"Hokage-sama, the treatment has ended."

The vice president in a white coat walked out of the ward, his tone a little tired.

Kakashi was very familiar with that tone, and when he heard it, he knew that he had just had a difficult exchange.

The deputy dean took off his mask, revealing the face of a middle-aged woman wearing thick glasses.

"Naruto Uzumaki's body has a strong ability to heal itself, and new skin has grown on his hands on its own. Because the wound was treated well before, there was no foreign matter left, so there was no need to re-operate and clean it.

"But because 'that' power suddenly flooded his body, the cells in his body were somewhat depleted, and he will be weak for a while. Take a good rest and recuperate his body, and he will regain his vitality in about three or four days."

Judging from her words, she only knew that there was a tailed beast inside Naruto.

Having said this, the dean adjusted his glasses and gave advice from experts.

"But having said that, although the child has a good foundation, his physical development rate is slower than that of his peers. He should be allowed to eat more nutritious food. Otherwise, he will have no advantage after arriving at the ninja school.

In other words, being at a disadvantage among his peers for a long time is not conducive to his emotional stability."

"Oh, I understand."

The third generation lowered his head slightly, hiding his expression under the Hokage's hat, but he had no intention of expressing his stance at all.

"Where's the other kid?"

"It's a coincidence. I personally delivered the Uchiha twins back then, but I haven't seen them since then, until today."

The vice-president showed a soft smile, "That child is different from Sasuke. He neither cries nor laughs since he was born. At that time, we thought he was here..."

She pointed to her head.

"There may be some hidden dangers. But now it seems that is not the case, which is really a relief."

[Is that expression innate? 】

Kakashi secretly complained in his heart.

The vice president continued: "As for the injury, he was lucky. The giant millipede's blood burned through his epidermis and dermis, but miraculously avoided the blood vessels, saving a lot of trouble for subsequent treatment.

"I originally planned to apply topical medicine and then bandage it, but the child firmly hoped to recover faster.

"So I used palm magic to slightly stimulate his self-healing ability. His left hand should be completely healed by tomorrow at most."

Then, her brows suddenly wrinkled, "I really don't know what kind of person can be so cruel to a child..."

"Ahem! The village is already investigating this matter."

[You may not believe it if you tell me. He did it himself.]

Sandai coughed twice: "I would like to ask, does this child Yiyong...can't feel pain?"

Judging from Yiyong's coffin-like expression after being injured, it's hard not to think of this possibility.

Since the ninja world was recorded, ninjas who have no sense of pain are all extremely cruel and uncontrollable existences.

These people cannot feel pain themselves, so it is difficult for them to understand how others feel when they are hurt. Naturally, they cannot talk about sympathy and mercy.

They dismantle a person's body as naturally and easily as an ordinary child dismantles a clock. They are not only a hidden danger to the enemy, but also to their own people...

If Uchiha Giyuu is really such a child, it means that all the feelings he shows towards Naruto are all fake and manipulated.

Although combined with He Yiyong's performance and other rumors related to him, Sandai feels that this is unlikely.

How many children can have their hands burned through by corrosive liquid without changing their expressions?

He had to be sure.

"When we examined him, we found no problem with his tactile nerve conduction.

"And when he was a baby, he also showed an avoidance reaction to pain. You don't need to have such worries."

The vice-dean shook his head, "Besides, this child should be in great pain after suffering such an injury. It's just like when he was a child, he can't show it through his emotions, or he doesn't want to show it in front of his friends.

come out.

"In addition, this child's physical fitness is very good. He must have gone through quite strenuous exercise. Maybe this level of pain is nothing to him anymore..."

"so."

The third generation nodded in relief, "Thank you very much."

【He is a very strong-willed child.】

There was a flash of appreciation in his eyes.

"You're welcome, this is my job. If there's nothing else, I'll go ahead and get busy."

"good."

