"First Guy, and now Kakashi..."
Looking down upon Konoha, bathed in brilliant sunlight, and feeling the warmth unique to the sun, Silver Moon Black Robe stood high above as the letter in his hand slowly burned away, turning to ash and scattering on the wind.
He began to murmur to himself.
The contents of the letter were simple. It asked him to come over, saying that the sender was waiting for him at one of Konoha's terrain training grounds.
The sender was Kakashi.
In other words, after dealing with Might Guy's matter just now, Kakashi had sent him a message asking him to come over.
Moreover, the letter plainly stated that since he had time to help Guy, he definitely had time, so he was not to use being busy as an excuse.
In a sense, Kakashi was the only one left who truly understood him.
And Kakashi was right. At this point in time—or rather, throughout this entire month—he had plenty of free time.
Everything that needed arranging had already been arranged.
In fact, although the Third Hokage had handed over all of Konoha's institutions to him through verbal orders, written documents, and other means, and had vaguely begun withdrawing from the forefront and moving behind the scenes, ever since he returned and until the authority over every department had been transferred into his hands, aside from personally asking about, receiving, and handling the Fourth Kazekage's matter, the Third Hokage had left almost everything else entirely to him.
Moreover, every department in Konoha had been remarkably cooperative. No one had tried to give him a hard time or trip him up. Orders were carried out without question, and with astonishing efficiency.
The Third Hokage had probably been preparing for him all along.
Though over the past dozen years, he