The day of the inauguration ceremony happened to be the anniversary of Konoha's founding.
Minato wanted everyone to spend the daytime exploring the other festivities, or stay home if it got too hot.
They could come out again near dusk, when it was cooler.
Once the inauguration ceremony ended, everyone could head straight to the evening festivities.
That was why he had planned a lighting display.
When Hiruzen Sarutobi heard about it, he casually suggested that Xuanhui could handle it.
And so Xuanhui now had to serve as the lighting technician for the entire venue, all by himself.
Pakura kept leaning against his shoulder, laughing nonstop.
Until Xuanhui said something.
"If I'm stuck there handling the lights the whole time, who's going to take you around the evening festivities?"
Pakura stopped laughing.
After the two of them argued their case, they finally reached a compromise.
The existing equipment would handle the normal lighting, but Xuanhui would provide the colored lights for the ceremony's climax.
Three days later, as the sun set, almost every prominent figure in the village arrived.
Jiraiya, Tsunade, Dan Katō, Hatake Sakumo, Senju Nawaki, and the others were all there.
Apparently, Senju Nawaki had done the landscaping for the venue, though he looked rather worn out.
Members of the major clans had gathered as well.
Xuanhui and Pakura were backstage preparing the lights, while the other members of the younger generation waited outside.
"Press this to turn them on, and this to turn them off. Got it?"
"Got it."
Shisui Uchiha nodded. This was ten thousand times easier to learn than anything else his teacher had taught him!
"Good boy. I'll leave all this to you."
Xuanhui patted Shisui's shoulder, left him the plan, and took Pakura upstairs.
Hiruzen Sarutobi and Minato Namikaze were already on the