The position of Hokage has already been decided.

After a while, the person who commissioned the mission arrived.

An old man dressed like a farmer walked in, carrying a bottle of sake in his hand, his face flushed from drinking.

Seeing this old man, Yeyu thought to himself, Is the Land of Waves mission about to begin?

I don't know why, but I just can't seem to get interested.

Having encountered the plot from the original story, Yeyu no longer felt the novelty he once had.

Instead, he felt it was all quite mundane.

This old man was named Tazuna, an engineer from the Land of Waves.

After clarifying Tazuna's request, the Third Hokage classified this mission as C-rank.

This was because it was merely a standard escort mission, with no expectation of ninja interference.

Although Yeyu knew that ninjas would definitely appear on this mission, he said nothing.

Tazuna saw Yeyu sitting in the Hokage Office and asked with some confusion, "Are the ninjas in your Konoha so young?"

He was referring to how Yeyu was young enough to be working inside the Hokage Office.

The Third Hokage explained to Tazuna, "In Konoha, we look at ability, not age."

Tazuna looked at Yeyu. "Ability, you say?"

He remained skeptical.

However, neither the Third Hokage nor Yeyu offered any further explanation.

Yeyu didn't take it to heart.

After some thought, the Third Hokage decided to assign this mission to Team 7.

Once Team 7 was summoned, Naruto burst in and shouted, "Old man Hokage, what's the mission this time? It has to be something difficult! I'm sick of catching cats and dogs all day long!"

As he spoke, Naruto glanced at Yeyu.

His eyes were filled with a mix of fear and envy.

He feared Yeyu's strength and envied the fact that Yeyu had been promoted directly to Chunin right after graduation.

He didn't have to do those low-level missions like they did.

The Third Hokage said with a stern face, "Naruto, you are still trainee Genin. You can only perform D-rank missions at most. Stop complaining."

Hearing the Third Hokage say this, Naruto threw a childish tantrum.

"Old man Hokage, please give us a harder mission! If you don't, I'm not leaving!"

Watching Naruto's behavior, the Third Hokage sighed.

Kakashi also looked somewhat helpless.

Yeyu, however, paid no attention; his focus was entirely on the mountain of documents piled on the desk.

Yeyu's salary was quite high, and with the subsidies, it was almost on par with the Hokage's.

It was just that the workload was terrifyingly large.

Moreover, many of them were classified documents. It was as if the Third Hokage didn't know the meaning of confidentiality protocols, handing all the files to Yeyu to organize.

Yeyu's current position was more like a secretary than an assistant.

The Third Hokage did this to train Yeyu in how to handle the village's affairs.

It was in preparation for him to become the Hokage in the future.

Of course, it was also quite dull.

Standing beside Naruto, Sasuke looked at Yeyu.

Seeing Yeyu diligently organizing and reading the documents, he frowned slightly. He spends all his time on these trivial matters; isn't he worried it will hinder his training?

Sasuke couldn't understand why someone with Yeyu's talent wouldn't work hard on his training.

Ever since he was defeated by Yeyu, he had made Yeyu his target to surpass.

Yet, he had never once seen Yeyu go to train.

Spending all day on official business—even with his immense talent, wouldn't his strength regress if he didn't train hard?

The Third Hokage looked at Naruto, who was lying on the floor making a scene, and sighed.

"Fine, I will assign you a C-rank mission."

"It is an escort mission."

Naruto, who had been throwing a fit on the floor, immediately jumped up. "What? What kind of mission? Is it protecting the Daimyo? Or a princess?"

The Third Hokage looked speechless. "The Daimyo and princesses are not people that Genin can protect."

Although the Daimyo could not interfere in the village's affairs, he still held the highest status in the Land of Fire.

At the very least, a Jonin was required to serve as a bodyguard for the Daimyo.

The Daimyo's bodyguards were previously the Twelve Guardian Ninja.

Those twelve individuals were all Jonin.

Naruto curled his lip, "Who are they? They must be very important people, right?"

Kakashi frowned, "Quiet down, Naruto. Let the Third Hokage speak."

When it came to serious business, Kakashi would put a stop to Naruto's antics.

Sasuke and Sakura also looked toward the Third Hokage, wanting to know what the mission was exactly.

The two of them had been quite impatient lately, constantly being assigned boring, trivial tasks.

At this moment, Sasuke glanced at Yeyu, who was off to the side reviewing documents, and thought, The gap between us is truly massive. This guy became a Chunin right after graduation and even became a Hokage assistant.

Yet I am stuck accompanying this idiot Naruto on low-level missions.

Sasuke clenched his fists, I must reach Chunin rank quickly. I have to surpass that guy.

Yeyu had no idea what was going through Sasuke's mind at that moment.

Even if he did know, he wouldn't care.

Right now, he was just a nine-to-five employee, living his life according to a set routine every day.

This kind of life was actually quite pleasant.

The Third Hokage looked at the four of them and said, "It is to escort this man. Your mission is to escort him back to the Land of Waves and protect him until he finishes building the bridge in the Land of Waves."

Just then, Tazuna, who had been standing to the side drinking, stumbled over drunkenly, "Lord Hokage, does your Konoha have no ninjas left?"

"Why send a few children to protect me?"

"Especially that short, stupid one."

Naruto put his hands on his hips and laughed loudly, "Hahaha, short and stupid? Who are you talking about?"

After laughing, Naruto gradually realized something was wrong.

He looked at the heights of Sasuke and Sakura.

He discovered that among the three of them, he was the shortest.

He immediately flew into a rage, "You bastard, I'll kill you!"

Naruto was furious; he had actually been called short and stupid.

The worst part was that it was said in front of Sakura, whom he liked the most, and Sasuke, whom he hated the most.

Kakashi hurriedly held Naruto back, "Idiot, are you planning to kill our escort target?"

Kakashi had a massive headache.

Naruto's personality was far too impulsive, and at this moment, he looked over at Yeyu.

However, Yeyu was still looking down at his documents.

They are all the same age, so why is the gap between them so large?

But then again, wasn't my own team back then just the same?

Kakashi thought back to the days when Minato Namikaze led him, Obito, and Rin Nohara.

His personality was similar to Sasuke's, Naruto's personality was similar to Obito's, though Sakura was quite different from Rin Nohara.

Yet, they all liked people with aloof personalities.

Back then, Rin Nohara liked Kakashi, and now Sakura liked Sasuke.

Tazuna, standing to the side, watched Naruto's behavior and began to doubt the strength of Konoha.

A child was working in the Hokage Office, and the ninjas sent to protect him were also three children.

The Third Hokage watched this scene, sighed, and said, "Alright, Naruto, complete this mission well."

"Don't mess it up."

Naruto immediately said seriously, "Don't worry, Grandpa Hokage. I will definitely complete this mission. Soon I will become a Chunin, and then you will pass the position of Hokage to me."

Watching Naruto, the Third Hokage's mouth twitched slightly.

But he could only reply, "Just do your best."

As for the position of Hokage, the Third Hokage had already decided who he would give it to.