In Konoha, Naruto lies down

"Really?" Naruto obviously didn't take it seriously, thinking Sakura was just acting again. "It's such an honor, but there are so many people who like me. I'm really sorry."

"I'm going to reject you."

"Is... I can't handle it?" Sakura smiled with her eyes narrowed. She looked pretty when she smiled.

"That's not the case." Naruto leaned lazily against the wall.

"It's okay, I'm available anytime." Sakura said, "And I have an advantage that no one else has. I don't mind Naruto-kun liking someone else."

"It doesn't matter if there are several, I'll be fine as long as I'm third."

Naruto frowned, "It's all a joke. There's no such thing as order. It's just that we have a better relationship. After all, we are still young now, and everyone wants to become stronger."

He said something perfunctory, brushing it off lightly. But the truth was, ninjas had their missions to focus on, and didn't have the time for romance.

Most of the time, we just happen to meet up and chat or have a meal together in our free time.

"So we're different now?" Sakura asked.

"Same." Naruto was in a good mood and didn't drop the topic. "I have to go on a mission tomorrow. It's a pity you're not here, otherwise I would have an extra guarantee."

He was talking about the Fire Temple mission, which was already early in the morning. After daybreak, he was going to intervene in the mission as a high-ranking official and force his way in.

"Wouldn't it be more exciting if it was with a companion?" Sakura asked, tilting her head. "Secretly behind everyone's back..."

"No." Naruto interrupted Sakura's sinful speech.

"Eh? You really don't want to reconsider?" Sakura asked calmly, showing no emotion at all. "When you have sex, she'll wake up too. That would be exciting, right?"

Hearing this, Naruto glanced at her without any expression. He was now completely accustomed to Sakura's sudden aggressive words, and was semi-immune to them.

But after confirming Hei Ying's purpose, he didn't reject the feeling of talking. Hei Ying would tell him everything, which made him feel free.

There is no need to care about the gains and losses of words, just be yourself.

The two chatted idly until daybreak. Naruto stood up with a tired look on his face, washed his face in the sink, yawned, and prepared to leave.

Sakura was curled up in the quilt, staring at him. The two of them were alone for a whole night, and even just chatting was actually quite pleasant.

The two of them had never talked so much before, and in the space of two or three hours, it seemed as if they had exhausted all the topics. Only when Sakura grew tired did the ward slowly quiet down.

We hadn't seen each other for eight or nine days, but it felt like a lifetime reunion.

Naruto also looked tired. Staying up late chatting was the most exhausting thing.

Summer is hot, but full of vitality.

The cool morning breeze blew away a thousand dreams. Konoha Hospital slowly woke up, and the sound of footsteps filled the corridors. Despite the noise, he was in a good mood.

After waiting for so long, there was finally a good result. Naruto breathed a sigh of relief, and a feeling of fatigue unconsciously surged into his heart.

Before leaving, the moment he closed the door of the ward, he looked at Sakura for a moment and raised his voice.

"Welcome back."

Click! The door closed, and Sakura tucked herself under the quilt, burying her head deep in it.

Yes, it's all back.

After returning home, Naruto had a good sleep. When he woke up, it was already afternoon. Nine-tails, reeking of alcohol, was lying on the sofa to catch up on his sleep, but Naruto didn't pay any attention to it.

After washing up, I quickly filled my stomach.

He dragged his feet to the Hokage Building. The moment he stepped into the building, the sunlight suddenly disappeared. Instead, all eyes focused on him, some suspicious and some shocked.

Yesterday, Tsunade released the news that Uzumaki Naruto will join the Konoha high-level leadership as the patriarch of the Uzumaki clan and become one of the youngest high-level leaders.

Naruto was dressed casually, wearing the same slippers he always wore in the summer. After noticing something was wrong, he looked around but didn't take it seriously.

Under the gaze of everyone, he slowly walked up the stairs.

"Godaime, are you kidding me? Why would that brat join the Konoha hierarchy?" someone asked in a low voice, "He's clearly just a Genin. The claim that he's the head of the Uzumaki clan is complete nonsense! Although Konoha used to be on good terms with the Uzumaki clan, they've been gone for ages. You can't say he's their descendant, right? That's too..."

"Who knows? You have to ask the Fifth Hokage about that kind of thing. But he is a Jinchūriki after all, and it may also be a plan of the top management. In short, this is a slide that cannot be touched." The old senior in the Hokage Building warned seriously.

"Let's go, let's go. If you want to talk, you can do it in private after get off work!" Perhaps realizing the seriousness of the problem, they dispersed before the slide was even built.

