But to everyone's surprise, for a long time after Nawaki inherited the position of Hokage, he made no major new moves. Everything in Konoha and the Land of Fire continued according to its original pace, with the reform of the ninja academy remaining the main focus. Although ninja schools were becoming increasingly widespread, literary ninja far outnumbered combat ninja, and this did not bring any qualitative change to the Land of Fire's strength.
Moreover, with the expansion of its territory, the Land of Fire once again increased its investment in reforms, so its economic growth actually slowed considerably compared to before the war.
Nawaki's conduct greatly relieved the higher-ups of every nation. Although the Land of Fire's upper ranks found it somewhat strange, they were not too disappointed. After all, the Land of Fire's strength was still continuously growing; only the pace had slowed. Quite a few among Konoha's upper ranks already knew about the clone plan. They believed Nawaki definitely had his own scheme, which gave them even greater confidence.
After Nawaki took office, the only thing that drew the Shinobi World's attention was a personnel change!
Not long after becoming Hokage, Nawaki resigned from his position as Anbu Minister and passed it on to his disciple, Kakashi!
This appointment was both unexpected and perfectly reasonable.
Konoha's Anbu was renowned throughout the Shinobi World. Everyone knew that Nawaki's ability to lead Konoha to victory after victory relied, to a great extent, on the Anbu's pervasive intelligence network, which allowed him to anticipate his enemies and devise flawless strategies. Furthermore, under Nawaki's vigorous development, the Anbu had become not only an intelligence department but also Konoha's most elite special forces unit. Its overall strength had completely surpassed Danzo's Root!
Thus, this department could be considered the most important force in