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

Konoha 59, winter, December 12

10 am

Fire Country Konoha, Hokage Tower

The current head of the Uchiha clan, Fugaku, sent away his younger son, who had just received his forehead protector and ninja number from his immediate boss, Namikaze Minato, with a red face full of excitement, and his younger brother, who had been waiting for him after working the night shift, and planned to go celebrate together as soon as possible. Eldest son.

I can finally catch my breath.

Fugaku took a deep breath and looked at the sky.Is it going to snow? He rubbed his sore right shoulder and secretly cursed the damn old scars lying there, while walking through the noisy mission hall, which was becoming more and more like a haggling atmosphere in a vegetable market, and then passed through In the long dark corridor, the door to the Hokage's office at the end was gently pushed open, and then closed behind him.

Looking around, it seems that in the empty office there is only his only boss, the Yondaime Hokage, sitting at a huge desk and writing hard. The sunlight shines through the large floor-to-ceiling windows that almost fill the entire wall, making the man in front of him seem to be shining. Like, a sculpture that was gilded and thrown in the temple

Fugaku sighed and said, "I'm here."

"Yeah." Namikaze Minato didn't look up.

"Minato, you look very haggard today." Fugaku stood opposite Minato.

"Yeah, aren't you the same? Look at those two giant panda eyes of yours. Did you get caught by Mikoto-san last night when you didn't come home?" Minato finally put down his pen, looked up at the person in front of him, and pulled a trace from the corner of his mouth. Smiling, "Kakashi, coffee."

Then coffee magically appeared in Fugaku and Minato's hands.

Fugaku picked up his cup unceremoniously, took a sip, and frowned slightly, smelling the disgusting canteen smell again.However, he still expressed his sincere admiration for Kakashi's speed.Although he is not as outstanding as his eldest son, he is the only direct disciple of the current Hokage after all.Moreover, his poor little son will probably have to work under this man for the next few years.So as the current head of the Uchiha family, he can't offend anyone without being beaten to death. "Kakashi, you are very skilled in using the Flying Thunder God. Really, you work much harder than my son."

"Thank you." The calm voice from under Kakashi's mask came from the darkness.

"But." Minato looked at the white "coffee" in the cup in front of him sadly, "Kakashi, I want coffee, not milk."

"This is your biscuit." Kakashi waved his hand, "Ba."

Looking at the cookies that suddenly appeared on the table, Naruto finally said "orz".

"Hahaha, well done, Kakashi, don't spoil him like this." Fugaku said narrowly, blinking at the corner to the right of the window.

"Yes." Minato was still protesting, "Hey, Kakashi, it is a ninja's virtue to obey orders from superiors."

"Eat your breakfast quickly." Fugaku couldn't help urging, "You were so impassioned at the graduation ceremony just now, aren't you hungry now?"

Minato sighed heavily, opened the package of the cafeteria brand healthy cookies, poured them all into the cup at one go, and soaked them in the milk, "Tell me, Fugaku, how was your family's discussion yesterday?"

"How can you not know?" Fugaku yawned, "In the end, you kept dragging me to study how much dowry is appropriate. I only got away early in the morning, and those old guys are probably still in a meeting."

"That's really hard on you. You Uchiha elders are very energetic, and everyone knows it." Minato also yawned, pointing to the folder at hand, "The faster you work this morning, the faster The better, I made an appointment with the Gods of Wealth from the Country of Fire and the Country of Wind in the afternoon to finalize the economic cooperation treaty. Here is the entire draft. Organize it into an official document. You didn't work overtime yesterday, so please speed up your efforts today."

Fugaku picked up the document and said in a habitual long voice, "Yes."

"That's right." Minato suddenly knocked on the table, "That guy Hinata Hizashi probably won't be too involved in the family affairs. Don't forget to remind your family members to contact Hizashi for specific matters."

"Tch, Hinata Hizashi always listens to his brother." Fugaku squinted, "I just saw Hizashi, and he said that the children were going to hold a graduation celebration party at his house in the evening. Count on us We haven’t gotten together for a long time, so let’s just come together. Can you come to Hinata’s house? Let’s have dinner.”

"Well, we'll probably be there by dinner time." Minato stopped scooping biscuits from the cup, paused, and said seriously, "I really want to eat the classic original flavor of Ichiraku Ramen."

