru and his children finally got three empty seats in line.

Yile Ramen

It was just overcrowded.

"Boss, three bowls of ramen, I'm treating you today." Konohamaru jumped onto the seat proudly and opened his voice.

"What kind of flavors do the three guests want?" The boss knew who the kid in front of him was without raising his head.Sarutobi Konohamaru, the third generation Hokage's grandson, Naruto often brought this boy to eat ramen in the past.

"I heard that Ichiraku launched a new flavor of ramen today." Udon, who was beside Konohamaru, also joined in.

Menghuang followed closely, "Uncle Yile, I'm so hungry. I have a few more ahead."

"11 servings." I couldn't remember who the boy and the girl were. After all, there were so many people in Konoha who liked to eat his ramen.

"Uncle Yile, I'm really hungry. Can you please help us first?" Menghuang, the only girl in the trio, received the looks from her two companions and used her best advantage to act coquettishly.

The hand-beating boss didn't last for a second before he retreated automatically. He just couldn't bear it. The eleven or twelve-year-old girl hummed and smiled at him, "Okay, I'll make it for you first, and there's a [-]% discount on new products."

Konohamaru looked at the "Essence Ramen" on the menu, which was obviously more than half the price of the old flavor, and touched his wallet, feeling a little embarrassed, "Why is the new product so expensive?"

"People who come here to eat ramen are too lazy to cook and are tired of eating in the cafeteria, which is too good and too expensive. So the most important thing about ramen is that it is convenient, fast and tastes good, and everyone can afford it." Hands are very happy to chat with the children. "In order to be fast, delicious and cheap, many ingredients and side dishes have to be made from convenience foods. I am the most down-to-earth businessman. I can tell you clearly that it is okay for a child to eat once or twice a week if he is greedy, but the whole If you eat it every day, the nutritional intake of old ramen noodles and cup noodles will be unbalanced, and you will not grow taller."

"I'm not a child." Konohamaru retorted, pointing to the new ramen in the diner's bowl, "I don't see any big difference."

The diner on the side sucked the ramen and choked, "It's just, it tastes the same as before, but why is it suddenly more expensive?"

"You ninjas are all richer than me. Is there any point in worrying about a bowl of ramen? This is the first time in all my years that Ichiraku has raised the price." The boss of Handda was a little depressed. "Didn't I just say that life is getting better? If you have money to buy better ones, of course I will give you more expensive ramen. Look at it, the shrimps are not dried, they are alive, the beef is not canned but real thigh meat, and even the vegetables are fresh. Everyone will be happy if you eat more nutritiously and make more money. You told me that the mission fee has not been paid and you can’t afford it. Don’t think that I don’t know that you received a replacement bonus during the Chinese New Year. Be careful that I block the gate of the General Staff to complain. shape."

The onlooking ninjas retreated in defeat.

But Konohamaru, a student from Ninja School, still felt sorry for his wallet, "When Naruto-san comes, you give me half price."

"Children Uzumaki Naruto is a senior VIP of our store and has a lifetime half-price membership."

"Then I also want to upgrade to VIP." Konohamaru's eyes lit up.

"No."

"Why not."

"Because I'm the boss." Also because your mother is virtuous and kind, and your father is upright and not short of money. He is not as cruel and poor as Naruto's parents. My half-price coupon hand beats the boss, and the longer he grows, the more he looks like Aspen. When Konohamaru was a kid, Majonin could no longer remember what the third generation's eldest son and daughter-in-law looked like, but they must have been handsome men and beautiful women.

Konohamaru Moehuang and Udou had no choice but to get together and look through their wallets. At the end of the page, Moehuang had to take action, "Ah~ I didn't bring enough money. I'm the best guy."

Shou Da looked at the little hands on his sleeves and sighed, "Half price, half price, it's just this once, it won't happen next time."

"Oye" The three-person team negotiated the price successfully, high-fived each other, sat in rows, opened their wooden chopsticks, and waited to eat.

The boss was cutting shrimps, beef, boiling vegetables, and salted duck eggs. Then he took the ramen cooked by his daughter and suddenly realized that the war in the past was really far away from him.

Very far, how far is it?

Konoha 62

The sun was shining brightly, and although winter was not over yet, Konoha was already warm.