Should we believe in miracles?
Of course. People who couldn't fight against fate could still live happily.
But if we ask those who think they have the ability to resist fate,
For example,
The Kage of a ninja village. They will tell you,
Never believe in miracles, because the moment you hope for a miracle to happen,
It can only prove that..,
Things..,
Are no longer under your control.
Konoha, the Land of Fire
Konoha Hospital
Konoha, 61.
September 14.
Sarutobi was the same as before,
He sat in the inpatient department of Konoha Hospital from morning to afternoon. His loyal butler brother was still lying on the hospital bed,
Other than the rise and fall of his chest due to the pressure of the ventilator, he did not move at all.
Yes, people are not gods, people have life and death. Our old Naruto looked at the sky,
He sighed as he walked out of the ward. He did not go home today. Instead, he continued to walk deeper into the hospital. He did not know how long he had walked until he saw the stainless steel door with the laboratory nameplate hanging on it, and only then did he stop. Sarutobi did not understand why Bo Fung Watergate could tolerate such a tasteless door at the entrance of a cave full of Konoha? The door should have been made of wood, even if it was made of iron,
It should have been painted several times like the Konoha door,
Not this big, shiny block of ice. It was cold,
So cold that it was as if as long as the door was opened,
The ground would be filled with the smell of formalin, as well as internal organ specimens whose shelf life was unknown, and his disciple, Orochimaru.
Finally, the Anbu guarding the door seemed to be unable to stand the huge aura emitted by the former Naruto and showed himself. "Well, Third Generation Leader, do you want to enter the laboratory?"
"I'm looking for Yaoshi Dou."
"Then, do you have an appointment with the Medicine Master?" The Anbu said carefully. "No, I mean, maybe he forgot the time in his experiment. That kind of researcher, ah, no, I'd better call him for you."
"No need, I'll go find him myself." Old Naruto ignored the Anbu's attempt to stop him. Instead, he entered the ninja number on the keyboard by the door, and then pressed the three fingerprints according to the prompt. Then, he stood on his feet and aimed his eyes at the iris scanner. Finally, just listen
With a "beep" sound, the door opened under the surprised gaze of the Dark Unit.
Sarutobi took advantage of the fact that the door wasn't closed and hurried in. He heaved a sigh of relief. Although Bo Fengran and Watergate had clearly informed him that as the former Naruto, he had the right to enter at any time when he wanted to, it was still his first time here. That couldn't hide the fact that he hated this place. He hated the corridor with pale lights and the young Shadow Guards who looked at him like he was a potential traitor. He hated it so much that he wanted to destroy it.
But so what if he hated him? After hesitating for a few days, he still took the initiative to come over.
"Third generation head, good morning."
"It's already afternoon." Old Naruto stood at the door of his office for a while. He watched the young man in a white coat in front of him open the door for him, get him a stool, and then continue to gently shake the test tube in his hand. It was very dazzling.
Yaoshi Dou smiled innocently.
“
Please wait a moment, I need a few more minutes. "
The third generation head could only sit down silently, lower his eyes, and try to ignore the furnishings in the warehouse-like room. For example, rows of human organ specimens soaked in glass jars on the shelves, and the dead body with drooping arm muscles behind the white screen with the Konoha logo. He really wanted to destroy this place, more than he wanted to destroy Orochimaru.
But Sarutobi didn't get angry and use his Chakra. Yes, what could he do even if he wanted to destroy it? Since Bo Fung Watergate dared to do this without telling him, and even dared to let him come after he was done, it was enough to prove that the anger of a former Naruto was nothing to be concerned about.
But it was really laughable.
Sarutobi couldn't figure it out. When did things become like this? Why did he have to chase away Orochimaru after doing the same thing, but Watergate's little friend, Dou, was able to live like a hero? Could it be that a mere scroll could do it? Sarutobi took out the scroll from Naruto's office. The first half of the scroll was a printed medical experiment manual, and the second half was a disclaimer that he had personally copied. "I am willing to use my broken body to make a final contribution to Konoha's medical industry. I know all the consequences of participating in the medical experiment, and I also agree to bear the consequences." Applicant, Sarutobi's servant (signed by Sarutobi's head, Sarutobi). Finally …
"Lord Sandaime? Sorry for the long wait. "
Old Naruto looked up and saw that he was still harmless. "Dou, you finally escaped from your roots, but Watergate sent you to this place to do this kind of thing. You must be feeling bad."
