The people sitting around the coffee table temporarily gave up their previous identities and enjoyed a rare and comfortable time.
Naruto and Gaara sat in the corner, Hinata Yuzuru sat on the spacious side of the coffee table, surrounded by Uchiha Izumi and Hinata Kaoru, and the two brothers Uchiha Shisui and Itachi sat opposite.
The hot pot on the gas stove was steaming, and the snowflakes outside the window seemed to be getting bigger, but the room was very warm. A few people were chatting about trivial matters in daily life, not caring that Gaara was sitting silently beside him.
corner.
Naruto takes good care of his little brother. Ever since he lived in the same building with Gaara, he has shown a very familiar affinity to this jinchuriki friend who has the same identity as himself. Even though I love
Luo was resistant and even jealous at first, but over time, he actually felt a warmth in Naruto that he had never experienced before, or that he had not seen for a long time.
During his time in Konoha, except for occasionally cooperating with Kabuto Yakushi to let out the Onebill's body to air and provide some of Onebill's body tissue and chakra, he lived a very free life.
This feeling of freedom even made him wonder for a time whether Konoha was planning to launch a big attack, or was secretly observing his actions, so he carefully kept a low profile for a long time. It was not until recently that he finally confirmed...
.
Hyuga Yuzuru really didn't intend to care about him, and had no intention of using him at all. To be precise, he had the intention of treating him as a weapon like Sunagakure did.
Every time I cooperate with research, it is not without compensation. At least the accommodation and living expenses are provided by Konoha, which is considered fair to Gaara.
Moreover, the longer he stayed in Konoha, the more he felt that this world was a bit magical. Everything he saw in Konoha was almost completely different from the Ninja Village, Ninja, and human nature he knew.
Whenever I think back to my time in Sunagakure Village, Gaara's memories are filled with darkness. The people in the village are either full of fear of him or not friendly at all.
Even his own father, Rasa, could send him directly to Konoha... What a harsh and cold reality!
But, Naruto is different.
He is like a little sun that will never go out. No matter how coldly you pour cold water on him, as long as it is something he believes in, or in other words, someone he thinks can be changed, he will spare no effort to change it.
Help the other person and try to make others understand the light he feels.
Even Nagato couldn't resist Naruto's talk when they met, let alone Gaara who lived in the same building as Naruto and had to deal with him from time to time.
And Naruto did this just because Hinata Yuzuru briefly told him about Gaara's past - including everything his biological father did to him, his experiences in Sunagakure Village, etc.
.
The more Naruto looked at Gaara, he felt that this was simply another me in the world, even worse than himself.
At least, I still have Yuzuru-nii here, and I have many friends and teachers...
This made Naruto even more determined to let Gaara come out of the shadows like himself.
The ninjas here are not as enthusiastic as Naruto, but they do not reject Gaara's existence.
Well, it's not an exaggeration to say that I don't care.
After all, anyone sitting here, except for Hinata Kaoru, can probably be treated submissively by Gaara.
After they had eaten and drank enough, Hinata Kaoru quickly took Uchiha Izumi to clean up the mess. Everyone gathered around the living room, playing the TV, watching the evening drama that was broadcast on time at 7:30, and enjoying the leisurely life now.
, a time like a vacation.
"Have you been home recently, Itachi?" Hinata Yuzuru suddenly asked.
Uchiha Itachi was originally looking out the window in a daze with a calm expression. Hearing this, he turned his head and was silent for a moment: "No."
He leaned a little tiredly on the armrest on the side of the sofa, holding his chin, with deep tears on his face: "I have met Sasuke twice. He recently wanted to join the root group."
"According to what that kid Zhong Er said, he has to stand on
The closest place, you can clearly see the essence of Itachi and Konoha." Uchiha Shisui complained, now he is already a big young man, and his face that was slightly precocious now looks quite...
match.
As he spoke, he couldn't help but shake his head and said warmly: "Itachi, my aunt often asks me about you."
As the leader of the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Shisui spends most of his time within the family.
The civil strife that year has subsided for a long time. With the growth of New Konoha and the restructuring within the Uchiha clan, today's Uchiha clan is very different from before.
The most important thing is to rely on the example of Uchiha Shisui - as Hyuga Yuzuru's most solid supporter, under his management, the Uchiha clan has gradually got rid of the shadow of the past.
With the increase in the number of ninjas, the diversity of work types has also greatly increased, and the influence of the Uchiha clan in Konoha has also been affected to some extent. Shisui was too honest and did his job, and Itachi was an outsider and failed to take part in the rise of business.
