"They have a practical combat class at school today. Do you want to go take a look?" Naori was quite interested in this. It had been a long time since she had a practical combat class. It was during a practical combat class back then that Uchiha Kyo went for a killing blow on Torifu. However, Torifu's strength was even deeper. Not only did he resolve the crisis, but he also became the Hokage's disciple, and she got to benefit from it, too. If Torifu hadn't taken her to the Hokage's office at that time, Naori might not have had the chance to become the Hokage's disciple.
"That's fine. I don't have anything to do today. How about we go take a look later?"
Torifu nodded. "Okay. Let's go check it out later and see if there's any gap between that kid and his classmates."
Naori smiled slightly. "Minato works so hard every day. It feels like he works even harder than I did when I was a child. His strength definitely won't be weak. He might even be first in his class."
Every day, Naori could see Minato passing by her door on his way to school. During that time, other children had probably just left their homes, but Minato was already at school. In the ninja world, there were many talented people, but very few who were both talented and diligent. Minato happened to be one of them. Torifu never worried about the practical combat class because he knew Minato would definitely come in first. From his daily training, Torifu knew how strong Minato was. Although he started a little later than his classmates, he had made up for it with his hard work later on.
Minato's strength was now far beyond his classmates; they weren't even on the same level. Torifu was now even considering whether he should get the Flying Thunder God Jutsu and teach it to Minato. But that jutsu was too difficult. It would be too difficult for a child who had just started school and might be counterproductive. It was better to wait. When Minato grew up a little more, he would teach him the Flying Thunder God. Although it was Tobirama's ninjutsu, it had been stored in a sealing scroll by his Sensei, and ordinary people could not touch it. But Torifu wasn't an ordinary person. He was the Hokage. It was easy for him to take a forbidden jutsu.
Naori played games at Torifu's house for more than two hours and tried out almost all the ninjas. In the end, she didn't change her mind and decided to draw Uchiha Madara.
"Since that's the case, I'll take you to top up first. There should be a lot of people there, so I'll need to use the Concealment Jutsu."
Naori nodded when she heard this. "By the way, is it really okay for you to send a clone to the Hokage's office? If Tobirama-sama finds out, will he scold you?"
Torifu looked at Naori in disbelief. "What kind of unbelievable story are you talking about? I'm the Third Hokage now. Even if he finds out, it's nothing. Besides, he can't even find out." Torifu had a lot of faith in the intelligent puppet. It was very good at acting like a human. And it didn't have any consciousness at all. It was hard to say for sure if it did, but Torifu always kept a watchful eye on these puppet-like things to prevent being backstabbed. There was no need for any kind of anti-counterfeiting measures. If there was anything strange, he would just destroy it.
After they left the house, Torifu used the Concealment Jutsu. From the outside, it looked like only Naori had left the Kumotsuru Clan compound and was walking toward the game top-up shop.
"The profits from this game must be quite high, right? There are so many people topping up every day."
Torifu nodded. "It's a lot, but I don't plan to keep this money for myself. I'll put all of it into the village's construction to make everyone's lives better and better." This was something Naori hadn't expected. She knew Torifu wasn't short on money, but to invest such a huge income into the village's construction... this kind of spirit was worthy of a Hokage.
When they arrived at the small game top-up shop, it was indeed filled with people. Torifu and Naori walked to the back and stood in line.
"The popularity of this game is truly beyond imagination."
Now, everyone in the village, men, women, and children, knew about the Naruto game. They all wanted to experience Hashirama's life. After being captivated by the story, they became obsessed with the duel field and started topping up for powerful ninjas. This resulted in the scene of a sea of people at the top-up shop, with a single clone inside working non-stop. But luckily, it was Torifu's clone. No one caused a commotion from being upset about the wait. They just waited quietly. After all, not many brave souls would dare to act recklessly in front of the Hokage. Even if it was just a clone, they wanted to leave a good impression.
When it was finally Naori's turn, half an hour had passed. Naori topped up a huge sum of 500,000 ryō directly, and Torifu was able to get 5,000 Peace Points from it. In just half a day, he had already gained over 100,000 Peace Points from topping up alone. The cost of buying the game had been recovered, but the money for the replicator had not yet been earned back. He could only take it one step at a time.
"Let's go. Let's go to the training grounds. Minato should be there." Torifu said.
Naori nodded. "Okay, let's go." After topping up her game currency, she was in a very happy mood. She was about to have the character she wanted.
After they arrived at the training grounds, Torifu and Naori both used the Concealment Jutsu. The teacher was also a ninja, but his strength wasn't enough to discover Torifu and Naori. Seeing the children on the training grounds radiating youthful energy, Torifu couldn't help but smile. It might have been due to the weather, but many classes were having their practical combat class today. In addition to the lower grades who had just started school, the higher grades were also having theirs. Their battles were more formal since they were about to graduate soon.
"Look, look! Minato is here!" Naori said softly.
Torifu looked in the direction Naori was pointing. A boy with spiky blond hair walked out. The person he was fighting against was a child from the Nara Clan. His talent was also good. The moment the practical combat class started, he used the Shadow Possession Jutsu to try to control Minato. But Minato had already known his intention. He leaped high into the air, made hand signs one by one, and then spat out a water ball that hit his opponent's head. The water ball was not big and only barely got his opponent wet.
"In this match, Minato wins." The Nara child who fought with Minato was still a little unconvinced, but after hearing the referee's explanation, he nodded, signed a reconciliation note with Minato, and returned to his team.
"Not bad. With Minato's skills, it feels like he'll be promoted to Genin soon."
Torifu had naturally seen it. He had already known about Minato's excellence. After all, he was his own younger brother, so he knew what he was like.
"That kid. He's already learned how to show off."
Naori felt like laughing when she heard that. "That's called skill. Don't you know anything?"
Torifu shook his head. "I really don't know much about it. After all, I never went to school." This sentence sounded a little sad, but when it came out of Torifu's mouth, the meaning completely changed. "What are you looking at me for? You never went to school either, did you?"