Of course, if those who did not know Soji merely found it somewhat unbelievable, then those who knew him but did not know his identity had long since widened their eyes and gaped in shock.
"I-I'm not seeing things, am I? That's Soji? That kid from the Hyuga Clan?"
As Mitokado Homura spoke, he nearly tore off his own beard.
Only when he felt the pain did he become certain that he was not dreaming!
"Maybe we're all dreaming, still trapped within the Infinite Tsukuyomi."
Utatane Koharu's reaction was not much different from Mitokado Homura's.
She, too, found it difficult to believe what she was seeing.
"It seems we all underestimated that little fellow Soji. We thought he was merely low-key in his daily life, but now it seems he took being low-key a little too far! Minato said Soji had gone off to carry out a secret mission. When there had been no news of him for so long, we thought something might have happened to him. But how could anything have happened to him? He's clearly doing better than ever! Even the pressure Madara Uchiha gave us after becoming the Ten-Tails' Jinchuriki was nowhere near as overwhelming as the pressure Soji is giving us now!"
A wry smile appeared on the Third Hokage's aged face.
The Third Hokage both loved and hated Soji.
He loved Soji's low-key nature, his competence, his lack of ambition for power, and his strength!
Yet at the same time, Soji clearly had both ability and power, but he was absurdly lazy!
He held the title of Minister of Education, yet threw every task down to his subordinates.
And what about himself?
Every day, he arrived at work later than anyone else—sometimes he simply skipped work altogether—then left earlier than anyone else. At noon,