Hundred Years of Hokage

Evening BBQ.

The new generation of ninjas gathered here. Except for Sasuke who was still helping Kakashi in Takigakure Village, everyone else came to the barbecue restaurant.

In addition, there are Gaara, Temari and Fu.

Uzumaki Naruto looked at Gaara with a puzzled expression. Even just looking at his face, he knew that the red-haired boy was living a good life in Konoha during this period.

"Gaara...are you fat?"

Although it wasn't generally visible that he had gained weight, it was obvious that Gaara had some extra baby fat on his face.

"Shh!"

Shikamaru quickly took Naruto's arm and whispered: "This is our plan. As long as the life of the Fifth Kazekage in Konoha is more comfortable than that of Sunagakure Village, he will no longer miss the backwardness of Sunagakure Village. The Ninja Village!"

"..."

Uzumaki Naruto felt that he couldn't say much. Gaara himself felt like he was "happy here, not thinking about Sunagakure".

I have to say, Shikamaru and the others have a good plan.

In Konoha Village, the identity of the Fifth Kazekage is not an important one, so the new generation of Konoha ninjas get along with Gaara as equals. Coupled with the persuasion of Temari next to him, Gaara's mood has obviously changed.

At the beginning, he was indeed a little uncomfortable. After all, he was under house arrest in Konoha as a hostage, and it was inevitable that there would be some Anbu surveillance.

Later, he found that the environment in Konoha Village was good. Many people were not afraid of his identity as a Jinchuriki, nor were they afraid of his position as the Fifth Kazekage, nor did they care that he was a hostage.

He made many new friends here.

Now that the fact has happened, it is better to accept it silently. Anyway, he has never felt any warmth in Sunagakure Village... Even before taking office as the Fifth Kazekage, he once wanted to destroy Sunagakure Village.

Even after he became the Fifth Kazekage, Gaara was still very feared. Even except for his teacher Maki, the other senior officials of Sunagakure Village were against him.

The friendly environment of Konoha Village is much better than that of Sunagakure Village.

"Lord Hokage."

Gaara stretched out his palm towards Uzumaki Naruto and said with a smile: "Long time no see. Welcome back to Konoha, Mr. Hokage."

"Thank you."

The young Hokage's expression became more and more subtle.

He didn't know why, but he had a vague illusion that Gaara seemed like a master living in Konoha!

After Gaara said hello, he followed Shikamaru into the barbecue restaurant arm in arm. Temari followed them, smiling and giving them a slap from time to time.

"Sir Naruto."

Hinata Hinata appeared next to Naruto, twisting her fingers awkwardly: "Welcome home...that...I...I..."

"Hinata, I miss you too."

The young Hokage stretched out his palm and smoothed the hair on her forehead.

"what!"

Hinata Hinata raised her head in surprise, her face gradually turned red, she took a few steps back tightly, and said with an uneasy look on her face: "I...I'll go in first!"

"Let's go together!"

Uzumaki Naruto walked to her side and walked in side by side with her.

They have too many guests.

Hyuga Neji, Rock Lee, and Tenten from the third class;

The former Uzumaki Naruto of Team , Haruno Sakura;

Nara Shikamaru, Yamanaka Ino, and Akimichi Choji from Class 10;

Class 8 Hinata Hinata, Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame;

Gaara and Temari from Sand Hidden Village;

As well as Fu and Xianglan who came from the two small ninja villages.

"Didn't Shibuki come?"

Uzumaki Naruto stood next to Fu and frowned in confusion. Shibuki, the leader of Takigakure Village, was not much different in age from them.

Fu shook her head and said with a troubled face: "Master Shibuki is ashamed of the seniors of Takigakure Village. He doesn't want to be a ninja anymore... It just so happens that Master Shibuki has never wanted to be the leader of Takigakure Village. "

"never mind."

The young Hokage shook his head.

In his previous life, Shibuki had always been very timid. Now that Takigakure Village has been annexed by Konoha, he will have no choice but to let him go if he chooses not to be a ninja in the future.

"Naruto, how will the summer festival be held this year?"

Inuzuka Kiba suddenly came over and asked curiously: "For such a long time, everyone has been working hard to carry out the commissioned tasks. We have thought about it and want to take a good rest during the Summer Festival!"

"...ah ha ha ha ha..."

The yellow-haired boy scratched his head, with an awkward smile on his face, and said forcefully: "This year's summer festival is more lively. I approved a larger amount of funds than in previous years in the afternoon. Holding a summer festival…”

This is because Konoha's economic situation has been good recently.

Moreover, the resources of the Kingdom of the Wind, the Kingdom of the Field, and the Kingdom of Taki are all good. After integrating the resources of the three countries, the future can be expected.

What's more, Konoha has been undergoing drastic changes during this year. The third generation of Hokage was killed in battle, the youngest Hokage came to power, Sunagakure Village became a vassal, Tian Country and Taki Country were annexed by Konoha, and the ninjas were almost too busy. .

A grand summer festival can also temporarily calm down everyone's mood and make the new ninjas who join Konoha realize that they will live a better life in Konoha.

Therefore, the larger the scale, the more people need to maintain law and order.

Among the members present, one by one, except for Gaara, Temari and other people from other villages, the Konoha ninjas probably don't think about any holidays.

"Oh oh oh oh oh oh!"

Inuzuka Kiba slapped him on the shoulder: "This is how it should be! Only those of us at the same time can understand each other. The summer festival must be lively enough!"

"...ha...haha...hahaha..."

Uzumaki Naruto only had a smile on his face.

In a few days, they will probably receive a notice from the Hokage Tower, because during the Summer Festival, every ninja has to work overtime, even Maruhoshi Kosuke.

Hinata poured a cup of tea and placed it in front of the boy: "Naruto-kun, is there anything unhappy?"

"No, hahaha..."

Naruto shook his head and reached for the tea cup.

Hinata Hinata didn't notice, and spoke out her request: "Then...Naruto-kun...at the summer festival...can we go and play together?"

"…this…"

Uzumaki Naruto suddenly hesitated.

The white-eyed girl suddenly showed a lonely expression on her face.

After pondering for a moment, Uzumaki Naruto gritted his teeth and said, "Hinata, maybe... we can go on patrol together?"

Because this summer festival was so grand, the reconnaissance team naturally had the most arduous tasks. They had to constantly detect whether enemies were approaching or sneaking into Konoha. As a reconnaissance squad, Class was naturally placed on the roster.

"Hey?"

The girl with white eyes was full of confusion.

"Cough cough..."

The young Hokage coughed a few times and explained: "Because of the threat that the Akatsuki organization may attack Konoha, we cannot relax during the Summer Festival..."

"So we don't have a day off during the Summer Festival, right?"

Nara Shikamaru patted him on the shoulder, a little speechless on his face.

Uzumaki Naruto nodded seriously, glanced at a circle of expectant eyes, and interrupted their fantasy: "Shikamaru guessed it right... Your mentoring jounin will receive a notice in a few days, and unless you tell me in person Apply and the reasons are sufficient, otherwise the holiday will not be granted.”

"...You, the Hokage of the same period, are a bit useless..."

Nara Shikamaru suddenly had a look of disgust on his face, and Inuzuka Kiba and Akimichi Choji next to him were also nodding crazily from their seats.

"...Hey, hey, hey, it's just this year, next year it will be much better!"

"If you continue to annex other ninja villages..."

Nara Shikamaru lowered his head and whispered in his ear: "Konoha's manpower will always be vacant, Naruto, haven't you considered this?"