When Naruto returned to Konoha Hospital, Jiraiya and Kakashi greeted him immediately.
"Naruto, did you have any conflict with the two elders?" Jiraiya asked first.
"Of course not. I just had a heart-to-heart talk with the two elders. They felt that my strength and ability were qualified, and they recommended me to be the [Hokage Assistant]." Naruto replied with a smile.
Both of them were stunned when they heard this.
The position of Assistant Hokage sounds like a secretarial position, but in reality it holds a lot of power.
The current Hokage Assistant is Nara Shikaku, the head of the Nara clan and Shikamaru's father.
The previous one was the leader of the Roots, the former Konoha elder Shimura Danzo, who had just died.
This position, even if it is not important, is not important, because when the Hokage was in power, he could only assist the Hokage in handling certain affairs. But when the third generation was dead and the fifth generation was not yet born, he was the real number one person.
"I also found a new job for Sasuke, and he will be in charge of the roots." Naruto then added.
"If that's the case, I'm afraid Team 7 will also be disbanded." Kakashi suddenly asked.
There are three people in Team 7. Naruto has become the assistant Hokage, Sasuke has become the leader of the root, and only Sakura is left. Should Kakashi be responsible for leading Team 7, which has only one person? This is obviously impossible.
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Naruto shook his head: "Class 7 will not be disbanded, but Mr. Kakashi does not need to be the leading Jonin of Class 7."
Kakashi looked at Naruto and his tone became rare and serious: "So, our new Hokage Assistant-sama will assign me a new position?"
"Yes. I will recommend you to be the captain of the ANBU." Naruto said: "I heard people say that you have experience in this area before, so I think you will be able to adapt well."
"Hey!" Kakashi sighed, but did not refuse the appointment.
The structure of Konoha Village has changed without even realizing it.
The second day, Hokage Building.
The former Hokage Assistant Nara Shikaku and his son Shikamaru were tidying up in the office to clear it out.
"Dad, I heard that the new Hokage assistant will be Naruto...Is this true?" During the cleaning process, Shikamaru couldn't help but ask.
Although he always said he didn't care and was afraid of trouble, when he saw that his companions were far ahead of him, he would always feel a little emotional.
Shikaku noticed Shikamaru's thoughts and took the initiative to stop his movements: "Yes, do you feel uncomfortable?"
"No, it's not uncomfortable...it's just a bit..." Even with Shikamaru's intelligence, he didn't know what to say at this time.
"It's hard to accept!" Nara Shikaku completed Shikamaru's words. "It's all your fault, dad. Who called you dad? I'm not Hokage-sama."
Shikamaru quickly shook his head: "Sorry, that's not what I meant. I'm just worried about you..."
"It's okay." Shikaku touched Shikamaru's head and said, "After I retire, I will have more time to spend with your mother. She has worked very hard for our family."
The door to the office was opened, Naruto changed into the Hokage Assistant's robe and officially entered the office.
"Shikaku-senpai." Naruto saw the two father and son of the Nara family and took the initiative to greet them.
Shikaku and Shikamaru stood up one after another. Among them, Shikamaru took the initiative and said: "Congratulations, Naruto."
"Thank you very much." Naruto looked at Nara Shikaku: "I became the Hokage's assistant at a young age, and there must be many things I am unfamiliar with. I still need more guidance from Shikaku-senpai."
Looking at Naruto's impeccable speech, Nara Shikaku couldn't help but sigh that young people nowadays are really getting more and more powerful.
"I am already old and have nothing to guide me. But Shikamaru is still young and has handled a lot of official documents with me at home. If Naruto-kun doesn't dislike it, go find Shikamaru."
After this battle, Shikaku really had thoughts of retiring.
"That's great, that's what I asked for! Shikamaru will be transferred here from now on." Naruto said.
In just a few words, the interests of both parties were taken into consideration and everyone was very satisfied.
Here, Naruto takes over as Hokage's assistant; over there, Sasuke takes over as the Hokage.
On this day, Sasuke put on a robe, combed his hair like an adult, accompanied two ANBU ninjas, and headed towards the root base.
He walked slowly and slowly until a voice called him.
Among the three people in the original Team 7, Sakura was the most leisurely one. It was also a coincidence that she went out for a walk on a whim today and met Sasuke.
Seeing Sasuke's changed appearance, Sakura felt a faint uneasy feeling for some reason. It was like a little kitten that had been abandoned by its owner.
The ANBU ninja following next to him spoke: "This is the elder of Konoha Root, Lord Uchiha Sasuke. For this lady, you should use your honorific title!"
Looking at the silent Sasuke, Haruno Sakura moved her lips but remained silent. Her attitude finally became respectful and she softly called out: "Yes, Sasuke-sama..."
Just when she said these words, Sakura suddenly shuddered.
Looking at Sasuke's back as he walked away, she finally felt that an invisible thick barrier had completely separated the two of them. The world they lived in was completely different.
In the Hokage Assistant's office, Shikamaru was giving a report to Naruto.
"There are three important things in the village."
"The first is the negotiation with Sunagakure. Sunagakure Village sent a notification that they have dispatched a negotiation team and will be coming to Konoha soon."
"The second is the reconstruction of the village. This is the responsibility of the ANBU ninja Yamato."
This was rather strange. Shikamaru couldn't figure out why an ANBU ninja was responsible for the reconstruction work, so he had to read it from the script.
"The third is to find the Fifth Hokage. This is the responsibility of Lord Jiraiya. Lord Jiraiya hopes that you can send a ninja team to search together."
Shikamaru closed the report book and waited for Naruto's instructions.
"The first one is to wait until Sunagakure's negotiation team arrives. The second one is unchanged. The third one is to send Team 8 to follow Jiraiya-sama." Naruto briefly made the three appeals.
Got instructions.
Next, he added: "I have two more things to do. The first is to order Morino Ihiki to release the two imprisoned ninja Mochi Zabuza and Yakushi Kabuto."
"Momochi Zabuza can arrange an ordinary room for him to live in. As for Yakushi Kabuto, take him to the root base."
"The second thing is to contact the Country of Waves. Konoha wants to establish commercial cooperation with them and ask them to send a negotiation team."
As soon as these things were given, Shikamaru immediately started making arrangements.
Naruto went to the root base.
After all, there is the product of the forbidden experiment that Danzo has been secretly researching for decades - the development of the first generation cells and wood escape ninja!