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

"The true resemblance is not the resemblance of the photograph."

"I know."

In mid-January of Konoha 63, the wind

Sand Hidden Village, Kazekage Office

Naruto Uzumaki was lying on Gaara's desk, writing a postcard and then taking another one.He still vaguely remembers that three years ago, he and Sasuke, Sakura and Kakashi went to the Land of Waves. They walked and walked, resisting horses and moving trucks, and finally reached their destination.As a result, three years later, he and the Flying Thunder God Squad took Sasuke Shikamaru and arrived at the gate of Sunagakure Village with a few whizzes. When he looked up, he saw a red-haired man with a head full of gel.

Gaara also felt sad.That year, he fled to Konoha from Sunagakure Village and slept in the open. He really put a lot of effort into it. Now he only needs to use the Flying Thunder God communicator to apply for the Flying Thunder God Team, "Naruto, how many postcards do you want to send to Konoha?" .”

"At least send one." Naruto continued to write with a heavy head, "Desert, this is the first time I have seen a big desert with my own eyes. It is as powerful as the sea, and it is much softer than the sand pits of Konoha Ninja School. , it can still move and feels alive.”

Gaara fully understood Naruto's little excitement.For the first time, he saw the big tree in Konoha that only ten people could embrace and the endless forest sea, and his heart beat faster, "But Naruto, that's not how the word "step" is written."

"I know, I know. I stepped on the margins and wrote too fast, so I made clerical mistakes." Naruto represented Konoha after all this time. He was really embarrassed to tell Master Kazekage that the Konoha Ninja School is really not that strict about writing. , well, let Kakashi pay attention back, "Mainly in normal times, we all use passwords and the like."

"Oh." Gaara, who briefly joined the Konoha Ninja School, is very confident in Konoha's education system, especially the newly established Konoha Medical College. "I heard that you are currently training a large number of medical ninjas."

"Yeah, look, there's not a single kunoichi in this mission." Naruto bit the tip of his pen, "I don't know who's theory, but girls have better chakra microcontrollers than boys. As long as the kunoichi is willing to go to the hospital, Man, male shinobi still have to take strict exams.”

"It is indeed better for a kunoichi to be a medical ninja."

"It's not that good. I think the hospital likes kunoichi to be more down-to-earth and learn to endure hardships. Do you still remember my former teammate Haruno Sakura? The one with pink hair finally managed to catch the heartthrob Sasuke, but the two of them ended up I was notified to attend training a few days after I recovered, and I haven’t even made a few movie appointments. My sister is the same, once she starts taking classes, she is completely homeless.”

"According to Sunagakure's information, the orphan of the Uzumaki family should be older than you."

"When I say sister, I'm a sister." Naruto nudged Gaara with his elbow, "Hey, did your spy ninja tell you that she had a crush on Sasuke since the chunin exams. She didn't come to Konoha to find a relative. , is for great love.”

Gaara looked at the conference room next door through the one-way glass window, "Uchiha Sasuke, he looks better than he did during the chunin exam."

"Not so sharp." Naruto wrote another one, "Of the genin we had at about the same time, Sasuke has always been the best, with good grades, high strength, and good looks. As a result, he is the only genin now. But Konoha's The system is like this. Pass the chunin exam, accumulate military merit, or be proficient in using a forbidden jutsu. A ninjutsu that can be listed as a forbidden jutsu by Konoha, otherwise the practice is very risky, or can you learn to see fate, or else that Anyone who has not learned it from his superiors will be considered a traitor to the village."

"fair and just."

