Naruto: I, who didn't want to be hacked to pieces, saved the ninja world.

While looking at various documents, Shizune only glanced at Baiyun Qingye out of the corner of her eye before seeing through his thoughts.

It can only be said that Aoba truly lives up to his reputation as Tsunade's disciple; every time he tries to find an excuse to sneak away, his expression is always the same.

"No way, how could I bear to let Sister Jingyin be so tired by herself?"

Shizune directly exposed his thoughts, and even Baiyun Qingye couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

"Hehe, I hope that's really what you think."

Seeing that the other party had given up the idea, Shizune withdrew her gaze.

Seeing this, Baiyun Qingye suppressed her embarrassment while having other thoughts in mind.

"I feel that this can't go on forever."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Shizune looked over again, her eyes filled with confusion.

With his left hand supporting his right elbow and his right hand pinching his chin, Shirokumo Aoba frowned and said, "Konoha's territory will only grow larger in the future, and there will be more and more things to deal with. With just the current number of people in the Hokage Building, we simply can't handle it all!"

"What should I do?"

"Silent asked curiously."

Shirokumo Aoba's expression turned serious. "Now that Konoha has taken over the Land of Grass, we should change our mindset and stop managing Konoha as a ninja village."

After saying that, he fell into thought again.

Silent remained silent, patiently awaiting his next words.

After a brief period of thought, Shirokumo Aoba quickly came up with a plan.

"It's time to reform the positions in Konoha's administrative departments. We can no longer use vague positions like Hokage's secretary. Instead, we should change them to department ministers with more clearly defined responsibilities. Similarly, the staff under each department minister should be expanded and categorized."

“In this way, things are distributed down level by level. Although the process is a little more complicated, it is indeed much easier.” Shizune nodded in agreement.

"Should we hold another Jonin meeting to select a new group of people?"

Baiyun Qingye shook his head. "We can't just choose from the ninjas. Although Konoha has a lot of ninjas now, there aren't many people with this kind of ability. It will be difficult to fill these vacancies."

"Then how should we choose?"

Shizune asked again, "Judging from your expression, you must already have an idea, right?"

"That's of course..."

A strange smile curled at the corner of Baiyun Qingye's lips. "Exam!"

"take an exam?"

"That's right, an exam!"

Shirokumo Aoba nodded seriously, "Once the situation in the Land of Grass stabilizes, we will organize an exam for all residents in Konoha and within the Land of Grass, just like the Chunin Selection Exam."

"Any resident who has no record of illegal activities with the authorities can participate. Those who pass the first test will then be interviewed by a professional team. After passing the interview, they will be assigned a suitable position based on their overall score."

"Of course, this is only the initial stage. There are definitely many aspects that can be optimized. The village's education methods also need to be reformed. We can't just have one ninja academy."

Baiyun Qingye then added to the list.

If a ninja academy can be considered a military academy, then of course there must be ordinary schools as well.

The ninja world is not yet unified, and exam-oriented education is about to begin.

Shirokumo Aoba continued to recount Konoha's future plans, speaking eloquently and persuasively.

Jingyin listened with great interest, and her eyes shone brighter as she looked at him.

Just then, a knock on the door interrupted his story.

Bai Yun Qingye didn't seem to mind at all, and said directly.

"Enter!"

An undercover agent wearing an animal mask walked in and, without any hesitation, stated his purpose directly.

"Lord Hokage, the Daimyo's messenger has arrived."

"Oh?"

Shirokumo Aoba hadn't expected the daimyo's envoy to arrive so quickly; it seemed the daimyo of the Land of Fire was indeed in a hurry.

Where are they?

"We just entered Konoha and are heading this way!" the ANBU ninja replied truthfully.

"Okay, I see."

Baiyun Qingye nodded.

The ANBU ninja quickly left the office.

"Sister Shizune, it seems I'll have to trouble you with this matter first."

Baiyun Qingye helplessly shrugged.

"..."

Looking at the mountain of documents in front of her, Shizune suddenly felt a sense of despair.

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the other side.

On the road from the Daimyo's residence to Konoha Village, the Daimyo's envoy raced all the way and finally arrived in Konoha at top speed.

The daimyo was furious about Konoha Village's overstepping its authority in launching the war. Upon learning the news, he immediately dispatched an envoy to Konoha to demand an explanation and presented him with a token symbolizing the daimyo's authority.

