From undercover in Konoha, to I am the Hokage!

Chapter 170 Do you want to be a Hokage? (5k)

Takigakushi Village, Takikage's office.

Unlike the big ninja villages that control a country's military power, in small villages like Takigakure, the Kage is mostly called the leader in front of the ninjas from the five major countries outside. However, if they have some strength like Amegakure or Takigakure, or even Kusagakure, then naturally not many people will come to meddle in their affairs no matter what they call themselves in the village.

However, the person sitting in the office at this moment was a young girl who looked to be about 28 years old.

Uchiha Hikari sat in front of her desk, her white feet tapping under the table. The light and shadow outside the window outlined the girl's delicate and slender cherry pink toes, which were raised on tiptoe.

When he looked down at the papers on the table, he looked obviously worried.

As the ultimate weapon of the Uchiha clan in the past, she naturally did not receive a very rich education. In most cases, it was even difficult for her to access information from the outside world.

So much so that even basic courses such as history and mathematics were made-up lessons when he was under Uchiha Madara's command.

It is really difficult to ask her to handle the government affairs of a village.

However, if it were just this small problem, it would be easy to deal with. What makes her most embarrassed is the problem that the village is facing now.

Short of money.

No matter which regime it is, the problems it faces at the beginning are always so simple.

In the past year, although Takigakure did not participate in the wars between major countries due to its geographical advantage, due to her "misbehavior" during this period and her constant "recruitment of talents" from the ninja world and gathering various rebellious and wandering ninjas, the military strength of Takigakure Village can be said to have increased significantly.

Naturally, her total amount of chakra also continued to increase, greatly increasing compared to when she was first released.

However, when there are more people, the problem of food naturally needs to be solved.

As for ninjas, apart from killing people, they are not good at anything else - at least that's what she thought.

Therefore, during this period of time, she has been relying on desperate methods to continuously attract clients from outside the Takigakure Village, increase the total number of tasks in the village, and even had a fight with the Iwagakure Village because of this.

However, the methods of increasing revenue and reducing expenditure can often only work temporarily.

The war is over, how could there be so many tasks to do in this world?
As for the bandits in the mountains, even if she was willing to send people to kill them, those people were just ordinary people who were too poor to survive - and no one would pay them.

Sadness naturally comes up.

Just as Uchiha Guang was feeling worried, there was a sudden sound of light footsteps outside the office, followed by a knock on the door.

"Lord Takikage?"

"Ahem, come in."

Uchiha Guang adjusted his sitting posture, put his hands on the table, tried his best to look mature and reliable, and spoke calmly.

The female secretary outside the door came in with a pile of documents, and she kept talking:
"Master Takikage, the Anbu said they have captured another Iwagakure spy and are still torturing him. I wonder..."

"Again?"

Uchiha Guang was startled when he heard this, and his expression became more serious: "Deal with it as usual, check the intelligence network behind, and kill him if you can't get anything out of him."

The so-called shadow was actually only in charge of the trivial matters in the village. Occasionally catching a spy was a big problem, but there were only a few times in total. Even if she memorized these excuses, she would have memorized them.

The only headache was that the previous battles should have allowed Iwagakure to discover some problems, and the recent spying had caused people to be annoyed, so much so that Uchiha Hikaru even wanted to ignore his current identities and go to Iwagakure for a visit.

Of course, this was just a momentary impulse.

In order to finalize the "Tsukuyomi", matters now need to be carefully considered.

"Yes."

The female secretary put down the documents in her hand and replied: "Also, here is the latest report on the village industry."

Uchiha Hikaru's expression suddenly fell. She simply avoided these troubles and had no idea how to solve them. In the past, she could only rely on Zetsu to give her advice - so much so that this guy, whom she originally wanted to kill after Madara died, was left until now.

However, you have to listen to it even if you don't want to.

In any case, Takigakure Village is now her chakra warehouse. If it collapses due to poor management, she will be the one who suffers the most.

Obviously, the problem Uchiha Hikaru is facing now is almost the same as the situation after Nagato and others took control of the Hidden Rain Village. The only difference is that she does not have as many Kage-level helpers now.

Just as she was listening with one ear and one ear out, her expression suddenly straightened and she suddenly raised her hand.

"Orange."

"Yes?"

"You go out first, there are guests coming."

The female secretary called 'Ju' was startled when she heard this and looked at her in confusion.

However, Uchiha Guang looked serious, so he nodded slightly and quickly walked out of the office door.