"Kakashi said it was just a matter of time. My dad said it was for his own good." Naruto also turned to look at Sasuke.In the conference room, Nara Shikamaru was arguing with Maki.Sasuke, who was standing behind Shikamaru, was competing with Maki's guards to see who was more cold-faced. He was here chatting with Gaara about old times, while the rest discussed business matters.In fact, it's not a big deal, but no matter how small the ceremony is, if it involves two ninja villages, the seats must be carefully arranged.Although it is impossible for a genin to sit on a jounin's chair and become a jounin, it will be troublesome if it is not arranged properly.Just like what his father said when he taught Kakashi, the distribution of power, the level of status, closeness and distance should be clearly visible to people at a glance.Only in this way, the people below will not accidentally fall into the wrong team. "I have been arguing for 40 postcards, and I don't know how long they are going to argue."

"Anyway, it's our turn to go in when the fight breaks out." Gaara couldn't help but take a piece of red bean and chestnut soup. This time someone came from Konoha, and Temari asked Shikamaru to bring him 1000 snacks.

"Yeah, as long as the two of us are still smiling, it won't affect the relationship between Konoha and Sunagakure." Naruto's eyes flashed back to the scene when he and Sasuke were fighting in a mud puddle when they were children.When they hit their shoes and lost strips of their pants, they were picked up by their father who was watching the fun at home, and they had a sense of déjà vu, "Gaara, why do I suddenly feel a little bored?"

Gaara handed Naruto a piece of dried camel meat and started to slurp a second piece of red bean and chestnut soup, "Boredom is considered a psychological problem. Konoha Hospital seems to have research on psychological problems."

"Your information is pretty quick, just at the beginning." Naruto gnawed on the salty and hard meat, thinking about his father, who went fishing, and ended up jumping into the waterfall with a pop.There is also Sasuke's mother, who has not been found for half a month.And as a ninja himself, if Naruto Uzumaki encounters an enemy, it is still difficult to overcome the fear of ending a living life with his own hands. "The craft of ninja is really stressful sometimes. You Sunagakure should also try it."

"Do the training courses at Konoha Medical College have such courses?" The fourth one Gaara ate was wasabi and chestnut soup, which was not bad.

"I really don't know." Naruto's cheeks hurt from chewing the dried meat.

"When you get back, help me ask if Sunagakure's female medical ninja can also go for further training."

"Okay." Naruto quickly gave up the dried meat, "We are an alliance, and alliances should communicate with each other to help each other. Your Sunagakure's medical conditions have improved. If something happens in the future, we will send a medical ninja here. Moreover, if a Konoha ninja is injured here, he doesn’t have to run back to Konoha. Flying Thunder God, you were taken by my father, and the feeling is not something that the injured can bear."

"Thank you." Gaara thanked him sincerely.As long as they are not spying on forbidden arts, Sunagakure will never refuse if he sends a few medical ninja to add some Konoha to the auxiliary staff.But as a nominal alliance and a de facto vassal, it is always difficult to ask the protectorate for conditions.If he likes anything from Naruto, he can just ask for it, and if Naruto likes something from him, he will give it to him generously.But between villages, there is no free giving and no free receiving. If you want something, you have to exchange it for something else.

Naruto also understands this truth. He cannot influence the village's decisions, but he can make reasonable opinions.The suggestion from the former Hokage's son and now Hokage's junior brother was to speak differently from others, "Hey, Gaara."

"Um"

"I suddenly felt like growing up wasn't fun anymore."

"It's no fun if you don't grow up."

"Let's go exploring."

Gaara swallowed the little pudding in his mouth.

"This is my first time to come to Sunagakure." Naruto packed the postcard, "Let's go on a gorgeous adventure. You wrote before and said that since the death of your father, no, the Fourth Kazekage, you have often felt inexplicably cold. With you, your father may still be in Sunagakure Village."

Gaara reached out and touched Naruto's forehead.

Naruto slapped Gaara away, "My mother said that after death, the soul will be picked up by the light pillar. In the light pillar, you can see heaven. In heaven, you will be like experiencing a super-real illusion, which will make people subconscious Thinking that the perfect world after death is real, and living a life where you always have regrets is just a dream.”

"" Gaara rummaged through the box and pulled out the thermometer.

