Lord Hokage was skipping work...
No... it wasn't skipping work. He was working from home.
Shikaku Nara stood expressionlessly in the Study of the Princess Mausoleum.
Shikaku Nara had rarely come here before. Even faced with a whole crowd of ghosts, he had to keep his expression unchanged.
In fact, Yanbai worked even faster at home than he did at the office.
In the Hokage Office, Yanbai was always drinking tea, or else going out to see how the people were doing.
Occasionally, he also had to endure harassment from the somewhat mentally unstable Sasori.
At home, Yanbai had no time for tea, and Sasori didn't dare come out.
Once Yanbai used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, he finished an hour's worth of work in under ten minutes.
With the clones dividing up their duties, his efficiency rose even further.
The clones were working, so what was the original doing?
Smack-
"Yanbai! Don't you dare-"
Smack-
"Bastard-"
Thud-
From the Preparation Room next door came the repeated sounds of fists striking flesh, along with barely audible grunts and curses.
Shikaku Nara knew what was happening.
One afternoon not long ago.
After visiting Uchiha Fugaku's second child, Lord Hokage had brought back a silver-haired boy whose features were rather different from those of people from the Land of Fire.
The silver-haired boy had stern features and an imposing presence.
He looked somewhat bedraggled, his entire body drenched in blood.
He was the sort of person who could steal almost everyone's attention simply by standing there in silence.
If he grew up safely, wouldn't he develop a beauty that drove people wild?
Even now, this silver-haired boy was like a man-eating flower blooming in the moonlight, savage yet irresistibly alluring.
The silver-haired boy was like a demon born in the night.
Despite