Uchiha Shunichi remained in seclusion, familiarizing himself as quickly as possible with the surging power within him. His occasional trips outside were only to buy food and deal with major matters in Konoha.
There were actually no particularly important matters. But as Hokage, he still had to fulfill his duties in Konoha's day-to-day administration.
Although Shikamaru could help him handle minor issues, important decisions still had to be made by the Hokage himself.
Those more important matters included how to deal with the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
Indeed, Urashiki Ōtsutsuki had stopped hiding and openly appeared in the Shinobi World.
Originally, Uchiha Shunichi had wanted to hurry over and eliminate him himself. But the man was proficient in Space-Time Ninjutsu and never stayed in one place, making him extremely difficult to find.
So Uchiha Shunichi assigned Naruto and Sasuke the task of capturing Urashiki Ōtsutsuki.
Those two were already powerful enough. Working together, they would have no problem dealing with a single Ōtsutsuki.
As for other powerful individuals like Yakumo Kurama and Yamato, Uchiha Shunichi gave them no specific assignments, instead keeping them on standby.
"Naruto, these guys are targeting the tailed beasts. Have you notified all of them?" Sasuke asked Naruto.
Because Naruto held a portion of chakra from ten tailed beasts within him, the beasts could use that chakra to hold a meeting if they wished.
"I've notified all of them, but they don't want to accept protection from humans," Naruto said, holding his stomach in frustration.
Among the tailed beasts, aside from Kurama and Gyūki, even Shukaku refused to trust humans, much less have any contact with them.
In fact, the only humans Kurama and Gyūki trusted were their own respective jinchūriki.
"This is going to be troublesome. This guy is stronger than the two I encountered last