Fourth Hokage

Shizune turned and left, entering Central City. From here, she could see that the fourth statue on the Hokage Rock Faces had already been completed and was currently covered with red cloth.

Everyone on the streets was smiling, Shizune included.

"The Fourth Hokage's inauguration ceremony will be held in two days. This is so exciting!"

It seemed Shizune had not even been around for the previous Hokage inauguration ceremony. This was truly a rare sight.

After all, Torikaze, the Third Hokage who had governed Konoha for so many years, was finally stepping down from the position and handing it over to his disciple, who was also his younger brother, Minato Namikaze.

The villagers had no objections at all to the choice of the Fourth Hokage, because Minato Namikaze was undoubtedly the strongest ninja among the younger generation.

He had become Kage-level at the age of seventeen, and his strength had already surpassed that of the clan heads of several great families.

By the time he was twenty, aside from a few highly respected senior veterans, no one in Konoha was his match.

And he was still so young, so when Torikaze proposed handing the Hokage position over to him, almost none of the village Elders objected.

Hashirama, Tobirama Senju, Mito, and the others strongly supported it as well.

Thus, the long reign of the Third Hokage came to an end, and an entirely new era under the Fourth Hokage was about to begin.

In preparation for this brand-new Konoha, the village had decorated itself so grandly.

Shizune returned to the tower and entered An'hua's office. "My lady, the decorations along the outer streets have also been completed, and the quality meets the standards."

An'hua looked up at Shizune with praise in her eyes. "Well done. I imagine you had quite