After returning to Konoha, Nagase asked Kakashi to help Hua Ling rent a room in the hotel as a temporary residence, and then he went straight to the Hokage Building with the mission information.
Nagase walked familiarly to the door of the Hokage's office and knocked on the door.
Speaking of which, ever since Minato became Hokage, he has been coming to the Hokage's office almost every other day, and he is familiar with the route. You should know that he has never been to the Hokage's office before.
Minato, who was processing documents, heard the knock on the door and said politely, "Go ahead."
Nagase opened the door, walked in, put the information directly on Minato's desk and said jokingly:
"I didn't disappoint you. The mission was successfully completed. Not only does this contain information about the three Kusanagi we captured, but also the information about the Kusanagi I killed."
A hint of joy flashed across Minato's face, but he did not rush to open the file bag. Instead, he smiled and said, "Nagaze, you are worthy of being here. You came back so soon, in just about two weeks.
If we exclude the time spent on the road, the actual time spent is probably no more than a week. Inviting you to join the Anbu is definitely one of the best things I have ever done in my life."
Nagase smiled and teased, "Minato, your speaking skills have improved a lot since you became Hokage. Are you trying to win people's hearts?"
"If I don't praise you a few times, I'm afraid you'll get tired and quit again. After all, you're just an ordinary Chunin." Minato also teased back with a smile.
Nagase didn't care and said with a smile: "It seems that you understand me, Minato."
Who doesn't like to be praised? He is not a masochist, and he gets more and more excited when being scolded.
Of course, it also depends on who the person being praised is. If it is a passerby with no ability and no fame, then he won’t feel anything.
But Minato is different. He is a well-known master in the ninja world. He forced the hostile ninja village to issue an order that "there will be no punishment for abandoning the mission if you encounter Minato Namikaze during a mission." He is still the Fourth Hokage.
So of course Nagaze would feel a sense of accomplishment and comfort.
"By the way, there was an unexpected gain this time. I found a wandering Uzumaki clan member in the Kusagakure Village and brought her to Konoha." Nagase thought of Hua Ling and said.
"The members of the Uzumaki clan... Kushina should be very happy." Listening to Nagase's words, Minato thought of Kushina.
Although Kushina always appears to be very sunny, Minato actually knows Kushina's difficulties.
For most of his time in the Ninja School, he was isolated by many people just because he was an outsider and had rare red hair, and he always kept to himself.
Fortunately, he and Yongze were there at that time, so the situation was not too bad.
However, Kushina's circle has always been very small, which is also related to her later becoming a jinchūriki.
Fortunately, I met Uchiha Fugaku on the battlefield, and now the two families have a good relationship and often visit each other.
Namikaze Minato felt that Kushina would be happy if there was another member of the Uzumaki clan.
"Maybe. That person's name is Uzumaki Karin. She has great talent. I plan to have someone teach her for a period of time and then let her become a ninja." Nagase thought for a while and told his plans.
"Her perception is excellent and her chakra is also special. With a little training, she should be able to awaken Uzumaki's unique abilities such as Kagura's Heart Eye Diamond Blockade."
Minato thought about it and said, "Why not let Kushina teach? There should be no one more suitable than her in Konoha."
"That's good. It's a good opportunity to find something for Kushina to do. You're so busy, she'll probably get bored staying at home all day." Nagase agreed.
After the two chatted about some of Nagase's experiences on the mission, Minato smiled and said, "After a while, Nagase, I'm afraid you won't be able to call yourself an ordinary Chunin anymore."
Nagase thought for a moment and asked, "Are you planning to promote me to a jonin?"
Minato nodded and explained, "The position of Chuunin is still too low. If you take on a high-ranking position as a Chuunin, it will cause controversy."
"It doesn't matter. But is it okay? My mission record is not very good." Nagase asked casually.
He didn't really care about being promoted to jonin.
I didn't want to be promoted before and had been hiding because I didn't have enough strength and was afraid of dying in dangerous war missions.
But now that he has merged with the Whitebeard template, his strength is enough to stand out in today's ninja world. At least he doesn't have to worry about being killed in seconds by some villain boss that suddenly appears from nowhere.
"They are all minor problems. Once the Kusagakure-nin problem is completely solved, I can split the mission into multiple S-rank missions, so that I can count them more times. Then I can put you in the team that negotiates with the Kusagakure-nin, which will be another way to compare your merits. That will be enough by then." Minato smiled warmly.
Nagase couldn't help but sigh, it was indeed easier to get things done if you had someone in the court. Others became jonin either by fighting in wars and making great contributions, or by accumulating experience.
On the other hand, he had been slacking off before joining the Anbu. After joining the Anbu, he completed an S-rank mission and is about to become a jonin.
"Then thank you for your help. By the way, how is the orphanage going?"
Before going to Kusagakure Village, Nagase mentioned this matter to Minato, saying that he wanted to support the orphanage in the village as the official orphanage of Konoha.
"It's been done. This month's subsidy will be paid tomorrow." Minato nodded.
Although Minato is a standard ninja, he will kill his enemies without hesitation.
But Minato has compassion for the people of his own country, and he is willing to help orphans who have lost their families in the war.
“However, when doing this, I encountered a strange thing. Elder Shimura seemed to not want to see the orphanage become officially supported and kept blocking it.
Fortunately, the other senior executives all stood on my side and agreed. Do you know anything?" Minato looked at Nagase with some confusion in his eyes.
After Danzo's objection, Minato knew that there was definitely something wrong with this orphanage and it was not an ordinary orphanage.
Supporting the orphanage did not require Danzo to pay, so he had no reason to object. However, Danzo surprisingly objected, and seemed very unwilling to see the orphanage become the official orphanage of Konoha.
However, since it was Nagase who first proposed this matter, out of trust in Nagase, Minato did not investigate it and planned to wait for Nagase to come back and ask him about it.
"Because the director of the orphanage is a retired ninja from the Root, and the orphanage has always been supported by the money she received from the Root.
Maybe Danzo wants to control the source of funds for the orphanage in order to force her to continue working for the Root." Nagase said calmly.
"The subordinates that Elder Shimura has always been thinking about..." Minato's eyes flickered and an idea came to his mind.