At this moment, many ninjas in Konoha Village gathered in front of the Hokage Building. Among these people, several familiar figures could be seen from time to time.
For example, genin such as Kiba Inuzuka, Hinata Hinata, Sakura Haruno, Rock Lee, and many chuunin, jounin, and several big families in Konoha also attended.
They came here today to participate in and witness the succession ceremony of the Fifth Hokage.
Morino Ihiki, the squad leader of the ANBU torture squad, also saw a familiar figure in the crowd today.
"Anko? I haven't seen you for a few days, where have you been?" Looking at Anko with a gloomy expression, Morino Ihiki asked.
Mitarai Anko turned her head away: "Oh, it's Ibiki. I was recently... carrying out a secret mission and just returned to the village."
In fact, this is not the case at all. During the chunin exam, she was defeated and restrained by Kabuto Yakushi, and was finally brought back to the Sound Ninja Village by Orochimaru.
This time, it was Yakushi Kabuto who remembered this incident and took the initiative to get his former senior sister back from Orochimaru.
"So that's it." Morino Ibixi nodded, not doubting that he was there.
In his heart, he still believed in Hongdou.
Just when he was about to talk about something, the cheers of the people around him interrupted his words.
"Look, Tsunade-sama is out!"
Tsunade appeared in front of everyone wearing a god robe and a red and white Hokage hat.
Behind her were Shizune, Naruto, Jiraiya and two Konoha elders.
The succession ceremony of the Fifth Hokage is not long, and Tsunade is not a person who likes red tape.
She looked at the dark crowd below, looking at their expectant eyes, and the draft she had originally written was immediately thrown out of the sky. Tsunade reached out and took off the Hokage hat, and said in a loud voice:
"From today on, I am the fifth generation Hokage!"
There is no lengthy speech ceremony, and there is no boring sermon about the will of fire. The simpler it is, the more popular it is. As these words fell, there was a warm cheer below!
Fifteen minutes later, a confident and high-spirited Tsunade sat into the Hokage's office and officially began to give orders and exert the Hokage's power.
"Send over all the official documents that need to be processed." She said to Shizune and Shikamaru.
Fortunately, Shizune had just taken up the position as Hokage's assistant. Shikamaru felt a little embarrassed when he heard this.
"Tsunade-sama, these official documents are not light, why should we deal with the more important ones?" Shikamaru put forward his own opinion.
Tsunade didn't pay attention to the phrase 'the weight is not light', but said confidently: "It doesn't matter, I will use a day to deal with all the accumulated official documents."
Since the Hokage-sama said so, Shikamaru couldn't say anything more and walked out immediately.
Not long after, Shikamaru saw Shikamaru pushing a trolley full of official documents in with an expressionless expression.
"Is this the official document accumulated during this period?" Tsunade took a deep breath: "It seems that I will have to work overtime tonight."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Naruto pushing in another trolley filled with official documents.
"There are quite a lot of official documents." Shizune stroked the piglet in her arms: "Tsunade-sama, please let me help with some of it."
Just as Shizune finished speaking, another Naruto came in pushing a trolley.
Tsunade's expression suddenly became unnatural: "How many official documents are there, please send them all at once!"
The trolley's rollers slid across the ground, and Naruto's shadow clones helped deliver all the official documents one after another.
At this time, Tsunade really knew what a 'mountain of piles' meant! The official documents Shikamaru mentioned were not light, not in quantity, but in weight!
Tsunade gritted her teeth: "Bring these official documents... pick out the key points!"
Faced with the pressure of 'reality', Tsunade gave in shamefully.
Naruto's shadow clones and Shikamaru picked through it for a while, but they still found many official documents and sent them to the Hokage's desk. After doing all this, Naruto's shadow clones were all released.
Tsunade immediately started reviewing one by one. Many of these official documents were application reports from the root base.
Not long after, Shikamaru knocked on Naruto's office door.
"Please come in." Naruto saw Shikamaru coming in and asked, "What's the matter?"
"The Godaime-sama invited me. It seems to be for some fundamental matters." Shikamaru revealed a little.
Root? Naruto just thought about it and knew what Tsunade wanted to ask.
"I understand, I'll be there right away."
Konoha, Hokage's office.
"The funds in the village are obviously very tight, but why are there so many applications?" Tsunade asked loudly, waving a stack of official documents. She stared at Naruto with a pair of beautiful eyes, vowing to find out the truth.
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"Forget it about building prisons on overseas islands. This application report requires finding a suitable port on the coast of the Country of Fire and establishing a maritime fleet?" Tsunade didn't understand this.
The Kingdom of Fire is not the Kingdom of Water, so why does it need a maritime fleet?
"Tsunade-sama, establishing a maritime fleet will be of great benefit to us in Konoha." Naruto explained to Tsunade.
"The ocean is an unexplored treasure land. We can earn a lot of money from ocean trade, but we must rely on a fleet to protect the waters of the Land of Fire." Naruto said, pointing to the map hanging in the office.
"What's more, the Country of Fire has a long coastline. What if the enemy chooses to attack from the sea?"
Shizune said: "Naruto, are you too worried? At present, there is no country in the ninja world with such a powerful navy, right?"
"As far as I know, not only there are, but there are many." Naruto replied.
The villain organization that appeared in the second theatrical version - Utopia, possesses advanced submersibles and mature cloning technology; the villain organization that appeared in the fifth theatrical version - the remnants of the Kingdom of Sky, even more outrageously possesses an aircraft carrier force.
fleet.
They even sent ninjas to take off from the deck wearing special flying props to bomb Konoha!
"What about the railways?" Tsunade held up another application: "What's the use of building railways in the Land of Fire and even in neighboring countries?"
"Although the construction of the railway itself is a loss, it can promote the economic development within the Fire Country. More goods can be sold farther away, and if the money earned is reinvested in production, we can earn more.
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"With more money, we can expand the number of ninjas in Konoha, right?"
Tsunade couldn't help but asked a key question: "What you said may be good, but what about the money? Where does the initial investment come from?"
Naruto was a little surprised and said, "How much did these projects cost?"