Naruto had returned and handed the position of Hokage over to Sasuke.
The Land of Fire's troop withdrawal and proactive goodwill gesture let everyone breathe a sigh of relief. Many people even felt grateful to Sasuke, who had been campaigning against them only days ago, grateful for his mercy.
That was simply how things were. Naruto had diligently served as Hokage for so many years that everyone had long grown accustomed to his presence.
Yet because of a single accident, when everyone needed him, Naruto had not been there, and countless complaints arose.
Once everyone grew used to your help, if you failed to lend a hand even once, all your previous help no longer counted. Instead, it turned into hatred.
Meanwhile, Sasuke, someone who had never been particularly friendly toward the village and had wanted to subjugate Konoha only days earlier, earned everyone's support merely by temporarily laying down his blade.
How ridiculous.
Still, to Konoha's shinobi, this was only a stopgap measure.
Most of the ninja clans and upper ranks believed Sasuke was not all that different from Naruto. He was merely a little more arrogant and should be easy enough to manipulate.
"Sasuke Uchiha, although you have become Hokage now, many matters in the village are not decided by the Hokage alone."
Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane had regained the pride of being advisors. From Minato Namikaze to Naruto Uzumaki, which one of them had not spoken humbly before the two of them? After all, they were senior figures and elders of the village.
If one wanted recognition from the rest of the village, how could one fail to show respect to the two of them?
Unfortunately, they were absolutely mistaken this time.
Sasuke was somewhat surprised. These two old fools actually dared speak to him like