April 1, year 56 of the Konoha calendar, inside and outside Konoha.
Inano Kuni's motorcade stopped. Takayama Tomoya asked Yamazaki and Meidaiko to get out of the car, and they were about to walk next.
The most conspicuous Hokage cliff in Konoha are the four huge stone sculpture heads, the heads of past Hokages, Senju Hashirama, Senju Tobirama, Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Namikaze Minato.
But looking at Konoha surrounded by walls, Yamazaki and Meidaiko felt the same way, how small.
Takayama Tomoya asked: "Why, do you feel so small?"
Mei Daizi smiled and said: "It looks similar to the general's palace."
Takayama Tomoya asked: "So, what about the Konoha forest outside?"
"More than five million square kilometers, which is larger than the country of rice." Yamazaki said, "I understand, this is actually just a place where people live."
"The national conditions are different." Takayama Tomoya said, "The Daimyos of the Fire Country cannot train ninjas, so they try to limit the number of ninjas in Konoha, and even set up checkpoints outside, and only specialized caravans with documents are allowed to do business with Konoha.
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"Konoha cannot directly recruit people in the Land of Fire, and caravans will not retain people. The only way Konoha can legitimately recruit people is to use the recruitment period to let those workers stay voluntarily to increase the population. Over the years,
After that, the entire Konoha population has grown to more than a hundred thousand people, covering an area of about ten square kilometers."
Meidaizi asked: "How many ninjas are there in Konoha now?"
Takayama Tomoya said: "I'm afraid only Hokage-sama knows this."
At this time, a ninja of unknown age appeared at the gate of Konoha and walked over.
He wears a green vest, black bottom clothes, white hair, and a mask. One eye is covered by the forehead protector on his head, and only his left eye is exposed. His eyes are dull and cold.
Takayama Tomoya introduced: "He is Hatake Kakashi, and his right eye is Sharingan. He learned a lot of ninjutsu with various attributes in the Third Ninja War, so I applied to Lord Hokage in a letter before.
, let him teach you ninjutsu."
Mei Daizi said: "He is very powerful, even more powerful than you, teacher."
"Of course." Takayama Tomoya smiled.
Meidaizi said words of affirmation, Takayama Tomoya understood, but Hatake Kakashi thought it was a question, "Takayama-sama is ridiculously complimentary..."
At this time, a green figure jumped out and extended his thumb to Kakashi Hatake, "Let's duel, Kakashi!"
Wearing a green sportswear over a cyan vest, he has black hair, with thick eyebrows and big eyes under a watermelon rind hairstyle. He has a loud voice and looks full of energy.
"Kai, I'm carrying out the mission assigned by Hokage-sama." Hatake Kakashi had a headache, "This is Metkai, Kai, this is the current commander of the ninja army of Ina Country, and the guest that Hokage-sama is waiting for."
"Yeah?" Metkai was embarrassed, "Ah, hello, hello." Then he left the words and said, "Kakashi, I'll let you go this time."
Takayama Tomoya sweated, "Metkai is very strong in physical skills. In fact, I have considered letting him be your teacher, but I still feel that his personality is not suitable."
Yamazaki and Meidaizi were both upset, but luckily they didn't choose him.
"Ahem, Lord Takayama, please come with me, Lord Hokage is waiting for you." Hatake Kakashi said.
"Thank you." Takayama Tomoya asked the others to wait outside, and took Yamazaki and Meidaizi into Konoha alone.
"So," Hatake Kakashi asked, "these two are the babies from back then?"
Takayama Tomoya said: "Yes, this is Yamazaki Misakihito, and this is Miyamoto Midaiko."
"Hello, teacher." Yamazaki and Meidaizi shouted.
"Please don't call me teacher. If you want to be my disciple, you must first pass my test." Hatake Kakashi said.
"What test?" Mei Daizi asked.
"We'll talk about it later," Hatake Kakashi said.
At this time, a child shouted loudly from the Hokage Cliff in the distance, "Look at my paint bomb! Ah, it hit the Sandaime's nose right!"
The sound was so loud that it could be heard throughout Konoha. Some people immediately came out to chase the troubled child, "Asshole! Stop, don't run!"
"Idiots don't run away." The yellow-haired child in orange clothes ran around, and many ninjas followed him, making Konoha suddenly lively.
Mei Daizi smiled and said: "It's so fun, it feels like a chicken and a dog jumping around."
"Sorry." Takayama Tomoya apologized to Hatake Kakashi.
"It's okay, we made you laugh." Hatake Kakashi said helplessly.
Walking near the shopping street, I met a child with black hair and a blue shirt and white trousers. He was walking indifferently on the street. The Uchiha family fan pattern was printed on the back of the blue shirt.
Takayama Tomoya couldn't help but ask: "Is he the survivor?"
Hatake Kakashi nodded, "Yes, his name is Uchiha Sasuke."
Mei Daizi said: "He doesn't look as powerful as his brother."
Kakashi Hatake was surprised, "You have met his brother."
Takayama Tomoya said: "He had been to the land of rice. We didn't dare to do anything to him, so we just let him wander the streets for a few days and then watched him leave."
"So that's it." Hatake Kakashi said, and then warned, "Please don't talk about his brother in front of that child."
"Understood." Yamazaki and Meidaizi responded.
At this time, a group of girls sneaked over, obviously following Uchiha Sasuke. A red-haired girl in red clothes and a blonde girl in purple clothes were squeezing each other to grab the front row.
"..."
Kakashi Hatake was very embarrassed, what is happening.
"Really, it's really fun." Mei Daizi suppressed her laughter and waited until people passed by before she laughed out loud.
At this time, the naughty children were escorted over, passing by, and quickly headed to the Hokage's office.
He was not afraid at all, shouting and showing off his prank achievements all the way, painting on the Hokage's face.
Yamazaki asked: "Mr. Kakashi, why did you let him go?"
"It's hard to describe in words," Hatake Kakashi said.
Konoha Shopping Street is quite prosperous, and the prices of goods are similar to those in the capital. Because many things cannot be produced at home, and the ones produced at home are not as cheap as those outside, so many things need to be sent in all the way, from the checkpoint in the southern county of Konoha Forest.
It's more than a thousand kilometers to Konoha.
Walking through the shopping street, a group of boys were playing hide-and-seek, but it seemed that one of the fat brown-haired boys was too bad and no one took him to play. In the end, only a black-haired boy joined him.
Then, one could see from a distance that the naughty boy was escorted out of the Hokage's office and escorted to the Hokage Cliff, where he was asked to clean up his calligraphy treasures.
Seeing the naughty boy being escorted to the Hokage Cliff, everyone also entered the Hokage's office.
"Dong dong."
"Sir, Lord Gao Shan is here."
"Come in."
Following Hatake Kakashi in, Yamazaki and Meidaiko met Hiruzen Sarutobi, a white-haired old man holding a pipe in his mouth. He was small in stature but contained great power. He was the only one they had ever seen in their lives.
"Takayama Tomoya has met Hokage-sama, this is Yamazaki Misakihito and Miyamoto Midaiko."
"Yamazaki Misakijin..."
"Miyamoto Meidai..."
"I've met Hokage-sama."
"No need to be polite." Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed, "You two children can stay in Konoha from now on."
"Thank you, sir."
"Kakashi, now take these two children to see Mito and Zhuanghui, help them register, and then see if there is a place suitable for them to live or build a house."