Konoha Year 79.
“Detected Space-Time Ninjutsu fluctuations?
What’s going on?”
Sixth Hokage Kakashi Hatake, with dark circles under his eyes, rested his chin on his hands and looked lazily at Nara Shikamaru, his gaze holding a hint of gravity.
Not many people knew Space-Time Ninjutsu.
Hopefully, it wasn’t what he thought…
“It’s a report from the Sensor Division.
There was a very small fluctuation at the beginning of January.
At first, I thought it was an illusion, but there have been a few more recently.
We can’t detect the specific source of the fluctuations.”
Nara Shikamaru had “What a drag” written on the left side of his face and “I want to get off work” on the right.
The dark circles under his eyes were at least as bad as the Sixth Hokage’s.
“Should we call Naruto and Sasuke back?” he asked tentatively after a few seconds of thought.
“Naruto and Sasuke, huh…”
Kakashi looked at the photo of Team 7 on the desk, a faint smile crossing his face.
“It’s about time, I suppose.
That guy Naruto, he clearly said he wanted to be Hokage, yet he took Sasuke and ran off without a word.
Sigh, being a teacher is really hard.
I really want to retire.”
“Even so, aren’t you indulging them?” Nara Shikamaru said with a smile.
“This is fine too.
The one who becomes Hokage needs to broaden their horizons, right?”
“It’s Nara Shikamaru who is indulging Naruto.
Alright, decided.
When Naruto gets back, I’ll let him take over the position of Hokage.”
“That’s impossible, Hokage-sama!”
Shizune, who was standing to the side, finally couldn’t help but interject.
“I told you not to call me Hokage-sama…”
Shizune: “Sixth Hokage, Naruto’s strength is indeed very strong, but his cultural literacy and such are completely lacking!”
Nara Shikamaru recalled Naruto’s Dead Last grades.
“That’s true.
Iruka had originally prepared many books for him.
I didn’t expect Naruto to slip away so quickly, but he probably won’t be able to run away after he comes back this time.”
“Let’s do that then,” Kakashi decided happily, calling his two students back to persecute them.
“I’ll go ask about the Space-Time Ninjutsu fluctuations.
I’ll let you know if I find any answers.
The Sensor Division should continue monitoring.
Be careful.”
“Yes!”
…
Somewhere they didn’t know, a certain ninja with a Space-Time bloodline was enjoying a rare vacation.
Last night, he had logged onto the Ninja Forum to reorganize several posts about the Ninja Academy graduation exams.
After all, he had only graduated not long ago, so he was still very concerned about Ninja Academy news.
After getting up at noon today, he opened the Ninja Forum again, looking aimless.
…
Time back to Konoha Year 64.
The familiar light screen appeared again.
[ #No Irrational Discussion: When will the Sixth Hokage find a partner?
#
Thread Starter: I saw the Sixth Hokage walking eight dogs to the training ground at dusk a few days ago.
On the way back, he passed through the Konoha district and bought a bunch of dog food, sausages, and other small snacks.
Each Ninja dog got a full haul!
I heard the Sixth Hokage is busy as a dog at work.
Even passing by, I could see the dark circles under his eyes.
He actually still has time to take eight Ninja dogs out for a walk?!
Are you guys saying the Sixth Hokage is going to spend his whole life with dogs?
]
“Pfft?”
As soon as this opening appeared, a ninja immediately couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
Kakashi, who was helping the Second Hokage handle affairs in the conference room, looked confused.
This screen was really targeting him.
Since this thing appeared, the bounty on his head in the black market had increased fivefold!
Now, he estimated that the heads of the Kage of the Five Great Ninja Villages weren’t worth as much as his.
And now they were here to discuss whether he would find a partner or not…
Seriously, stop persecuting him, okay?
Let him off!
Utatane Koharu coughed.
A rare smile appeared on her serious, old-fashioned face.
“Actually, you can start considering it now.
I have several eligible people on my side.
Do you need me to introduce them to you?”
Kakashi: “…No, no, that’s not necessary.
I don’t have such plans for the time being.”
“You’re already being worried about spending your whole life with dogs, some things really need to be considered,” Nara Shikaku’s face also held a hint of a smile.
“Once you experience life with a wife, you’ll know how good it is.”
Kakashi: “…”
They were showing off their affection, right?
Kakashi felt mentally exhausted…
“Ahem,” Tobirama curled his palm against his lips to cover his slightly hooked corners of his mouth.
Seeing him look embarrassed, he kindly changed the subject.
“Focus on recording.
This kind of casual chatter is easiest to reveal some important information inadvertently.”
“Understood, Second Hokage!”
[ 1L: Damn it!
Why am I not as lucky to run into the Sixth Hokage on the street?
I also want to pet the Sixth Hokage…’s eight Ninja dogs!!
2L: The ‘Humans are inferior to dogs’ series, hahaha.
RamenLover: The eight Ninja dogs are really super cute!
Pakkun is clearly just a small one but likes to pretend to be mature!
The big guy Bull clearly looks super fierce, but he’s a coward to death.
He’s even afraid of mice, hahaha!
Guruko’s two long ears look like a rabbit’s!
I really want to pet them, really want to pet them!
3L: Holy crap, a fixed username appeared upstairs!!
4L: A big shot is here!
Thread Starter: Holy crap?
I just opened a thread casually, and a big shot actually came!
Judging by RamenLover’s description, he must have fought side-by-side with the Sixth Hokage, or at the very least, gone on a mission with the Sixth Hokage’s eight Ninja dogs!
So envious!
5L: Hmm?
Wait, didn’t we go off-topic?
Wasn’t the thread starter supposed to discuss the Sixth Hokage’s marriage problem?
6L: Newbie here, is a fixed username very powerful?
7L: I think only the core people who participated in the development of the Ninja Forum and those who participated in the trial operation have fixed usernames.
8L: There are no more than 30 people in all of Konoha, and no more than 50 in the entire Ninja World.
Every one of them is a big shot.
They are either powerful or big shots with awesome research capabilities!
9L: RamenLover…
plus this verbal tic, it can’t be…
10L: What kind of riddle is the person above playing?
11L: The person who likes ramen and also likes to say this verbal tic…
isn’t there only one person?
12L: Could it be a coincidence?
They haven’t had any news for a long time.
13L: Forget it, forget it.
Whether it’s a coincidence doesn’t matter.
Don’t scare the person away.
Let’s continue to discuss the Sixth Hokage’s Ninja dogs.
Pfft!
I mean the Sixth Hokage’s marriage problem.
14L: Hahahaha, the status of the Ninja dogs is even higher than the Sixth Hokage’s!
]
“So, who exactly is that person…”
Nara Shikaku hated riddle-mongers the most.
His brain was burning, but he always felt that this description sounded familiar.
Likes ramen…
and has a strange verbal tic…
Hmm, it really looks familiar.
“It’s probably Naruto,” Kakashi sighed.
He didn’t find it strange that Naruto and the others would grow up to be big shots in the future.
“There’s only Naruto who would have this verbal tic and also love eating ramen so much.”
Tobirama’s eyes flickered.
It seemed he had guessed correctly.
The Fourth Shinobi World War, those children were indeed the main force, and Team 7 might have even achieved remarkable results.
“Are your Ninja dogs really that cute?
Do these ninja not have their own Summoning animals?”
The Second Hokage’s sudden roast made a drop of cold sweat drip down Kakashi’s forehead.
Not very sure, he said, “Probably…”