World's Ambition

With a pile of important documents in his hand, Kakashi led the Hokage guards to the door of Makoto's study.

Makoto was a staunch supporter of the eight-hour workday, and he detested overtime in all situations... although he worked overtime every day.

Normally, Kakashi would try not to disturb Godaime's rare daily routine - after all, the guy who liked to hold grudges was literally daring to send him pseudo-women.

But the information he had just received made Kakashi not care that much.

Led by Kakashi, the group arrived outside the study. But before they could enter, they heard the sound of Makoto playing a game with his own group of friends and family.

Kakashi made a gesture that made everyone stop outside the door.

"If I win today, you'll come back with me! If you win today, I... I'll do whatever you want!"

"Good! But I am not going to lose! Pakura, come!"

After a chaotic sound of game fighting, the winner was decided.

Boom!

"Hahahahaha, Pakura, you lost!"

"Makoto you bastard, go live with your game for the rest of your life!"

Pakura angrily kicked open the door of Makoto's study and walked out from inside.

During that time, she also coldly glanced at the Hokage guards.

All the members of the escort guards looked at their eyes and noses, pretending that they were blind and deaf, seeing nothing and hearing nothing - the Godaime Hokage is known for being scum and ghostly, but in some ways, he is... unbelievably pure-hearted.

It is almost like a sunny and cheerful big boy.

But this can be bitter for them, this group of people who are small... can only say, fortunately, Temari-san does not know anything. At this point then, she should already be sleeping...

For some reason, obviously not that type of woman, but Pakura was very persistent in wanting to have something with the Godaime Hokage, and even went so far as to backstab Temari.

The crowd didn't know what was going on in there, and didn't dare ask, so they could only pretend it was a mural.

"This idiot..."

Pakura muttered, and eventually went back to the second floor and went to sleep with Temari.

But the movement in the study didn't just disappear.

"Big dummy! It's our turn now!"

"Yo, if it isn't my defeated opponent, Kazehana Koyuki? What, after losing once, haven't you realized the gap between us? You have to know your shame, know your shame!"

"Slightly, stupid Godaime Hokage, I'm now an emotionless vessel! The Great Demon King Duduk will defeat you!"

"Then - victory or defeat!"

About ten seconds later, the equally furious Princess of the Land of Snow, Kazehana Koyuki, walked out of the study with a reluctant heart, pulled by her best friend, the Princess of the Land of Fire.

"Hoo hoo... Daddy said he's a hero, but he's clearly a fool who only likes to bully little girls... Woo wah, big dummy!"

"Alright, Koyuki, let's go back... We've been bothering Suo-san for a long time..."

The power of the Land of Fire was naturally not comparable to the Land of Snow. However, the Land of Fire's little princess was too weak, and although the two princesses had become good friends, they were always dominated by Kazehana Koyuki.

"Wah..."

Kazehana Koyuki wailed sadly and was eventually dragged away by the Land of Fire's princess.

The little princess was a very sensitive person, seeing the Hokage guards outside, she was still embarrassed and bowed to them repeatedly.

In the end, she was a princess, and the men hastened to return the bow.

It wasn't until the two princesses left that the guards couldn't help but mutter.

Uchiha Shisui: ''Is this falling in love? It's really scary... This is still Temari-san's complete ignorance... It's just too scary, I don't want to fall in love..."

Gai: "Yeah, yeah, youth doesn't have to be about falling in love and getting married, there are more things worth pursuing..."

Kakashi rolled his eyes to the sky and silently bemoaned his fate - these two guys were equally valued by Hokage and would definitely be elders in the future. But they could run, just they couldn't get away.

Now Makoto forcibly wanted to set up him and Hanare, he didn't even know what to do it... If you set it up, just set it up, why do you have to directly tell him that Hanare is a spy...

Kakashi, who was so distressed in his mind, finally walked into the study with his escort.

At this time, Makoto's game time was nearing the end, and the one who played against him was little Naruto.

One large and one small sat on low stone benches facing the television.

Around the two people were various miscellaneous items.

Bananas from the Land of Grass, watermelons from the Land of Rice, colas from the Land of Tea, military matches from the Land of Birds, folding fans from the Land of Seas, and mineral water from the Land of Rivers... The stone bench they were sitting on looked plain and ordinary, but it actually came from the Land of Stone, and it was carefully crafted by a great artisan.

But at this moment, no one cared about that.

Naruto's little face had a slight nervousness, while Makoto's face was overflowing with the emotion of having won his girlfriend in a fight, and being immensely happy even if he was thrown out to squeeze into a nest with the dogs.

What was shown on the television was clearly one of the latest fighting cassettes.

