bookpower Chapter 100: Perfect Vacation (5)
Chapter 100: Perfect Vacation (5)
Chapter 100: Perfect Vacation (5)
Finding Kumo's track was not easy without explicitly revealing his full abilities and Kai would have done it if it wouldn't make things even more troublesome. As things are, truly, Kai was more than eligible to be the youngest Kage. And then Kai suddenly thought of something...
'Would it really be bad to just become the Hokage?'
Hokage meant being the strongest, generally. Kai really wanted to do something 'great' with this chair. Leave a 'legacy' so... damnable that even this world filled with bloodshed, schemes, and war can look back and... just feel so damned stunned to not help BUT laugh! Being the strongest and bringing peace? Screw that. Kai reveled in violence. He didn't like it, to be honest, but he did 'logically' agree that the world, like a videogame, is just more interesting when it's R18.
"What?" Kai, who had been 'staring' at Minato for a while during their sparring, looked a little weirded out. Kai was a force to be reckoned with despite not going all out since they did not want to alert the enemies now that they were on track.
Lending the blonde youth a hand to help him stand up, Kai replied, "I was just thinking if leadership meant taking on the responsibility or filling the positions of great burdens and being responsible for the appointed individuals..."
Not far from them, taking a 'relaxing' break once again since that was simply Sakumo's groove who liked making every long distanced mission, if not S-ranked level of urgent, a cool vacation. The Elite Jonin, given his experience, could pass on as a 'Deserted' Trave Guide... his words. As such, Sakumo who was giving Ninken grooming tips to Tsume and the girl herself heard Kai's question.
"Leadership? Are you hoping to become Hokage one day?" Sakumo smiled as Tsume's ears perked up and she, too, looked at Kai with astonishment and as usual, mighty respect that far surpassed the admiration even held by Kai's three loyal followers.
"Well," Kai found no reason to lie, "Given recent circumstances," majorly caused by him, "And how the Hokage has always been knee-deep into paperwork, I had my reservations. But a more serious thought about the situation does make being the Hokage a dream position." The source of this content nov(el)bi((n))
"Isn't that something?" Sakumo smirked, "To dream of being on top and still being a servant."
Kai's and Tsume's expressions froze this once and Sakumo quickly noted it. His own expression was mixed with shock, pleasure, and disbelief.
"Wait, THAT was good?" Sakumo inquired as he had been trying to note down the humor of what Kai considered 'good.'
Kai... nodded with a strange expression.
"Well... you got lucky! Kuromaru, after all, has his moments, too," Tsume grinned like a perfect Sass Bitch while Sakumo turned a deaf ear to the girl and wrote down the words he spoke, breaking them into every sarcastic bit he felt could tickle the humorous side of his son's mind, too.
Meanwhile, Kai was surely amused. Him considering being a Kage... and Sakumo actually managing to lay a perfect burn on the position where Kai would have smiled if he wasn't too stunned for the act What a strange day.
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The group of facilities recently established Team Sakumo was sent to investigate turned out to be an underground 'research' group. Unofficially, this was a hub that communicated with Kumogakure to spread the influence of the village and the Land of Lightning over Land of Hot Water and its shinobi village.
The only reason why this mission was B-ranked was due to the high number of such outposts all over the Land of Hot water marked by Uchiha Clansmen.
As for how the Land of Lighting spread its influence, that was yet to be investigated as Land of Hot Water fell between Land of Lightning and Land of Fire which made this a sensitive and unavoidable situation for Konoha. Thus, their mission was to mainly understand the manner of Kumo's methods and their objectives.
After discovering one such group under a large village occupied by rather peculiar and happy villagers as the amount of chakra Kai observed was practically too collectively large to go unnoticed and even Sakumo had a hard time deciding how to infiltrate this location. While there were surely villagers who knew nothing about the underground facilities, Kai and others knew that there were even more who regulated the village and controlled the facility.
Given the circumstances, it did not seem well to try and blend into the village. It worked well in the Land of Rain due to the war and environmental factors since it always rained there which made it harder to investigate things relatively. But the conditions were optimal and no shinobi facility worth its salt would let any wayward vagabond drift in without active investigation.
"A good start," Sakumo smiled but then he heard Tsume and Kuromaru growling loudly. The remaining trio turned to look at the duo... full of aggressiveness as they were staring down on the floor.
"What's going on?" Kai inquired.
"Something is challenging me..." Tsume growled, "I can smell it from here."
Enhancing their sense of scent, only Sakumo caught the scent Tsume was talking about and that, too, due to his lawful connections to the Inuzuka Clan.
"Interesting... but it isn't challenging us." Sakumo crouched down and pushed Kuromaru aside to pick up a strand of dark brown fur that it stood upon, "This animal was challenging someone else... But if it triggered a Ninken like Kuromaru then it must be able to hold an equivalent chakra capacity of more."
Turning around as a short buzz of lightning turned the fur into ashes which calmed Kuromaru a great deal, Sakumo added, "Let's get going. We're the scouts and our main objective is to return with information so keep your safety a priority, too. We're not Anbu, squad, so let's keep it less sacrificial!"
Kai was impressed. Another hot take. Maybe Sakumo was a natural at dissing Konoha instead of Suna... Ironic.
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