Dare to Kill My Horse

As soon as Makoto opened his mouth, Kakashi knew that he was going to be in trouble.

In various senses.

... If you want to rank the most outrageous Hokage, Makoto is definitely the No. 1 among them.

Few of the things he wanted to do were normal.

The degree of his messiness is directly proportional to his ability to make money – that is, Temari-san is only three years old, otherwise, he would have been blown up by this company... No, getting engaged to Temari, who is three years old, is already outrageous enough in itself...

But as Hokage's secretary, Kakashi couldn't refuse.

So Kakashi asked boldly in the fearless spirit of knowing that he would die.

"Well, if you make a movie...do you help people wash rice?"

T/N: Wash rice, a slang for loser

Kakashi is a standard war ninja, he basically won't take some gray area tasks.

But he is a ninja after all, and he also has ninja friends, so he naturally knows how those little Hidden Villages and even rebellious and escaped ninjas usually live.

They have neither the task channel of major Hidden Village nor the reputation of major Hidden Village. So most of the time, you need to do some less glorious business.

It is commonplace to be a thug for others, to collect bills for others, and so on.

Of course, with Konoha's size now, those so-called extreme bosses can't afford Konoha. Even if Konoha wants to join it, he is still a chess player.

Konoha has not been involved in the film industry before. There are sporadic shooting tasks, and they are also high-difficulty stand-ins, guarding some important stars, or acting as a small supporting role out of Ninja's own hobbies.

"Kakashi, how can you think like that! Am I this kind of person?"

Hear that it wasn't to wash rice, Kakashi sighed in relief.

"Then... add colors?"

In times of war, people's demand for watching movies is naturally not so strong.

But except for adding colors.

Always fighting is already very pitiful, but can't even let others fight.

Makoto immediately flew into a rage, rolled the newspaper into a bundle, and hit the idiot on the head.

What about the spirituality of your long and difficult sentences before!

"Kakashi, how could you have such a ridiculous idea!"

"I'm going to cancel someone and...cough cough, in short, this is the most serious war movie."

Makoto has already talked about this, what else can Kakashi do.

"Yes, Hokage-sama."

Kakashi bowed to accept the order.

Makoto looked at Danzo out of the corner of his eye and saw that the leader of the opposition party was drinking tea quietly, without saying a word of objection.

Tsk, I was hidden by this not-willing-to-be-scapegoat again.

In fact, Makoto had been waiting for him to object.

Because Makoto had already decided that, except for a small amount of necessary village expenses, he would spend all his income on post-war pensions for veterans.

He's done the task of keeping the old soldier alive.

He didn't know what the veterans wanted, but generally speaking, what made his people sad was either not enough money or being wronged.

As a ninja, he went to the battlefield again, and he always had this awareness.

The problem, then, is mostly money.

Makoto decided to stuff their wallets full.

Who is not surprised? Who can not have a time of old age and frailty?

Increasing the benefits of retired ninjas is actually a matter that is widely welcomed by everyone.

Danzo speculates on him with the old thinking of Sengoku ninja, that is, to cut himself off from Konoha.

Makoto didn't think about it casually, he had already found a home for the disabled and cruel people – Konoha School and the film industry.

Needless to say about the school, even in the world of Naruto, this is one of the few industries that can be called 'sensei'.

And the film industry...

Every qualified spy ninja must be the best actor.

Even those ninjas who fight directly are mostly veterans of many battles. The films made by them are absolutely professional, and no one can find any problems.

The retired ninjas have money and face, so they have nothing to complain about.

After all... so many compatriots didn't survive.

Compared with the hard days before, they don't know how comfortable they are now.

Unfortunately, Danzo did not object.

After the previous tobacco incident, this guy became more and more cautious towards Makoto.

He would rather miss the opportunity than turn up the hidden card when he is not sure.

After realizing that the atmosphere was not right, Makoto fled before the situation started.

One day...

While Makoto felt pity, he didn't think of forcing Danzo into it.

He has a full ten years of peaceful time to pack up the group, there is no rush.

... ...

Kakashi took the script written by Makoto to the Land of Fire to find a great director to seek cooperation.

After all, it was the first shot, Makoto was determined to do better.

Needless to say, the skills of the Konoha ninjas are all first-rate, even if Makoto insists on looking for handsome men and beautiful women, there is no problem.

There is no problem with money.

A military group like Konoha, just squeezed out from between the teeth, is enough to make a blockbuster movie.