"" Naruto took the thermometer and stuffed it into Gaara's mouth, smiling just like his mother.At first, his father held his hand to touch his mother. After everything his mother said was relayed by his father, he never asked to hold hands with his father.Because he is afraid, he is afraid that everything is a magical ninjutsu with golden glitter. He is afraid that if he goes deeper, his father will find out that everything is just his own ninjutsu.But now, "Gaara, I wrote you back and told you that I am also cold sometimes. My father's confidentiality level was too high before and it was difficult to talk about it, but he has retired and can tell my mother in private. She really came back from the kingdom of the dead." . Not as a ghost, but by tearing the beam and escaping.

coming. "

Gaara looked into Naruto's serious eyes and knew his friend wasn't lying.

Naruto nodded, "The reason why I feel free to come out to play with you today is because my mother is solid enough to cook for my father."

Gaara really didn't understand what Naruto was saying.

Naruto was even more serious, "My mother's will is firm. She said that no matter how good my dad and I are in the beam, they are not really my dad and me. And the Yondaime Kazekage, with his heart that never hits the wall and never looks back, Iron head, what are the chances of being obsessed with the so-called perfect life, so let’s go catch ghosts.”

"" Gaara knew that the maturity and stability shown by Naruto were all fake, "You caught a ghost in broad daylight."

"My mother said that ghosts are not afraid of the sun. Ghosts just exist in space, which is different from living people. The world that escapes from the light beam is like space ninjutsu." Naruto actually didn't understand what he was talking about, "Anyway, you said You're right, catching ghosts is really exciting."

"It's even more exciting to be caught by Sunagakure ANBU."

"That's why I brought you to play with me."

Gaara had no interest in ghosts, but it would be fun to explore with Naruto.

At this time, Konoha

New wave style house

Minato and Kinai are also preparing for an adventure

"She can clean up Kosovo's room when she has time. It's up to the two of us to decide on Naruto's room." Uzumaki Kina stood in front of the small blackboard in the living room, a piece of chalk floating up and down.

Minato Sai and Shishimaru sat below and nodded in unison.Although Saai still couldn't imagine that Mrs. Yondaime Hokage really just cooked, washed, wrote and knocked him on the head as a shadow.

"Sai, install a small device on the door handle that sprays water when you twist it." The chalk was brushed.

"Naruto will relax his vigilance after opening the door. He will think that he has taken care of everything. Therefore, as soon as he enters the door, Sai will cast an illusion. The illusion is that he will be hit by a lion pill falling from the door." The chalk was brushed.

"After Naruto is frightened and the genjutsu is lifted, Saoi, you draw a door on the tiles on his floor leading to the basement." Brush the chalk.

"That's it for today, I'll wait for the rest when I get inspiration." The chalk fell into the box.

"Yes, madam." Sai stood at attention and saluted, getting ready for work.

"Then what should I do?" Minato looked at Kinai who had put on a ponytail and put on a jounin uniform.His wife is always so energetic and happy.

"You should rest well if you are sick." Kinai helped Minato turn on the TV.

"I will supervise the work carefully." Minato once thought about whether Kinai would become a kind old lady like Uzumaki Mito or a stern-faced Koharu when she grows old. Now she can only hope that even if she is full Keep the wrinkles on your face elegant and be a handsome old man worthy of your young wife, "Sai, don't be lazy."

"Yes, sir. Please lift your feet, sir." Sai mopped the floor.Mrs. Kinai is becoming more and more opaque day by day, but unless they live together 24 hours a day like him, no one will really think about it when they see a miracle occasionally, not to mention that this lady is very malicious and avoids people.But when the fourth generation's birthday party was held, everyone saw the fourth generation dancing gracefully with his arms around a black shadow that looked like it had been burnt. Sai shuddered. No matter from any angle, the fourth generation was a great person.Sakai couldn't help but sigh, if the girl he liked turned into this dark look, with no hair, no face, only scary eye sockets and an abstract mouth, all naked and unable to distinguish between male and female, would he be able to accept it? Sakai admits that he is a layman who just likes beautiful things.

