"Lord Seventh, are you sure about this project?" Shikamaru Nara, part of the Konoha 12 and the current Advisor to the Hokage.

He was one of Naruto's closest friends after the Chunin exams. He was a lazy person like everyone in his clan but circumstances forced him to change. He lost his teacher and then he lost his father. He was forced to make a complete transformation and take active participation.

He was an intelligent person, the person with the highest IQ in the world beside Katasuke. He was a chill person with peaceful hobbies like Shogi and cloud watching or taking caring of deer's. He looked like he never cared for anything and was emotionless but Shikamaru truly cared for his friends and family. It was a drag to show emotions so he didn't try.

He was very perceptive and quick, which was the reason he became the advisor of the Hokage. With his father's he had become the leader of the Nara clan and had to deal with it. With the death of his Teacher, he went out of his way to take care of Kurenai and Mirai.

It was a day of celebration and freedom when his father and master had been revived by Naruto. The burden had lessened on his shoulders, and he could peacefully spend time with his family.

His son was like him but slightly more active and his talent was enormous. Shikadai was not just intellectually superior to others but his ninjutsu power was beyond anyone born in the Nara family. Beside Shikadai, there was his daughter Wendy. She was cute little kid that was very active and followed behind Shuten.

She inherited her mother's wind affinity to the highest level and was born with natural control.

Regardless of the talent, Shikamaru was proud of his children and never made them feel bad about anything. He loved them dearly. It was from his heart or the influence of Naruto, Shikamaru didn't care.

He was very much grateful to Naruto. The man had brought back his loved ones while putting his life on the line and even broken his expectations.

Just like everyone, Shikamaru had been disappointed by Naruto's decision about Sasuke and Toneri. Sasuke had almost destroyed what they had accomplished. He wished to kill everyone that could influence the world and control it with a steel fist. He was going to kill everyone with power and bring the world down.

Naruto had put the life of the world and his loved ones for Sasuke. It had been a naïve and short sighted decision. It was a decision that disqualified Naruto from being a leader.

If Sasuke had won because of Naruto's naiveté and care, the world would have fallen into disrepair and they would soon fall to the Otsutsuki without any resistance.

Fortunately, Naruto showed that he was willing to learn and change. Shika brought up his hope and decided to support him but he was once again disappointed when Toneri was forgiven.

The man was about to destroy the planet by crashing the moon into the earth and erase all life, so that he could recreate the planet and start a new generation with Hinata as his bride.

It was such a warped objective that anyone would have killed the lunatic but Naruto saved him. Shika was almost done with Naruto at that time. He cursed and abused Naruto with harsh words.

Was he going to forgive everyone with a tragic back story? Does their past justify their crimes?

But this time, Naruto actually had an argument to back his actions and it was not based on his emotions. It was an earth shattering event for Shika that he had to punch his face to wake up.

Naruto had actually used logic instead of emotions.

Toneri was mentally weak at the end and Naruto concluded that he was easy to manipulate into becoming a follower.

Toneri was just lonely and needed company.

Toneri could provide more information about the Otsutsuki Clan.

Toneri could contribute to the protection of the world.

Toneri had large amount of knowledge about different things that could be taught and help improve the Ninja world.

Naruto put these points forward and gave proof of their existence. Shika couldn't deny and none of the others could either. At this point, Naruto had already built a council of his own that had all the Konoha twelve along with Sai.

From that day, Shika knew that Naruto had changed for the better and he saw the leader in his actions. He was not just a bundle of charisma and baseless hope anymore, as he had the qualities to back up those traits.

Shikamaru and the others felt respect in their hearts for Naruto from that day and his future actions proved that he was becoming wiser and serious with time.

There were times they didn't see eye to eye as Naruto's goals were something that most people don't really care about. Naruto wanted total transformation in the world, the mindset of the people, and he had put forward laws to stop things that he had considered harmful to the unity of the people.

One of the laws that Shika and others had protested against was the penalty for adultery. None of the council members had taken it too seriously and this problem wasn't very uncommon either.

Many of the people they knew cheated on their significant other, slept around without a thought. They had never really given it much thought but Naruto had thought about it. He had observed it and decided that it needed to stop.

It brought disharmony in society. It led to children being discarded. It led to the destruction of families. It led to emotional and mental problems.

Naruto declared death penalty for anyone involved in adultery. He wanted this disgusting act gone. He considered the act of marriage a sacred thing and he disliked people that treated it so lightly. If you were willing to cheat then you never should have married.

The people involved would be publicly announced along with their actions and their consequences on people around them before they were executed for everyone to see.

