Daily Life of the Third Hokage

The old man was very happy.

On the business road to the capital of the Land of Fire, a group of ninjas wearing Konoha forehead protectors slowly walked forward. The man in the middle wore the Hokage's divine robe and a bamboo hat. That's right, it was Sarutobi Hiruzen.

It has been 10 days since the yard was built in the Forest of Death. Since the day when he gave chicken soup to all the disciples, whenever Sarutobi Hiruzen returned to the yard, he would be pulled by the disciples to ask all kinds of strange questions. Sarutobi Hiruzen was annoyed, but he also had the joy of coaxing his children with the parents. But there were also some questions that made Sarutobi Hiruzen's head blue from time to time, which made Sarutobi Hiruzen miserable and could only find excuses to drag it over.

At present, Hiruzen Sarutobi and his disciples live in the Academy (the disciples gave the courtyard a name) and are quite harmonious and happy. In the past few days, Hiruzen Sarutobi has also found time to go to the Ministry of Government Affairs to complete the procedures for the Academy, and then add some regular items to the Academy. Because of the behavior of a certain Hokage who pretended to be rich and didn't want his disciples to pay, his pockets are now empty, and he has spent all the salary he had earned in the past six months since he took office as Hokage.

A voice interrupted his meditation.

"Huruzen, the capital is just ahead, and there is no news from the reconnaissance Anbu in front. Aren't those nobles going to come to greet us? It is impossible that they didn't receive the letter from the village. We have been moving slowly today. No matter how slow we are, we can reach the capital by noon." It was Shimura Danzo who came back from the Iron Kingdom a few days ago.

"I guessed that they have a problem with me. After all, the reorganization of the Guard Department violates their interests. Although this is beneficial to the country and the daimyo's mansion, the nobles are selfish. Even the daimyo can't stand on our side at this critical juncture. I don't expect them to show an equal attitude. I am here to meet with the daimyo this time. The rest is up to you.

The 10 caravan quotas in the Wind Country are prepared for them. Let them fight for it. I guess they are not united. It would be best if they can make some money. The village is short of money now. Of course, our expected purpose is the main thing."

Shimura Danzo said confidently: "Look at me, I'm not Kagami. Just a group of nobles, we are ninjas."

"Danzo, you still have to look good. After all, Konoha still needs funding from the daimyo's mansion." Mito Kado Yan was afraid that Danzo would make things too difficult to deal with, so he reminded him.

"Yan, you also go and help Danzo deal with it, cooperate with one to play the bad guy and the other to play the good guy. Control the situation. Shinya, you also go and gain some experience." Sarutobi Hiruzen arranged Mitokado Yan, and then arranged Sarutobi Shinya.

Danzo and Mitokado Yan nodded in agreement, and Sarutobi Shinya replied with a little excitement: "Yes, Hokage-sama."

Not long after, Sarutobi Hiruzen and others arrived at the capital. No one greeted them, and no one made things difficult. The city gate officials seemed to treat them as if they did not exist. Only the passers-by exclaimed a few times and discussed for a while.

Everyone walked through the streets and alleys calmly, and finally arrived at the daimyo's mansion. At the gate of the daimyo's mansion, the daimyo's guard chief stood outside the door to greet them. After a series of greetings, greetings, etc., they finally met the daimyo, as well as some nobles and officials of the daimyo's mansion in the reception room of the daimyo's mansion.

Entering the reception room, Sarutobi Hiruzen saluted the daimyo: "The third Hokage of Konohagakure, Sarutobi Hiruzen, wishes the daimyo well."

"No need to be polite, Hokage." The current daimyo is Tsunade's grandfather, the man who married the first Hokage, and can be said to be very foresighted and courageous. The Land of Fire was the first to hire ninjas to fight, and the first to establish a hidden village. This daimyo can be said to be a heroic lord. This daimyo has been in office for a very long time, as far as the Chunin Exam in the 60th year of Konoha. It is better to respect such a person when dealing with him. This is not the daimyo of the Land of Fire who has no sense of existence in the original work. For Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was born in the world of ninja, this is a heroic lord.

After the people of Konohagakure sat down, an official present asked: "What is the matter with the Hokage this time? We are still busy with official business. If there is nothing, we can go back to the village first."

This is a bit impolite. The Hokage is the leader of Konoha. The first generation was a person that even the daimyo had to marry. Although the finances have always relied on the funding from the daimyo's mansion, and in the eyes of the nobles, Konoha is just a tool for them to do dirty work, the Hokage and the daimyo are of equal status in name. The ninjas of Konoha and the officials of the Land of Fire need to address the Hokage and the daimyo as "sir".

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the daimyo and saw that the daimyo's face changed, knowing that this was the nobles

The gossip has nothing to do with the daimyo. It is probably just a small character. Sarutobi Hiruzen doesn't want to deal with such people. It's a loss of status.

Shimura Danzo spoke with a tacit understanding and said with a sullen face: "It seems that the daimyo's mansion does not welcome the Hokage. It's not that simple to put a bounty on the Hokage of Konohagakure last time, right?"

