Last Words [End]

"Forgotten..."

After leaving the Golden House, Shikamaru Nara still wore an extremely complicated expression.

Choji, standing beside him, did not know how to comfort Shikamaru Nara when he saw that look on his face.

After all, Shikamaru Nara...

Had worked under Yuya too...

"Why are you making that face? I'm fine." Shikamaru Nara smiled and patted Choji on the shoulder.

He wanted to crack a joke to ease the mood, but when he thought of the figure inside the Golden House...

Shikamaru Nara sighed...

Next, Yuya called in the outstanding ninja from the same generation as the Konoha 12.

But every one of them came out looking utterly miserable.

Without question, every single one of them had failed to persuade him.

Yuya was dead set on killing himself. No one could change his mind.

Jiraiya even tried to play the emotional card, only to be directly dragged out by Yuya.

And finally...

It was the last group's turn.

Boruto, class representative Sumire Kakei, Chocho Akimichi, Kawaki, Shikadai Nara, and the other outstanding ninja of the new generation.

Kawaki was an orphan Naruto had taken in.

Although he did not live with Boruto, Kawaki had always felt that Naruto was a far better candidate for Hokage than Hinata Hyuga.

Still, Hinata Hyuga was Naruto's wife, which made her Kawaki's adoptive mother as well, so he had always treated her with great respect.

But in Kawaki's heart, Naruto was unquestionably ranked first.

As for this so-called Third Hokage...

Kawaki genuinely did not care who he was.

Then...

The golden doors slowly opened.

The first thing Kawaki and the others saw was a sturdy, vigorous old man.

No matter how they looked at him, he did not seem to be in his eighties. People would have believed he was only in his fifties.