Shizune turned and left, heading into Central Street. From there, she could see that the fourth statue on the Hokage Rock had been finished. It was now covered with red cloth.
Everyone on the street was beaming, and Shizune was no exception.
"The Fourth Hokage's succession ceremony is happening in two days! I can hardly wait!"
Shizune hadn't even been around for the last Hokage succession ceremony, so this was a rare sight for her.
After all, Third Hokage Kumonaka Torikaze, who had governed Konoha for so many years, was finally stepping down from the Hokage Position and handing it over to his student, who was also his younger brother, Minato Namikaze.
The villagers had no objections to the choice of Fourth Hokage. After all, Minato Namikaze was unquestionably the strongest of the younger generation of ninja.
He had reached Kage Level at just seventeen, and his strength already surpassed that of some great clan leaders.
By the time he was twenty, aside from a few respected senior veterans, no one in Konoha could match him.
And he was still so young. So when Torifu proposed handing over the Hokage Position to him, almost none of the village elders opposed it.
Hashirama, Tobirama, and Mito were also fully in favor.
And so, the long reign of the Third Hokage came to an end, and a new era under the Fourth Hokage was about to begin.
The village was being decorated so lavishly to welcome this brand-new Konoha.
Shizune returned to the building and entered Anhua's office. "My lady, the decorations on the outlying streets are finished, and the quality is up to standard."
Anhua looked up at Shizune approvingly. "Well done. I imagine you had to argue your case pretty fiercely."
Anhua had always handled these tasks herself. With so