Naruto: Son of the Fourth Hokage

As they passed various unique landscapes and towns of the Land of Fire, Kakashi would temporarily act as a tour guide, popularizing some unimportant common-sense information for them.

However, as a tour guide, Kakashi's professional level was obviously no match for Temari; the Kirigakure ninjas didn't spend a single penny along the way.

The Kirigakure ninjas entering Konoha didn't attract too much attention from the common people. With Kakashi and the others leading the way, the villagers were at most curious to look at these strangers and then stopped paying attention.

If it weren't obvious at a glance that they were on a mission, some people might have even gone up to greet Naruto. After all, aside from his identity as the Hokage's son, the incident a year ago where he single-handedly transferred the entire Exam Hall audience was enough to raise Naruto's reputation by a large margin.

"Don't the commoners of Konoha have any reverence for ninjas?" This kind of curious, friendly gaze from the common people was not common for Yagura.

Kakashi replied without thinking, "Whether they are ninjas or commoners, they are all companions in the same village, why should there be reverence?"

Kakashi's answer was excellent, perfectly demonstrating the image of Konoha ninjas being close to the people and loving them, but Naruto just wanted to say, You foolish outsiders, you simply don't understand the ninjas in the eyes of the Konoha commoners.

Those people wearing green jumpsuits, running around the streets and alleys like rare animals, shouting and yelling, are ninjas.

That white-haired, dead-fish-eyed guy, who still reads indecent books without changing his expression in public, is also a ninja.

That person who honestly queues up to buy a bowl of ramen when there are many people, self-deceptively putting on a disguise that can be seen through at a glance, is the head of the ninjas.

That person who buys vegetables in the market every day, loudly haggling with people, and whose hair floats up when angry, is the wife of the ninja leader...

Such ninjas are very likable, but how can people revere them?

...

In the end, the meeting place was not in the Hokage Office, but in a dedicated conference room.

"The Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze."

"The Fourth Mizukage, Yagura Karatachi."

Minato and Yagura exchanged glances, gave very brief self-introductions, and then, at Minato's invitation, both sides sat down facing each other on either side of the long table.

Eight people from Kirigakure, Yagura, Zabuza, and two other middle-aged uncles sat down, while the other four stood behind them, somewhat acting as guards.

On the Konoha side, Minato, Jiraiya, Shikaku, and Kakashi sat opposite them, while Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and Shisui stood behind them. This lineup could be said to be giving Kirigakure a lot of face.

Also, judging from the way Sasuke's eyes were darting around, it was estimated that one of those masked people outside the door earlier was definitely Itachi.

In fact, when Minato first saw Yagura, he was trying hard not to show a kind smile, because Naruto had reminded him that this Mizukage hated being treated like a child, and Minato felt he should respect him.

And when Yagura saw this sunny and handsome Hokage, he couldn't help but feel a sense of goodwill, and secretly rejoiced that he hadn't brought Mei Terumi, that woman, with him this time, otherwise he might have to bring the entire Kirigakure village as a dowry.

After everyone was seated, Minato got straight to the point and asked, "So, may I ask what is the reason for the Mizukage's personal visit this time?"

"This old man has come here to..."

*Boom! Boom!*

Several consecutive loud explosions interrupted Yagura's words and destroyed the atmosphere of friendly negotiation.

Everyone on both sides of the long table stood up, vigilantly staring at each other.

An Anbu teleported in to report: "Hokage-sama, enemy attack! The enemies are of unknown origin, all approaching from the air and dropping ninja tools and explosives on the village. There are currently nearly a hundred of them, and it is unknown whether there are reinforcements or ground troops.

Losses have not yet been tallied, the defense Barrier has been activated, and most of the enemies have been blocked outside, but there are still more than a dozen wreaking havoc in the sky!"

As the Anbu's voice fell, almost everyone on the Konoha side looked at the Kirigakure group with unkind eyes, and several Uchiha even activated their Sharingan.

This is too coincidental. These people just arrived in Konoha, and immediately someone attacked. Heaven knows if they came here to attract the attention of Konoha's higher-ups, and then buy time for the assault troops!

The Kirigakure side felt extremely unlucky. We haven't even warmed our seats yet, and this happens. They wouldn't believe it themselves if they said it had nothing to do with them, so they subconsciously formed a defensive formation, afraid that Konoha would suddenly attack.

Minato took a deep look at the Kirigakure ninjas, waved his hand to dismiss the Anbu who delivered the message, and then ordered, "Shisui, gather the Shadow Guard members and eliminate the enemies inside the Barrier!"

"Yes!" Shisui agreed and immediately jumped out of the window.

"Naruto, send Shadow Clones out to help rescue the injured with all your strength, and send Sakura to the hospital to help!" Minato knew that his son's 'passenger transport business' was the best in all of Konoha.

"Yes!" Naruto responded and went directly to the hospital with Sakura.

After assigning the most urgent tasks, Minato said to Yagura, "I'm sorry, this happened so suddenly, I'm afraid I'll have to ask the Mizukage to sit here for a while."

"I want to state first that this matter has nothing to do with Kirigakure, but since we are suspected, then it doesn't hurt to wait here." Yagura felt that the Hokage was already polite enough. If he encountered this situation, he might directly control people first without distinguishing right from wrong.

Minato turned to Jiraiya and said, "Jiraiya-sensei, please accompany the Mizukage here for a while."

"Leave it to me." Jiraiya nodded, watching these people, he didn't think there was any problem, and then provided some information:

"Minato, I remember there was a village called Sky Ninja Village during the Second Shinobi World War. They relied on flight technology to oppose the five major countries, and were eventually defeated by Konoha. This time, it may be them coming for revenge."

"I understand. Kakashi, Sasuke, and Crow, listen to Jiraiya-sensei's arrangements. Shikaku, come with me." Minato nodded. At this time, the Hokage must come forward to appease people.

Crow was Itachi's code name in the Anbu. Hearing Minato's instructions, he walked in and stood with Kakashi and Sasuke, responding:

"Yes." *3

Shikaku followed Minato out of the conference room.

...

In the hospital, many injured people had already been sent over. Medical staff hurriedly carried the seriously injured into the operating room, and some slightly injured ninjas waited in the open space in pain, trying not to affect the doctors' work.

Soon, nurses who had freed up their hands came over with medicines and bandages to help disinfect and bandage wounds. Occasionally, explosions could be heard in the distance, but fortunately there was no panic.

After Naruto sent Sakura, he immediately ran to the roof and sent out five hundred Shadow Clones to search for the injured. Only then did Naruto have time to observe the situation.

Konoha was covered by a blue hemispherical Barrier like a honeycomb. When the Sky Ninja outside threw bombs on the Barrier, they could only explode into ripples of Chakra. This should be the large-scale defensive Barrier that Kushina improved with the sealing team, and it seems to be working well.

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