Half an hour passed after Uchiha Kazama finished processing the documents.
Before Uchiha Kazama could even catch his breath, Shikaku Nara entered the room.
At the same time, he brought along a pile of documents that required Uchiha Kazama's signature.
"Shadow Assistant Shikaku Nara, aren't you going a bit too far?!"
"What is this?"
"The Matsushita Family wants to build a toilet... Does this even need my signature?!"
"Alright, Jiraiya and Kakashi are back, and we have some special matters to deal with."
"It's estimated that it will take a lot of time."
"So... these matters are left for you to handle."
After saying that, Uchiha Kazama pulled Jiraiya and Kakashi along and headed toward the Conference Room.
Uchiha Kazama was truly speechless regarding these trivial, tedious matters.
Just to what kind of perverted extent had Hiruzen Sarupbi gone in the past to make even such things require the signature of a village's Hokage?!
Anyway, Uchiha Kazama did not want to deal with these things at all anymore.
He had to find an opportunity to delegate these tasks downward.
Inside the Conference Room, Kakashi and Jiraiya looked at the shifting expressions on Uchiha Kazama's face, and after exchanging a glance, they also felt somewhat helpless.
This Hokage seemed somewhat... unsuited for the job...
"Bang!"
At that very moment, the door to the Conference Room was pushed open.
"Kurenai Yuhi?!"
Looking at the incoming shinobi, Uchiha Kazama was momentarily stunned.
Why would this woman come over at a time like this?!
"Lord Hokage, did you... kill Asuma!?"
Kurenai Yuhi's expression was somewhat solemn as she coldly demanded an explanation.
"Yeah."
"I killed him."
"You..."
"Forget it, go see for yourself."
Without any further ado, Uchiha Kazama released a genjutsu, pulling Kurenai Yuhi into the Genjutsu Space.
[Asuma Sarutobi]: Kurenai Yuhi? Sooner or later she'll be my woman, I'm no simpering fool.
[Asuma Sarutobi]: I'm simply giving her the illusion that I deeply love her. Once she becomes my woman, won't whatever I say go?
[Asuma Sarutobi]: And her old man, Shinku, my father said he needed his power. That old bastard was useless and died on a mission, and I even went to comfort that stupid woman because of that. I reckon I'll be able to win her over soon enough.
Sentence after sentence fell into Kurenai Yuhi's ears.
Watching Asuma Sarutobi turn the things between them into mere fodder for gossip between him and other shinobi.
Kurenai Yuhi grew rather furious.
Not to mention that her father had died to protect the Hokage, yet now he was still being cursed at by Asuma Sarutobi.
Although she wasn't clear why these things were appearing in her mind, Kurenai Yuhi knew that such things were indeed something that bastard Asuma could say.
Once the genjutsu was dispelled, Kurenai Yuhi looked with some internal conflict at the handsome Uchiha Kazama before her.
Aside from being able to rival the good looks of the readers, this guy was just too lethal to women.
Not to mention that Uchiha Kazama could be considered to have given her the truth.
"Kurenai Yuhi, if you don't have anything else, sit down and take notes."
"Be the Hokage's secretary from now on."
"I still need someone to help me with a few things."
Seeing Kurenai Yuhi frozen in place, Uchiha Kazama slowly spoke up.
"Ah!?"
"Me... a secretary..."
Kurenai Yuhi stood stunned for a moment, then took the notebook from Uchiha Kazama's hand and stood behind him.
"Alright, Jiraiya, whatever you want to know, hold on for a moment."
"I'll deal with Kakashi's matter first."
"Although the Sharingan has brought Kakashi no small boost in ability, it has also restricted Kakashi's growth."
"You have to remember, back then he grew rapidly even without the Sharingan!"
"But his growth rate has clearly had some issues over these years."
"This is caused by the rejection of the Sharingan, so let's take this Sharingan back first."
Before Kakashi could even react to Uchiha Kazama's words, he felt a sharp pain in his left eye.
The original Sharingan was plucked out directly.
The next moment, a gentle surge of energy appeared in the empty socket.
A tingling, soreness rushed over him instantly.
"This is..."
Jiraiya stared blankly at the soft glow radiating from Uchiha Kazama's hand.
A few minutes later.
Uchiha Kazama lowered his hand.
"This Yang Power is really useful..."
"Except, system, can't you give me a bit more?"
Uchiha Kazama muttered a complaint.
Meanwhile, Kakashi Hatake's eye had fully recovered.
Once healed, Kakashi Hatake even felt that the amount of chakra inside his body was beginning to recover.
Previously, Kakashi Hatake had basically been in a half-depleted state.
Over sixty percent of the chakra in his body was used simply to sustain the consumption of the Sharingan.
Now, the Sharingan was suddenly gone.
Naturally, his chakra began to recover as well.
"Thank you, Lord Fifth Hokage!"
Kakashi bowed to Uchiha Kazama.
Even though that was the eye Obito left him, but... perhaps now, it could finally be returned to the Uchiha Clan.
He should also have a life of his own!
Thinking of this, Kakashi's state of mind underwent a change.
"Teacher?"
At that very moment, the voices of two children echoed out.
"Sasuke, Naruto?"
Looking at the two little fellows who walked in, a smile appeared at the corners of Kazama's mouth.
With a soft call, both little ones ran up to Uchiha Kazama.
"Right, let me make introductions."
"Naruto Uzumaki."
"Son of the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, and also our village's Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. You guys know this, right?"
"And the other one is the son of the former Uchiha Patriarch, Uchiha Fugaku-Sasuke Uchiha!"
"Now, both of them are my disciples."
"Kakashi, could I trouble you to help mentor these two little fellows for a while?!"
Uchiha Kazama looked at Kakashi with a smile.
Upon hearing the identities of the two boys, let alone Kakashi.
Even the calm Jiraiya on the side experienced strong emotional fluctuations across his face.
Minato Namikaze.
Kakashi's teacher, Jiraiya's student.
And furthermore, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki!
The son of Uchiha Fugaku!
The identities of these two little fellows were truly...
"Very well."
Kakashi nodded.
"Go on, Kakashi will guide you well."
"Sasuke, you can have Kakashi give you pointers on your Lightning Release."
"Taijutsu, swordsmanship, you can learn all of those from Kakashi."
"Naruto, you can also ask Kakashi about your specific training in ninjutsu."
After Kazama said a few brief words, the two little ones were led away by Kakashi.