Nara Shikaku looked at this thoughtful old man and said slowly:
"Hokage-sama, I understand what you mean. Yuuyu is only eight years old and often makes troubles. He should not be one of the root leaders. However, in my mind, Yuuyu is not only the future of our Konoha, but also our The future leader of Konoha, this kid has a different kind of charm among the children."
A smile appeared on his face and he said, "My son Shikamaru often mentions Yuu Yu in front of me. There is no negative emotions such as jealousy, fear, or disgust. It is more like describing a person who has greatly helped him grow up. Be a good partner! I’m not the only one who thinks so, the Rizu Clan Chief, Zhiwei Clan Chief and others should also think so.”
"Okay, I understand."
Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Nara Shikaku leaving with a thoughtful expression.
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"Hatake Kakashi and Nohara Yuu, the pair of masters and disciples will become the new leaders of Gen." This explosive news spread quickly within Konoha Village after the meeting.
That’s it for Kakashi, Yuu Nohara? An eight-year-old? Many parents couldn't help but clenched their fists when they heard the news and looked at their son, who was about the same age as Yuu Nohara but was still making trouble at home.
After hearing the news, Yuyu's first thought was that at the age of eight, I had really entered the "root".
After hearing the news, Nohara Yoto and Minako were also very shocked. They tried every means to prevent Yuyu from entering the root when he was eight years old. They originally thought it was impossible, but in the end they still went in. It is really unpredictable.
There was a heated discussion outside about the two new leaders.
One of Gen's new leaders, Kakashi Hatake, was summoned to the Hokage's office by Hiruzen Sarutobi. This time, Hiruzen Sarutobi did not let Kakashi stand and faced him on the sofa in the office. Sit and talk.
Sarutobi Hiruzen had some tea brewed and poured a cup for Kakashi himself.
Kakashi tasted the tea that he rarely had the opportunity to drink.
"Kakashi, didn't you think of that?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen said with a smile, "Your strength, qualifications and leadership skills are obvious to all. In terms of comprehensive ability, almost no one in the entire ANBU can match you. What's even more rare is that you have the support of the village's clan leader and With the recognition of the two great consultants, this position must be yours! What? Don’t you seem to be very interested?"
"Hokage-sama, being a leader is not an easy job."
Kakashi put down the teacup and nodded with a serious face. He briefly looked at the information about the current situation of "Root" that Hiruzen Sarutobi gave him, and also learned that "Root" was basically destroyed... Moreover, before Danzo, The things he did have caused Gen to be notorious in Konoha, and he may not be able to turn around for a long time.
What makes him even more troubled is that Yu Yu turns out to be his deputy...
He just had a headache for this child. When Hiruzen Sarutobi asked him to come out from the ANBU to lead the elite class, he refused.
So, the matter fell on Yamato's head.
Now...fortunately, the Sandaime didn't push Metkai to his side, otherwise, he would have to consider how to decline politely.
Sarutobi Hiruzen seemed to know what he was thinking. He smiled slightly and said: "The current situation of 'Gen' is indeed worrying, but I will give you enough time and authority to reform and rebuild Gen. I can even consider it for three months." We will not delegate tasks internally - as for Youyu, this child is also recognized by the village chief, so putting him next to you will allow him to grow better, right?"
He paused and said, "Kakashi, don't put too much pressure on yourself. You know, when we proposed root candidates, there were six or seven people, but the ninja clan leaders unanimously approved of you!"
Kakashi was stunned for a moment and then said: "Perhaps, thanks to my father's reputation, they have trust in me."
"Maybe...your father, Hatake Sakumo..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen was silent for a moment, sighed slightly, and said: "I was not aware of what Danzo did back then. Speaking of which, with my status, I should have protected the village's top combat power, but I failed to do it - —" Kakashi waved his hand and said: "Hokage-sama, don't say that." He carefully considered his words and said, "You are busy with your affairs and it is impossible to cover everything. Besides, it was all done by Danzo."
"Yeah, I didn't expect Danzo to do those things."
Sarutobi Hiruzen shook his head and poured Kakashi another glass.
