The two quickly returned to Shikaku's temporary Office.
The door closed behind him, temporarily blocking out the noise outside.
However, to Shikamaru's expectation, Shikaku did not go straight to the topic.
On the contrary, he walked behind his desk, but did not sit down. Instead, he looked at Shikamaru with a calm expression, and suddenly spoke, talking about a topic that seemed to have nothing to do with the current urgent military affairs:
"Master First Hokage Hashirama Senju, his Hokage Advisor is Master Second Hokage Tobirama Senju."
The sound of Shikaku is smooth.
"When Second Hokage was in office, the position of 'Hokage Advisor' was not formally established. All important matters were decided by him personally, or he directly assigned personnel to execute them."
Shikamaru was slightly startled, not understanding why his father suddenly mentioned this, but he did not interrupt, just listened quietly, with a vague premonition in his heart.
Shikaku continued, "Master Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, his Hokage Advisor are Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and...Shimura Danzō."
When these three names were mentioned, Shikaku's tone was calm, but Shikamaru could hear the complicated meaning behind them.
That is the epitome of Konoha's former core of power, and it also represents the shortcomings of a certain model.
"Fourth Hokage Master Minato Namikaze's reign is too short."
Shikaku shook his head slightly.
"I briefly assisted with some paperwork and coordination at Hokage's Office.
But strictly speaking, Fourth Hokage has not officially appointed Hokage Advisor, and the actual control of Konoha will not be fully and smoothly transferred from Third's hands to his hands."
"Fifth Hokage Lord Jiraiya, although his reign was shorter, he still officially appointed Tsunade as Hokage Advisor after he returned."
Having said this, Shikaku stopped, his eyes fell on Shikamaru's face, and his tone became solemn and direct:
"Now, Naruto Uzumaki is Sixth Hokage."
He leaned forward slightly and asked the core question:
"Who do you think... his Hokage Advisor will be?
Or will it be established?"
Shikamaru pursed his lips and did not answer immediately.
My father's words were obviously not without purpose.
Combined with Naruto's current status and acting style, as well as his father's sudden mention of this matter at this juncture...
The people around Naruto flashed through his mind quickly.
Who among the new generation can truly shoulder this important task with the level of resourcefulness, overall perspective, loyalty, and Naruto's trust?
The answer seemed to point to a direction that he didn't want to think deeply about, but couldn't avoid.
Shikamaru raised his head and looked into his father's deep eyes, with a rare solemnity on his face, and even a trace of uncertainty:
"Dad, you mean... will I become Hokage Advisor of Naruto?"
He asked directly what he was guessing.
However, after listening to his son's guess, Shikaku showed a helpless smile on his face.
"Huh..."
He shook his head, "I think... Naruto is likely to be like Second Hokage, without officially establishing the title 'Hokage Advisor'."
Shikamaru raised his eyebrows.
He had a bad premonition in his heart.
Shikaku continued, with a precise grasp of Naruto's character. "But he will still throw all the core, most arduous, and most brain-burning planning and coordination work to you and tell you to work."
Shikamaru: Sure enough...
Seeing his son's appearance, Shikaku laughed.
"Okay, okay."
Shikaku stopped smiling and softened his tone with comfort.
"You also know Naruto's character. He is definitely not the kind of guy who would treat his own people badly and only make people work without giving any benefits.
He will not be stingy with trust and practical benefits."
Shikaku's voice lowered a bit, became more serious, and his eyes became serious:
"Besides, you two have seen with your own eyes the behavior of the three 'Hokage Advisor's during the Third period."
His words carry the weight of history. "Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura, their conservatism, stubbornness to existing rules, constraints on new things, and even the rigidity and to some extent corruption that gradually emerged in the later period...
Shimura Danzō defected directly."
Saying it was a defection, Shikaku actually prefers that he has been silently executed.
All the dirty water on Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura was poured on Danzo.
The death of Shimura Danzō should have something to do with the two of them. If it was Third, he would have killed Danzo long ago.
Shikaku looked at his son. "Naruto wants someone who can do things, not a consultant Elder who may form a new power center or even constrain him in the future."
Shikamaru After listening, he was stunned for a moment, and then nodded in agreement.
"Indeed... something like what Naruto would do."
"So, don't think about titles or titles."
Shikaku patted his son on the shoulder, turned and walked towards the desk.
"Hurry up and work overtime. With Naruto's quick-thinking and resolute personality like Kid's, he might come to you soon to ask for something.
We have to prepare what we can before he opens his mouth."
With that said, Shikaku found the Declaration of War he had previously written to Kusagakure from the pile of documents on the table, and handed it to Shikamaru.
"Just follow this framework and ideas and write.
Finish writing first and write to Shinobi Village of other Four Great Nations.
After writing about big countries, write to Small Country.
Amegakure, Takigakure, Yugakure... Even Small Country may play a key role in specific links and cannot be ignored.
It's better to be prepared than to be caught temporarily."
"Ah?"
Shikamaru's eyes widened involuntarily, looking at his father, and his voice turned up a bit.
"So troublesome? Four big countries plus so many Small Country, each one has to write Declaration of War? How long will it take to write this?"
He could already imagine the tragic scene of being accompanied by pen and ink Scroll for a long period of time in the future because he had to rush to work.
Shikaku looked at the familiar expression on his son's face, showing that he was not grateful for the "trouble" but had to accept it.
Thinking about it, for many years to come, this Kid will probably have to serve as an "informal assistant", being left behind by Naruto and Hokage's Office, and dealing with a hundred times more troubles than this.
The smile on his face could no longer be suppressed, it was even brighter than before, and even contained a little bit of joy and a little bit of schadenfreude as "fathers see their children taking the 'right path'".
"It's okay, think on the bright side."
Shikaku tried to make his tone sound more comforting, although the smile lines at the corners of his eyes betrayed his true mood.
"Naruto Kid is much more generous than Third.
Believe me, he will definitely give you enough overtime pay and won't let you work in vain."
He finally patted Shikamaru on the back, not too hard but not too hard. "Let's get started, the future 'Konoha Strongest brain'. Starting from this draft of Kusagakure, this is the first lesson of your 'informal assistant' career."
Shikamaru looked down at Scroll, which was densely written in his hand, and then looked up at the still bright sky outside the window. In the end, all the helpless sighs turned into a muttering of resignation.
He pulled up a chair, sat down on the side of his father's large desk, spread out Scroll, and picked up the pen.
Ginger is still spicier.
As Shikaku expected, Naruto came over in the evening and asked for Declaration of War.
"Have you finished writing the ones for Land of Wind, Land of Earth and Land of Rivers?"
Shikamaru was shocked, his father didn't tell him this.
He followed the map and started writing from Land of Lightning, Land of Iron, Land of Water!
Shikaku, however, calmly took out Declaration of War for these three countries.
After Naruto left, he educated Shikamaru with earnest words.
"We are now at Kusagakure, which means that the most likely next attacks are Land of Earth, Land of Rain, Land of Rivers and Land of Wind."
With that said, Shikaku placed Declaration of War, which was addressed to Land of Rain, in front of his son.
"You, you have to think more!"