Taking a piece of the pie every moment, the Uchiha clan is now in a slight decline.
But fortunately, both the ANBU and the roots are now controlled by members of the Uchiha clan. At least from now on, they can be regarded as officially taking root in Konoha's Z world. There is no need to worry about being excluded from the core power circle like before.
Something else happens.
When Uchiha Itachi heard Uchiha Shisui's words, he just nodded dullly and said softly: "Yes."
His eyes were wandering, but there was an extra hand on his shoulder. Hinata Yuzuru smiled and patted his shoulder: "Do you want me to give you a special holiday again to take your aunt and Sasuke on vacation?"
"Now we have to deal with the root work." Itachi Uchiha objected hastily and seriously, but what he said was the truth.
Today, the root has transformed into the most professional intelligence and reconnaissance organization in Konoha. It covers a very comprehensive field and can be called the Konoha Security Bureau. Whether it is business intelligence, Konoha security, counter-intelligence and infiltration, intelligence eavesdropping and counter-eavesdropping, etc.,
Plays a vital role in Konoha.
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There are problems that need to be solved at the root. You can imagine how busy the root is now.
The most intuitive manifestation is that they actually developed the first set of eavesdropping and monitoring equipment in the ninja world.
There are also independent research laboratories within the roots. This is inevitable. Nowadays, Konoha's research department is getting wider and wider. Even though it has abandoned the development and research of a large number of civilian products and transformed into more sophisticated research and development fields, it is still
It's a continuous operation, and there is a severe shortage of manpower.
Ninja tool development, tailed beast research, and now, except for the "elixir" researched using Danzo Hidan's cells and Hyuga Yuzuru's cells, which are still under covert development, even the medical field has been left to the Konoha Medical Department, leaving Tsuna
The hand is responsible for taking the lead.
"Perhaps you are the only one who hasn't let go of all that, so you can't say for sure?" Hinata Yuzuru tried to calm him down and comforted him: "At least, Auntie still seems to miss you very much.
If you don’t want to go back to the clan, wouldn’t it be nice to make a few more phone calls and get together at your house?”
Hinata Yuzuru's words made Itachi couldn't help but fall silent. After a while, he nodded, which was regarded as an agreement. He stroked the mobile phone in his pocket and whispered: "Do you think it is a good idea to let Sasuke join the Roots?"
"I think so." Hinata Yuzuru said, patiently explaining: "You should know Sasuke's character better than I do. He admires you very much, but he is also as extreme as you. If he is not allowed to see all this for himself,
, sooner or later you will reach a dead end alone.
Letting him go to the root also makes it easier for me to have more contact with him."
After Hinata Yuzuru finished speaking, the matter was finalized, but Naruto on the side said loudly: "What about me?"
Today's ninja team is very different from before. Although the mission commissions in the past still exist, under the control of Konoha, there are basically no such things as "clearing the bandits" and "pursuing the traitorous ninja".
tasks like that.
They were all handled by Konoha's standing police force that was now spread across the Land of Fire.
Today, Konoha has completed legislation, and Konoha courts have opened throughout the Fire Country.
Ye Police Stations have also blossomed all over the country and have spread to villages and towns. Even if casualties still occasionally occur, the security level of the entire Fire Country, or in other words, Konoha Country, has risen by more than one or two notches compared to before.
The tasks of Konoha ninjas are mainly to protect, or are directly assigned by the administrative department, to patrol, detect, and use force to deter.
It is not Naruto's turn to do tasks such as finding cats and dogs. Kakashi has a lazy temper. Team 7 goes out on missions less and less. Now Sasuke also wants to join the Roots, and Hinata
Now that they have their favorite work direction, Class 7 has already begun to disperse.
Being able to spread out and fall into the entire system of Konoha is a pretty good ending for just a ninja class.
Naruto has recently been very worried about which part he should add - after thinking about it, he seems to have been practicing for many years, and now his fighting ability is quite outstanding.
Hinata Yuzuru thought about it for a while, but glanced at Naruto and made a suggestion: "How about going to school?"
"School?" Naruto Uzumaki's eyes widened with a look of disbelief on his face.
"Well, with your character and ability, I think it would be great to be a teacher." Hinata Yuzuru said with a smile, and said seriously: "How about the assistant principal? Serve some basic courses, mainly to follow
Three generations studied administration."
Only then did Uzumaki Naruto understand Hinata Yuzuru's intention.
