Another half a month passed.
Soon, it was summer.
Everything was still as boring as ever.
Just like Konoha, the Country of Fire.
Naruto Building.
2: 30 in the afternoon.
Cicadas chirped.
The air was hot.
Huo Xuanmen once again walked out of the small black room belonging to the Konoha Intelligence Department — the Psychological Intervention Team. This was the third time Naruto had asked him for help. As expected, it had no effect. Instead, it was the primitive treatment of trying to overcome obstacles by retelling memories.
It strengthened his determination to make up for his mistakes. After all, he was no longer the useless guy from before.
Yes.
That was it. Genma secretly cheered himself on.
He took out his notepad.
He counted the things to do in the afternoon.
He chose the nearest passage to the General Staff Department. He had to go to work.
"Sorry to disturb you.
Lord Unknown Fire. "A person suddenly appeared in front of him. Genma knew him. He was a Chunin from the logistics department.
"What's the matter?"
The logistics employee handed Genma a stack of documents.
"These are the documents that need to be processed by the General Staff Department in the afternoon. Please sign for them."
"Okay." Genma signed. He tore off half of the paper and returned it to him.
Genma continued to walk with the documents in his arms. Suddenly, another person walked out from the dark corner. He was dressed in black and had a dog mask. He was from the dark department.
The dark department employee didn't speak.
He didn't blink.
But Xuan Ma still signed his name very quickly.
He returned the paper.
He picked up more documents.
Then.
Before he could take two steps, he was stopped again.
"Itachi." Genma poked his head out and gave half of the documents to Itachi. "Thank you."
Itachi didn't mind helping the elderly, but he still wanted to make Genma understand: "I'm not here to help you move the documents. The Hokage asked me why the afternoon document hasn't been delivered yet, even though I'm already at work."
"I haven't been to the office yet. You can ask the front desk next time." Genma continued to walk and suddenly realized something. "Ah, is Itachi too embarrassed to ask the female ninja at the front desk of the General Staff Department? That girl looks shy, but she's actually wild. Oh right, she's also your little fan. "
"First of all, I'm not interested in your front desk." Itachi did not like to be teased, but he seemed to be used to the cold jokes of the older generation. "Secondly, I don't know how to do Thor."
"Eh? Is the gate of the General Staff Department blocked again? " Genma was not surprised at all. He piled all the documents on Itachi and let Itachi grab his shoulder.
"I'm just here to urge you." Itachi ignored Huo Xuanmen who was about to make a hand seal. He stuffed all the documents in his hands back into Huo Xuanmen's arms, then placed the documents he brought with him at the top and pointed to the signature spot.
Genma signed.
The weasel tore the logo paper.
"This child has completely lost his passion for work." Genma sighed. He organized the documents neatly, piled them on top of his head, and continued to make seals.
Office of the General Staff
The old air conditioner was not cold, but the old electric fan was spinning very slowly.
"Hey hey hey, who's going to help save my height?" Genma picked up Senbonzaku with his mouth, and called out to everyone not very seriously.
So in the entire large office, all the 24 workers' desks, no one was willing to seriously look up at him. Genma had to take down the documents on top of his head, and quietly shuttled through the neatly arranged desks and chairs. He looked at the documents in his hands, and then gently placed them on the corner of that person's desk. He only spoke again when there were only the documents left that he had to do personally. His tone was a bit enthusiastic. "It's so hot, and everyone has to work overtime. But I have three questions now. First, where are the documents that were not sent out in time? Secondly, all of you had lunch, right? Third, why did the kids outside block the gate today? "
No one rushed to answer.
"011889." Genma only called out names.
The young Chunin who was called out stood up with a face full of loyalty. "Reporting to Mr. Assistant, the documents that were not sent out are all on the Chief of Staff's desk. We ordered takeout from the cafeteria at noon. The entrance was blocked because they heard the latest news that Sir Hiroyuki might really need a long period of recuperation. Sir Four Generations might really let you be the acting Chief of Staff. "
"Okay. I got it. Now, please continue with your work. " Genma didn't seem to care about his subordinate's coldness and the awkward reason at all. He showed a friendly expression as usual.
