The Road to the Throne of White Eyes

Chapter 160 Time waits for no one

It had only been a little over half a month since Tsunade became the Fifth Hokage, but Konoha Village had already regained its vitality. The villagers were smiling on the streets, and some of the more gossipy middle-aged and elderly women finally had the time and mood to chat with each other.

"Godaime Hokage is truly great. Our lives have become much better since she came to our house!"

"Yes, yes, my nephew from the Haruyo family next door, a Genin from the village, was seriously injured in the invasion of the Sound Ninja and was in Konoha Hospital and could not be cured. Tsunade-sama came and cured him in no time.

He is now roaring out for missions every day!"

"Indeed, ever since the Fifth Hokage took office, the prices of vegetables and fish in the market have dropped a lot."

"Yes, after Lord Hokage took the throne, Konoha immediately became peaceful, and all those messy things became less frequent!"

"It would have been great if Lady Tsunade had become Hokage earlier, then Konoha wouldn't have been in so much trouble."

"Shh, don't talk nonsense. Don't forget that after the Uchiha family was destroyed a few years ago, those who talked nonsense disappeared."

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A group of gossipy women gathered at the corner of Konoha Street after selling their vegetables. They happily exchanged the gossip that had accumulated during this period, and finally went home satisfied.

"Tsunade-sama, listen to how much the villagers respect you!"

In the dark corner, after the chattering women walked away, Shizune could no longer suppress her excitement. Her cheeks flushed and she looked at Tsunade excitedly, thinking that it was absolutely right for Lady Tsunade to return to the village to take on the role of Hokage.

It would be worth it even if I could make the village better and have Lady Tsunade praised by the villagers, even if it made me a little more tired.

Opposite Shizune is a cute little loli with blonde hair. If Jiraiya were here, he would definitely recognize at a glance that this is Tsunade as a child, just as flat.

"Well, let's go back first!"

Little Loli Tsuna, holding a bottle of wine in her hand, with no expression on her face, turned and walked towards the Hokage Building.

Seeing this, Kato Shizune asked with a puzzled look on her face: "Hey, aren't you happy to hear the villagers praising Tsunade-sama?"

"No, go back quickly, there are still many documents to deal with!"

Tsunade subconsciously exerted force on the bottle, and it exploded with a bang. However, Tsunade seemed not to feel it and continued walking silently.

The villagers were not only praising her just now, the implicit meaning in their words made her shudder.

When did Konoha Village become so dark that the villagers dared not even discuss it! And then there were those who disappeared, and the dark things that I had vaguely heard about in the previous incidents. I still had a lot to investigate!

Thinking about the Anbu, which still looked bloated even after many layoffs, and the Root, whose exact number of people was unknown, Tsunade felt that a thick layer of dark clouds seemed to be covering the sky above Konoha.

He just did what a Hokage should normally do, and left many things to Shizune. The fact that he could receive praise from the villagers of Konoha shows that the villagers' expectations of the Hokage are very low!

Tsunade came out to get some fresh air today, but she didn't expect to be happy after hearing these words.

To be fair, Tsunade has done a lot after succeeding the throne of Hokage.

First, she relied on her reputation as a powerful medical ninja to obtain a large amount of supplies from the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, and initially filled the emptied Konoha warehouses, alleviating the shortage of supplies in Konoha.

Of course, Tsunade had no intention of giving these supplies to the Sand Ninja. Although Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others had promised to provide material support to the Sand Ninja, Tsunade refused to acknowledge it!

As for the reaction from the Sand Village?

Facing the Sand Ninja sent by old lady Chiyo to urge for supplies, Tsunade punched him into the wall. Even though Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others tried their best to stop him, Tsunade dug the Sand Ninja out of the wall, treated his injuries and punched him again.

Tsunade then arrogantly stated that she had no supplies and that she was lucky enough not to hold the Sand Ninja responsible for betraying their allies. If old lady Chiyo had any objections, she would have sent Jiraiya to the border of the Land of Fire. You can lead the team to discuss his ninjutsu.

That's right, although Jiraiya escaped the position of Hokage, he could not escape the task thrown at him by Tsunade. In the end, he agreed to stay and help Tsunade for three months, which greatly alleviated the shortage of high-end combat power in Konoha.

In the end, the Sand Ninja representative returned to the Sand Village with injuries all over his body. After hearing what Tsunade said, Elder Chiyo was furious but finally gave up.

Part of the supplies transported to Konoha has been distributed relatively fairly to the villagers who suffered severe damage to support them in rebuilding their homes. In addition, by issuing tasks and assigning professional logistics ninjas to participate, Tsunade's command quickly repaired the damaged areas of Konoha.

With the investment of a large amount of materials and manpower, the damaged buildings in Konoha Village were cleaned and rebuilt, and the villagers were able to resume their normal production and life.

Tsunade then made use of Nara Shikaku, allowing him, the leader of the jonin squad, to truly play the role of a think tank. Many things that required thinking were planned by Shikaku, and she would review and approve the results herself.

In addition, by handing over a large number of basic tasks to Shizune, Tsunade saved a lot of time in handling daily affairs.

Tsunade did not use the saved time for drinking and gambling, but went to Konoha Hospital every day to treat and comfort the ninjas who were injured in the line of duty and the villagers who were affected.

When she has some free time, Tsunade will also guide the medical ninjas on some complicated medical cases and demonstrate her superb medical ninjutsu on the spot, which once again won her the support of a large number of ninjas and villagers.

Going further, Tsunade met with the heads of each Konoha family one by one in the name of meeting her former comrades.

It's unclear how deep their comradeship was, but the next day, Tsunade received support from a large number of elite ninjas dispatched by various clans. With sufficient manpower to fill the gaps, the Konoha Guard and Border Guard were rebuilt, bringing some stability to the precarious Konoha.

Everything was fine up to this point. Even though Sarutobi Hiruzen, Mito Kado En and others repeatedly raised objections by relying on their status as elders, Tsunade still forced things to move forward.

However, when Tsunade focused her next step on personnel adjustments, the resistance suddenly increased.

After receiving the position of Hokage and gaining an in-depth understanding of the situation in Konoha, Tsunade discovered that a large number of inconspicuous but very important positions in the village were occupied by family members such as Sarutobi, Shimura, and Mitomon. They did easy work but received very generous rewards, forming an invisible giant network in the village.

Tsunade couldn't adjust these people for the time being. Several old guys had been suppressing her in the name of village stability and work ability, forcing her to continue using the original staff.

Fortunately, the Sarutobi and Shimura clans underwent a major transformation, leaving many vacancies in the positions previously occupied by members of the two families. Tsunade seized the opportunity and distributed these vacancies in a relatively reasonable manner, much to the satisfaction of the large and small clans and civilian ninjas who benefited.

But she still has a lot to do!