Tell me to get ready...
That should include training Itachi, bringing Hirohiko into the Engineering Corps, and handling everything concerning Hirohiko.
Then, tell me I didn't need to come again...
That meant entrusting everything related to the expansion plan to me.
Tch! So I'd truly gained authority over the expansion plan? According to Minato Namikaze, I could even freely assign personnel?
After bidding farewell to the two guards, Chiba left the Hokage Building. The sun had already set, and the sky had been replaced by a deep blue twilight. The commercial district was nearly deserted. Recent demolitions had torn down almost every shop here to make way for new buildings, but because people still had daily needs, Konoha allowed merchants to continue operating here as street stalls for a while.
So the commercial district was still the commercial district.
It was just that once the Ninja Engineering Corps finished its preliminary preparations, stalls would no longer be permitted here. Of course, after all construction was complete, this would become a commercial district twice as large as before.
At this hour, because they were only running stalls, no one stayed open very late. Generally, once the sun set, the stalls of all sizes would pack up on their own.
This place had become a commercial district because of those shops. Now that the shops were closed, no one had any reason to remain here.
And it was already dinner time—or rather, the time after dinner. With the expansion underway, ordinary residents had little interest in taking walks. After eating, they mostly visited neighbors if they had nothing to do, or spent time with their families.
As Chiba walked along, he did not encounter anyone.
Hirohiko...
Better not go there now.
I'll just pick him up tomorrow.
*But I need to find