While Hiruzen and Danzo were arguing, Gawain and Koharu had a brief chat.
Koharu and the other two were still quite mild-mannered towards Gawain, after all, they had always trusted Hiruzen's judgment.
Since Hiruzen has designated Gawain as someone who should not be easily provoked, Koharu and En are not like Danzo, a cunning old fox, harboring any secret plans to cause trouble.
Gawain chatted with the old man and woman for a while about what happened a thousand years ago, then about the Second and First Hokage, and some stories from the Sengoku period.
Afterwards, Koharu and the other person Gawain said goodbye and left.
After the two left, Gawain then taught the three children in the yard a little more seriously.
These three children are still very young; there's not much for them to learn.
That's Haki! The Rokushiki... those moves aren't quite suitable for their age yet.
Even Luffy and his group of geniuses didn't start learning about Haki and the Rokushiki until they were at least eighteen years old.
Especially the Rokushiki, before mastering the ultimate technique of Seimei Kikan, the Rokushiki are essentially a means of obtaining power by squeezing the body dry.
As for ninjutsu...
Gawain does indeed know many ninjutsu techniques, but he uses them differently from ordinary ninjas.
Gawain's body is filled with the chakra of the Bloodline Limit, and 99% of ninjutsu can operate automatically within him, without needing any hand seals to guide or control them.
So, is Gawain going to teach children to clap their hands together?
In the end, Gawain simply took the three children to the pond and taught them to climb trees and wade in the water.
Exhausted, Sakura Haruno bid farewell and left at 8 PM. No matter how much she wanted to see Sasuke's handsome face in his daily life, Sakura Haruno didn't dare to stay out all night.
As for Sasuke and Naruto...
Naruto had no intention of leaving. He had never eaten such delicious food in his life. Hiruzen Sarutobi had arranged for the Sarutobi Clan's chef to cook for Gawain. Although the skill level couldn't compare to Sanji's dishes, which were made with heart, it was still much better than what Naruto had eaten.
Naruto has always been very casual about food. When he has money, he eats ramen and barbecue; when he doesn't have money, he drinks leftover milk.
Compared to that, Naruto had no desire to go back to that home where he was all alone.
And so, Naruto was the first to choose a bedroom at the Gawain Family.
As for Sasuke...
Sasuke himself still really wants to go home.
Unfortunately, Gawain wouldn't allow it.
Naruto is a kid full of energy; give him a ladder and he'll climb up and soar to great heights.
Sasuke, on the other hand, is cold and aloof. If you don't force him to be exposed to the scorching sun, he'll dig a hole and bury himself in it, then suffer the agonizing feeling of suffocation.
If you don't expose him to the light of day, he'll drown himself.
They certainly cannot be treated the same way.
So, that night...
Hearing the constant snoring beside him, Sasuke angrily threw off his blanket.
He took a deep breath and stood next to Naruto's bed, coldly staring at the carefree Naruto was even kicking off the covers.
"Can't you just stop snoring?!"
After muttering something under his breath, Sasuke pulled Naruto's blanket up and covered Naruto's face with it.
Naruto's snoring paused for a moment, sounding slightly bewildered, before resuming with a muffled sound from under the covers.
Listening to the muffled snoring, which only made things worse, Sasuke's chest trembled involuntarily.
After standing by the bed for a long time, he finally took a weak breath.
"This guy can still be called my reincarnated brother?"
I would never have such an annoying younger brother!
My brother isn't that stupid!!!
Sighing in frustration, Sasuke went back into bed and covered his head in annoyance.
All patience is for the sake of greater power!
I must acquire the power to defeat that guy!
That guy wasn't much older than me, yet he could kill dozens of Jonin and hundreds of Chunin all by himself!
And myself...
I can't even graduate early!
I must be extra patient and work twice as hard!
Sleep!!!
The next morning, Gawain personally made breakfast for the two little kids.
Looking at Naruto, Naruto, and Sasuke, who had heavy dark circles under his eyes and even seemed to be floating on his feet.
Gawain chuckled and sat down between the two of them, patting them on the head.
How did you sleep last night?
"Excellent!"
"This is terrible!"
Hearing this question, they both got excited, but for completely different reasons.
After giving a completely different answer, Sasuke turned his head away, refusing to look at Naruto again.
Fortunately, Sakura Haruno's arrival ended the cold war initiated unilaterally by Sasuke.
After returning from here yesterday, Sakura Haruno, who thought she had gotten to know Gawain well, went to Gawain's door early this morning to Sasuke to go to school together.
If we disregard the broader context of the Shinobi World and focus solely on the scene of the three children going to school together, we'll be left with a different perspective.
They actually are quite similar to Japan elementary school students in modern society.
