Trees Chapter 298 You Draft The Paperwork, I’ll Sign It

Konoha Village,

New Hokage Tower…

Tobirama sat at the head of the table, his hands clasped under his chin, his expression cold and stern. A faint trace of murderous intent still lingered around him.

Sitting next to Tobirama were Hashirama and Hiruzen.

One of them was chuckling foolishly, while the other was shaking his head and sighing, while popping blood pressure pills into his mouth.

In front of the three Hokage stood the main culprits of this trouble, Naruto and Sasuke.

The two were currently glaring at each other. Even when they stand next to each other, they turn their heads to the side and ignore each other.

Sasuke was utterly speechless about Naruto.

At the start of their fight, he had already taken half of the yellow-haired guy's health bar, but then the idiot had kicked him straight in the kidney.

On the other hand, Naruto was even more indignant.

Losing to Konohamaru was one, but he also lost to Sasuke, which was really humiliating.

Especially since there are three Biju in his sealed space acting like backseat gamers, constantly interfering with his gameplay.

Plus, the game didn’t even have his own character...

So, falling behind in the match was kind of inevitable.

The main reason he fought with Sasuke was because this guy had the audacity to trash-talk during the game...

The accomplice, Tsunade, stood beside the two main criminals with her arms crossed.

Her expression was a little subtle.

After all, it used to be her sitting in the Hokage’s seat.

Every time she had to deal with these two troublemakers, it felt like her head was about to explode.

But now, with their roles reversed...

‘Heh!’

‘You know what, it turns out that the yellow-haired delinquent’s perspective was quite the experience, and it’s even a little thrilling.’

‘Truly!’

‘Having the two elders handle the mess instead made all the difference!’

‘So satisfying!’

Standing at the other end was this time's victim, Shikamaru.

He had his hands in his pockets, looking like he had lost all hope in life.

Originally, Shikamaru hadn’t wanted to come, but Tobirama insisted on bringing justice to their Nara Clan.

What kind of justice was that?!

These two idiots were literally capable of destroying the world on a whim.

In other words, if his family’s arcade got wrecked by them, it could be considered a great contribution to the peace of the shinobi world.

At least it kept the yellow-haired delinquent and Thin Ice Bro from having nothing to do all day and running outside to cause trouble.

"That…"

"Tobirama, maybe just let it go?"

"They’re just kids fooling around. It’s not a big deal."

"Back when I fought Madara, things were way worse."

When Hashirama saw his brother’s dark expression, he tried to smooth things over with a few kind words.

Besides...

He was also at the scene when the two started fighting, and he’d immediately used Wood Release to protect everyone.

Apart from the fact that the arcade was reduced to ruins, which was a shame, nothing else serious happened.

Hiruzen stayed silent. When he saw the two boys, he remembered Konohamaru at home, who now called himself his ‘uncle’.

‘What a sin!!’

Hiruzen hurriedly took out his medicine bottle, grabbed a handful of pills and stuffed them into his mouth.

Tobirama's expression at this moment was even more darker than when he saw Madara. He glanced at Hiruzen’s actions out of the corner of his eye and couldn't help but feel a little confused.

Ever since his resurrection, he’d noticed Hiruzen had a peculiar fondness for those pills.

Although Tobirama was curious, he didn’t dwell on it.

Maybe it was just a personal habit, so he doesn't want to interfere too much.

But then, recalling Hashirama’s earlier words, the anger that had just been suppressed in his heart surged again.

Bang…

Finally, unable to bear it any longer, Tobirama slammed the table and roared, "Kids fooling around?!"

"What kind of ‘kids’ destroy ten houses and six shops in a fight?!"

Next to him, Hiruzen fell into silence upon hearing this. He opened his mouth but didn't say a word.

In fact...

Hiruzen really wanted to tell Tobirama that these two children had become very restrained.

Back when they were younger, they used to level entire blocks of the village during their fights.

This time...

At least Naruto and Sasuke had left half the buildings standing.

Tobirama looked at the people in front of him and felt like his brain was about to explode.

‘I’d been working myself to the bone for the village, handling every little detail personally.’

‘Since my resurrection, I hadn’t even gotten more than four hours of sleep a night.’

‘But what the hell was wrong with these people?!’

‘Brother had spent half a day rebuilding two-thirds of the village, only to immediately run off to play some damn fighting game.’

Tobirama really felt like he was about to lose it.

‘No matter what, you were called the God of Shinobi back then, and were looked up to by all Shinobi.’

‘But now you actually ran off to play with those younger generations?’

‘And that’s not even the worst part...’

‘Why the hell did you make a bet with Saru’s grandson?!’

‘If that’s all, it’s fine.’

‘Konoha Village has just been rebuilt, so it’s okay for you to be a little playful.’

‘I’m kind of used to it anyway.’

‘But...’

‘GODDAMMIT!’

Tobirama was actually planning to gather the villagers today for a grand speech, a united address from all the Hokages, reassuring them of Konoha’s bright future and calming their nerves at the same time.

But what's the result?

Before his orders could even leave the Hokage Tower...

Half of the village was already blown up by the Uchiha brat and that yellow-haired delinquent!!

Whenever Tobirama thought about this, his head always felt a little dizzy.

He picked up the water cup beside him, tilted his head back and drank it down in gulps.

It seemed that only this way could he suppress the anger that was about to explode in his body.

After a long silence, Tobirama still felt a little angry, so he turned around and said resentfully to Hiruzen, "Saru, go home and discipline your grandson properly."

"No respect for his elders."

Naruto stood by and picked his nose. He stared at Tobirama and thought in his heart, ‘Since Hashirama is my fourth brother...’

‘Does that mean Tobirama also have to call me Naruto Aniki?’

"… Yeah, I know."

Hiruzen replied in a hoarse voice, and judging from his face which was darker than the bottom of a pot, it was clear that Konohamaru would be beaten half to death at least.

But...

What really worried Hiruzen was something else.

Because the last time he’d tried to discipline the brat, he realized that if he didn't use his full strength...

He might actually lose.

In his estimation...

In a few more years, Konohamaru would surpass him entirely.

Hiruzen couldn't help but rubbed his old waist when he thought of this.

That was the spot where Konohamaru hit him with the door panel.

"You two are inherently evil brats!"

Tobirama massaged his temples, then raised his fingers and started cursing at the two main culprits.

He originally wanted to give these two guys severe punishment...

But he can still vividly remember being pinned to the ground and beaten by the Uchiha brat that day.

The shame of singing in women's clothing is even more embarrassing to talk about.

‘Damn it!’

‘What was I supposed to do?!’

‘I couldn’t kill them. I couldn’t even fight them.’

‘And according to brother, the yellow-haired guy's Chakra Reserves were nearly on par with his own.’

Tobirama realized with pain that the two guys in front of him were simply copies of his older brother and Madara.

With this realization, Tobirama coughed awkwardly and abruptly changed his tone.

"You two."

"Make sure you compensate the villagers for all the damages. Got it?"

Sasuke ignored him. He lowered his head, took out his phone and sent a message to Itachi, who was still working.

Meanwhile, the yellow-haired man just patted his chest and said to Shikamaru beside him, "High Priest Shikamaru, go get Temari to draft the paperwork."

"I’ll sign it."