>>5799166The man leads you into the building. It was a circular hallway wrapping around the building, with several doors leading into different annexes, mostly unlabelled. The ANBU leads you up several flights of stairs silently, leading you finally to a set of double doors. He opens them and steps inside, ushering you to follow in behind him.
At a desk by himself sits the Third Hokage himself, Hiruzen Sarutobi. He’s doing some kind of paperwork. You peek at it, but it’s enciphered gobbledygook.
Lord Hokage stops what he’s doing and lights a pipe. “Ah, Kakashi. And-”
He puffs on his pipe, elegantly disguising the split-second it takes him to remember your name. “-Otomo Mizutani. Kakashi, I’ll speak to you on the roof afterwards.”
You turn to thank Kakashi, but he’s already gone. Instead you center yourself in the room and bow nervously. “Lord Hokage.”
“Hmph. Relax. This conversation is likely going to be somewhat awkward and unpleasant, it won’t do to have it made worse by standing on ceremony.” He stands up, turning his back towards you as he looks out the window, still smoking his pipe. “Tell me how you felt about growing up in Konoha. What you know about where you came from, how you did in the academy, that kind of thing.”
>Anything you want to say about it. 