I'll Reunite Your Family!

Kakashi pondered for a moment before speaking...

"There's really no other way, then we'll continue to protect you..."

Tazuna's eyes lit up when he heard Kakashi's words!

"I'm so grateful!!!"

But just as Tazuna finished speaking, Makoto Ito interrupted him!

"Etc!"

Upon hearing Makoto Ito speak, everyone turned their gaze to Makoto Ito...

"If I heard you correctly, you're threatening us? You mean your daughter will hate the ninjas of Konoha? In other words, your daughter will be an enemy of Konoha, right?"

Kakashi-sensei! What should a ninja usually do when facing an enemy?

Kakashi scratched his head after hearing Makoto Ito 'Makoto Ito words, wondering what he meant...

"Of course, kill him!"

Makoto Ito nodded upon hearing Kakashi's reply...

"In other words, your daughter is an enemy of Konoha. It seems I'd better kill her. Tazuna, what do you think of my suggestion? After all, I think it's a good thing to nip danger in the bud!"

Tazuna never expected that Makoto Ito, a mere child, would utter such cold and heartless words!

I was thinking that if I used a little moral blackmail, these ninjas would obediently protect me. Why won't this kid accept my blackmail?

"But my eight-year-old granddaughter will cry all day long, and I will die too!!!"

Makoto Ito shook his head again...

"It's alright, I'll make sure your family is reunited!"

Upon hearing Makoto Ito's words, Tazuna was terrified, shrinking back in fear. This wasn't a ninja! This wasn't a brat! This was a demon!

Kakashi frowned upon hearing Makoto Ito's words. He truly hadn't expected Makoto Ito to be so murderous.

Sasuke, upon hearing Makoto Ito's words, seemed lost in thought...

Naruto, at that moment, couldn't wait to stand up!

"Hey! Makoto! How could you say something like that? Uncle Tazuna is already in such a bad situation, okay? Can't we help him? Makoto, you're acting really strange today!"

Sakura Haruno, who was standing nearby, nodded in agreement after hearing Naruto's words...

Makoto Ito drew Sword of the Thunder God!

"Naruto! What is your dream?"

Naruto was a little confused by Makoto Ito's question. Weren't they just talking about Uncle Tazuna? Why is he asking about my dream now? Although Naruto was confused, he still answered Makoto Ito...

"My dream is to become Hokage, of course!!! Didn't you already know that?"

Upon hearing Naruto's words, Makoto Ito smiled and shook his head...

"Naruto! Since you say your dream is to become Hokage, shouldn't a Hokage be responsible for the ninjas in their village?"

Naruto nodded thoughtfully after hearing Makoto Ito's words...

"Yes, but what does this have to do with Uncle Tazuna?"

Makoto Ito then spoke to Naruto again...

"The Hokage assigns missions to the ninjas, and the ninjas receive rewards for completing the missions. The level of the mission determines the level of reward, which is common knowledge!"

If everyone were like Tazuna when issuing missions, using fake mission levels and hidden mission clues, causing the ninjas to be completely unaware of the mission, then endless casualties would occur!

If you become Hokage, do you really want to do this?

Take today for example. If our team hadn't been so strong, if Kakashi-sensei and I hadn't been there, and if it had been another Chunin team carrying out this mission, one Chunin and three Genin would most likely have died when facing two opposing Chunin, you know?

So if you were to become Hokage, would you be this irresponsible?

So you made him Hokage, and this is how you take responsibility for the lives of the village's ninjas?!

Naruto!!! I urge you to think this through carefully! Everything has rules. I support your dream of becoming Hokage, because it's your dream, and because we're good friends. But precisely because you want to become Hokage, you should abide by these rules even more!!!

Naruto Uzumaki was momentarily stunned by Makoto Ito's words. With his limited brain capacity, he couldn't quite grasp what Makoto Ito had just said. However, he could roughly understand what Makoto Ito meant: do only what you're paid for, and do the work corresponding to the level of the mission you're assigned! This was also for the sake of the ninjas' safety!

Thinking about it from this perspective, Naruto actually felt that Makoto Ito's words made some sense!

But Naruto felt something was off, though he couldn't quite put his finger on it. He was supposed to be the one persuading Makoto Ito, so why was it Makoto Ito persuading him instead?

[Tobirama Senju: You're absolutely right! Kid, why don't you become the Fifth Hokage of Konoha? With you as Hokage, Konoha will definitely flourish! I think you're even better at talking than Hiruzen Sarutobi!]

[Madara Uchiha: Indeed, their silver tongues really do seem to come from the same lineage; they're equally eloquent and equally capable of brainwashing!]

Kushina Uzumaki: I don't know what's so great about Hokage! When I was little, I was the same way, always wanting to be Hokage like a complete idiot! In the end, my Naruto is just like that!

When I was a kid, I wanted to be Hokage. My son Minato was Hokage, and now my Naruto wants to be Hokage too! It's just awful!!!

[Minato Namikaze: Hokage, huh...? My pain is greater than yours!!!]