Kabuto walked in with his already signature purple outfit and sighed before pulling out a wooden kunai and placing it on Soutarou's clone and knocking it on the head saying, "Soutarou… how many times have I said you can't just think without keeping up your awareness-"
To which Soutarou replied his hidden body dropping down and pressing a wooden kunai at Kabuto's neck saying, "I think that goes both ways brother."
Kabuto's eyes widened as the Soutarou sitting and pondering suddenly turned into a cloud of white smoke.
Kabuto then revealed a sinister smile and also turned into a cloud of smoke as another wooden kunai pressed against Soutarou's neck and he said, "Again I show you why I'm the elder siblin-"
Soutarou then again turned into a puff of smoke as another of himself dropped down behind Kabuto with a wooden kunai saying, "And again I show you why I'm the head of the family."
Kabuto's smile faltered before he started chuckling and saying, "Fine you got me… what is that now? 21-22? I'm still in the lead, you know."
Soutarou pulled the kunai away before retorting, "Last I checked it was 23-22!"
Kabuto deadpanned before saying, "Those first two times didn't count since we didn't have the rules set up and you set traps beforehand for advantage."
Soutarou waved his hand dismissively and pointed at Kabuto and said, "You played along those times so it was implied, on the battlefield no one is making up rules, it's kill or be killed so obviously I'm the winner."
Kabuto grunted before saying, "Nono-onee-san's almost here why don't we ask her who won-?"
Before two actual metal kunai found themselves at both of their necks and a feminine voice rang out, "How about I say I won."
Soutarou didn't even react and said, "A jonin playing around with children? If it makes you happy you win Nono-nee-chan, I'll be the bigger person."
Kabuto who was about to apologize to Nono and say something else paused before then nodding along and slickly adding on, "I feel the same way Nono-onee-san we'll be the bigger people and begrudgingly allow you to win."
Nono deadpanned at the two shameless brats shaking her head and putting her kunai away saying, "Whatever…"
Nono then paused before asking, "What's the occasion for you to tell us to not go to the hospital for once and also force me to sleep over? Your birthday's a month away, mine and Kabuto's are even further so what gives Souta-chan?"
Nono put her hands on her hips and gave that mischievous older sister energy that seemed radiate, 'you know you love me,' that made Soutarou's eyebrow twitch.
'I gave these two too much confidence and rubbed off Soutarou energy all over them, look at them now… two polite and quiet people turned into mini-mes. How horrifying this is… So this is the talk-no-jutsu?'
'I understand now why Hiruzen and Naruto were so terrifying… how did she become like this, she used to be such an innocent girl… what a pity…Don't even get me started on Kabuto he used to be such a hardworking, chore doing child, now he just throws things at me, teases me, and tries to prank me every ten minutes.'
'Well at least I don't have to worry about these two going off the rails and destroying the world now… Though I suppose if I die then they might… these two got really attached really quickly… turns out when you never had someone to talk to or you're introverted as these two are, you end up being overly polite…'
'So what happens if an ADHD brained idiot with the emotional intelligence of a squirrel- Wait look there's actually a squirrel in the backyard- sorry as I was saying…'
'By breaking past that boundary I made these two open up and Kabuto and I had a really good venting session and then Nono did too and so now I know I can trust these two not only because I know everything about them now… but, because I've noticed…'
'They're becoming emotionally dependent on me… Like Nono went on a mission and it looked like all the color left her like her life was boring, then within five minutes of being with me she's jumping around like a monkey…'
'Well I guess my tactics worked… though it's a bit different than I imagined… As for Kabuto… this guy has entirely become Itachi… Like if the Senju Clan still existed and the only way for me to live was to wipe out the entire clan… he'd do it without hesitation… This bastard even does the two finger forehead tap when we're playing around!'
'The only saving grace is I'm not as weak as young Sasuke was and me and Kabuto are equal in strength though this guy would probably poison me and knock me out before I knew something happened… Medical Jonin level, that's the insanity this bastard has already reached… I'm sure Danzo had a stroke on realizing what talent he missed out on… thankfully Kabuto's fully in the Hokage line now so unless Danzo wants to take Kabuto out of Hiruzen's hands for an extreme price it's a lost cause for him..'