Dou smiled and reached out his hand.
Sarutobi could only put the opened scroll in Dou's hand solemnly.
Dou also seemed to check the scroll carefully. Finally, after Bo Fung Watergate's signature, he followed his own name — the head of Konoha's medical laboratory, Yaoshi Dou. Then he showed it to Sarutobi, tied the scroll up, and stuffed it into the file cabinet behind him.
"Just leave it like that?" Sandaime looked at the scroll and sighed deeply. "If you lose it, don't expect Little Watergate to solve any big problems for you."
"But if no one can find it, wouldn't it be even worse?" Dou closed the cabinet door, pushed his glasses, and picked up the test tube again.
Sandaime looked at Dou who was still smiling. After a few seconds of silence, he stood up. "Then I'll be leaving."
"Go ahead."
"I wish you a good ending." Sarutobi finished his last sentence and went back the way he came without hesitation. When he realized that he was standing at the window again, he was already back in the inpatient ward. The old man on the bed was still as withered as a piece of firewood eaten by worms. But, maybe he could get a new lease of life? Anyway, even if he couldn't, the firewood could be used for cooking.
That would be a good ending, right? Old Naruto sighed, walked out of the hospital, and lit his pipe.
Light smoke, and the sun was setting.
At this moment …
Naruto Building
"Greetings, Lord Four Generations."
"Thank you for your hard work." Bo Fung Watergate pushed open the door of the conference room and nodded to the busy people around him.
"To serve Konoha."
"…" Watergate felt that he should reply to these neat young people — Everything is for the benefit of the Fire Nation or world peace. But Naruto, who had an awkward illness, was always lucky. He was blocked by the female elder Konoha, Xiaochun, at the door. There was no need to think about it.
"…"
"Is there something you need?"
"Yes."
"Say it."
Xiaochun silently looked at the people coming and going.
Five minutes later, Naruto's office.
Bo Fung Watergate looked at Xiaochun, who had a serious expression, and waved his hand to ask Itachi to remove all the Shadow Guard. "You can say it now."
"Didn't you notice?"
"What?"
Xiaochun frowned. "We didn't prepare a group wedding this year!"
"Huh?" The young Naruto blinked and tilted his head tiredly. He felt that he was dizzy from the afternoon of meetings.
"A group wedding! There's no group wedding this year. At this time in the past, the Elder Council would be busy preparing for the wedding. "
"Oh." Naruto stifled a yawn. "There weren't many people who applied for marriage this year, and Konoha still needs a lot of money. It's too extravagant to hold a group wedding for just a few people."
"But the point is, as Naruto, shouldn't you be more worried about why there aren't enough people for a group wedding this year?"
Naruto looked at his watch. Since the female elder didn't have anything important to do this time, he should hurry up and sign a few more documents.
"Please take it seriously."
"I know, I know. It's related to the most important issue of Konoha's birth rate." Naruto pulled out a chair and sat down. He opened the document and picked up a pen.
But the old woman immediately threw a folder in front of him.
"Since you know, then take a look at Konoha's birth rate."
Watergate frowned after reading it. "That's not right. There aren't many newborns, but there are a lot of children in Konoha. I just went to the orphanage a few days ago, and I think you should go down there more often. I've been hearing about their desperate need for money for the past few years, and I didn't have the time to take care of it. Now, the orphanage has already opened to the fifth courtyard. "
"Ah, since we're talking about it. Although such words are inconsistent with Konoha's consistent propaganda, those children who are picked up from the outside, regardless of whether they are safe or not, their physical fitness and talent are far worse. In fact, even if they are lucky enough to become ninjas in the end, there won't be many of them. "
Watergate looked at the wrinkles on Xiaochun's face and suddenly felt a little unhappy. He knew that the female elder was just looking for trouble because of the large sum of money he gave to the orphanage a few days ago. Really, he had been very careful to avoid the Elder Council. "Ahem, even those who aren't outstanding can become ninjas and work loyally for Konoha. Also, don't compare the peacetime data with the war data. Humans weren't cats or dogs. Dogs wouldn't bite people after a few months. Humans would grow as they aged. For example, I'm also an orphan who was picked up, and I wasn't good at school. "
"Don't try to change the concept." The old woman seemed a little angry. "It's not the same."