The purpose was to question the newly appointed Shirakumo Aoba about whether he wanted to continue in his post. If he didn't want to, he should step down and be replaced by someone else, or the Daimyo's office should simply send a ninja to take over the affairs of Konoha.

Clearly, this daimyo of the Land of Fire was genuinely angry.

Konoha's actions undoubtedly violated his agreement with the other daimyo. The other four great nations might unite to put pressure on him, and then even if the Land of Fire is powerful, it will be in jeopardy.

Even they couldn't withstand the pressure from the four major powers.

Therefore, he was filled with dissatisfaction with Konoha for always causing trouble.

However, the daimyo often lacked a clear understanding of the ninja's strength.

The daimyo waved his hand and immediately dispatched several former guardian ninjas as envoys.

Why is it called a former Guardian Ninja?

These people fought a major battle against another faction of guardian ninjas for their own ideals.

After losing, he faked his death to escape and has remained hidden behind the scenes ever since.

After learning about these people, the daimyo of the Land of Fire not only did not punish them, but also secretly funded them.

These former guardian ninjas held the belief that the Hokage was unnecessary and that real power among ninjas should be held by the Daimyo of the Land of Fire. They believed that the Land of Fire could only have one Daimyo!

The daimyo of the Land of Fire was naturally very happy to hear such a political philosophy.

However, because of this ideology, they also became known as radicals.

One of them was the most radical of the radicals—Kazuma!

It was precisely because of the new Hokage of Konoha's audacious and reckless behavior, which showed no regard for the Daimyo, that he was thoroughly enraged.

That's why Kazuma was recalled and appointed as the team leader this time.

It was all to give this Hokage a good talking-to.

He wanted to make Konoha understand that the Daimyo of the Land of Fire had more than just Konoha as an option.

If you don't want to be Hokage anymore, then let Kazuma take your place!

Who are these guardian ninjas?

The first to lead the way was the radical leader, He Ma.

The beautiful female ninja Bufeng and Buyuan, the earth-style ninja Fubu, and the temporarily brought-in son of Kazuma—Ku.

But emptiness is not simple either.

Although he was just an apprentice monk at the Fire Temple before, he is Kazuma's biggest trump card in this operation.

He even felt that with these five people and the daimyo's order, they might be able to take over Konoha's rule by force!

Chapter 654 The Land of Fire Can Only Have One Sun

Kazuma and his party, acting as envoys of the daimyo, passed through the gate smoothly under the strange gazes of the two gatekeepers of Konoha.

Because the group had come urgently on the orders of the Daimyo, they had not contacted Konoha in advance, and no one was there to greet them. Only a Konoha ninja led the way.

As for why Kotetsu and Izumo Kamizuki gave each other strange looks, it was mainly because their outfits were indeed too eye-catching.

Especially Kazuma, with his messy white hair and the hideous scars on his face.

While judging a book by its cover is not a good thing, any normal person would be wary upon seeing this face.

It's hard to imagine that a daimyo would send such an envoy.

It's just that these people carried their official tokens with them; otherwise, their status would have been thoroughly investigated.

After they went inside, the two of them quickly sent someone to report the matter to the Hokage Building.

Kazuma and his companions clearly hadn't been to Konoha much before. On their way to the Hokage Building, they passed through a completely renovated commercial street, a large shopping mall in Konoha, and an amusement park that is currently unique to Konoha among the five great ninja villages.

The bustling atmosphere, the magnificent architecture that shows no signs of age, and the brand-new buildings that were clearly constructed not long ago—all of these things constantly impacted them.

This made the group of guardian ninjas from the Land of Fire feel like country bumpkins visiting the city.

"The streets of Konoha are even more impressive than those of the Land of Fire."

Following behind the Konoha ninja who was leading the way, Kazuma looked at the bustling scenery around him with a blank expression.

A destructive urge couldn't help but arise spontaneously.

The mere village of Konoha dares to build a city even more prosperous than the city where the daimyo resides; they're practically courting death!

Because the group remained expressionless throughout, the Konoha Chunin who was leading the way didn't understand the other meaning behind Kazuma's words and assumed that the other party was just expressing his feelings.

So I followed up with a few words of introduction.