Maybe nothing would happen in two days.
December 28th, Year 61 of Konoha.
60 hours left until Year 62 of Konoha.
Bo Fung Watergate, who still had no appetite, didn't eat lunch. 54 hours left.
Bo Fung Watergate, who seemed to have a stomachache, didn't eat dinner. 44 hours left. Four Generations leader Naruto, who had vomited stomach medicine and plain water, sent a Swift Eagle. 38 hours left.
Huo Xuanmen, who had been working so hard that he was about to turn into a mummy, received Naruto's Swift Eagle. 28 hours left.
Kakashi, who was still doing a mission in the Lightning Country, received Konoha's deadline to return. 24 hours left.
Kakashi rushed all the way back to Konoha, covered in dust from the Thor. 23 hours left. 45 minutes left.
Kakashi received a sealing scroll from Huo Xuanmen. 23 hours left. 38 minutes left.
Kakashi unsealed the scroll in front of several Konoha's higher-ups in the conference room. Five seconds later.
The smoke dissipated, revealing a tattered piece of cloth in his hand.
"…"
The torn piece of cloth was as long as an arm, narrow at both ends, and wide in the middle.
It had no thread and was neither too soft nor too hard. It was airtight in summer and not warm in winter. The only good thing about it was that it was reasonably priced, so cheap that it wouldn't hurt to wear it out every few days.
The only thing was that the pattern of this cloth was too unique and too familiar.
Even Kakashi, who was confident and fearless, trembled as he held it.
"Huo Xuanmen,
Are you sure this was given to me by my teacher? "
Huo Xuanmen nodded.
Kakashi looked to his left and right, who were equally stiff.
He pulled Genma out of his seat, but couldn't say anything with his trembling lips.
Genma hurriedly squatted down and slipped away. "Hey, hey, hey, what are you all thinking about? Four Generations asked Kakashi to attend this year's National Capital Conference in his place. Sandaime is still in the Land of the Wind and won't be able to come back for a while. Four Generations can come back, but the matter with the Mist Ninja isn't over yet. He's got a stomach problem and a cold. He said he can't handle it. "
"Oh, he's sick again." Shikaku Nara was the first to let out a sigh of relief.
"Didn't you just catch a cold at the beginning of the month?" Youjiwei slapped his forehead.
"It wouldn't be strange if he stayed in my previous room." Dingzhuo was also frustrated. "When we built the base, Konoha was short on money, so the entire building wasn't equipped with a heating system. In winter, the sea breeze was damp and cold."
"And many of the ingredients stored at the border are forbidden food." Hinata, the Logistics Minister, was very clear about this.
"Really, Water Country can deal with it after the New Year. Why do you have to do it at the end of the year?" Mito Pyloritis frowned and turned to look at Genma. "Genma, I heard that Naruto's guards are not many now?"
"Well, since our group has been transferred … Four Generations don't like too many personal guards." Genma regretted letting Naruto go out. He thought it was a rare chance to get some fresh air, but it still caused a lot of trouble.
"It's better to increase the number of personnel." Youjiwei, the new Security Minister, was very comfortable with his new position. "It doesn't matter in Konoha, but I can't be at ease if I don't bring more people with me."
"It's not necessary to have more people. If we're not strong enough, we'll only cause trouble for him. The Anbu teams from all over the country are enough for external security. " Sagittarius, the new Anbu Minister, was also comfortable. "I think it's better to increase the number of internal personnel. They don't have to be strong, but a more attentive Chunin will do. Kakashi isn't around, Genma isn't around, and Yamato doesn't seem to be able to take care of him well."
"Yamato can't control him. Forget it, I'll talk to him when he comes back. "Shikaku said something fair." Hinata … "
"Bang! Crack!"
The other six people looked at Kakashi, the broken conference table and the old floor in shock.