"Naruto, since you were born, your godfather has never given you anything. All I ever did was betray you and force you into battle, and it was my fault. -

"So now Godfather will make amends for you. -

"It is not difficult for me to create a powerful S2 mechanism for you now, but without years of training and facing opponents with unlimited power, a new S2 mechanism may not be able to withstand unlimited power. -

"So Naruto, Godfather will now return what he took from you back then. -

"Come on, win or lose!"

Everyone's emotions were relatively stable in response to Makoto's babbling.

After all, he had been like this since he was a child.

Everyone didn't care what Makoto said, everyone's attention was all focused on the battle that was going to open up next - they had made a deal that if Makoto lost, he would have to agree to one of their conditions.

And vice versa for the girls.

The previous girls had lost, so naturally the others had pinned their hopes on Naruto.

-Fighting games with ninjas? And the strongest ninja currently in the clear?

There was no way anyone would be able to play Makoto if he drove a descender.

His maneuvers would be more precise than TAS. But if it's Naruto...

With everyone's expectations on his shoulders, Naruto felt like he couldn't lose.

...The words were so, but Kakashi could see that Makoto's mind was not on the game at all. So much so that he clearly possessed the power to crown the world, but when it came to playing the game, he was temporarily suppressed by Naruto.

Of course, the despicable and shameless Godaime Hokage would not lose.

Seeing that the blood of the villain on Makoto's side had already bottomed out, Makoto quietly probed his hand under Naruto's short stool and then suddenly drew it.

Caught off guard, Naruto directly sat on his butt on the ground. Makoto, on the other hand, took advantage of this opportunity and began a frantic combo output.

By the time Naruto rose from the ground again, the blood level of the character he was controlling had completely bottomed out.

KO!

With an icy and merciless pronouncement, Naruto completely lost the match.

"Hahahahahahaha."

Makoto stood up with incomparable fanaticism.

"Naruto, your purity is just too low! -

"Too much of a disappointment to me! It's not nearly enough class! -

"Go back to practicing for a few more years!"

Naruto froze for a few seconds, then ran off with tears streaming down his face.

"Why are you always bullying Naruto."

Minatsuki rolled her eyes towards Makoto before picking up Haku, who didn't want to leave, and walking out of the room.

Nono covered her mouth and laughed softly, and without saying anything, she got up and left.

But as she brushed past Kakashi, she looked at one of the black cat hairs on Kakashi's white shirt and asked in a very urged voice.

"Kakashi, you have a cat?"

"Nope... It was raised by Hanare-san."

"Ara ara, is the relationship progressing that fast? She's all jacked up on her cat for you?"

"No, it wasn't like that. It's just that the kitten thought that I might be bullied by other cats outside. So it licked me a few times and left a scent on my body, ready to use it to tell the other cats that I have a cat owner."

Nono was more or less taut, but didn't say anything more, but left with a bad smile.

With just a few brief glances, the former female intelligence agent noticed something very interesting.

For a woman of her age, it was very much like to facilitate the marriages of her juniors, after all, Kakashi's experience was really something... he badly needed a gentle and strong woman to continuously give him support and strength behind him... Unfortunately, this was the time for the men to The moment to talk about business.

Besides, there would be plenty of opportunities in the future.

The women quickly dispersed.

It was only at this point that Kakashi then handed the documents over to Makoto.

"Hokage-sama, there's no need to go this far, right?"

Although beating up little kids was indeed fun, inexplicably, Kakashi suddenly felt some pity for Naruto... After all, with such a crummy person as his godfather, he would have to suffer in the future...

"As much as it's a shame, telling children that there is only light in this world is a foolish thing to do. -

"Cold-blooded villains like us must tell them one thing - there is no Ultraman Tiga in this world. -

T/N: Ultraman Tiga is a Japanese tokusatsu TV drama and the twelfth show in the Ultra Series (thanks again, Wikipedia)

"Even if there is... a more powerful Ultraman, he can't defeat the Great Demon King at work. -

"I don't want Naruto to become Menma, but he has to know about Menma at the very least."

It started again.

Makoto's inexplicable and somewhat reasonable talk time.

Kakashi just ignored it and went straight to the point.

"Hokage-sama, Kumo's side made a move!"

Hearing this, Makoto finally took it a bit more seriously.

"Where did the information come from?"

The information was in Makoto's hands, and Anbu had sent similar information, in fact, Makoto had already known what was in it, but Makoto still wanted it to be spoken by Kakashi.

"It's a member of a club on the border of the Land of Fire."

"Is it reliable?"

"Have worked together many times."

"...So it's like that."

Makoto hated dynamic civic organizations because their very existence represented a power vacuum in the Land of Fire.

The reason why they appear is because of the existence of precious things, and now is not the time to settle accounts with these treasures.

