After admiring the village sunset from Kage Rock, the two little ones, Hinata and Naruto, were sent home before night fell. They looked utterly exhausted and would probably sleep well.
After this incident, the village's precautions would likely no longer be limited to ninja.
Who could have imagined that an ordinary person could carry so many explosive tags up to Kage Rock?
Upon returning to the ANBU office, Oto Uchiha picked up a pen and wrote a report, briefly covering the day's farce.
By the time the report reached the Hokage Building, it was already late at night.
The office was still brightly lit. The Third Hokage and several of the village's elite jonin were drawing up strategic plans, including Shikaku Nara and Inoichi Yamanaka.
As he grew older, the Third became increasingly worn out, both mentally and physically. With the ninja clans gaining influence and the threat of Akatsuki looming, he was gradually finding himself unable to keep up.
He had no choice but to bring back the Ino-Shika-Cho trio and place them in senior positions to keep the other factions in check.
During a break, the Third picked up the two reports on his desk and read through them carefully, unconsciously reaching for his pipe.
The reports described a farce that had taken place within the village, but despite that label, it was little different from a terrorist attack.
The involvement of Naruto, the jinchūriki, and Hinata, the young lady of the Hyuga Main Family, was enough to give him a terrible headache.
Hinata had already been abducted once in her early childhood, an incident that had also caused a rift between him and both Zou and Oto.
And Naruto was not merely a jinchūriki. He was also Minato and Kushina's son, and nothing could be allowed to