"Shikamaru." Naruto put his chin on the table, and his voice seemed to come from the ground, "Is this an illusion? It must be that Infinite Tsukuyomi hasn't solved it yet, right?"
Shikamaru held another half-meter-high pile of documents in his hand and piled them on the only open space in front of Naruto with an expressionless face. That dull "bang" completely shattered Seventh Hokage's illusions.
"Unfortunately, this is reality." Shikamaru yawned, his eye circles darker than Naruto, "And this is only in the morning. In the afternoon, there will be replies to congratulatory letters from famous names from various countries, Konoha Military Police Force's budget approval, and Ninja Academy's site selection report for expansion."
Naruto grabbed his hair in despair. "How did Kakashi-sensei survive? He is always reading novels!"
"Sixth has a unique skill." Shikamaru pulled out a document and pointed to the signature on it, "He can read documents at a speed of three lines per second, and he is good at pushing troubles to the people below. But you can't do that. You are a new official and everyone is watching your every instruction."
"Then I'll use my special move!" Naruto stood up suddenly, holding both hands Hand Seals, "Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
Bang bang bang!
The office was instantly crowded with twenty Naruto.
"Okay!" The main body Naruto waved his hand, "Let's do it together! Twenty times the speed, it can be done in half an hour!"
The clones looked at each other, then burst into cheers, each grabbed a pile of documents and started working hard.
Shikamaru didn't stop him, he just walked to the sofa and even asked for a cup of tea.
Five minutes later.
"Ahhh! Why do you have to sign Hokage even for the cost of clearing the sewers?"
"I can't understand the characters written by this name at all! Did he write it with his feet?"
"It is said here that Ichiraku Ramen's takeout subsidy will be increased... Oh, I approved this."
Ten minutes later.
The clones started to become violent.
"I quit! I want to practice!"
"I'm here to be Hokage, not an accountant!"
"You can do it yourself, bastard!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Along with the sound of a series of smoke dissipating, the clones automatically released one after another due to excessive mental pressure or simply wanting to be lazy.
And the most terrifying thing happened.
The moment the clone was released, all the memories, fatigue, and mental garbage generated by reading those boring official documents flowed back into the main body's mind in an instant.
"Uh..." Naruto flipped through Byakugan, like a salted fish hit by Lightning Release, slumped on the chair, foaming at the mouth, "My brain... my brain is going to explode..."
Shikamaru calmly took a sip of tea. "I forgot to tell you that using a clone to handle paperwork will multiply the mental fatigue. I tried it once before, and then I lay in the hospital for two days."
"You... why didn't you tell me earlier..." Naruto's hands were trembling, trying to get the water glass on the table.
"Let you have a long memory." Shikamaru put down the tea cup, "Okay, let's take a five-minute rest and continue."
At this moment, the office door was pushed open violently.
"Dad!"
Boruto rushed in, holding a shuriken model in his hand, with excitement on his face, "Look! I learned how to make the shuriken turn..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw Naruto hanging on the chair like a corpse, his eyes distracted.
"... What's wrong with you?" Boruto was stunned.
Naruto forced himself to sit up straight and forced out a smile that was uglier than crying, "It's Boruto... I'm sorry, dad is a little busy now."
"What?" Boruto looked at the paper mountain in the room, and the excitement in his eyes quickly cooled, "It's work again. Mom said she's going to make hamburgers tonight, will you go back?"
"Probably... maybe..." Naruto glanced at Shikamaru.
Shikamaru avoided looking and stared blankly at the light bulb on the ceiling.
"I will try my best." Naruto said, "As long as these..."
"Forget it." Boruto put the shuriken model in his pocket back into his pocket, turned around and walked out, "Anyway, you are just talking about it. Hokage, it's really boring."
The door was slammed shut.
Naruto's outstretched hand froze in mid-air.
The office was quiet for a few seconds.
"Am I a terrible father?" Naruto asked in a low voice.
"You have only been a member for a day." Shikamaru sighed, walked over and put a red document marked "urgent" on the top, "Don't think too much. Boruto that guy just wants to attract your attention. Now, sign this first. This is an analysis report on the residue of yesterday's sludge monster."
Naruto's eyes suddenly became sharp. He picked up the file and his original fatigue was gone.
"Remnants?"
"Hmm." Shikamaru pointed at a line of data on the report, "Sasuke didn't leave, he was watching from the intelligence department. According to analysis, the monster was not just a simple collection of Chakra. Before it dissipated, it emitted an encrypted Chakra signal in a certain direction."
"Signal?" Naruto frowned, "To whom? Momoshiki is already dead."
"I don't know. But Sasuke thinks that this may be some kind of coordinates." Shikamaru looked solemn, "If we don't figure it out, Leaf may face a second attack at any time."
Naruto put down the pen and looked out the window. Hokage Rock The paint on Hokage Rock has not yet dried, and the village is still reverberating with the afterglow of the celebration.
"We must find out." Naruto said, "I just said, no one can touch Leaf a blade of grass."
"Then hurry up and finish signing this pile." Shikamaru pointed at the remaining half of the mountain, "If you can't finish signing, you won't even be able to get out, let alone investigate."
Naruto wailed and picked up the pen again.
"Damn paper tiger!"
At the same time, Leaf Intelligence Department.
Sasuke was sitting in front of a complex sensory instrument. His left eye was wrapped in a bandage, but his right eye was staring at the beating waveform on the screen.
"Mr. Sasuke." Ino came over with a cup of coffee, "Your eyes need to rest. Lady Tsunade said..."
"Found it." Sasuke interrupted her.
"What?"
"The landing point of the signal." Sasuke pointed at a red dot on the screen, "It's not outside. It's in the village."
Ino came over and took a look, and his expression changed.
"That's... the abandoned Root Organization base?"
The former site of the "Root" organization is located in the deepest part of Leaf's underground. It is deeper than the shelter, dark and damp, and does not see the light all year round. Since Danzo's death, the place has been sealed, and even rats are unwilling to visit.
But now, there is movement here.
Naruto stood in front of the rusty iron door, holding a flashlight in his hand. He finally slipped out - using Shadow Clone to pretend to be in the office. Although Shikamaru must have seen through it long ago, as long as the clone is not removed, everyone will be safe.
"Are you sure this is here?" Naruto asked.
Sasuke was leaning against the wall, holding Kusanagi Sword on his waist with one hand. His face was still pale, but his aura of keeping strangers away from him had not diminished at all.