The morning sunlight shines through the cracks in the window onto the surface of the desk, reflecting the stacks of information files that are half a person high, blocking Lei Luo's sight as he looks to the left and right like hills.
And this made him helplessly turn around and look at the white-haired ninja standing in front of him who was staring at him with a determined look on his face, Konoha's ANBU chief Sakumo Hatake.
This is the Hokage's office. Since Lei Luo is already the fourth generation Hokage, he has naturally become the new owner of this place. He will stay here most of the time, whether he is working or dealing with various affairs of the village.
At this moment, more than three years have passed since the coup. After using a series of tedious and complicated methods to take back power, Lei Luo finally stabilized the situation in Konoha and allowed him to sit in this position under his butt.
It becomes increasingly solid and unshakable.
It is now the 40th year of Konoha. The Second Ninja World War came to an end after Kirigakure withdrew his troops the previous year. All the ninja villages are silently licking their wounds and recuperating while cultivating the next generation of new forces.
The dawn of peace instantly shrouded the sky of the ninja world, and in a short period of time it seemed that there was no longer a cloud of war, but Lei Luo knew that this so-called peace was just the calm before the storm.
This is not a judgment or analysis of the situation in the ninja world, but simply...
It was because his heart began to stir again.
"Sakumo, don't you really think about it?"
The atmosphere of silence lingered in the Hokage's office for a while, until someone spoke to break it. Thinking of the request Hatake Sakumo had always made, Lei Luo originally wanted to ignore it and delay it indefinitely, but
Now it seems……
"Fourth Generation, I have held the position of ANBU Minister for so many years, and now it is time to hand it over to a more suitable young man."
Noticing that Lei Luo's words were a little looser than before, Hatake Sakumo softened his expression, but his overall expression still looked very serious, and there was a feeling that as long as Lei Luo did not agree, he would continue to pester him.
Rubbing his forehead helplessly, Lei Luo thought for a while and decided to persuade Hatake Sakumo, who had voluntarily surrendered two years ago and had a great reputation among the Konoha Anbu, which could even allow him to appease Sarutobi's old subordinates.
The minister, who saved a lot of effort in the process, allowed it to use its remaining heat for another two years.
"Sakumo..."
With his hands clasped in a cross shape and his elbows relaxed against the desk, Lei Luo glanced at Hatake Sakumo pretending to be concerned, with a hint of sincerity in his tone:
"I'm really grateful for your care in the past few years. In my opinion, no matter who you are originally, since you chose to be my subordinate at that time, you are truly one of my own now."
"I think you should know what kind of character I am, Lei Luo. I will never treat heroes badly. As for the roots and intelligence department of Danzo and Hinata Tamaki, I hope you don't have too many ideas."
"After all, the situation in the ninja world is not as peaceful as we have seen. There are never too many similar intelligence talents. I need to know more, and Konoha also needs to know more."
What Lei Luo said was extremely sincere, and even directly pointed out the embarrassing situation of ANBU now. However, Hatake Sakumo just shook his head and said that he was not because the ANBU's mission share was embezzled by the Roots and the Intelligence Department.
dissatisfied:
"Yondaime, this has nothing to do with work. It's just that my only son Hatake Kakashi is six years old this year, and as a father, I have never spent much time with him. This has to be said.
dereliction of duty."
"That's why I want to resign from my current position and focus on cultivating the next generation for the rest of my life."
In order for Lei Luo to agree to his request, Hatake Sakumo decisively found a somewhat reasonable excuse. After all, the position of ANBU Minister is no longer a popular one nowadays.
"Kakashi?" he repeated thoughtfully. Lei Luo glanced at the piles of information on both sides, raised his fingers and slowly swiped them along the side, and after a moment, he casually pulled out a piece of paper.
That was an application, and it happened to be related to Kakashi.
He waved to Hatake Sakumo, and after he came forward, Lei Luo handed over the application form in his hand and asked at the same time: "Sakumo, your son wants to graduate from the ninja school early, what do you think?
Should I agree?"
While frowning at the application form, he carefully observed Lei Luo's face with the corner of his eye, and found that Lei Luo seemed to be just asking casually. Hatake Sakumo thought about it, but still did not dare to make any mistakes:
"Yondaime, it's up to you to make the decision on this matter. Although Kakashi is my son, he..."
"Graduating early means that he will become a genin early and go on missions early. At his age, are you sure?"
Interrupting Hatake Sakumo's cautious words, Lei Luo first explained to the other party casually, and then observed the expression on Hatake Sakumo's face with great interest, as if wanting to see how the other party would respond.
To this end, he even added:
"Remember, I want to hear the truth."
Although Lei Luo's tone was very relaxed, Hatake Sakumo did not dare to be careless at all. After lowering his head and pondering for a moment, he quickly gave an answer: "It's okay to graduate early. After all, he is strong enough. As for whether I can let him go
Don’t worry...I’m afraid it depends on who his leading teacher is.”
"Oh? Then who do you think is more in line with your wishes for Kakashi to be the leading teacher?"
"This..." Seeing Lei Luo still looking at him curiously, Hatake Sakumo couldn't help but secretly think about the strong men in Konoha today:
Let’s not talk about the die-hards of Lei Luo such as Aburame Hiroku, Orochimaru, Namikaze Minato, Hinata Tamaki, and Matt Dai. Let’s just talk about the former subordinate ninjas of the Hokage department, and Tsunade who was later recruited by Lei Luo.
Jiraiya, Akimichi Tofaze and others, whoever among them is undoubtedly qualified to be Kakashi's teacher.
As for Uzumaki Makoto and Uchiha Fugaku from the Ninja clan, these two names only appeared for half a second before they were directly expelled from Hatake Sakumo's mind. After all, Lei Luo's attitude towards the Ninja clan seems to have been inconsistent in the past two years.
How friendly.
Now that there is no war, Konoha's large forces have been disbanded. Naturally, the above-mentioned former ninja army commanders are not so busy. Some of them still occasionally take on missions as usual, while others cannot be seen all year round due to work demands.
silhouette.
If Hatake Sakumo had to choose, he would actually prefer Namikaze Minato and Matt Dai. After all, they are Lei Luo's direct subordinates, and their personalities are completely different from those of Orochimaru.
Let one of these two people take care of Kakashi. At least Hatake Sakumo doesn't have to worry about Kakashi growing crooked in the future. I just don't know...Whether Lei Luo is willing to send his confidant general to do this kind of guidance.