"What did Minato think?"
"Minato was very confident in Kazuya."
"Mm, all right. I'll arrange for someone to handle the paperwork right away."
Knowing that Hyuga Kazuya's teacher, Minato Namikaze, had no objections, Hiruzen Sarutobi naturally stopped hesitating and began arranging the procedures for Hyuga Kazuya's promotion to Chunin.
With arrangements coming directly from the Hokage, Hyuga Kazuya naturally did not need to take the so-called Chunin Exams.
As Hiruzen Sarutobi continued writing Hyuga Kazuya's promotion proposal, Jiraiya casually asked as if it had just occurred to him.
"How serious is the village's shortage of medical ninja?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi glanced up at Jiraiya. Without needing to think, he knew what Jiraiya meant.
When it came to the emotional matters between his disciples, it truly was difficult for him, as their teacher, to interfere.
"Jiraiya, you need to understand that the village has many matters to deal with, and many places require funding and resources."
"There are always priorities, but you must believe that the village will keep moving in a better direction!"
Jiraiya nodded, not knowing what else he should say.
He had never been a particularly decisive person, nor had he been interested in the village's messy internal affairs. Now that he had heard Hiruzen Sarutobi's response, he naturally would not keep pestering him.
"Fine, fine. That's enough about this."
He waved a hand, motioning for Jiraiya to come closer.
"Take this to the archives and have them update the records. From now on, Hyuga Kazuya can accept missions below S-rank."
"Mm!"
After taking the Scroll, Jiraiya left the Hokage office to update Hyuga Kazuya's records.
"Sigh!"
How could Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Hokage, not know about the issue Jiraiya had raised regarding medical ninja? But when all was said and done, the problem still came down to money, resources,