January 18, 62 Konoha
Naruto Building, Konoha, the Fire Nation
Naruto Office
11: 45 p.m.,
Bo Fung Watergate had quickly adapted to the busy work. His pen flew like the wind,
Yesterday it seemed that the table was still full of backlogged documents,
Today it was obviously reduced.
Sagittarius couldn't stand it anymore,
Four Generations had been working for the whole morning. Although they still looked very energetic,
No matter what..,
It was better not to be tired as much as possible,
"It's about time to rest and wait for dinner."
"Okay." Watergate looked at his watch,
He felt that he had never been so obedient. To be honest, he wasn't tired yet. But ever since he heard Dingzhuo..,
Aoha, and Genma yesterday, had proven that,
He had indeed suffered such a serious injury back then. He felt awkward all over and couldn't let go of his hands and feet no matter what he did. He was willing to do his best for Konoha until he died, but when there was a condition that didn't allow him to die..,
Why did he have to die in the line of duty.
"Come, drink some water first." Dingzhuo took out a thermos from the lounge. "After choosing for a long time, I still made you ginseng tea to replenish your energy and blood essence."
Watergate took the thermos and narrowed his eyes at Dingzhuo. "Nourish your blood essence,
You should drink more,
Otherwise at night... be careful of being kicked out of bed by your wife. "
"You don't have to worry about that,
My wife can't wait to feed me delicious food,
Why would she kick me? "Dingzhuo's expression didn't change at all.
Watergate looked at Dingzhuo's righteous and honest head and suddenly felt bored. He frowned. "I always feel like I'll be able to see Fugaku after drinking it."
"It's not the previous batch. I asked Shikaku to make it for you. It added deer antler."
Watergate drank his tea and continued to frown.
"That... Shikaku asked me to... that for him." Dingzhuo was embarrassed. It had always been Shikaku and Hiroyuki who spoke up for him. It was the first time he was suddenly entrusted with an important task to speak up for Shikaku.
"Tell me, who is who between us?"
"Shikaku thought about it again yesterday. He felt that giving the third generation a warning was enough. It wouldn't be good if it took too long."
Watergate didn't need to use his brain to know what Shikaku was thinking. the head of the Four Generations, who had always avoided direct conflict with the third generation, had suddenly acted and even put the third generation., this smart person, Konoha, didn't understand. he wanted to ask, but he didn't dare to ask, he could only. he wanted, he wanted to ask, but he didn't dare to ask, so he could could only. He could only he wanted wanted wanted to ask, he wanted wanted wanted to ask asked wanted wanted wanted wanted to ask wanted wanted to ask, but he, he asked.
"Not really. You don't hate it." Dingzhuo went behind Watergate and massaged his shoulders and neck. "Kakashi said you were always sitting, so he asked me to help you massage more often."
Minato took a deep breath and said, "He does say that to everyone."
"Does it hurt?"
"You're almost strangling me to death."
Dingzhuo put down his white neck and looked at his hand that was twice as big as Watergate's face. He quietly took out an itchy scratch and gently tapped on Watergate's shoulder. "After so many years, I'm still like this. I can't help much."
"Don't belittle yourself." Watergate cooperated and moved his shoulder. "You've been guarding the border for almost 10 years, suppressing the Cloud Country and Water Country to not dare to act rashly. No one can do it better than you."
"That's a mission." As the main attacker of the Ino-Shika-Butterfly combo, Sagittarius was never afraid of facing people head-on. Even if there were five Kage in front of him, he would still dare to run over them without fear. But other than fighting … when he was young, his parents and elders were around, so he didn't need to worry about anything. But after that … "I've been under your care all this time, and I always feel like I can't repay you."
"Then let's report it now. I heard that Yile has a new flavor." Watergate deliberately swallowed his saliva loudly.
"Hey, I'm being serious with you." Dingzhuo felt that Watergate was really disruptive.
"You're not serious about food?"
"Food is very worthy of being serious, but that's not what I want to say."
"I know what you want to say. It's nothing more than being grateful to me. Now that you're worried that I'm not doing well, you want to repay me and ask me not to reject you. But Dingzhuo, we're already 40 years old. Don't be so mushy. "
"What's the difference between a 14-year-old and a 40-year-old? How is it mushy? "
"But don't you have goosebumps?"
"You're the one who's been Naruto for so long that you've forgotten what a normal person should be like."
Watergate imitated Kakashi and stuck out his little finger to pick his ear and flick his earwax.
Dingzhuo was afraid that he would say something wrong again. He was not in Konoha most of the time, but both Shikaku and Hiroyuki had warned him that his Captain Watergate was becoming more and more temperamental. Even To Micro, who had returned to Konoha two months earlier than him, said that sometimes, if he said something wrong, this person would do some strange things and say some strange things. Especially when Naruto was not by his side … it was very creepy.
However, Watergate seemed to be in a good mood today. "Okay, ramen is not nutritious. I won't make things difficult for you. What do I have for lunch today?"
"Nutritious food in the canteen. Your nutritious food is very targeted. It also replenishes blood and energy."
"What about you? How about eating with me? "
"Uh, my wife brought me food."