"What's the difference? If he can extract Chakra, he can become a ninja. Even if he doesn't have Chakra, if he dares to do it, I dare to wear a forehead protector." Naruto interrupted the old woman's words. At this time, he really didn't want to have a conflict with the Elder Council. "Let's continue with the group wedding. Why do we have a group wedding? In addition to money and time, it's also because the young ninjas in Konoha didn't have any elders to help them with the wedding. But now, the number of people who want a group wedding is decreasing. Doesn't that mean that the awkward situation is getting better? Otherwise, marriage is a once-in-a-lifetime event, which bride doesn't want to be the only one in the eyes of the world? You're also a woman, don't you think I'm right? "
"…" Xiaochun opened her mouth.
"But even so, the Elder Council can't slack off. There are still a lot of bachelors in Konoha, and there's a bunch of them around me. So, if there are too many people who want to get married in a short period of time, we still have to continue the group wedding. After all, it's easier to arrange a group of people to take a break than to arrange it in twos and threes. So, my dear elders, you won't lose your jobs. "
"…" Xiaochun closed her mouth.
"Then." Naruto looked at the mountain of documents on the table, then looked at the sky. He found that after talking for a whole day, not only was his throat dry, even his stomach was hungry. "That's all for today."
Then, Xiaochun was politely asked to leave Naruto's office. She could only stand in the dark corridor, silently roaring in her heart. Watergate, you little bastard, I haven't even mentioned the strange scroll you gave to Sandaime yet! If you don't have any ulterior motives, give me a chance to say it in front of you! Bastard!
"Dang dang dang! Dang dang! "
"Elder sama, Fourth Generations sama is no longer in the office."
"As Naruto, you're always late and leave early every day!"
"Please be careful with your words, sama is only at the bottom level."
Or is it Naruto Building?
Mission Hall.
Genin Mission Area.
Our Naruto had just squeezed out a Shadow Guard who was on alert. Cough, of course he wasn't on a whim, but this position was very suitable for observation, no, it was to visit his son without being discovered.
As for his cute son Naruto Uzumaki? Right now, he was in front of the mission hall's checkout window. Yep, he was at the front of the line. This proved that today's boring mission wasn't a waste of time. Looking at his son and Fugaku's cub's pants and collars, they were clean, which proved that the mission wasn't a waste of time for them. Moreover, the two pitiful little Genin were also restless in the line, their mouths were muttering and their hands were constantly moving. Thinking back to when they just became Genin, they were as tired as dead dogs when they went home every day. Sure enough, the life of a Genin can no longer consume their extra energy.
It's really troublesome.
Watergate Daddy glanced at Yamato, who was leaning against the wall and dozing off, thinking, should he increase the training for the two boys? But now, this Shadow Guard disguised by Naruto could only count heads while waiting. He didn't understand, it was clear that the mission reward had already been settled with the Bankbook, but why was there still a line in the Genin area to hand in the mission book? More importantly, why didn't anyone protest when it was so troublesome? In short, this Naruto, who always spent a lot of time on the desk, finally realized that he seemed to have been away from the bottom level for a long time.
"Sama."
Watergate looked up and saw a black hand pulling the corner of his clothes.
"Master Naruto is coming out."
Minato's father pounced on him almost instantly. But his reason still made him wait at the gate of Naruto's building. He was not a fool to peep at his son every day. He clearly met his son when he got off work. Yes, it was just a chance encounter, and he wanted to walk with his son.
But the moment Naruto saw his father, he almost had the same idea and almost directly rushed up. But Naruto's reason also told him that although no one dared to say that to Naruto's family's young master, it was really embarrassing for a 14-year-old man to make childish actions and expressions. Especially, Sasuke hasn't left yet.
