By the following evening, the Ninja Alliance's force tasked with wiping out the remnants of the Akatsuki Organization in Kirigakure had assembled.
It was still made up primarily of elite shinobi, but this time there were no bombardment units. After all, the operation was taking place in Kirigakure. If the bombardment units were deployed, Kirigakure's history would come to an end.
The mission's overall commander this time was not Yu, but Kakashi Hatake.
Although Kakashi was still lacking in strength, his political and leadership abilities were gradually beginning to show, so Yu simply handed some responsibilities over to him.
After all, Kakashi must have had a certain degree of ability to become the Sixth Hokage in the original story. And there was no need to question his loyalty to Konoha. He was an excellent assistant.
Of course, Yu's favorite assistant was Shikamaru, but Shikamaru's strength was still too lackluster. He could barely be considered a Special Jonin, so Yu had no way to "make full use" of him.
Shikamaru, for his part, already felt quite satisfied with his current lot. He no longer wanted to deal with even more affairs, so whenever he had a bit of free time, he would take a mission and disappear for ten days or half a month. That way, he could lose a few points in Lord Hokage's estimation and gradually be pushed to the sidelines, making his leisurely life as a slacker possible.
But Yu understood Shikamaru's little scheme perfectly, so he directly appointed him head of Konoha's Secretariat and publicly announced it at a Konoha High Command meeting. He also brought Shikamaru into the Konoha High Command.
Plenty of people were jealous of this. Just how old was Shikamaru? And already he could join the Konoha High Command and take on such