Chapter 43 - 41

( 1 Month Later )

It's been a month since the Wave mission and the team 7 would occasionally do C-Rank Missions. The others were just D-Ranks.

Since becoming so rich, Hikaru decided to build a 12 Floor Hotel and bought a new house for the two of them. It was not small but not that big either but the design was the thing that caught Hikaru's attention. The paint that was used on that house was orange and the moment Azumi laid her eyes on it, she immediately loved it. It cost a few million for this house and around 150 Million to build that Hotel.

The construction manager said that it would take a minimum of 3 years to finish it, and at maximum, 5 years. But he had all the time in the world. This Hotel he's building in an open spot in Konoha is for Azumi's future. With this, she could earn millions a month without doing anything and Hikaru had already planned everything.

Of course, he couldn't build a building if he doesn't buy the land around it. The land he bought was just outside of Konoha, it was around 10 Hectare and it cost him 50 Million Ryo. It was rather cheap because the land around it could be cultivated, which was also something he would look into later.

While he bought numerous properties, he, of course, wouldn't forget about Azumi. Everyday, they would go around Konoha to do a lot of things. They would go on a shopping spree, giving resources to some orphanages, they would sit on top of the Hokage mountain while eating Ice Cream. To be honest, he felt like this was the life he had always wanted. No, not being super rich, it's like carelessly spending things while making other people happy.

But he knew, this all wouldn't be possible without the system. It was all thanks to the system that he can do all these things. He wouldn't forget that.

As they both sat on top of the Hokage mountain while eating Ice Cream, Hikaru and Azumi looked at the fading dusk of the sun. Silently, the sun slowly went down as the moon rises from the sky.

"Let's go home, Azumi." Hikaru said as he stood up and extended his hand towards Azumi.

"Un!" She nodded her head and took his hand.

( Next Day At The Hokage Office )

In front of Hiruzen stood the Jounin senseis. They each have their own quirks.

Asuma, who basically doesn't know the word "shave" and always smoking cigarettes. He is a tall man, with brown eyes, olive skin, short black spiky hair, and a beard. His clothing consisted of the standard Konoha ninja uniform with the sleeves rolled up half way, flak jacket, regular shinobi sandals and forehead protector. He also wore a sash that had the kanji for "Fire" (火) marked on it around his waist, a pair of black bangles, and bandages wrapped around the arms of his sleeves.

Kurenai, her face is cold. She's the ice queen inside of Konoha, due to the fact that she had cruelly turned down every men that decided to pursue her. Kurenai is a fair-skinned woman of slender build. She has long black untamed hair reaching her upper back, and very unique eyes that are red in colour, with an additional ring in them. She wears make-up consisting of red lipstick and purple eye shadow. Her regular outfit consists of a red mesh armour blouse with only the right sleeve visible. Overall, this is very broad material which resembles bandages with a pattern on it similar to those of rose thorns. Her hands and upper thighs are also wrapped in bandages and she wears the Konoha forehead protector and regular shinobi sandals.

Kakashi, who's actually not late this time but he's still reading that p.o.r.n book of his. He had a gravity defying white hair, a mask that hides the bottom of his face, and his other eye was covered by his forehead protector. Just from looking at him, you can feel the laid back attitude of his.

Might Gai, the self-proclaimed rival of Kakashi. He is a tall and muscled man. He has fair skin, a strong jawline, a somewhat large nose, a black ball cut hair, and the most noticeable feature was his huge eyebrows. He wears a green jumpsuit, orange striped leg warmers, and the standard Konoha flak jacket, which he normally leaves unzipped.

"Now," Hiruzen started, "you might have some gist as to why I called all of you here. Nonetheless, I'll explain. As you all know, the chunin exams is going to be held in Konoha this year. Out of all the teams in the village right now, the teams you four lead right now is the best in the village. Even though it's just been a month since some of them graduated from the academy, I would like to know whether you would like them to participate or not?"

At the surprise of everybody, Kakashi was the first one to speak.

"Hmm, I think my team can handle that. Sasuke is already mid-chuunin or so. Sakura may not be that strong but she has some medical skills that I taught her. And Azumi can simply be called a prodigy. While Hikaru, well, simply put... a monster. That's why I would like them to participate in the chuunin exams." Kakashi lazily said.