"What's wrong, Naruto, did something happen today?" Watergate Daddy pulled Naruto's hand as usual, but he was rejected.
"No, no." Naruto answered absent-mindedly. He saw that Sasuke had already turned around to go home, and after confirming that there was no one around his father, he secretly held his father's hand. His father's hand was still big and thin, but strong.
“
But you don't look too happy today, Dad. "
"No, no, it's just that my brain is a little numb after talking for a whole day." Watergate smiled. Naruto's hand was no longer chubby, and his bones were starting to become stronger, but it was still very warm. "Why were you hiding just now? Is your hand injured?"
"No, ah, it's just that, Dad, do you feel it?" Naruto looked around. The Konoha locals seemed to be used to Naruto walking hand in hand with his son, but there were a lot of foreigners recently, so … "It's weird to walk hand in hand with Dad at 14 years old."
"You're only 13."
"I'll be 14 in less than a month."
Watergate looked at his son, who was almost as tall as his shoulder, and suddenly felt that it was indeed strange. It was as if the little brat sitting on his shoulder not long ago had grown up overnight. "Naruto, you've grown a lot taller this year. I remember that you only reached my chest when you just graduated."
"Right, right." Naruto wanted to jump around with his father like before, but the streets were full of people his age who would not do that anymore. "So it's really strange. If you don't believe me, look, no one is like us."
"Really?" Watergate Daddy asked, but he knew in his heart that his son could indeed be called a young man. At least in their era, a 14-year-old was already a full-fledged adult, but it was obviously abnormal back then. So … "It's not strange, not strange at all. They don't hold hands because their father and son relationship is not as good as ours. Look at Sasuke and his father, they haven't held hands since they were young, right?"
"That's because there's something wrong with their family's personality," Naruto complained.
"So it's clearly someone else's family that's special." Watergate found that when he said this, he held his son's hand even tighter. Of course, Naruto would no longer disappear in the blink of an eye like when he was young, but if he did not hold hands now, it would be even more impossible when he was older.
"Oh, Dad, do you have to be so clingy with your son?" Naruto sighed, but still compromised to his father's insistence. Anyway, at most, it would be a little embarrassing if they were seen. There was no need to make his father unhappy over such a small matter.
"Hehe." Watergate Daddy, who got what he wanted, could not help but secretly make a "V" with his other hand. He firmly believed that if his wife, Kina Maelstrom, was following them, not only would she be following them, but she would also be nagging at them with her unreasonable logic. For example, if she were to hold Naruto's hand, their little Naruto would not be in such a dilemma. "Naruto, look at that mother and daughter over there. The daughter is already in her twenties, but she's still holding hands with her mother. It's very normal."
"But Dad, look at that auntie and that little girl over there. Women are different creatures, okay? They're born to hold hands. They even pee together." Naruto unconsciously shuddered. "Dad, just imagine, you and Sasuke's father just held hands, and then, cough, pee, that's not very hygienic."
"Uh." To be honest, Watergate Daddy felt his stomach churn. "Naruto, we're on the road to delicious food. Can you not say such things that spoil my appetite?"
"Wait, Dad, aren't we going to the market to buy groceries?"
"No, we're going to have some fun, and then go to the night market to digest."
"Then what are Kakashi and Eero going to eat tonight? There's nothing in the fridge!"
"Who cares? They won't starve to death."
What kind of people are family?
…
There were still six hours until September 15th, Kakashi's 29th birthday.
But it seemed that not many people cared.
Lame Joke
When he was young, Kakashi was always proud of being a genius, until his teacher, Watergate, couldn't take it anymore and asked him to copy Naruto.
Quote from the Great Quotes of the World's Great Figures: Excerpt from the Encyclopedia
Wisdom is your own ability to observe and interpret the truth of the world. Intelligence is the ability to understand and even explain the observation and interpretation of the truth of the world by others, so that even idiots can understand it. Therefore, a person who has an independent view of the world and himself, and who can understand the independent view of the world and himself, is called an intelligent person who meets the standard of intelligence.
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