Chapter 72.1- One Thousand Hands

I watched her as she completed the examination, in the end, she did not need to change anything in the report apart from some notes about the scar tissue in his legs. Then she passed the report over to me. I nodded, knowingly owing what I ha to do. The new Clan Council meeting was scheduled to take place in two days. I’d have Uraume do the rounds with this and then bring it up during the meeting. Kagame seemed willing to witness it in person, so that would make things even better. She could tell the Council in person how bad things were and even while they’d still be able to tell my true intentions, it would be much harder for them to deny me with her there and saying how bad things were to their faces.

With this, I’d become Hokage without any fanfare.

“You mentioned that you helped my Granduncle with his jutsu. What did you specifically work on together?” I asked as we walked away, trying to make some small talk.

“Just a tiny jutsu known as Edo Tensei. He needed help recalling the soul’s information. Considering most of that is just Yin chakra, he turned to the foremost expert in Yin chakra he knew” She said with a smirk.

“You” I completed.

“Precisely.” And then there was silence. At least a few seconds of it before I asked the question on my mind.

“So why the whole hermit thing? Today, you could read and write perfectly, your chakra seems strong as could be, and you didn’t fudge a single thing when using that diagnostic jutsu on Hiruzen. Considering you’re yet to officially retire, why exactly do you spend your days here” I waved my hand towards the Nara district we were approaching.

“You entertained me today, boy. You think everyday at the hospital is as entertaining as this one? It’s all gets monotone at a while. People whining about losing limbs, losing family members, spouses. I got sick of hearing it so I closed the door on that. At least here I don’t have to deal with any whining. Everyone knows not to bother Old Hag Kagame” She said. If I wasn’t mistaken, there was some bitterness in her tone.

“I doubt the Nara are the kind to do much bothering in the first place” I said with a chuckle.

“Indeed . Too much Yin in this lot. Not enough Yang to make them good gossipers” She said.