While the two were drinking tea and chatting on the sofa, an ANBU ninja walked in hurriedly and reported to Hiruzen Sarutobi that Uchiha Shisui, who had been missing for a day and a night, had returned to the village. However, because Shisui was too fast, the ANBU The people could not catch up, they guessed that Shisui had returned to the clan.
Sarutobi Hiruzen said: "Okay, go down."
After the Anbu ninja left, Sarutobi Hiruzen chatted with Kakashi for a few more words, and then told him that the root was in chaos now, and a leader was urgently needed, and he was asked to take office in the afternoon... Kakashi left the office, and from then on When he walked out of the Hokage building, Sarutobi Hiruzen stood in front of the window, looking at the back of the leaving silver-haired ninja, and thought to himself, does Kakashi really have no complaints against me?
It seems that there is no...
That's good.
He asked the ANBU ninja behind him: "Xiang, how long do you think it will take for 'Gen' to complete this reconstruction?"
The ANBU ninja codenamed 'Elephant' said: "There are more existing ninjas involved in crimes than we expected... The reputation was not good at all, and it became even more infamous after this incident. The subordinates did not expect Kakashi. It is still unknown where we can find people and whether we can complete the 'reconstruction' you mentioned, Hokage-sama."
Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded slightly, this matter must worry Kakashi and Yuu.
He also had a lot to worry about... Although today's situation was better than he expected, and the public opinion in the village did not criticize him too much. They all blamed Danzo, the culprit, but he still heard some accusations against him. , which caused a lot of damage to his reputation...
Moreover, after agreeing to the eight reforms proposed by Uchiha.
This group that is hostile to him will become even stronger in Konoha in the future.
Uchiha gave up a large number of positions in the Police Department, but only gave up one at the captain level. This ensured that the control of the Police Department was still in the hands of Uchiha, while their people could be placed in large numbers in various departments and have an impact on other departments. ····This will allow Uchiha to quickly integrate into Konoha. From another perspective, it will also make Uchiha more influential on Konoha as a whole.
Sarutobi Hiruzen was thinking about how to break back Ichijo.
After thinking for a moment, he shook his head and felt that the ninja world was not peaceful now. He could not focus too much on the inside of the village and had to focus more on outside the village. Otherwise, a crisis of this level would still happen. Appear in large numbers...
Unfortunately, the ace team he created to guard against Akatsuki was forced to disband.
How should Shisui arrange the other combat power of this ace team?
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While Sarutobi Hiruzen was thinking, the person involved, Uchiha Shisui, had already returned to the clan.
It was raining lightly and there were few pedestrians on the street. Shisui stood in the middle of the Uchiha street. His eyes passed through the hazy rain and fog and looked at the clansmen in the clan. These people were cooking, entertaining children and talking in the house, just like usual. That way, there was no miserable scene of a river of blood... After a while, he murmured: "Everyone... is still alive... it's really great!"
He ran towards home as fast as he could.
After returning to the outside of his courtyard, he saw his sister Fenghua standing under the awning of the house, staring at the crow he raised in a daze.
"Wind Flower!"
"elder brother!!"
Fenghua rushed over and hugged Shisui who jumped in front of her, shouting happily, "Brother, I knew you wouldn't defect!!"
"Of course not." Zhisui saw his sister staring at his crow again after letting him go. His face was covered with black lines, and he warned sternly, "Fenghua, don't try to take advantage of my crow!!"
"But, I want to make soup for Youyu to drink!"
"Take my crow to make soup for Youyu? I'll make you hot! If you dare to do it, you'll be dead!!"
"But, but Yuyu is so kind to us...Brother, you don't know, I was almost killed last night..."
"What's going on? Speak slowly."
Zhisui suppressed his smile, and was shocked after hearing only a few words. After listening to what his sister said, he remained silent for a long time, and did not respond to his sister's call... After a long time, he sighed, it turned out that yesterday His feeling was correct. There was really only a thin line between Uchiha being exterminated. He looked at Fenghua who was shouting in worry and said: "Stop screaming, I'm fine... Fenghua, have you opened your Sharingan?"
"yes!"