"That's good, that's good. Anyone else?" Hiruzen nodded his head in satisfaction.

"Wait, what do you mean Azumi is a prodigy? From what I remember is that she was a deadlast in the academy. If you're gonna lie, try to make it more plausible." Asuma said while snorting.

"Asuma, tsk, tsk, all of you really lucked out on this one. Azumi was the one who nearly killed Zabuza Momochi when she used 'that' chakra. She's a prodigy but she doesn't have that much intelligence and instead, makes her strategy while she's in battle. Listen, Asuma, if you're going to disrespect one of my students, you better be prepared, or this could get very messy." Kakashi said as his sharingan slowly rotated behind his forehead protector.

"Bring it own, pervert. Let's see who's the better shinobi here, eh?" Asuma boasted while taking out his trench knives.

"ENOUGH! Do you two not respect me, the Hokage? Huh?!" The air inside the office suddenly pressured everyone in the room except Hiruzen.

With his chakra alone, he could suppress these two jounins.

They both knelt down and said, "We apologize, Hokage-sama."

Hiruzen stared at them and they felt the sweat behind their back slowly increasing.

"Now, is there anybody else who wants their team to participate in the chuunin exams?" Hiruzen asked while surveying the room.

"I would like my team to also participate in the chuunin exams." This time, it was Gai who spoke.

"Very good, anyone else?"

"I, too, would like my team to participate. The exam may be good train their young minds." Kurenai said.

"Me too, Hokage-sama, I would like my team to participate. I wanna see Kakashi's reaction when his team loses to mine." Asuma said while glaring at the cyclops.

"Good, let's wrap this up. Two days from now, the exams will start. Get your genins ready by then. That's all, dismiss!"

""Hai, Hokage-sama!""

After they all left, Hiruzen laid his back on his chair while taking swiff of his pipe.

"You can come out now, Hikaru." Hiruzen said.

And suddenly, in a moment, the world suddenly shattered like glass before it became renew again.

And there he is, Hikaru, standing where the jounins were before.

"Is that really the best Konoha could offer? They couldn't even detect my genjutsu." Hikaru said incredulously.

"Sadly, yes. Though, it was unfair for you to test them with genjutsu. I don't know how you refined your skills in it for it to become very strong but your genjutsu is almost undetectable. Only someone with a sharingan could break it, and that would likely take everything they can just to break a single layer of your genjutsu." Hiruzen said, while disappointed in his ninjas, cannot help but admire the skills of this young man right here.

"Genjutsu isn't even my strongest in my skill set. Though, my strong genjutsu is most likely because I have a very good chakra control. And the only reason I learned this thing was because I could literally recreate anything I wanted. And with that, I could entertain Azumi." Hikaru said.

Yes, with genjutsu he could recreate the movies in Earth. Shrek, How To Tame Your Dragon, Frozen and many, many more. Heck, he could even recreate the entire city of Anor Londo if he wanted to. He doesn't know why but he seems to be really skilled in shinobi arts. It's like he was made just to be perfect.

He rememered Azumi's amazed face when she saw the huge dragons that he created with his genjutsu. He would even make her ride that dragon like it was real.

"But you're really talented in that area, there's no doubt about it. Maybe one day, you could... take over my position as the Hokage?" Hiruzen slowly said.

"No, never. Do you think I don't know how you suffered as you continuously stamp the papers in your table? Yeah, I would never want to be the Hokage, or any other position that has the Kage named in it." Hikaru said in deadpanned face.

"Sigh, well, it was worth a try." Hiruzen looked down for a second and when he lift his face up again, he saw literal mountains of papers in his table.

He sucked in cold breath as he saw his worst nightmare, only for it to disappear.

"Huh? Genjutsu?"

"Good luck, old man. I'll give you a hint on how to defeat those paperworks, once you manage to legally unlock Gato's bank card." Hikaru said as he left through the door.

Hiruzen sat there, dumbfounded.

That kid knew all along on how to defeat his worst enemy, and yet, he didn't tell him all this time...

"Damn you, brat!!" Hiruzen screamed in anger.

The Anbus hiding in the shadows sweatdrop at the sight of Hiruzen, who's weezing in anger.