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

Year 60 of Konoha, February 2rd, cold spring

Fire Country Konoha

Naruto Office

"There are already flowers blooming."

Kakashi, who was suddenly called back to Konoha from the Land of Waves, squatted in the corner aggrievedly, pulling out the flower bone in his hand that could never bloom and talking to himself.

Behind him, Uchiha Fugaku, who was already jumping in a hurry, broke away from his eldest son's arm and kicked Kakashi in the back.

Kakashi tilted his head to avoid it, "Hey, please take care of me a little. I flew to Thunder God from the Land of Waves all the way back and said that Sasuke is fine. It's not like you don't know that overseas intelligence is much later than domestic intelligence." Hours."

"Kakashi, this is senior talking to you, what's your attitude?" The fourth generation Hokage Namikaze Minato looked at the two guys, one large and one small, who had no formal appearance and smiled bitterly.But when he turned back to look at Itachi, who was still like a telegraph pole, he felt an even greater headache, "012110, I'll give you half a day off to take care of your father."

"Yes, sir." Uchiha Itachi tried his best not to meet his father's look that looked sad and angry but was actually gloating about his misfortune. He grabbed the man and turned around to leave. Before closing the door, he didn't forget to give his senior Kakashi a "please take care of yourself" look. .

Kakashi rarely said "Don't worry" to Itachi with his hands behind his back. Then he continued to ignore his teacher's probing eyes and deceived himself, saying, "Ah, time flies so fast! Another year has passed." , you see the flowers are about to bloom."

"Be serious." The Fourth Hokage used his palm to gently press his painful temples and sighed.

"Yeah." Kakashi responded casually. He originally wanted to just stay here, but when he heard the teacher's rapid breathing, he still looked up worriedly, "It's okay, teacher."

"You haven't been mad at me yet. Tell me what's going on." The Hokage looked at the disciple standing in front of him with a look of helplessness.

"That's all." Kakashi smiled, picked up the thermos on the floor, and filled the teacher's cup with water.

"You'd better explain it to me honestly. The physical strength and brain cells I lost last month will not be replenished for a while, so it's okay to let me take a breather while I'm not too busy now."

"What's the matter?" Kakashi tried to shirk, but he could only narrow his eyes and push the cup in front of the teacher.

"Why do you have the nerve to ask why that damn bridge is called Naruto Bridge, why Sasuke was stabbed with holes all over his body by Senbon, why Cardo is dead but Momochi Zabuza is still alive?"

"Teacher, I will kill you if you don't kill me. I have really killed people and silenced them as planned."

Namikaze Minato raised the two Hokage Guard employment applications and slapped them on the table, then pointed at a photo, "Then who is this guy?"

"My subordinates, your ANBU." Kakashi finally stood at attention.

Namikaze Minato looked at Kakashi who suddenly became serious with some surprise. He thought for a moment and said, "I want you to find people from outside Konoha to cultivate your own new power. You want to use the Hokage Guards to clear people's names." I support him, but please show me some restraint. After all, he is a traitorous ninja. You should at least change his name when he returns to another country."

"Momochi Zabuza is a really good name." Kakashi slumped down again when he heard the teacher's tone began to soften, and handed over the pen on the table with a smile, "Teacher, the Hokage's secret guards are all dead anyway. .So there are only one or two left. Who cares about the names of the dead?"

"Okay, since I've told you to go ahead and do it," Minato Namikaze took the pen, signed it and handed the application back to Kakashi, "whose person is responsible for finding you if something goes wrong."

"Haha." Kakashi dried the ink with satisfaction, "It doesn't matter, teacher, everyone knows that I am yours."

"Don't keep talking about such an obvious fact." Minato looked at Kakashi who was a little excited and couldn't help but become wordy, "You seem to admire these two rebellious nins."

"Very interesting two people."

"This is strange. Don't you always like boring things? Why are you so interested this time?"

"You didn't read the ANBU's report." Kakashi looked at the teacher who suddenly became interested and was a little at a loss.

