"Beep beep beep."
"Whose communicator is it?
The Four Generations are still asleep. "
"Beep beep beep."
"It seems to be the Four Generations."
"Beep beep beep."
"It's early in the morning."
"Beep beep beep."
"Hurry up and wake the Four Generations up. It's not a small matter if they can reach him directly."
"Beep beep."
"…"
"Four Generations."
"Four Generations?" "Wake up."
"Your Thor communicator has an emergency call."
"Beep."
"Roger. This is Konoha, number 002302. Please report." Bo Fung Watergate sat up abruptly in bed.
He grabbed the communicator and pressed the answer button. "Hello? Speak, Tsunade Senju? "
"Bo Fung Watergate."
"Tell me the truth."
"What nonsense did you and Mute talk about yesterday, huh?" "You scared Mute so much …"
"Mute? Wait for me to catch my breath. " "It's not that someone is trying to overthrow Konoha, it's not that the Land of Hot Water is being attacked, and no one is trying to destroy Kakashi's inauguration ceremony …" Watergate, who had been tense all this while, took a few deep breaths.
He leaned against the headboard with a bang.
Then, he felt as if his entire body and even his fingertips were stacked on top of each other. It was an uncomfortable feeling.
"Hello."
"Watergate."
"Don't pretend that the signal is bad."
"No." Watergate listened to the sound of Hime Tsunade tapping the receiver.
He pointed to the small medicine bottle on the bedside table.
Black Hand quickly unscrewed the bottle.
He poured out the pill.
Watergate chewed the pill and held it under his tongue.
The bitter and cold taste instantly spread down his throat.
The heaviness in his body gradually improved.
。
"Bang bang.
Bang, where are you? "
"I'm here, I'm here." Watergate continued to take deep breaths, looked at the sky, and looked at his watch. "First of all, my communicator is only used for emergency calls. This is not a home phone. Secondly, even if it was a home phone, it was still early in the morning … It wasn't even five o 'clock, and the sky was still dark. Third, big sister, did Shizune Ikebana tell you that I have a heart attack! You gave me such a scare early in the morning that I thought the world was going to fall into chaos again. "
"…" The communicator was silent for a few seconds. "Isn't he basically recovered? Most people in Konoha are already up for their morning exercises."
"…" Bo Fung Watergate was also silent for a few seconds. "I've been busy these past two days, so I slept late last night."
"Mute …"
"Are you sure you're not coming back today?" Watergate was the first to finish his sentence. "Sister Tsunade, in fact, it's not too late to change your mind. The ceremony is at noon, and Thor's team is on standby in the Land of Hot Water. You can catch up if you hurry."
"Is your family's Thor overflowing? Mute … "
"I don't need to spend so much money to build a new Naruto building just to use it as a signal tower." Watergate laughed dryly. "In the future, if you want to send something to Konoha, you can send something that the Swift Eagle can't carry …"
"My Mute looks gentle and quiet on the surface! But that's just because she's humble and understanding! It's not that she doesn't mind anything! Since she still hasn't gotten together with Kakashi after so long … "
"In addition to Jiraiya -sensei, Orochimaru is also in Konoha." Watergate mumbled. "Don't you want to meet him and talk about old times? He did ask about you … "
"Can you stop pestering and trying to promote your family's Kakashi in the future? It's as if no one wants the fifth-generation head Naruto even if he's selling it at a discount. Of course, it's normal that no one wants Kakashi, but it won't be good if my Mute's other suitors misunderstand. "
"Mute has someone she likes? No, right?
。” Watergate also knocked on the communicator. "By the way, Orochimaru came up with some new stuff recently. It's a bit uncertain, so I didn't let the children come in contact with it. Do you want to come …"
"No one wants your family's Kakashi! My Mute has a lot of suitors! If you hadn't deliberately made Kakashi and Shizune unclear, you wouldn't have! My Mute must have found a real boyfriend long ago! "
Watergate moved the receiver away from him. "Orochimaru …"
"Bo Fung Watergate! Don't talk about him if you dare! You know, I promised to take good care of Mute … "
"It's clearly Mute Kato who has been taking care of his unlucky aunt for his uncle." Watergate muttered in a low voice.
