The early morning sun fell across the streets of Konoha, where crowds were only just beginning to appear.
But in the top-floor office of the Hokage Building, the Third Hokage was already seated inside, sorting through his paperwork.
Sarutobi Hiruzen was a diligent man. From the moment he took over the Hokage Position in Konoha, he had always been that way.
Though he had been tense and cautious at first, now he fully enjoyed the process of ruling Konoha.
Still, he felt somewhat helpless and troubled these days, because the recent battles had not been going well.
Though Konoha had performed fairly well on every front, it was ultimately fighting three enemies at once.
If not for Sunagakure being dealt with quickly, and the other great villages each harboring their own motives rather than acting as one, Konoha would have been fighting four enemies at once—and would probably have collapsed by now!
"Hopefully, things will turn out a little better this year."
Sarutobi Hiruzen murmured to himself, then looked over the report in his hands.
It was now Year 47 of Konoha, and the war engulfing the entire Shinobi World had been raging for seven years.
Sarutobi Hiruzen himself didn't know whether Konoha could withstand the fighting if it went on like this.
Bang—
As Sarutobi Hiruzen read the documents and pondered, someone suddenly threw open the door to the Hokage's office.
He couldn't help frowning at this, but when he saw who had entered, his displeased expression softened a little.
"Danzo, I hope you can explain what you mean by this."
That's right, it was Danzo. The Anbu guarding the office probably wouldn't dare stop anyone else who barged in like that.
After all, Danzo wasn't just the Third Hokage's fellow student and senior brother. He was also one