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

Konoha 61

11:[-] at night, first quarter moon

The living room of Hatake's old house is filled with smoke.Hatake Kakashi removed his eye that hurt all the time, so he didn't need to smoke any painkiller cigarettes, but in the middle of the night, when there was no one to talk to and he couldn't fall asleep, he lit up a cigarette in silence. Was he going to sing on the roof and get hit by someone? Come down?

But smoking will still disturb other people's behavior, especially if there are other non-smokers in the room.

"You, got dumped." Uzumaki Naruto held Shishimaru and pushed open the door, only to see Kakashi sitting there with a black face and a scary look.

Kakashi put out his cigarette butt and pulled up his mask and looked at Naruto who was tiptoeing around, "Why are you back so late?"

"My dad is not at home, and neither are you. Of course, I will play with Grandpa Jiraiya for a while." Naruto is a good boy. A good boy knows that the adults at home will be worried if he comes home late, but for teenagers before 12 o'clock, It wasn't too late for the boy, and this was Konoha, a safe Konoha with ANBU security patrols everywhere.

Kakashi looked at Naruto, who had no guilt and was tough-tongued, and finally understood why the teacher liked to slap people. He was already feeling uncomfortable and had nowhere to vent, but when he saw the junior who had made mistakes, how could he be in the mood to be seductive, so he gave him a slap first? Dun asked him to remember the pain before talking.It's a pity that Naruto just went to take a bath with Jiraiya without even stepping out, "Come back early in the future."

"I want you to take care of it." Naruto put Shishimaru on the sofa, opened the window and door, then kicked Kakashi's feet away to sweep away the ashes.Asuma-sensei in the next class smokes heavily. That’s because people love and enjoy tobacco. Kakashi is not addicted to smoking, but he just sits there with the lights off. Naruto now listens to Jiraiya explaining how to write novels every day. Scenes like this are usually The protagonist had something on his mind and was waiting to tell anyone about it. This made Naruto suddenly panic, "Where's my dad?"

"At the hospital, I'll bring him a change of clothes and take a breather." As soon as Kakashi finished speaking, he saw a red-eyed Uzumaki Naruto crushing the broom handle, and quickly added, "Your dad ended things early today. When I came back, I asked you and Jiraiya that you also wanted to go to the pool, but it would cause a commotion for the Hokage to come to you naked in a public bathroom, so I arranged for him to go to the hot springs. You know the best hot springs in Konoha are there. Konoha Hospital."

"Oh."

"After soaking, I called the medical nin for a massage, but your dad just fell asleep on the bed. I didn't wake him up."

"Huh." Naruto let out a big breath, "I'm so busy every day, and I always feel that my dad will get tired and get sick someday. Especially this year, last year was also busy, but he still seems to be energetic. This year When I came back from the Chinese New Year, I felt a little wilted no matter morning, noon or night, I looked so tired and sleepy that I didn’t want to move, like a cactus that had lost its moisture.”

"A cactus will wilt if you water it too much."

"It's just wilting anyway." Naruto hadn't seen his father for a week, and he really thought, "If you are really sick, don't hide it from me. I'm not a child anymore, and I won't let people guess Naruto from my face. state, and I’m so high that I can take care of him.”

"Okay." Kakashi has always been looking forward to Naruto growing up quickly, and don't let the teacher worry about Konoha and have to worry about him all day long.But Naruto really looked like an adult, and Kakashi felt uncomfortable.

"Anyway, don't lie to me."

"Why are you lying to me?" It's true to soak in a hot spring, it's true to sleep on a massage bed, it's true to be wearing a knife while flashing your glasses while you're asleep, it's even more true that the previous medical scrolls were indeed skipped on the assembly line. Substandard product, this scroll has the same therapeutic effect as a blank scroll.Kabuto Yakushi is indeed a top medical ninja, but the chakra of a genius medical ninja must pass the seals before it can be used for medical treatment. The chakra that escapes can only have the most primitive function of destruction.Therefore, a teacher who is not a jinchuriki, does not have the blood of the Senju family or the Uzumaki family, or does not have any famous or special bloodline is really just an ordinary person.Yes, it’s normal for ordinary people to ignore a small wound and heal it after a night’s sleep. But in less than 5 minutes, it heals without even a trace. What does this mean?

