Ninja at the top of the food chain

Chapter 545 Resignation
The morning sunlight shines on the surface of the desk through the gaps in the windows, reflecting stacks of data files that are half the height of a person, like hills blocking Lei Luo's sight when looking to the left and right sides.

And this made him helplessly turn his head and look at the one standing in front of him—the white-haired ninja who was staring at him resolutely, Konoha's Anbu Minister Sakumo Hatake.

This is Hokage's office. Since Lei Luo is the fourth generation of Hokage, he has naturally become the new owner here. He will stay here most of the time whether he is working or handling various affairs of the village.

At this moment, more than three years have passed since the coup d'état. After using a series of cumbersome and complicated means to seize power, Lei Luo finally stabilized the situation in Konoha, and allowed himself to sit under the buttocks. It becomes more and more stable and unshakable.

It has been 40 years since Konoha, and the Second Ninja World War was completely over after Kirigakure retreated the previous year. All ninja villages are silently licking their wounds, cultivating the new generation of new forces while recuperating.

The dawn of peace instantly shrouded the sky of Ninja World, and it seemed that there was no cloud of war in a short time, but Lei Luo knew that this so-called peace was just the calm before the storm.

This is not a judgment and analysis of the situation in the ninja world, but simply...

It was because his heart began to stir again.

"Suo Mao, you really don't think about it?"

The atmosphere of silence lingered in Hokage's office for a while, until someone opened his mouth to break it. Thinking of the request that Hatake Sakumo had made all along, Lei Luo wanted to talk about it and delay it indefinitely, but Now it seems……

"Fourth generation, I have held the position of Anbu Minister for so many years, and now it is time to give it to a more suitable young man."

Noticing that Lei Luo's words were a little looser than before, Hatake Sakumo eased his face, but the overall expression was still very serious, and there was a feeling that as long as Lei Luo refused to agree, he would continue to pester him.

Feeling helpless, Lei Luo rubbed his forehead. After thinking for a while, he decided to persuade Hatake Sakumo again——two years ago, he voluntarily surrendered, and he had a great reputation in Konoha Anbe, which could even make him appease Sarutobi. The minister who saved a lot of energy in the process of the old ministry - let him play the remaining heat for another two years.

"Sakumo..."

With his hands clasped in a cross shape and his elbows relaxed on the desk, Lei Luo pretended to be concerned and glanced at Sakumo Hatake, with a hint of sincerity in his tone:
"The past few years have really been taken care of by you. In my opinion, no matter who you were, since you chose to be my subordinate at that time, you are now a real person of your own."

"What kind of personality is my Lei Luo? I think you should know it in your heart. I will never treat heroes badly. As for Danzo and Hinata Ring, their roots and intelligence department, I hope you don't think too much."

"After all, the situation in the ninja world is not as calm as we saw. There are not too many similar intelligence talents. I need to know more, and Konoha also needs to know more."

What Lei Luo said was extremely sincere, and even directly pointed out Anbu's current embarrassing situation, but Hatake Sakumo just shook his head, saying that it was not because of Anbu's mission share being taken by the roots and intelligence department. Embezzling and dissatisfied:
"Fourth generation, this has nothing to do with work, it's just my only son - Hatake Kakashi is six years old this year, but I, as a father, have never spent much time with him, this has to be said A dereliction of duty."

"That's why I want to resign from my current position and devote the rest of my life to cultivating the next generation."

In order for Lei Luo to agree to his request, Hatake Sakumo decisively found a somewhat plausible excuse. After all, the post of Minister of Anbu is no longer a favorite nowadays.

"Kakashi?" Repeated thoughtfully, Lei Luo glanced at the mountains of documents on both sides, raised his finger and slowly slid across the side, but after a while, he casually pulled out a piece of paper.

It was an application, and it happened to be about Kakashi.

He waved to Sakumo Hatake, and when he came forward, Lei Luo handed over the application form in his hand and asked at the same time: "Sakumo, your son wants to graduate from the ninja school early, what do you say?" Should I agree?"

While looking at the application form with a frown, he carefully observed Lei Luo's face from the corner of his eye, and found that Lei Luo seemed to be asking casually. Hatake Sakumo thought about it, but he still didn't dare to make too much of a fuss:

"Fourth generation, it's up to you to make up your mind about this kind of thing. Although Kakashi is my son, but he..."

"Graduating early means that he will become a ninja in advance and go out on missions in advance. At his age, can you rest assured?"

Interrupting Sakumo Hatake's cautious speech, Lei Luo first casually explained to the other party, and then observed the expression on Sakumo Hatake's face with great interest, as if he wanted to see how the other party would respond.

To this end, he even added:
"Remember, I want to hear the truth."

Although Lei Luo's tone was very relaxed, Hatake Sakumo didn't dare to be careless at all. After bowing his head and pondering for a moment, he quickly answered: "It's nothing to graduate early, after all, he is strong enough. Don't worry... it probably depends on who his leading teacher is."

"Oh? Then, who do you think is Kakashi's leading teacher, who is more in line with your wishes?"

"This..." Seeing that Lei Luo was still looking at him curiously, Hatake Sakumo couldn't help thinking secretly about those strong people in Konoha:
Not to mention Ayuromejoguro, Orochimaru, Namikaze Minato, Hinata Tamaki, and Matt Dai, who are loyal members of Lei Luo, but only the ninjas who belonged to the original Hokage department, and Tsunade who was subsequently incorporated by Lei Luo, Jiraiya, Akimichi Torukaze and others, no matter who among them is Kakashi's leading teacher is undoubtedly qualified.

As for the ninja Makoto Uzumaki and Uchiha Fugaku, these two names appeared for only half a second, and they were directly expelled from the mind by Hatake Sakumo. After all, Lei Luo's attitude towards the ninja seems to have been different in the past two years. How friendly.

Now that there is no war, Konoha's large troops have disbanded one after another. Naturally, the above-mentioned former ninja commanders are not so busy. Some of them still take on missions occasionally as usual, and some do not see each other all year round because of work needs silhouette.

If Hatake Sakumo had to choose, he would actually prefer Minato Namikaze and Matt Dai. After all, they are both Lei Luo's direct subordinates, and their personalities are completely different from those of Orochimaru.

Let one of these two come to guide Kakashi, at least Hatake Sakumo doesn't have to worry about Kakashi's growth in the future, but I don't know... Will Lei Luo send his confidant general to do this kind of guidance? Tolerance of the "low-level work."

(End of this chapter)