Three years were not easy to endure. Neither for Black Zetsu and Obito, nor for Sasuke and Naruto.
However, for Takemi, it was nothing. He had a very good time during these three years.
"It's just that things have gotten a bit much."
Walking on the streets of Konoha, looking at the bustling crowds, Takemi yawned.
"What's wrong? You look like you haven't woken up yet."
Kakashi tilted his head, looking at Takemi curiously as he asked.
"I remember there was nothing yesterday, right?"
"Nothing?"
Takemi was exasperated.
He shook his head and spoke helplessly, "So many messy documents for me to look at. Please, I'm just a Jonin!"
"…"
"And even after I look at them, you guys don't really support my suggestions. Only the Second Hokage agrees with my ideas."
"…"
"What exactly happened to Konoha's government affairs? How did they collapse to this extent?"
"…"
Kakashi stared at his disciple with deadpan eyes. He didn't understand how he could say such things.
And…
Some of the ideas he proposed were too extreme, weren't they?
Over three years, Konoha had basically reached a consensus: Takemi would definitely be their new Hokage.
This belief was even more firm than the one about Orochimaru back then. Even though he was still too young and needed some experience, no one doubted this point.
Takemi naturally came into contact with all sorts of matters, and his opinions were consulted on many things, even being directly assigned to him.
And the things he did were not bad. They basically perfectly aligned with Konoha's interests.
But to say they were good…
That would be imagining him too perfectly!
Those extreme foreign policies made everyone in the Hokage office's scalp tingle. Sometimes, he even heard Tobirama complain.
"This kid, how is he even more extreme than me…"
Even Tobirama could say such a thing, which shows how outrageous Takemi was.
Of course, this also had something to do with the 'personal grudges' between Tobirama and Takemi.
"I think instead of talking about this, you should put in more effort and work hard." Kakashi rubbed his brow and advised.
"Look at Sunagakure, Gaara has already become Kazekage, and you…"
"His Kazekage position, wasn't that our credit?" Takemi raised an eyebrow, speaking with disdain.
"Besides, Mei and Deidara haven't become Kage yet, so what's my hurry?"
"…"
Kakashi regretted it a bit. He felt he shouldn't have mentioned Sunagakure.
Gaara becoming Kazekage really was Konoha's credit.
Although Takemi killed Gaara's father, Rasa, Gaara himself was very indifferent to Rasa.
Especially since after his uncle Yashamaru died, no one cared about him anymore, and no one gave him any advice.
Takemi's appearance, even with his extremely unreliable Talk No Jutsu, was something he hadn't experienced in a long time.
Therefore, he listened to Takemi's words. With such belief and goals, coupled with Konoha's pressure, and the fact that Sunagakure had no one else, his becoming Kazekage was naturally inevitable.
"Speaking of Gaara, I heard he investigated a lot of things. I wonder if he'll deal with those old guys in their village."
Takemi stroked his chin, muttering, then sighed regretfully.
"But he's still not decisive enough. He actually didn't lay a hand on the Land of Wind's Daimyo. As expected, he's not poor enough. Should we…"
"That's enough!"
Kakashi couldn't hold back.
He pressed down on Takemi and spoke helplessly, "Besides, the trouble caused by the Land of Lightning is not small, and the Land of Fire's Daimyo has given us a lot of money."
"That assassination in the Land of Lightning didn't kill anyone, and we were still too good to Kumogakure."
"Come on, Iwagakure and Kirigakure are very satisfied, and we are also very satisfied."
"But we tried so hard, why are they still alive?"
"…"
"What a pity, I wanted to see if they would erupt into some chaos. They're not hungry enough."
"…"
Kakashi was speechless. After three years, this kid had grown increasingly handsome. His entire demeanor also improved, and he even became fairer.
But the fairer the person, the darker the heart?
"By the way, Kakashi-sensei, how are your eyes now?"
Perhaps feeling this topic was uninteresting, Takemi simply changed the subject.
"What do you think of Tsunade-sama's experiment?"
"I think it's pretty good, but the village is still not entirely at ease, otherwise we wouldn't need to go for a check-up today."
When speaking of his eyes, Kakashi lightly touched them.
This Mangekyo Sharingan had lasted long, and with his unrestrained usage, his eyes had finally slowly started to develop problems.
However, with Takemi's reminder, Tsunade began researching in this direction, and she also had Tobirama's assistance.
Of course, they also encountered some problems, such as the Uchiha clan being almost completely wiped out by Itachi.
Suitable experimental subjects couldn't be found, and Sasuke was too young with average eye development, so they could only focus on Kakashi.
"Actually, I can feel that my eyes are constantly recovering. Perhaps Obito has been relying on this ability to keep using that eye."
"Perhaps."
Takemi stroked his chin, pondering for a moment before continuing, "It seems next time I'll have to aim for Obito's arm when I cut him. Half of his body is white, clearly all First Hokage's power."
"You…"
Kakashi was a bit exasperated. He felt his disciple was becoming more and more outrageous.
The two chatted along the way, and soon arrived outside the Anbu headquarters, but at this moment, they felt a flash before their eyes.
The next moment, two figures, one yellow and one black, quietly appeared before them.
"I win, idiot."
"Damn it! Bastard, you cheated!"
"Losing is losing. Are you a sore loser?"
"Damn it!"
Evidently, these two were Sasuke and Naruto. They had seen quite a lot of such scenes over these three years.
"Can you two behave yourselves?"
Kakashi rubbed his brow, feeling a bit troubled seeing these two guys, but a smile bloomed on his lips.
After all, these two were both his disciples, and having grown to this point, he was naturally very proud.
"Kakashi-sensei, this guy cheated!"
Naruto, seeing Kakashi, immediately complained unhappily.
"We said 'three, two, one,' but he left before finishing counting."
(End of Chapter)
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