The strong man who came out of the fire shadow

"Huh... finally left."

After sending the enthusiastic dean away, Aoki finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Haha... Aoki, don't worry."

"It's okay, it's okay, Brother Mizuno and them are..."

"I grew up in an orphanage, and they are also orphans in the orphanage. I often visit them when I have nothing to do, so we are all one family."

"oh, I see."

"By the way, I haven't thanked you for saving me yet. I heard that after I fainted, you fought to the end with the Sand Ninja who came later, and you were seriously injured yourself."

"I'm so sorry that I couldn't protect you."

Aoki: "What are you talking about? Brother Mizuno, you have the same moral character as the captain, and you will fight against yourself in everything."

"If you hadn't asked the two chunin to hold us back from the beginning, we wouldn't have survived." Aoki waved his hand and said indifferently.

"Okay, I won't say anything more. If you have anything to say in the future, just tell me."

Afterwards, Aoki and Mizuno also chatted about some recent events.

After Aoki woke up, captain Ryusuke Kudo also made some inquiries about Aoki.

Aoki gave some simple answers. As for the battle with Scorpion, Aoki lied a little.

Aoki did not explain that he was fighting Scorpion, but said that he had a difficult battle with a Sand Ninja who came later, and finally was able to repel the enemy.

After talking to Mizuno Tetsu, Aoki finally returned to the ward with his scalp tightly wrapped around his head.

"Hehehe...come on, come to sister."

"Wow~ My feet are so soft!!"

"Come on, Heidou, sister, there is something delicious here..."

As soon as Aoki came to the door, he heard a burst of laughter.

When he opened the door and walked in, he saw Kurenai and Shizune lying on the bed. They kept teasing a black cat on the bed with their fingers.

At this time, the room no longer had the strange atmosphere in the morning, and it looked like a happy place.

And this black cat was not afraid of people, and allowed the two of them to take advantage of it. Occasionally, it would just look back coldly, and then continue to lie on the bed, its tail wagging leisurely from side to side.

“Black beans??!!”

After seeing the appearance of the black cat clearly, Aoki shouted in surprise.

After not seeing each other for several months, Aoki almost forgot that he still had a psychic beast.

"Meow~"

Hearing Aoki's cry, Heidou was smart and turned to look at Aoki.

With a "swish" sound, Heidou nimbly jumped onto Aoki's shoulders and rubbed his head affectionately against Aoki's face.

"Meow~meow~"

"Okay, okay, it's so itchy, don't rub it anymore."

Aoki turned Heidou's head aside in disgust.

"Whoo~"

With Heidou around, the atmosphere between them was no longer as awkward as before, and they were able to communicate normally.

Aoki knew about the situation of the two of them after getting to know each other. Shizune is currently learning medical ninjutsu from Master Tsunade, so she does not have a team now. In addition, Tsunade's bad habits, either drinking or gambling, Shizune has not yet completed her graduation path. How many tasks have you completed?

Because Tsunade believed that Shizune needed more opportunities to practice, Tsunade arranged for Shizune to be in the hospital, so now Shizune spends most of her time in the hospital.

Although Shizune is young now, she is recognized by everyone for her superb medical ninjutsu and has officially become a hospital doctor.

After Aoki heard about Shizune's situation, he seriously suspected that Tsunade sent Shizune to the hospital because she was too lazy.

After Kurenai graduated, she was led by her father Yuhihi Mako. After a series of Konoha D-level missions, she had begun to accept some more advanced missions, but she didn't have to go to the border for as long as Aoki. Task.

At the end of the chat, after the few of them had a special nutritious dinner together at Konoha Hospital, and finally agreed to get together after they were discharged from the hospital, Kurenai and Shizune also went home.

Since Aoki woke up, it was no longer necessary and inconvenient for the two of them to stay.

……

A week later, Hokage's house.

Namikaze Minato: "Hokage-sama, this is the mission scroll."

"Yes! It was completed very well." The third generation Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen took the scroll, looked at the completion of the task, and gave a very positive answer.

He put the scroll aside, looked at Namikaze Minato in front of him, and nodded with satisfaction.

Thinking of the enviable extraordinary qualifications displayed by Namikaze Minato in front of him, who was also Jiraiya's apprentice, a ninja who deeply loved the village and was influenced by the will of fire, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but Happy.

〖The village needs ninjas like this. Although Jiraiya spends all day being careless, he does have a good eye for people! 〗

〖Especially Namikaze Minato, he can still practice that ninjutsu. You must know that no one can practice that ninjutsu since Tobirama-sensei. 〗

Thinking of this, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but ask Namikaze Minato.