The children of Konoha Village were indeed well protected by the Third Hokage and his group before they graduated and became ninjas.
Time passed day by day, and under Gawain's guidance, the graduation exam finally arrived.
This time, Naruto didn't fail to use the Shadow Clone Technique properly. Instead, he succeeded because he had mastered climbing trees and walking on water, and Kurama was too scared by Gawain to cause any trouble.
And so, Naruto graduated very smoothly.
The day after graduation, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura Haruno were assigned to the same class as expected.
When they met Kakashi Hatake, who was still their teacher...
Naruto immediately stood up, his eyes wide, and shouted at Kakashi Hatake.
"Aren't you that white-haired ninja who lost to Grandpa along with the Hokage?!"
"It's truly an honor for me to remember you so clearly..."
Faced with Naruto's offhand retort, Kakashi Hatake rolled his eyes in frustration, realizing he shouldn't have been their teacher.
In fact, even the Third Hokage intended to hand over Naruto and his two companions directly to Gawain.
The Third Hokage didn't want Naruto, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, to leave the village too often. Entrusting him to Gawain would strengthen the bond between Gawain and Konoha Village, and also allow Gawain to feel Hidden Leaf Village's attitude towards him.
Indeed, after communicating with Danzo multiple times, Hiruzen Sarutobi, enduring countless curses from Danzo, made this decision that Danzo was destined to regret countless times.
He hoped to bind this mysterious man, Gawain, to Konoha's war machine!
The Third Hokage even felt that if he didn't live much longer, he would be willing to try to transfer the Hokage position to Gawain before he died!
It's not that the Third Hokage had dementia; he simply understood the essence of Hokage better than anyone else.
The essence of Naruto is that the capable rise and the mediocre fall!
As long as there is anyone in the village stronger than the Hokage, even if a weak person were to become the Hokage, they would only end up in a dilemma!
And Gawain...
Although Gawain's appearance was shrouded in mystery, after a long investigation, the Third Hokage was able to confirm that Gawain was not one of the powerful ronin or rogue ninja who roamed around.
Since he's not at least not an enemy, the hardships Konoha Village endured over three generations and the Will of Fire can encompass Gawain.
On the other hand, as long as Gawain has no intention of leaving, no matter how many new Hokage they choose, they cannot remove Gawain's shadow from the village.
Since we don't know what Gawain's purpose is, we might as well give him the whole village. After all, this powerful man doesn't have any other stance or circle.
If Konoha is used as a wager to shackle a powerful figure like Gawain, wouldn't that allow Gawain to be used by Konoha in a different way?
I've given you the whole village, what else can you do for your own things?
Unless Gawain is the kind of psychopath who wants to destroy the entire Shinobi World, even if Gawain originally harbored hatred for Konoha, shouldn't that hatred gradually dissipate once Konoha became his?
Gawain is really strong!
Hiruzen hadn't been defeated in a long time, let alone so easily!
Hiruzen was absolutely certain that Gawain was far stronger than any Kage from any other ninja village!
The reason that prompted Hiruzen to have this absurd idea...
And of course, there's Hiruzen... He's really looking forward to having a successor.
Twelve years ago, the Fourth Hokage served as Hokage for less than a year, allowing Hiruzen to enjoy a brief period of rest.
For twelve long years after that, Hiruzen remained without a successor!
To ensure that Jiraiya's disciple, Minato Namikaze, would rise to power, almost all of Minato Namikaze's contemporaries and competitors were eliminated by... Hiruzen.
White Fang's actions were a mistake; Hiruzen never expected that a high-ranking Anbu commander like White Fang would commit suicide to atone for his sins...
Orochimaru were also a mistake. Hiruzen hadn't expected Orochimaru's experiments to actually reach the point of inhumanity. The rumors and gossip surrounding Orochimaru inadvertently proved correct, directly forcing Orochimaru to defect...
In short, Minato Namikaze's rise to power resulted in the extermination of his contemporaries, who were considered among the strongest.
As a result, after Minato Namikaze rose to power, there wasn't a single Kage-level shinobi of his Minato Namikaze left...
Kakashi Hatake was in a bad mood and refused to remove his Sharingan, which was a burden to him, no matter what he said.
Guy certainly has enough strength; his father's kick back then had already proven the limits of the Eight Gates.
But Guy really doesn't have that kind of brain!
His own son?
Asuma's heart had long since been set free by the deaths of her brother and sister-in-law.
Even if I forced him to become Hokage, he wouldn't.
Only the others, whether it's the Hyuga Clan or the Ino–Shika–Cho...
Not to mention that they currently don't even have a successor with Kage-level strength.