The big scene has already been prepared - that's right, during the previous Fourth Ninjutsu World War, Makoto deliberately asked some Chunin to shoot battle scenes everywhere, especially those big scenes of ninjutsu confrontation.

There are many scenes and chaos, but fortunately, the overall time is long enough. As long as the director makes a few more cuts, it won't be a big problem.

If it doesn't work, just find a few Jounin to cooperate. What Konoha lacks most now is a ninja who can fight.

What he lacks most now is the best director.

There is really no way for this Makoto to help.

Fortunately, the Land of Fire already has a film industry system, and the big deal is to find a big director to cooperate with it – Naruto liked watching movies very much when he was a child.

In fact, this kind of work does not require Kakashi to personally dispatch, just find a ninja to send it off. But in order to show his sincerity, Makoto still chose to let Kakashi go in person.

Not long after Kakashi left the house here, two visitors came to Makoto's Hokage office.

It wasn't the Sandaime.

Up to now, Sandaime couldn't detect it, and he couldn't keep up with Makoto's thinking at all.

So he just let go, as long as it didn't involve Konoha's life and death, he didn't care, and ran to watch Asuma get married and have children.

It wasn't Orochimary either.

Now Orochimary is high enough to be insane. Even though his injury hasn't healed yet, he stays in the laboratory with a bottle hanging on his face every day to study Edo Tensei, just like a mad scientist.

It wasn't Jiraiya and Tsunade either, they were the most seriously injured and haven't been discharged yet.

This time, it was Uchiha Fugaku and Nara Shikaku who came here.

Uchiha Fugaku certainly didn't come to force Makoto to fulfill his promise.

During the war, he opened the Mangekyo Sharingan, which in itself is gaining a lot. He also knew that the position of Hokage was not just given away.

He came here this time purely to chat with Makoto.

After all, Uchiha's personality is quite different... Makoto valued him so much, so he naturally thought about it.

And Nara Shikaku is purely business affairs.

After Makoto invited them for tea, Nara Shikaku also expressed his thoughts.

"I heard that you want to spend all the war reparations on this and previously retired ninjas?"

"Yes, is there a problem?"

Makoto simply released the news without getting into Danzo.

"No, there is no problem. If everyone knows your intentions, Hokage-sama, even if you are in the underworld, you can rest in peace."

The issue of welfare concerns all ninjas, and no one dares to directly oppose it.

However, Nara Shikaku came here for this matter, and he still expressed his thoughts.

"But this way... Konoha's finances... isn't it..."

This is a bit shallow, obviously really worried about this issue.

But Makoto didn't mind chatting with him.

After all, the Nara family is absolutely reliable politically.

Nara Shikakaku's mentor is Asuma, and he eventually became Kakashi and Naruto's white paper fan. Such a family is obviously pro-Hokage support, and there is absolutely no problem with the political spectrum.

T/N: 'white paper fan', acting as the military division in society, responsible for making suggestions and account management

Makoto had no time before, and Shikaku had doubts about Makoto's ability, so he didn't have many contacts.

Now that the Fourth Ninja World War has been fought, Makoto's prestige has risen, so naturally he has to build up his own team.

...You can't treat Kakashi as a sheep for everything, right?

Nara Shikaku, known for his high IQ, is actually a very good white paper fan.

"Shikaku, you are right, but times have changed."

Under Shikaku's perplexed gaze, Makoto expressed his thoughts.

"With the signing of the treaty, the Land of Fire will become the center of the world in the next ten years. ≠

"We all know that after ten years, there will definitely be a big war. If Konoha wants to become stronger, it must embrace this social trend and gain enough strength from it..."

In the next few years, the Land of Fire will inevitably become the center of the world.

This is not nonsense, it is a fact.

The Land of Wind has been completely dragged down by the war, and even Suna has begun to consider other ways out, which is nothing to worry about.

Yagura's work is very beautiful, but it can't change the status quo that the Land of Water is isolated overseas and the strength of Kirigakure is insufficient.

The real enemies of Konoha are the two villages of Iwa and Kumo, or the two countries of the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning.

However, the Fourth Ninja War gave Konoha a huge advantage.

The terrible war indemnity caused the two major Hidden Villages to take out their coffins. In the next few years, they will definitely not be able to stabilize their current village size and will have to be downgraded.

Simply put, unemployment.