"Minato, how is your current ninjutsu training going?"

"I have successfully practiced, but I feel there is still room for improvement, so..."

"Really?! Hahaha... Okay, Minato, your qualifications really didn't disappoint me."

Sarutobi Hiruzen was really happy. Not only could Namikaze Minato be able to practice that powerful forbidden technique, but he could also make further improvements. Sarutobi Hiruzen really didn't expect it.

Namikaze Minato stood quietly in the audience, with a gentle smile on his face, and said humbly: "Hokage-sama, you have thanked me."

"Hehehe, Minato you... are just too modest."

Then I learned about the situation of Namikaze Minato team, especially asked about Kakashi's situation.

As a famous genius ninja in Konoha Village, Sarutobi Hiruzen still pays great attention to him, and he is also Sakumo's child. With a feeling of indebtedness, he naturally pays more attention to Kakashi.

After Kakashi's father died, Kakashi went to an extreme.In the previous teams, they were persuaded to leave by other teams because Kakashi could not get along well with his teammates and often gave up on his teammates because the mission came first. This caused Sarutobi Hiruzen a headache.

That's why I hope that Namikaze Minato will lead Kakashi, so that Kakashi and his companions can deepen their bond, and finally influence Kakashi.

Things are looking very good now.Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but silently praise his behavior in his heart. (If he knows what like means)

"By the way Minato, if you are free tonight, come to my house for a meal." Out of appreciation, Sarutobi Hiruzen extended an invitation to Namikaze Minato, and at the same time, he could chat with Namikaze Minato about the inheritance of the Will of Fire.

"I'm sorry, Hokage-sama, I already have an appointment." Namikaze Minato said apologetically.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was stunned for a moment, then seemed to think of something, and then looked at Namikaze Minato with a teasing look on his face and said: "Don't worry, it's with Kushina, hehehe... Young people, I understand. "

"No, no, no... Hokage-sama, you misunderstood, it doesn't count. A child of mine is about to be discharged from the hospital, and he plans to invite me to celebrate. I will also go with Kushina then." Namikaze Minato said a little shyly Said.

"Oh, what kind of kid..."

Now Sarutobi Hiruzen was a little curious. He was still a child to be called a friend by Minato.

"He is a very interesting young man. He was developing a very powerful ninjutsu a few months ago, and he happened to ask me for advice. Then we studied it together. This is a very powerful A-level ninjutsu."

"And I found that this ninjutsu still has a lot of potential for further development. We can even develop S-level forbidden jutsu in the future."

"The most important thing is that because this ninjutsu is a ninjutsu that does not require sealing, it is very suitable for the forbidden jutsu I am currently practicing, the Flying Thunder God Jutsu. The two ninjutsu can complement each other very well."

Namikaze Minato also became serious at the end.

After hearing Minato finished speaking, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but sit up in his seat, and his expression became serious.

Ninjutsu above A level can even form S-level forbidden jutsu, and it can also match Flying Thunder God. This is worthy of Sarutobi Hiruzen's attention.

Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but wonder if it was too much of a coincidence.It can match the flying thunder god, and it happens that Namikaze Minato can practice the flying thunder god technique.Sarutobi Hiruzen suspected that someone had ulterior motives and deliberately approached Namikaze Minato, but he did not show it on the surface, but pretended to be curious and continued to ask.

"Oh! What's the name of this ninja?"

"It's a ninja named Aoki who just graduated. He was a classmate with Kakashi. He was injured on the border and was just discharged from the hospital."

When Namikaze Minato said this, Sarutobi Hiruzen also had some memories. Half a month ago, the Kudo team on the border was ambushed by the Suna Ninja while performing a mission. Two ninjas were seriously injured. At that time, Konoha Hospital also reported to Tsuna Hands for help.

I seem to remember that there was indeed a young ninja named Aoki who was seriously injured trying to save his teammates.

〖Um! ! , such a ninja who cares about his companions is obviously the inheritor of the Will of Fire. It seems that he is overthinking. 〗Sarutobi Hiruzen thought silently in his heart.

Afterwards, Namikaze Minato introduced the ninjutsu to Sarutobi Hiruzen and left the Hokage's office.

"Knock Knock Knock..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen tapped the table gently in the empty office, and then said to the air with a calm face: "Go and collect the information about Aoki and give it to me."

"Swish"

"It's Hokage-sama"

Suddenly a masked ninja appeared in the air and knelt on one knee in front of Sarutobi Hiruzen. He agreed and then disappeared with a "swish" sound.