Ibiki eyed the boy and considered the possibility of having him doing this during some prisoner investigations. It was unsettling and creepy, both of which were useful things to be able to produce in such circumstances. "What did you do?"
"Look," said Naruto, pressing a large button on a device. A bowl slid into place, there was a splash and ratcheting noise, and spigots discharged a set amount of ingredients.
"A truly instant ramen dispenser," chortled Naruto. "No waiting."
"Ah," said Ibiki. "I need to know where your various projects are for the report."
"All I'm saying," said Kiba, spreading his hands wide, "is that they should put signs up. How are you supposed to know things like that otherwise?"
"What is that?" asked Hinata.
"What's a 'sign'?" asked Kiba.
"No, that," indicated Hinata, this time pointing.
"Just some metal post," said Kiba.
Akamaru sniffed the post and then barked.
"Really?" asked Kiba, walking over to inspect the odd post just inside the gate. "Huh, looks like..."
"Something you don't need to concern yourself with," said one of the gate guards, finally deciding that the genin team was drawing too much attention to the device.
"What is it anyway?" asked Kiba.
"Need-to-know basis, and you don't," said the same gate guard.
Ibiki made his trip to the Hokage Tower in a meandering path. Partly because he needed some fresh air regularly. Partly because he liked to keep an eye on things. Mostly though - it was because he could then mentally go over acquired information and sort things out.
Once there, he waited patiently for the Hokage to finish overseeing the handing out of missions to genin teams.
The report about various "guests" at T&I was quick and concise. The missing-nin who'd prowled around the edges of Konohagakure had been fleeing a hunter-nin from Kiri and had hoped that proximity to Konoha would shake off that pursuit. No threat from that one, it was just someone who'd snapped from a few too many "assassinate civilian target" missions and tried to escape their job. Admittedly these were rare among ninja, but not unheard of - particularly among those of Kiri.
The farmer with the unusual chakra had turned out to be an actual farmer whose farm was near the edge of their own country, but who'd apparently had a ninja ancestor. Other than an affinity for earth techniques, there wasn't much to find there.
The little girl who'd tried to sneak into their village turned out to be a little girl who'd run away from home to be a ninja, but who actually didn't have the least bit of training or talent in that regard.
Oh, and it turned out that a rather unpleasant fellow was rumored to be in the country.
Which led to Ibiki giving the report on Naruto Uzumaki.
"We've eight of the 'sentry towers' ready and deployed," said Ibiki. "Those are the posts paired at the major entries to the village. The companion beasts are coming along, with another one finished every three days or so. Those ANBU who have already gotten one have reported very high satisfaction with theirs."
"That's good," said the Hokage. "Now, there's another matter to consider."
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