Konoha, Hokage Office.
"As you can see, Konoha suffered devastating losses in this battle. Lord Third Hokage has also died."
Tobitake Tonbo had just returned to Konoha to report the completion of his mission.
When Mitokado Homura and Utatane Tsubaki, the two old geezers, summoned him.
They truthfully informed him of Konoha's current situation.
Tobitake Tonbo was not surprised in the slightest. He had prepared for this long ago.
The safeguard he had left for his family had merely been used by Tobitake Tosei—the Proxy Certificate.
That meant his family was safe.
As for everyone else, he could only mourn for them.
"Then... what about Kakashi and the others?"
Tobitake Tonbo asked.
"Kakashi fought to repel Akatsuki's invasion, facing Itachi Uchiha and Kisame, the rogue ninja from Kirigakure. He is lying in a hospital bed now."
Utatane Tsubaki said.
Tobitake Tonbo heard that and said, "This... that really isn't good news. Do the elders have any other orders? If not, I'll head home to check on my family."
He had not been away for long, only nearly a month.
And the two little ones had not been frightened out of their wits, had they?
Tobitake Tonbo had not yet subjected them to Genjutsu training.
They were too young.
So he did not know whether they had been terrified.
"Yes. With the Third Hokage's death, the Hokage position has become vacant.
Originally, Jiraiya was supposed to succeed him, but he refused on the grounds that he was unsuitable.
He has now taken Naruto to find Tsunade and persuade her to become Hokage.
During this period, Konoha's vacant Hokage position
Needs someone to fill it and handle Konoha's reconstruction.
We have taken notice of your abilities, and the Land of Fire's higher-ups also acknowledge them.
We want you to temporarily take the