Tobirama Senju sat at his desk processing documents in silence, his brows tightly furrowed.
"Why are there so many trivial matters among Naruto's work?" Tobirama Senju asked.
In his hand was an application for a D-rank mission request.
Although he had also had endless work to deal with during his time as Hokage, work of this level would never have appeared on his desk.
"This was a habit formed during the Third Hokage's tenure. Teacher Hiruzen started the precedent of the Hokage personally handling every matter," Tsunade said mockingly.
It could not be called wrong, but it was not as noble and righteous as Hiruzen Sarutobi claimed.
More likely, he had included all these trivial matters within the Hokage's duties in order to strengthen his control over the village.
"That monkey actually had that much energy?" Tobirama Senju asked curiously.
Handling these trivial matters was not difficult, but it was extremely troublesome.
Even when he had served as Hokage, he had been considered quite diligent, yet he would never deal with work that looked headache-inducing at a glance.
Those were the duties of the Hokage's assistants and advisers!
They were allowed to participate in the Hokage's work, but they would not be given decision-making authority over major matters.
That was Tobirama Senju's chosen method.
"How could he have had that much energy? He merely sampled a few documents each time, but publicly, all of this became proof of his diligence," Tsunade sneered.
"Deceitful nonsense!" Tobirama Senju angrily slammed the document in his hand onto the desk.
"But during the Third Hokage's time in office, his reputation really was very good," Kakashi said.
He was not without grievances toward the Third Hokage, but neither did he intend to deny the man's merits.
As long as Kitahara Kaede did not state his