The Original Plot of the Heavenly Kingdom (Seeking Subscription)

"Acting Hokage, Lord Kakashi, that's the situation."

In the central region of the Land of Waves, Uchiha Kei and Kakashi, led by a Konoha Ninja, toured the newly established village in the Land of Waves.

Uchiha Kei was indeed leading the Hokage's affairs, but perhaps he had grown too accustomed to slacking off.

After thoroughly tempting Kakashi, the two of them each left behind a Shadow Clone and ran off.

His Shadow Clones were different from ordinary Shadow Clones. These were Shadow Clones formed entirely from Yin-Yang Release.

Let alone lasting for a month—even a year would not be a problem.

Namikaze Minato could actually have left behind a Shadow Clone to handle things as well, but his sense of responsibility would not allow him to do that.

Uchiha Kei was different. It was not that he lacked a sense of responsibility; he simply had never considered himself a Hokage.

After leaving some Yin-Yang Release power within Kakashi's Shadow Clone as well, the two set off without hesitation.

What Uchiha Kei could not understand, however, was that Namikaze Minato seemed to have spread word of his status as Acting Hokage everywhere.

Perhaps it was what the people wanted. Perhaps many took it as a signal.

Though an Acting Hokage was not a true Hokage, once someone bore that title, unless they died or committed some unforgivable mistake—

when the true Hokage stepped down or died, the Acting Hokage could rightfully become the true Hokage.

Nearly everyone knew just how great Uchiha Kei's reputation was within Konoha.

Thus, treating this as a signal had become only natural. As the news spread, almost the entire Konoha establishment had reached a consensus.

That was, Uchiha Kei had practically been designated as the Fifth Hokage. Everyone also knew that this man occasionally did some