"You people! What are you talking about? Isn't the main point about Naruto's cloak? The torn Naruto cloak! " Kakashi held the white and red flame-patterned cloth in his hand, and even his voice was shaking. "Don't tell me you don't know what this means!"
"You're chosen as the successor." Genma felt his words were sour. Although he knew that with his status, it was already difficult for him to become the chief of staff, but he was also a young man of Konoha. Who hasn't dreamed of being Naruto?
But Kakashi didn't hear the sound of his dreams shattering. He was so anxious that he was about to cry. "But this is Naruto's cloak!"
"Calm down, calm down a little." Genma was caught in Kakashi's hand again, and he slowly pried open the fingers that were surging with Lightning Chakra. "Idiot, use your little brain and think about it. How can an ordinary ninja represent the Konoha Lord in the New Year?! If you don't have a suitable identity and a suitable token, how can you let people believe you represent Konoha?! "
"That's right, Kakashi, let go first." Dingzhuo saw Genma's face turn green, and hurried to save him. But Dingzhuo realized that he couldn't hold Kakashi down.
Youjiwei also hurried to help, and finally pulled Kakashi away and pressed him down on the stool.
Genma gasped for breath. "Mad dog."
Kakashi raised his leg and kicked him again. "Trash!"
Genma was enraged, and he didn't know where he got the courage to punch Kakashi.
Kakashi was held down by Dingzhuo and Zhiwei, and couldn't escape.
Shikaku and Hinata couldn't sit still anymore. One pulled Genma away, while the other joined the team that held down Kakashi. Everyone tacitly pulled the two angry youngsters away.
Mito Pyloritis, who reacted a little slower, looked at the cracked walls and floor of the conference room, and then looked at the new Naruto building. He took a sip of tea and sighed. "The Four Generations really can't afford to have anything happen to them. If something really happens, I think Konoha will be finished."
"…" There was complete silence.
"The old men can't fight anymore, and they can't do anything. Why does Konoha still keep the Elders' Council? It's just that if something like this happens, someone will dare to call the shots just because they're older. " Mito Pyloritis pointed at Huo Xuanmen, who looked ashamed, and then at Kakashi, who was twisted into a fried dough twist. He made the necessary arrangements. "Hinata and Nara, take Genma to another room to calm down. Chūdō and Aburame, please hold down Kakashi for a while longer. "
"Yes, Elder Sama." Shikaku and Hiashi didn't care what Genma wanted to say to Kakashi, and turned to leave.
"He's calmed down?" Mito Pyloritis closed the door, and took the flame totem's cloth from Kakashi's hand. He took out a lighter and sealed it. "Your sensei is also careless. How can he tear something like this? It's not like he's leaving his last words on the battlefield."
"It's probably because his stomach hurts so much that he can't take care of it. His stomach hurts so much." Dingzhuo helped Watergate explain.
Zhiwei continued. "Since Watergate has his own arrangements, we don't have to worry. Trust him. I'm just afraid that he'll force himself."
"That's right." Mito Pyloritis had already tidied up the cloth in his hand. "Kakashi, your father tied it on his right arm. Where are you tying it?"
Kakashi looked at the cloth and didn't say anything.
"Then the right arm." Pyloritis tied it properly, then patted Kakashi's back and left.
Zhiwei and Dingzhuo also let go of the cloth, and then pulled a stool for Kakashi to wait for Genma.
Sure enough, within two minutes, Genma came back like the wind. "Kakashi, are you alright?"
Kakashi didn't say anything.
"I should be fine." Genma wasn't embarrassed at all. He handed the new information in his hand to Kakashi. "I sent Shisui as soon as I received the letter. Look, Shisui is already at the border."
Kakashi didn't take it. "Why didn't you take the medical ninja with you?"
"Yaoshi Dou's research is sensitive, so he can't go to the border. Mute Kato is still under loyalty inspection, so she can't go." Genma sighed. "Konoha only has these two high-level medical ninja."
Kakashi ground his teeth. "Give me the mission list and the draft."
