Chapter 311: Graduation Ceremony Two Years Later

Two years later.

On the top floor of the Hokage building.

"Yeruashi! Hurry up, the graduation ceremony is about to start!", Rin walked towards the entrance of Yeruashi's room and exclaimed.

Yeruashi walked out of the room and yawned, "It's just a graduation, nothing important, let Hiruzen give a speech, he's good at that."

"This isn't going to work!", Rin pushed Yeruashi towards the mirror, "The third Hokage isn't the same, these Konoha kids are waiting for you I'll help you get ready!"

Under Rin's pressure, Yeruashi sat down in front of the mirror and said helplessly, "Since you care so much about the younger generation, why didn't you go give a lecture at the academy?"

Rin took a comb, started to fix Yeruashi's hair and complained, "I really care about the younger generation! So when are we going to have a baby?"

"I feel like I'm still a kid, heh, heh, heh...," Yeruashi leaned back in his chair and smiled.

Rin couldn't help but laugh at Yeruashi's behavior, "If you were to be seen like that, I'm afraid the esteemed Hokage-sama's image would be completely destroyed."

In the last year, Yeruashi has shifted most of the business to Kakashi and Mei, and has barely appeared in the Hokage's office.

The shadow clone would give him all his memories after dispelling them anyway, so lately Yeruashi had come to trust him even when he was in Konoha.

"Eh, my youth is already lost...", Yeruashi sighed a bit helplessly.

He is now twenty-seven years old, but this is only in time in this world , in fact, given the ability to speed up time, the age of his physical body is already about forty years old.

Yeruashi really felt the changes happening to him.

Initially, he was filled with the power of youth, but over time, he became increasingly depressed. Apart from leading Hinata's training, there were very few things that could cheer him up.

This happened, among other things, by becoming too strong.

If someone appeared who was a real threat and could force you to fight with all your might, Yeruashi's mood would immediately increase. But now, even Kaguya Otsutsuki is unable to arouse the fighting spirit and emotions in Yeruashi that he felt when he was Genin or Chuunin.

"Hey, hey, cheer up!", Rin smiled sweetly and gave Yeruashi a kiss on the cheek, then placed the Hokage's cloak over his shoulders and took the Hokage's hat out of the closet.

Yeruashi reached out and placed the hat on his head.

After completing his preparations, he sighed and walked out.

At the Shinobi academy's training field, a large number of children were gathered, including Naruto and Sasuke, who were graduating, as well as newly arrived children.

Backstage in front of the training ground, Kakashi looked at Yeruashi who was walking towards him and tilted his head as he said, "Finally here, I thought you wouldn't come at all."

"Ah, how can you think of such a thing, brother? After all, there is a student of mine among the graduates," Yeruashi shrugged his shoulders and stared at Kakashi, "This chakra and aura.... Have you completed the Sage Body?"

"Yes," Kakashi nodded, "I finished it yesterday."

After saying this, Kakashi thought of something, he paled a little and said suspiciously, "Are you really going to leave some matters to me again? I already said that I want to take a team of Genins and rest for a year..."

Yeruashi looked at his younger brother with disdain, "Did I ever impose tasks on you?"

Kakashi just looked at Yeruashi.

Although he didn't say anything, that look seemed to scream, 'Exactly! Don't you do it all the time, bro?!

"Don't worry, brother, I was just going to give you one of the gifts I mentioned before when you succeed me as Hokage, but since you already completed the Sage Corps, I can give it to you in advance," Yeruashi patted Kakashi on the shoulder and walked past him.

A few moments later.

He walked to the stage prepared specifically for the graduation ceremony of the ninja academy.

When he appeared, the entire playground immediately began to boil with excitement, the students of the academy infinitely respected and revered the legendary Fifth Hokage.

As the eyes of girls like Ino Yamanaka and Sakura Haruno shone like never before, some couldn't even contain their excitement and began to shout.

"Hokage-sama... so beautiful..."

It was a rare case when such behavior from the girls didn't cause outrage among the boys.

Even the two most popular boys in the class, Namikaze Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke, were forced to agree with the girls.

Really.

He's the most handsome Hokage ever.

It's impossible to argue with this.

"Great... I'll definitely become the next Hokage!", Naruto looked respectfully at the Fifth Hokage on stage.

Yeruashi had supervised his training several times, and Naruto already knew that after his father's death, it was Yeruashi who took care of him and his mother, all this greatly weakened his desire to surpass the Fifth Hokage.

"Hmph, I intend to become the first Hokage of the Uchiha Clan, so some people will have to step aside," Sasuke, who was standing next to him, looked condescendingly at Naruto and said coldly.

In fact, he was initially not interested in the Hokage position at all, but because Naruto kept shouting about it as his eternal rival, Sasuke finally set his sights on this goal as well.

"Hokage-sama, I love you!!!", A girl's scream came from somewhere.

Yeruashi, who was already standing in the middle of the stage, smiled a little helplessly when he heard this shout, "Then I can go to jail..."

The children in the playground laughed.

At this moment, the eyes of many of the girls looking at Yeruashi began to glow even brighter.

"This is not my first time giving a graduation speech. This year will be nothing new, most of you already heard this last year," Yeruashi smiled and looked briefly at the children in the playground, his gaze lingered on several familiar faces and settled on Hinata, "The mission of every Shinobi is to help the development of this world, so that all people can live better lives..."

"Every one who will soon complete their training and put this burden on their shoulders will become an important stone in the foundation of the world, they will become a hero..."

Yeruashi was giving a speech with a smile.

At some point, Kurenai, Shizune and the other girls appeared behind the stage, they couldn't help but clap softly, eyes full of admiration fixed on Yeruashi on the stage.

"...Remember."

"The flame of fire will burn forever!"

Yeruashi finished his speech with the usual words and left the stage with a smile and a round of applause.