Ninja School.

The content of this year's graduation exam is a basic doppelganger technique, and as long as you use it successfully, you can get Konoha forehead protection from the teacher in charge of the assessment.

It's simple.

But while Hinata Hinata, Yamanaka Ino, Haruno Sakura and others successfully get the Konoha forehead guard, Naruto Uzumaki fails, and his doppelganger is useless.

Everyone else was happy.

Naruto Uzumaki was the only one sitting on the swing by himself, looking at his classmates with forehead guards and excited faces, as well as their equally proud parents.

He could only envy.

In his ears, there were mocking words again, and in the face of the frustrated Naruto Uzumaki, some people didn't mind pouring salt into his wounds, and it wasn't they who felt the pain anyway.

But Naruto Uzumaki had long been used to it.

Habit.

A terrible word.

Some people are used to hurting others, so they don't think they've done anything wrong. Some people, accustomed to being hurt, forget the pain of being hurt.

Fortunately, Naruto Uzumaki didn't forget.

"Naruto."

A voice rang out nearby.

Naruto Uzumaki turned his head and found that it was someone he knew, one of the examiners of this graduation exam, Mizuki-sensei.

“？”

……

Three generations of Hokage.

Although he has become old, he is not so dizzy that he can't see anything clearly, and he knows many things, including Mizuki looking for Naruto Uzumaki.

"Iruka."

"Yes."

Umino Iruka, who was standing beside him, hurriedly responded, but the eyes of the three generations of Hokage were staring at the swing, Naruto Uzumaki and Mizuki, who had already left there.

"Wait a minute, I have something to say to you."

"Yes."

Umino Iruka answered again.

Then silence.

Then, the three generations of Hokage suddenly turned his head and looked at the young man who was walking towards this side, of course, the young man did not come to look for him, but to find a few little girls.

Clear and bright.

A teenager of unknown origin, but who has been living in Konoha for several years.

"Hinata, Ino, Sakura."

The young man smiled and called the names of a few little girls, so a few little girls hurriedly gathered around him, talking and laughing with him, obviously a good relationship.

I also chatted with the parents of the girls.

Then I looked at it.

"Where's Naruto?"

"Brother Qingming, he is the only one in our class who failed to graduate, because he was assessed as unqualified because he was the best at the doppelganger technique."

"I was there just now, but now I don't know where I went."

"Oh."

The boy nodded.

He seemed to look again, but he couldn't find Naruto Uzumaki, so he gave up and looked at a few little girls and said with a smile.

"Let's go, go to the coffee shop, and celebrate with you."

"Hmm."

“……”

The boy and the little girl's parents said a word, and then left with the little girls, and the parents of several little girls also left together with a smile.

"Hmmm......"

Looking at the back of the young man, the three generations of Hokage were thoughtful.

Clear and bright.

Speaking of which, this young man has been here for so many years, and it seems that there has been no obvious change in his appearance, height or anything.

It's not impossible, but it doesn't always feel that simple.

"That boy ......"

Suddenly remembered that a year ago or two years ago, Qingming had left Konoha for a period of time, and that was at that time, something happened about "that boy".

According to the information, "that young man" doesn't seem to feel the slightest chakra, whether it is the third generation of Tsuchikage, the fourth generation of Thunder Shadow, or the fifth generation of Mizukage.

Qingming's body also did not have the slightest chakra.

Coincidental?

It's fine if it's really a coincidence, if not......

"Hoo ......"

Sighing to himself, he pulled his hat again.

"I'm so old!"

……

Night.

In the second half of the night, there was a riot in Konoha Village.

The reason was that Naruto Uzumaki stole the Book of Seals, so many ninjas were dispatched to search for Naruto Uzumaki's traces, but only Iruka Umino found him.

And then there was a fight.

The three generations of Hokage watched the whole process through ninjutsu, and Kiyoshi, who was lying on the bed, also watched the whole process through his divine sense, but this is not much to worry about.

