Team Distribution

At the Hokage's office.

On the Hokage's desk, there was a recent document regarding Kakashi's mission and operation records.

It was the third time Kakashi had gotten into a conflict with a new team, so he found it difficult to carry out his mission normally.

Danzo was holding onto his crutch and standing in front of Hiruzen's desk. He said to Hiruzen in a deep voice, "…Looks like you can't find a suitable team for that child. Hiruzen, since that's the case, why don't you hand him over to me?"

Hiruzen held his pipe in his mouth and swept his eyes over the group. He said, "Are you going to nurture Sakumo's child into an emotionless tool?"

"Leave it to me to nurture him. He won't make the same mistake as Sakumo. He will become an outstanding ninja that surpasses Sakumo."

Hiruzen snorted, stood up, and said, "Don't tell me that you specially came to find me because of this matter."

Danzo looked deeply at Hiruzen and said, "No, I just happened to hear about Kakashi. I came this time to ask you about your attitude towards the Hidden Mist Village. Hiruzen, are you preparing for war or…"

Hiruzen inhaled from his pipe.

He exhaled a ring of smoke.

He stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the distant sky. After pausing for a few seconds, he said in a deep voice, "Take some measures. Their recent probing has been too much. I'll leave this matter to you."

"Okay."

Danzo nodded and walked out of the office. At the same time, he said, "Hiruzen, don't waste that child's talent."

Danzo forget about Feng Ye, Hatake Sakumo's another son. He was indeed somewhat concerned about Kakashi's revealed talent. Otherwise, he would not have mentioned it in passing. However, if the third hokage did not agree, he did not have the time to specially deal with such matters now.

Hiruzen did not move until after Danzo left. Then, he turned around and glanced in the direction of the hideout.

He shook his head as Hatake Sakumo's figure appeared in his mind. He sighed.

Sakumo's death had a bit of an impact on Kohona.

Many big ninja villages were now frequently probing Konoha, which was also the reason why Konoha had lost his powerful combat power, White Fang.

Kakashi was also affected by Sakumo's death. No matter which team he was assigned to, it would cause conflict with his seniors. It had been more than two years since he graduated, but he had never been able to place himself in a suitable team. There was a reason why he suggested it.

"Your child is an excellent ninja, Sakumo, but he's too young when it comes to dealing with people…"

The third hokage pondered deeply.

White Fang's two children, Feng Ye and Kakashi. If Feng Ye could be considered 'outstanding', then Kakashi was undoubtedly a genius. It was as if he had inherited Sakumo's talent, and perhaps he could become the second White Fang in the future.

Now, resettling Kakashi was a problem. Up until now, he had already arranged a team for Kakashi several times, but each time, they would not be able to stay for long and would come to him.

It was also impossible to give Kakashi away.

Although the roots were indeed very suitable for Kakashi, if Sakumo was alive, he would not agree to it. Sakumo and Danzo were at odds when he was alive, and he would never want to see his son being raised into a tool by the root.

"…How about this?"

After many thoughts flashed through Hiruzen's mind, he finally made a decision. He said in a low voice to the seemingly empty roof, "Go and call for Minato."

It was very difficult for ordinary ninjas to suppress Kakashi, and the few that he had thought of before might be suitable to be Jounin teachers, but none of them fit with Kakashi. In this case, only the final candidate, Namikaze Minato was left.

After the death of Hatake Sakumo, the most suitable person in the village to become the Fourth Hokage was Namikaze Minato. Namikaze Minato is indeed good at raising good students, so handing Kakashi this genius to Minato to nurture was just right.

"Yes."

The secret person on the roof responded to the hokage's order and quickly disappeared.

Hiruzen returned to his seat and sat down. He took another puff of his cigarette, shook his head, and said, "…I didn't expect that I still have to trouble Minato in the end."

Because of the tense situation in the Ninja World, there were many places where Namikaze Minato was needed. Therefore, he had thought of Minato long ago, but had never made a decision. Now, he had made a detour and returned.

He was naturally not worried about handing the matter over to Minato. After all, Minato was his favorite candidate for the 4th Hokage position. Teaching a genius youth was just child's play for Minato.

While pondering, Hiruzen took out a document.

The document contained specific information about some students from this year's ninja school, arranged according to their relationship with Kakashi.

Feng Ye's personal information was placed at the very top, but Sarutobi Hiruzen only took a glance before putting it aside.

It was not appropriate for brothers to be placed in the same team, not to mention that Minato was the possible candidate for the 4th Hokage position. If Feng Ye had the same talent as Kakashi, then it would be fine. In order to nurture the outstanding talents of the younger generation, he could ignore all these, but now he had to consider the voices in the village.

"Might Guy… Uchiha Obito… Nohara Rin..."

Hiruzen pondered for a moment and made his choice.

First was Uchiha Obito. If Obito who is a member of the Uchiha clan would be handed over to Minato to become his student, maybe the Uchiha would not oppose to Minato becoming the 4th Hokage.

In the end, he chose a commoner student as the third person for team Minato. Since Might Guy was a boy, he decided to exclude him. Nohara Rin was a suitable choice. They could reach a balance in all aspects.

Click.

After making his choice, Hiruzen took a puff of his cigarette and burst into laughter.

The Hokage had actually thought over the resettlement problem of a ninja, and had even specially interfered with the team distribution that would happen after the students graduate from ninja school next year.

However, Kakashi's talent was indeed worthy of attention, not to mention Minato. It would be more reassuring for him to personally decide the candidates for team Minato.

There was basically no problem.

After deciding on Kakashi's class division issue, Hiruzen no longer had much interest in the other students. He put back the information file regarding Feng Ye and the others, threw it aside, and no longer looked at it.

"I hope that Danzo's operation will calm down the people in the fog."

Hiruzen raised his head to look at the ceiling and exhaled a mouthful of smoke.

Now his real headache was the situation of the ninja world. The friction between the various big ninja villages was unceasing, and it was almost a kind of situation with Konoha as the center.

There was no other reason. The Land of Fire was the country with the most abundant resources, and Konoha had won the second war of the ninja world, taking a large share of the profits. This was the reason why all the villages turned their attention to Konoha.

But he would not give in to his interests.

In the world of ninjas, there would be a second time after giving in once. They had to use forceful means to resist external covetousness in order to maintain peace. Hiruzen was very clear about this point.

So, if the situation could no longer be stabilized, and the third ninja world war happens, then Leaf could only fight with all his strength, using war to speak!

At this thought.

A trace of cold light leaked out from Hiruzen's eyes.

After obtaining abundant resources in the second ninja world war, Hidden Leaf's core strength was stable and enormous. Although Konoha lost White Fang, Hiruzen's disciples Orochimaru and Jiraiya had already grown into powerful and independent ninjas, and there were also outstanding talents like Minato.

If a war were to break out, the enemy village should be afraid of Konoha's military might!