Ninja Village Missions Plummet! Someone's Taking Their Work!

Soon it was time to say goodbye to Shizuka, and Shinki interjected, "By the way, does that bespectacled guy often send puppets to fight you?"

Shizuka nodded blankly. "Ever since I left the village, he's been pestering me, and we've fought almost a hundred times..."

Shinki nodded. "I see. Every time he fights you, he leaves a little Chakra inside you. Once this Chakra accumulates to a certain amount, you will become his puppet..."

As he spoke, Shinki gently patted Shizuka's shoulder, dispelling her Chakra.

Shizuka looked enlightened and kept thanking him.

Shinki laughed and said, "May we meet again someday, like mountains and rivers stretching endlessly. ╭︎( ˙º˙)╯︎"

After the Shinki left, Shizuka gazed in the direction Shinki had disappeared, unwilling to look away for a long time.

The attendant chuckled, "What a fine man..."

Shizuka: "Looking forward to seeing him again. (´つヮ⊂︎)"

After this brief interlude, Shinki and Naruto continued their search for the Game Console producer, finally finding their target in a large city in the Land of Fire.

Subsequently, Shinki fulfilled all of the other party's demands, bought out the patent, and incidentally brought that person under its wing for development...

Two days later, having had their fill of fun, Shinki and Naruto returned to Konoha.

Upon returning to the Hokage's Office, Shinki saw his Shadow Clone, who was utterly worn down by life.

Shadow Clone Shinki: "The Ninja Alliance is holding a meeting, there are multiple disappearances, and a love letter from a girl... (*꒦ິ⌓꒦ີ)"

"These past two days have been incredibly chaotic, I haven't even had time to rest. You're finally back... T_T" the Shadow Clone said weakly, sporting panda eyes.

As soon as he finished speaking, he vanished with a "whoosh!"

At the same time, all the memories of the Shadow Clone few days flooded into the mind of the main body of the Shinki!

Shinki:ㅍ_ㅍ

"Even though I haven't done anything, I just feel incredibly tired."

"I must step down as soon as possible; Hokage is no human job...(´⌒`｡)"

After Shinki finished muttering to himself, the door to the Hokage's Office opened again, Shikamaru, whom we hadn't seen in a long time, walked in carrying a stack of documents...

"The Hokage is a position that many people would spend their entire lives trying to get, you're really lucky, Shinki," Shikamaru said half-jokingly.

Looking exhausted, Shinki replied, "Would you like this blessing? (´;;`)"

Shikamaru quickly declined, "No, thank you. The work in the Records Room is already troublesome enough. Σ( ° △ °|||)"

After the Fourth Shinobi World War, Shinki became the Sixth Hokage, and his Ninja also entered the core of the village.

Shikamaru works in the Konoha Records Room.

In truth, Shinki was still grateful to Shikamaru. This guy had always hated trouble since he was a child, yet he was willing to enter the busy Records Room to help him and Naruto...

"Thank you so much for the past six months. If it weren't for your help in the Records Room, I would have been even more exhausted," Shinki said earnestly.

Shikamaru curled his lip, feigning nonchalance, and said, "Why the sudden seriousness? I'm just doing this for the village. (^ワ^)"

"Luckily, you're the Hokage now, so everything is easy for me. It'll really be tiring when Naruto takes over..."

Shinki: "Haha, Naruto's been working incredibly hard these past six months. At this rate, I'll be able to hand over the reins to him within six months! ◝︎(⁰▿︎⁰)◜︎"

Shikamaru: "..."

"By the way, did you know that the number of missions the Ninja Alliance has been taking on has decreased dramatically in the last two days?"

Shinki nodded. "This has been going on for more than just a day or two. Over the past six months, the number of missions received by each Ninja Village has been gradually decreasing... After all, we've entered Era of Peace."

"This peace is hard-won..." Shikamaru sighed.

As the two were talking, a communications hawk flew in through the window...

Shinki reached out and grabbed the eagle's leg, took the letter, and complained, "They've already figured out telephones, why are they still using eagles for communication?"

Shikamaru chuckled, "It was probably sent by that old Ōnoki, Onoki. He's resistant to new things."

Afterwards, Shinki unfolded the letter, glanced at it, and then frowned.

Standing nearby, Shikamaru asked curiously, "What's wrong? What trouble could possibly make the wise and mighty Sixth Hokage frown? (•̀⌄•́)"

Shinki: "The Tsuchikage sent a message saying he's found the reason for the recent sharp decrease in the Ninja Alliance missions... Take a look for yourself."

After saying that, Shinki handed the letter in his hand to Shikamaru next to him.

After reading it, Shikamaru frowned as well. "The Land of Silence, the Tanzaku Village... People are giving all their requests to this newly established village..."

"The Land of Silence is just an obscure little country, how come it now has the power to compete with the Five Great Shinobi Villages for commissions...?"

Shinki: "Send people to investigate! If their competition was fair, that's fine, but I don't want to find out they used any underhanded tactics..."

"Robbing Ninja Village requests is like robbing money; cutting off someone's livelihood is like killing their parents! (ꐦ ಠ 皿ಠ)"

Soon, Shinki dispatched a group of Anbu, led by Sai, to the Land of Silence.

Before leaving, Sai vowed, "I will not fail the Hokage's trust!"

Shinki: "Go quickly and come back quickly."

Three days later.

Having just finished approving the documents, Shinki sat alone in the Hokage's Office, lost in thought.

"Three days have passed, and there's still no news from Sai. That's strange... He can easily send messages using his Super Beast Imitating Drawing..."

Naruto: "Relax, Sai is strong now too."

Shinki clearly had no concept of the 'strong' Naruto was talking about. "Sai... is he even considered strong? ◝₍ᴑ̑ДO͝₎◞"

"He likes to draw; he's clearly an artist."

Naruto: "..."

"Sasuke hasn't come back either, aren't you worried?"

"That guy obtained the Six Paths Yin Power and possesses the Rinnegan. Looking at the current Shinobi World, his strength is top-tier. Why worry about him? ┐(´-`)┌"

Shinki shrugged in response, but after a while, he still felt uneasy. "No, so many Anbu have been sent out, and not a single message has come back. It's too strange. I have to go and check it out! (ㅎ‸ㅎ)"

Naruto: "Okay! I'll go with you! ୧⍢⃝୨"

Shinki stopped Naruto: "No need! You stay in the village and study hard! Don't even think about sneaking out to play!"

Naruto: "I'm afraid you won't be able to handle this alone..."

Shinki: "The sooner you become Hokage, the greater the help you will be to me!"

Half an hour later, in the Land of Silence, outside the Tanzaku Village.

Shinki was lying in a bush, observing the Ninjas coming and going from the Tanzaku Village.

"Judging from the Chakra Breath, there are Ninjas from various Ninja Villages in the Tanzaku Village, and quite a few of them..."

"Are they sent by other Ninja Villages to gather information...? But there are way too many of them!"

Just as Shinki was racking his brains trying to figure it out, he saw a missing-nin!

"Missing-nin from Iwagakure, with a bounty of Bounty Station, he's also from the Tanzaku Village... (≖╻≖;)"

After receiving this information, Shinki roughly guessed the composition of this Ninja Village.

They were homeless Wandering Ninjas and missing-nin from various Ninja Villages!