Gate: Invasion

Sunday, 12th February 20XX.

Hokage Office - Central Konoha

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"The viewers ..." The formal-dressed women's reporter pointed to a crowd of people behind her, "As you can see, this is the biggest demonstration in the third Hokage government, Sarutobi Hiruzen. This is the fifth demonstration that began two weeks after the attack of foreign troops from behind the gates. "

"The masses are demanding that the government send troops behind the gates to search for the mastermind behind a bloody incident that killed more than a hundred civilians and dozens of security officers."

The reporter walked toward the crowd, patting one of the demonstrators, "How do you think the government's response to the bloody incident last month?" He asked, pointing the microphone toward the fat man in front of him.

"The government acts like a coward." He said facing the camera.

"Your reason?"

"Well, the government did not take the terrorists seriously, the government seems to be unable to catch the mastermind behind the incident." The facial features of the resource suddenly softened, a little emotional, a tear was visible, "My brother, my sister and my mother were killed in the incident, and now my father is in a state of desperation for losing them." He tried to hold back his tears, "Search them! Kill the bastards who have killed my family and other citizens. " He shouted, raising his hand, followed by cries of approval from other demonstrators.

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Gate: Invasion

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Hiruzen massaged the base of his nose to watch the live broadcast on television. His old eye tracked his approved proposal of sending a shinobi alliance to a special area beyond the gate. He knew that the emergence of the mysterious gate was not a coincidence, it must have been a great maneuver involving other countries and did not rule out the people in Konoha's own government.

Hiruzen sighed exhaustedly, placing the file on his desk, "Looks like I'm too old to hold this position." He complained, "What do you think, Minato? You want to replace me now?"

Namikaze Minato just shook his head slowly, "Looks like no Hokage-sama, you still seem healthy to continue to lead this country, besides you who have succeeded in making Konoha become the most respected country in the shinobi world over the last 30 years."

Hiruzen laughed heartily at the stern statement of his confidant, "Then how? You've got your wife's permission on this assignment I gave you this time?"

Minato nodded, "Well, although I have to persuade her in a super-powerful way, like going home at least once a week." He looked at Hiruzen, "You've got it done, is not it Hokage-sama? Otherwise Kushina will kill me later." Minato shuddered at the thought of the wrath of his beautiful wife, like her hair flying into 9 red branches.

"Relax, Minato. You can come back here once a week, I will not let my believer disappear from this world because of the anger of a wife." He replied casually, "And I also want to thank you for your son's hard work, and if there is no help from Naruto-kun there, maybe the victim will fall even more."

Minato scratched his head, smiling awkwardly, "I also did not expect Naruto there, because he asked me permission to go with Sasuke after he came home from training to make a contract with the Kyuubi, so I thought he would go away."

"By the way, Naruto, did he manage to control the Kyuubi's power?" Hiruzen asked.

Minato holds his chin, trying to remember, "He said not being able to use the Kyuubi's power for too long may be only about five minutes."

"Well, I can understand that controlling the chakra of Kyuubi is very difficult, I think five minutes is great. Now ..." Hiruzen stood up, staring intently at Minato, "Namikaze Minato, with my wielded Hokage and your experience is ripe in the third major shinobi war, so starting today I show you as commander in an expedition mission to a special area. Lead this army wisely. " Hiruzen said with a firm tone.

"Yes!"

"And also prioritize negotiations with other parties to solve the problem: Use military force if the situation is bad, are you ready?" Hiruzen asked once more.

"Ready!"

The face of the third Hokage turned shady. Patted Minato's shoulder and walked out onto the Hokage office balcony. Today he will be giving a press conference about sending a shinobi alliance to the Konoha public. Hopefully with this, Konoha can calm down after the bloody incident that swallowed the many victims.

"I'm leaving. Minato, get ready for your job." He said before disappearing behind the door.

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Hiruzen looked at tens of thousands of people gathered in front of the Hokage office. With jostling, they carry banners and posters demanding the government arrest and punish the perpetrators of the attacks. Walking slowly, he approached the prepared microphone, took a breath and spoke.

"My dear Konoha citizens, I understand your sadness about the heartbreaking incident of last month, for those who lost their families I am sorry for myself, I apologize for this incident." Hiruzen bowed his head for a moment, "The government are not just silent for a month, we are working hard to find the best solutions so as not to cause more harm to all of us."

"We do not know what's behind the gate, and what's in there, everything is not known. In the bloody incident, we have captured many of the attackers, and now they are nothing more than a criminal who breaks the law. Remembered the d.e.s.i.r.e of the citizens to uphold the law, therefore we have decided that the area behind the gate is the territory belonging to the shinobi alliance that has been established, with Konoha being the leader of the alliance. "

"And to find out what is in there, we will send troops there to negotiate, we have also decided to explore behind the gate. The purpose of this expedition is to capture the mastermind of the Uchiha prefectural incident, and request compensation f.o.r.c.i.b.l.y. With this, the Konoha government in collaboration with Sunagakure, Mizugakure, Kumogakure and Iwagakure send combined forces from each country with a total force of fifty thousand troops with details of fifteen thousand shinobi soldiers and thirty five thousand non-shinobi army troops to exploring behind the gate. That is all the announcements. Hopefully with this, we can again build Konoha and the world for the better future. "

Cheers and applause are heard from protesters who have been waiting for government policy to respond to incidents last month. Until Hiruzen disappeared from the eye, the entire demonstrators shouted, "Long live the third Hokage! Long live Konoha! Long live the shinobi alliance."

Meanwhile, no one knows that someone is grinning looking at the news on television, he grabs a wine in his glass, wiggles it slightly to bubbly, "The plan runs successfully." He said, then laughed satisfiedly.