I didn't hand the village over to him so he could run it like this.
Minato, I supported you on this.
Minato Namikaze: Thank you, Second Hokage.
Hashirama Senju: Ah... my dream...
Hashirama took another blow.
What he had hoped for was peace in the ninja world, where ninjas could live normal lives instead of dying young on the battlefield.
Yet... decades later, that dream was still nothing but empty talk.
So the most heartbroken person in the group... was actually him.
Tobirama Senju: Fifth Mizukage, now that you've seen Hidden Leaf Village's secrets, do you have anything to say?
Unmarriageable Older Single Woman: No. I was just thinking that no village has had it easy.
Kirigakure went through a period of iron-blooded rule. The Fourth Mizukage directly ruined the village, and all the new blood he trained became Rogue Ninjas.
And there had long been signs that the Fourth Mizukage had been controlled by someone else.
So Kirigakure had no right to make any comments.
I've gathered up the remaining people now, but... it's hard to put into words.
It's a complete mess.
Mei Terumi replied quickly.
Following her original plan, Mei Terumi immediately presented herself in the group as an insignificant figure from a pitifully weak village.
Though Kirigakure really was weak.
As for the remaining Kirigakure ninjas... she alone could knock all of them flat.
The capable ones had all defected, while the rest... well... enough said.
Minato Namikaze: So even after joining this group, Kirigakure won't be hostile toward Hidden Leaf Village?
Minato was sharp and immediately noticed Mei Terumi's attitude.
Unmarriageable Older Single Woman: Of course! Kirigakure is willing to remain at peace with Hidden Leaf Village for fifty years!
Tobirama Senju: Then go back and draft a peace treaty.
Unmarriageable Older Single Woman: Ah... all right!
Mei Terumi instantly switched sides.
At the same time, she let out a sigh of relief. It was a good thing that the Hokage of every generation were willing to let her state her position.
At least... damn it.
Who in their right mind would fight the First Hokage—the God of Shinobi—the Second Hokage—Ocean—and the Fourth Hokage—the Yellow Flash?
Had their brain been kicked by a donkey?
As she thought that, the screen before her changed again.
[Daily observation of Kitahara Kaede for 3 hours activated.]
An image appeared before her eyes, and then... she finally saw Kitahara Kaede.
The impotent Hokage, Kakashi.
That matched the intelligence reports.
He wore a forehead protector over one eye and a mask over his face.
Then there was the one the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, called his precious Naruto—Naruto Uzumaki.
This was Minato's son.
From their conversation, Naruto seemed to have been told that he was a Jinchuriki, while his identity as the Fourth Hokage's son had been hidden.
And as the Mizukage, the information she had received was that Naruto Uzumaki was the Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tails.
If the Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tails had not been told he was the Fourth Hokage's son... he must have had a miserable life.
Of course, Kirigakure had it the worst. They didn't even have a Tailed Beast anymore.
The Three-Tails had been released after the Fourth Mizukage's death.
And then...
Her gaze fell on the handsome black-haired boy standing proudly with his arms folded.
This was Sasuke Uchiha.
The survivor of the Uchiha Clan.
When Mei Terumi discovered that Fourth Mizukage Yashura had been controlled, she had considered whether the Uchiha Clan was responsible. But the Uchiha Clan had wiped itself out...
So that became a mystery.
Mei Terumi's gaze moved onward, and she saw a boy with short black hair and golden eyes.
The boy did not seem very interested. His face always wore a calm expression.
But as Mei Terumi stared hard at him, she found that he instantly raised his head and glanced in her direction.
Wha—
Mei Terumi immediately lowered her head instinctively.
Then she secretly raised it again.
Was this boy really that perceptive?
And...
That calm bearing, those tranquil eyes.
If he were ten years older, he would definitely be her type.
Kakashi was currently questioning his students.
"What do you think about this mission?" Kakashi asked.
He had noticed that something was off.
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Kakashi asked if they had noticed anything strange.
Naruto immediately jumped in with an answer!
"Something's off?"
"Isn't this an escort mission?"
"According to mission rank, they're divided into Super S-rank, S-rank, A-rank, B-rank, C-rank, and D-rank."
"The requirements are different too. Super S-rank missions require Kage-level experts, while S-rank and A-rank missions are handled by Jonin, B-rank by Chunin, C-rank by Chunin and Genin, and D-rank by Genin."
"Escort missions are C-rank, and... this is just an escort. No ninjas from other villages are involved."
"Old Man Tazuna also said that the Land of Waves doesn't even have ninjas."
"So..."
"This mission is super easy!"
"But I've never left the village before. I really want to see the outside world!"
Naruto was brimming with excitement.
Still, it had to be said that after Naruto suddenly soared, he even remembered this sort of textbook material.
Of course.
It might also have been because he had suddenly awakened. Once a person developed an interest, everything they did went smoothly.
In other words, Naruto was actually developing in a positive direction.
As Naruto's bodyguard since before he was born, Kakashi felt greatly relieved.
"Then what do you think, Sasuke?"
Kakashi felt a headache coming on whenever he looked at Sasuke.
Because he had an inseparable connection with the Uchiha Clan. His left eye was the Sharingan of his comrade, Obito.
So some people even called him Uchiha Kakashi.
Not only that.
When he served in the Anbu, his junior Itachi Uchiha had been his subordinate.
And now Itachi had slaughtered the entire Uchiha Clan, leaving Sasuke as the sole survivor.
Sasuke's heart held nothing but hatred, which made things difficult for him as well.
He felt that Itachi was not that kind of person. Itachi had even asked him,
[Was it absolutely necessary to respond to a friend's wishes?]
Not long after asking him that, Itachi massacred the Uchiha Clan. It made Kakashi wonder... whether he had somehow played a part in it too.
That made him feel deeply guilty.
But Sasuke as he was now... was still no match for someone on Itachi's level.
So hatred that could not win was useless.
"I just want to get stronger as soon as possible," Sasuke said.
That answer was somewhat aggressive, clearly showing his hatred for his brother, Itachi Uchiha, for exterminating their clan.
"Ah..." Kakashi paused.
Then he turned his gaze to the final student, the one who required the most attention.
"Then what do you think, Kitahara?"
"Me?"
Kitahara Kaede looked at Tazuna, who stood in the distance waiting to depart and drinking with one hand.
"If we look at this from the village's perspective when accepting the mission, then the client, Tazuna, definitely lied."
"But if we look at it from the perspective of three rookie Genin participating in the mission, then this mission clearly has value in continuing."
"Catching cats and dogs, harvesting rice, and things like that may not be humiliating, but they have no value in improving oneself."
"They're things that can be done without a ninja license."
"I don't want to do them."
He didn't want to.
He didn't want to do low-level missions.
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Hashirama Senju: Oho, this kid is pretty interesting.
Tobirama Senju: I think that understanding is quite correct.
Ninjas are not easy to train. If ninjas are made to do this sort of work, then what is the point of training them?
One must know that the people who can become ninjas are few. Making those few people do work that the general public can do is truly wasteful.
Tobirama Senju supported Kitahara Kaede's viewpoint.
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