Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 660 Traditional Skills

Konoha Year 79, Konoha Village Inner Castle:

"Hahaha! You can't catch me! You can't catch me!"

A young figure darted swiftly through the streets of Konoha Village's inner city.

Behind him, masked ninjas had to dodge the villagers of Konoha Village while chasing after the boy who looked to be about ten years old.

"Oh my! Boruto! Go Boruto!"

"Haha, Boruto, you've gotten yourself into trouble again today?"

"Go Boruto! Don't get caught!"

Feeling the warm gazes of the uncles and aunts around him, Boruto, who was about to turn ten, grinned and jumped forward, then crossed his arms and formed a hand seal:

"Multiple! Shadow Clone Technique!"

"Bang bang bang bang!" A series of puffs of smoke appeared, and Boruto Uzumaki's figure appeared, along with dozens of others.

"Hahaha! You can't catch me!"

Dozens of Boruto members mocked the pursuers behind them.

"Ugh... Damn it! Quick! Go inform the Hokage!"

At a corner, Boruto peeked out, grinning as he looked at the departing Anbu ninja.

"Hahaha, foolish, foolish! Truly foolish! You think you can catch me with this?! Go train for another hundred years!"

Bo Ren clapped his hands in satisfaction, then slowly turned around.

then……

"Da da da" A figure wearing a fox mask, arms crossed in front of his chest and toes touching the ground, stood behind Boruto, quietly watching him, along with two members of the Anbu.

Boruto swallowed hard, then slowly raised his hands: "Okay, I surrender, Aunt Hanabi, please let me go..."

"How many times have I told you! When we're in public, you must address me by my title!"

Wearing a fox mask, Hyuga Hanabi walked over and grabbed Boruto's ear.

"Why aren't you dispelling the clone?!" Hinata Hanabi said angrily.

Boruto reluctantly formed a hand seal, and all the clones he had been frolicking with outside immediately disappeared.

"Hmph, come with me! I'm going to teach you a lesson today!"

Boruto covered his ears, wincing in pain, "Auntie! Auntie! It hurts! It hurts so much! Can you be gentler?!"

Hyuga Hanabi led Boruto toward the Hokage's office.

Upon seeing this direction, Boruto immediately struggled and grabbed the railing beside him: "Auntie! I was wrong, I know I was wrong! Please don't take me to the Hokage's office! Please!"

Hinata Hanabi turned her head and looked at Boruto through the fox mask.

Boruto looked aggrieved.

With a sigh, Hyuga Hanabi said softly, "Alright, then I'll take you to my dad's place."

Boruto's expression changed drastically: "What?! Grandpa?! No way! Absolutely not!"

Hyuga Hanabi turned her head, hands on her hips, and looked at Boruto: "I don't want this, I don't want that! Tell me! What do you want to do?!"

Boruto looked at Hyuga Hanabi with a pitiful expression: "Auntie, can I go home?"

Hinata Hanabi sneered, "You set fire to the mountain today, and look how much roadside debris has been destroyed because of you! Streetlights, road signs—don't you have any idea?!"

Boruto clasped his hands together: "I'll find a way to make it up to you. I didn't mean to burn the mountain. I was having a barbecue on the back of the mountain, but I didn't expect... Ouch, ouch, ouch!"

"Still trying to argue! Humph, today I'm going to take you to my sister!"

Upon hearing this, Boruto immediately closed his eyes in pain: "No, no, no, Auntie, please take me to Grandpa's instead."

Ten minutes later:

"Ah~ my good grandson Boruto!" Hiashi Hyuga pounced on Boruto and nuzzled him with his head.

Boruto, on the other hand, stared blankly with a deadpan expression.

It's obvious they've gotten used to it.

"What trouble has Boruto gotten into today? Don't worry, leave it to your grandpa! I'll take care of it for you."

Hyuga Hanabi, who had already removed her fox mask, revealing her beautiful face beneath, took out a calculator and began to do calculations.

"Setting fire to the mountain, and damaging 13 streetlights, 3 road signs, and 13 railings..."

"Wait, wait, wait, it all adds up to about a million taels. Let's round it up to two million taels," Hyuga Hanabi said to Hyuga Hiashi.

Hiashi Hyuga's lips twitched as he looked at Hanabi Hyuga: "Father doesn't expect you to favor your own family, but this way of exploiting your own family... isn't that a bit too outrageous?"

