[He raises an eyebrow at her response -- it's certainly less of a fight that he'd expected, given that announcing it in the middle of a battlefield left very little time for more detailed explanation of his motives or any answer to it.]

I'm not trying to continue what being Hokage has been about before now. I'm trying to build something new.

[But the tensions seems lessened, somehow, enough that his mouth twitches very slightly when she brings up Naruto, giving an appropriately dismissive snort. It's true that claiming the same goal is perhaps a direct challenge to Naruto's dreams and what he stands for, but he has fought against less worthy opponents before, even if he's unlikely to ever admit that out loud.

And Sakura would have as solid a claim as either of them. Or rather, for more than he might, and as the Godaime's apprentice and without the stigma of a tailed beast.]

I've never paid attention to the odds when it comes to my goals. I'll take you on.