After arguing for an entire morning, Uchiha Yato finally settled on the members of his secretarial corps.
Uchiha Yato appointed Hiruzen Sarutobi as his chief secretary.
This chief secretary would not handle Uchiha Yato's official duties, but would instead oversee the everyday minor affairs of the shinobi clans and Konoha.
For some reason, Hiruzen Sarutobi felt indescribably strange upon receiving this appointment.
He kept feeling that something was off, yet as he looked at Uchiha Yato's smiling face, he sensed a different kind of incongruity.
If Hiruzen Sarutobi thought about it carefully, he would realize that Uchiha Yato had merely stripped away the authority to decide major matters that he had possessed during his time as Hokage.
He would then realize that his current duties were no different from what he had done while sitting in the Hokage's seat.
Although Hiruzen Sarutobi was nominally the highest authority whenever Uchiha Yato was absent from Konoha, he no longer possessed the power to coordinate the overall situation.
That portion of authority had been directly distributed by Uchiha Yato among all members of the secretarial corps for collective decision-making.
Whenever Uchiha Yato was outside Konoha, all matters would be decided by a vote of the secretarial corps.
Within the entire secretarial corps, Uchiha Yato had not selected people solely based on merit in order to maintain balance, nor had he filled it entirely with members of the Uchiha Clan or shinobi close to him.
During the Third Shinobi World War, quite a few shinobi had gradually begun to distinguish themselves.
People such as Nara Shikaku, who had long served as strategists, were all on Uchiha Yato's list.
In addition, many civilian shinobi were among those invited by Uchiha Yato.
Even Might Duy, who had remained largely unknown since the war first broke out,