But he didn't know that Huo Xuanmen would never do that. Therefore, he naturally pulled out a chair and sat at the chief of staff's desk. The documents on the desk that he needed to deal with were placed in the upper right corner. The documents that he needed to send out were also piled up neatly according to the department. But Genma still couldn't help but pick out the documents again. For example, those that he needed to send to Naruto, he divided them into three as usual: those that only needed to be signed and didn't need to be read, those that only Naruto was qualified to rack his brains.
The documents that needed to be handled by Naruto personally had gradually returned to normal. So this extra work also ended quickly. But Genma still didn't send them out as quickly as his subordinate expected by Thor. Instead, he took out a few walnuts and gently tapped them. After a while, he received a handkerchief with walnuts. Genma picked out the broken ones and ate the unattractive ones one by one, then wrapped them in the handkerchief and stuffed them into his pocket. Only then did he satisfactorily put all the documents on his head, made a hand seal, and quietly left the General Staff Department.
Logistics, Intelligence, Security, Black Ops, Naruto's office. Only the head of the Four Generations, Naruto, Bo Fung Watergate, had the qualifications to mark all these places as private coordinates. Therefore, the Huo Xuanmen who didn't know about the Huo Xuanmen only had one department to walk around. The old Naruto building wasn't that big. It was spacious before there weren't so many departments, but now there were more offices, so it was crowded. Especially when there was a line to use the bathroom, it showed the urgent need to build a new Naruto building. And the once straight corridors had become twisted and turned because of the increasing need for security. Sometimes it really felt worse than walking through a maze. Of course, for some people, the more complicated the maze, the more interesting it was. Just like Naruto Uzumaki who left chalk marks and child urine on many walls and corners.
"Do you want to come in or not?"
When Genma heard the voice, he realized that he had already walked down the stairs to the basement of the Naruto building. The door of the Minister of the Black Ops was right in front of him. And under the dim wall lamp's guidance, the mottled water pipe above his head was dripping with water.
Genma hurriedly put down the documents on his head and pushed the door open. Instantly, a chill climbed up his spine, "It's still your place. Unlike the General Staff Department, when the air conditioner broke, only a few old fans were left. I say, Kakashi – why is it you? "
"Kakashi went for special training." The person sitting behind the Minister of the Black Ops's desk was wearing a black cat mask today. Red light still flashed in the two eye sockets from time to time. It was Uchiha Shisui.
"Oh." Genma put down the documents and pointed to his right eye, "He's tired again?"
"On the contrary, the reason why Kakashi's physical reserves can't keep up with the appetite of his eyes is mainly because he's been too lazy recently – if he doesn't persist in training, his physical fitness will decline. This is common sense." Shisui was calm, "Besides, everyone recently reported that the Minister of the Black Ops's administrative efficiency is higher when he's on vacation."
"Hahaha. I think it's because you work faster than him. " Genma first smiled, then frowned worriedly, "But if it's always like this, will it affect your night duty in the guards?"
"Kakashi will be back before 4: 30 p.m. I can get enough sleep before the Lord goes to sleep." Shisui directly responded to Genma, "Also, there's no need to test me. I've never been interested in fighting for power, otherwise I wouldn't have been a dead man for so many years. To be honest, it's really good to have the opportunity to follow the Lord and be an anonymous ninja who secretly maintains world peace. "
"I'm ashamed of myself." Genma, whose thoughts were exposed, thought he would be embarrassed, but in fact, he was already able to be calm.
"Even if there won't be a pervert like Orochimaru -senpai sitting by Naruto's bed in the middle of the night, I still can't let my guard down. It's been hard on you. "
"No, you're the one who's been hard on me." Shisui blinked and changed the subject, "The future humanoid calculator No. 2?"
"No, no." Genma felt his shoulders collapse in an instant, he smiled, "It's all the help of the brothers in the General Staff Department."
"Oh?"
"They're not making trouble, they're helping." Genma's smile turned into a bitter smile, he suddenly realized that the straightforward guy was really annoying, even a joke was so direct, "Haha, sometimes I really envy you elite jonin. Ah, I still remember that you were very popular before you died. "
"You're jealous of a dead man?" Shisui felt annoyed every time he saw Genma's hesitant expression, "Why do I feel more and more that the plot with you is always so slow?"
