"The Sandaime is looking for me?" Mikoto was startled. Although she had never seen the identity of the ninja in front of her, she could probably guess that in Konoha, only the Anbu could directly convey the Hokage's orders with such a prominent outfit. But why would the Hokage look for her?
Seeing Mikoto's suspicious expression, the Anbu knew that the little girl in front of him would never follow easily. No matter how young she was, she was still a member of the Uchiha clan. "You performed very well in the Ninja Trial, so the Hokage has something to convey to you," the Anbu said according to the instructions given by the Sandaime in advance.
Mikoto was slightly startled when she heard this. In the additional test after the Ninja Trial, she clearly lost to Hizashi and did not pass. "If you still have doubts, follow me to see the Hokage," the Anbu said again, and then did not care whether Mikoto agreed or not, and left directly. However, judging from his previous skills, this time his movements were much slower.
"Wait," Mikoto followed immediately, and the Anbu deliberately slowed down so that she could keep up. Otherwise, with the skills of the Anbu, she would be unable to catch up.
After saying goodbye to Kushina, Minato quickly returned home. There were less than two and a half hours left before the departure time mentioned by Sakumo. This sudden mission made him a little bit at a loss because Minato had no experience in carrying out missions before, and he didn't even know what to bring with him on this trip. Considering the type of mission, although the period was not short, it was necessary to reduce the travel items as much as possible. After all, it was a covert assassination.
After hesitating for a long time, Minato realized that before carrying out the mission, there was really no need for too much preparation. For others, they might have to say goodbye to their parents and relatives, but he had no relatives, and even Kushina, whom he cared about the most, he could only hide the truth from her. Minato really hated this feeling of emptiness.
However, Minato's heart was not without worries now. Mikoto, Kushina, and even Uchiha Yoruki, these people he cherished, and Jiraiya, the teacher who had not seen him for a while. "What is the teacher doing now?" Minato thought to himself. The missions performed by ninjas of his teacher's level were probably more dangerous than the mission in the Land of Hot Water.
At this time, he remembered the question that his teacher asked him before leaving, and the answer to that question. Now he was not qualified to answer it at all. Not knowing when he would suddenly leave, Minato came to the room where his parents used to live. Although no one had lived in it, this room was also cleaned spotlessly by him. On the head of the double bed, there was a photo of them together. In the photo, a handsome man with yellow hair half embraced the slender waist of a soft woman. She had straight brown hair that fell to her waist, and she smiled very happily.
This was the wedding photo of Minato's parents. They died in a bandit incident while doing business. As civilians, no one would hold a funeral for them. Even the portraits and bodies left no impression on Minato. There were only a few photos. On the bedside table was a family photo. Minato was still very young at that time. His big blue eyes seemed to be spinning, and he didn't know whether he was looking at the camera.
Looking at the empty room, Minato's heart gradually calmed down. Pessimism and crying would only prove his cowardice. The reason why he wanted to become Hokage was to change all this, to prevent the war from harming innocent people, and to prevent more children from having the same experience as him.
"You are quite relaxed," a very pleasant female voice suddenly came to his ears, but Minato couldn't find her for a while. At some point, Suzuka was already sitting on the window sill that had not been opened. What was different from the morning was that she had a sword behind her, and the end of the scabbard just reached a few centimeters above her waist, so it didn't affect her sitting.
Minato was slightly surprised. Just now he clearly felt that the sound was extremely clear, but now the window was closed, which would affect the propagation of the sound. Even so, the fact that Suzuka could do this was enough to show her strength. Perhaps not as good as Sakumo, but at least at the level of a jonin.
"Is it time to leave?" Minato said. In fact, it was still nearly an hour and a half before five o'clock. Suzuka nodded at him. "Father, mother, I'm leaving." Minato put his hands together, bowed to the photo of his parents, and then walked out of the room instead of jumping out of the window. Suzuka didn't find it strange. She knew a little about Minato's life experience. He did this out of respect for his parents.
At this time, a team of people had already walked out of the main gate of Konoha. "I didn't expect that you and I would be assigned to a small team to carry out the mission." Nawaki put his hands behind his head, looked at the handsome boy beside him, and laughed.
"Haha, actually, I've been looking forward to this day for a long time." Sarutobi Ao also smiled. Behind the two of them, there followed a slightly tall figure, who was also a jonin from Konoha Village. In addition to him, there was also the female genin, Suki, who also passed the Ninja test.
Mikoto walked into the Hokage's office under the guidance of the Anbu, and when she just stepped in, she was slightly stunned. Because in addition to her, the brothers Hiashi and Hizashi were already in the Hokage's office at this time. Not only them, but there were also Nara Shikaku, Akimichi Choza, and Yamanaka Inoichi, who had been playmates since childhood and inseparable. An Anbu suddenly appeared, which really scared them.
At the gate of Konoha, Suzuka and Minato, who had already worn the Konoha forehead protector, arrived, while Sakumo and Uchiha Yoruki seemed to have arrived before them. "Okay, since everyone is here, let's go," Sakumo said with a faint smile on his face. There were two guards at the gate, but according to the confidentiality level of this mission, they obviously had no right to know. They just seemed to be able to hear the two people discussing who the two children following behind Sakumo were. Minato and Uchiha Yoruki were not short, but no one had obviously seen these two Genins.
Sakumo glanced at the two of them and then rushed out of the gate directly, and Suzuka had already caught up at the same time. Although the two people behind were ready, their pace was definitely a little slower than Sakumo and Suzuka. Swish! They also tried their best to speed up to keep up, like two rays of light, one black and one golden, which made the guards at the gate a little dumbfounded.
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