It was an action that had caused people to take in a cold breath when they heard this law. Naruto gave them one month to adjust before he put the law into action and in that one month, many divorces took place.

People loved it. People hated it but everyone could see that Naruto was looking after their emotional and mental health. He was taking care of their problems.

To support this law, he had put together the marriage councilors that people could visit and be informed of their compatibility. It was to avoid people marrying on a whim as Naruto wanted a peaceful family life around him.

He felt pain from seeing the suffering of the children and the partners.

It reminded them why Naruto was different from them and deserving of being the leader of this world, his love for the people was immense.

Naruto's actions were truly inspiring and he would always ask for council. He would let them hear his plans and he would ask for ideas.

Only once everything had been agreed upon would they act. Naruto didn't act until he had made everyone in the council agree since even a single disagreement showed that they were not united.


Naruto looked up from his work, he was going through the reports on various sectors, and looked at his advisor.

Just like usual, Naruto's hair was in a formal style and he was wearing a white shirt with black pants. He was wearing a black tie with red patterns and suit vest while his coat was on his seat. It was his formal look when he was attending formal functions or when he was in office.

He considered it disrespectful to wear casual clothing while sitting in office so everyone around also wore such clothes.

He had a necklace hidden under the shirt and golden earrings on his ears while his blue eyes were being invaded by a golden color.

"Shika, I don't mind. I don't think people will disrespect us after experiencing it." Naruto gave a smile as he put down his pen and shook his head.

The project that Shikamaru was talking about was called Tower of Excellence. It was something made to improve the capability of the ninja.

It was tower made with the help of Naruto as it incorporated space and time manipulation along with reality manipulation, it also had technological aspects. The tower was huge and each floor was big as a city or more but it occupied less space than a village.

It required a lot of energy to produce and has a high expenditure, but fortunately there is enough energy for its running from nature itself and from people.

The tower has tests of various kinds in different environments on each level. The difficulty increases with each level and the monsters or fighters also grow in power.

The problem others had with this tower was the addition of all warriors throughout the ages. It was a marvel that came to shape with the help of the research types that managed to replicate everything about ancient warriors.

Naruto had commissioned the collection and search for remains of warriors so their DNA could be analyzed for this goal.

The problem with this project is that, it also has different stages of Naruto within the Tower. You can meet Kid Naruto on the first level and Teen Naruto on higher levels.

The council was afraid of how it will affect the mindset of people. People might take Naruto lightly after physically winning against a younger version. It is no secret that people of the new era are stronger than all previous generations but this Tower will make that a fact.

The council didn't care about their image but Naruto's image was too precious to jeopardize. Naruto was touched by their words but didn't agree with them.

He wanted to tell people how far they have come in such a short time. They will appreciate the efforts more when they truly experience the old.

They could finally compare the current him with the old him. It won't cause disrespect but build up more respect as everyone knows the values of hard work.

The younger versions would help the people learn new things so he wasn't going to act like he was unbeatable, like he was invincible from birth. That was not the image he wanted and it was alarming that people seem to walk towards that mindset over time.

The current version was too overwhelming that the past was being covered up. People were starting to doubt those facts as it just seemed so unbelievable.

"But, it will give those people another excuse to challenge you. Do we really need to let them roam free? I am worried that they might be planning something." Shika already knew that Naruto would answer in such a manner so he could only brush his beard that he had started keeping since he hit late twenties.

He really didn't like it. Taking out Naruto wouldn't have armed the system but putting Naruto would encourage challengers.

From the day Naruto took charge, he had made the world ranking for warriors. Naruto was at the top of the ranking and beneath him was Sasuke followed by Hinata and then Kaguya and Irene. The ranking covered the top 50 warriors in the world and encouraged people to work hard.

It also made them challenge others on the list. No one could challenge people more than five ranking above them, so everyone had to start from the lowest point. The lowest ranked warrior in the world was Mirai Sarutobi, Kurenai's daughter and Naruto's student.

She was a genius in illusions, flame control, wind control and physical combat. It had not taken her long to grow under the guidance of Shikamaru and get recommended to him.

She was the gate keeper for the ranking and had lost some times to dark horses that kept quite most of the time but appeared once the start of the new era.

They wanted to challenge him but they never even got into the top twenty as it was the list was filled by his wives, his friends, the Jinchuuriki and the other Kage.

Naruto allowed people to challenge him so there were people who wanted to defeat him and break this system.

Not everyone loved the peace and quiet that Naruto had brought. They were relics of the chaotic past and they refused to let go.

"They have yet to initiate any criminal activity. They know of our abilities, so nothing would start unless I am defeated…. Now, take a seat and relax. You are getting too worried about these things." Naruto stood up and patted his back while passing him a lollipop.