Genma didn't refute, but took out the bag of walnuts from his pocket and slapped it in front of Shisui, he peeled some snacks for Four Generations -sama. If you need to send a document, send it to him. Eating more walnuts is good for your brain. "
Shisui was speechless, "If you want to send it, send it yourself."
"Watergate -sama said," Genma was a little sad, "If he sees me like this again, he'll kick me to death."
"I also want to kick you to death." Shisui couldn't hold back his anger, he felt that it was time to suggest Naruto cancel the psychological intervention plan on Genma, that kind of thing was not suitable for ninjas at all. "I say, who do you think Bo Fung Watergate is? Although sometimes it's really worrying, he's not so old that he can't move. Even if that day comes, there's still Naruto and Kakashi. Moreover, don't forget why there's such a thing as division of duties. Naruto's duty is to protect Konoha and the Land of Fire, Naruto's guard's duty is to protect Naruto's personal safety and take care of his work and life, the chief of staff's duty is to do everything possible to help Naruto realize his vision. So, do your job well, don't steal other people's jobs, okay? "
"But Uchiha Itachi can't do all his duties now, this is also a fact."
"That's not something you should judge. Since Naruto appointed him, then he has a reason to exist. " Shisui was even more unhappy, he said word by word, "Please, don't think that because you've made a mistake in the past, others must also make the same mistake."
"You don't understand." Genma knew very well that he shouldn't have a conflict with the current guard captain who was trusted by Naruto, but he still couldn't help but want to grab Shisui's collar and tell this Uchiha who just joined "their team" five years ago that a latecomer like him would never understand the regret they experienced.
Regret and hatred.
Konoha Hospital
Advanced Ward
"Then, dad, you can't regret your promise. This time, you can't be soft-hearted and change your mind after a few words of persuasion. " Infield Yamanaka stretched out his pinky finger, "Come on, after the pinky promise, your beautiful daughter still has to do a mission. Seriously, there are only some boring D-level missions in the village."
Hiroyuki Yamanaka hooked his daughter's pinky finger and shook it up and down, "Then don't go."
"Don't be silly. Dad, you don't have an emergency, and you've already decided not to do the surgery, then my previous request for leave has already lost its rationality. " Infield let go of his father's hand, "Your daughter is Konoha's official Genin, I have an obligation to fulfill my duty. And it's in the village, I'll go out and plant a few trees, you take a long afternoon nap, maybe I'll be back before you wake up. "
"Okay, good work, dad's afternoon nap." Hiroyuki Yamanaka watched his daughter go out the door, his mouth said this, but he immediately jumped out of bed and opened the window.
Outside the window, a blonde man wearing an Anbu uniform and a fox mask waved at him.
"You're really in the mood today." Hiroyuki Yamanaka looked up and down at the man, "But next time, please don't suddenly float outside the window of the sixth floor, my Naruto -sama."
"I'm not floating, I'm holding the wall with my hand." The interested Naruto jumped into the room and took off his mask. "Ah, Hiroyuki, I haven't seen you for a month and you've put on quite a bit of weight."
"If you put on weight, you'll be 7 pounds." Hiroyuki Yamanaka had a headache as he looked at Naruto, who had pulled open his collar and was facing the cold air. "What would you like to drink? You look a little hot. "
"I'm not hot."
"Then you want me to notice that you've changed your uniform."
"Ha, that's possible." Naruto sat on the sofa in front of the window, "Don't you think I look younger in the Anbu uniform than in the Jonin uniform?"
"Perhaps." Hiroyuki poured a glass of water. He was a little unsure of Naruto's purpose for sneaking in through the window today. Although there were times when Bo Fung Watergate would cause a little trouble, he would rather believe that the Golden Flash never did anything meaningless.
"Are you guessing the purpose of my visit today?" Naruto didn't drink the water. Instead, he looked around more cautiously, "Tsunade won't suddenly appear, right?"
"No, she won't. With your personality, if you don't want to see her, you'll definitely make sure she won't appear before you come. " Hiroyuki was speechless, "But do you really need to do that? Don't tell me that crazy woman has something on you. Why are you so afraid of her?"