"Whoosh."

Almost at the moment when the female secretary walked out of the door, a pitch-black figure suddenly appeared in the center of the office, and with a pair of green eyes, he silently looked at Uchiha Hikaru behind the desk.

"Shuashuashua——"

At the same time, several Takigakure ANBU appeared around him at the same time and surrounded him in the center with a combined attack.

Uchiha Hikaru walked out from behind the desk, his eyes turning scarlet unconsciously, looking at him coldly:

"who are you?"

Then, the figure opposite saluted leisurely, as if he didn't take the several Anbu around him seriously at all:

"It seems the rumors are true."

"The Takigakure Village has been taken over by a girl of Uchiha descent."

"But at this age, it's really amazing."

Uchiha Guang's expression became serious, with a hint of murderous intent in his eyes.

Judging from the total amount of chakra this guy has, he seems to be a pretty good master.

"Now that you're here, don't even think about leaving."

"If you have nothing else to do, stay here."

The figure on the other side shook his head slightly: "Please understand, Master Takikage, I am here to help you and bring you some information that may be very important to you."

As he spoke, he took off the hood on his head, revealing a face half covered by a mask.

Some of the Anbu members present recognized his identity at a glance and said in astonishment:
"Kakuzu?!"

"what!"

The moment they heard this name, everyone present was shocked and quickly added his identity:
"Is it the long-lived ninja who has a bounty of 100 million ryo offered by Konoha and is still increasing?"

"I heard that he once used an electric self-defense stick to leave an indelible scar on Konoha's first Hokage!"

"Not only that, his blood seems to have the ability to prolong people's lifespan. The bounty underground is almost piling up to 400 million taels, but no one has captured this monster until now!"

"Not only that, I heard that he even escaped from the hands of Lord Sawara of Konoha alive. Before he left, he left a half-meter long purple feeling in Konoha. I heard that it was his exclusive weapon."

"It is said that Konoha even secretly issued a kill order for him in the Ninja World, only dead people are wanted, not alive!"

"It seems he is still a traitor of our Takigakure."

Just a name brought out so much information in one breath, even Uchiha Hikaru couldn't help but look up to the man in front of her - when she was released, Konoha had already started to fight against Sunagakure, and had no idea there was such a person.

However, the moment Kakuzu heard this series of 'additional content', his face almost couldn't hold back.

Horse riding!
Who added so many "rumors" to me? !

If not for this, I would be so happy hunting bounty criminals and counting the money every day. How could I have fallen into this situation now!

"Shut up!"

"Those are all rumors!"

Kakuzu couldn't hold it in and roared out.

The office suddenly became quiet, and everyone stared at him, as if trying to find the next purple mood that he would pull out from somewhere.

"cough."

Uchiha Hikaru coughed twice. Although his wandering eyes could not help but scan him, he still brought the topic to the main point and said solemnly:

"information?"

"Are you planning to cooperate with Takigakure?"

Kakuzu took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and said reluctantly, "It's not me, but the organization I belong to. We hope to cooperate with you."

"What cooperation?"

Uchiha Hikaru frowned.

She was unwilling to cooperate with such a guy of unknown origin.

However, Kakuzu answered the question irrelevantly: "According to our investigation, Konoha recently annexed Loulan and obtained a treasure from it. Now they are building a giant base around it. I wonder if Master Takikage has heard of this?"

"I have heard a little bit about it. Is this the information you have?"

Uchiha Guang was obviously a little impatient and was obviously ready to take action.

Kakuzu remained calm and said, "The name of that treasure is the Seed of the Sacred Tree."

The girl raised her brow.

seed?

What good would that do?
However, Kakuzu's next words suddenly shocked her.

"The so-called sacred tree is the original source of all chakra."

"As long as you have this, you can rely on the energy of the dragon veins to continuously produce chakra."

Looking at Uchiha Hikaru's stunned expression, Kakuzu finally smiled slowly under his mask:
"I guess Master Takikage would be interested in this, right?"

By the time Sahara Kiri carried the drunk Tsunade back to the Senju residence, it was already late at night.

Tsunade was drunk with her face flushed. She was supported by him with one arm loosely draped over his shoulders. She took advantage of the alcohol to talk nonsense and yell with him as they walked. Occasionally, she would touch him all over with a smile, and no one knew what she was looking for. She had a very bad drinking habit.

While Sawara Kiri was chatting with her in a random manner, he carried her body and walked into the house with extremely heavy steps.