"Okay, I won't forget to inform Hinata this time." Fugaku resisted the urge to roll his eyes, looked at the Hokage who quickly got into work mode after hearing the affirmative answer, and could only turn around and leave gently.He felt that he must have heard correctly. Namikaze Minato swallowed when he said the word "ramen".

Indeed, Namikaze Minato was sure that when he thought of the word "ramen", he made a swallowing sound accidentally.But it was really made up by the milk biscuits that were so sweet that they couldn't cheer you up at all.He sighed, covered his mouth and gritted his teeth to hold back a yawn, and rubbed his sore eyes, but found that the text in his hand was still blurry.It seemed like he should take a nap.But before that,

"Kakashi."

Kakashi walked up from the corner to the left of the window, took away the milk, brought a cup of hot water and put it into his teacher's hand, then stood back silently.

"Kakashi, why don't you leave?" Minato once again felt helpless in the face of his only disciple, "Don't you think you have forgotten something?"

Kakashi touched his pocket, took out an earpick and dug out his ears.

"It's not good to be late for the first time."

Kakashi conjured up gel water and sprayed it twice on his head, then started arranging his hair according to the shadow in the window.

"Kakashi," please, can you start to mature a little? Minato looked at his disciple who looked like a willful and rebellious puppy wearing the ANBU's unique smiling fox mask, and felt that adding cookies and milk wouldn't be easy. My stomach started to twitch and hurt as I digested things.He quickly swallowed two mouthfuls of hot water and took a deep breath, "Now, go to Konoha School and claim my adorable son and the Fugaku family cub."

Kakashi put down the jelly and began to breathe out against the window. While doing so, he pulled his sleeves and wiped it vigorously. The jelly he had just sprayed seemed to have stained the glass.

"Then." Minato quickly swallowed two more mouthfuls of hot water, "In the evening, the two of them and another girl, probably Nozakura, will probably go to Hinata's house together, and you will go too."

Kakashi looked with satisfaction at the glass that shone like crystal and himself shining brightly inside.

"Kakashi" Minato drank the water in the cup and finally hit the table.

I saw that Kakashi had quick eyes and quick hands. He picked up the hot water bottle and filled the empty cup in an instant.

Minato looked at the table full of paper products and secret scrolls, hesitated again and again, and decided

Giving up the idea of ​​pounding the table again, "Kakashi~ Please"

But before he finished speaking, Kakashi actually put down the thermos and pushed the door open and went out.

Minato blinked and had no choice but to scratch his head and continue drinking water.He had never doubted Kakashi's trustworthiness, but now he was doubting his own judgment.Does he really want to hand over his son Uzumaki Naruto's important genin career to Kakashi?Oh my god, the fourth generation Hokage, who had unknowingly switched himself to good dad mode, couldn't resist the sleepiness in the end, and fell down on the table without any image.

"How many days have you gone without sleep?"

By the time Minato Namikaze stood up, Uchiha Fugaku had already closed the office door and approached him.

Minato rubbed his eyes and looked up at the clock on the wall. Fortunately, he didn't sleep until dark, "Why did you get it done so quickly?"

"How is that possible?" Fugaku moved his right shoulder and pointed at the thick stack of documents that had just been placed in front of Minato, "It's not a treaty, it's just a routine report from the Ministry of Security. These require your signature. Please reply to the top one as soon as possible. "

"Yes." The Hokage, who had not slept for more than a few minutes, resignedly picked up the file and waved his hand to indicate to his subordinates that they could leave first.

But Fugaku did not leave quietly as usual.

Minato raised his eyes, thought for a moment and then put away his smile, pretending to be impatient and looking at Fugaku, "Is there anything you want to ask me for?"

Fugaku pretended not to have heard the word "please" that Minato pronounced emphatically, "my son."

"Which".

"I have two sons in total."

"Well, I support you in having a third child." Our Hokage bared two rows of white teeth, "Don't worry, Konoha's policy of encouraging childbirth will not change for a while."

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"That's good." Fugaku took a deep breath, his eyes sparkled, and his smile brightened, "But your sister Mikoto and I are more inclined to have another pretty girl."

