Naruto, your uncle is going to be Hokage!

Namikaze Mirai took a sip, and a sour taste mixed with a milky smell spread from her mouth.

He turned the box over and saw that, sure enough, it had expired.

"Is this what you usually eat?"

"Mmm, it tastes great with instant noodles, Uncle. Is it delicious?"

Naruto blinked his sapphire blue eyes and looked at Namikaze Mirai with expectant eyes, as if waiting for his reply.

Suddenly, as if struck by something, the scene before Namikaze Mirai's eyes welled up with tears.

"Delicious! Delicious! Uncle loves it..."

After saying "It tastes good" twice, Namikaze Mirai pulled the still-dazed Naruto into her arms and hugged him tightly.

Is this what a loved one's embrace feels like? So warm.

Naruto's blank expression revealed a slight smile of enjoyment.

Uncle is late in coming back. You've suffered these past three years.

From now on, your uncle will never let anyone bully you!

Chapter 3: Sarutobi, you idiot! Eat my Railgun teeth!

The next day.

Hokage Tower.

Hiruzen Sarutobi kept rubbing his temples. A sleepless night had left him looking extremely haggard, with puffy eye bags hanging like two silkworms under his eyelids.

boom!

The door to the Hokage's office was suddenly pushed open roughly, and a rough hand slammed down on the Hokage's desk.

"Hiruzen, do you know? Namikaze Mirai is back!!"

Danzo's single eye, visible through his bandages, was filled with a sinister aura. The gloom that had accumulated in his heart gave his old face a creepy look.

"Don't panic."

Hiruzen Sarutobi glanced at Danzo.

His old friend is great in every way, except for his terrible attitude.

Looking at myself, apart from not sleeping all night, I'm not panicked at all.

"Hmph! Everyone's talking about how that domineering uncle of the fox demon has returned after being missing for three years. That guy must have some kind of secret he's hiding..."

Danzo squinted; he had never had a good impression of Namikaze Mirai.

During Watergate's rule, this guy used his power to suppress him quite a bit, making him look bad.

When the news of Namikaze Mirai's disappearance came, he was excited for a long time.

Without this troublesome younger brother, how can Minato suppress him?

Unexpectedly, a few months later, the Nine-Tails Night erupted, and Minato was gone.

"But he is now Naruto's nominal guardian, which is troublesome."

Hiruzen Sarutobi felt his headache getting worse, and no matter how much he rubbed his temples, it didn't help at all.

This is what gives him the biggest headache.

Minato and Kushina both died in that incident. If Namikaze Mirai doesn't return, as the Third Hokage, he will be Naruto's supreme guardian.

Given enough time, he could completely mold Naruto into his own shape.

In fact, he did just that, putting aside his heavy official duties, he would give Naruto a considerable amount of living expenses every month.

But now Mirai Namikaze has stepped in.

That guy has never been one to stay quiet; if he really starts causing trouble...

"Hiruzen, let's just strike first..."

Danzo squinted.

"That's too reckless."

Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head.

"Putting aside the fact that his strength is no weaker than Minato's, what's more, he is Naruto's uncle. If we rashly attack him and cause Naruto to develop a hatred for the village, it will be troublesome."

Naruto is the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, the most important strategic weapon of the entire village.

We absolutely cannot allow any accidents to happen!

"Precisely because he is Naruto's uncle, we need to act quickly. If we delay any longer, who knows what might happen!"

Danzo gritted his teeth in resentment.

"If you keep hesitating, Hiruzen, you'll regret it!"

"Danzo, I am the Hokage!"

……

Just as Konoha F2 were staging a dramatic argument at the Hokage Building, at Ichiraku Ramen, Namikaze Mirai was enjoying a hearty bowl of ramen with Naruto.

The chewy noodles were quickly swept into his mouth, and before he could even chew them, Naruto swallowed them whole.

On the empty table next to him were several empty noodle bowls, so clean they looked as if they had been carefully licked clean—the fruits of Naruto's battles.

A few seconds later, another bowl of ramen was finished and piled on top of the empty bowl next to it.

Naruto, cradling his bulging belly, let out a satisfied burp.

"Are you full?"

Sitting next to Naruto, Mirai Namikaze smiled and looked at him.

"I'm full, I'm full! This is the most I've ever eaten. Uncle, will I have another chance to eat like this again?"

Naruto stared longingly at Namikaze Mirai.

"Of course, Naruto can come and eat anytime he wants."

"Uncle is the best!"

Naruto was so excited he almost jumped up.

This uncle I just met is the kindest person in the world to him.

"Get ready, I'm going to take you to do something fun later."

Namikaze Mirai smiled and said.

"Interesting things?"

Naruto tilted his head.

"You'll find out when you get there!"

……

ten minutes later.

"Uncle, is this the interesting thing you were talking about?"

Naruto, holding onto Mirai's large hand, blinked and looked at the building opposite with some confusion.

The Hokage Building must be where the Hokage works, right?

What fun things can you do here?

A hint of curiosity appeared in Naruto's eyes.

"My dear nephew, watch carefully!"

Namikaze Mirai pulled a 50-ryo coin from her pocket, the same coin she used to pay for her ramen.

"Well?"

Naruto tilted his head.

"That move is going to be really cool!"

With his thumb pointing upwards, he flicked the coin upwards. As the coin flipped and fell, the world around him seemed to slow down. When the coin reached its lowest point, blue lightning crackled around Miki's fingertips, and he flicked it gently.

呲!

Amidst the erupting storm, the coin suddenly transformed into a blue beam of light, shooting towards the Hokage Building.

"Danzo! I am the true fire..."

Inside the Hokage Building, the argument between Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo continues.

A chilling coldness rose from Hiruzen Sarutobi's spine, causing the hairs on his entire body to stand on end uncontrollably.

Years of life-and-death experience allowed Hiruzen Sarutobi to keenly sense the danger lurking behind him.

Before he could react, the window of the Hokage Building shattered with a crash, and a beam of light surging with azure lightning pierced through it, striking the half-body portraits of the past Hokage hanging on the opposite wall.

Wait until everything calms down.