"Huh?"
"That damned roping in, division, attack, and the Hokage Report of the New Year! Do you think I'll write that? "
"Oh, okay." Genma smiled. After all, Kakashi had been an adult for a long time.
"Come with me." Kakashi didn't smile at all. Could he really …?
In fact, Watergate was also worried about the situation at the border.
Border station, Naruto's lounge.
"If I knew that a few needles could solve the problem, I wouldn't have asked Kakashi to go to the National Capital for me."
"No matter how good the new painkiller I brought is, it's not a stomach medicine." Uchiha Shisui pushed his sunglasses up his nose and looked at his watch. "It's December 30, Year 61 of Konoha, 8: 30 PM. Kakashi should be at the National Capital's banquet now."
"Ah." Minato pushed away the vegetable and rice paste that Yamato had poured for him. He was a little irritated. "Do you think Kakashi will kneel in front of the king? Hmm, do you think he will kneel?"
Shisui and Yamato's mouths twitched at the same time.
Shisui coughed softly. "Even if Kakashi doesn't kneel, there shouldn't be any serious consequences."
Yamato, who had been to the National Capital's banquet with Naruto many times, was more open-minded. "Four Generations. If you ask me, you shouldn't kneel. Why do you have to kneel to the king every time? It's making everyone uncomfortable."
"It's etiquette after all. Kneeling won't hurt you." Watergate sniffled and covered his stomach. "I should have asked Genma to go directly."
"Genma can't handle the situation. You know very well that he's an omnipotent errand boy." Shisui waved his hand and flicked it twice in the air to wake up Uchiha Itachi in the corner.
"An omnipotent errand boy is also omnipotent." Watergate sniffled again, covered his mouth, and went straight to the bathroom.
Uchiha Shisui followed him.
As for Itachi and Yamato? They sighed at each other and continued to seal the window with the plastic tape seriously. This was because the station's New Year's Eve meal — deep-sea yellow belt fish, large-faced geoduck clams, and bloody shark fins — was drifting in through the window, mixed with the unique sulfuric smell of honeycomb briquettes. Naruto's stomach didn't hurt anymore, but he didn't know why he had another problem. He vomited whenever he smelled fish.
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"Why did you have to wait until midnight to leave? It's only a few hours later." Shisui gently patted Watergate's back and handed him a hot towel.
Naruto rolled his eyes at Shisui and finally couldn't help but roar, "It's fine if Itachi and Yamato don't understand, but how can you be so stupid? Did you forget about signing the contract with the Land of the Wind? Do you think signing a contract with two countries is like borrowing money with immediate effect and interest? Which contract doesn't officially come into effect until the next year after it's signed? Otherwise, how can this debt be settled? Besides, signing the contract with the Water Country was rushed this time, Konoha wasn't prepared at all. If I'm not here to watch, if something happens on the other side, it'll be too late to wait for the border to report to Konoha. Do you think other countries are like the Fire Country, where Naruto alone can make the decision? If Mei Teru could do it alone, why would she drag me along? "
Mei Teru indeed couldn't do it alone.
The waves of the National capital of the Water Country were still the same.
"Whore!"
The young female Mizukage reluctantly put down the exquisite gold-inlaid binoculars on the Lord's desk and looked away from the cheerful street. She felt that compared to the solemn and gorgeous New Year's welcome in the Lord's residence, she probably preferred the atmosphere of the children in the marketplace. She tried on new clothes in advance, eating fried rice cakes with one hand and holding a fairy wand with the other, running around without any worries.
"Whore!"
Mei Teru reluctantly looked back at the Lord. Her Lord was hiding behind layers of curtains woven with golden thread, his once high-spirited and handsome appearance was wrapped in white bandages smeared with ointment.
"You shameful whore!"
Mei Teru picked up the blue and white porcelain ink box on the desk, approached the Lord, stretched out two fingers, and clamped the Lord's only undamaged finger, then pressed a little cinnabar on it, and pressed the finger onto a scroll.