"Sai, don't be lazy, how long do you have to mop the floor?" Minato pointed while eating the small dried fruit his wife brought to his mouth, and then continued to think about Naruto's future with Kinai.Will he prevent his son from becoming Konoha's first foreign minister? No.A civilian who doesn't need to charge into battle and leaves Konoha several times a year, but who still needs to use absolute force to shock everyone, is really hard for Kakashi to be stupid.Kinai is even less able to stop her. She seems to be bad at water escape, fire escape, earth escape, and Naruto, but her son's mouth escape hehehehaha~

Everything looks happy.

Uchiha Mikoto also thought that she, Itachi, Sasuke and Fugaku would live happily together forever, but Fugaku died.Then live happily with Itachi and Sasuke.But Itachi finally took work as seriously as his dead ghost father and was extremely busy.Then live happily with Sasuke, but Sasuke has friends and then a girlfriend.

but so what

A woman who takes care of her husband and raises her children after getting married may not understand many truths, but a Konoha female Jounin who once stirred up troubles on the battlefield and survived smoothly cannot really only think about things at home.

Just like her son Itachi, the Uchiha clan leader who has successively served as captain of the Konoha ANBU field team, captain of the Yondaime Hokage guard, and captain of the Konoha ANBU field team, it is impossible for him to only want this little thing in the Uchiha family.He believed Itachi.

But Itachi followed his mother all the way, and the more he came into contact with her, the less confident he became.The piercings in the ears are exactly the same, the smell of cooking is exactly the same, and the old injuries on the knees are exactly the same.But is she really his gentle, virtuous and considerate mother?

In the country of hot springs, the hot springs are still hot.

After a big circle, I'm back to the starting point.

On the hillside on the outskirts of the city, there is a rare small cave that is not accessible in all directions.

Itachi was outside the cave, guarding the entrance.

Inside the cave was Uchiha Mikoto, who was finally blocked.In the thick darkness of the night, a voice came from the direction of Uchiha Mikoto, "Itachi, anyone in the world can harm you, even Sasuke. There are not many wealthy families who fight each other for inheritance. Only my mother will not harm you. .”

"I know." But mom, parents treat their children like a bowl of water. In fact, injuries on the back of the hand are taken more seriously than injuries on the palm. The tendons are all on the back of the hand.

"Then, since you know, why do you still trust outsiders and not your own mother?" The voice coming from Uchiha Mikoto was full of tenderness and love.

However, Itachi insisted on remaining unmoved. He wanted to say, Mom, in our family, my father prefers me more. Mom, you treat Sasuke like a pain in the eyes.As a result, for several days, you didn't even ask if it was okay for Sasuke to stay alone in Konoha.This alone is

"Itachi, do you believe mom or not?"

"Mom." Itachi once complained that his father had transferred him to a civilian job, but after thinking about it, he could only feel grateful.The fourth generation is a good teacher. He really learned a lot from the fourth generation in those two years. The most important thing is that the people standing next to the leader must not be chaotic, and the leader must not be chaotic.The more you feel that things are messy and difficult, the calmer you have to be, "Mom, I"

"Itachi, do you believe mom or not?"

"I"

"Itachi, do you believe mom or not?"

""

"Itachi, do you believe mom or not?"

""

"Itachi, do you believe mom or not?"

"" Itachi opened his eyes to the three magatama, followed his fighting instinct and rushed in. Then, he saw a tape recorder in the corner of the cave.An ordinary card recorder.

Itachi picked up the tape recorder, resisted the urge to smash it to pieces and kicked it a few times, and put it properly into the evidence bag, when he heard the sudden commotion of people.The noise came from the quiet city in the dead of night. Itachi frowned and looked back. At the foot of the mountain, the most prosperous commercial street in Yuno Country was in flames.

The blazing light, the soul, the energy

Konoha 63

2 o'clock in the morning