However, looking down from this angle, he could immediately see a deep scar that was usually hidden under the loose feather weave, weighing heavily on the trembling collar, and even creating a deep scar.

As a typical gentleman, Sawara Kiri would not take advantage of a woman when she is not sober.

But his eyes were disobedient.

Is this what is called gravity?
Sawara Kiri thought so in her heart.

"fog!"

Just as he was trying his best to raise his head, trying to disrupt his own wild and tangled thoughts, he heard a shout suddenly from the room.

Sawara Kiri immediately straightened his body, causing Tsunade who was being carried on him to stumble and fall to the ground. Immediately afterwards, a burst of brisk footsteps could be heard in the room.

Yukie Sahara ran to his side quickly, wearing only a cloak, and obviously pajamas underneath - it was so late, and it was indeed time for the children to go to bed.

However, when Xuehui ran to them and saw Tsunade was drunk and unconscious, she immediately put on a housekeeper's attitude and said dissatisfiedly:

"Really? Why are you coming home at this hour?"

"I thought you had another urgent mission."

"And Lady Tsunade, why are you so drunk? Did you go to the barn to drink again?"

Tsunade heard someone calling her name, and she raised her head shakily, and saw Yukie standing in front of her with her hands on her hips. She immediately grinned like an old man and came closer:

"What? It's Yukie?"

"You've grown so big, let me kiss you."

"No, it stinks."

Ms. Xuehui slapped Tsunade's hand that was bent in front of her little hill and said with a stern mother's look, "I'm so tired, so happy!"

"Next time you drink so much, just sleep outside!"

“And there’s fog!”

The girl turned her head and looked at him sternly.

Sawara Kiri immediately raised his hands and saluted to indicate his surrender.

Ms. Xuehui scanned his body for a long time, then sniffed him closely, and found that there was indeed no smell of alcohol in his mouth, so she was slightly relieved:
"Don't learn from Lady Tsunade in the future, Misty!"

"Then you'll be a useless person."

"Yes Yes."

Sawara Kiri accepted the criticism obediently.

Seeing his resigned look, Miss Xuehui finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then said, "Have you had dinner? I left a midnight snack for you in the kitchen. It may be a little cold now. I will send Lady Tsunade to take a bath and then heat it up. You won't be able to sleep like this, and the quilt will smell."

Hearing this, Sahara Kiri smiled and touched his stomach: "Indeed, Lady Tsunade started to overturn the table after drinking, so I didn't even have a few bites before everything turned over. Fortunately, she has money in her pocket."

"Why don't you try to persuade her? You know Lady Tsunade's temper."

The brother and sister continued to mutter about family matters while helping the drunk Tsunade into the room.

A while passed.

When Tsunade woke up, her body was already soaked in warm water. The alcohol she had drunk all night had mostly dissipated in the warm touch. Only her cheeks were still red, not sure if it was from the remaining drunkenness or the warm water vapor in the bathroom.

Some vague memories were also mostly restored under the stimulation of this water vapor.

She first looked at her fair body soaked in warm water, and then subconsciously glanced at the familiar home bathroom furnishings around her, as well as the blurry black night outside the window. In her head, which was still slightly painful, a fragment of memory related to Sawara Kiri suddenly broke into her mind.

"Wow--"

Almost subconsciously, Tsunade hugged her body suddenly, squeezing it into a proud arc in the hazy water vapor, and splashing a large amount of water as she waved her arms.

The whole cheek seemed to be tightened.

The scorching red heat continued to flow down the body and along the heart that was pumping blood to the face.

what's the situation? !

Did you drink that much today?

Could it be that that brat Sawara Kiri has succeeded?
Until she seemed to remember something, Tsunade reached her hand out into the water again, rustling around and touching something, then she slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems not yet.

but.

She lowered her head again and looked at her fair body, her face suddenly looking embarrassed again.

Who took off the clothes?

Perhaps he heard the sound of water coming from the bathroom, and heard the familiar voice of Sawara Kiri outside the door. He seemed to have predicted the future and said:

"Master Tsunade, are you awake yet?"

"After Xuehui changes your clothes, let me help keep an eye on you for a while, so that you don't accidentally drown in the bath water."

After hearing his voice, Tsunade, who was embarrassed and at a loss just now, seemed to relax the urgency in her heart suddenly and let out a breath of fresh air.

Yes, although this brat is a bitch, he is not the kind of person who would take advantage of others when they are in trouble.