"Stop talking nonsense! I'm warning you, if you bully our Mute again, you'll have to bear the consequences! "
"I didn't …"
"In short, Mute will find a chance to make things clear with Kakashi. What about you? Put away your black-hearted eyes. Do you dare to swear to the heavens that you wanted Shizune and Kakashi to be together no matter what? Is it really because they look compatible? "
"Yes … Beep." Watergate heard the beep in his ear, put down the communicator and closed his eyes.
"Do I need to call a Medic Ninja?"
Watergate shook his head.
But the unscrupulous guard still took out his walkie-talkie. "I'm Naruto's guard captain, Yamato, Qimu's old house, Four Generations just felt a little uncomfortable. Yes, he has taken medicine. Yes, but everyone can rest assured after a checkup. Okay, I won't let him move around."
Watergate sighed and crossed his arms as he looked at Yamato.
Yamato lowered his head and secretly glanced at Watergate.
"Well, although the ceremony is at noon, in theory, I'm already the former Naruto after midnight." Watergate kicked the blanket away and couldn't help but laugh.
"Four Generations …"
"I suddenly remembered the day I announced my inauguration. Although I respect Sandaime-sama very much, and was determined to do what Sandaime-sama told me to do, but a few minutes after the ceremony ended, I couldn't wait to put up the No Smoking sign all the way from the corridor to the Hokage's office. "
"What?"
"I'm Naruto now, but at that time, Sandaime used the office and conference room more often."
"…"
"Haha, I only learned to smoke a long time later when the logistics department developed the odorless cigarettes. Ninjas have to go out on missions, so it's impossible to leave any clues that the enemy can track. So at that time, except for Sandaime, almost no one in Konoha smoked. "
"Then, what happened after that?" It was the first time Yamato had heard of this.
"Then? I said I didn't need to call a doctor, but you still informed the hospital. " Watergate tried to move his body and made sure that he just felt uncomfortable and that it wouldn't affect today's schedule. Finally, he looked around, put on his shoes, and got out of bed … As expected, his Kina Vitality Girl was not here again. Yeah, if Kina was here, she would've pulled his ear and scolded him. "Naruto and Aromatic Phosphorus are already out?"
"They're responsible for the security of the National Capital guests all day today." Yamato saw that Watergate was no longer sleepy and turned on the fluorescent lights.
Watergate yawned and began to wash up. "Wait, no, Yamato, why are you here again? Your mission should be to monitor Orochimaru."
"Ahem." Yamato smiled awkwardly. "Itachi came back with the field team last night, and Kay-senpai also came back …"
Watergate rolled his eyes at Yamato. "You're going to be stationed in the Rain Country later, so there's no room for discussion."
"But the manpower can be transferred these days, at least now Orochimaru doesn't need him."
Our Naruto spat out toothpaste foam and looked at Kakashi who suddenly appeared in the mirror with a stern face. "Stand up straight."
"At home."
Watergate washed his face and was a little unhappy. He found that he couldn't kick Kakashi's butt like before and use White Fang's belt to beat him.
Yamato opened the door to let the ninja sent by the hospital in, then frowned.
"Where's Katou Jonin?" Kakashi was more than just frowning.
The young ninja with a few acne on his face knew who he was examining, and he also knew that the Hatake family was the home of the Fifth Generation, but he was still nervous. "According to the Medical Ninja Mission Regulations … Four, Four Generations …"
"Okay, it's just an electrocardiogram." Fortunately, it wasn't Mute who came. Watergate lay down obediently. Yesterday, when Mute helped Kakashi deal with his collapsed eye socket, he did play a trick. For example, he retold Tsunade's angry words in a different tone, making it sound like Tsunade supported Mute and Kakashi's relationship. Kakashi had to think carefully even if he didn't want to listen to him. Tsunade's opinion also had a lot of weight for Mute. Anyway, when it came to dating, there was no need to be afraid of two people quarreling as soon as they met. There was no need to be afraid of two people not liking each other, but there was no need to even think about it.