Think about what Kabuto Yakushi said. The last time the teacher was punched by Jiraiya, he suffered stomach bleeding and had to go to the hospital for surgery. The gastric ulcer was clearly removed and the surgical wounds treated by advanced medical ninjutsu, such as palm senjutsu, can indeed be healed. There are no traces guaranteed, but if it is cut off, a piece is missing, and the shape will never be exactly the same as before.

It's really better to be sick. If you are sick, at least you know where the disease is, instead of worrying about the unknown and infinite possibilities.Whatever you want to gain, you will lose something, and whatever you want to gain, you will have to lose something elsewhere.If Dingzao Zhiwei-senpai or Aoba had not been hit by genjutsu at the same time, his teacher, the Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato, would have truly come back from the dead on the night Naruto was born.

Naruto finished sweeping up the cigarette butts, ashes and broken broom residue.Looking at Kakashi who was still in a daze, he felt that Kakashi must be very tired from completing boring tasks every day and being ordered around by his father.So, he poured Kakashi a glass of water.

""Kakashi was really flattered to receive the water glass.

"Say thank you."

"Thank you." Kakashi drank the water and stood up, "I'm going to give your dad some clothes, otherwise he won't have anything to wear tomorrow."

"Yeah." Naruto picked up Shishimaru, who was already balled up on the sofa, and yawned, "I'll go to bed first, and you'll go to bed early too."

"Okay." Kakashi picked up the clothes bag and walked out the door in a daze. If Naruto was still a willful child, his father would definitely run to the Hokage Tower to drag his father back crying and shouting if he was away from home all day long. He was heartbroken. When my father is busy at work, he will cry and make noises and ask for his company. Instead of being like this now, he dare not do anything that disturbs the Hokage's work. "Ask a question, sealing technique and psychic technique. If you are injured, you can draw even if it is stained with blood on the ground. Then why do you emphasize biting your thumb when teaching students?”

"What?" Jiraiya, who was leaning on the threshold of Hatake's old house and looking at the stars, was disrupted by Kakashi, "Why do you ask this so suddenly?"

"Minato-sensei led people to redo the protective barrier today. He had to draw a sealing formation. Thirteen of them were put together. Then he bit his thumb thirteen times in a row. It was so painful that it throbbed."

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Jiraiya held his forehead and said, "Okay, okay, why don't I give him some clothes and you can go and sleep for a while. He'll be so busy that he loses his head and you'll lose your mind too."

Kakashi jumped on the roof of Matt's house and ran away. He almost couldn't help but confess all the uneasiness in his heart.Jiraiya stood there tall and tall, and he really had a sense of power that made people trust him. However, it was also him who always betrayed the trust of others.

Jiraiya was puzzled, and after Naruto turned off the lights and fell asleep, he slowly returned to Sarutobi's house.As usual, I killed Holly all the way, and found that the teacher's bedroom was still lit.If he were a child, he would definitely be tied to a pillar and scolded when he came home in the middle of the night. But now that he is 51 years old, he can only open the door with a loud stab and say, "Teacher, why aren't you asleep yet?"

"As we get older, we feel younger." Sarutobi Hiruzen was also smoking, reading and smoking at the same time, "You can find materials smoothly."

"Hey, what kind of material is this? I really took Naruto to soak in the pool." Jiraiya caught a glimpse of the familiar orange cover, which turned out to be a paradise for intimacy. He quickly nudged the teacher with his elbow and winked, "Hey, the third generation, since the crystal ball technique I’m not allowed to use it anymore, isn’t it a bit lonely?”

"No." Sarutobi Hiruzen turned the page of the book.

"I really don't need to call you next time I go to the pool."