Hinata Hanabi grinned and said, "Hehe, I'm not your daughter when I'm working, Father~"

Hiashi Hyuga sighed and waved his hand: "Go get it from the storeroom yourself. And don't take too much!"

Hyuga Hanabi nodded repeatedly, then turned to the rest of her team: "Guys! Come with me to get the money! We're going out for a get-together today!"

"Oh!" X2

The secret service team left in high spirits.

Hiashi Hyuga shook his head, then picked up Boruto and excitedly told his wife to prepare dinner.

……

at night:

Boruto returned home looking exhausted.

"I'm back……"

"Oh? You're back? I heard you went to your grandfather's today. Did you eat?" Naruto asked Boruto with a smile as he sat on the sofa.

Boruto nodded: "Yes, I ate it. Grandma's cooking is as good as ever."

As he spoke, Boruto glanced around the house, then pouted and said, "She's not coming back again today?"

Naruto sighed helplessly, "Don't treat your mother like that. As the Hokage, she has a lot to consider..."

Boruto crossed his arms: "What about the Third Hokage? I know him well. When the Third Hokage was Hokage, he was basically home every night."

Naruto was speechless and could only stammer, "The Third Hokage, well, the Third Hokage was indeed different from ordinary Hokage..."

"Tch." Boruto changed his shoes and ran straight back to his room.

Naruto sighed as he watched Boruto's figure disappear.

Naruto stroked his chin, got up, and walked towards Boruto's room.

"despair"

Naruto turned on the light and frowned when he saw Boruto get into bed without even taking off his shoes: "Did you take a shower? Did you change into your pajamas?"

Boruto pouted: "Okay, I'll go now..."

With that, Boruto took out his pajamas and headed towards the bathroom.

Naruto kicked Boruto's butt and laughed, "Hurry up and wash it off!"

Then Naruto added, "It's Friday today. You have the day off tomorrow and the day after, so I'll stay home and play games with you."

"Oh? Really?! That's great! By the way, is Uncle Nine-Tailed Buddha coming too?"

Naruto couldn't help but laugh, "Ah, they'll come! You and I, father and son, will team up and help your Uncle Nine reach the King rank this week!"

"Haha, great!"

……

Nighttime, Hokage Building office:

Wearing thick-rimmed black glasses, Hinata rubbed her temples, her hair tangled from not having been styled for several days. She then continued looking at the files in her hands. Nara Shikaku, Nara Shikamaru, Hyuga Neji, and Uchiha Shisui, along with the other three, were also slumped over their desks, looking exhausted as they worked on their official duties.

After Yua left, Nara Shikaku finally understood just how strong Yua was.

Often, while Nara Shikaku is still researching, Yua has already figured out the solution. All that's left is for Nara Shikaku to do is check the information.

Hinata, however, lacks Yua's governing ability.

When Hinata deals with problems, she needs to consult materials and compare them with previous solutions to determine whether they can be copied. Often, she needs to make changes, which takes a lot of time.

When You Ya received the report, he would glance at it and quickly write down the results.

It may not be the optimal solution, but it is definitely the fastest way to solve the problem.

Regardless of whether there are any potential risks, just tell me whether the problem has been resolved.

Any potential consequences were completely insignificant during the village's period of rapid development.

Simply put:

Everyone is busy making money, and no one cares about minor setbacks, since wasting time is wasting money.

As long as Konoha Village continues to develop, the problem will never arise.

However, after Hinata took office, the economic growth slowed down, and problems gradually emerged.

Now, nearly ten years later, Hinata can no longer handle the problems that arise every day on her own, and in the end, she has no choice but to seek help.

Even after Shikamaru and his son Shikaku arrived, it still wasn't enough. Finally, Hinata called Neji over and transferred Shisui from the Anbu to help with government affairs, which barely brought things to a standstill.

With such a demanding job, Hinata naturally had very little time to go home.

In the first few years after she took office, Hinata was able to relax because of Yua's five-year plan before she left. However, it's almost the tenth year, and Hinata really doesn't have that much energy to work so hard on government affairs anymore.

Just then, Hinata's phone vibrated.

When I took it out, I saw that it was sent by someone with the note "Husband".

Naruto tells Hinata that Boruto got into trouble again today, but Boruto's grandfather has taken care of it.

Afterwards, they chatted about everyday things and asked when the child could go back. The child probably wanted his mother to stay with him.

