Although Bieshu Feifan hadn't secured the command position, he knew he couldn't get it, so he didn't take it to heart.
He would just focus on training his troops.
At the Martial Arts Hall, there were even more Genin eager to learn Ninjutsu than Bieshu Feifan had expected.
Even some Chunin with nowhere else to turn had joined the Villa Gang.
Bieshu Feifan was happy to see this.
As long as they weren't utterly wicked or harboring ulterior motives, Bieshu Feifan generally accepted them.
As for Tsunade, although she had returned,
she had been tied up and brought back, and had no interest in working whatsoever.
Tsunade had refused Hiruzen Sarutobi's arrangement for her to work at the hospital. She still had hemophobia.
So she stayed at Bieshu Feifan's Martial Arts Hall and became an instructor too.
To keep Tsunade there, Bieshu Feifan even assigned her a dedicated gambling team.
He also picked up a Shizune along the way.
On the western front, ever since Hiruzen Sarutobi had warned Danzo, there had been no more news of victories for Sunagakure.
Instead, news of Konoha repelling Sunagakure kept reaching Konoha.
And accompanying those victories was a name,
Minato Namikaze.
Bieshu Feifan's brow furrowed as he received this news.
Minato Namikaze had won a few battles, and publicity about him was everywhere.
Clearly, someone was building up his reputation.
Bieshu Feifan had previously killed quite a few Cloud Ninja too, yet he had received an official reprimand.
Might Duy had also kicked several Kumogakure Jōnin to death,
but he too had been reprimanded alongside Bieshu Feifan.
Bieshu Feifan clenched his fists. Sure enough, within the rules, he couldn't beat that scoundrel Hiruzen Sarutobi at his own game.
But Bieshu Feifan chuckled.
He, Bieshu Feifan, was going to call the shots in the