The 'waste' daimyo cursed in his heart. He just cleaned up this matter before, and now he was taken advantage of and jumped out again. And he was disrespectful, looking down on the Hokage, and put the daimyo of the same status as the Hokage there? Konoha holds the power of violence. The daimyo had to come out to smooth things over: "The Hokage's assistant misunderstood. He is new and relatively young, so he may not understand the whole story. Jiichiro, quickly apologize to the Hokage and the assistant."

The official who spoke, Jiichiro, saw that the daimyo was a little unhappy. Even if he was reluctant in his heart, he could only apologize to Sarutobi Hiruzen: "Hokage, Hokage's assistant, everyone in Konoha, I'm sorry. I didn't understand it clearly."

Sarutobi Hiruzen spoke to comfort him: "Danzo, forget it, just give the young people a chance, and give the daimyo some face." He meant to say: I'm not going to pursue it for your sake.

"Humph, this time I'll let it go for the sake of the Hokage and the daimyo. Don't let it happen next time..." Danzo even made a harsh remark at the end.

Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled and said to the daimyo: "Danzo and En are both my right-hand men. How about we let the people below talk here? My disciple Tsunade asked me to bring greetings to her grandpa, grandma, uncle, etc., and there are gifts. I wonder if she can taste the daimyo's private tea."

Hearing Tsunade, the daimyo couldn't help but smile. "Little Tsunade, then I'll leave this to everyone. Hokage, follow me." The daimyo must have heard that the Hokage wanted to talk to him alone.

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Danzo and Mitomon En, and followed the daimyo to the back house of the daimyo's mansion.

After the daimyo entered the daimyo's residence, a series of gifts, greetings, and witticisms were carried out. Finally, after two hours, he entered the study room with the daimyo for a private talk.

After finishing a cup of tea, the daimyo put down the cup and said, "Last time, your new head of the security department was a bit rude. He led people directly to the meeting room of the daimyo's mansion."

This is saying that Uchiha Kagami has no rules and broke into the meeting room without notifying, which made the daimyo lose face. But if he hadn't broken into the meeting room last time, I'm afraid I wouldn't have seen you, the daimyo. If I hadn't seen so many ninjas, I guess he wouldn't have given 1 billion directly.

Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed and said, "Kagami is my teammate. Last time I visited Sunagakure on the way, I met the gold exchange and saw the bounty about me. I didn't care too much and continued to go to Sunagakure, but when the news came back to the village, everyone was excited. Many old seniors wanted to lead the team themselves. I finally persuaded the seniors, but I didn't expect Kagami to lead several teams to the daimyo's mansion in the capital, which frightened the daimyo. I'm very sorry. Here, on behalf of Konoha Village, on behalf of Uchiha Kagami, I apologize to you. I also reprimanded him when I came back from Sand Village. How could he ask for money from the Daimyo's Mansion for no reason? This time, I travel light and it is not convenient to bring silver. I will send someone to send it to the Daimyo's Mansion when I return to the village this time. "

This is about the bounty you offered me last time. I can ignore it, but after all, I am the leader of the village, and the village still needs face, not to mention my teammates. If you, the Daimyo, are not satisfied with this matter, it's just fine that I am not satisfied either. I will return the silver, and this matter is not over.

"Forget it, it's all over. Just treat it as an advance allocation to Konoha." The Daimyo showed an indifferent attitude. How could it be possible? It's not easy to get rid of this matter and turn it over. Why make yourself uncomfortable?

Advance allocation? That means the allocation will be reduced in the future. After all, our Minister of Security made such a big fuss and got a bad reputation, but still got nothing, right? It's not right to play like this.

"No, everything has rules, and the same is true for the ninja world. How can Konoha be independent of the rules? Konoha cannot take this money. 1 billion is equivalent to a two-year advance payment. There has never been such a thing in the ninja world. We in Konoha will not let the daimyo be embarrassed. Those who know will say that the daimyo understands Konoha's difficulties, and those who don't know will think that our Konoha's security minister threatened the daimyo's mansion to get it. No, absolutely not." Sarutobi Hiruzen refused sternly.

The daimyo was shocked when he heard it. If he had known that the Hokage was so difficult, he would not have mentioned this matter before. Sarutobi Hiruzen's words subconsciously meant: You broke the rules first. I don't know how other hidden villages in the ninja world view this matter. The relationship between the hidden villages and the daimyo's mansion is interdependent. The hidden villages do not accept harassment related to the nobles and the daimyo's mansion.

The nobles cannot issue a bounty for the Hidden Village Ninjas. Although the Bounty Exchange has offered bounties for ninjas from various villages in the past ten years, it has not involved important ninjas. They are either ninjas who defected from the Hidden Village or ninjas who don't care. The Hidden Village has never troubled the Daimyo for such a small matter, but this time they directly offered a bounty for the leader of Konoha, the Hokage. Originally, Uchiha Kagami was tricked back by the Daimyo with 1 billion ryo, and Sarutobi Hiruzen was ready to take the loss, but the Daimyo gave him a chance and he was exposed again.