"You're not loyal."
Even though Dingzhuo had been following Watergate for half a month, he still did not know how to deal with this kind of Watergate. The Golden Flash and Four Generations Naruto he was familiar with was the one who would smile brightly and warmly, as if he was a reliable big brother who could solve all problems. She wasn't the office creature who could only smile at most and couldn't find anything to talk about even if she wanted to talk to her friends.
But for Watergate, it was simple. He stretched out his hand firmly. "This is a robbery. Give me your lunch box."
"My wife always cooks with a lot of oil and meat. Your stomach can't stand it."
"So stingy. Before you got married, you freeloaded a lot of Kina's love lunch boxes for me."
Dingzhuo did not know how to respond.
But before he could get the lunch box, Watergate realized that he was in a bad mood. "Sorry, Dingzhuo, I'm probably a little jealous."
Dingzhuo could only say this. "Well, everyone says that Naruto makes delicious lunches for you."
"Of course, my son inherited his mother's talent." Watergate smiled and pushed Dingzhuo away and walked into the lounge. "Ask Aoha to get me lunch. I want to eat durian for fruit."
"Okay."
"Ask Shikaku to come over after the afternoon nap."
"Okay."
At the same time.
Sarutobi Mansion.
The aroma of food wafted out from the courtyard walls.
Sarutobi Asuma's stomach growled and he closed his nose. He had not set foot in this area for a long time. It had been so long since his brother and sister-in-law's funeral, so long since his only nephew, Konoha Maru, was already 10 years old, and so long since he was almost 30.
A 30-year-old man could not be considered young in Konoha, where the streets were filled with people in their teens and early twenties. If he was not young, he should not be impulsive or reckless. He should learn to think silently and understand that in reality, he should be strong but not strong enough. Moreover, he was the youngest son of the former Naruto. He had seen a lot of things since he was young and had some understanding of politics.
So the 30-year-old Asuma could already understand his father. His father had been Naruto before. When the village needed his son to die, he could not stop him. After all, someone had to do the "mission that seemed impossible to return from." If it was not his child, then it would be his child.
But after thinking about it for eight years, Asuma still could not figure it out. First of all, at the time, the leader of the Four Generations had already announced the criteria for accepting the special mission — single, childless, voluntary. From the moment the Naruto order was issued, Konoha's strict discipline made it impossible for someone like his brother, who had a wife and a child, to be listed as a candidate for the "suicide mission" no matter how willing he was. Secondly, the war had only been going on for a few years, and Nine Tails had only gone on a rampage for a few years. Konoha had no shortage of ninjas who were tortured by injuries or whose entire family had died.
So, how did his brother get the mission under the competition of so many people who were more suitable than him?
But …
Asuma would never forget the moment when his brother's body was sent back to Konoha. His gentle and virtuous sister-in-law screamed hysterically at his father and stabbed him in the heart with a dagger. He would also always remember how his strong and optimistic mother was depressed and eventually died alone in the hospital. He would also never forget how his father, the former Naruto of Konoha, proposed to the current Naruto in front of so many people at the Jounin meeting to use his son's death as an excuse to attack the River country.
"Ah … Hiss."
When Asuma heard the sound of the ancient door opening and the half-broken exclamation, he suddenly felt a little dazed. He hurriedly adjusted the dog mask on his face. Yes, Asuma had gloriously become one of the Naruto's Black Ops yesterday afternoon. He applied for it almost every year, but he did not expect to be accepted under such circumstances.
"Sorry."
Asuma saw the person who had almost exposed his identity and was covering his mouth hurriedly. It was his brother's former subordinate, Ebisu who had been guarding Konoha ever since his brother and sister-in-law passed away. He and Ebisu used to be very close. So close that when he saw Ebisu, he almost wanted to grab Ebisu and ask him about the current situation in Sarutobi's residence.
But unfortunately, he still had his reason. He was not returning to Sarutobi's residence today. He was on duty at the entrance of Sarutobi's residence under the orders of Anbu Minister Sagittarius. And this was the same for Konoha's Black Ops. There was almost no Black Ops who could completely hide their identity in front of close friends, but no matter if it was you or someone who recognized you, if you leak Anbu secrets without reason, you will have to go to the torture unit. Yes, the Anbu's list was confidential.
So in the end, Ebisu could only nod, swallow his doubts, and complain to the air like a blind man. "Aha, the teachers in the school are getting more and more useless. Konoha's better off staying at home and being taught by me, a golden tutor. Even children can't be controlled. Konoha's kid insisted on eating outside with his classmates today, but who knows what he's eating. I have to go investigate, and Sandaime-sama is just messing around. "
Asuma was relieved when he heard this. Ebisu said that everything was fine. That's good, then he can enjoy his retirement at home with his grandchildren.
But Ebisu, who also liked to wear small black sunglasses, took them off after a few steps and looked up at the new Naruto's residence, which could be seen from any corner of Konoha, and felt a chill run down his spine.
