60 Years in Konoha
Konoha, Land of Fire
January 4
At 5 AM, there was no moon or sun.
Minato House
Naruto Uzumaki got up on time again.
He felt that a ninja was responsible for maintaining combat effectiveness at all times, so sleeping in was a butcher's knife that destroyed combat effectiveness. Therefore, he was determined to keep a distance from a certain ninja who was always proud of being late. In fact, he had always been doing this. But it seemed that no one paid special attention to his thoughts and actions. Of course, Naruto had never deliberately mentioned his efforts to others, not even to his father.
In fact, Naruto still hoped to get his father's praise and affirmation in this regard, but he really didn't want to talk about these trivial things to his father, who couldn't wait to fall on the bed as soon as he got home. For example, he was wearing clothes now. God, he didn't want to wear this damn bright orange shirt. He really didn't want to wear it. But his father always thought that not objecting meant that he liked it, so he had to face the awkward situation of wanting to close his eyes every time he opened the wardrobe door. Well, he guessed that this was one of the reasons why he didn't like to turn on the light.
In short, Naruto Uzumaki didn't have the habit of turning on the light. It was said that when he was a child, he was afraid of the dark, so his father asked him not to turn on the light as a form of exercise. After he was covered in bumps and crying, he only remembered the pain and didn't care about the dark anymore. What happened later? If a ninja needed to use his eyes to not fall down in his own home, then he was too weak. He was Naruto Uzumaki, not Kakashi.
Naruto sighed, stood in front of the mirror and washed his face in the dark. When he thought that his teacher was really that white-haired bastard who especially liked to eat, drink, and sleep in other people's homes, he felt that his future and life were really hopeless. For as long as he could remember, that shameless Kakashi had been in front of him. Even when he was 12 years old and became a Genin, he still couldn't get rid of him!
"I want to grow up to be like my father!" Naruto wiped his face and brushed his teeth. He didn't remember wrongly. Rock Lee didn't look like this when he was in school. He used to be a pretty boy, but ever since he started following Senior Guy, his eyebrows had turned green. Similarly, if he, Naruto Uzumaki, were to follow this unlucky Kakashi, wouldn't he look more and more like a white-haired bastard? Every day, he would cover his face with a book and laugh like a fool. Really, compared to this, he would rather have thick eyebrows and lush green!
In short, Naruto Uzumaki's imagination ran wild. Unknowingly, he was standing outside his father's room — our Lord Naruto was sleeping soundly.
"Young Master Naruto, would you like me to prepare breakfast?" The Shadow Guard who was standing guard at the door revealed his faint silhouette.
"I'll eat after my morning exercise."
After saying that, Naruto ran out. He couldn't help but shiver in the wind. He didn't know if it was because he was thinking about how he dressed up as Kakashi, or because he was suddenly not used to the temperature.
But he immediately ran back. It wasn't because he changed his mind and asked his father to accompany him for his morning exercise. It was because if a ninja went for his morning exercise and forgot to bring his protective gear, he would definitely be laughed at by his peers. Although Naruto Uzumaki didn't care about his reputation, the probability of him meeting Sasuke during his morning exercise was too high. He didn't want to be caught by that kid. Absolutely! No!
Thus, youth flew away with the birds every day … Naruto Uzumaki still didn't have the chance to talk to his father properly …
Because …
Two hours later.
Fire Country, Konoha.
When Naruto Uzumaki excitedly opened the door, he was covered in sweat. There was only breakfast left in the house. It was from the cafeteria, and it was for one person. "I just came back yesterday. Ninjas are supposed to take a break the second day after returning from a field mission. Annoying."
Unfortunately, Bo Fung Watergate was already in the office. Indeed, our Naruto was supposed to take a break this morning. But when it came to urgent information, it didn't care whether the person in charge was awake or not. Well, Watergate really did go to bed before nine o 'clock yesterday. But ten hours later, he was still yawning. And he wasn't as hungry as the Shadow Guard had predicted. So, he held the breakfast in his hand. It was from the cafeteria, and it was for one person. He didn't have the slightest intention to eat it. Especially when there was a damned pigeon skeleton in front of him.
It was a complete specimen of a military pigeon, a specialty of Konoha. Watergate sighed and glared at the breakfast in his hand. He only took a bite, but he really couldn't tell what was added to the damn bread. The taste was really indescribable.
"Sir, please hurry up and eat." The Shadow Guard smiled at Naruto, who was in a daze.
"You told me to chew slowly." Watergate still obeyed and chewed faster.
The Shadow Guard on duty looked at Naruto, who was obviously not in the right state. "Sir, do you need me to inform the Intelligence Minister to come back later?"
"Forget it. He's in a hurry to do something else after he's done here." Watergate had already swallowed the strange bread. He was now looking at the green liquid mixed with unknown red residue in the transparent glass in front of him. "What is this?"
"Fruit and vegetable juice." The Shadow Guard looked at the blank expression on his master's face and explained, "Supplements with vitamins to increase immunity."
Watergate continued to sigh and swallowed the special drink in one gulp. "Don't ever let me know its specific composition, okay?"
"Yes, sir."
…
"Sir, you have to eat the boiled egg."
"…"
In short, when Shikaku Nara reported and was allowed to enter, the large office table was already clean. Only his Naruto's crossed hands and the pigeon skeleton in front of them was left. As the first person in Konoha to see the skeleton, Shikaku Nara couldn't help but laugh.
"Shikaku, since you're laughing so happily, you must have a good idea of how to deal with this object." Bo Fung Watergate raised his eyebrows and looked at the Intelligence Minister who was still laughing.