Today, the headmaster of the Konoha Ninja School is still the Third Generation Sarutobi Hiruzen. There is no way, there is really no one else to use him. If nothing happens, he will have to work his way into the coffin before he can hope to retire.
Fortunately, the work in the Ninja School is not too much, and it is more than enough with the ability of the third generation.
"Ninja school..." Uzumaki Naruto hesitated, not daring to make a decision. He scratched his head and said frankly: "I don't have much confidence."
As a former high-end worker, you want to become a teacher?
How can I have this ability?
Hyuga Yuzuru smiled: "Then what do you want to do? Administrative department? Be my third secretary? It's not impossible, but it will be very busy, and I probably won't have time to practice properly."
As soon as he heard that he had no time to practice properly, Naruto shook his head decisively. He smiled and said, "Then let's go to Ninja School."
"Don't worry, I usually have a job. When there are tasks, I still have to go out and do tasks. The main reason is to accumulate some management experience." Hinata Yuzuru looked at him with a smile and said meaningfully: "Since you want to do it, you have to do it.
Just do it well."
"I know..." Uzumaki Naruto accepted the arrangement anxiously, while Hinata Yuzuru just looked at him with a smile and said: "Before that, let's go and complete the last training with Jiraiya. As long as
If you can graduate from Jiraiya, you can work in other departments."
"What was the last training...?" Uzumaki Naruto wondered, but Hyuga Yuzuru had a golden dot on his hand, flicked it casually, and landed on Naruto's forehead, and he raised his head.
, eh yo sound.
"Sage Mode."
Uzumaki Naruto rubbed his forehead in shock. Although he just pushed his forehead gently as a joke, he could clearly feel the power contained in the golden chakra. He stammered: "This kind of power is also
Can I learn it?"
"Of course." Hinata Yuzuru smiled, took out his phone, and simply edited a text message to Jiraiya, asking him to start helping Naruto practice Sage Mode.
Naruto Uzumaki was immersed in the beautiful fantasy that he had learned this move and defeated all the invincible opponents in the world for a moment. When he woke up, he looked full of energy again: "Okay! I will definitely learn it as soon as possible!"
Hyuga Yuzuru chuckled twice and didn't say much, but he couldn't help but think...
If this kid learned the sage mode, and now he has more control over the power of the nine tails in his body than in the original work...
Maybe, Konoha's combat effectiveness will soar again.
"By the way, what did you say to the Nine Lamas in your body to make it cooperate with you like this?" Hinata Yuzuru was very curious.
He also made an agreement with Shukaku that he would let Shukaku watch him beat Kyuubi.
Naruto scratched his head in embarrassment and spent a long time
Yes, he whispered: "I said, if you can't lend me your power, maybe I will be beaten by the one-tailed jinchuriki in Gaara's body. By then, the nine-tailed jinchuriki will not be able to defeat the one-tailed jinchuriki."
force..."
Even Hinata Kaoru couldn't help laughing.
Gaara raised the corners of his lips slightly and then lowered them, and the Shukaku inside him animatedly let out a weird laugh that only he could hear: "That fox has been locked up for so long, but his mind is still so small."
"Anyway, it said that as long as I can give Shukaku a good beating, he will lend me all his power. Now let me get used to it first." Naruto said, and Gaara let out a somewhat arrogant sound.
He hummed, raised his face, and looked invincible.
But when all the ninjas in Konoha looked at him, he instinctively felt a chill running down his spine and turned his head to watch TV.
It was Shukaku who was afraid, not me.
Not to mention, Shukaku in Gaara's body is really a little scared now - none of the guys in front of him are good, except for the little girl from the Hyuga clan who looks a bit weak.
They are all somewhat evil people who can pinch the tailed beast and beat them up.
It had seen those Susanoos with its own eyes, and the abundant power of the Sharingan Eyes among them made its scalp numb.
"Whenever you want to fight, remember to apply to me first." Hinata Yuzuru said and laughed: "By the way, find someone to record it and keep it as a souvenir."
During the chat and laughter, many topics were discussed. At seven or eight o'clock in the evening, everyone disbanded with a tacit understanding. They should work overtime and rest when they should, but they never thought that the originally expected meeting of the five shadows had not yet come.
Then something happened suddenly that attracted all of Hinata Yuzuru's attention.
During his daily routine of peeping, ahem, and monitoring the situation around Konan in the morning, Hyuga Yuzuru suddenly noticed through his future vision.
Nagato took action.
And looking at the route...
He actually wanted to set off from the Land of Rain and go straight to Konoha!