He hasn't unified the Ninja world yet.

But it was undeniable that as of now, these things were somewhat useful...

With Makoto's unsolicited help, Yugito seized the opportunity to start the production and development of the new consoles within Kumo.

Of course, this was a big project, and it would take a few more months to really complete the assembly line type of large-scale preparation, no matter what.

Right now, Kumo's production was still relatively low.

But Yugito, who was more or less on fire by the internal and external problems, didn't care about that, she was ready to make as much as she could anyway.

Now Kumo, desperately need a financial road, to ease the various conflicts.

But was repeatedly hit by Yugito now also very resourceful, she did not therefore open the village, but most of the work, handed over to the Land of Lightning's socially viable groups, Kumo is only responsible for the source of supply.

The yakuza over there didn't have much to object to.

After all, their ultimate demand was to make money, and as long as they could make money, they could accept anything.

As long as the profit margin was sufficient, so what if they made pearl milk tea?

The society had a vibrant group nausea to nausea, and still had its own way of surviving. They quickly contacted the socially energized groups on the Land of Fire's side, and both sides reached a tacit agreement to get rich together.

Submarines, high-altitude drop-offs, ninja one-man cutouts, and all sorts of messy, thought-of or unthought-of ways... it was true that it was a bit outrageous to sell consoles the way they sold flour, but as long as they could make money...

There was nothing inherently wrong with Yugito's idea, and even if something went wrong, she could cut it quick and not give Makoto a chance to make an issue out of it.

-She also knew that this matter couldn't be hidden from Makoto forever, after all, Land of Fire was Konoha's territory. Her current thinking was about making a little bit of profit, which was better than doing nothing anyway.

What she hadn't realized, though, was that Uneri Inataka had been his man from the start. This part of the money, it could almost be said that he gave it to her for nothing.

And... she had clearly underestimated the Land of Fire's yakuza's obedience to Konoha...

The yakuza were after money and feared violence, and Konoha had both.

The nobles are more or less concerned about the powerful merchants and even the unruly people, it's their cattle and sheep after all. Really put the leek pout broken root, they will also be very troubled.

And the extreme way this kind of slime... Konoha kill how much they do not matter.

So Yugito's side had just finalized the smuggling route, and this side Makoto knew about it.

Kakashi: "Should we act now?"

"No, there's no need to rush, we can wait a little longer." Makoto crossed his fingers and put on a pair of flat glasses for himself, "Let them sell it for a while longer first, wait for that Yugito guy to bring up the scale, that way it will hurt more. -

"A loss of a few hundred thousand ryos is really nothing for a big ninja village like Kumo."

"Moreover, to complete the Great Atari Shock, it will also take a little time..."

The Great Atari Shock, a classic event in the Blue Star gaming circle.

For the North American gaming community at the time, it was almost a devastating blow.

Its whole process, simply put, is the game giant Atari out of their own judgment, the implementation of quantity over quality business strategy.

Capital is well.

They don't play games themselves anyway.

In a short period of time, it released a large number of low-quality games, causing a collective resentment among players, and eventually sales collapsed, not to mention its own end, but also brought about the collapse of a small half of the game industry.

Yugito is now more or less a snake in the grass, and after being tossed around by Makoto a few times, she definitely doesn't intend to go down the fine-tuning route.

The big cat doesn't play games herself, she only cares about making money. Without Makoto's futuristic vision to mass-produce good games, she would definitely end up choosing the same strategy as Atari.

-Maybe this guy is still thinking of making a last wave of money and selling all the production lines to the resentful people before the overall market collapses.

However...

A lot of gamers play sbeam, but they're not really sb, and even those tycoons who can buy consoles in this day and age really don't lack the money to do so, and wouldn't want to be the grouch.

T/N: 'sbeam' is another word in China for 'Steam', 'sb' is an acronym for a slang in China, the meaning is 'idiot'

This is not going to be a long-term business of the big cat's reputation and sales together to finish, is a matter of necessity.

And what Makoto had to do was to make Cat lose the most money at the highest point by utilizing all the means within Uneri Inataka...

The Hokage Guardsd didn't actually understand what Atari was, but after Makoto explained it roughly, they still understood.

They all sighed while lamenting that Makoto truly wasn't a human being, but they also said that they understood and would act strictly according to Hokage's orders.

"Now that you know, then go and do it... What about arriving at the results in these few months."

Makoto said so and took out the brocade pouches that had been prepared long ago and distributed them to the various escort members.

The members of the Hokage Guards have received orders and went.

Kakashi naturally had his own pouch, but Kakashi did not go.

"Kakashi, what's wrong? What else is going on?"

"Hokage-sama, a few months is... isn't it too long..."

