Hokage Office.
"What is it?" Tobitake Tonbo asked in confusion.
Was his vacation already over?
Sure enough,
Hiruzen Sarutobi said, "You've been back for several days now. Inoichi has been complaining about the Analysis Division chief position, saying that if you don't return to take on the responsibility, he won't have any time to spend with his child."
Previously, when Tobitake Tonbo was out on missions, Inoichi had concurrently served as chief of the Analysis Division.
But after experiencing upper-level management, Yamanaka Inoichi could no longer go back to taking on an extra position.
That concurrent post did not come with extra pay.
More importantly, there was currently no one in the Analysis Division who could put him, the Intelligence Division chief, at ease.
Thus, Hiruzen Sarutobi had been subjected to the grumbling of a complaining Intelligence Division chief.
As one of Konoha's staunchest Hokage supporters, Yamanaka Inoichi had no choice but to listen.
As it happened, Hiruzen had originally wanted to give Tobitake Tonbo a little more time to rest,
but,
their casual chat just now had left him feeling unbalanced.
It was better to get Tobitake Tonbo back to work.
"Seriously? Isn't this way too soon? I've only rested for a few days!!!"
Tobitake Tonbo immediately drooped in dejection, looking exactly like an office worker whose days off had suddenly been rescheduled.
He had planned to spend time with his wife and child, then use whatever remained to research ninjutsu capable of dealing with Six Paths-level ninja.
He had not expected it to come so soon.
There were still more than ten years until the Fourth War. He had thought he should start preparing to deal with Six Paths-level ninja, against whom ordinary ninjutsu was ineffective.
He could wait for Naruto and Sasuke to defeat the boss, but