He had been studying hard to be a good teacher for the past few years. Maybe his ninjutsu hadn't improved, but he had read a lot of books. He knows that once the external enemy can no longer pose a threat, the internal conflicts and grievances will reach the point where they need to be resolved immediately. This is called the general trend … Unfortunately, he is just an ordinary Jonin, he can't stop the general trend, let alone the Hokage.
And Naruto didn't seem to have any intention of stopping either. Both of them.
So he had to think about how to educate Konoha's son. Maybe when Konoha becomes Naruto, the situation will be different?
But Konoha didn't have that much time to think about it. He was in the third year of the school, and like all the children in Konoha, he was at the age where he felt that he was about to grow up. In fact, Konoha felt that he was already an adult. His grandfather would talk to him about how to deal with the family's affairs, discuss with him how to get along with his subordinates and superiors, and he even organized the funeral of his grandfather butler. Although the funeral was sad, as his grandfather said, his grandfather butler would be happy to see him grow up.
So Konoha felt that he could do a lot of things freely now that he had grown up. For example, he could occasionally go out with friends and not go home for dinner like an adult.
But today, there seemed to be a lot of people who had the same idea as them. After waiting for a long time, Konoha and his friends finally found three empty seats.
Ichiraku Ramen
It was full of people.
"Boss, three bowls of ramen, it's my treat today." Konoha jumped on the seat and shouted.
"What flavor do you want?" The boss didn't need to raise his head to know who the kid in front of him was. Sarutobi Konoha Maru, the grandson of the third generation head Naruto. Naruto used to bring this kid to eat ramen.
"I heard that Ichiraku launched a new flavor of ramen today." Wu Dong beside Konoha Maru also came up.
Then Moe Huang followed, "Uncle Ichiraku, I'm so hungry, there are a few more in front."
"11 servings." The boss couldn't remember who the boy and girl were, after all, there were too many people who liked to eat Konoha's ramen.
"Uncle Ichiraku, I'm really hungry, can you help us first?" The only girl in the trio, Moe Huang, received the eye signals from her two companions and played her biggest advantage, acting coquettishly.
The boss didn't persist for more than a second and automatically gave up. He just couldn't stand the eleven or twelve-year-old girl humming and smiling at him. "Okay, I'll make it for you first. There's a 10% discount for the new product."
Konoha Maru looked at the "Essence Ramen" on the menu that was obviously more than half the price of the old flavor. He touched his wallet and felt a little embarrassed, "Why is the new product so expensive?"
"People who come to eat ramen are all too lazy to cook and tired of the food in the cafeteria, but they think it's expensive. Therefore, the most important thing about ramen is that it's convenient and tastes good, and everyone can afford it. " The boss was quite happy to chat with the kids, "In order to be fast, delicious, and cheap, many ingredients and side dishes have to use convenience food. I, the boss, am the most honest businessman. Let me tell you clearly, it's not a problem for kids to eat ramen once or twice a week if they are greedy. But if they eat ramen all day long, the old ramen and cup noodles will have an imbalance of nutrition intake and won't grow tall. "
"I'm not a kid." Konoha Maru retorted, he pointed to the new ramen in the diner's bowl, "I don't see any big difference."
The diner on the side sucked the ramen and helped to choke, "That's right, it tastes the same as before. Why did it suddenly become expensive?"
"You ninjas are all richer than me. What's the point of fussing over a bowl of ramen? I've been in this business for so many years, but this is the first time the price has increased. " The boss was a little depressed, "Didn't I just say that when your life is better, you have money to buy better things? Of course, I have to give you more expensive ramen. Look, look, the shrimps are not dried, they're alive. The beef is not canned, it's real thigh meat. Even the vegetables are fresh. If you eat more nutritious and spend more money, everyone will be happy … Don't tell me that you can't afford it without the mission reward. Don't think that I don't know that you gave me a bonus during the New Year. Be careful, or I'll go to the General Staff Department and complain. "
The onlooking ninjas retreated in defeat.
But the ninja student Konoha Maru was still worried about his wallet, "When Naruto -dage came, you gave him half price."
"Naruto Uzumaki is a VIP in this restaurant, a lifetime half-price member."
"Then I also want to upgrade to VIP." Konoha Maru's eyes lit up.
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because I'm the boss." And because your mother is kind and virtuous, and your father is honest and doesn't lack money. Unlike Naruto's parents, who are fierce and poor, they don't want my half-price coupons. The boss looked at Konoha Maru who looked more and more like Asuma Jounin when he was a child. He couldn't remember what the third generation's eldest son and daughter-in-law looked like, but at least they were handsome and beautiful.
Konoha Maru, Moe Huang and Wu Dong could only look through their wallets together. In the end, Moe Huang still had to do it. "Ah, ah ~ I didn't bring enough money. Boss Boss Boss is the best person."
The boss looked at the little hand on his sleeve and sighed, "Half-price, half-price, only this time, don't do it again."
"Oh yeah!" The three of them successfully bargained. They high-fived each other, sat down in a row, opened the wooden chopsticks, and waited to eat.
The boss cut the shrimps, cut the beef, boiled the vegetables, cut the salted duck egg, and then took the noodles cooked by his daughter. He suddenly realized that the war in the past was really far away from him.
How far away was it?
…
Konoha, January 18, 62
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