"No need." Sarutobi Hiruzen raised his eyes, "You can take Konohamaru out to see the world. Now Konoha has a prosperous life and children develop early. After all, I am a grandfather, and I am separated by a generation of weird people. .”

"Okay, absolutely no problem." Jiraiya yawned and stood up to go to bed, but when he was standing up, he suddenly felt that he shouldn't leave like that.His teacher is old. He was originally not tall. Now he is 70 years old. His back is hunched and his knees are bent. He looks even more cramped. He must be lonely. Asma won't come back.

Come, Konohamaru flapped his wings and flew away sooner or later, "By the way, teacher, why did you have to bite off your thumb when you taught me the sealing technique?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen placed a mirror in front of Jiraiya, "You can try biting other fingers."

Jiraiya bit it very exaggeratedly. He originally wanted to make the teacher happy.

"So why are you asking this?" Sarutobi Hiruzen held the mirror and said, "You can still practice using foot seals. Don't mess with the sealing technique. How many times have I told you that it is a time and space system."

"No, no, no, it was Kakashi who told me, Minato, he made a guardian barrier today, set thirteen seals together, and then bit his thumb all afternoon and it hurt so much, hahaha, you think it's funny Is not funny."

"It's quite funny. I took [-] bites of the pig's trotters and even got to the bones."

"Hahaha." Jiraiya felt that Minato's thirteen people could make him laugh for the whole year, but looking at Sarutobi Hiruzen's expressionless face, he still felt that he couldn't laugh.

"Hey, people can do stupid things when they are tired." Seeing that Jiraiya had no intention of leaving, Sarutobi Hiruzen tried to ask, "I asked you to watch Minato a little bit before, he has to A good balance between work and rest.”

"It's hard to meet him."

"Go directly to his office." The third generation Hokage is no longer under house arrest by the Anbu, but the fourth generation Hokage can no longer break into the office.

"It's not possible to go to the office. You really have to make an appointment. Minato's schedule is full." Jiraiya was very annoyed. Ever since he broke into the office and punched Minato last time, he had been targeted by ANBU and the guards. "Those ANBU kids are also If they don't know any Sannin, they just know Minato and Kakashi."

"It's a good thing that Kakashi is high-minded." Hiruzen Sarutobi sucked on the cigarette stick. He had been hesitating these days.He understood Namikaze Minato. Minato tragically killed two of his disciples and was unwilling to expose Kakashi and Naruto to overly complicated things.And he had the same attitude towards the only remaining Jiraiya and Konohamaru. When there was one more than him but not too much, and when there was not enough of him, just let him be.However, Kakashi still became the candidate for the fifth generation of Hokage successor, "002301."

"Ha" Jiraiya reacted for three or four seconds before standing at attention, "Yes, Sandaime-sama."

"Originally, according to the rules of the gag order, if you were not present and witnessed, there are some things that you should not know. But now, the person who is in urgent need of help is no one else, but your disciple, Minato Namikaze, the only remaining disciple. You are not an irrelevant person. "

"Uh."

"On October 48, Konoha [-], Namikaze Minato was seriously injured by Kyuubi and was in critical condition."

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"Konoha Hospital used the Senju family's forbidden technique scroll on him."

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"It's the batch of scrolls that you, Tsunade, and Orochimaru dug out from the Senju family's warehouse. The second generation originally made them for himself."

"Oh, that scroll." Jiraiya suddenly felt his head buzzing, what about Minato, Kyuubi, seriously injured, scroll right, scroll.At that time, he was still a jack-of-all-trades, Tsunade was an airport, and Orochimaru was not as boring and crazy as he would be in the future.The three of them are like all the ordinary genin trio in Konoha. They are extremely energetic. When they have some free time, they will run around Konoha, playing pranks, fighting, and exploring. They like to follow Tsunade the most. Go and play inside the Senju Station.

