In the Hokage Building, inside the Hokage's office.
"Take a tougher stance..." Namikaze Minato tapped the table with his fingers, considering Nagase's suggestion.
Nagase has already told Minato his thoughts. He thinks Konoha can be tougher in its external attitude.
"That's not impossible. In fact, the Sandaime didn't always compromise. He just wanted peace in Konoha." Minato thought about it and finally agreed with Nagase's idea.
He still has a good impression of the Third Hokage, and this good impression is far greater than his dislike for the Third Hokage's behavior.
In this era, is there anyone who could become Hokage at such a young age as Minato Namikaze? And it was not the Third Hokage who died in an accident that became the Hokage, but Sarutobi who abdicated on his own initiative.
The leaders of every village, no matter whether it is a small village or a big village, all hold on to the throne until they die or are about to die.
You know, Sarutobi Hiruzen is actually only in his fifties this year. It's still a long way to go for him to die of old age. He can still live for at least another ten or twenty years.
Just for this reason, Minato had great respect for the Third Generation, which required great courage.
Although the Third Generation did not give all the power to Minato, but still held certain important rights, Minato could understand that he was too young after all, and it was normal for the Third Generation to be worried.
He believed that as long as he demonstrated the abilities of an excellent Hokage, the Third Hokage would naturally hand over everything to him.
"I didn't say that the Third Hokage wanted to do anything bad to Konoha. I just don't like his current political attitude." Nagase spread his hands.
Sandai cannot be judged simply as good or bad; he is a complex person.
Initially, the Second Hokage was ambushed and killed by the Cloud Village, and he was entrusted with the task of becoming the Third Hokage in a crisis-ridden situation.
Under such adverse circumstances, the Third Generation relied on his outstanding abilities to defeat the countries that challenged Konoha, and once again made the ninja world realize the strength of Konoha and what it means to be the number one ninja village.
Can such a person be called a bad person? No, at least not for the people of Konoha.
But if you ask if the third generation is a good person, Nagase can only say haha.
In the original time and space, Minato entrusted Naruto to Sarutobi Hiruzen before his death, which showed his utmost trust in him.
But what did the third generation do? He ignored the rumors spread in the village.
Although the rumor was probably not spread by him, perhaps it was Danzo who did it.
But he chose to do nothing. He could have revealed Naruto's true identity, that he was not the Nine-tailed Demon Fox, but the son of the Fourth Hokage.
But he didn't do so, because if Naruto's identity as the son of the fourth generation was revealed, Naruto would be exposed to more and wider vision, and then there might be more trouble.
So he chose to hide it, and only visited Naruto from time to time, giving Naruto a little warmth like a grandfather.
Yongze didn't know whether Sandai felt guilty or had other purposes, maybe both.
The Third Hokage's behavior really made Nagase unhappy, but Naruto was cheerful and strong. If it were someone with a fragile heart, he would turn evil in minutes.
Therefore, it is impossible to expect Nagase to have a good attitude towards the third generation.
He respected the Third Generation's contributions to Konoha, but he did not like him as a person.
Maybe, people are more prone to illness as they get older
Nagaze doesn't believe that this operation is not serious.
"Actually, the Sandaime..." Minato wanted to say something.
But Nagase didn't give him a chance, and waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's not talk about him anymore. My birthday is coming soon. Minato, you have become the Hokage, so you have to give me a big gift."
Yongze's birthday is November 16th, and today is November 8th, which means there are only eight days left until his birthday.
Minato laughed dumbly twice. He really wanted to know why Nagasawa always looked unhappy with the Sandai. It was obvious that Nagasawa should not have had much contact with the Sandai.
"What gift do you want?" Minato looked at Nagase with a smile.
Nagase stroked his chin and said casually, "Why don't you give me a few of the Six Paths Sage's ninja tools?"
"Well, I don't have that. But I do have a special Flying Thunder God Kunai that the Fourth Hokage kept on his person. Do you want it?" Seeing that Nagase couldn't be persuaded, Minato started joking as well.
Nagase looked at Minato in a pretentious manner and teased, "I didn't expect that Minato also knew that you are very popular among female ninjas. It seems that I have to talk to Kushina to prevent you from making mistakes."
Minato's expression changed and a picture appeared in his mind.
Kushina was full of energy, her beautiful red hair fluttering because of the chakra that was so powerful that it was tangible. Then she grabbed his collar and asked him what was wrong and whether he didn't love her anymore.
"Don't say that casually. You know Kushina's temper." Minato said seriously.
Yongze chuckled twice and said, "You always show your affection in front of me, now you are scared."
Nagase thinks that when choosing a wife, he should choose someone with a gentle personality like Nono. If he chooses someone like Tsunade or Kushina, the couple's lives may be in danger when they quarrel.
The two chatted about family matters for a while, and then Nagaze left when he saw that it was almost time.
After all, Minato was the Hokage, not someone to chat with, and the place they were in was the Hokage's office, not some entertainment venue.
It's okay to chat for a while, but if we keep chatting, it would disturb Minato's work. Even Kushina doesn't stick to Minato as much as she does.
If he behaved like this, Kushina would definitely doubt his relationship with Minato.
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After leaving the Hokage's office, Nagase went to the dessert shop.
The dessert house, as the name suggests, is a place that sells desserts. Unlike Mr. Watanabe’s dumpling shop, there are many styles of desserts here.
So Nagase would come back here to have a look whenever he wanted to change his taste.
After walking around the store, Nagasawa bought a portion of grass cake with mung bean filling and three strawberry daifuku.
In fact, he suggested to the owner of the dessert shop whether he could serve a red bean and strawberry daifuku, which would definitely be sweet enough, but unfortunately the owner did not accept his suggestion.
When he was about to pay the bill, Nagase saw someone who surprised him a little.
A little boy of about four or five years old with short black hair, delicate features and tear grooves on his face, with the Uchiha clan emblem on his clothes.
At this time, Uchiha Itachi was struggling with how many dango he should buy.
Desire told him that he had so much pocket money anyway, so he could just buy three copies.
But reason told him that if he ate so many tricolor dumplings, he would not be able to eat dinner later. As the eldest son who was given great expectations, wasn’t it a bit wrong for him to do so
Nagase noticed Itachi's dilemma and said, "If you want to eat, just buy it. If you don't have enough money, I can lend you some."
Hearing Nagase's voice, Itachi looked at Nagase with some suspicion and a wary look. He didn't know the stranger in front of him.