A Whetstone Delivered to the Doorstep

Calling her secretary wasn't quite accurate. As Hokage, Tsunade had a massive team of assistants under her to help handle all sorts of affairs. Otherwise, if such a mountain of work were piled onto one person, even if Tsunade sat in her office working without sleep every day, she still wouldn't be able to finish it all.

Take Shikaku Nara, Shikamaru Nara's father. As the Hokage's advisor, he had a team under him as well, let alone the Hokage herself.

Shikaku Nara himself was also part of the Hokage's team, responsible for assisting with military matters.

Then there were Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado. These two advisors were more responsible for assisting the Hokage with the village's administrative affairs.

There were also large numbers of Chunin and Jonin helping the Hokage handle ninja-related matters in the village, such as issuing missions, distributing rewards, accepting missions, and so on...

Yinsen remembered that in the original story, Tsunade's disciple Shizune had always filled a role similar to a secretary. In truth, Shizune's job was to gather the work that had mostly been processed below and bring it to Tsunade. Matters with proposed solutions would be submitted for Tsunade's approval, while those without a decision but with options laid out would require Tsunade to make the final choice.

Most of the time, Tsunade only needed to keep stamping documents as Hokage, but with the entire Hidden Leaf Village's work flowing to her, it was still a terrifying workload.

"So I'm supposed to sit here and stamp documents with you?"

Shizune was responsible for communication between the Hokage and her assistant teams, while Yinsen had been assigned to help Tsunade handle miscellaneous office work—sorting, organizing, compiling statistics, and doing exhausting mechanical labor, mainly stamping documents.

"It's just that there's been a lot of work