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

The last day of March 61 in Konoha

capital of fire country

7:45 p.m.

The first lantern

The cheerful and warm atmosphere is spreading, and some people have already started drinking and singing in preparation for the carnival after tomorrow's wedding.Guests from all over the world also arrived, and people wearing different clothes and speaking with different accents filled the streets.The people of the Fire Country, who are as enthusiastic as fire, happily come and go to see the excitement, and the excited vendors also walk around the streets and prepare to make a fortune. In short, you can't secretly enjoy yourself when you encounter something happy. But it is a truth recognized in the Land of Fire.

Of course, our gentlemen ninjas don’t dare to play like this. Whether they are from Konoha or ninjas from other countries who come with businessmen and dignitaries, they all feel as if they are facing a formidable enemy. They are nervously guarding against each other in the shadows of corners. Who knows how many there are. Come to fish in troubled waters and cause trouble.

Anyway, one of the guests, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Water, looked at the prosperous scene of the Kingdom of Fire, and quietly sighed that the complete alliance between the Kingdom of Wind, the most populous among the five major countries in the world, and the Kingdom of Fire, which has unique natural resources, is not the kind of thing that can happen anytime, anywhere. The only treaty that can be broken is a marriage.In other words, when the royal blood of the Kingdom of Fire mixes with the royal blood of the Kingdom of Wind, if an heir is successfully produced, at least in the eyes of the people, the two countries will already be one family.In addition, economic cooperation, which everyone had doubts about, has already brought about various visible benefits.

"Hey." The short, hunchbacked old man paced around like an ordinary foreign tourist, tapping his stick on the ground, "Will Minato Namikaze come tomorrow? If he doesn't come to the capital, we have to meet him. Does he have to wait until the wedding is over to go to Konoha to negotiate with Konoha? How safe is it? Mizukage, you are also a shadow of the village, compare your feelings, how high is the success rate of our negotiations with that golden-haired boy? "

"Sir." Mizukage Terumi Mei frowned slightly. Although she followed him all the way, she still couldn't adapt to the barrage of questions. She didn't remember so many words at all, how to answer, "I'm just a ninja, ninja It’s a knife.”

"Hahaha." The old prime minister of the Kingdom of Water smiled calmly, stroking his silver mustache, "Don't belittle yourself. Look at Minato Namikaze, it's really a shame to just be a ninja. I don't believe you don't envy him."

"There's nothing to envy." Terumi Mei combed her hair, "But, I admire you a little enough to be honest."

"I admire you, but I have only exchanged a few telegrams with him, and have never met him in person. Although the legend is really long, but the credibility of the legend is true, how can he not miss the leader of our country? Regardless of status, age, appearance, I'm quite suitable for you, so you should seriously consider it. Anyway, what everyone is discussing is that our country and Hidden Village will be completely tied together in the future, right? What a good thing. As for each other. In terms of trust and feasibility, what better idea is there than for you to marry our king directly? It just so happens that the king also has a good impression of you."

"Hehehe." Terumi Mei smiled dryly this time.She didn't know how to answer this question.Should I say she was honored to be favored by a handsome and well-known guy like the king, or it was unfortunate that she didn't like the handsome king.

Fortunately, the old man did not discuss this issue in depth.He even finished speaking as if he had completely forgotten what he had just said.He is already 70 years old and has seen everything. At the end of his life, he doesn’t care much about anything anymore.His life experience told him that if you want to achieve something, you can't force it, it's better to let nature take its own course.After all, there are never good things in this world forever, because good things can be followed by bad things.Therefore, although his king considered that it would be better to marry "Sword" directly and take it home, can men and women from two completely different worlds really live harmoniously together like the one Namikaze Minato arranged for the Wind and Fire Alliance? Of course, if the marriage goes well, the world will be harmonious and stable, but if it goes wrong, I wish the two countries of Wind and Fire will continue to fight each other for another 200 years. I wish that damn Minato Namikaze loses no descendants and has no descendants, so that he can be a good ninja and not have to play politics. .

Politics, it's such a good thing, so good that it seems like ninja villages all over the world are starting to make moves. Thinking about a world fully controlled by weapons makes me feel numb.