Shika had stopped smoking from the day Mirai had been born. He didn't want to bring any damage to the child.

Shika took the sweet and put it in his mouth while staring at Naruto with a pointed look. He could never understand how Naruto maintained absolute confidence. He had never seen his friend weak in any way since he started changing.

If he didn't have memories of the past, even he wouldn't believe the books about Naruto's past. The contrast was too much.

"We are already aware of their desire to cause some problem. Can't we put them into the re-education? It will save us some future troubles, just say the words."

"Shika, just because they have some plans doesn't mean we should punish them for it. I gave everyone the freedom of thought and freedom of speech on my coronation. We are already aware and they also know that. There plans can never take bloom in this system. Have some faith in what we have created and relax, I have not forgotten about them. I have been talking to them and even sending other people to talk to them. They will come around and if not, then they will end up where they belong."

"I really don't know how you cope with feeling and hearing wrong thoughts about yourself, and not acting."

"Patience and positivity, you should also remember that. It seems the stress of the project has gotten you acting weak." Naruto knew that Shika wasn't usually so negative about things, the burden of the project was also heavy on him as his expertise were also accounted for to plan many things inside.

Hearing his words, Shika tried to slip into the shadow realm but Naruto power overwhelmed him and he fell asleep.

It wasn't the first time Naruto had forced others to rest when he felt that they had been taxed to their limits.

"Mirai, send your uncle home." Naruto took his seat and uttered those words so that his assistant would take care of it.

"Hai" Mirai was always present to fulfill the Hokage's command and was part of the Hokage's protection squad.

It was not something he needed but Naruto was always looking at the complete future so they were for the future Hokage, not him.

With Shikamaru gone, Naruto looked out the window towards the academy where they were going to test out the Tower. He had handled Tento and come back after playing some games. It was nice to just relax sometimes.

'Where should we go this week?' Naruto thought about a trip to some other place for the week. The family always traveled to unique places but over the years they had toured too many places.

It was the perk of the strong.

"So, where would you like to go?" Naruto asked as his wife and secretary entered the room. She looked dazzling in that office attire.

He never got tired of looking at her and she just looked more beautiful every time.

Looking at his admiring gaze, Hinata was happy. She was happy that Naruto liked her appearance and appreciated her work. Just like how she dressed up for him, Naruto also looked handsome. He always looked good in her eyes even when he had no style but with care, his looks were enhanced a thousand folds.

With age he seemed to have grown better looking and his appearance was very different from Minato, who looked very soft no matter how much he trained.

Naruto looked like the older brother while Minato looked like the weak younger brother when they stood beside each other.

"How about visiting Irene's Kingdom? The kids haven't seen it yet." Hinata suggested, there were many options since they had covered different solar systems over the decade but it was important for the family to know about each other.

The kids had yet to visit Irene's place. It was very far and it was wild place.

"Hmm, not bad. I will talk to Irene and we will see…." Naruto muttered as he caught her hand and hugged her close. He breathed in her presence and kissed her nape.

"How was your mother?" Naruto asked as Hinata had excused herself to visit her parents.

"She was doing fine. Father was just making a scene again about Hanabi not becoming the clan head. Neji was out handling his duties so no one was there to stop him when he got drunk." Hinata giggled as she talked about her parent's antics.

At this age, her father had mellowed out and sometimes acted like a child. He had wised that one of his children would inherit but both turned it down.

Neji was also a good choice but he was not his son.

On the other hand her mother had been brought back by Naruto and looked younger than her father by a lot, but it didn't matter since Naruto had introduced the new system.

With more power, the ninja could live for longer. It was something that was developed with the help of Orochimaru and Tsunade. Chakra was made up spiritual and Physical energy so it should affect the life expectancy of someone along with their intelligence. Following such a thought process, many changes were made to the chakra training and its effect on people.

"Do you want me to talk to him?" Naruto smirked at the thought

"You will scare him again."

"But I am so harmless."

"Beloved, you can be bully sometimes."

"And you love it."

"Mmm, I can't deny it." Hinata replied and kissed him as Naruto sat down while she sat on his lap. If it was any other place, Naruto would have eaten her up but in the office he never went too far.

It was his personal rule to never play around that your mind is put away from work.

Indulging in carnal desire was something they did every morning, afternoon and night so the office needs to stay away from it.

For the time, they just talked and enjoyed each other's presence while waiting for his meeting with the research department.


A.N: I will just focus on one story at a time. So I will finish this before moving onto the others. I will also write the stories in a more serious manner, no half ass attempts like before.