Soutarou's eyes glanced up at the clock before he said, "Nono-nee I wouldn't have called you back unless I thought it was important… Something is wrong today… I can feel it… my instincts have been screaming all day… So I called the two of you back just in case something happened-"
The moment Soutarou began to say those words a massive amount of chakra flared across Konoha in a horrifyingly aggressive manner. The chakra bore a pressure that no human could possibly possess and Soutarou's expression darkened as he said, "You see? I knew something was going wrong today. Ten's my damn unlucky number. Nono-nee, Kabuto, remember code black let's go! We're heading straight for the evacuation-"
Nono's eyes stared off towards the outskirts of the village as she said, "No. Soutarou, its my duty as a Jonin to-"
Soutarou roared at her, "NO! You're coming with us! I can't lose you too Nono-nee… I can't… You're just a medical ninja. So just remember Lady Tsunade's words. Come on Nono-nee we have to go. Well? What are you waiting for?"
'Man my acting's got good… I'm even starting to get fooled… though it's finally time to add the finishing touch and send her down her full descent into becoming a Soutarou Minion… You might have been the Wandering Miko once… but I'm a brainrotted, ADHD brained, futureknowing, lovable shota, handsome, marvelous, humble, genius who can manipulate people through pure stupidity. I call it the Naruto strategy. Well lets see how good I get her.''
Soutarou glanced at Kabuto and the two drew actual kunai and shifted into combat ready stances with Soutarou's expression showing his determination to not let Nono go.
Nono's expression glazed over for a moment, before she listlessly nodded and said, "Fine… I agree… However, as we go to the evacuation center we must take as many villagers with us as possible."
'Glazed eyes check. Weird expression check. Reluctant yes check. Wait a damn minute… nevermind we don't have time to fool around today… because in about 3 hours Konoha's political scene is going to change once again.'
Soutarou sighed before nodding reluctantly and instantly forming a clone hand sign as a shadow clone shot off of him taking the key that was once around his neck with it too. The clone then ensured the storage closet was locked and then dispelled itself before Soutarou injected chakra on the back of his neck, summoning the key back to him. The trio then headed out of the house and were greeted by the distant sight of orange-red tinged tails flickering about.
Soutarou gulped for a moment before shaking himself out of his stupor and saying, "Let's go if that's what I think it is sitting around here could get us killed, Lord Danzo, Lord Orochimaru, Lord Fourth and Lord Third are the only ones who can deal with this situation anyone else is just going to end up dead!"
With Soutarou's urging the trio jumped onto the roofs and began moving rapidly towards the base of the Hokage mountain, with Nono stopping every few moments to order chunin to begin the evacuation protocol. Before the three reached the base of the mountain Nono took out a flare gun and immediately fired off a blaring red streak into the sky. As the three reached the base of the mountain, they were met with the sight of ANBU ushering in as many as they could along with dozens of chunin scattered about on guard. With a glaring absence of Jonin as almost all Jonin had immediately headed to the outskirts of Konoha. A few stared at Nono, but most recognized her as one of the deputy medical division directors. As they entered Nono was immediately called over to a corner where injured Shinobi were being treated. Nono glanced at Kabuto and Soutarou and said, "You two are now on assistant duty. Soutarou I know you've never been in a hospital setting and we've only practiced at home, but you'll be triaging, documenting, and treating minor wounds. Can you do that for me?"
Soutarou nodded seriously before the trio quickly got into action, washing their hands, sterilizing themselves and switching into scrubs, though none of them fit Kabuto or Soutarou properly they simply ignored it and rushed over to help. The medical ninja scattered about all lit up with relief as they saw Nono and Kabuto, they were a bit confused about Soutarou, but considering who brought him over they all decidedly didn't question it.
Soutarou was then handed a guidebook that he began flipping and skimming through as quickly as he could, before gritting his teeth and thinking, 'Dammit I'm back to my college shadowing days and of course they made me a scribe, it's like I'm back at my old damn job, I hated that place so much… I swore I'd never enter a hospital setting again without being a doctor, but here I am returning as a fucking scribe… Shit Nono you're going to pay for this! These bastards still owe me eighty million ryo dammit! I'm always getting scammed.'