"Hey, I didn't forget to report the family sacrifice to Naiweng." The old man seemed to have remembered something again. He glanced at the young female ninja who was following behind him and kept looking at the young female ninja who was selling jewelry in the street. He continued to walk on his arm. Ayumu sighed. Mizukage is 30 years old and is still a woman. Women should marry home. "I said, Terumi Mei. Tell me more about the legendary young Hokage. What is the golden flash?" I hope it’s not as complete as the Kazekage I just met today, I can’t say.”

Konoha Anbu warns you, stop comparing us Hokage and Kazekage.

Fire Country Konoha

It's already dark, less than 8 o'clock

The smoke gradually disappears

The special ward underground of Konoha Hospital is about to be marked as "Hokage only".

Kakashi waved away the two ANBU on duty at the door, took the food box, pushed the door open and walked in.The lights were on in the outhouse, but there was no one there. It looked like Kabuto had run away shrewdly.Kakashi sighed and gently pushed open the door to the back room. The thick curtains on the only small window were tightly drawn and dark.Minato Namikaze was lying on the bed with a thin blanket rolled up on his side, his face facing the wall, his eyes closed, and he seemed to be asleep.But how could Kakashi not be able to tell whether the person is asleep or awake?

"Teacher, get up and eat. Naruto has cooked warm noodles for you." Kakashi opened the food box and took out the bowl. In an instant, the fragrant warm smell spread throughout the room.

Unfortunately, the answer Kakashi heard was still the sound of breathing in sleep.

Kakashi put down the bowl, walked over and touched Namikaze Minato's forehead, "Do you feel uncomfortable somewhere?"

"I don't feel comfortable anywhere." Minato grabbed Kakashi's hand and threw it away.

"Then get up and eat." Kakashi, who was busy with work, was a little impatient. He grabbed Minato's arm and pulled him up, "I'm full."

Nothing happened. Kakashi was interrupted before he could finish his sentence. He reached out and gently pulled Minato's hand around his neck, "Teacher, calm down, calm down. It's me, Kakashi, Your only disciple who is still alive. Look, my neck is definitely red from being pinched. If you pinch me for a while longer, I will die."

"It doesn't matter, you are still wasting food anyway." Namikaze Minato ruffled Kakashi's hair with one hand and continued to exert force with the other.

Kakashi couldn't speak now. He wanted to stretch out his arms to knock the person away, but he saw that the back of the teacher's head was pointing at the wall lamp. He was not sure whether the teacher in his current state would be injured, so he could only continue to hold on. It took a long time for the teacher's arm to be pulled away.He quickly hugged the teacher's shoulders and panted, "Calm down. It's me. Kakashi."

"I know it's you." Minato broke away from Kakashi's arms, climbed up, and put on his shoes. "Bang." The toilet door closed.

Kakashi listened to the sound of washing inside, rubbed his neck and sighed, "Teacher, the chief of staff asked me to ask you, are you still going to the capital tomorrow? The capital."

"Aren't you afraid that I will go on a killing spree in the capital?" Minato took his head out of the pool, looked at himself with a pale face in the glasses, felt disgusted, and put his head down again.

Kakashi frowned. He stood up and quickly knocked on the toilet door, "Then who speaks on your behalf? I think, anyway, the third generation of adults is already in the capital, but he said that he always speaks at funerals and has a bad reputation. Well, he is old, so he will not be responsible if he says the wrong thing."

Minato didn't answer. The cold water rushing to his head felt very comfortable, and he was a little reluctant to get up.

But Kakashi outside was even more anxious. He turned the door handle and found that the door was locked from the inside, "Teacher, what are you doing?"

"Sleepwalking." Minato was irritated by the sound of the door lock, but he still raised his head and opened the door for Kakashi.

Kakashi opened the door and saw Minato who was soaked as if he had been caught in a heavy rain. He quickly wrapped a towel around him and wiped his dripping hair, "Teacher, restrain yourself, restrain yourself. If you really want to vent, You can beat me up for a while. If you don't like beating me up, you can go beat me up. Don't torture yourself."

Minato was noncommittal.

"Teacher, take off your wet clothes." Kakashi wiped Minato's hair to keep it from dripping, turned up the temperature of the air conditioner, found clean clothes and handed them over, "Quickly put them on."

Minato seemed to be in a better mood. He changed his clothes obediently and asked, "You just said they asked who to speak for me. You tell me."

"I'm stationed in Konoha."

"I'm in Konoha."