The Senju family was not like the Uchiha family who kept strangers away from them, and Uzumaki Mito's grandma was not like the old man in the Uchiha family who would send them to the Hokage Tower if they were caught.She always prepares a lot of delicious food for the children, including meatballs, candies, and beef jerky.Of course, if you break something and get it into the wrong place, you will be punished before eating, which is to do push-ups and answer all kinds of strange questions, such as what kind of girl do you like, do you fart under the bed, and Dream, "Sandaime-sama, since you used that scroll for Minato and Minato survived, why didn't Minato retire? Why is he still in the position of Hokage now? Even if Konoha needed a golden flash fourth generation at that time, give less Let him arrange some work, let him work for a few years and choose the fifth generation."

"I try to give him as little work as possible. I have always wanted to choose Godai again, but ask Minato-chan if he would be happy with it."

"My Minato is not the kind of person who is attached to power. Don't look at him. He has been clamoring to be Hokage since he was a child. He is just an ordinary ninja who was born as an orphan and is looking for attention. He doesn't say big words, let White Fang let the three ninjas let the big and small families of Konoha You see that there is another one who is working hard, how can he get the second-generation ninjutsu inheritance, how can Konoha agree with him and the Jinchuuriki falling in love? There must be a misunderstanding, why don't you persuade him to do so."

"How can I advise your disciple? He has been closely associated with Danzo and Orochimaru since the Nine-Tails. Who knows what kind of ecstasy drugs those two fed him. After the king of the country was changed and the River Kingdom was destroyed, , I couldn't even say a word to him, little Minato, he doesn't believe me, what can I do? I'm not even sure whether Minato knows about the scroll."

"Why don't you ask him."

"According to the rules of the gag order, there are some things Minato shouldn't know." Sarutobi Hiruzen slowly closed his eyes, "If you don't ask, Konoha will really cause big trouble."

"Then why didn't you tell me earlier."

"I've told you countless times, don't leave when you come back this time."

"You should make it clear."

Sarutobi Hiruzen took a puff of cigarette, "How can I explain it clearly? Some things cannot be explained clearly. Do I have to tell Tsunade that it's okay? If you can't stand the battlefield, go to the rear and teach new medical ninjas. No matter how many people die on the front line, I can help. Teacher If you can resist the pressure, do you want me to tell Orochimaru, it doesn't matter, just let him be captured, no matter how fair Konoha wants to give him, the teacher can still save him. Or should I tell you, it doesn't matter, Tsunade and Orochimaru won't have anything even if they are outside. Sensei’s ANBU won’t desperately hunt them down.”

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"Tsunade and Orochimaru have an extenuating relationship, but you pushed Minato-chan to the front desk and walked away."

"Because I can't stand the increasingly excessive internal fighting in Konoha." Jiraiya still gets chills down his spine when he thinks about it now, "I can't help but watch my own people do something to my own people."

"What does it mean that it is the Hokage's responsibility to end the differences between himself and his own people?"

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"Minato has the consciousness to become Hokage, but it shouldn't be when he is in his early twenties. You pat your chest and think about it, why is Konoha so depressed and refuses to accept me? Where are all the jounin leaders above Minato?"

"" Jiraiya was trembling a little, "Hatake Shigesaku is dead. He was forced to die."

"No one forced him to die. He apologized with death not because he saved a teammate and caused the mission to fail, but because his mission failure led to a series of subsequent failures. Hundreds of Konoha ninjas, from many families, killed Hatake Shigeru in vain. Saku is not an ordinary ninja. He has a Hokage cloak tied to his arm. He is a candidate for the fourth generation. He wants to be a good Hokage, but in the end he realizes that his mistakes cannot be made up for."

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"White Fang will never be able to lead Konoha even if he is alive. Why do you think his death was an internal struggle." Sarutobi Hiruzen stared at Jiraiya's eyes, "I believe you really didn't expect so much back then, but you now After traveling around the world for over fifty years, it’s impossible for you not to understand what I say.”

"" Jiraiya poured himself a glass of wine.

Sarutobi Hiruzen watched silently as Jiraiya's wine filled the glass, filled the table, and quietly flowed to the ground.

The ground is where people stand

It’s July 61, 3 in Konoha