Although Bieshu Feifan had obtained Hiruzen Sarutobi's nomination letter for promotion to jōnin, he really intended to use it as a trump card.
Besides, Bieshu Feifan did not want to push Hiruzen Sarutobi too far.
It would be best to keep treading on Hiruzen Sarutobi's bottom line. As long as he did not cross it, he could keep tormenting him.
In the Hokage's Office,
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the huge pile of documents before him and felt exhausted.
Neither physically nor mentally did he have the strength to keep dealing with them.
He was already getting old, yet Sarutobi Tōgo's troubles had put him through repeated rounds of torment.
He had barely managed to make it to the office, only to suffer another round at Bieshu Feifan's hands.
After discussing things with Mitokado Homura, Hiruzen Sarutobi finally settled on a plan. He had to root out the culprit lurking in the shadows.
After dealing with everything,
he had barely been asleep before day broke.
Hiruzen Sarutobi was exhausted.
Processing documents, assigning work, protecting his son, worrying about his wife, son, and clan.
Hiruzen Sarutobi had never felt so tired. He had just finished a pipe of tobacco.
Suddenly,
Bang!
Someone opened the door to the Hokage's Office again.
With a familiar amount of force.
A stabbing pain shot through Hiruzen Sarutobi's head.
"Monkey, Monkey, look! I got three more recommendation letters.
"Give me my jōnin title already."
As he spoke, Bieshu Feifan ran over and slapped three letters onto Hiruzen Sarutobi's desk.
Hiruzen Sarutobi took a deep breath and checked who had written the three letters. They were all active jōnin.
Kakashi, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina Uzumaki.
Bieshu Feifan had originally gone looking for Jiraiya first, but that fellow had gone off gallivanting again, so he had Kushina fill in