"Not too long, well at least it's modern industry, a few months as a cycle, almost."

In modern industry, it is quite normal to just build a factory for a year and a half - when Korea went to India's place, it took more than ten years to complete the land acquisition.

It was also the case that the technology of consoles in this era was relatively limited, otherwise it wouldn't have been possible to go so fast.

"But didn't we promise His Excellency the Foreign Minister that we would do it in the shortest possible time..."

"About this, I use India's time. Immediately it will be one hour, immediately it will be three hours, and soon it will be a week... He told us two weeks, then we can give it to him within two years - of course, You can give him something you already know first to appease him a little."

Makoto casually said brazen words.

Until...

"But your judgment just now was not like a Hokage, but rather like a businessman."

"Does it matter? Running Konoha well is supposed to be part of Hokage's job."

"But when you said that, you were in the living room and wearing a suit, not a Hokage robe."

Both the Hokage Robe and the suit were just clothing, and it really didn't matter when they were in private. But... Kakashi still noticed - now that he thought about it, it seemed like Makoto had specifically told him not to take off his suit...

These were ordinary words, but now that Kakashi thought about it, it was as if they were some kind of reminder.

This time, Makoto really smiled.

"Well... it was faster than I thought, when did you notice it?"

"This..." Kakashi scratched his head, "I can't say when... is simply the feeling that it's a bit strange for you to say this in the living room..."

Ninjas have always preferred to act covertly.

Even if the ones who could be invited to the Hokage mansion were definitely hardcore own people, there was no need to worry about leaks. But it was also a strange thing to directly talk about the future plans.

At the very least, in Kakashi's mind, Makoto shouldn't be such an indiscreet person - unless he wasn't going to do it from the start.

"Actually, I wasn't lying, I did think so. But that was me as a businessman... but as Hokage, I wasn't actually prepared to do that. -

"Some people only have money and women in their eyes, so we'll give them money and women. Some people want loyalty, filial piety, honesty and shame, then we'll give them loyalty, filial piety, honesty and shame. -

"We don't have to tell the truth to everyone, for many, they only need to know the surface purpose - after all, they're not Minato, and they can't understand a lot of things, and it's rather troublesome to tell the truth about all of them. -

"But as a Hokage, I'm going to tell you this - it's actually a Monty Hall problem."

T/N: the 'Monty Hall problem' is a brain teaser, in the form of a probability puzzle, loosely based on the American television game show Let's Make a Deal and named after its original host, Monty Hall

Kakashi didn't understand, but he knew Makoto would explain it to him, so he maintained his silence.

Makoto took out three cards, covered them one by one, and placed them in front of Kakashi.

"To make it easier for you to understand, let me make a hypothetical - right now you're a game contestant, and there are three closed doors in front of you, one of them has a car behind it, and you can win that car by selecting the one with a car behind it, and the other two doors have a goat hidden behind each of them. -

"When you have selected a door but have not bothered to open it, the host opens one of the two remaining doors to reveal one of the goats. -

"The facilitator will subsequently ask you if you want to switch to the other still closed door... -

"As a normal person, you would certainly try to choose the option with the greatest benefit for yourself. And as a Kage, the same is true. -

"Now, I'm going to ask you a question - does switching to another door increase the chances of a contestant winning the car?"

It was a question that Kakashi had to face, as well as Yugito.

The game console was just a lead-in, the crux of it was rather the choice.

Kakashi pondered for a long time.

He thought of the answer.

The answer was that it would.

The odds of winning the car without changing the door are 1/3. the odds of winning the car with changing the door are 2/3.

Although the answer to this question is not logically contradictory, it is very counter-intuitive.

So, Kakashi asked a question as well.

"You don't want to be the overlord of the ninja world... or the pillar of the martial arts family?"

In the era of samurai, only the pillars of the martial family could assume the highest honor, the Great General.

"Yes, I want to become the man of the world."

In fact, since last year, after Makoto's sword of a thousand miles, many people had begun to speculate about what Makoto's next strategy would be.

The Konoha under his rule far surpassed other ninja villages, and even surpassed any moment of Konoha in the past.

Konoha was strong, and he himself was even stronger.

So, would he still enter into a partnership with the Land of Fire like the Shodaime Hokage, only seeking a semi-independent status?

Does he have something else in mind?

The Nobles were worried, and the commoners were actually curious.

But this was a question that could not be asked.

Whoever asked it would die.

Until now... everyone in the world!

Makoto completely spilled out his ambitions.

But... this is also very good, isn't it?

Before, he didn't dare.

But now, it doesn't matter.

Because Six-Path is invincible.

By now, Kakashi fully understood everything.

"Yes, Hokage-sama!"