Hokage's Office.
The Third Hokage was reading some of Crimson Crown's internal reports, and the more he read, the more of a headache they gave him.
Ever since Crimson Crown was founded, the Third Hokage had psychologically adopted a policy of restricting the organization led by Kushina. In practice, however, he felt that he had been rather permissive toward Kushina's actions.
The Third Hokage felt that Konoha's development had gradually drifted off course. Much of the time, he felt somewhat powerless, but there was nothing he could do about it. After all, the current Hokage was not forty anymore—he was about to turn sixty.
Age...
What was interesting was that, to this day, every successor the Third Hokage had painstakingly trained had turned out crooked. Those he had not painstakingly trained had turned out crooked as well. It was not that there were no successors who had not gone astray, but that one had died.
So what was Konoha supposed to do in the future?
It was not only the Hokage himself who found things difficult. Others thought the Hokage was difficult to deal with as well. Konoha's conservative forces thought the Third Hokage was not conservative enough, while Konoha's progressive forces thought he was not progressive enough. Being moderate was not a bad thing for a ruler, but the problem was that as he aged, the Third Hokage was gradually weakening. The "Shinobi God" was no longer godly enough.
Of course, judging solely by combat strength, the Third Hokage was still a formidable fighter. In the original course of events, even during the Konoha Crush Plan, the Third Hokage was not incapable of fighting. The problem was that by now, many people felt that the Hokage had lost his strength... This was a problem caused by the drastic change