However, Watergate didn't expect that Mute, who wasn't good at rejecting people's kindness since childhood, would choose to complain to Tsunade. Although as Naruto, his face was thicker than the city wall, and it didn't matter if he was scolded, Mute wanted to make things clear with Kakashi …
Kakashi's attention was only on the young ninja who was applying iodine paste on a few electrodes.
First, medical ninjas never take the initiative to go to the frontline of the battlefield.
Second, medical ninjas can only die after everyone else.
Third, unless absolutely necessary, Konoha Ninjas were strictly prohibited from fighting above their level, and the same applied to medical ninjas.
Nine years ago, as part of the Konoha welfare system, the "Medical Ninja Regulations" deleted the first rule in Tsunade's version, "Never give up on healing your teammates before their lives are exhausted," and added "Never exceed your level."
As Sensei once said, Konoha had the most medical ninjas in the world, the best hospital, and the most advanced technology, but it was still not enough, far from enough. Konoha had to use every bit of strength to the extreme. So long ago, before the Nine Tails incident, when Tsunade proposed the three principles of medical ninja, Konoha didn't abide by her three principles. The medical class wouldn't save people who knew there was no point in saving them.
Never exceed your level was a common sense engraved in the bones of Konoha Ninjas. The mission hall would never assign a mission above C-level to a Genin. On the other hand, Konoha Hospital wouldn't let a senior medical ninja waste Chakra on a small fracture that anyone could handle. What if someone was stabbed in the heart with a knife, poisoned to death in three minutes, and the senior medical ninja happened to be in the operating room setting a thigh bone? All they needed was a little Chakra and time.
Konoha's casualty rate was getting lower and lower over the years. Even if they fought with an opponent like Payne, they didn't suffer any serious injuries because of these two principles.
But …
"First-line ninjas are the first priority, retired old guys are the second priority; children and young people are the first priority, retired old guys are the second priority. This is the policy that was set many years ago. " After sending away the trembling medical ninja, Kakashi felt a little sad. "This is the rule. So many people followed it before, you won't make an exception."
"Yes, retired old guys won't compete for resources with frontline combatants or children, especially medical resources." Watergate buttoned up his pajamas and looked at Kakashi's clenched fists. He didn't know whether to feel relieved or guilty, but he was sure that Kakashi must have misunderstood something. "Naruto leads Konoha. Naruto is very important. The trouble caused by the sudden death of the first and second generation proved that Naruto is more important than anyone in Konoha. But from today onwards, I'm no longer Naruto. I'm not as important as before. The contribution I can make to Konoha is limited. There's no need to make Kabuto and Mute come over for such a small matter. Konoha only has a few senior medical ninjas. "
"But it's not wartime now, there's no need to be so strict."
There's no need to be so strict when it's not wartime, but Mute didn't come over in person. It's more likely that I really pissed her off yesterday, so she lost her temper and didn't want to see me for the time being. Watergate couldn't change his tone in front of Kakashi. "I just thought of something else to tell you. Sarutobi has done a lot of wrong things in his life, but it's slander to say that the old man deliberately screwed things up. "
"…" Kakashi waved his hand and asked Yamato to leave. Although the handover of duties between Yondaime and Yondaime has been completed, Yondaime still has a lot of information that ordinary Jonins shouldn't know.
"Do you remember the smoking ban in Naruto's office?" Watergate waved his hand at the angry ghost who was half stuck in the wall.
"Your first Naruto order." Kakashi felt that his sensei was boring at the time, but now that he thought about it, the Fourth Generations were really childish.
