Hokage Office.
Bang!
A huge pile of documents landed in front of Tobitake Tonbo.
"Because Konoha was attacked, there are many matters to deal with.
You need to handle all of these."
Utatane Tsubaki said.
Mitokado Homura said, "That's right. This is a difficult time for Konoha, and we're severely short-handed.
Otherwise, we wouldn't have asked you to temporarily take the Hokage's position."
"..."
Tobitake Tonbo sighed. Looking at Shikaku beside him, who wore the same troubled expression, he could only start dealing with the work.
So many documents. What a pain.
He wasn't some political genius, either!
"Konoha's postwar losses."
"Funds for repairing homes..."
"Enemies stirring at the borders, wanting to probe Konoha's true strength."
"Spies within Konoha..."
From minor matters concerning Konoha's reconstruction to incidents that could affect the international situation, everything passed before Tobitake Tonbo's eyes.
Troublesome.
That was his first thought.
Once Tsunade returned, he had to find a way to quickly dump this identity.
Any excuse would do.
Still, through these documents, Tobitake Tonbo had gained a glimpse of the international situation.
Just Orochimaru's Konoha Crush Plan had been enough to set every country's borders stirring.
They had already begun secretly increasing their troops.
The moment Konoha showed any weakness, it would immediately face invasion from other nations.
And concealing that weakness was what tested a Hokage's ability.
That was Tobitake Tonbo's first priority right now.
Fortunately, Konoha had Tobitake Tonbo, its temporary Hokage, holding the fort. Otherwise, the other countries would be even more arrogant.
One could imagine how much pressure Tsunade would face when she took office.
The Land of Water was fine. It was currently weak as well and did not dare reveal that it no longer had a Water Shadow.
According to ANBU intelligence, the Land of Lightning and the Land