After Namikaze Minato and the two left, there was silence in the root base hall.
The two root members who were previously responsible for escorting Nonou to Iwagakure looked at a loss at this time. The Fourth Hokage took Nonou away, and naturally their mission could not be completed.
It would be extremely awkward to follow him, and it would be extremely embarrassing to stay here.
At this time, the two couldn't help but look at Danzo who had fallen into silence, but found that the latter's face seemed to be even more ugly after the Fourth Hokage left...
This made everyone present feel even more pressured and did not dare to speak out.
"Let me ask you, how did Nonoyu meet the Fourth Hokage?"
The oppressive atmosphere did not last long, Danzo suddenly raised his eyes to look at the two of them and asked indifferently.
Obviously he still had some doubts. It was Yakushi Nonou who took the initiative to report this matter to the Fourth Hokage, so he couldn't help but want to confirm it.
When the two root members heard this, they immediately recounted in detail the story of their encounter with the Fourth Hokage in Konoha Cemetery.
After a long time, Shimura Danzo calmly said to himself: "Is it really because this guy is so troublesome..."
"Forget it, hand over Nonou's root information to ANBU..."
A look of displeasure flashed across his face, and after saying these words, he turned his head and disappeared into the darkness.
…
Inside Konoha Village.
Namikaze Minato has a shadow clone at work, so his main body is relatively free outside.
After leaving the root base, he felt that the medicine master Nonou had followed him out, so he went all the way to the highest point of Konoha, above the Hokage Yanyan, waiting for Nonou.
This is a place that overlooks the whole village. Anyone who stands here will feel some emotion in his heart.
In late autumn, winter is about to begin. The pedestrians walking on the street below and the Konoha ninjas rushing about their missions can be seen clearly from a distance.
"Lord Hokage..."
Not long after, the voice of pharmacist Nonoyu came from behind.
She bowed respectfully first, then walked forward and stood one step behind Namikaze Minato, seemingly hesitant to speak.
"You must have questions to ask me, right? Just ask..." Namikaze Minato did not look back, but said in a gentle tone.
He knew that Nonoyu would be curious, how did he know about Danzo's threat to the orphanage? He could even name her, a ninja who left the roots and Konoha several years ago.
Presumably, Kabuto's matter should be her biggest concern...
However, he did not expect that the pharmacist Nonoyu did not ask any of the above questions, but said gratefully: "Thank you for accepting the orphanage, Hokage-sama."
"Although you have good intentions, I also know that letting Konoha raise a group of children for no reason may also create a burden."
"So when the time comes, let me still be responsible for making money and raising them..."
The creation of this orphanage was originally her own wish. Although it is now accepted by Konoha, without her own contribution, she will always feel uneasy.
"...Is this what you want to say?"
Namikaze Minato couldn't help but turn around and look at Yakushi Nonou again.
Sure enough, this is indeed very similar to what a person who can give up being a ninja in troubled times and instead take in displaced orphans and create an orphanage can do.
"If Hokage-sama is in trouble, you can find another director for the orphanage..."
Yakushi Nonou felt a little embarrassed when Minato Namikaze looked at him, and immediately lowered his head.
Apparently, he was mistaken for a while, thinking that after the orphanage was merged into Konoha, Namikaze Minato would want to replace it with someone to manage it...
If this was really the case, although she couldn't accept it in her heart, but if it was for those children, it wouldn't matter if she didn't become the dean. Because when Minato Namikaze looked at her with a strange look, she couldn't help but feel this way.
a misunderstanding.
What is all this?
With a thought in his heart, Namikaze Minato's thoughts suddenly drifted into the distance. After once again casting his gaze on the village at his feet, he said in a long and reminiscence-filled tone: "You know? 48 years ago, the two of us were standing next to each other.
This is a place where the two pioneers who founded the village in front of me once stood.”
"They said they wanted to create a ninja village where children would not have to be sent to fight on the front lines. They said they wanted to create an utopia where people would be happy and stable."
"Then the village called Konoha was established. After them, and through the joint efforts of several generations, the primeval forest beneath our feet finally became what it is now."
Pharmacist No Naiyu listened quietly, with some yearning and reverence in his eyes involuntarily.
Namikaze Minato paused, then continued: "In a sense, you actually have the same ideals and aspirations as the two pioneers who founded Konoha."
"Isn't the orphanage you created a small Konoha Ninja Village?"
When the pharmacist No Naiyu heard this, his heart was suddenly touched.
Namikaze Minato smiled warmly and his expression became extremely serious.
"So, wanting to incorporate the orphanage into Konoha is not just a whim of mine.
I'm just doing the same thing as the ancestors who founded Konoha."
In order to dispel Yakushi Nonou's doubts and gain trust at the same time, Namikaze Minato thought for a long time before coming up with this rhetoric.
After all, if he wants to get Kabuto, he must take down the pharmacist Nonou together...
As soon as the words changed, Namikaze Minato finally got to the point. He looked at Yakushi Nono and asked loudly: "I heard that you left your roots a few years ago and gave up your identity as a ninja."
"But today, I want to ask you to regain this identity. I hope you can continue to serve Konoha..."
"As for the orphanage, you can be the director in name only. Whether you want to raise those children by yourself or not is entirely up to you."
Pharmacist Nonoyu bit her lip tightly when she heard this, and a hint of emotion clearly flashed through her brown eyes under the lenses.
Immediately, he bowed solemnly and saluted again.
"Lord Hokage, I am willing to serve Konoha again..."
…
…
The matter of the orphanage was quickly put on the agenda.
As for Kabuto, the reason why Namikaze Minato was so relieved was naturally because he knew Kabuto's abilities very well.
He strongly believed that in the original book, the elite spy who had lurked in almost all the five major countries to detect secrets could not fail and be exposed in the first mission.
Pharmacist Noonoyu was forced out of the mountain by Danzo for the sake of the orphanage and Kabuto. Kabuto also became a ninja and a spy for the sake of the orphanage and Noonou.
People who hold such beliefs will never be easily defeated.
According to Namikaze Minato's subsequent understanding, what Kabuto carried out was indeed a simple mission of lurking into an important town on the border of Kumogakure Village. The duration of this mission was only a week.
But despite this, Namikaze Minato, who attached great importance to it, still sent an ANBU in advance to respond...