The night ended quickly.

When the day dawned, the matter was perfectly resolved, the Book of Seals was returned intact, and Naruto Uzumaki got his forehead guard as he wished, and was eligible to graduate.

All without surprise.

Perfect.

……

Coffee shop.

Hinata Natsu is working hard, Qingming is sitting at the counter reading a book, Haruno Sakura didn't come over today, and she will reduce the time to come over in the future, because she is going to become a ninja.

Naruto Uzumaki came, elated.

"Big brother."

Shouting as soon as you enter the door.

ran to the counter and dangled the forehead guard in front of Qingming, his face full of excitement.

"Look, I'm going to be a ninja too!"

"Hmm."

"Becoming a ninja is just the beginning, one day, I want to become the Hokage, and I want to be the best ninja in the village!"

"Hmm."

"Na, big brother......"

“……”

Naruto Uzumaki said something excitedly, and Kiyoshi just listened with a smile on his face, nodding his head in agreement from time to time, and did not interrupt him, acting as a listener.

But it doesn't matter.

Moreover, even if he listened to Naruto Uzumaki, Qingqing could still do other things, and it was not too difficult for him to divide his heart into two things, and he could have done it a long time ago.

But......

After all of them graduated and were busy doing their tasks, the coffee shop would really become quiet, and the little girls would not be in front of him all day.

Thinking about it this way, I can only tease Hinata Xia a lot.

……

Hokage Building.

The three generations of Hokage asked him to compile a copy of the information about Kiyoshi and give it to him, and then sat in his office and studied it, trying to find out what was going on from it.

It's not easy.

However, what should be done still has to be done, this is his responsibility as Hokage, being in a high position is not just about enjoying benefits, it is not okay not to take responsibility.

Qingming is very ordinary.

What he did was nothing special in isolation, but in general, there was nothing special, everything was ordinary and normal.

But because it's too ordinary, it doesn't seem normal.

"Hmmm......"

The three generations of Hokage were thoughtful.

Clear and bright.

No one knows where he came from, where he went before coming to Konoha, and no one knows that there is no chakra on his body, but his medical skills are better.

Other than that, it's unremarkable.

However, sometimes the more inconspicuous people are, the more likely they are to be some great characters, and some people always like to hide their truest side.

Qingming is not simple.

The medical skills, as well as the appearance and figure that have hardly changed in the past few years, are enough to prove that there is something special about this young man, and it is possible that he is strong.

Although what he did was nothing special.

But now, when you put everything together, you can see that it's not that simple, and some things are just like they were deliberately arranged.

However, there is no evidence to prove this.

Let's not talk about that.

After studying for a long time, the three generations of Hokage could only put down all the information, smoke a cigarette and think for a long time, and then sighed.

"I'm old."

As I get older, I can't do a lot of things, and I can't do what I was able to do before, but now I can't do it, and sometimes it's really not good to be old.

So there are some things that can't be delved into.

Clear and bright.

Whether he is "that teenager" or not, as it stands, it doesn't matter, and there is no need to prove it, because it makes no sense to do so.

If he wasn't, then naturally there was nothing to say; If he is, so what?

Recruit him?

If you want to recruit someone, you have to have enough benefits to make people tempting, but the three generations of Hokage and Konoha don't seem to be able to give tempting conditions.

If you can't solicit him, then expel him? Destroy him?

Joke.

The three generations of Tsuchikage, the fourth generation of Thunder Shadow, and the fifth generation of Mizukage are all among the strongest people in the world, but they have been defeated under Qingming's hands, and they are also ninjutsu, body arts, and illusions in turn.

He is old, even if he does it himself, he is not sure that he will be able to defeat such a master, and even if he dies together, it is impossible, so there is no way.

"Let him go."

Shake your head.

But after thinking about it, he picked up the pen again, wrote a line on the last page of the information about Qingming, and then opened his mouth to command.

"Someone."

"Yes."

"Just put it away."

"Yes."