Chapter 53 【053】Do you want to become Hokage?

"hiss"

Sarutobi Hiruzen sat at the table, took a deep breath from his pipe, and looked at the report in his hand.

The wrinkles on his forehead were almost crumpled into a ball, and his eyebrows were twitching.

After a long time, he put down the report, looked at the people in front of him, and said in a solemn tone: "In other words, in this mission, you not only severely damaged Sunagakure's Rasa and Chiyo, but also wiped out an entire full formation.

The Sunagakure ninja also indirectly caused the death of the One-Tailed Shukaku and his jinchūriki. In the end, he actually successfully completed the mission."

".Can I understand that?"

Orochimaru, who was standing in front of him, bowed slightly and said calmly:

"Yes, teacher."

Although there was no problem in his tone, the slightly raised corners of his mouth were enough to express Orochimaru's attitude.

For any ninja, completing a mission under difficult conditions is considered an honor.

What's more, the enemy is the Sunagakure ninja, including the tailed beasts.

However, Sarutobi Hiruzen's frown and long sigh made everyone present feel stunned.

"Oh, Orochimaru."

"You are really going to cause trouble for me."

Sarutobi Hiruzen lowered his head and looked at the mission report with a sad face, trying to sort out the details and find a foothold for his future theory with Sunagakure Village.

At this moment, he didn't notice the corners of Orochimaru's mouth that slowly fell in silence.

"However, Minato-kun and Shouki-kun performed very well."

As he spoke, Sarutobi Hiruzen raised his head and showed a kind smile to Aida Masaki: "I didn't expect, Masaki-kun, that your physical skills are so amazing, and you can even master your strange powers in such a short period of time.

I’m proficient.”

"amazing."

Aangda Masahui nodded and said, "You are overly complimentary."

His expression didn't change at all, and his answers were flawless.

Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't pay attention. After a few simple greetings, he began to express condolences to others, showing a completely kind and kind elder attitude.

However, most of the others simply nodded in agreement.

Nowadays, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Sandaime is getting old and he needs a new successor.

As the permanent members of Orochimaru's squad, they themselves represent the stance of the family behind them, and in the statements between the superiors, the two sides are most taboo.

Therefore, as chess pieces, they must cooperate.

Naturally, Sarutobi Hiruzen also knew this, but his expression remained unchanged and he simply exchanged greetings.

After a while, their mission level was upgraded to S, corresponding rewards were given, and they left separately.

After leaving the Hokage's office, the rest of Orochimaru's class dispersed first, and Aida Masaki also planned to visit Minato first.

Because the guy had exhausted his chakra, he had been lying in the hospital since he returned to the village. He only woke up once in the past few days on the road, but he was out of danger.

It has to be said that although Namikaze Minato was born as a civilian, this guy's chakra amount was simply ridiculous.

If he hadn't denied it himself, Aida Masaki would have even suspected that Minato and Tsunade were illegitimate half-siblings - Tsunade-sama's mother, whose hair color was also light blond.

"Jiang Huijun."

Just as he was about to walk to the hospital, he heard someone behind him calling him.

Turning around, he saw Orochimaru approaching with a smile.

"Want to go visit Minato-kun together?"

Aida Masaki was startled and realized that Orochimaru had something to say.

"Okay, Orochimaru-sama."

When they left the Hokage Building, the two of them were just chatting casually about their family affairs. When they noticed that the vague chakra in the sky gradually disappeared, Orochimaru started to talk about the main topic.

"To be honest, Jiang Huijun's performance this time really surprised me."

His voice was a little hoarse, and his vocal cords seemed to have been injured: "Originally, I thought that under the hands of that old guy Chiyo, Jianghui-kun would have to put in some effort."

"I didn't expect that when you came out with Minato, there wasn't even a single wound."

"Didn't Lord Orochimaru also hide something?"

Aida Masaki was equally careless, as if he didn't even bother to hide it in front of him: "Obviously he was fighting against a coalition of hundreds of people by himself, but he was still able to severely injure the 'placer gold', and he was able to remain underground for five hours afterwards.

Earth flow city wall."

"What an enviable amount of chakra."

It's funny to say.

The two people who also hide their true colors in Konoha can only openly mock each other when facing each other.

Just like prisoners in prison, they rarely get a rare break.

"So what? I accomplished what I was supposed to do."

Orochimaru smiled lowly and took out a crystal fragment the size of an eyeglass lens from his pocket: "But, Shohui-kun, you are just using this little thing to make up the number for me, isn't it a bit too much?"

"That's all, I haven't saved any of it."

Aida Shohui spread his hands with a very innocent expression: "I want to get more."

"You don't really think that I can still get a complete crystal while dragging Minato and keeping an eye on Chiyo, do you?"

"I'm lucky to be alive!"

"'Black Puppet' Chiyo has such a prestigious reputation. Her grandson Xia is also a rising star of Sunagakure. At such a young age, he almost killed me with a knife."

Orochimaru shook his head and said stubbornly: "A crystal of this size needs at least two pieces."

"With only this, the comparative experiment cannot be completed."

"Where can I get it!?"

After a while of haggling, Aida Masaki took out the seal scroll with a pained look on his face, divided the remaining half into palm-sized pieces, and barely completed the deal.

During the whole process, neither of them said any nonsense like "Why did you assign this task?"

Coincidentally, I passed a flower shop in the middle, and Masaki Aida greeted the shopkeeper with a warm smile: "Grandma Nagano, please pack two bouquets of carnations and pink lilies!"

"Hey! It's Xiao Jianghui. Our Nana was talking about you a few days ago, and she almost annoyed me to death."

"Speaking of which, it seems that I haven't seen you for a long time, and I am a little busy with tasks."

"Why are young people so busy? Why are ninjas so anxious about their work? While you are still young, you should relax more with the little girl!"

"Ah ha ha"

Looking at the handsome young man with a shy expression and a calm smile in the store, even Orochimaru felt inexplicably unreal.

It is a picture that can make people feel peaceful from the heart just by looking at it from a distance.

Standing on the battlefield, killing decisively and striking with thunder, Aida Masaki are two completely different people.

"Here, Lord Orochimaru."

Aida Masaki walked out the door, said goodbye to Grandma Nagano, and handed a bouquet of flowers to Orochimaru: "If you go empty-handed, Kushina will dislike you."

"Ah."

Orochimaru laughed in a low voice and shook his head.

For some reason, Orochimaru, who had been quite eager to communicate since the beginning, lost his voice at this time and walked silently with Aida Masaki.

Aida Masaki lived in the Fujiwara family on Senju Avenue when he was a child. Because of his delivery work, he often interacted with shops of all sizes along the street. From time to time, he would say hello to store managers, stall owners, and hawkers on the road. People who knew him

A lot, and the tone is very enthusiastic.

It can be seen that Masaki Aida is really popular with everyone and knows how to deal with others.

Most of the people who knew Orochimaru were ninjas. They saw him approaching from a distance, so they stood respectfully on the side of the road. When he passed by, they silently saluted and then left quickly.

Respect and fear.

At first I didn't think there was anything strange about this reaction.

However, when there is a social expert standing beside me, it seems to be quite deserted, and there is a feeling that there are not many people around.

After walking this way, Orochimaru didn't know what he was thinking, and he said abruptly:

"Jiang Huijun."

"What kind of existence do you think Naruto is?"

Aida Masaki smiled and took another fruit basket into his hands. He thought about it and then said uncertainly:

"Then it should depend on what the Hokage wants to do, right?"
To be continued...