Fenghua's eyes widened and transformed into a pair of rapidly rotating single Magatama Sharingan. She said, "I was so scared last night that I even cried. Later I found out that I had opened the Sharingan."
"Come on, let's go back to the house. Mom, is she scared?"
"Of course, that Itachi is really killing people."
Uchiha Shisui went back to the house and stayed for a while. After coming out, he went straight to the Uchiha clan leader's house. Fugaku had already received the news that Shisui was back safely. When he saw him coming, he welcomed him in. The two talked for a while in the house. After a while, Fugaku sent him to the door and asked: "Shisui, do you want to go see him?"
Zhisui shook his head and said calmly: "No need, I don't like to see that kind of scene. That person must know what I think... What will happen to him in the end?"
Fugaku said: "He turned on the Kaleidoscope. Jiraiya and the Sandaime are trying their best to protect him. We can only give up on this."
He continued, "However, the child, Uchiha Itachi, was a little confused after he woke up, thinking that his experience last night was just a painful nightmare. His recovery will take some time. After recovery, maybe He will return to ANBU, it is impossible for Uchiha to accept him anymore."
"Does Sasuke know about this?"
"After Sasuke came home last night, he was quickly transferred away by my shadow clone. He still doesn't know what his brother did - he should gradually know about it later."
Shisui fell silent upon hearing this.
Fugaku asked again: "Shisui, what are your plans next?"
Zhisui looked into the distance: "Let's rest."
Fugaku was stunned: "Rest?"
Zhisui said helplessly: "It's just an afternoon break. If my guess is right, that guy will definitely let me go to 'Gen' to report tomorrow."
Fugaku laughed at this.
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But this time, Shisui guessed wrong.
While Shisui was resting, Yuyu also started his rest time and went to work at 'Gen'? Nothing. Whether he was at work or at school, he had no such concepts in his mind. He asked for five days' leave from his only superior, Hatake Kakashi, on the grounds that he was too tired from fighting last night. Kakashi was naturally very angry after receiving his leave request, and he resisted the urge to rush to the Hokage's office to resign.
Kakashi sighed.
I feel how wise I was to refuse when the elite class was established.
My disciple is too unreliable.
Sighing, there was still work to be done. Kakashi started to go to work at the Root Headquarters that afternoon. However, when he arrived at the Root Headquarters, he was shocked by the miserable scenes here. There were explosions everywhere in the Root Headquarters. The big crater created by the explosion and many buildings collapsed. After thinking about it for a moment, he knew that it was the work of his disciple, so he was completely speechless.
After entering the Root headquarters, he saw most of the Root members in panic.
He knew that many of these people might have done things that Konoha could not tolerate, and many of them would be taken away.
Kakashi came to Chief Gen's office. After he arranged the orders one by one, the base was finally not so chaotic.
In the next few days, many members of Root were taken away one after another. On the third day, the review of Root members was finally concluded. As a result, there were only more than 180 members of Root left, including one A large number of children still don’t understand anything.
This caused Kakashi to collapse slightly.
He started the most critical step, recruiting people.
But, facing this notorious organization, who is willing to come? There was very little response from the entire village.
After the recruitment announcement came out, in two days, only a dozen people were recruited, barely enough to bring the number of people to 200.
The reconstruction work of "Root" has been watched by many people. Many people think that reconstruction will be quite difficult. But when they heard the news, they were speechless. Is it more difficult than they expected? Moreover, the child started to be "bearish" again.
Many people wondered in their hearts, how could the village's senior officials think a naughty kid was reliable?
Sarutobi Hiruzen was slightly shocked after hearing this, and he began to worry about the reconstruction of his roots.
On the sixth day, Yuyu's vacation ended and he started his first day at work.
He came to Gen's headquarters and saw that repair work had begun on a large number of buildings here, and the order inside was also very orderly. He nodded slightly, knowing that his teacher was still capable, otherwise he would not be the Sixth Generation of another time and space.
He came to Chief Gen's office.
Seeing that Kakashi Hatake was ignoring him in the office, he walked in, took an apple from the tea room inside the office, washed it and ate it. After eating the apple, he sat down on the sofa chair in front of Kakashi. .
