On the day of the Chunin Exam finals, Minato would officially be announced as the Fourth Hokage before all the guests.
And Minato had already begun carrying out the Hokage's duties.
The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, gradually handed over the matters and authority in his hands to Minato.
Even amid his busy schedule, Minato had not forgotten his duty as a jonin instructor.
In a quiet little forest in Konoha, Tōka, Kakashi, and Shisui lay or sat on the ground in utter boredom.
"Kakashi, when will Lord Minato get here?"
The first to speak was not Tōka, but Shisui. After waiting idly for an hour, he could no longer sit still.
"Uh... Teacher Minato has been very busy lately." Kakashi was not sure either. The agreed time had long since passed.
Kakashi had no idea when Minato would arrive.
This Chunin Exam was not merely an exam. It concerned the interests of every nation, and Konoha had won on the battlefield.
The four great nations did not want to keep draining themselves and let others profit, which was why they held this Chunin Exam to divide the spoils.
Dignitaries from every nation would come to watch the final ranking matches. They could not tell which ninja was strong or weak; they only knew that the hidden village of the ninja who took first place could not be weak.
There were simply too many people coming to Konoha this time. Even Konoha's powerful Anbu were stretched thin.
Besides the Anbu, even Danzo's Root had been mobilized. Danzo still took external affairs seriously, especially when Konoha's interests as a whole were at stake.
And the Third Hokage, who had become idle after handing power over to Minato, had more energy to keep an eye on his old teammate.
"Kakashi, I heard that