"I'm afraid of trouble." Naruto seemed to be annoyed, "Don't forget that you've been talking about wanting to do the operation for a month. Everything was ready, but you suddenly changed your mind. It's okay to change your mind, but you, can't you just let me deal with it? Why do you have to do it in front of her? You know how difficult it is to deal with that woman. You've caused me a lot of trouble. "
"Come on, the result is obviously what you want." Hiroyuki smiled, "Last time Shikaku let it slip. If he didn't use words to block you, Tsunade wouldn't have come back so quickly."
"Hmph. You even use words from your own brother. "Watergate rolled his eyes at Hiroyuki," Shikaku is the one who pushed the boat with the current. "
"See, see, you admit it. You just want that stupid woman to come back and take the thunder for Yaoshi Dou. "
"Don't say it like Tsunade or Mute are not good doctors."
"Then don't say it like Tsunade and Mute will do the operation without risk." Hiroyuki snorted, "Otherwise, Yaoshi Dou is such a shrewd brat, would he let go of such a great opportunity to become famous? That woman can't take it. "
"Don't say it like that. Anyway, you won't die if you don't do the operation. You just can't work. "Naruto leaned on the sofa and picked his ear.
"Yes, although there are risks in conservative treatment, it's slow to die. If you drag it for a few years, you'll be cured. If you can't, you'll really die of illness. Who doesn't get sick? But now? What if something happens to someone who looks fine after the operation? I'm an important person with high prestige. If something really happens, how can Yaoshi Dou stay in Konoha in the future? " Hiroyuki also sat on the sofa on the other side. "So, if the operation is successful, of course, everyone will be happy. But if there's an accident? It doesn't matter if Tsunade has an accident. Anyway, Konoha won't lose anything if she runs away. But Kabuto is different. You spent so much effort to subdue him. It's a loss if he runs away. And if we lose Tsunade, we still have Kabuto. But if we lose Kabuto, Tsunade might not be able to come back. "
"You're so annoying. Why do you have to be so blunt? You deserve to have something in your head. Smart people should learn to shut up." Naruto finally picked up the cup on the table and shook it.
"Smart people also know when to speak." Inoichi looked at the somewhat gloomy Hokage, "Well, now you won't doubt that the decision I made wasn't from my original intention. Not only is it my intention, but I've also considered all parties. "
"I just had to confirm it in person because you didn't discuss it with anyone before." Naruto sat up straight and became serious.
"Infield and I actually discuss it every day. Infield said that she's afraid. So it's better to treat it conservatively first. When it's really time to treat it and die immediately, she won't be afraid. To be honest, I'm actually very afraid too, Watergate. I wasn't afraid eight years ago because if I didn't risk it, I wouldn't be able to braid Infield's hair in the future. And this time it's obviously much earlier than the last time. Although the risk of the operation is lower than the last time, what if it happens? Conservative treatment can't cure me, but it'll take a long time for it to worsen. So long that I have enough time to do a lot of things for Infield. " Hiroyuki grinned and said jokingly, but he immediately became serious. He sighed, stood up, and stood at attention. "Reporting to the head of the Four Generations, Lord Naruto, Chief of Staff Hiroyuki Yamanaka, applying for retirement."
"I accept your application." Bo Fung Watergate also sighed. "Then, congratulations on your early retirement. Elder Konoha, Hiroyuki Yamanaka. "
"I'm sorry, Lord." Hiroyuki bowed deeply. Although his reasons for retirement were valid, in reality, he did give up his duties early because he could still work for Konoha for a few more years. "I'm really sorry."
"No need to be sorry, it's not your fault."
"Then, Lord, please remember that it's not your fault either."
"All right, all right." Naruto's expression suddenly became playful. He reached out and patted Hiroyuki's shoulder, helping him up. "Then whose fault is it?"
"How about Tsunade?" Hiroyuki clapped his hands. "A fat sheep."
"Great, she'll do." Watergate nodded, looked at the clock on the wall, and picked up his mask. He knew that he should go back to the office to continue working, but sitting on the sofa and basking in the sun was really comfortable.
"Are you going back?" Hiroyuki asked.
"Yes, I snuck out." Watergate winked and disappeared.
Hiroyuki closed the window, poured out the water that Watergate didn't drink, washed the cup, and then bowed deeply in the direction of Naruto's building. "I'm really sorry, Watergate."
Apologizing was useful, but it was better than not apologizing at all.
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