Hokage Administration Building!
Dressed in a red and white Godly Garment Robe and wearing a Hokage's conical hat, Hiruzen Sarutobi held a tobacco pipe and continuously produced secondhand smoke inside his office.
Sitting across from him were an old man and an old woman of about the same age.
These two were none other than Hiruzen Sarutobi's classmates from back in the day, Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado.
In their youth, the strength of both was also standard Kage-level, yet because they spent long years stationed safely in the rear, their combat experience was not extensive, and they were merely all-show Kage-level figures; furthermore, as age caught up with them, their strength had basically slipped down to the level of jonin.
Although their strength dropped significantly, their power and status in Konoha grew ever higher, and today the two of them were completely second only to one person, with ten thousand people above them in Konoha.
"Setsuna's movements are getting bigger and bigger," Homura Mitokado said with a solemn expression.
Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others naturally kept in view the Uchiha Clan's actions over this period, but because of the combat power Wang Ming displayed on the Night of the Uchiha Clan Downfall, it forced them to choose forbearance.
As Wang Ming's actions grew grander, Homura Mitokado and the others ran over to hold closed-door consultations with Hiruzen Sarutobi.
"Setsuna! He completely doesn't place you in his eyes, and the various branch offices he set up within his Military Police Force are simply meant to replicate a second Konoha system to contend with you on equal footing," Koharu Utatane said in a grave tone.
"Indeed! Hiruzen, you can't continue to indulge Setsuna," Homura Mitokado chimed in.
Hiruzen Sarutobi's gaze was calm and his expression solemn; he took a deep drag