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"Okay, okay." Minato couldn't help but shiver, "You are really thick-skinned."

"The leader of the clan." Fugaku continued to smile.

Minato could only sigh heavily. He bowed down to the Uchiha clan leader, "Stop testing me. I'll give you an answer. Let's make it clear first. I won't admit it after I leave this door."

"cunning"

"each other"

"In short." Minato sorted out his thoughts, "Kakashi still hasn't made any progress at all. Although his strength and IQ are sufficient, there is no hope of making him wiser politically for the time being. It's not like I haven't cultivated him over the years. Yes, but look at the documents on the floor of my desk, it’s not like he hasn’t done anything to help me here.”

"Then my son"

"Itachi is only 17 years old, and it's only been two days since he was transferred to my side. How do I know?"

"That is if he can do it, you can support him, even if he is an Uchiha."

"If he can do it, why don't I support him? After all, he is the kid I have seen growing up." Minato waved his hand, "As for the surname, when we need to worry about the surname issue, will everything still be a problem?"

"What about the Presbyterian Church and the Capital?"

"To hell with them. Do you think that I, the Hokage, can't even handle some romantic aristocrats, or do you think that I will be reduced to a situation where I can change my mind after just a few words from a few advisors? But Fugaku, we still have to say something ugly up front." Minato lay back on the chair, stretched out his long legs, and shook two fingers, "The point is, I actually don't think highly of your son, even though Itachi took the initiative to apply to come to the Hokage's office."

"Uh." Fugaku paused, "I understand, I understand, you are afraid that Itachi is like Kakashi when he was a child, and has never been able to understand what it means to be a Hokage guard, right?"

"At least now he's definitely more interested in a good fight with Kakashi than he is in me."

"Ah." Fugaku looked up to the sky and sighed, "Does the revival of our Uchiha really have to wait for my grandchildren?"

"No, just wait until your beautiful daughter grows up." Minato finally smiled again.

"Ha." Fugaku continued as if he hadn't heard anything and directly changed the subject, "But then again, you haven't considered training Naruto."

Minato frowned, "I'll stress it again, that's my son, my biological and only one. Don't try to influence him. A boring job like Hokage is really not suitable for him. His personality is just like his mother's."

"" Fugaku was silent for several seconds before he muttered reluctantly, "For the guys in the battle sequence, it's really more appropriate to let them go out and kill people."

"Well, yes." Minato ignored the Uchiha clan leader's seemingly serious look and handed over the signed document in his hand, "Okay, that's it. You can go back to work quickly."

Fugaku took it and frowned, "Have you read it?"

"You can tell from the question that you can't approve it." Minato clenched his fists and couldn't help but yawned again.

Fugaku looked at the red bloodshot eyes in Minato's eyes, and his eyebrows furrowed deeper, "Okay, okay, you are the Hokage and you have the final say. Also, if you are really sleepy, go to the lounge and take a nap. What the hell?" I'll have someone call you when the Finance Minister arrives."

"Forget it, it won't be long before this moment." Minato sat up straight, looking forward to it, "When the treaty is signed tomorrow, Konoha's finances, which we have been in chaos for more than half a century, will finally begin to operate normally. Hey, these days Months are simply more tiring than fighting. After finishing this job, I will definitely take a good rest for a few days."

"Well, anyway, if you still want to sleep on the table in this cracked building with supporting facilities still standing half a century ago wearing only a layer of Jonin uniform, please continue after the signing ceremony tomorrow. .”

“Don’t be wordy and get to work.”

This winter it suddenly became cold.

Namikaze Minato will be 38 years old next year, and this year will be his 4th year as the 14th Homekage.

The first two years were busy with post-war reconstruction, the third year was to preserve the most powerful strategic weapon, the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki, and the next three years were to resolve Konoha's chaotic internal power struggle, and then suddenly ushered in the reign of the leader of the Fire Nation. The battle for the position was fought bloody for three more years, and finally the result was mutually beneficial.But now, he can finally free his hands to completely get rid of the financial crisis.

In short, Namikaze Minato has been busy with government affairs for the past 14 years. The rest of his time is spent sleeping and complaining to his son about lack of sleep.Until one day, he discovered that he could make a fuss. The Hokage was actually a civil servant, right?