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After the results of the graduation exam were announced, the school had no more use for Haori and the others. Everyone went home to their own lives.
But before Haori returned home, he had to be responsible for taking Guy back to his house. Although Guy kept saying it was no big deal, Haori still felt a bit apologetic.
Haori's house was on the outskirts of Konoha, bordering the famous Uchiha District, which had extraterritorial rights. To be honest, living next to a bunch of red-eyed bunnies made Haori a bit cautious. After all, he had a lot of secrets.
(ShixT9: Lmao)
During the day, Konoha didn't have much of a wartime atmosphere, but at night, you could feel the village steeped in tension. There were few people on the streets, and teams of ninjas were patrolling openly and secretly, carrying out orders to defend the village.
Haori looked up. He could see only three faces on the Hokage Rock: the First, Second, and Third Hokage. The Third Hokage was barely past his prime. The Fourth Hokage, on the other hand, was still active on various battlefields, intimidating both friend and foe under the name of "Konoha's Yellow Flash."
Soon, Haori returned home. This had been the Shiraishi family home, but now it was just him. He was used to it, though.
He had no memory or concept of Naruto's cramped living space. If he had something to compare it to, he could understand that his own home, compared to Naruto's, could be considered "protagonist treatment."
Since his parents had died, Haori had been raised in a Konoha orphanage until he was five. After that, Konoha would give orphans like him a portion of their living expenses, and they had to become self-sufficient. At the age of seven, Haori entered the Ninja Academy.
Three years had passed, and he was ten years old. In his original world, ten-year-olds going to war would be a joke, but in the Naruto world, that was called reality. There were plenty of underage children active on the battlefield. Even a place like Konoha, which was relatively humane in its management, had to send these newly graduated students to war. This was because Konoha, despite its strong national power, was inevitably attacked on all sides. In every war, troop shortages were the norm.
Haori considered the current war situation as he pushed open his front door. He then began to prepare dinner, skilled by now in the task. At that moment, he didn't know that a high-level conspiracy against him was brewing in the Konoha leadership.
Ahem, don't be nervous, the author doesn't play conspiracy theories. That statement is a bit exaggerated. Keep reading, and you'll understand what's really going on.
A long time ago, Konoha had a difficult troublemaker. She had three hobbies: gambling, gambling, and gambling. She was also terrible at gambling, basically losing every time. Normally, someone who disrupted social order like that would be punished by the police or the city management department, but she had a special status, and basically nobody dared to mess with her. She even burned the Third Hokage's beard… Yes, she was the granddaughter of the First Hokage, the student of the Third Hokage, the princess of the Senju clan and Konoha. Her name was Tsunade.
Then Tsunade finally grew up. Although she still loved gambling, she had matured and stopped her recklessness. The great Village of Konoha finally returned to peace… or did it? Of course not. How could it?
Tsunade grew up, and she graduated from her mischievous behavior. There was no problem with that. The problem was that soon after, Troublemaker No. 2 descended upon Konoha. Troublemaker No. 2 didn't have the same extravagant background as Tsunade, but she was basically untouchable too. Her destructive power and mischief were even greater than Tsunade's… Yes, her name was Uzumaki Kushina, the Nine-Tailed Fox Jinchūriki, also known as the "Red Hot Habanero."
Now was the Red Hot Habanero's most fiery time. When she walked outside, she basically had the words "Don't mess with me" written on her head. Even those red-eyed rabbits from the Uchiha clan, she would beat up if she wanted to.
It couldn't be helped. She was the Nine-Tailed Fox Jinchūriki.
Her boyfriend was basically unbeatable in single combat in the current ninja world, and he wasn't afraid of a group fight either. Her boyfriend's teacher was one of the Sannin, Jiraiya. And she was close with Tsunade. So, let's just say that she, theoretically, could also burn the Hokage's beard.
It was wartime now, but Kushina still wasn't behaving herself. She constantly caused trouble in the village, sometimes insignificant, sometimes causing the Hokage a headache. The problem was, as the Nine-Tailed Fox Jinchūriki, Kushina had to stay in the village under the Hokage's protection.
She couldn't leave the boundaries of Konoha's barrier. But she hadn't outgrown her mild case of Attention Deficit Disorder. How could she possibly behave? This manifested in her repeatedly applying to go to the front lines, which, of course, was never allowed. She also tried to sneak out, but luckily, the Hokage caught her every time.
If she went to the front lines, then one of Konoha's pillars, the Yellow Flash, Namikaze Minato, and a Sannin, would have to stop everything else they were doing. Guarding Kushina would be their full-time job.
The Hokage, like a middle-aged woman, laid out the facts and reasoned with Kushina, again and again. But the Red Hot Pepper remained indifferent. So, the Hokage started assigning her tasks so she would have something to do.
Of course, that wasn't enough. She needed something fun, something to play with.
The Hokage had to carefully choose this toy.
Namikaze Minato had a student named Kakashi. He was incredibly strong for his young age, with amazing talent, which made Kushina very jealous.
She'd always wanted to have a student of her own. But because of Minato's example, she didn't want her student to lose to Minato's student. So, this student's quality had to be high. He couldn't be any worse than Kakashi.
This gave the Hokage a headache. Was that kind of talent easy to find?
For a while, he had been looking for this kind of person in the Ninja Academy. Then, slowly, he found a very interesting student.
Can you guess who this clever, talented, and powerful person is? Who will receive the important mission of playing with Kushina?
Well, it's really hard to guess.
The protagonist, Haori, didn't know that his fate had already been decided. He was planning what he would bring to the battlefield, how he would kill enemies, and how he would protect himself.
He would never imagine that while his fellow graduates were sent to the battlefield, he, who considered himself to be good at practical combat, wouldn't have the chance to go to war for a while.
He would have to stay in Konoha...
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