Gritting his teeth Soutarou began the triaging injuries rapidly taking a clipboard and pen and scribbling down as fast as he could, documenting everything while also taking as little time as he could writing in medical lingo that he remembered from his past life praying that the medical staff here could understand it. He began triaging the injuries into critical & immediate care, urgent & delayed after stabilization, minor & walking wounded, and last those too far gone to save. Line after line, shout after shout and organizing as best as he could he guided senior medical ninjas to the most severe of cases and guided trainees toward stabilizing cases. He even stabilized several himself, all the while guiding those with minor injuries toward the civilian medical staff in order to save as much of the senior medical ninja's chakra as possible. What he didn't realize is everyone began following his lead as he thinking in his more advanced and efficient world's system did something most medical ninja had never seen, Soutarou disregarded rank, and status and instead focused on saving lives, he also did something else no one had ever seen, he correctly labeled and determined which cases were far beyond saving and prevented anyone from wasting chakra on them. His impressive and unknowing leadership and organization saved many more lives that everyone looked at him with a new found respect, while a few were also saddened by the realization that their loved ones wouldn't make it.
'Why is everyone looking at me like that, even these medical jonin are deferring to my judgement, not to mention Nono and Kabuto who look like they've seen a ghost-'
A voice shouted, "HOW CAN YOU DECIDE WHO TO SAVE AND WHO NOT TO? YOU HAVE TO HELP MY FRIEND-"
Soutarou cut him off coldly, "Right now Konoha is in its greatest crisis, at that moment I understand your feelings, your anger, your wish to save your friend, but right now I have a duty not only to you, but to everyone here. That's to save as many lives as possible. And unfortunately not every life can be saved, so rather than wasting chakra on cases that are well beyond our abilities to save, its more important to focus on those we can, so we don't lose people just because a medical ninja doesn't have adequate chakra. So please, Sir, sit down and calm down, if we allow everyone based on rank and status to simply override the rules, then what's the point in those rules? So I'm sorry, but your friend has a crushed chest, collapsed lungs, severe internal damage, and nine tailed chakra corrosion. The fact that he's still alive is beyond impressive, but it's also meaninglessly extending his suffering. No one here is Tsunade Senju that's far beyond the capabilities of the current medical shinobi. I apologize, he won't make it. So please, sir, allow us to focus on saving as many lives as we can, someone else's friend who can be saved might not make it either."
Soutarou bowed and showed an empathetic face before shouting, "What are you all standing around for! Move people move! We've got lives to save-"
Soutarou pointed and ordered people around in as organized and clinical fashion as possible, personally diagnosing as many as he could and making judgments based on the guidebook Nono handed him and his knowledge of the Naruto world's anatomy and physiology.
Just as Soutarou and the medical ninja were finally able to take a breather, Soutarou began handing out soldier pills to every available medical ninja, medical trained ninja, or ninja with medical knowledge. Soutaoru went as far as ordering ANBU who were on guard to come over and use their knowledge of Human bodies, diagnoses, and poisons to help treat others. Soutarou was even bold enough to take slightly injured Elite Jonin who had been recovered from the Nine Tail's battlefield and put them to work after feeding them solder pills under the guise of, "Well their battlefield experienced jonin and they all know basic medical knowledge we can use them."
At this point everyone was moving as one machine under Soutarou's leadership, Soutarou attempting to abandon as few cases as possible and him doing something else no one had ever thought about, he isolated a camp and ordered Shinobi to mask up around those infected with nine tails chakra, only allowing those with a certain level of chakra to work on them. Personnel after personnel. Person after person. By the time the moon had risen high into the sky and Minato himself had redirected a tailed beast bomb and taken the nine tails away, dozens of high ranking shinobi began pouring in. And Soutarou repeated the same actions confusing many, but causing truly intelligent people to realize the efficiency of Soutarou's methods as well as the pragmatics of it. Though they were saddened by the fact that certain cases had to be given up, there was no doubt that without Soutarou's efforts at least a few hundred would have died. Then at some point an old man in a black plated armor and similar helmet and a staff at his side was triaged to which Soutarou checked him and said, "This one's fine. Bandage him and make him help the others. His chakra quantity means that one of all people should know medical ninjutsu and we need more hands on deck."
Someone tried to say something, but no one dared with how forceful Soutarou had been so far, afterall even a clan leader had been made to help heal injured Shinobi. What's so surprising about the former Hokage doing the same?
As an unfortunate medical chunin repeated the diagnosis to the armored man, the man simply nodded.
The man's lips pursed and he smiled as an image overlapped in his mind and the man thought,