Naruto, your uncle is going to be Hokage!

Chapter 179 Jiraiya Returns to the Village: In the Future, You Are the Child of Destiny

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“Ding ding ding ding!!”

Naruto, who was sleeping soundly in his bedroom, with clear snot bubbles rising and falling with his snoring, was startled awake by a piercing alarm clock.

"Oh no! It's nine o'clock! I'm going to be late for school!"

Six-year-old Naruto still lacks initiative when it comes to going to school!

He grabbed a piece of clothing haphazardly, not even bothering to wipe the drool off his face, and ran downstairs while putting on the clothes.

Namikaze Mirai was sitting at the head of the table, leisurely enjoying her breakfast.

"Uncle, why didn't you call me?"

Namikaze Mirai calmly took a sip of coffee: "Sometimes you have to learn to wake up on your own."

"Uncle, I'm skipping breakfast!"

She grabbed her backpack from the sofa, slung it over her shoulder, and, without even bothering to tidy her messy blond hair, ran towards the door.

A figure appeared in front of him, stuffed something into his arms, and a soft electronic female voice sounded.

"Please take some food with you on the way. It's a bad habit to go to school hungry."

"Thank you! Number 18!"

With a sandwich handed to him by Android 18 in his mouth, Naruto waved to Android 18, pushed open the door, and ran out.

The weather outside is lovely, and the morning sunlight is very warm.

In the past two years, Konoha has become the largest city in the ninja world. The dark and wide asphalt roads are lined with rows of metal streetlights, and high-rise buildings are everywhere you look.

The term "village" has not been used for a long time.

More often, they are given more modern names such as the capital of the Land of Fire or the City of Leaves!

Naruto, who was about to be late, had no intention of appreciating the construction of Konoha. He was biting into the sandwich that Android 18 handed him and charged ahead recklessly.

"No, I'm going to be late!"

With crackling blue electricity emanating from beneath his feet, Naruto's speed increased dramatically, like a locomotive speeding down an asphalt road, creating a gust of wind.

Driven by electric current!

Naruto's progress over the past two years, under Mirai Namikaze's tutelage, has resulted in a significant increase in his strength compared to two years ago.

The outline of Konoha Academy quickly came into Naruto's view. As he sprinted, he pushed off the ground and leaped over the closed gate in a light parabola.

The chunin guarding the gate was about to unleash a torrent of curses, but upon seeing Naruto's face, he quickly swallowed his words.

That was close! If we had offended Naruto and provoked Namikaze in the future, it would have been a huge loss!

"Let's begin today's roll call."

In the classroom, Iruka was holding the attendance list and beginning the roll call before class.

Hinata Hyuga.

"arrive."

Hinata spoke in a timid voice.

"Haruno Sakura."

"To!"

"Sasuke Uchiha……"

Students whose names were called responded one after another; not a single one was absent.

"Uzumaki Naruto."

The classroom was silent; no one responded.

"Uzumaki Naruto!"

Iruka raised his voice and announced it again.

Still no response.

He shook his head, preparing to write "late" on the attendance list.

"arrive!!!"

A piercing sound, like the roar of a train, suddenly came from afar, and a cloud of dust billowed up at the classroom entrance, drawing everyone's attention.

Naruto's figure emerged from the swirling dust, one hand gripping the doorframe, the other clutching a sandwich, panting heavily with sweat dripping from his forehead.

Iruka chuckled and shook his head.

Put a checkmark in Naruto's name on the roll call.

As the fifth generation's nephew, he still has some privileges, like being late.

As Naruto sat down, the sound of reading around him made him feel drowsy. While eating his sandwich, he looked out the window, his thoughts drifting outside.

……

At the gates of Konoha, a middle-aged man with spiky white hair and bright red paint on his cheeks stared up at a "village" he had never seen before, frozen in place like a piece of wax.

"Uncle, do you need help?"

The Hyuga ninja guarding the gates of Konoha noticed the other person's predicament and went forward to ask what was wrong.

The middle-aged man swallowed hard, and said with some uncertainty.

"Excuse me, is this Konoha...?"

"This is Konoha, of course!"

The Hyuga ninja guarding the gate looked at the other party with a surprised expression. Is there still someone who doesn't know Konoha?

Is this guy some country bumpkin from some unknown backwater?

The middle-aged man scratched his head: "This doesn't look like my village. My village isn't this big."

"what?!"

"I remember that the gates of Konoha used to be made of wood, and the walls weren't this high, and there weren't so many buildings. I feel like I've come to the wrong place!"

Wooden door?

That was so long ago.

The Hyuga ninja were astonished; since Namikaze Mirai took over, Konoha had undergone tremendous changes.

and many more!

She sized up the middle-aged man's confused yet somewhat simple-minded appearance.

A long-forgotten name popped into his mind, making the surprise on his face disappear, replaced by an expression of shock mixed with excitement.

"Are you... Lord Jiraiya?"

"Wow, I didn't expect that someone would still remember my name after all this time."

Jiraiya scratched his head, looking rather embarrassed.

"It really is you, Lord Jiraiya! You've returned to the village!"

Upon seeing the legendary Sannin again after many years, the Hyuga ninja was too excited to speak.

If Jiraiya were only one of the Legendary Sannin, it wouldn't have made him so agitated.

Besides being one of the Legendary Sannin, Jiraiya also had another identity that many people envied: the teacher of Minato Namikaze, Mirai's older brother!

In other words, he has a connection with the Fifth Hokage!

They're definitely people with connections!

Ignoring the exaggeratedly fanatical gaze of the Hyuga ninja, Jiraiya looked up at the buildings in Konoha Village, his perception greatly shocked.

Having wandered the ninja world for years, following the vague prophecies of the Great Toad Sage in search of the chosen one, this is the first time he has returned to Konoha.

Although I had heard various rumors about Konoha on the way and had a general idea of ​​its current development, it was only when I actually returned to Konoha and saw the scene before my eyes that I truly understood.

Jiraiya experienced a kind of cognitive collapse.

Is this really Konoha?

"You probably don't know this, but Konoha's current development is all thanks to the Fifth Hokage. The villagers call the Fifth Hokage the new God of Shinobi..."

Listening to the voices of the Hyuga ninjas worshipping him, Jiraiya recalled the appearance of Minato and his younger brother.

For a moment, I felt as if I had returned to many years ago, to the time when I first met the two brothers.

……

Leaf Leaf Tavern.

In the quiet private room, Tsunade poured a full cup of wine into the wine goblet in front of her, gulped it down in one go, and, not satisfied, hugged the wine jar and tilted her head back to swallow more.

"They're as fierce as ever!"