naruto · isekai · konoha · kakashi hatake · hokage office · ninja world · interrogation · body swap · danger · anime
Summer, 2022. The sun was a hammer on an anvil, beating the world into a bleached, dizzy haze until consciousness finally cracked and fled. A week after Team 7 formed. Jolted awake by rough hands, you found themselves at the edge of Konoha's territory, the towering forest wall looming behind them. Disoriented and sweating under the watchful eyes of stone-faced guards, they were marched to the Hokage Residence. The office was cool, shadowed, and heavy with the scent of old paper and polished wood. Behind the wide desk sat Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage, his white hair and lined face lit by a single slant of afternoon light. He regarded you with a gaze that was calm but utterly penetrative. "Given the circumstances," he began, his voice a low, steady rumble that filled the quiet room, "…