After hearing that, Ran looked as though he understood. This was extremely useful to him. Land of Whirlpools documents generally began with greetings, followed by pleasantries, and only then got to the point.
Since he was always lavishly praised in those documents, Ran had assumed other villages were the same.
So only his own country was like that...
He was too embarrassed to say it aloud, or he would probably be laughed at terribly.
"I've learned a lot, I've learned a lot. As expected of Konoha—I learned something the moment I arrived."
"As long as it helps you."
"The last item on the document is to clearly fill in the applicant's name. If they have a clan, write the clan name along with it. If not, just write their own name."
Ran nodded repeatedly. He already understood the most basic process, but he still needed to keep learning from the secretary when it came to deciding whether an application should be approved.
After all, he did not understand Konoha's situation very well. If he acted rashly, he might cause trouble.
If he accidentally approved an application that should not have been approved, that would be disastrous.
These applications were generally for funding. While the sums were usually not particularly large, they still ranged from a hundred thousand to several hundred thousand.
But Ran was not from Konoha, so it would not be good if he made a mistake and released the funds.
"Actually, there's not that much to it. I'm just a little secretary—do you think I can manage Konoha's major affairs? Of course not. Yet Lord Hokage still has me handle these matters."
"When dealing with these trivial official matters, you mainly rely on intuition. If it looks wrong at first glance, then it is absolutely wrong. If it