After the vice-principal turned the corner, the third generation took Kakashi to the window at the end of the corridor, took off his bamboo hat, and slowly rubbed his gray hair from his forehead to the back of his head with his old hands.

Still trembling slightly.

"Kakashi, you did the right thing this time."

After a long time, the third generation turned his back to Kakashi and said, "If you hadn't sent a clone to find me at the root in time, the conflict between the village and the Uchiha would have intensified again."

Mito Kadoen, who is in charge of the jounin assessment, has talked about Uchiha Enhuo's temper several times.

That was a dynamite package that declared that one person would challenge all participants in the assessment.

If in a fit of anger he used any powerful illusion technique on the shop owner who didn't even have control over chakra, the damage to his spirit would be irreversible.

When the time comes, as Hokage, he will have to deal with this matter publicly and stand on the opposite side of the Uchiha clan.

Even if this incident was not instigated by Uchiha, the consequences would not be any different.

Not to mention, Danzo will definitely fan the flames and make a big fuss out of this matter.

Hearing what the third generation said, Kakashi immediately lowered his head and apologized: "I was negligent. When the child proposed to take Naruto to return the goods, I should have stopped him-"

Before he finished speaking, the third generation turned around, with the unique depth of an elderly person in power, a little scary and a little helpless.

"Do you really think so?"

"I do not know what you mean."

"Aren't you thinking, 'If the old man had made it clearer when he gave the orders to the businessmen last time, this wouldn't have happened', aren't you?"

"..."

"well."

Sandai put his hands on both sides of the window sill and sighed.

"You are Minato's disciple, and you are the closest person to Naruto. I can tell you some things."

A trace of guilt flashed in the third generation's eyes, but it was immediately replaced by the determination of being Hokage.

"Those people will find loopholes in my orders. Of course I know this. I even guessed that they would do this."

Kakashi said nothing, but through his masked eyes, there was no surprise at all.

How could the Hokage not think of things that he could think of.

But he didn't understand what the point of torturing Naruto like this was.

"I also watched Minato and Kushina grow up, and Naruto was delivered by my late wife herself. How could I bear the heart to let that child suffer under my eyes. If I were not the Hokage, I would definitely treat myself like this

Treat him like a grandson and raise him with every possible care...

"But as a shadow——"

The old man's tone suddenly worsened, and the strong voice of his youth burst out from his lips and teeth.

"I have to prioritize the identity of Naruto's Jinchuuriki and put the safety of the entire Konoha first.

"The Kyuubi in Naruto's body is the most evil and powerful among the nine tailed beasts. Even Minato and Kushina's sealing techniques cannot ensure that the Kyuubi can be trapped faithfully.

In Naruto's body.

"Therefore, before Naruto completely stabilizes his emotions, every time he is stronger and healthier and the Nine-Tails chakra is leaked, the damage he may cause will be doubled. I believe you have also heard that

You should understand what I mean about the jinchūriki going berserk in other villages..."

Kakashi nodded silently.

Jinchuuriki are all time bombs, this is not just talk.

"Now that I'm old and decrepit, I can't be as calm as Raikage, and I don't have the confidence like Minato and Kushina to die with Kyuubi, so I have to take this step. But I don't regret it..."

There was a terrifying edge in his sight.

"Because as long as it is known that Naruto caused serious casualties due to the leakage of Nine-Tails Chakra, Danzo will find a reason and work with other advisors to force me to hand over Naruto and use his truly shady methods to kill Naruto.

A person is molded into a numb war puppet to realize his unrealistic but suspicious and paranoid ambitions. That is what I really don’t want to see.”

"I don't understand, since you think it is necessary to keep Naruto weak."

Kakashi held back his unhappiness and asked doubtfully: "Then why did you agree to the child's request in front of those merchants today?"

The Third Hokage turned his head and smiled meaningfully.

"Let me ask you, what was the reason for the last time Naruto suspected that the tailed beast's chakra leaked (actually it didn't)?"
To be continued...