Hokage Office.
Bang!
A pile of documents landed in front of Satoru.
"Because Konoha was attacked, there are many things to do in Konoha.
You will have to handle all of these."
Koharu Utatane said.
Homura Mitokado: "Yes, now is a difficult time for Konoha, and we are short-handed.
Otherwise, we wouldn't have you temporarily act as Hokage."
...
Satoru sighed, looking at Shikaku, who also had a troubled expression, and could only start dealing with things.
So many documents, it's really troublesome.
He's not a political genius!
"Konoha's post-war losses."
"Funds for repairing houses..."
"Enemies at the border stirring, wanting to probe Konoha's true strength."
"Spies within Konoha..."
From the small matters of Konoha's reconstruction to events that would affect the international situation, everything entered Satoru's sight.
Trouble.
That was his first thought.
When Tsunade returns, he must find a way to quickly shed this identity.
Any excuse would do.
However, from the documents, Satoru also got a glimpse of the international situation.
Just Orochimaru's Konoha Crush plan caused the borders of various countries to begin stirring.
They had already started covertly increasing their troops.
If Konoha showed any weakness, it would immediately be invaded by other countries.
And how not to expose it was a test of a Hokage's ability.
This was what Satoru had to do first.
Fortunately, Konoha had him, Satoru, as the temporary Hokage in charge, otherwise other countries would be even more arrogant.
One can imagine how much pressure Tsunade faced when she took office.
The Land of Water was fine; it was also in a weak period and dared not reveal the fact that it no longer had a Mizukage.
Regarding the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth, according to Anbu intelligence, they had already amassed troops at the border.
And there were other countries as well.
Once detailed intelligence from spies returned, concrete actions could be taken.
However, none of this was what Satoru needed to do right now; what he needed to do now was to familiarize himself with the Hokage's identity.
To ensure a smooth handover with Anbu and various departments.
And to have a sufficient understanding of the codes of each department.
Every department had its own special code, as well as a general code, which every generation of Hokage would set.
This was to prevent a spy from getting one piece of intelligence and wiping out everything.
Satoru's eyes fell on Shikaku and the two old Advisors who were helping him, 'How troublesome.'
He had wanted to use Shadow Clones to handle it, but with the two old Advisors there, he didn't want to use them.
The Third Hokage wasn't this extravagant, so he naturally couldn't appear too extravagant.
Otherwise, if Danzo found out, it would be another problem.
If Tsunade found out, it would also be a problem... Night.
Satoru returned home and stretched.
"You're back."
Ayame saw him return and quickly came to massage his bones.
"You're the Hokage now, how is it? Is the pressure too great?" Ayame asked while pressing.
Satoru smiled: "Haha, Acting Hokage, the pressure is just so-so, it's just that handling documents is too troublesome, it'll be fine once I get used to it."
Today was just a small appetizer, getting familiar with what a Hokage should do, and handling some simple problems.
As for dealing with major international issues, he offered suggestions, and Shikaku and the two Advisors provided more detailed analysis.
Those two old Advisors were good; they didn't completely trust him, a newcomer, with everything.
"That's good, why do I feel like there's no movement? Shouldn't being Hokage be announced to the villagers?"
Feeling Satoru's mindset, Ayame also breathed a sigh of relief.
She just felt that her husband wasn't cut out to be Hokage.
He was too relaxed normally.
He didn't have that sense of urgency or seriousness at all.
"Ah~ It was only announced to the Ninja side; since it's not official, there's no need to make a big fuss. Otherwise, when the true Fifth Hokage returns, we'd have to do it again, which would be a waste of resources.
Now is a difficult time for Konoha."
Satoru thought this was good.
Otherwise, if he gave Tsunade a chance to decline, wouldn't he be finished?
"Dad, you're back."
Tenyu and Maki came out of their room and called out when they saw Satoru.
"Aren't you sleeping? You have school tomorrow, right?"
"No, we have a question for you."
The two said.
"What question?"
"It's like this..." The two explained Konohamaru's situation.
Satoru listened, then fell into thought.
"You did very well. In a few days, tell him to go to that training ground you usually go to. I'll personally train you, and give him a lecture on ideology along the way."
He couldn't do anything about Neji's obsession without Ninjutsu, but he couldn't do anything about Konohamaru?
He wouldn't believe it.
He felt a scroll at his waist.
It sealed the cells he had taken from the Third Hokage's grave.
It was just a casual thing.
"Alright, alright, that's enough for today. Your dad is tired, hurry back to sleep."
Ayame said after they finished speaking.
"Yes."
They had wanted to ask more questions, but seeing their mother's gaze, Tenyu and Maki still chickened out.
They quickly ran back to their room.
"Satoru..." Ayame suddenly became flirtatious.
"I understand."
Satoru didn't spoil the mood, he picked up Ayame and ran to the room.
Swish!
...A few more days passed.
"This Konoha building repair application, approved."
"Repel the giant beast that appeared in the Land of Fire fishing village, send Guy Team."
"Tell the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth to withdraw their suddenly increased stationed troops, otherwise... we fight."
"Notify the Land of Wind to state their position as soon as possible, otherwise... we fight."
Satoru quickly drafted the documents.
"Hey, do you know the responsibilities of a Hokage?"
The proposals in the documents made the two Advisors furious.
Except for the basic matters at the beginning, which were handled very well, when it came to inter-country affairs, he only knew how to fight, fight, fight!
Had they misjudged him?
"Of course, Senior Shikaku should also agree with my approach, right?
Konoha is currently deeply troubled and must employ decisive measures to make them wary, only then can we dispel their thoughts of war."
Satoru said.
As he said, Konoha was currently weak, and it was even more important not to let other countries know.
"Hokage-sama is right. Before specific intelligence is gathered, the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning will not rashly start a war.
So now, we need to show strong diplomatic means, and at the same time, eliminate any intelligence transmitted by spies from Konoha.
This is what is needed; as for 'otherwise... we fight' in the documents, it's just something on paper."
Shikaku strongly agreed with Satoru's idea.
And the two Advisors were not fools; after Shikaku's words, they also thought it made sense.
It was just that the Third Hokage's handling of diplomatic matters had always been gentle, which they had become accustomed to.
"From now on, all outgoing communications, have the Barrier Team and Anbu keep a close watch.
There must be a special code set by me, otherwise, it will be treated as dereliction of duty."
Although Satoru wasn't afraid of a real fight, it was best to avoid it if possible, as it would become uncontrollable once it started.
Not only because it involved the growth of Naruto and Sasuke, but also because of Ōtsutsuki Urashiki, who had not yet appeared.
Satoru was afraid he might pop out at any time.