It is precisely because you are in Konoha that teacher Kakashi continued to help the teacher wipe his hair, "Anyway, I can't. A large number of people are in the capital, and you alone are not enough in Konoha."

"Then let the senior leaders in Konoha guess the game." Minato snatched the towel from Kakashi's hand, "It's the same for everyone anyway."

"Okay." Kakashi shrugged, just guess the game.He smiled at the teacher who seemed to be in a much better mood.

Taking advantage of the situation, he pushed the noodles forward, grabbed the towel back, and put the chopsticks in his hands, "Eat quickly, it will get cold in a while. Naruto is so busy now and still remembers to cook dinner for his father."

Minato stirred slowly in the bowl with chopsticks, then put Kakashi's foot in his hand, "Where's Naruto?"

"work overtime."

"You lied to me."

"Understaffed."

"You have time to cook, but don't have time to visit his father who is locked up in the hospital? Where is Naruto?"

"Teacher Naruto." Kakashi didn't know how to answer.

"Ah, I know what you are thinking. Now that I have a serious violent tendency, it is better not to let Naruto get close. In fact, I don't want Naruto to know that his father still has such a shameful look." Minato Smiling, he put down his chopsticks, "And who told me to have a criminal record? But I couldn't help it. Naruto was young at the time, and Naruto was so young. If I really couldn't survive, of course I couldn't leave Naruto alone. suffer."

"Teacher, don't talk about these unhappy things. It's been a long time."

"At that time, Naruto was less than 3 years old. I asked him if he would like to be with his father forever. He said to me in a soft voice that he was willing. So I strangled him by the neck, just like I had just strangled him. You. But my son's neck is different from yours, and different from the enemies I have encountered before. It is so soft and thin. It would be great if we could end everything by then. I will take Naruto with me. Find Qinai, we can be reunited as a family."

"Teacher." Kakashi held Minato's shoulders and applied a little force, "Think about what you have done and look forward. Get well soon. As for the past, let it be. Look at Naruto being silly and happy all day long. Be a bit happier."

"Well, Silly Silly, that's you, my Naruto..." Minato didn't shake Kakashi away this time, he lowered his head and sighed slightly, "He wants to go out , he wants to travel around the world like Mr. Jiraiya. He doesn’t like Konoha, but I can’t let him go out. It’s too dangerous outside. I’m just a son. If something happens to him.”

"Teacher, no." Kakashi sighed.

"Why didn't you take him with you last time in the Land of Waves? He was almost assassinated by Haku, yes, the Haku next to Zabuza."

"That was an accident, really teacher."

"It's your accident, it's your negligence. Even after watching Naruto grow up, you didn't pay enough attention to him. How do you ask me to trust other people?"

"Then you believe that Naruto will make Naruto stronger." Kakashi restrained his low inner roar and shook Namikaze Minato, as if this could make him sober.

But Minato was still silent in his own thoughts, "Believe me, of course I believe in my son. But how powerful do you think he is? Don't tell me those terms and explanations for the common people. It's not like you don't know what a Jinchuriki is." Look at Gaara, what's the difference between Naruto and Gaara except for the different sealing techniques? Tell the truth, do you really treat Gaara as a normal and ordinary ninja? And that old immortal? Uzumaki Mito, she is willing to turn herself into a monster for her husband, no one can stop her, but why did she bring my wife with her? Do you know how painful it is to become a Jinchuriki Kinai? Do you know that when a Jinchuriki uses powers that are not his own? How painful is it? Qinai is shouting pain, she is in pain."

"Okay, teacher, it's okay, it's okay." Kakashi patted Minato on the back, "Calm down and think about good things. If Kinai-chan hadn't been a Jinchuuriki, she might not have survived to adulthood given her character. Our family The same goes for Naruto. And he also said it himself, with unlimited chakra and super recovery ability, others can't get it if they want it."

"Take it if others want it. If there really wasn't anything I could do at that time, why would I still have you? Why should I announce Naruto's affairs to the public? I come back so tired every day that I have to find time to teach you, an idiot, how to use the seal." Technique, isn’t it because I’m afraid that no one will be able to take care of Naruto if I die?”

"Please be sensible. Naruto is the son of Sister Qinai and you. Apart from the Kyuubi, his own power will not be inferior to yours. Your sealing technique cannot limit his rapid growth at all, okay?"

