Naruto's strongest wooden escape

After becoming Hokage himself, Namikaze Minato realized that Hokage was not as cool as he imagined.

Complicated government affairs, never-ending documents... The Hokage in his daily work is more like a workaholic who sits in the office all year round and handles work.

If he had a choice, Namikaze Minato would rather choose to be a ninja who always protects Konoha, rather than a Hokage who sits in an office for a long time and reviews documents all the time.

In comparison, Namikaze Minato couldn't help but think that Uchiha Matsuri was much more chic than him.

Able to shine where he is needed, even if Uchiha Matsuri is not the Hokage, Uchiha Matsuri has always been doing the Hokage's job of "protecting the village and villagers".

And this time, Uchiha Matsuri accidentally picked up the Yata Magatama, and was awarded the title of "The First Warrior of the Fire Country" by the Fire Country's daimyo.

Regarding this, Namikaze Minato couldn't help but feel a little jealous.

You know, being Hokage is not that easy.

If he does something wrong during his term of office, Namikaze Minato is likely to announce his resignation under the pressure of villagers' public opinion like the Third Hokage in the original Naruto novel.

"The First Warrior of the Fire Nation" is different.

This is a solid alchemy book.Unless Uchiha Matsuri did something particularly egregious, most of the time, this title could absolve Uchiha Matsuri of the crimes he committed at any time.

"Are you lucky?" Uchiha Matsuri said calmly, "I almost died in the hands of Ghost Light Mangetsu and the others."

To ordinary people, it seems that Uchiha Matsuri got the Yatagama Magatama just by bad luck.

Only Uchiha Matsuri knew that he almost fell into the conspiracy of Ghost Light Full Moon, Kazuma and others.

There is pay to gain.

The Yata Magatama that Uchiha Matsuri unexpectedly obtained may be just a compensation from God to Uchiha Matsuri.

And the title of "The First Warrior of the Fire Country" is well deserved by Uchiha Matsuri, who has worked hard for Konoha for more than ten years.

"Let's not talk about this anymore." Uchiha Matsuri changed the topic and asked, "When I just came in, I seemed to see Teacher Jiraiya..."

A year ago, Jiraiya and Tsunade left Konoha one after another.

Since then, Konoha has never contacted Jiraiya again.

This time, perhaps because he knew the news about Namikaze Minato being elected as the fourth Hokage, Jiraiya came back from a foreign country specially.

After seeing the familiar face of Jiraiya, Uchiha Matsuri couldn't help but feel a little complicated.

"It's been ten years. Me, you, and Minato, the three of us can't go back." Uchiha Matsuri sighed inwardly.

When he was a child, Jiraiya was once the closest person to Uchiha Matsuri, whose parents both died.

Many times, Jiraiya cared about Uchiha Matsuri meticulously and tolerated the mistakes Uchiha Matsuri had made.

However, such a person is very likely to be the accomplice of the Third Hokage.

Jiraiya is a member of the Hokage lineage and core. In many cases, the Third Hokage is closer to Jiraiya than to Tsunade and Orochimaru.

Therefore, it is difficult for Uchiha Matsuri not to suspect that he has been deceived by Jiraiya and the Third Hokage since he was a child.

In addition, in the past ten years, Namikaze Minato, who is also Jiraiya's apprentice, has received far more care from Jiraiya than Uchiha Matsuri.

Perhaps from the beginning, Jiraiya, like the Third Hokage, regarded the Uchiha Festival as a tool.

Perhaps from the moment Uchiha Matsuri was forced to enter the "root" department, Jiraiya gave up Uchiha Matsuri and turned to cultivating Namikaze Minato, Jiraiya's most proud disciple.

perhaps……

"Jiraiya-sensei just came back these two days." Namikaze Minato's words interrupted Uchiha Matsuri's reverie, "It's a little regrettable that Jiraiya-sensei didn't make it to my inauguration ceremony..."

As Jiraiya's favorite student, Namikaze Minato naturally expected his teacher to appear in the highlight moment of his life.

However, due to the delay in news, it was not until more than twenty days after Namikaze Minato became the fourth Hokage that Jiraiya was able to return to Konoha and return to Namikaze Minato.

"Jiraiya-sensei, have you given up on your plan to travel around the world?" Uchiha Matsuri asked knowingly as he had nothing to say.

"How is that possible? With Mr. Jiraiya's free and undisciplined character, it would be more painful to trap him in Konoha than to kill him." Namikaze Minato waved his hand and said with a bitter smile, "Mr. Jiraiya may stay in the village. Let's go to school for a year or two. When I learn how to be a qualified Hokage, Jiraiya-sensei may leave Konoha."

This time back to the village, Jiraiya planned to stay in Konoha for a while.

Only when his disciple Namikaze Minato can handle the village's political affairs independently will Jiraiya feel free to be a free man who travels around the world.

Before that, Jiraiya would still stay in Konoha Village, and together with the Third Hokage, he would do his best to assist Namikaze Minato.

"Okay, let's end our conversation here." After a moment of silence, Uchiha Matsuri took the lead and said, "Over at Root, I have to report to Elder Danzo."

According to the "three-year agreement" between Uchiha Matsuri and the Third Hokage, after completing the task of "protecting the Daimyo of the Land of Fire", Uchiha Matsuri will officially return to the "root" department.

Although he is reluctant to give up the light, Uchiha Matsuri will eventually return to the darkness.

This may be the fate of the Uchiha Festival.

"Matsu, there is one thing that I haven't been able to figure out." Minato Namikaze suddenly became serious, looked at Uchiha Matsuri, and asked with concern, "Is it true that you joined the Roots voluntarily?"

The reason why Uchiha Matsuri joined the "root" department has been widely rumored to be "voluntary".

However, Namikaze Minato is not stupid, and he can still see that there must be some unknown secrets behind this incident.

However, Namikaze Minato was not the party involved. Even if he tried to break his head, Namikaze Minato would not figure out what the secret behind this was.

"Whether it's voluntary or not, what's the difference?" Uchiha Matsuri asked coldly, "In the end, it's not all about getting to the 'root'."

At first, Uchiha Matsuri naively thought that his entry into the "root" department was just a conspiracy hatched by Orochimaru and Danzo Shimura.

Later, after seeing through the true face of the Third Hokage, Uchiha Matsuri discovered that his entry into the "root" department was actually secretly supported by the Third Hokage and handled by Danzo Shimura.

Its purpose has been stated many times before and will not be repeated here.

"Perhaps, I can help you get rid of your 'roots'." Namikaze Minato said firmly, "Don't forget, I am now the Hokage, and I still have a certain say in the personnel arrangements of the ninjas in the village. "