It was a mistake. What could they do?
The siblings could only swallow their grievances.
"How are those four doing now?"
Xuan Zhe asked with his back to Nawaki.
"They're behaving themselves. Unusually quiet."
Nawaki stood with his hands on his hips, anger in his voice.
"They've probably seen through your plans, brother-in-law, and decided to lie low until things blow over."
He actually wished those old bastards would jump out and cause trouble.
Then he could get something on them and give them a thorough thrashing.
Instead, the moment his sister took office, those sly old foxes had scurried back into their holes like rats.
He had all this energy and nowhere to use it.
"Heh. What they've been up to is far more interesting than you think."
Xuan Zhe gave Rin Nohara a meaningful glance.
Rin understood, took a scroll from the ninja tool pouch at her waist, and handed it to Nawaki.
"Brother-in-law, what's this?"
Nawaki frowned in confusion.
"A present for you. I'll leave this matter in your hands."
Xuan Zhe smiled, then turned and left with Rin Nohara and Mei Terumi.
Nawaki stood stunned for a few seconds before slowly unrolling the scroll.
Five seconds later, his eyes nearly popped out of his head.
"This... this is-"
Three minutes later, Nawaki snapped the scroll shut.
He turned and rushed straight toward the Hokage Building.
The Hokage inauguration ceremony was finally over.
Full of expectations for their new Hokage, the villagers gradually returned to their daily lives.
The various clans dispersed as well, returning to their own grounds to discuss their next moves.
After all, with a new Hokage in office, every clan had to reconsider its plans.
This was a first for Konoha-the previous Hokage was still alive, yet a new Hokage had already taken