"Do you have any good ideas?" Kakashi asked straight to the point without talking nonsense.
Youyu was slightly startled: "Aren't you angry that I asked for leave?"
Kakashi rolled his eyes at him: "Why are you so angry... I understand what you mean, let me stabilize the roots, and then you can come back and tell me what you think."
Yuyu said: "What would happen if people in Gen didn't need to wear masks?"
Kakashi shook his head: "The mission performed by Gen involves a large number of confidential tasks, reconnaissance of the enemy, assassinations, etc.... It must be necessary to keep the identity secret. If you don't wear a mask-" Yuyu said: "Okay! Gen will perform it." I've seen the types of missions, and at least half of them don't need to keep their identities secret! So, I plan to divide the 'root' into two troops, the covert troops and the regular troops!
"The secret force is made up of people who are still in the root! As for the regular force, there are very few restrictions on the ninjas of this force. Not to mention the 'Tongue-eradicating Seal', you can choose not to wear a mask, One of the reasons why Gen has such a bad reputation is that Danzo has too strong a restraint on his subordinates, and he simply regards ninjas as slaves in his hands who are not allowed to have any other thoughts!"
Yuyu continued, "I won't do that! I want to build 'Root' into a real superior-subordinate relationship, a powerful organization that works together for Konoha!
"When the time comes, even Metkai, who is thought to be the least likely to be recruited, I think, given our relationship, he will be willing to come!"
"Wait!" Kakashi interrupted, sweat breaking out on his forehead, "Who do you think you want to recruit?"
"Metkay!"
"I don't want to do it anymore!"
"Kakashi-sensei, don't be so petty!"
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After Kakashi wiped the sweat from his forehead, thinking about the feasibility of Yuyu's idea, he frowned and asked: "Will the Sandaime agree?" Yuyu said: "He asked us to carry out the reform of 'root'. If this If everyone wants to interfere, then we’ll give up!”
"He actually said that I should let go of reform."
Kakashi nodded slightly and said, "The setting up of regular troops can indeed attract a lot of people and improve the reputation of 'Gen', but will this cause other problems? Even if it is performing tasks that do not require confidentiality, But they are members of the Roots after all... Will the covert force pose a risk of retaliation to the regular force when they perform missions against other ninjas in the village?"
He asked and answered himself again, "Ninjas will be at risk of retaliation when performing their missions."
Finally, Kakashi said: "Okay! Just do as you say!!"
On the same day, they released the idea and recruitment announcement.
Root's regular troops? Is this really feasible? In the next two or three days, they continued to hear surprising news. A large number of ninjas from the Uchiha, Hinata, Aburame, Nara, Yamanaka, Akimichi and other families had joined Gen's regular troops, and some of them were very famous. Jonin, Uchiha Shisui, Uchiha Tomoki, Uchiha Naoto, Hyuga Hizashi, Hyuga Kamon, Hyuga Tokuma, Aburame Shiguro, Aburame Muta, Nara Mizuno, Yamazaka Three Days, Akimichi Shitō· ···And that Konoha blue beast, Metkai!
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Did Metkai actually enter the root?
On this day, in the Hokage's office, Sarutobi Hiruzen was browsing the list of people to join Gen's regular troops. The more he looked at it, the more frightened he became. The "regular troops" method solved the problem of Gen's difficulty in recruiting people. He was just a little bit confused. He was just surprised, and he was very surprised by the lineup that joined them. These were the jounin of the ninja clan in the village, the mainstay of each ninja clan, and they were actually recruited by them.
It is said that these people were recruited with "hard work" by Hatake Kakashi and Nohara Yuu's family visits.
He secretly thought, if he wanted to recruit these people into ANBU, would those ninjas be willing?
It's very, very difficult...
And did the master and apprentice complete it so easily?
Sarutobi Hiruzen thought to himself, Hatake Kakashi's reputation is so great, or is Nohara Yuu also contributing?
He looked at Gen's regular troop list again, and a rather surprising question arose in his mind:
"If Kakashi and Yuu are added to their lineup, can our ANBU elites be able to match their lineup?"
(End of chapter)