"Whore! Shameless whore! "
Mei Teru dried the ink box and ignored the Lord who was shouting himself hoarse. Instead, she twisted her waist and flipped her hair. She found that the ends of her hair had split open a few days ago, so she raised her eyebrows unhappily and walked out the door.
Outside the Lord's bedroom, in the living room.
Five men dressed in matching attire for the Lord's residence stood up. "Fifth Generation Head, how was the conversation between you and the Lord?"
"The Lord hasn't been able to give any opinions on our financial budget." Mei Teru threw out the scroll with the Lord's signature, causing a scramble. "I have done what I promised you. Remember, don't forget the Mist's share next year, otherwise, the Mist can't afford the Konoha money? Hmm. "
There was an awkward silence, but it immediately turned into joy. "I won't forget, I won't forget, I won't dare to owe the Ninja money. Every time I go out, I have to rely on you to save my life."
"In short, as long as you are satisfied." Mei Teru also found a chair and sat down in the corner, took out a small scissors, and continued to twist her split hair. Then she looked at Ao who was holding the mirror for her and frowned. "Hey, helping me with the mirror is so unfair."
"It's not unfair."
"Then why do you have such a long face? Are you trying to get in my way?"
"I just can't figure it out." Ao switched the conversation to Kirigakure's password. "Konoha is too shady. We need their people to hold the fort during the coup. It's okay to give them a share, but listening to what they just said, it seems like we can't get rid of them."
"The question is, what's the benefit of getting rid of them?" Mei Teru smirked like the Konoha people. "Even if I'm stupid, the elders of the Mist are not stupid. They are all old people."
"But."
"Stupid." Mei Teru knocked on the table. "Come on, let me help you count the achievements of Konoha. When you just became a glorious cannon fodder Genin, Bo Fung Watergate was already a top existence. You became a Chunin at the age of 14 or 15, and finally you were sent to the battlefield. The strongest Shinobu Iwa was killed in the battle of Kami no Kun.
50, instant kill. Do you think any Shinobi Village can afford to lose 50 Elites? "
"…"
"Don't look like that, Ao. Otherwise, why do you think Bo Fung Watergate stirred up so much trouble on the mainland, but the Rock Country didn't say a word for many years?"
"Think about the Cloud Country and the Thunder Ninja." Mei Teru danced with her small scissors. "The King of the Cloud Country is not a muddle-headed person. Think about it, since Bo Fung Watergate is a guy who can change the situation with his own strength, then as long as he dies, won't everything return to the right track? So they started to assassinate Minato before the end of the Third World War. I don't know how many times they've tried to assassinate him, but look at what Minato is doing all day, and what is Raikage doing all day? "
Ao looked at Mei Teru's eyes shining when she talked about the Golden Flash. He wanted to ask, "Sister, you don't really like that person, do you?"
Mei Teru was in high spirits. "Besides, the Sand Hidden in the Land of the Wind is the complete loser of the Third World War. In fact, they originally wanted to grab the fertile land of the Fire Country, but in the end, they even lost a little water source. Although the Four Generations of the Kazekage has been constantly losing, they can't stop the King of the Fire Country. Since relying on the Land of Fire and Konoha can continue to enjoy wealth, he doesn't need to worry about it, why not? Moreover, the Kazekage has changed their leader, the one who has the best relationship with Konoha, just before we act. You know what this means. "
"What …"
"It means that only the Water Country is left among the five major countries."
Hearing this, Ao finally broke out in cold sweat.
"Bo Fung Watergate put us last because we are the strongest?"
"Because we are the weakest?" Ao swallowed his saliva.
"Even the tailed beasts are gone." Mei Teru smiled and continued to trim her hair. When the clock rang at 12 o 'clock, huge fireworks rose from Konoha's base and the National Capital Harbor at the same time.
Formality was not just a formality.
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