There was no need to force himself to do things he did not want to do.
He should let go of his fixation and truly listen to his heart...
Everyone noticed that their Lord Hokage seemed to have changed.
As Hokage, he was no longer pushing himself quite so relentlessly, and the people around him could finally relax a little.
Although he still worked as hard as before, at least there was no longer that constant urgency of someone desperate to use the bathroom.
Shikaku Nara naturally deserved much of the credit for this, though outsiders knew nothing about it.
Yanbai was still Yanbai, but he no longer felt such an urgent need to step down from the Hokage position.
Until a suitable candidate appeared, Yanbai probably would not step down.
None of his four disciples were suitable to succeed him as Hokage, but since he was still taking their money, Yanbai did his best to teach them.
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, another two years had gone by.
The Land of Fire was still building infrastructure at a frantic pace, and thriving cities had sprung up across most of its territory.
Although the wars between the nations had begun petering out two years earlier, their efficiency was so poor that only recently had they finally managed to sign ceasefire agreements and settle the division of interests.
In that time, the Land of Fire had already entered the industrial age.
Yanbai would not let the people coast through life. If they all grew accustomed to doing nothing, then should something unexpected happen in the future, such as an alien invasion, the whole nation would be too used to lying down to get back up.
So things continued as they should.
The Land of Fire still