Chapter 24: The Hokage Left
Zhang Miao got pinched again by Ying.
As a traveler from another world and also the brother of Naruto, Zhang Miao had always regarded himself as the big brother of the future Seventh Hokage.
But now, his face was pinched two times in a row, and he was already begging for mercy. This was too much!
"This must not be tolerated!"
"This woman is too wicked. I am clearly still a child!"
Zhang Miao felt that his patience with Ying had reached a limit, so he decided to take revenge!
But unfortunately, before Zhang Miao could think of a way to take revenge, Ying had already left. According to Fukuro, she went to carry out a secret mission.
Since Fukuro said that Ying was going to carry out a secret mission, Zhang Miao did not ask more because he knew that even if he asked, Fukuro would not tell him.
Of course, even if Fukuro didn't tell him, Zhang Miao could guess that something might have happened.
Because there were at least two Anbu members who were assigned to protect him and Naruto before, but now only Fukuro was left, which revealed another secret of the Anbu - It didn't have enough people!
Something that could make the Anbu short on personnel was probably not a small matter, but according to Zhang Miao's understanding of the anime plot, Konoha did not seem to have encountered anything big at this time!
As Zhang Miao was thinking hard, a familiar voice suddenly came from outside.
"Ryunosuke, let's bet on our youth and have a hot showdown!"
Zhang Miao: "..."
Hearing this voice, Zhang Miao didn't need to go out to see the source of that annoying voice.
There was no one in Konoha who kept blabbering about youth other than Guy.
Thinking of this, Zhang Miao shook his head helplessly, then walked to the door and opened it.
"Hey, acorn guy! Let me say this first. I only compete in eating. I don't do other contests!"
"Acorn guy?"
Hearing this new name, Guy suddenly shed tears of sadness in his heart.
"I'm sorry, Father. I've embarrassed you, but don't worry. I will win this time!"
Thinking of this, Guy suddenly stretched out his fist toward Zhang Miao.
"Very well, let's forget about our youthful showdown. I must defeat you this time, but you have to promise me that if I win, you are not allowed to mention the word acorn in the future, and also call me the Noble Green Beast of Konoha, Might Guy!"
Hearing Guy's agreement, Zhang Miao smiled brightly.
"Okay, I agree. It's a deal!"
Zhang Miao knew very well that with his super digestive ability, Guy would definitely not be able to defeat him.
He got another ten Ninja Fragments with ease!
Thinking of this, Zhang Miao, who was in a good mood, pretended to be generous and waved at Guy.
"What to eat, you decide!"
Guy did not know that Zhang Miao had already locked onto the victory in advance. When he heard Zhang Miao ask him to choose what to eat, he was immediately overjoyed.
"Let's eat some rice balls today!"
Guy felt that compared to chestnuts, rice balls were easier to swallow and easier to eat. With Zhang Miao's small body, he definitely could not win against him!
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but laugh proudly.
"Hahahaha, let's go! There is a restaurant not far ahead that sells delicious food. Let's go there!"
After saying that, Guy took Zhang Miao's hand and was about to leave, but just as he took two steps, he was stopped by Fukuro.
"You don't have the Hokage-sama's handwritten order. You can't take him away!"
"Hokage-sama's handwritten order?"
Hearing Fukuro's words, Guy scratched the back of his head in distress.
"This morning, I went to the Hokage's office to look for him, but he was not in the village!"
Hiruzen was not in the village?
As soon as Guy finished speaking, Zhang Miao frowned and thought to himself, "Guy is not the kind of person who would speak without thinking, but as the Third Hokage, how could he not be in the village?"
Zhang Miao remembered that as the leader of the Ninja Village, a Kage could not leave the village casually. Even if there was a serious situation, he would send someone else to deal with it, and the Kage had to stay inside the village.
Of course, this did not mean that a Kage would never leave the village. It could only be said that he would temporarily leave the village under special circumstances.
For example, according to Zhang Miao's understanding of the situation, there were two situations where the Kage would leave the village.
The first was when major conflicts occurred in various countries, and the Five-Kage Summit needed to be held. The Kage from the Five Great Ninja Village needed to leave their village and go to attend the meeting.
The second was when the Daimyo of the country appointed a new Kage. Maybe Ying went to guard the ceremony.
However, Zhang Miao thought that neither of these two situations was possible.
First of all, according to the original plot of Naruto, the Five-Kage Summit should be held on the eve of the Fourth Shinobi World War, and it was held to deal with the Akatsuki together. There were still ten years left!
As for the appointment ceremony, it was even more impossible. Hiruzen was originally the Third Hokage...."
"Eh? No!"
At this time, Zhang Miao realized that Hiruzen had abdicated from the Hokage title. Now, the person who really had the power to manage the village was Minato, the Fourth Hokage!
However, since Minato was already dead in the chaos of the Kyubi's attack, if the Third wanted to regain the power to manage the village, he would have to go through the ceremony all over again.
In this way, everything made sense.
Hiruzen, the Third Hokage, needed to regain the power of management, so he had to leave the village and go to The Land of Fire's famous mansion. To protect him, the Anbu accompanied him there.
"Sigh... What a boring system!"
Thinking of this, Zhang Miao sighed helplessly and went forward to pat Guy.
"Acorn guy, I'm afraid you won't be able to get this handwritten order in a short time. And Fukuro just wanted to protect my brother and me, so he couldn't separate himself. You should bring the rice balls over. Let's just fight here. How about it?"
"Well... okay!"
Guy thought for a while and felt that Zhang Miao's method was also good, so he immediately nodded and ran all the way to buy some rice balls.
Ten minutes later, Guy came back with two big baskets of rice balls. Then he asked Fukuro to be the referee and began the second "Youthful Showdown" with Zhang Miao!
"I will not lose!"
Before the duel, Guy made a declaration of victory.
Looking at his confident appearance, Zhang Miao just smiled and then picked up a rice ball with an indifferent expression.
"Itadakimasu!"
....
The result of the duel was quite predictable. In less than ten minutes, Guy collapsed with a stomachache.
"[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining 5-star Jonin-level, Might Guy Ninja Fragment x10! ]"
Hearing this prompt, Zhang Miao was not as happy as expected. Instead, he felt a little worried.
He looked up at the sky in the distance and prayed in his heart.
"I hope nothing bad happens!"