Naruto was planning to interfere with the mission, but unfortunately he was drafted by Tsunade.

"I see. Just let Jingyin handle that kind of thing," she said. "Anyway, there's a high-level meeting happening right now, so let's go together."

"Hey, Lady Tsunade, I..." Naruto didn't want to go at first, but after being given a death stare by Tsunade, he became obedient.

"Stop talking nonsense. I think there's something wrong with you." Tsunade dragged his hand forward and said in a tone of disappointment.

"They've kept me away for so long, I can't even see them. How can I give up on this opportunity to dampen their spirits? It really... makes me so worried."

"Okay." Naruto said helplessly.

The senior management was also helpless as it was the first time they had to attend a meeting with a kid at the same time.

With a bang, Tsunade pushed open the heavy wooden door with one hand, and sat down on the Hokage's seat with a slightly excited look. Naruto stumbled and found a place to sit.

He is a figurehead and has no real power, but he has the right to vote.

The Konoha high-ranking officials slowly entered the room, looking at Naruto with different expressions. Some were grinning from ear to ear, some had serious expressions, and some were half gloating.

Naruto sat there quietly, occasionally glancing in Tsunade's direction.

At the start of the meeting, Danzo and the two advisors looked unhappy. The two advisors glanced at Naruto with a hint of dissatisfaction. The Fifth Hokage's behavior was too erratic and completely inconsistent with the Third Hokage's philosophy.

After talking about some trivial matters, we gradually got to the point.

Danzo was the first to express his dissatisfaction: "Godaime, the Jinchūriki is just a figurehead. There is no need for him to attend daily meetings."

Tsunade was not intimidated. She knocked on the table and said, "Since he is one of the senior executives, he can attend if he wants to. He is just a figurehead. If you hadn't been so persistent, you could have let him take charge of some specific matters."

She smiled and said, "I think the roots are pretty good."

"Godaime!" Utane Koharu interrupted Tsunade. She also understood that the conflict between Tsunade and Danzo had intensified again because of Naruto's entry into the upper echelons.

But as one of the consultants, in order to avoid the meeting being suspended, she still had the responsibility to mediate the conflict between her old friend and Tsunade.

"We have already made the biggest concession. Don't say there is no room for negotiation anymore." Utane Koharu said in a hoarse voice.

Tsunade didn't say anything. It was indeed very difficult to fight for that matter. It took her a lot of effort to get just the blank title of the head of the Uzumaki clan.

"As for the Jinchūriki..." Danzo said with a casual tone.

"What are you talking about Jinchūriki?" Naruto suddenly interrupted, interrupting Danzo's speech, "Anyway, I'm not one."

Chapter 220 Who Are You?

"You are not..." Consultant Mitomon Yan had just said this when he immediately realized something was wrong.

"This kind of occasion is not the place for you to talk nonsense." Mitomon En's words were not harsh, but Tsunade was almost at odds with them for a high-level seat.

Even an old advisor like Mitomon Yan was furious when he saw a young man sitting in a high-level position.

Is this the place for you to play? This is just bullshit!

Tsunade was also stunned for a moment, and turned to look at Naruto, wondering what was wrong with him. She just wanted to drag Naruto to show up at the meeting and consolidate her position.

After Naruto said that, he sat there calmly and patiently.

Only when Mitomon Yan couldn't help but open his mouth to scold again did he speak softly. As if doing it on purpose, he interrupted the old advisor again.

"I'm not kidding, Kyuubi ran away."

"What ran away?" asked a senior executive.

"Nine-Tails." Naruto reiterated, "The Nine-Tails, the Tailed Beast, is gone now. Don't ask me where it went, it's not in my body anyway."

The conference room was quiet for a moment, then became noisy again.

"Didn't Ninja School teach you what honesty is? Everyone here is a senior executive, so stop joking around here." said a senior executive who had never been seen before.

The person sitting at the back should be the head of a department.

This meeting was of a low level, and while some of those present were not truly high-ranking officials, they nonetheless held real power. They either sided with Danzo or adopted the advisory approach of remaining neutral.

Naruto suddenly understood that whether he was a high-ranking official or not was not important in their eyes, because he was a Jinchūriki. A Jinchūriki could be a high-ranking official, but he was still a Jinchūriki.

He looked at Tsunade, who was also looking at him with a frown, but did not ask any questions.

"Shut up!"

Naruto was a little annoyed, not caring about the two advisors and several senior executives sitting here, and knocked on the table and said, "What nonsense are you talking about, Jinchūriki?"

"Is that enough? Do I really need to make up a lie?"