"The silly kid's report and the facts have never been the same. I've always known that." Minato stared at Kakashi's only exposed eye seriously, looking at the still full of ignorance revealed in that eye. .Minato sighed heavily, it had been a full 20 years, but he still couldn't tell when the child was pretending to be stupid and when he was really stupid.

Kakashi saw that the teacher was looking at him without speaking, so he could only smile and said with some embarrassment, "The main reason is that Shiro is too funny.

"You said that Minazuki Kakashi has enough troubles already." Namikaze Minato sighed as he recalled the photo of Haku on the application form just now, "But it's a blessing to be lucky enough to get it."

"Well, it's hard to find an absolutely loyal subordinate these days." Seeing that he successfully changed the subject, Kakashi said with a relaxed tone, "And you mistakenly thought that Shiro is a man."

"Cough~" Minato, who was drinking water, almost choked and coughed when he heard Kakashi's words, "Are you serious?"

Kakashi nodded vigorously, feeling the inexplicable pleasure of a successful prank in his heart.He was happy, sure that taking Shiro back to Konoha at the slightest risk of getting in trouble was indeed the right decision.

"This is unscientific." The somewhat rude Hokage frowned.

"I'm sure." The acting AN Minister winked, "I've inspected the goods."

Hearing this, the Fourth Hokage, who was about to drink some water to suppress his cough, choked on the water. "You cough, you can't. You cough, I told you not to keep reading the books written by Jiraiya-sensei in recent years."

"Teacher, can you please have a healthy mind? He was also seriously injured this time. I just helped him heal." Kakashi looked at the Hokage who couldn't stop coughing and quickly reached out to pat the teacher's back, "Yes It’s quite fun, but is it so exaggerated?”

"I'm sorry, Kakashi, I thought at first I was going to be a grandfather at such a young age." Minato pushed away the attentive Kakashi, smiling a little disappointed.

"Teacher, please restrain your jumping imagination. I can't keep up."

"You have to use the word inspection yourself."

"It's not like that."

"What's going on? I need your explanation. You still have two things you haven't explained clearly, Naruto Ohashi and Briquette Sasuke. Don't let me read the report. Now, tell it in your own words, from beginning to end, from beginning to end. "It says at the beginning of the mission"

Kakashi scratched his head, "But

Teacher, should I just get to the point?"

"No, by the way, I'm afraid you won't get the point." Minato tugged at the corner of his mouth, turned the pen in his hand, and stared at Kakashi.

Kakashi could only say with a smile:

"Didn't the General Staff think it would be better to clear out Konoha while killing Kado? I felt that Zabuza, who was hired by Kado to kill Tazuna, was a good candidate to take the blame, so I asked people to contact him. But that Zabuza As a demon slayer, when he found out that the person protecting his mission target was the Hokage's disciple, along with the Hokage's son and a young master from the Uchiha family, he immediately ran away. Isn't it just that time? You asked me to go around to get water. Did the personal representatives of the Kingdom and the Mizukage confirm their sincerity in joining the economic cooperation plan? I just stopped by to rob Zabuza. Zabuza is a sensible person, and when he saw that he had to bear the blame no matter what, he surrendered. It turned out that he didn’t tell his people clearly in advance. That Bai thought I was going to kill his master, but he was knocked unconscious and taken away with a powerful anesthetic."

"Well, don't stop, keep going."

"But."

"continue"

Kakashi could only continue, "Later, Shiro contacted me. Zabuza and I both thought that since we wanted to do something, we had to get rid of the roots. We had to draw out all the people under Cardo. Either it happened to be me taking the students out or exercising. As a team, we decided to have a real fight to make Kado think that we both lose, so he dared to bring people out to take advantage. Of course, I originally thought it was just an act, but it was a complete accident that Sasuke was injured so seriously. "

"Yes, it's right here. Tell me carefully how Sasuke was injured. You have to give Uchiha a formal explanation. Sasuke almost died."

