The Hokage Is About to Change

Half a month later, inside a private ward at Konoha Medical Hospital.

Guy, Obito, and Ebisu were crammed onto a single hospital bed, playing cards.

Nearby were Rin, Genma, and Anko, who had come along for the fun.

Further to the side was Kakashi, still wrapped in bandages and looking utterly dead inside.

He leaned against the wall, watching this bunch of people who had "taken over the nest" in his hospital room.

The veins on his forehead throbbed.

"Hey, hey, hey! You guys are going too far! That's my hospital bed!"

Kakashi finally could not hold it in anymore, his voice full of helplessness and irritation.

"And Obito! What's that sticky stuff you smeared all over my bedsheet?!"

He pointed at a stain on his pristine white sheet that looked suspiciously like food scraps.

He had originally been recovering perfectly well in the hospital.

But ever since Guy started coming by every day to "visit" him...

Things had taken a sharp turn.

Especially after Obito joined in. They had simply started treating the place like a recreation room.

They were not the least bit polite about it!

Ebisu and Genma had happened to come looking for Guy today, while Obito and Rin had come to visit Kakashi.

They were all classmates and already familiar with one another, so they immediately gathered to play together.

Meanwhile, Kakashi—the actual patient—had been shoved off to the side.

"Don't get so worked up, Kakashi. Getting angry isn't good for your recovery. Pair of threes."

Obito chuckled and tossed out two cards.

Guy nodded, looking completely calm.

"If you want to recover your looks as much as possible, don't make any intense expressions for a while. Joker bomb!"

"Huh??? I played a pair of threes, Guy!" Obito froze.

"I played a joker bomb. Is