I, who just wanted to be lazy, was forced to become the Hokage.

Chapter 337 Out with the old, in with the new!

Several days later.

With the last batch of Konoha ninja withdrawing from the Land of Hot Springs.

Nara Rinka and Go-o Muku also embarked on their journey home.

With the Five-Tailed King Kokuou running at breakneck speed, only half a day had passed before Nara Rinka saw the eight large mountains surrounding Konoha Village.

"These mountains are really getting in the way now..."

Nara Rinka sat cross-legged atop the head of the Five-Tailed King, gazing at the mountains before him, and couldn't help but shake his head.

Back then, the Senju and Uchiha clans decided to build Konoha Village in the mountains.

On the one hand, during the Warring States period, the situation in various places was chaotic, and these eight mountains could be regarded as natural physical barriers to prevent harassment and attacks by displaced people, bandits, or ninjas from other villages.

On the other hand, it was also due to the professional requirements of ninjas.

When Hashirama Senju decided on the title of "Hokage," he envisioned it as "the ninja leader who protects the Land of Fire from the shadows."

In other words, ninjas are not people who live in the sunlight, and even the God of Ninjas believes this.

As a ninja village and a proper military stronghold, it would be abnormal to place Konoha on the unobstructed plains of the Land of Fire.

However, Nara Rinka knew that the ninja world was destined to enter a long period of peace, with all kinds of science and technology flourishing.

Under these circumstances, continuing to locate Konoha in the mountains would inevitably hinder its future development plans...

"Hmm, what am I even thinking about right now?"

Nara Ranka shook her head, putting her wandering thoughts to the back of her mind.

"It's not my place to get involved yet! There's no need to waste time thinking about such things now..."

"To embrace the laurel."

The Five-Tailed King Mu felt the little movement of the person above him and stopped in his tracks, asking softly.

"What's wrong?"

"It's alright, we're already at our doorstep, so there's no need to worry about the safety of the troops behind us anymore."

Nara Rinka lay flat on the head of the white deer without any decorum and gave orders.

"Let's go straight back, King Mu, to Naramori."

Five-Tails Kokuo turned around and glanced at the Konoha ninja forces far behind him, then slowly nodded.

Just as it was about to take a step and head towards Naramori.

A masked ANBU ninja flashed out from the front.

Despite the terrifying intimidation emanating from the Tailed Beast's massive size, the opponent knelt on one knee before the Five-Tails, Kokuo, and shouted loudly.

"Lord Dark Shadow! The Third Hokage summons you to the Hokage Building!"

The Five-Tailed King Mu stopped in time.

The sound of Nara Lan Gui drifted slowly down from above its head.

"Okay, I'll go in a bit! You go back and report first."

The ninja from the secret service hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.

He really wanted to say, "The Hokage's orders are the most important."

Looking into the clear, bright blue eyes of the Five-Tails Kokuo, the ANBU ninja didn't utter a single word, but immediately vanished in a flash.

Nara Rinka rode the Five-Tailed King to Naramori and easily found the area where Samui had been placed.

They heard the roar of the five-tailed Kokuo galloping.

Samui, who was practicing swordsmanship, immediately stopped her training. She wiped the sweat from her face and called out in a clear voice.

"Teacher! King Mu! You're back!"

As soon as Samui finished speaking, before Nara Rinka and Go-o Kokuou could reply, a dark blue flame suddenly ignited on her body.

The miniature two-tailed Matatabi was instantly born in the flames.

The little blue cat stood on Samui's shoulder, looking at Nara Rinka and Go-o Kokuou with "truly furious" anger.

"Sashi buri da na (Long time no see), back on your journey."

Nara Rinka sits atop the head of the Five-Tailed King, looking down at Samui and the Two-Tailed King on the ground, and greets them with a smile.

"So, you're finally willing to come out of Samui's body?"

Two-Tails Matatabi looked at the free-spirited Five-Tails Kokuou and simply snorted coldly.

Everything is based on comparison to gain a sense of superiority.

If they hadn't met the Five-Tails Kokuo, the Two-Tails Matatabi would still have been able to endure the pain of being sealed.

But it was sealed inside Samui by Nara Rinka, while the Five-Tailed Kokuou can run freely on the ground.

hateful!

Without any response from Two-Tails Matatabi, the little blue cat burst into flames, transforming into a ball of chakra that flowed back into Samui's body.

"Teacher, it's very unhappy again."

Samui closed his eyes and sensed for a moment, then whispered something.

"It doesn't want to talk to me anymore..."

"Try to understand, cats are just that kind of creature."

Nara Rinka leaped down from the top of Go-O's head, walked over, and patted Samui's head.

"Samui, in a couple of days I'm going to meet a group of special cat ninjas, or rather, ninja cats. Would you like to come with me and broaden your horizons?"

"Neko-ninja?"

Samui blinked and agreed without hesitation.

"cool!"

Nara Rinka gave a few more instructions, then handed over the task of looking after the child to Go-o Mu-ou, and left Nara Forest directly.

【Flying Thunder God - Shadow Blade】!

In the blink of an eye.

Nara Rinka's figure traversed from Nara Mori into Konoha Village, heading unhurriedly towards the Hokage Building.

Not long after.

Nara Rinka arrived at the Hokage's office on the top floor of the Hokage Building.

Hiruzen Sarutobi sat behind his desk, handling official business as always.

Somewhat unexpectedly, there was another person in the Hokage's office at that time.

Minato Namikaze nodded to Nara Rinkazu as a greeting.

"Is Little Sun here too?"

Nara Rinkaze winked at Minato Namikaze, then took out two scrolls from his ninja tool pouch and handed them to Hiruzen Sarutobi.

The task submission tool that I used to use very smoothly is no longer available.

Nara Rinka had no choice but to reluctantly submit the task himself.

"Lord Hokage, this is my previous mission scroll."

After Nara Rinka gave the items away, she voluntarily returned to Kosai's side.

"I have successfully completed my mission."

[S-Rank Ninja Quest Scroll Detected!]

[S-Rank Mission: Commander of the Cloud Hidden Battlefield - Completed!]

You have obtained an S-rank [Ninja Scroll]!

Of the two scrolls submitted by Nara Rangsuke, one was his own, and the other belonged to the Five-Tailed King Kokuou. (He had previously obtained a commission for the Five-Tailed King Kokuou.)

Now that I'm back in the village, I naturally need to submit the task I obtained earlier.

I wonder what this S-rank [Ninja Scroll] will contain...

"Yes, you did very well, Lan Gui."

Hiruzen Sarutobi casually offered a compliment. He quickly checked the two mission scrolls, and when he saw the scroll for the Five-Tails Kokuou's request, the Third Hokage couldn't help but twitch his eye.

"Regarding the reward for the Five-Tails' mission, the village will approve and distribute it as soon as possible..."

"Then, although I know you have just returned from the front lines and it is a time when you need to rest."

"But there is a new mission that you and Minato need to complete, and only you and Minato can complete it."

Upon hearing this, Nara Rinkazu and Namikaze Minato exchanged a glance, a hint of doubt flashing in their eyes simultaneously.

Hiruzen Sarutobi waved his hand, signaling the hidden ANBU ninjas to make way, and then took out a secret mission scroll from his desk drawer.

"Uchiha Madara... has been resurrected!"

Um, regarding yesterday's leave request, everyone really misunderstood. It wasn't hemorrhoids, but rather...

I'm sorry I can't find the proper term; it's more like some kind of boil, and it's not the latter...

In short, it was very painful.

(End of this chapter)