If you don't want to, there is nothing you can do, because the village has no money.

But where can these full-time fighters go?

Konoha and Suna would never dare to come. Kirigakure is too far away, so in other words...they have a high probability of becoming escaping or rebelling.

And because they are familiar with the local terrain, they will probably operate in their own country.

It is foreseeable that in the next few years, the public security environment in the two countries will suddenly become quite bad.

The Daimayos of the two countries will not take the initiative to contribute money to the two villages.

The most they can do is pay the ninja to clean up the dirt on their doorstep.

Sounds pretty stupid.

But that is the truth.

Years of war have exhausted the nations. Due to the restriction of the total do-nothing order, Ninja War can no longer be fought. With the gradual recovery of the economy, those capitalists will obviously start investing to increase production.

But the other four countries have their own difficulties... There is no doubt that these risk-averse guys will definitely target the most populous, wealthiest, safest, and technologically advanced Land of Fire.

In other words, the next ten years will be a decade of rapid economic development in the Land of Fire.

As the world calms down, the scope of employment for ninjas will become narrower and narrower. Under such circumstances, in order to maintain the size of the village, it is natural to find other ways out.

Makoto's initial choice was the entertainment industry.

"It doesn't matter if we don't make money for the time being, or make a little money. We have the best actors and special effects. The big deal is to swallow up a few professional companies and get their channel support... Now that the trend is ahead, we must seize the opportunity. –

"Here, this is Konoha's first script, you can read it for me."

Uchiha Fugaku blinked and read the script calmly without any reaction.

Because he can't understand or read at all.

He is the most traditional ninja.

Nara Shikaku spent a long time carefully reading the script.

"Save Ninja Mizu-jun... Well, several children of a mother went to the battlefield at the same time. Because of the cruelty of the war, within a week, several of his children were killed in battle, leaving only the last person, Mizu-jun. –

"But this good boy is in trouble now. He is surrounded by the enemy, he has lost his voice, and he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead. –

"So Hokage-sama, you personally ordered a group of elite ninjas to go to the rescue. The ninjas overcame all kinds of difficulties, and finally, all sacrificed and rescued Mizu-jun... This..."

Shikaku pondered for a long time.

"A very interesting script. But probably only ordinary people who have no experience in war will believe this kind of movie...Of course, as a ninja, I hope it is true. –

"I hope the village hasn't forgotten me in my most difficult time."

Makoto: "So do you think there are more real professional ninjas, or more ordinary people?"

Shikaku nodded.

"I see, I have no objection."

Talking to smart people is easy.

Due to his occupational limitations, Shikaku never took his eyes off the ninja world to see the general trend of the world.

But after being reminded by Makoto, he also understood.

Lord, times have changed.

Ninjas have to change.

Seeing that he no longer objected, Makoto looked at Uchiha Fugaku.

"Uchiha-san, this is our Konoha's first attempt. I wonder if I can borrow a handsome guy with superb skills from your family?"

Uchiha Fugaku didn't think too much about it, but he was very sensitive to the words "Konoha", "our", and "first attempt".

So he smiled.

"I don't know who is more suitable... If Hokage-sama likes it, please choose whatever you want."

"Then that's good."

The conversation is over.

In fact, actors don't necessarily have to come from Uchiha's house. It is really Uchiha Fugaku who saved Makoto so desperately before, he has not forgotten.

When you come out to hang out, the most important thing is to have clear rewards and punishments.

Whether you like a person or not is one thing, and the most basic rewards and punishments cannot be left behind.

Even Danzo... It's a pity that Danzo doesn't trust him at all. During the war, he has always focused on self-protection, and has not made any credit at all.

All three are very happy.

Several people had another conversation, and Shikaku and Uchiha Fugaku bid farewell wisely. But before he left, Shikaku still asked more questions worriedly.

"Hokage-sama, your knowledge is superior to mine. As soon as I heard your answer, I knew that you had a comprehensive plan. –

"But... I still want to ask one more question, you gave all the money to the brothers, the first repayment of the war bond..."

"Pay back the money? Why pay the money back? When it's time to pay back the money, just borrow a new one, isn't it all right?"

Shikaku silently covered his face, not daring to ask any more questions.

... ...

Everything is going on in an orderly manner, not a small good, but a big good.

But soon, Kakashi came back and brought back bad news to Makoto.

"What!? –

"The director who is said to be the most famous director in the Land of Fire didn't accept our order?!"