Just considering their political leanings, firmly siding with the ninja clan, the Third Hokage wouldn't allow them to become Hokage!
Even Tsunade was disliked by the Third Hokage, because if Tsunade were to rise to power, her status as a princess would naturally become a signal that the ninja clan would once again become powerful!
Even if Tsunade herself didn't support the rise of the ninja clans, her status as a princess was already a weapon the ninja clans could wield.
This is also why, in the original manga, despite the death of the Third Hokage, the major ninja clans of Konoha Village continued to grow stronger.
Tsunade was powerless to stop them, Kakashi Hatake had no ability, and Naruto was even less qualified, because Naruto was the Hokage's son.
The Third Hokage originally hoped that, starting with his generation, all future Hokage positions would be held by different commoners!
He initially favored Jiraiya, Jiraiya refused. So he continued to favor Minato Namikaze, but Minato Namikaze refused. He would rather take over himself and wait for the next genius from among the commoners to appear.
But the next generation...
Without a teacher like him, who among the next generation of Hokage and the generation after that would consistently prioritize the interests of ordinary people and relentlessly suppress the power and interests of the various ninja clans of Konoha, just like he and the Second Hokage?
By the end of the third generation, on the very day the third generation died.
The reigns of the three patriarchs can be considered the era in which the most talented commoners of Konoha rose to prominence.
By the time Naruto came to power, no poor ninja in Konoha Village could rise to prominence.
In the Boruto: Naruto Next Generations era, every ninja who can be considered respectable must come from a certain ninja clan and possess certain different bloodlines.
Isn't this a regression for Konoha Village?
Will Boruto: Naruto Next Generations feature another Jiraiya or Minato Namikaze who grew up in the Ninja Academy, or perhaps Orochimaru or White Fang?
There is none left.
Before becoming the White Fang, the Hatake Clan was a declining samurai family, and even their ninja dogs were bought from the neighboring Inuzuka Clan.
White Fang may seem to have a family, but it's a samurai family. As far as ninja clans go, White Fang could be considered a commoner ninja, couldn't he?
Perhaps this is the real reason why no one is willing to save the third generation...
When almost all the successors of the ninja clans in Konoha hoped that the era of the Third Hokage would end as soon as possible.
It wasn't until the third generation that they truly became isolated and abandoned by everyone...
The last legacy the Third Hokage left to Konoha was probably the last group of truly strong commoners in the Konoha Village!
Among them, Kabuto and Sakura Haruno are the most representative.
These two are definitely Kage-level fighters, and even Kabuto is far beyond Kage-level. They are the last batch of true commoner masters.
Isn't all of this a result of three generations of rule?
Now, the Third Hokage stands at the most critical juncture in his confrontation with the ninja clan.
He no longer cares about taking any high-stakes gambles.
He knew that only by completely suppressing the ninja clans could a flourishing of diverse talents be created in the Shinobi World!
He's too old to do it, and Danzo, who wanted to do the same, was far too extreme!
He can no longer wait for new commoner ninjas to grow to the level of Minato Namikaze or Jiraiya!
So...
Although Gawain claims to be the ancestor of the Otsutsuki clan, the strongest clan in the Shinobi World...
But Gawain has no vested interests with any clan in the Shinobi World!
If Naruto himself possesses excellent political abilities and doesn't need the Ino–Shika–Chō's help to govern Konoha Village, and also doesn't marry a woman Hyuga the Hyuga clan...
Naruto actually had no vested interests with any ninja clan.
Unfortunately...
The hardships of his youth did not make Naruto more mature.
Sending his beloved commoner woman to his class didn't sever his bond and feelings for that woman from the Hyūga Clan...
Training Naruto was incredibly difficult; Naruto really isn't as good as Minato Namikaze.
As a young man, Minato Namikaze was ambitious and made good use of the marriage arranged for him.
He possesses excellent political acumen and considerable strength; his wife's family is the long-extinct Uzumaki Clan...
The third generation has been waiting for the next Minato Namikaze for far too long!
Until now...
Inside the Hokage's office building, he looked at Gawain, who was lying in the distant courtyard basking in the sun.
The third generation suddenly felt that it was the best gift God had given him!
A supreme expert who fell from the sky and had no vested interests with any ninja clan—all I need to do is create enough bonds between him and Konoha to trust him!
What a great choice this is... huh?!
Just then, in the Third Generation's eyes, the distant courtyard suddenly... exploded!!!
Boom!!!
In an instant, the third generation was enraged!
Before any bonds could be formed, we were attacked by something inexplicable!
Danzo, it must have been you who did it!
While cursing Danzo, the Third Hokage rushed out at top speed.
Little did he know, shortly after he rushed out, a man named Mizuki slipped into the Hokage Tower...