"That's Haku. Except for ninjutsu, Zabuza was simple and didn't know how to hold back. Although the weapons were covered with anesthetics, how could the three genin escape the pursuit for so many years? "Kakashi scratched his head, "The Uchiha family is tossing about what's wrong with being injured on a mission. Naruto was also stabbed like that. Why should he alone be the one to answer?"

"It's different. Naruto's recovery ability is better than Sasuke's because he has the Nine-Tails sealed on him. You must have strengthened Naruto's seal later."

"Of course, it really scared me to death. When Naruto saw Sasuke falling down and not getting up after blocking Shiro's attack, he thought he was dead, so he exploded. You don't know, but fortunately I reacted quickly, otherwise my apprentice and son, you But I can’t see you anymore.” Kakashi still breaks out in a cold sweat thinking about it now.

"Well, really?" Minato snorted coldly. He finally revealed the truth about his suspicions about Kakashi's report, but he didn't feel any sense of accomplishment at all. He looked at Kakashi who hadn't reacted yet, and he didn't even realize it at all. Not angry, he was just suddenly tired,

"and then"

Kakashi stopped talking at this time. He suddenly realized that he still said something he shouldn't have said.

But Minato wouldn't let him stop talking at this time, "Go on, go ahead. That Naruto Ohashi. You haven't explained it to me yet."

"Naruto defeated Shiro. Saved many people. To express his gratitude."

"Then how did the Naruto genin inflict serious injuries on the injured Sasuke and his seriously injured white jounin when he was seriously injured."

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"Kakashi," Namikaze Minato shouted loudly, glaring at the person standing in front of him, "Your performance was quite exciting, okay? Since you are the ANBU now, you have the right to intercept anyone you think." The Hokage shouldn't be interested in the information. You can also use anyone you think is suitable. Just go ahead and do it. Anyway, if something happens, I will still be here, right?"

"teacher"

"Kakashi, I'm starting to look forward to seeing this Zabuza and that Haku."

"teacher.

"I'm fine"

But looking at Namikaze Minato who was turning blue, Kakashi was a little scared, but he could only calm him down slowly, "It's actually not a big deal, sensei. Naruto's seal was released just a moment. I'm not afraid of you." Are you worried? I've also confirmed it indirectly. It's true that Naruto had no memory at all when the seal was released. It's okay. The three of them are currently doing long-distance field march training. They are having a great time. They will be back in a few days. . I also arranged for Zabuza and Haku to protect me secretly. They dare not come to Konoha, but they don't dare to let anything happen to Naruto. Don't worry, the ANBU who went to cooperate with me have also withdrawn. Zabuza and Haku will not stop for a moment. Will leave their surveillance."

"Yeah." Namikaze Minato smiled noncommittally.

"Teacher. Don't worry, I"

"Shut up Kakashi, I'm tired."

"Then close your eyes." Looking at the teacher who was a little weak in speaking, Kakashi sighed and reached out to hold Minato's shoulders, massaging them skillfully, "Take a rest."

Namikaze Minato, who enjoyed his disciple's attentiveness, spoke again after a while, "Kakashi, Naruto has been able to break the seal by himself."

Kakashi frowned and straightened the teacher's head, "Stop talking and rest."

Just like when it gets cold, the temperature will start to rise unknowingly.

Zabuza and Haku were indeed following the three genin who were quickly traveling through the dense forest canyon, sleeping in the open air and sweating.

"Mr. Zabuza, someone has been following us."

"It's okay, it's just a future colleague who is just traveling with us."

"Do we really want to go to Konoha?"

"It's hard to survive until now. It's really unjust to die here."

"What kind of place is Konoha? I heard it's very good." Shiro was a little excited.

"It's just a ninja village."

"What kind~"

"Pretty big."

"The legendary golden flash is probably the shadow there."

"Yes. Our future immediate boss."

"Is there anyone more powerful than the Mizukage?"

"There's no comparison at all."

The snow is really white, but what happens after the white snow melts?

January 60, Konoha 2,

There are about 10 days until Naruto returns to Konoha

There are 28 days until the start of the Chunin Exams