"I told you, the Kyuubi has broken its seal and run away! Do you understand what I'm saying? It ran away."

Seeing Naruto's anger, the other leaders present remained calm. They glanced at each other, then fixed their gazes on the four top executives.

Danzo, Utatane Koharu, Mitomon En, and the Fifth Hokage. Konoha's top four, their status surpasses everyone else in Konoha.

"Uzumaki Naruto." Tsunade finally spoke. As the Fifth Hokage, she had to stand up.

"Ah."

Naruto seemed to have calmed down a bit, in fact there was no anger in his eyes even when he was annoyed, it was all just an act.

He had long since looked down upon the identity of Jinchūriki, and as for questions like why he was chosen among so many people, he already had the answer.

Responsibility, destiny, it's all bullshit.

He was unlucky because the Fourth Hokage died and there were no resources to support him. After Tsunade and Jiraiya came, his treatment was completely different. He is now a high-ranking Uzumaki Naruto.

What is there to restrain? Jiraiya and Tsunade are still there. Can Danzo do anything to him? The answer is obvious.

Tsunade stared at Naruto, unhappy words clearly written on her face. She realized that Naruto had been hiding something from her, and her first thought was, did that old bastard Jiraiya know about this?

"Is the Nine-Tailed Fox really not in your body anymore?" she asked.

"It's not here." Naruto pulled out the soft chair and stood up, pulling the clothes off his belly. "The Four Symbols Seal is gone. This can't be fake."

"My teacher has confirmed that the Kyuubi has left."

Tsunade didn't react and leaned back in her seat. Even though she still had doubts in her heart, she was not so anxious after hearing Jiraiya's confirmation.

But the Konoha executives in the conference room were not as calm as she was. The disappearance of the tailed beasts made them furious.

"How is this possible? How could the tailed beasts disappear inexplicably? You must have done something!"

"Yes, it is impossible for a Jinchūriki to survive without the tailed beast alone. This matter is not that simple! I think the Anbu should investigate this matter in detail and find out the whole story." One person echoed.

"That makes sense. The current situation is strange, and it's hard to draw any conclusions for the time being. After all, the Tailed Beast Jinchūriki relies on the power of the Tailed Beasts, and they are interdependent and symbiotic. They can't exist independently."

"Why is this happening at the checkpoint right now? Even if we investigate, who can capture the Nine-Tailed Fox? If we start a war, other villages will also notice. I suggest that we suppress the news until a thorough investigation is carried out."

"How can we block the news so easily? Will it be of any use if we just wait? The tailed beasts can't come back. The most important thing is to strengthen our defenses. The tailed beast Jinchuriki of the Sand Village has returned."

Everyone was talking at once, while Utane Koharu and Mitokado En frowned and remained silent. Danzo sat in his seat, his expression gloomy but he didn't move.

Finally, Danzo couldn't help but speak, staring at him and asked.

"Do you know what you are talking about, Uzumaki Naruto?"

As Danzo spoke, the entire conference room suddenly fell silent. Konoha had a strict hierarchy, and the higher-ups had no choice but to be respectful to Danzo.

"I know, the Nine-Tails ran away." Naruto said.

He supplemented his nutrition for more than a year and grew a lot taller. His height was almost 1.7 meters, which was considered to be a relatively fast growth among his peers.

Standing there, he didn't look as nervous as an ordinary teenager.

"Nonsense! Don't think you're remarkable just because you act so nonchalant." Danzo looked at him with cloudy eyes, "This is a matter of great importance to the interests of the village, and you are responsible for it."

"If you are still a ninja of Konoha, put away your arrogance and explain the whole story clearly. You probably don't know what you have done now. The tailed beasts play a vital role in the safety of the village."

"What does it have to do with me?" Naruto pulled out a chair, sat down with a sullen face, and looked at Danzo from afar, "Responsible? You want me to be responsible?"

"Why?"

"Because you are the Jinchuriki of the Tailed Beast and a ninja of Konoha!" Utane Koharu couldn't bear it anymore and scolded with a little anger.

Tsunade couldn't bear it anymore and knocked on the table.

"He's still a kid."

"Kid?" Mitomon En also came to an end. When he thought about giving up his seat in Konoha, he felt like a fool who had been fooled.

He was clearly forced to compromise, giving up a seat in exchange for a more upright request for the Jinchūriki to contribute to the development of the village's tailed beasts. It's normal for him to disagree at first, but he will eventually compromise.

But what about now? What compromise? The Nine-Tails is gone, and development? What development is there? Not only does Konoha have to be on guard against the Nine-Tails' attack at any time, but it also has to do everything possible to block the news.