"I really just wanted to help Sandaime-sama quit smoking." Watergate smiled self-deprecatingly. "Now I know that the reason why I was promoted in such a hurry was because Sandaime-sama was impeached in the National Capital, and he had to take responsibility for the loss of the war, so he resigned. But at that time, I really thought that Sandaime-sama's body couldn't bear the burden. His health was really bad at that time, and his three disciples either defected or ran away from home. "
"But the real point is that Sandaime-sama didn't want you to be the Fourth Generations, and the Fourth Generations are Shimura Danzo. I don't believe that Danzō didn't add fuel to the fire for Sandaime-sama. "Kakashi wanted to help his sensei stand up.
"As a Jonin captain responsible for killing generals and capturing flags on the front line." Watergate pushed Kakashi away. "I'm only in my early twenties, and in fact, I don't have any concept of being Naruto. I know very well that my first task is to learn. But I made a mistake on the first day. I received Sandaime-sama's message that he would die if he didn't quit smoking, so I got a no-smoking sticker from the medical class, and then I thought that I was doing a good deed. Jiraiya -sensei is Sandaime-sama's disciple, and I'm Jiraiya -sensei's disciple, so I have the obligation to take care of my elders' health. "
"…" Kakashi clearly remembered that Sandaime-sama was indeed very close to his sensei in the early days.
"A junior forcing an elder to quit smoking, no elder would really be angry. At that time, Sandaime-sama only complained to me in a very amiable manner." Watergate took another deep breath. "But very, very much later, right before Danzō died, I was really sure that Sandaime-sama was so angry at me that he gritted his teeth. After all, I just said a lot of my own ideas for Konoha's future at the inauguration ceremony. "
"Quantitative change leads to qualitative change." Kakashi wanted to laugh. "I remember that every time Sandaime-sama asked you for your opinion, you would just say whatever was on your mind."
"No one told me that I couldn't say anything." Watergate actually laughed. "Sandaime-sama acted as if he wanted to train me to be the independent Naruto, so of course I had to work hard to be a responsible Naruto. If he had made it clear from the start that he just wanted a puppet … Of course, I would have objected to being a puppet, but I wouldn't have let Danzō drive a wedge between us. Including what happened later with Kina, Nine Tails, and Naruto. So, Kakashi … "
Kakashi felt the weight of his sensei's hands on his shoulders.
"Don't be suspicious of your companions, and don't test them, Sandaime-sama of Konoha. Put your thoughts on the table and make it clear to everyone. People have conflicts of interest, but this is Konoha's internal conflict. Some people want their family to prosper forever, and some people may not like some of Konoha's policies, but no one wants to destroy Konoha. When someone wants to destroy Konoha, that person is no longer a companion, but an enemy. "
Kakashi nodded.
"Alright, don't worry about me. Hurry up and go back to the office." Watergate pushed Kakashi out the door and pretended to wipe the cold sweat off his forehead.
"You tricked him away." Kina Maelstrom grabbed her man's ear but couldn't bear to twist it. "Did you call the medic over?"
"Yeah, I have to stand from 12 until the afternoon. Kakashi was worried, so he brought someone to check on my condition."
Kina Maelstrom hugged Watergate's head and looked into his blue eyes. "You really don't speak the truth."
Kakashi also felt that something was wrong when he left the room, but he couldn't figure it out even after eating breakfast and sitting in his office for a long time. But he was soon dragged away by Genma, and Sarutobi Asuma stuffed a bunch of documents into his hands before he left. No matter how important the inauguration was, he couldn't delay his daily work.
"Lights, don't be so bright, it's making Sandaime-sama's face pale. Yes, increase the color temperature."
"Sound system, check the wires and microphones again. Sandaime-sama's earphones are a bit loud."
"Subtitles team, subtitles team, and light up the script again with the sound lamp. Why was it one second slower than the music just now?"
"Cut the scene? I told you yesterday to change the flowers on the podium to small pots. Why didn't you do it? The camera panned to Sandaime-sama's face … You're asking me what I mean? I said, Sandaime-sama's face is blocked by the pots … "
Blocking and Covering, Active and Passive
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Konoha, January 1, 63
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