Chapter 33 - 15: Irresponsible Hokage

"Trying to stay still Hokage-sama," said a middle-aged man to Nori who was sitting behind the Hokage's desk as he painted his portrait on a sheet of paper.

"Perfect, Hokage-Sama, I'll start your engraving tonight." He said before he made a last greeting leaving Nori in the office as he imposed the Hokage's seal on each doc.u.ment after reading it.

"I feel like I've been ripped off." He shouted as he struck the table in anger.

It had already been two month since he accepted the post of Hokage, after a great official ceremony, he was declared fourth Hokage, the next month that followed Sarutobi explained to him his responsibilities, he had some meetings with the different heads of families and some official presentations with the Dayimio.

It had already been three weeks since he accepted the post of Hokage, after a great official ceremony, he was declared fourth Hokage, the two weeks that followed Sarutobi explained to him his responsibilities, he had some meetings with the different heads of families and some official presentations with the daimyôs, without his infinite stamina, he'd probably be dead tired by now.

Meanwhile, thanks to his previous actions the third Ninja War was about to end, the different villages were actively seeking peace agreements and financial compensation, except for Kumo which was extremely calm.

The village was gradually returning to the tranquillity it had known before the war, but the pain was still there, some had lost their husbands, some their wives, some their children, but peace was not as far away as it had been before.

Nori got up from his office and came to the window then seeing the streets as cheerful and lively as before the war couldn't help smiling, but soon the sound of the door came to take him out of his thoughts.

"Danzo, how can I help you?" He says as he sits back in his seat.

Danzo gave him a dirty look for a moment before he said

"We have just received a message from the other four villages, under Kumo's leadership, a Five Kage Summit will be held in the Shû fortress, they invite Konoha to join the negotiating table in three months, we can come with four guards at maximum."

Nori fell silent for a moment before nodding his head.

"I accept Kumo's invitation."

Danzô left the office, but as he walked down the corridor a smile filled with nastiness appeared on his lips for a moment before disappearing.

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Sarutobi dressed as civilians watched as Nori and his clones signed and sealed the doc.u.ments before sighing

"Why I never thought of using the shadow clone jutsu that way, that would have saved me a lot of pain."

"Old people's minds are rigid and young people's minds are pliable. This simple difference can make a big difference, but at least you old people are good at tricking the young." replied Nori with resentment

Sarutobi coughed a few times and pretended not to notice Nori's tone.

"Have you agreed to participate?"

"Yes."

"This could be a trap." Says Sarutobi

"But if I don't go it would have a bad effect on my reputation, the reputation of the village, and they might even use that as a pretext for another war."

"Who will you go with?"

"Shikaku, Inoichi, Choza and Minato."

"Good choice, they're the least likely to betray you."

Then the two exchanged a few sentences before Sarutobi left.

The office was silent for a while and after a few hours Nori got up from his seat and stretched a little.

"Monkey, Dog"

Two silhouettes instantly appeared in the office

"Hokage-Sama."

"I'll leave the village for a while, I'll let my clones, dissipates it in case of an important situation."

"Yes Hokage-Sama."

Then he opened the window of his office and disappeared a few seconds later from the village.

The two Ambu's looked at each other before nodding to each other as if to say.

"What an irresponsible hokage!!!!!"

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After several hours of traveling using Shave, Nori arrived in front of the city of Edo and half an hour later he arrived in front of the building he hadn't seen in four months.

When he entered, the children who were busy playing, seeing him rushed towards him.

"Nori-Sensei!"

"Nori-Sensei, are you coming to play with us?"

"Nori-Sensei we missed you!"

"Nori-Sensei, you brought us souvenirs from your trip."

"You little rascals stop bothering Mr. Nori." Said an old woman with a stern voice approaching them.

"This is the witch, run away!..."

"Run away!"

The children then began to run away like rabbits who saw a wolf.

Nori laughed and said

"Mrs. Megumi why do I feel like I've been through this scene before...hehehehe!"

The old woman also began to laugh and then said

"Welcome back, Mr. Nori."

"Snesei!" Yato shouted as he ran towards Nori followed by Haya, Suki (redhead girl), Seichiro and the other kids.

"Welcome Back Nori!" They all cried out at the same time.