After Tsunade figured this out, she seemed to relax and leaned her back against the pool wall, but habitually put on her usual attitude of a seasoned driver and said through the bathroom door:

"What a shame. I thought I would wake up in a hotel bed."

"Wu, after all, is just a little devil."

Sawara Kiri's voice seemed to hesitate for a few seconds, and then asked:
"Then should I go in now?"

"Humph."

Tsunade scoffed, "What are you doing coming in now? Rubbing my back?"

"You can do something else. Xuehui is already asleep."

"Tsk, you only have one chance!"

Even though she said this, Tsunade subconsciously lay down in the warm water, trying to bury her entire body except her head in the mist.

That duplicity was almost at the door.

"Ugh."

Sawara Kiri still obediently showed a regretful expression and sighed.

Tsunade's habit of teasing young boys cannot be changed. Even without the "Six Eyes" to observe, Sawara Kiri knows what is going on inside.

She just has a hard mouth.

If I really woke up in the hotel bed the next day, I would probably have to tear him apart raw and eat him with soy sauce.

"What time is it now?"

"About one or two o'clock. Lady Tsunade, you had to go to the second place after drinking. You almost smashed their sign."

Hearing this, Tsunade's expression became embarrassed. She poked a part of her calves out from under the water and kicked up a misty splash on the water surface as if she was angry. No one knew who she was trying to kick.

"Smelly brat."

As she spoke, she scooped up a handful of water and gently rubbed it on her face twice, as if she had finally washed away the drunkenness. However, she had no intention of driving away the little guy who was watching her at the door. It seemed that there was nothing wrong with having him outside, so she casually said:

"You don't learn your lesson at such a young age. Be careful not to become a guy like Jiraiya in the future."

As we all know, Jiraiya is the Konoha-exclusive adjective for Shibuki.

"Who knows."

Sawara Kiri didn't seem to mind it: "After another ten or twenty years, I'll just become the Sawara version of Jiraiya. It doesn't seem to be a bad thing."

When you reach middle age, it is always better to be full of energy than to be inactive.

"Then Konoha is doomed!" Tsunade said unhappily.

"So what does Lady Tsunade want me to become?"

Sawara Kiri's voice came from outside the door.

Tsunade was startled when she heard this, and looked at the young man behind the door with an inexplicably absent-minded look, not knowing what he was thinking.

After a long time without receiving an answer, Sahara Kiri asked again:
"Or, what will become of Lady Tsunade?"

"Wow--"

There was another splash of water, and along with it, Tsunade's unpleasant voice:
"Mind your own business, little brat."

"I will still look like this even if fifty years pass!"

This woman probably thought that Sawara Kiri was talking about her being old - or perhaps she was just particularly sensitive to topics like this.

"Pfft."

Sawara Kiri's laughter could be heard from outside.

Instead, it made Tsunade in the water even more annoyed, and she wanted to run out and punch him right now.

After a few seconds of silence, Sahara Kiri's gentle voice came from outside the door:
"What I mean is that the position of Hokage has been vacant for a long time since the Third-sama fell into a coma."

"Although the whole bank is in charge now, it is a wartime system after all. Someone will have to take over this position sooner or later."

"Tsunade-sama, do you want to become the Fourth Hokage?"

"."

Hearing this, Tsunade, who was immersed in the water, fell silent.

For a moment, it seemed that many thoughts entered her mind, making incoherent fragments flash through her mind, but it also seemed that she was not thinking about anything, just standing in a daze.

Naruto?
Although this name has disappeared from the public eye for less than a year, it seems that Tsunade has not been mentioned for a long time.

Her mood also became somewhat inexplicable.

Can she really be a good Hokage?
Tsunade turned her head and looked at the young man across the door, wondering what she was thinking.

"Wow."

After a long silence, there was another sound of water coming from inside the door.

"Tsunade-sama?"

Sawara Kiri turned his head with some confusion.

Then, Tsunade, wrapped in a bath towel with her wet light golden hair spread out, walked out carelessly, not paying any attention to the young man's puzzled look. She just walked past him with the trembling bath towel and said casually:

"Is there any midnight snack at home? I'm hungry."

"I'm still a little thirsty, just in time for two more drinks."

Sawara Kiri suddenly showed a helpless expression and reminded:

"Tsunade-sama, you will be scolded by Yukie when you wake up tomorrow."

"Never mind her!"

(End of this chapter)