"This is Konoha?"
Listening to Namikawa Yū's words, Hiruzen Sarutobi's heart moved, and he already had a vague guess. "You didn't kill me at the beginning?"
"Hmm."
Namikawa Yū said, "In terms of status, you are my teacher. Since you are confirmed to be missing, there is no need for me to kill you."
"As for now, as you can see, I have become Third Hokage of Konoha."
"Is that so?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi relaxed and managed to calm down. "Then what do you want now?"
"I'm not prepared to do anything."
Namikawa Yū spoke softly, "The war is over, Konoha is in peace, Teacher Sarutobi you can go home."
"Your family is still waiting for you to return."
When Hiruzen Sarutobi mentioned his family, his heart couldn't help but move.
He really missed home.
After many years of separation, he has been missing, and we don't know what is happening to his family now.
"Let's go back and have a look."
Namikawa Yū said, "From now on, you are free and can do whatever you want."
"As for other matters, it won't be too late for you to come see me again in a few days."
"Okay."
Hiruzen Sarutobi took a deep breath and then nodded.
After a while, under the guidance of Namikawa Yū, he walked out from here.
As soon as he walked out of the gate and entered Konoha, he was shocked by the sight in front of him.
A large number of tall buildings stood in front of me.
There are tall buildings everywhere, and there are many street lights everywhere, which are flashing faint lights at the moment.
There are construction teams everywhere, and the workers are very busy, and there are busy figures everywhere.
The scene here is not like a village, but like a very prosperous city. There are construction teams everywhere, and it looks like a prosperous and busy scene.
Is this still Konoha?
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the scene around him. After looking at it for a while, he confirmed where he was.
This is indeed Konoha, but the changes seem a bit huge.
"Did I really just sleep for three years?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked a little suspiciously at the drastic changes happening around him.
He was a little puzzled.
Although three or four years is not a short time, for a behemoth like Konoha, there should not be such a big change.
But the situation in front of me showed a completely different picture.
Everywhere is prosperous and busy.
There are many young people playing together on the roadside. Compared with Konoha in the past, the flow of people is obviously much larger.
This is natural.
In the past, Konoha had a population of only a few hundred thousand in the entire village because it had maintained militarization for many years.
But now Konoha is no longer just a military center, it is more like the capital of Land of Fire.
The entire Land of Fire is now gradually under the control of Konoha. Under this situation, the flow of people coming to Konoha has also increased a lot every year.
The composition of these people who came to settle in Konoha was complex. Some were nobles from Land of Fire who moved to Konoha collectively after their territory was acquired by Konoha.
Some are local residents who were accommodated within Konoha with the expansion of Konoha. With the expansion of Konoha city circle, they successfully became glorious Konoha people.
There are also many people who come here to seek opportunities in Konoha.
As Konoha expands and becomes more prosperous, there are more opportunities here.
Especially after the development of industry, along with the expansion of industry, Konoha needs a large number of workers every year.
This also creates huge demand.
Today, Konoha has many people from other places coming to seek jobs or entrepreneurial opportunities every year.
While these people have driven a large amount of demand, they have also increased the foreign population within Konoha.
In just a short period of time, Konoha turned into a big city with a population of nearly one million people.
And such a city is enough to shock people in this era.
Hiruzen Sarutobi Walking on the roadside, I just feel that there are strange things everywhere.
Not to mention anything else, the street lights everywhere on the roadside and the public toilets that can be seen from time to time are enough to make people curious.
Many businesses on the roadside are conducting promotions and people are drinking.
Hiruzen Sarutobi took a closer look, and after experiencing it for himself for a while, he quickly exclaimed, "It's really different."
"Is this Tsugumi's ability?"
He knew that Namikawa Yū was very capable. Senju Tobirama had praised his management ability more than once in the past. Therefore, he specially gave Hiruzen Sarutobi as his student so that he could assist Hiruzen Sarutobi in the future.
But in just three or four years, the whole Konoha has become like this, which is really beyond the imagination of Hiruzen Sarutobi.
And as he traveled, he received more and more information, and he had a deeper understanding of Konoha at this time.
"Land of Lightning has signed an armistice agreement with Konoha, and even Raikage has surrendered?
"Uzumaki Clan also bowed its head and agreed to merge into Konoha?"
Along the way, Hiruzen Sarutobi was shocked by each piece of news.
Raikage of Kumogakure had an extremely famous reputation before he succeeded to the throne. Among Ninja World, they are known as Strongest Spear and Strongest Shield.
Such a person actually succumbed to Namikawa Yū. It seems that he was defeated head-on by Namikawa Yū.
Uzumaki Clan holds the unique Sealing Technique, which has been a loyal ally of Konoha in the past and has a very unique value to Konoha.
It's just that in the past, even under Second Hokage Tobirama Senju, Uzumaki Clan has always maintained an independent relationship, and has never been very cold to Konoha's invitation.
But now, under the hands of Namikawa Yū, he actually chose to surrender?
There is no doubt that this is a very obvious achievement.
Whether it is defeating Raikage or subduing Uzumaki Clan, these are solid political achievements, which can greatly add glory to any Hokage.
Hiruzen Sarutobi thinks that even if he inherits that position, there is a high probability that he will not be able to achieve this level.
What shocked him even more was the changes within Land of Fire.
With Namikawa Yū coming to power, Konoha is constantly undergoing changes, and now it is mainly focusing on customers, and there is a faint feeling that it is superior to Land of Fire Daimyo.
For a traditional ninja like Hiruzen Sarutobi, this is almost unimaginable.
Many ninjas in this world are like this. They clearly possess power that is far superior to mortals, but when facing mortals like Daimyo, they feel awe in their hearts and dare not offend them.
But now, under the leadership of Namikawa Yū, Konoha has turned its back on customers and has become the faint master of Land of Fire?
For Hiruzen Sarutobi, this is undoubtedly something that was unimaginable in the past.
Today, in Land of Fire, traffic everywhere is already controlled by Konoha, and there are military bases set up by Konoha everywhere.