It's So Late...

So Late Already.

Hyuga Ayama slowly made her way toward the Hokage's Office, feeling somewhat nervous inside.

Even she did not know how long it had been since she had experienced such a strange feeling.

It was all Uchiha Kei's fault. Who the hell would have thought that someone who had once seemed so cold could now be this terrifying?

That guy was practically a pervert, wasn't he?

Hyuga Ayama had truly been frightened. Although her body did not seem to reject any of it, mentally, she still found it somewhat difficult to accept.

So she planned to avoid that guy for now and wait a while before dealing with it.

Yet what she had never expected was that, because the Medical Department needed to be rebuilt, she had indeed managed to avoid him for some time.

But when the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato, went to the Land of Hot Water to sign a treaty with the Fourth Raikage—and promoted Uchiha Kei to acting Hokage before leaving—Hyuga Ayama was completely dumbfounded.

Since her work had only just begun, many matters needed to be reported to the Hokage and personally signed off on by him. Otherwise, much of it could not proceed at all.

This was especially true when it came to funding. Without the Hokage's approval, she would have no money to do everything she wanted to do.

The Medical Department was not the Military Police Force. Uchiha Kei had not needed to go to the Third Hokage back then because the Military Police Force had never been held in much regard to begin with.

It had basically been handed over for them to play with however they liked.

Moreover, Uchiha Kei had not made any major moves at the time, so there had not been many places where money