I became Hokage in Tokyo

Chapter 65 Chapter 066 Sakaki Nami-ryu

After 9:30 p.m., I left the Takasaki Izakaya and took the train back to Nakano from Komagome Station.

I've been working part-time at Takasaki Izakaya for almost ten days now, and I'm doing a pretty good job as a sashimi chef.

Despite his young age, Uchiha Naruto's swordsmanship, copied from a top sashimi master, was flawless. The original customers quickly forgot about the izakaya's former owner and happily enjoyed the master's skill at a reasonable price.

Although the izakaya business isn't exactly booming, it's much better than before when it could only be half full during peak hours.

Takasaki An secretly told Uchiha Naruto that business was now three points better than when her father was alive.

This implies that Naruto Uchiha could try asking his sister for a raise.

Naruto Uchiha didn't have that intention. In any case, this part-time job was only a temporary measure. Once the Takasaki sisters' father recovered, he should resign.

At the intersection of Yayoi-cho 1-chome in Nakano Ward, Naruto Uchiha was surprised to find that the lights in his house were on.

Could it be that the Uchiha Sage has returned?

That's unlikely. The Uchiha Sage Sect has been incredibly busy, let alone today, with such a serious accident happening in Edogawa Ward.

Naruto Uchiha cautiously used a summoning jutsu to contact the crows he had placed on the power lines near his house. These summoning crows, though intelligent, were still only at the level of animals and could not communicate with language. According to their response, an adult human woman opened the door with a key.

So that's how it is. Naruto Uchiha can probably guess who it is now.

Upon reaching the main entrance and pushing open the door, I indeed saw a pair of women's sneakers in the entryway.

Upon entering the hall, one sees a woman of about twenty-two or twenty-three years old reclining on the sofa. Several cans of beer are on the table, and she is drinking and watching TV. When she sees Uchiha Naruto enter, her eyes light up, and she greets him with a slightly tipsy expression:

"Mingzai, you're back! It's been so long! This is the first time we've met outside of our hometown since New Year's Day, isn't it?"

"Aunt Nami, what brings you to Tokyo?" Uchiha Naruto asked, rubbing his forehead in exasperation.

"Don't call me 'Auntie,' call me 'Nami-ru-neechan.'"

Naruto Uchiha glanced at the newly polished Buddhist shrine in the corner of the living room, where the fresh flowers and fruits in front of the memorial tablet had been replaced with fresh offerings. He could only change his words and say perfunctorily:

"Yes, yes, Nami-ru-nee."

Namikazuchi is the younger sister of Naruto Uchiha's mother, and they are about 12 years apart in age. Naruto's mother passed away before he started elementary school. Naruto was a bachelor and a busy civil servant, so he couldn't take care of his child.

So they sent Uchiha Naruto to his hometown in the countryside of Shizuoka Prefecture.

Due to the declining birth rate, many schools in rural Japan have been closed or merged. The primary school in my hometown is still okay, as it can still gather a few dozen students, but the junior high school is not. Nami Sakaki is one of the few junior high school students in the area.

When Uchiha Naruto was a child, he often followed this aunt around to catch fish and shrimp in the fields, or to pick fruit and hunt birds in the mountains.

When Naruto Uchiha grew up and went to higher grades, he was taken back to Tokyo by the Uchiha Senmon, and his aunt Namikazu Sakaki also went to Osaka Prefecture to attend high school and university.

"Nami-ru-nee, how did you get a key to my house?"

Nami Sakaki has short, tomboyish hair, healthy tan skin, and is tall and slender with a well-proportioned figure. Although she is full of energy and vitality, her appearance can only be described as average.

Namikazuchi's mother and Uchiha Naruto's mother do look quite alike.

"Of course I'll ask my brother-in-law for it."

Nami Sakaki took a sip of beer and said matter-of-factly.

"But what has my brother-in-law been busy with lately? I went to the Metropolitan Police Department to see him today, but he couldn't come to see me. Instead, he asked an older man to bring the keys down and said we'd talk when he had time."

Naruto Uchiha twitched his lips, thinking to himself, "No wonder the Uchiha clan has no time to see you right now."

Although Uchiha Naruto knew that Uchiha Senmon worked for the Metropolitan Police Department, he did not expect him to appear at the scene outside the Seiji Group headquarters. It seems that Uchiha Senmon is no ordinary police officer.

"Has my brother-in-law always been this busy? Is he still single?"

Nami Sakaki put down the can. She seemed to have drunk a bit too much, as her cheeks were flushed from the alcohol.

"How could someone as busy as him have time to talk about this?"

Naruto Uchiha replied somewhat impatiently, as he certainly disliked discussing this topic.

"Nami-san, what brings you to Tokyo?"

"Of course I'm here to work."

Namikazu said with a hint of smugness:

"Don't be scared when I tell you this, Mingzai, but when you see me at Jinguji School, you have to call me teacher! I passed your school's interview yesterday, and I'll be a first-year physical education student teacher from now on."

"So, Nami-san, it's time for you to start your internship."

Naruto Uchiha nodded in sudden understanding, but then quickly frowned and asked with some curiosity:

"Nami-san, you actually passed our school's interview! Even when hiring a physical education teacher, a private school like ours only accepts graduates from top universities. Nami-san, although you are a sports specialist, the university you attended was just average."

"I'm truly sorry, but not every family in our village is as good-looking and well-educated as your Uchiha family! It's really a shame that your Uchiha family is marrying a daughter from our Sakaki family."

Namikazu Sakaki, as if she were already drunk, began to complain loudly and without any womanly manners.

But after hearing what Uchiha Naruto said, she also had some doubts:

"I only sent out my resume casually because Naruto attends Jinguji High School. My original goal was just to get into public high schools in Tokyo. I never expected to actually get a reply, be invited for an interview, and actually pass..."

However, interning at a private high school is definitely much better than interning at a public high school. Both the salary and career prospects are bright, so there is no reason to refuse.

Suddenly, a news report started playing on television:

"Regarding the mass suicide of the Bukozan Seishinkei, is this yet another religious incident similar to the Jonestown massacre? Professor Kamijou, what is your opinion?"

"The People's Temple incident was a tragedy that occurred in the 1970s, when nine hundred believers gathered in Jonestown..."

"What kind of nonsense is this?"

Sakaki Namiru seemed uninterested in this kind of news. She switched to two different channels, but they were all reporting the same event. She had no choice but to stop.

NHK television is broadcasting a live press conference held by the Saitama Prefectural Police.

The chief of the Saitama Prefectural Police Headquarters, several high-ranking police officials from the Police Affairs Department and the General Affairs Department, representatives from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were all present in suits.

A middle-aged police officer in a wheelchair, with an IV drip attached, was also pushed up.

(End of this chapter)