Stop fighting, you two!

"Let go!" "I won't!"

"Hashirama!"

"Madara!"

The two exchanged a look, then...

"Stop! Stop! Stop fighting, you two!" Duy couldn't help crying out as he watched the pair launch into an awkward dance battle at the slightest disagreement...

Their usual dance battles looked pretty decent with music to set the mood. Without music, this shit was awkward for anyone watching...

A little later.

Duy yawned, took out his phone to check the time, then looked back at the two dancing men in front of him—one wiggling his belly, the other shuffling his feet...

Fine, you two keep dancing here. I'm going home to sleep...

The next day, school was closed because Tobirama had an important experiment to conduct.

"Dave, have you seen your uncle?" Tobirama found Dave having fun planting vegetables and asked him anxiously.

"Uncle? He went out ages ago. Isn't he the Hokage? Isn't he at the Hokage Office?" Dave was puzzled too. It was only seven or eight in the morning, and he had seen Hashirama leave a little after six.

"He's not at the Hokage Office, and he isn't answering his phone. There's still a pile of documents and troublesome matters there that your uncle needs to deal with." Tobirama had a headache. The staff at the Hokage Office had just contacted him and asked him to find Hashirama.

"Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep." Just then, Tobirama's phone rang. He checked it and saw that his sister-in-law, Mito, was calling.

"What is it, Mito?" Tobirama asked.

"Tobirama, why are ten thousand Ryo missing from the house? Did you take them to buy lab equipment again?" Mito's roar came through the phone...

Her roaring left Tobirama's head buzzing...

"Hiss... Mito, it wasn't me. I didn't come home at all last night. How could I have taken money from the house?" Tobirama sucked in a cold breath and replied speechlessly.

He had spent all of last night in the laboratory without coming home. How could he have taken her money...?

"Uh... Father... I... I think I know where Uncle went... and who took the money..." Just then, Dave, who had also answered a call beside him, hung up and looked sheepishly at his father, Tobirama.

"Where is he?" Tobirama's expression changed, his eyes abruptly sharpening like a hawk's...

Outside the Phone Shop...

"Um... Lord Hokage... aren't you busy today...?" Aunt Cai asked with a strained smile as she watched Hashirama stubbornly battle the Claw Machine.

Lord Hokage had arrived first thing in the morning and exchanged three thousand Ryo for tokens, only to lose them all in no time... Now he had exchanged another five thousand Ryo for tokens...

"Not at all, not at all. As Hokage, I need to understand the people's lives too." Hashirama spoke with his eyes fixed intently on the Claw Machine in front of him.

With no other choice, Aunt Cai called Dave... Boss said he would be there soon... But seeing Hashirama lose roughly one token every two seconds, she felt she should try to persuade Lord Hokage again before Boss arrived...

"Lord Hokage... if it really isn't working out, why don't we just give you a plush toy for free?" Aunt Cai said with a wry smile. Each doll inside only cost thirty Ryo... Lord Hokage had already spent enough to buy hundreds of them...

"Cai! This is a challenge Lord Hokage has staked his youth and passion on! He is a great man! We must support him! Giving Lord Hokage a doll for free would be an insult to his youth! Lord Hokage! I'll join you! Let's have a claw-machine challenge with our fiery youth on the line!" Might Wei declared passionately from nearby, his teeth gleaming.

"Get out of the way!" Veins bulged on Aunt Cai's strained, smiling face, and she kicked Might Wei away. Why had she ever married this idiot? All he did was make trouble.

Just then, Dave and Tobirama arrived. Seeing that Boss was there, Aunt Cai dragged the half-dead Might Wei off the ground and into the shop.

"Having fun?" Tobirama walked up beside Hashirama and asked.

"Absolutely! Damn it, I lost to that bastard Madara yesterday! The jerk ran off as soon as he won. It made me furious! I'm going to practice hard so that next time he comes back, I can crush him and laugh in his face!" Hashirama said indignantly without turning around.

"Really? Mito said ten thousand Ryo went missing from the house. Know anything about that?" Tobirama raised an eyebrow.

Watching from the side, Dave swallowed... He knew... whenever Tobirama raised an eyebrow, he was holding himself back...

"I took it. It's only ten thousand Ryo. Hehe, Tobirama takes money for his experiments all the time. I'll just say he took it." Hashirama grinned. He had no idea the person behind him was Tobirama; he thought it was some acquaintance.

Veins bulged on Tobirama's forehead... Looking at his older brother's smug grin, he had a feeling this wasn't the first time Hashirama had done this...

Just then, Hashirama lost again. He turned around to see which acquaintance it was and say hello... The smile froze on his face...

"BIG... BROTHER!!!!"

"Aah! Tobirama! I'm your brother! Your own flesh and blood! Blood is thicker than water! Not the face! Not the face!"

Watching his father give his uncle a one-sided beating, Dave felt like laughing. There was no one in the Shinobi World stronger than Hashirama right now, but quite a few people could keep him in line.

A little later.

"Come with me to the Hokage Office and get to work. As Hokage, you should be giving your all for Konoha. How can you do right by the village you built yourself if you act like this?" Tobirama dragged Hashirama, whose face was swollen like a pig's head, by the collar and slowly headed toward the Hokage Office.

"No! Stop! Stop! I don't want to go! Work is so boring! I want to play the claw machine!" the pig-faced Hashirama howled.

Whenever Hashirama thought of entering the office, with its mountain of documents piled on the desk and a whole bunch of old men constantly coming to chat about this, that, and Konoha, his heart sank into despair... This was nothing like the wonderful life he had imagined.

In his imagination... there was only Madara... in his office... Hehehe...

"Get back to work! Which of the Five Great Nations has a Kage like you, slacking off all day long?" Tobirama cursed.

"Noooo!!"

Watching his uncle get dragged away, Dave observed two seconds of silence for him.

"Uncle Wei, are those plush dolls I ordered from the Textile Factory ready yet?" Duy walked into the shop and asked Might Wei.

"Oh, Boss! Those plush dolls are ready!" Might Wei flashed his dazzling teeth. Aunt Cai rolled her eyes at him, then took the dolls out from under the counter and handed them to Dave.

"Okay, thanks, Uncle Wei, Aunt Cai." Duy took them with a smile.