At the very least, the delegations sent to the Hidden Leaf Village were all smart people. No one did anything foolish.
But not every delegation had come merely to offer congratulations. Some had arrived with missions.
Over the years, they had also heard about the Hidden Leaf Village's Demon Weapons.
They had tried making them within their own villages, but every attempt had failed.
Their mission was to gather as much information as possible on how Demon Weapons were made.
Of course, completing this mission was not mandatory.
After all, this was the succession of the Hidden Leaf Village's Fifth Hokage. Causing trouble at a time like this would be no different from slapping the Hidden Leaf Village in the face!
The Kage behind them had not expected them to accomplish the mission either. It had merely been mentioned in passing.
But what if? What if the Hidden Leaf Village had relaxed its security somewhat because of this important day, and they managed to complete the mission without incident...
Fine, even he did not believe that himself.
The leader of the Iwagakure delegation sighed. It seemed the mission could not be completed.
Fortunately, the Tsuchikage had not required them to complete it.
However, what he—or rather, all of them—had not expected was that his mission might still have a chance of succeeding.
The day after she received the Hokage robes from the Third Hokage, draped them over herself, finished her speech amid the cheers of the crowd below, and officially succeeded as the Fifth Hokage.
They had originally planned to return home that day, but just then, a ninja stopped them.
He said Hokage-sama wished to discuss something with them.
The Hokage? The Third... or...
Led by that ninja, he arrived at a room. Then the ninja left.
He found