A few days later, in the Hokage Building.
"Danzo, here are today's documents." At the start of the workday, Mitokado Homura gathered the documents, pushed open the door to the Hokage Office, and announced his arrival.
"Uh... Danzo... It's been days. You still haven't recovered?" Mitokado Homura asked in confusion, looking at the half-dead Danzo before him.
"It's fine. Just put the documents over there. Let me rest a little before I look at them," Danzo said weakly...
"...If you really can't manage, why don't you take today off? Get some rest. You're just too dedicated to your job. You don't know how to take care of..." Homura shook his head helplessly, but before he could finish...
"...Put them there! Put those documents there! I'm not going anywhere! I'm not taking a break! Put those documents there! I'll read them right now!" The instant Danzo heard that, he sprang to his feet and shouted.
The Hokage was allowed one day off every month... That rule had existed since the First's time... Yes, a certain shameless individual had once fought tooth and nail for it at a meeting of dozens, arguing everyone down and overcoming all opposition.
Rest? Take time off? As a good Hokage who cherished his people and devoted himself wholeheartedly to his duties, I, Shimura Danzō, would never allow the words "time off" to appear in my career as Hokage!
I! Shimura Danzō! Swear never to be parted from my work!
"..." Homura froze for a moment... Then he hurriedly put the documents where Danzo wanted them and left...
And so Danzo began his work... He held a pen in one hand to review the documents while rubbing his lower back with the other...
Danzo worked like that until noon, when he finally breathed a sigh of relief.