Torikaze had been keeping an eye on these matters as well. When Amado brought it up this time, Torikaze was able to share his thoughts immediately because he had considered it before.
He simply had not acted directly at the time because he wanted to observe Xinyu's abilities a little longer.
After several months of observation, he found that Xinyu's abilities had continued to improve by leaps and bounds. Shizune, meanwhile, had been unable to take on any major missions or accumulate much experience, so she had remained stagnant.
"We really should reassign Shizune. If this continues, it'll be extremely detrimental to the child's future development. I'll speak to Heng about it later and have her become his assistant. We can find another suitable one as well."
"Two assistants should be a considerable help to him."
Amado thought for a moment. "But where will the second assistant come from? Konoha doesn't seem to have anyone suitable left, does it?"
There truly were too few outstanding people. Many places needed them, but there simply was not enough manpower.
"If there aren't enough, then cultivate them. Take it slowly. Things will improve eventually."
Konoha had an abundant supply of ninjas, and the children of the heads of the major clans had been born one after another.
This was another batch of exceptionally talented ninjas, each with the potential to reach Kage-level.
However, there were far fewer talents in other fields, such as culture and education.
Workers at the Hokage Tower were especially scarce, so every position there was considered a secure lifelong job.
Over time, with so few replacements available, complacency could easily take root.
Yet the only way to address that was to train people in large numbers and select from them, something Konoha was not currently in a position to