After spending a day in Mt. Myoboku, Uchiha Mitsuki returned to Konoha on the last day of the twelfth lunar month. Tomorrow is the New Year's Eve, and he, the Hokage, has a lot to prepare.
"The red envelopes from those brats are definitely indispensable. Jiraiya and Tsunade are getting married soon. This is a lot of money, and there are also a lot of instruments that Orochimaru needs to buy."
It was still dark outside, and Uchiha Mitsuki was sitting in the bedroom with a headache.
Therefore, after waiting for dawn, he planned to go to the warehouse of the Hokage Building to check the supplies.
…
Hokage Building, second floor warehouse.
The administrator lowered his eyebrows and accompanied Uchiha Mitsuki to check the inventory.
After a brief inspection, Uchiha Mitsuki found that all kinds of supplies were quite sufficient.
Immediately afterwards, he planned to check the accounts.
But when the administrator on the side heard that Uchiha Mitsuki wanted to check the accounts, his face changed drastically, and a thin layer of cold sweat broke out on both sides of his nose, as if he was feeling guilty about something.
"how?"
Uchiha Mitsuki's eyes narrowed, and there was a bit of suspicion in his tone. Is there something wrong with the accounts?
"nothing……"
The administrator shook his body and replied tremblingly.
"Oh?" Seeing the man's frightened look, Uchiha Mitsuki's eyes darkened. How could he not know that there was something fishy in this? "Then bring over all the account books of the past ten years. I want them in sequence.
examine."
In the past ten years?
The administrator's heart skipped a beat, and for a moment he couldn't even move forward.
"Go quickly!"
Uchiha Mitsuki frowned and urged harshly.
The administrator patted his thigh hard and turned around angrily to find the account book, "Yes, Hokage-sama."
After a while, the administrator came to Uchiha Mitsuki with a thick stack of ledgers.
Uchiha Mitsuki took a cursory glance and saw that the pile of ledgers was as thick as a dozen medical textbooks.
It took Uchiha Mitsuki and the four shadow clones a whole morning to read through these ledgers.
Through the contents recorded in the ledger, Uchiha Mitsuki discovered that not only was the funds gone, but even a lot of the inventory placed in the warehouse was defective.
"what happened?!"
After looking through the accounts in the warehouse, Uchiha Mitsuki glared at the ninja who managed the warehouse.
"Hokage-sama, I'm just a janitor. I don't know where those things went." The administrator was so panicked that his body could tremble three times with just one word.
But in fact, as he just said, he really knows nothing about these shortcomings.
These accounts had already been like this when he took over, and the Third Hokage did not allow anyone to interfere. What could he, a little gatekeeper, do about this?
At this moment, faced with this huge hole that broke the sky, the administrator felt that if Uchiha Mitsuki insisted on pursuing the case, he would have no choice but to die as an apology.
"Sigh...I didn't mean to blame you."
Seeing the scared look on the ninja's face, Uchiha Mitsuki sighed. He knew that no matter how courageous the man in front of him was, he would not dare to steal the inventory of Konoha's warehouse.
In this way, these inventories are probably the mess left to him by the Third Hokage.
"Hey, don't talk about this matter outside."
Uchiha Mitsuki sighed, patted the man's shoulder and ordered.
"……yes!"
The administrator was obviously stunned for a moment, and then felt a kind of ecstasy about surviving a disaster.
Uchiha Mitsuki was not in the mood to chat with the man anymore, so he put the Hokage hat on his head and strode away.
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After wandering around the peaceful streets of Konoha for a long time, Uchiha Mitsuki came to Minato and Kushina's residence, raised his hand and knocked on the door, and the door was quickly opened.
"Jianyue, why are you back!"
Minato's face was full of surprise. He thought that as the New Year was approaching, Uchiha Mitsuki, the Hokage, would be very busy, but he didn't expect that he would still have time to see him and Kushina.
"Has the moon come?"
A female voice first came from the room, and then, the red-haired Kushina appeared in Uchiha Mitsuki's sight.
Uchiha Mitsuki smiled slightly: "It's me!"
At this time, Kushina suddenly glared at Minato, "Hokage-sama comes to visit, how can you let people stand outside the door!"
"Forehead……"
The corner of Minato's mouth twitched and he thought, can I be blamed for this? Didn't you insist on running over to interrupt?
It's just that he just thought about these words and said it was impossible to say them out.
"Okay, make some room and let me in!"
Seeing that the two of them were still blocking the door after quarreling for a long time, Uchiha Mitsuki couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth and said helplessly.
"Come in, come in!"
Minato and Kushina smiled at each other and hurriedly vacated their seats, and Uchiha Mitsuki walked into the room.
Tomorrow is the first day of the New Year, and this small room is decorated extremely festively.
There are bright red window grilles on the windows, a few pots of verdant green plants placed in the corners, and the TV set and coffee table are covered by two pieces of red cloth of the same style, which is full of Chinese New Year flavor.
After entering the house, Uchiha Mitsuki didn't treat him as an outsider. He sat down on the sofa, picked up an orange, peeled it open, and ate it piece by piece. Minato sat down next to him and asked curiously: "
Jian Yue, why are you here?"
"Why don't you welcome me?" Uchiha Mitsuki wanted to put on a serious look and rebel against the generals, but the taste in his mouth was a little weird, "Wow! These oranges are so sour!"
"Haha!" Kushina came out of the kitchen, carrying a pot of tea, and placed it in front of Uchiha Mitsuki, "Minato said, bring out the sour oranges for you and Uncle Jiraiya, and we will eat the sweet ones ourselves."
"Minato, you have changed! You are no longer cute!"
Uchiha Mitsuki turned to look at Minato and said sadly.
Minato shrugged innocently, saying that he had nothing to do with it, and even glanced at Kushina.
It turned out to be Kushina’s prank!
Uchiha saw the moon and understood instantly. However, he did not expose it, but continued to catch Minato and hammer hard.
Soon, a burst of cheerful laughter sounded in the room. The sense of isolation caused by Uchiha Mitsuki's change of identity gradually disappeared.
After the laughter ended, Minato seemed to realize that his friend's mood was not as relaxed as he showed, and couldn't help but asked with concern: "Mizuki, what happened?"
Uchiha Mitsuki put down the orange in his hand, pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "I want to lift Kushina's grounding order, but before that, I need to test your tacit understanding with Kyuubi and Nanao."
"Lift the ban? Mian Yue, are you serious?" For a moment, Kushina was at a loss.
Ever since she came to Konoha and became a Jinchuriki, she has no freedom at all.
Although Konoha Village is very large and has many people, to Kushina, it is nothing more than a huge cage at best.