"Well, we firmly obey the orders of our superiors." Shikaku imitated his son and rolled his eyes.
"It seems that I'm your only superior – but I really don't know how to deal with it. What about you?" Naruto saw that his subordinate was not serious enough to roll his eyes, and the anger in his heart instantly rose.
"That …" The Intelligence Minister suddenly realized that his boss was not in the right mood today and was a little overwhelmed.
"Don't give me this and that." Naruto slammed his hand on the table, and the pigeon bones were rattling. "Speak properly!"
"In any case, we have to reply to the official documents as soon as possible." Shikaku instantly went into work mode.
"That's enough, draft the documents and go to Yamanaka, and if you need a gift, go to Hyuga," Hokage rested his chin on his hands and lowered his eyes, "So, don't you think that you are completely, completely, and don't need to put this damn skeleton on my desk?"
"Yes, Sir." The Intelligence Minister simply answered.
"Also, in the afternoon, I'll have a meeting with the Jonin Captains to plan next year's work. I want to know if there's a plan for the Wave Country." Watergate tried to stabilize his breathing.
"Yes, the discussion with the Wave Country is to find an excuse to get rid of Cado openly, and then instruct the other forces within the Wave Country to divide the Cado Group. And we only need to secretly control a few of the larger merchant groups. " The Intelligence Minister paused, and seeing that Naruto didn't speak, he continued to report, "The main goal is to control the trade routes, factories, and gold reserves. My nails have been nailed, and some of the middle-level and high-ranking members of the Cado Group have been controlled. The specific details are being planned, and we'll discuss it in the afternoon. "
"Well, that's it." Naruto confirmed this idea, "I have a suggestion. I want all the middle-level managers of Cado, please keep them intact, okay?"
"Yes, Sir." The Intelligence Minister stood at attention.
"Then I'll be fine here." Watergate said and winked at the corner of the room. A Shadow Guard stepped out, held the pigeon bone on the table, and bowed slightly to the Intelligence Minister.
"Yes, Sir, I'll take my leave." The Intelligence Minister still wanted to say something, so he led the Shadow Guard out, closed the door, and walked quietly.
Bo Fung Watergate waited for his Intelligence Minister to leave, and then breathed a long sigh of relief. He forced himself to take out the routine report that he hadn't finished reading yesterday from the drawer, and flipped through it page by page. After a while, he felt even more sleepy. Unknowingly, he laid on the table with his arms as his pillow. Unlucky. The moment he laid down, he actually wanted to change his posture. Because the forehead protector was very cold, so cold that his arms were numb, and the forehead protector was also very cold, so it made his head hurt. But then he thought, anyway, it was only three minutes, so it didn't matter.
There was no sound.
…
Three minutes later, two Dark Ops walked out from the shadows. One carefully covered their Naruto with a thin blanket, and the other closed the large floor-to-ceiling window that was slightly open. At the same time, he pulled open the curtains that were drawn when he was reading the document, so that all the winter sunlight could shine on the sleeping man.
…
And our poor cannon fodder Shikaku Nara was escorted back to his office by the Shadow Guard. Looking at the pigeon skeleton that was placed on his desk again, he resolutely decided that he would just leave it like this in the future. He would just treat it as a monument to Konoha's anonymous animal intelligence hero. He was a member of the Intelligence Department when he was alive, and he was a member of the Intelligence Department when he was dead. It was very useful to scare the newcomers.
He nodded and felt that his idea was very wise. So, he picked up the channel and contacted the General Staff Department. "Hiroyuki."
"What about the Four Generations? That pigeon. "There was noise from the other side of the channel.
Shikaku could tell that it was Uchiha Fugaku who was in the office again. He cursed in his heart, "He's angry."
"Hmm …!?" The channel instantly hung up. A few seconds later, Hiroyuki Yamanaka pushed open the door of the Intelligence Department's office, followed by Uchiha Fugaku.
"What's going on?!" Hiroyuki curiously looked at the pigeon skeleton that was brought back.
"It's not a pigeon." Shikaku was a little embarrassed, "He's angry at me."
"How is that possible?" Fugaku wanted to laugh, but he couldn't, "Such an interesting pigeon skeleton, even if Watergate has no sense of humor, he wouldn't be angry."
"How is that not possible!" Shikaku took off his tactical vest and let his old friends see the cold sweat on his back, "I was scared to death just now. Hurry up and look through the schedule, find a better time to arrange for him to take a break."
"So serious …" Hiroyuki took out his work manual and estimated.
"Is there?" Shikaku was anxious.
"Let him take a break starting from this afternoon." Hiroyuki coughed lightly and said with certainty, "Uchiha, is the hot spring that you and your wife went to far away?"
"It's a two-hour drive to the south, the environment is not bad – Uchiha's property." Fugaku also thought it was a good place, "I'll inform Kakashi later to pack and take him away, directly."
"No way, you two." Shikaku felt the cold sweat on his back again. He quickly put on his tactical vest and sighed, "It's a little feasible."
"Didn't you say that you want to relieve Watergate's nervous system? This afternoon, it's rare for the third generation to represent the Council of Elders in a meeting. It's completely impossible to count on Danzō, and Jiraiya senpai is still in the Wave Country, so the probability of a fight on the spot is not low. "Fugaku scratched his head.
"It's unlikely to be a fight." Shikaku Nara began to understand his momentary emotions when Naruto slammed the table, "But Fugaku, all the Jounin captains who can come will be present, even the Council of Elders will be present. It's an important first working meeting of the first year. How can Bo Fung Watergate be absent for a break? If Naruto isn't here, why are you holding a meeting?"
It was better to pretend that he didn't know. Anyway, many things were solved this way.
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