Hinata sighed and could only reply with "I'll try my best."

After all, it's not like every year is this busy; it's just that there's a two-day holiday coming up, so things get particularly hectic closer to the holiday.

During holidays, there's not much to do.

After all, people really want to relax during holidays, so there are naturally fewer conflicts and incidents.

Hinata continued to handle the administrative affairs, feeling exhausted.

Then, a pop-up window appeared on his computer.

Hinata perked up; the streamer she was following had started broadcasting.

She only follows one streamer.

That's right, it's Naruto, the stay-at-home dad.

Feeling a bit more alert, Hinata started watching the live stream.

Naruto, Boruto, and the materialized Kurama started a flexible ranking match.

After that, the voices of the three people could be heard intermittently in the live stream.

"Uncle Jiu! Uncle Jiu! They're going up! They're going up! The enemy jungler is going up!"

"What are you doing when the enemy jungler goes up?" Naruto couldn't help but ask.

"I'm farming jungle monsters."

"You XXXXX..."

"Hahahaha~"

The live stream was filled with laughter and joy, which pleased Hinata. So, using her family's video game stream as background noise, Hinata began her work.

Until... 2 a.m., looking at the finally completed administrative matters, Hinata rubbed her temples, then looked at the empty seats of the other four people who had already left...

Hinata rubbed her lower back, too lazy to go home, and went straight to the bed in the cubicle of the Hokage's office.

Thinking back to the first time she came here, she asked You Ya with a blank look on her face what this room was for.

Yu Ya said it was for her to take a break when she was tired from working.

As a result, it was just a place that Yuya used to rest occasionally, but for her, it was a place she spent a lot of time...

"Sigh." He lay down, sighed, and then...

"Huff, huff..."

Sleep in seconds.

the next day:

"Wake up! The Third Hokage is back!"

Hinata was taken aback, then immediately looked up with delight: "Really? That's wonderful! Third Hokage, you're finally back!"

"I……"

Hinata suddenly poked her head out from under the covers...

Looking at the familiar decor of the Hokage's office, Hinata pursed her lips, then got dressed and went to the office's restroom to brush her teeth and wash her face. Looking at her disheveled appearance with tangled hair in the mirror, Hinata sighed.

She then took a shower in the office restroom, changed her clothes, took out her phone, and sent a text message to Naruto, asking him to bring her a change of clothes and take her dirty clothes back with him.

Hinata then sat in the Hokage's seat and silently began her new day's work.

A short while later, Hyuga Neji arrived at the office and handed Hinata a box of steamed buns: "These are specially steamed for you by your sister-in-law, Tian Tian."

Hinata accepted the gift, gave a weak thank you, and then continued working.

Soon, everyone else arrived at the office, and another tedious and repetitive day began...

Why doesn't anyone tell them how difficult it is to become Hokage?

That's not right either...

Ultimately, they're not Hokage at all, so why do they have to work so hard...?

Several people were complaining to themselves, but it wasn't really necessary to ask them to give up.

after all……

They are responsible for the lives and fortunes of over ten million people in Konoha.

"Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring!"

The phone rang urgently, and Hinata was taken aback. Wasn't this the kind of phone that only rang in an emergency?

He quickly picked up the phone to answer it.

"Hokage-sama! Boruto... Boruto Uzumaki... he... he took a paint bucket and smeared graffiti on the portraits of the four Hokage on the Hokage Rock... Please come quickly! Ahhh! Boruto! At least don't pour paint on the Third Hokage's portrait!!!"

Hinata hung up the phone, then her head suddenly rolled back, and she fainted in her chair...

"Hinata!"

"Hokage-sama!"

"Help! Help!"

……

Chaos erupted at the Hokage Building, while at the gates of Konoha Village:

"Halt! Please show your ID or entry/exit permit... Are you?!"

Yua, wearing a straw hat, and Tsunade, also wearing a straw hat, stood at the door.

Yu Ya grinned slightly: "Hey Izumo and Atetsu, why are you two still guarding the gate?"

The middle-aged Izumo chuckled and scratched his head: "Thank you for your concern, Hokage-sama, but I think guarding the gate is quite nice."

You Ya smiled and patted the two on the shoulder, handing over their ID cards.

Then, Yua and Tsunade simultaneously looked up at the tall buildings of Konoha Village...