Naruto Retsuden Prologue
Naruto Retsuden Prologue
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The small palm of a hand gripped tightly to the hem of the skirt fluttering by
his face.
“Yeah that’s right, you’ll see him soon”
Quietly, the mother looks up to the shrine dedicated to the gods on the hill.
Among the modest crowd on the piled sandstone was a meeting happening between
the 7th hokage and the Daimyo of the Land of Stairs.
Tons of people had gathered at the foot of the hill just to catch a glimpse of
the “hero” on his first visit since he had taken office.
The air around the slope of the hill gently sways, making the thin smoke of an
orange flame rise.
No one understood why it burned.
For the 4,000 years of recorded history, the flame at the top of the hill
continued to burn even through the rainy days. The indelible flame is regarded
as a blessing from the gods and a curse from the devil, since ancient times
it’s been worshiped and been the subject of awe.
Eventually, as the fourth shinobi world war ended with the five great
countries in agreement of social peace, and once the rumors of the mysterious
flame that burned in the corner of a small country reached the ear of Kakashi
Hatake, the hokage at this time, had a team of investigators dispatched.
Their research, consisting of both science and ninjutsu, resulted in the
reveal of a large deposit of natural gas that sat beneath the hill. Natural
gas erupted from underground while the geothermal heat ignited the flame.
The heat from the never-ending bonfire caused a gentle breeze, shaking the
petals of the dull wild violets that bloomed.
The 7th hokage and daimyo of the Land of Stairs came out of the temple exactly
at their scheduled time. Seems like the meeting went off without a hitch.
“Hokage-sama!”
“Seventh! Over here!”
“Do a rasengan!!”
Cheers rose from the crowd gathered by the staircase.
In response to seeing the cheering crowd, the 7th hokage lifted his arm to
form a rasengan just as from behind, his escort from Konoha rushed to push
down his arm in restraint.
“Hokage-sama, please don’t show off your rasengan so carelessly! It could
affect national security!”
“Whaaat? It’s fine. Just a little-…“
The seventh hokage sourly frowned, reluctantly lowering his arm.
Naruto Uzumaki.
The Village Hidden in the Leaves’ top shinobi, the protector of the Land of
Fire, the young leader holds the position of 7th hokage. His hair a bright
blonde, his eyes reminiscent of ramune soda in the summertime
He’s reaching his mid-thirties, but from his juvenile innocence, you’d never
guess.
It’s no secret that he’s the jinchuriki to the nine-tailed fox, but his face
looks closer to that of a racoon than a fox. His big eyes, nose, mouth, in
addition all moved well, making his expressions rich. It wasn’t just his
expressions that were flashy, it was every slight move he made, catching the
eye of the people all around you. He’s your average “smooth talker” type of
leader that pulls you in, but in his case, the love he gives breaks through.
Naruto stopped his feet suddenly in the middle of the staircase, narrowing his
eyes as he threw his gaze far off in the distance. He was sure that he’d be
able to see visible skyscrapers that were lined in the distance behind the
clouds from his view. The dull field connected to the foot of the hill
abruptly ended at the border of the capital and switched completely to a
cosmopolitan view interwoven with inorganic material.
Since the natural gas underground could be easily obtained in the area, it
became widely used as a source of fuel for in the five great nations for
large-scale transportation, causing the Land of Stairs to rapidly develop.
Their Gross Domestic Product increased seventeen times over a decade ago,
their infrastructure improved, welfare enhanced excessively, and life
expectancy increased by 20 years.
There is so much money. What’s missing is tradition, and the story of a hero.
The 7th hokage responded with dignity to the cheers before him as he proceeded
up onto the boat seaplane’s ramp. Looking back at the crowd as he entered the
ship made the cheers grow louder. The 7th hokage turned back to a small
jumping boy, shaking his hand.
When the boat seaplane took off, the hokage moved from the staff and into the
interior of the ship, heading for his cabin prepared in the back.
Immediately as he pulled on the door, he looked around at his surroundings,
making sure no one was watching before slipping into the room.
As he entered the cabin room, there was Naruto Uzumaki, rolling around on
the middle of the floor.
“Hn!”
Both of his hands and feet were tied up and he was carefully gagged.
“Now, you know I don’t know what you’re saying.”
Naruto’s mouth screamed as soon as he removed the gag wet with saliva.
“Shikamaru, you bastard!! Untie this rope right now!!”
“It couldn’t be helped. You won’t listen to us.”
“I told you I’d go out on my own today!”
POOF!
The usual poof sound.
Shikamaru, who had transformed into the 7th hokage had gone to the meeting,
scratched his head as he returned to his original form.
“ The meeting was mostly on his requests. Gas importing prices remain
unchanged but price increases. So ,I don’t know, but there were assassins
trying to shoot at you. After all of this, replacing myself with you was the
right thing for me to do.”
“……what?”
Hearing of an assassin made Naruto’s complexion change.
“Was there any damage?”
“I don’t want this to get out. Who do you think we were guarding?”
Shikamaru casually untied Naruto’s rope. It was a reinforced rope, made by
the scientific ninja team, formed by concentrated chakra. With Naruto’s
current physical strength, he couldn’t break it.
“There was an assassin in a four-man cell consisting of three shadow clones
and his original body. The clones were handled by the security team. His
original body was captured by my shadow possession and handed over to the Land
of Stairs. I hope his employer can talk his way out of this one.”
“the security team… no way”
In response to Naruto’s bad feeling, three figures come down from the ceiling
boards without a sound. Kakashi Hatake and Sakura and Sasuke Uchiha, today’s
security team for the 7th hokage.
As Naruto looked at all three of their faces, he dropped his head, looking
down.
“…I told you guys I don’t need an escort…”
The frustration was unbearable.
Being in such a condition, he didn’t want to need so many people devoted to
protecting the hokage.