Reasonable Allocation

Several Anbu exchanged glances.

They did not immediately sheath their blades.

Fang Xu's appearance just now had been too sudden.

If he had wanted to, he could have approached the Hokage before anyone reacted.

"This is an order."

Hiruzen Sarutobi emphasized his tone.

Only then did the Anbu put away their weapons.

Everyone left the office one after another and shut the door again.

Hiruzen Sarutobi pushed the Crystal Ball to the corner of the desk, then picked up the pipe beside it, pretending that nothing had happened.

"When did you come in?"

"Just now."

Fang Xu walked over to the desk.

"I happened to see Lord Hokage observing the daily lives of the villagers."

"You even personally keep an eye on how the bathhouse district is doing."

"You truly are the Hokage of Konoha."

Hiruzen Sarutobi had just lit his pipe when he heard that. He suddenly began coughing.

"Cough, cough!"

He hurriedly set down the pipe.

"It isn't what you think."

"The Telescope Technique can observe every part of Konoha."

"I was merely checking for suspicious people in the village."

Fang Xu looked at the Crystal Ball in the corner of the desk.

"All the suspicious people are hiding in the women's bathhouse?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression completely froze.

If this matter got out through Fang Xu, the Hokage image he had painstakingly maintained for years would inevitably be affected.

"Fang Xu."

Hiruzen Sarutobi lowered his voice.

"What happened just now was only a misunderstanding."

"Don't tell anyone else."

He paused, then added solemnly.

"Especially Tsunade."

Given Tsunade's personality, if she found out that he had used the Telescope Technique to observe the bathhouse district, she would likely storm into the Hokage Tower and smash the Crystal Ball.

"Fine."

Fang Xu agreed readily.

"As long as you don't use