Shadow of the Wood

Chapter 110 Hokage

Yamanaka Kaiichi's worries were exactly what Hiruzen Sarutobi, the third Hokage who had read his report, was thinking.

He is old.

Sarutobi Hirazan's eyes reflected deep sadness. He loved this village, and it was because of this that he felt incomparable pain. He single-handedly created Orochimaru, a genius and crazy disciple, and he also let the poisonous snake go with his own hands. Now The angry and jealous poisonous snake intended to destroy the village, but Sarutobi Hiruzen was powerless to stop it.

Taking a deep puff of smoke from the pipe, and exhaling it again after a circle in the lungs, surrounded by smoke, Hiruzaru Sarutobi focused his gaze on a row of photos hanging on the wall directly in front of him.

The photographs hanging on the wall are busts of four young men in the same dark blue dresses with silver pendants hanging from their necks.

The four people in the photo can be said to be one of the most powerful and powerful people in the world. They not only have the strength to rule the roost in the ninja world, but also control the most powerful ninja village in the world——they are Hokage , the man who ruled Konoha Village.

However, among the past Hokages, only Hiruzaru Sarutobi lived to his twilight years, and when the fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato died, he was only 24 years old, in his prime.

"Lord Hokage!"

The door was gently closed, and a slightly hesitant female voice sounded from behind Hiruzaru Sarutobi, not as lively as before: "I'm sorry! I..."

"Stop talking, Red Bean!" Sarutobi Hiru knew that it was Mitarai Red Bean who came without turning his head. After interrupting the other party's words, he said softly, "You don't have to regret your performance in the Death Forest. , Orochimaru is not something you can deal with."

"You and Orochimaru have nothing to do with each other, so you don't need to use this kind of thing to prove yourself." Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't look back, but his voice was soft and firm: "You don't need to blame yourself, I believe You, Red Bean."

"..." Hiruzaru Sarutobi's reassurance did not make Mitarai Anko feel better, this kind of trust even made her feel more painful. At this time, the dejection and helplessness emanating from this thin old man made her feel extremely Unfamiliar, Mitarai Anzu, who respects Sarutobi Hiruzen from the bottom of his heart, noticed the photo of the Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato from the corner of his eye, and couldn't help but said disappointedly: "If the Fourth Hokage is still alive, he will definitely be able to stop Orochimaru."

"Don't say that, he has already given his life for this village." Hiruzaru Sarutobi looked at the photo of Namikaze Minato through the smoke, and then moved his gaze across the photos of other generations of Hokage, as if he had made up his mind. His gaze became firm again: "He is no longer in this world, and we must rely on our own strength!"

Hiruzaru Sarutobi was not aware of the existence of the masked man A Fei. Kyuubi attacked Konoha 13 years ago. Many ninjas in Konoha Village, including him, knew that the production of Uzumaki Chenai might cause Kyuubi's riot. The person who is protecting Uzumaki Chenai is none other than Minato Namikaze.

No matter what happened, it was his unshirkable responsibility that Kyuubi escaped from the care of Minato Namikaze and ran away, but then the young man sacrificed his life to make up for his mistakes and abide by his mission as the Fourth Hokage. duty.

Could it be that at this age, am I still cherishing my life! ?

Hiruzaru Sarutobi asked himself in the depths of his heart, the smoke from the pipe made the things in front of his eyes slightly blurred, in his sight, the generations of Hokages in the photo seemed to come alive, and he was looking at Sarutobi seriously Sun Zhan, let him make up his mind.

"Since Minato, you have the consciousness to use your young life to make up for your mistakes, what right do I, a bad old man, have to live!?" Hiruzaru Sarutobi's eyes were sharp, and the aura of sadness and helplessness that had seemed a little before disappeared without a trace. The awareness of death, but the heart is still peaceful: "I will use my life to make up for the mistakes I made back then!"

Mitarai Anko, who was silent, saw Sarutobi Hiruzen stand up slowly, as if he was about to leave the room, so he couldn't help asking: "Master Hokage, where are you going?"

Hiruzaru Sarutobi paused, looked out the window, and after thinking for a moment, said slowly: "I want to see the children of the ninja school."

Sarutobi Hiruzen finished speaking, with his hands behind his back, and under Mitarai Anko's watch, he slowly left the room.

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When it comes to the most conspicuous building in Konoha Village, only the Hokage Rock on the mountain is well-deserved. The heads of Hokage in the past are vividly carved on the mountain, and they seem to have souls, silently watching and continuing to guard their cherished Konoha village.

uncanny workmanship.

Konoha Maru opened his mouth wide in amazement, looked up at Hokage Rock, only the words he had just learned kept repeating in his heart, although it was not the first time he saw this building, but sitting on the roof of the Hokage Building, admiring it so closely, It still made his heart full of shock.

Today, the Ninja School will have a history class. After Iruka applied, he took the students, including Konoha Maru, to the roof of the Hokage Building to give a lecture.

It is a history class, but in fact, it mainly revolves around telling the great deeds of Konoha Village, so as to increase students' sense of belonging to Konoha Village and the profession of ninja.

This is what every mature organization will and must do.

And if Konoha wants to talk about the most important deeds, of course it is mainly about the past Hokage. Iruka introduced the past Hokage to many students, and at the same time told their deeds vividly.

"Iruka-sensei, who is the fifth Hokage?" Just as Iruka was talking about the deeds of the fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato, a lovely girl like a porcelain doll was sitting on the ground with her hands folded around her knees. Li suddenly asked suspiciously.

"Well..." Iruka was obviously taken aback when he heard the other party's question, and after pretending to think for a while, he suddenly opened his mouth wide, pointed at himself with a smile, and said proudly: "Maybe it's Iruka-sensei, I might as well!"

A hearty laugh came from behind Iruka, obviously amused by what Iruka said.

Iruka turned around, and seeing the old man who was laughing, he couldn't help scratching his head brilliantly, and said with some embarrassment, "Master Hokage..."

The arrival of the easy-going three-generation Hokage obviously aroused the strong interest of these children. Compared with listening to Iruka's exaggerated telling of other people's stories, how can it be more interesting to listen to a living legend?

Immature children always dream of becoming heroes. As the head of a village, Hokage is known as the man who is at the top of the ninja world. Naturally, they look forward to it. The appearance of the already old Hiruzaru Sarutobi does not match their inner fantasy. , but he didn't take it as disobedient when he heard these children's doubts.

After hearing a male classmate triumphantly declare that he must become the fifth generation of Hokage in the future, Sarutobi Hiruza finally couldn't stop his smile, stopped Iruka's reprimand, and encouraged: "You children are still very young. , is different from me, there are countless hopes and possibilities, maybe a Hokage will really appear!"

"However, if you want to become Hokage, you must not only be strong!" Hiruzaru Sarutobi still maintained a smile on his face, lovingly looked at the immature face that was looking up at him, and said gently: " You must treat everyone in this village as your family, love these people deeply, and use your strength to protect them... Only in this way can you be worthy of the name of Hokage and their trust!"

(I was hesitant to skip this passage, but after thinking about it, I decided to write it down. This is the conflict and transformation in Hiruza Sarutobi’s heart. It seems unimportant, but it is actually indispensable, otherwise it will seem far-fetched. )