"But have you ever thought about what Kyuubi would say to Naruto if he opened the seal and met Kyuubi? His incompetent and selfish father and poor mother, how do you want me to explain to my lovely son? Tell me He, his beloved father is a sinner. He not only killed countless people, but even killed his mother with his own hands, leaving him with a tragic life."

"Teacher, you didn't kill Sister Qinai. Naruto lives a very happy life. You saved many more people than you killed."

"You lie, Kakashi, you always lie to me. Then why do I see those blood-red things when I close my eyes, Kinai's hair, smashed internal organs, with yellow fat and green bile inside? White skinned flesh, what stupid thing did I do to invent something like the Rasengan? Do you know Kakashi, since I started using the Rasengan, I can’t even count how many people have died in my hands. Yes, they are all broken."

Kakashi hugged Minato tighter, "Don't say stupid things. The matter is over. Being strong is a good thing, it can help us protect important people. You see everyone admires you so much. You didn't do anything wrong, really. .”

"You lied to me, Kakashi, you always lied to me that I never protected the important people."

"Then who am I?" Kakashi whispered softly, "Naruto, who am Kai and Anko, the Hokage Guards, everyone in Konoha and the Land of Fire? Believe me, you didn't hurt anyone, you Saved everyone."

"But what's on and under the memorial tablet doesn't matter."

"Not everyone will get something bad when they throw dice. Don't let everything happen to you." Kakashi smiled and let go of Minato, "Stop thinking about it. Get better soon and you can see Naruto soon." , if you keep struggling for two more days, I won't help you hide it from Naruto. Do you really want Naruto to see you like this? Come on, eat something and continue to sleep. You need sleep. Everything will be fine when you are full. Get better.”

Minato finally raised his head and reached for the bowl on the table.But Kakashi quickly took the bowl away, took out a pack of biscuits and opened the package, "It's cold, eat this. Your favorite brand, original. Do you want some water?"

Minato bit the biscuit mechanically and shook his head mechanically.But Kakashi still put the water into Minato's hand and patted his back gently, "Slow down, eat and go back to sleep. I will take care of everything and nothing will happen."

Minato nodded, "You don't have to worry too much about me, I'm just"

"I know, I know, come on, teacher." Kakashi saw that the teacher had quickly finished the biscuits, and took a towel to help him wipe his hands, "I have confidence in you, sleep well for a few days, you are just a little tired , it will be fine after you rest.

"I hope." Minato sighed and stretched out his hand, "Give me some sleeping pills."

"Teacher, don't take that kind of thing again. The medicine you can take will continue to damage your poor gastric mucosa." Kakashi hesitated, then took out the medicine bottle and carefully poured out one pill.

"What's the use of my stomach? Let me fall asleep quickly. If I can't sleep anymore, I might as well." Minato grabbed the medicine bottle, "Give it all to me. Tsunade has already taken all the special medicine. An ordinary medicine like this One or two pieces of the stuff won’t work at all.”

Kakashi hurriedly took the bottle out of the teacher's hand and carefully poured out another pill, "Double it, no more, really."

Minato rolled his eyes at Kakashi, took it, and swallowed it without even drinking water.Then he grabbed the blanket and continued to wrap himself on the bed.

Kakashi sighed and opened the thick curtains slightly, "Go to sleep, you will be fine when the sun shines in at dawn."

"Get out." The corner of Minato's eyes glanced at the brilliant galaxy outside. He always felt a little awkward and finally couldn't help but cover his head with the quilt, "Don't let me beat you out."

Kakashi could only carry the noodles and quietly close the door.Outside, Kabuto has returned.

"The more you know, the sooner you will die." Kakashi glanced at Kabuto.

"I just came back." Kabuto's voice was relaxed, but his expression was heavy.

"In short, no matter how many times you have heard it, please forget it." Kakashi smiled at Kabuto, put the noodles in front of Kabuto, took out the Flying Thunder God communicator and shook it at Kabuto, "I was serially called by Death, Noodles Don’t waste it.”

Kabuto nodded and watched Kakashi disappear as he began to eat cooked tomatoes, beaten egg whites and egg whites, green vegetables that produced green juice when bitten, and soaked and swollen noodles. They were all related to the broken body. Not on.

Those who save others often cannot save themselves

Tomorrow is a festive day, but the weather forecast says it will be cloudy and rain heavily