After a brief stay of a few days in Konoha, construction on the shopping street was on track, and the Trading Company had transferred a team over to supervise it. Tetsuya no longer needed to stay and keep an eye on things.
What surprised Tetsuya over those few days was that he had seen Hiruzen Sarutobi, but that old bastard Danzo had never shown his face.
By all rights, he should not have given up on coming after Tetsuya so easily.
Besides, the Fourth Hokage had now taken office, so that old fox Hiruzen Sarutobi must have already cut off the research funding for Danzo and Orochimaru.
Danzo craved power-overwhelming power. But he was getting old, and his natural talent was nothing special. If he wanted to grow stronger, he would need some technological help: a couple of injections, a prosthetic limb or something, or perhaps an arm covered in eyeballs.
And all of that required money. Without money, he could not even carry out basic research, let alone anything else.
When Minato heard Tetsuya was leaving, he put aside his work and came to see him off.
"Lord Daimyo, are you leaving already? Won't you stay in Konoha a few more days?"
"I've already spent quite a while in Konoha. I am the daimyo of a nation, after all. The whole Land of Grass still needs me to run it."
Tetsuya chuckled.
"I'm sure the Fourth Hokage understands. As Hokage, you must have plenty to do every day yourself."
Minato smiled and rubbed the back of his head.
"Haha, you're right, Lord Daimyo. I really do have quite a lot to deal with every day."
"Exactly. So I need to return to the Land of Grass and get back to work too."
"All right. Since you've put it that