45 Why do Hokages have so much work? (2/2)
Well the conversation wasn't ended by any resolution, there was a knock on the door, so I had Tsunade go and sit off in a seat as I called whoever it was in. I forgot I was Hokage for a second honestly. Well I guess it's really no different that I am usually, just well, a lot more lives are put into my hands.
I put on my smiling face as 3 people enter, the one leading in the front is a woman with Shoulder length brown hair and black looking eyes. As I try hoping that I don't run into her in a haunted house, she goes and bows down, ”Greeting lord Hokage, we were told that you were looking to make a team for handling paperwork instead of the Hokage?”
I nod my head, ”Well handling all of the paperwork that isn't important enough to be handled by the Hokage. I wish to have a small team work together to handle the paperwork, approve things that are sensible, deny things that are a waste of resources. Things that the team deems to be important, or cannot decide on will then be bumped up to me.” I just need to not make this too much of a bureaucracy, I can imagine a ninja trying to apply for a mission, come here, only to find out they need a paper from across the village, and then find out it closed early that day. Definitely need to avoid that.
The woman nods her head after hearing my response, she then asks a question, ”So would you like to test us and see whether we pass?” Oh, yeah. Ninja's and their trials. Uhh, lets see, where is that paper I was looking at before... Aha!
I pull out the paper and pass it to her, ”In 10 minutes tell me what you think of this, whether you would approve this.” I smile and sit as she flips through the pages, then when she gets to the last page I hear her sigh.
”No, I wouldn't this person, whoever he is, is a huge pervert, and a cheap one too. He wants to use village funds to go to a well known store in the leaf that deals in illicit things. Definitely not information gathering.” I nod slightly.
”Alright, I'll tell you what I think about it after hearing from those other two.” I point at the man and the woman.
The man steps up and bows before grabbing the paper and reading it for 2 minutes, ”I was wishing that you were joking, but by all means it appears to be true. If you look at this line here, he also goes and makes sure to add that a tip may be added depending on the woman's ability. God, I feel bad for all women when men like this exist.” He grabs his head and sighs before passing it over to the last woman who also bows when she steps forward.
After less than a minute, ”Wait a minute, I know this shinobi... He's my brother's friend. They both always would go and brag how they were getting money to go to that disgusting place for free. As Ley said, he doesn't even try to go and hide that it was a woman and that he may tip her based on her ability. Not just that, but he also at the end, put it in very small lettering that he wished for even more money, and I am not joking, so he can buy a girlfriend. I have a newfound disgust for him.” Jesus, this guy has no shame.
Also, the woman, surprisingly, had eyes like pearls, which leads me to believe she has the byakugan. Though since she is covering her forehead with her band I think she's not part of the main household.
I smile and nod, they even found things I didn't notice, and not just that, they built onto each other! I like them! ”You have all passed, and should you wish the position is yours. However I will add in, at the very least 2 more people to join in your group. The starting pay will be 200 Ryo an hour and it would be, hopefully, only 5 hours of work a day for 5 days., and before you ask how I'll calculate it, I have a way of knowing how long each person will work. Seeing as these are sensitive documents as well I would like to have a seal put onto each of you. This is if you should still accept. If you don't then you do not need to worry about any of this.” I kind of just pulled 200 Ryo out of my ass since I know you could buy a good amount of ramen with that, and considering that's 5k Ryo for working for 25 hours, I don't think that's too bad to last a family for a week. I mean lets see, 3 meals a day, times 7 days, times 20... is about 4k right? That's getting Ichiraku ramen too though, which while cheap, there is still cheaper food around that I've tried.
Some of those street vendors are actually pretty damned good. While I was doing those calculations the three silent shinobi went and spoke up, ”We accept your conditions lord Hokage, please treat us well!” I nod and tell them that they are going to start tomorrow, and that's when I'd go and seal them. I already have one in mind, it turns invisible after you finish it so unless you know where it is it won't appear, I can put various conditions into it, and I can even put a jutsu in it. Know what one I'm going to put into it?
Flying Raijin, and It's going to be pre-set to go straight to the cells where I once met Orochimaru. Hehe, I just came up with that, cool right? See I'm learning from my blunders!
After they leave the room I look at Tsunade and smile, ”Hey... think you can go to the orphanage and get them to prepare dinner for all of us as well? When I visit them I want to see how well those kids can do without me helping them.” She sighs and walks away.
You know, how do harem protagonists do it? I literally can't understand how to handle a single girl, and now I have a masochist confessing to me when I first wake up, her going and doing pretty much everything to get me to sleep with her, a girl with 0 romantic experience trying to figure out the personality she wants when she's all lovey dubby and shit, a chick who stabbed me because she thought I wanted to die, and another who wanted to go and stab the other girls. And it's not like I can kill myself anymore to escape this.
Heh, that'd be pretty funny and at the same time mortifying, 'First Day in office, new hokage kills himself.' Wow I need to watch a funny movie or do something to cheer up before I go and dive down that rabbit hole more.
Oh yeah, speaking of movies and news headlines, whatever did happen to that wannabe Narrator that followed me around for a bit... I haven't seen them in a good bit. Well whatever.
Then before I knew it 4 years passed. Along the way I didn't waste it like I did those 7 years inside my dimension, I actually went and helped each and every one of my summons get stronger, I summoned Esdeath less than a month after I was made Hokage, and honestly I was torn as to what personality I could pick for her to do her justice. Like I wanted something that fit her looks, and would also be a punishment for her, well and a benefit for me.
One of the free options was making her a masochist, which would be all well and good, but what if she ended up like darkness and let herself be hit in combat just so she can go and get her rocks off? I couldn't have that, I know I'm going to fight tough things in the future and I've only recently made progress in helping darkness actually be useful with a sword.
Another personality that I wanted to give her wasn't free though, it actually cost SP. Well thankfully only 100, but still I had to resist since, well, it'd be only pleasing a certain audience and so long as you don't look at my internet history I am not part of that audience. In case you're wondering, it's little sister. It would be really awkward if she called me nee-chan considering I'm just a bit older than her, plus honestly, I can't imagine her like that at all.
I ended up with one of the free options since I didn't want to ruin her too much, and apparently since I did it how I did, well I was able to select 3 different parts of her personality since kind was apparently too ambiguous for the system. I'm not complaining though since I also picked confident, and well, this one is to make me happy, yandere. Just kidding no, sweet jesus no. Yandere's would be way too much for me, I know I can regenerate but I still feel pain, and jesus does it hurt to get stabbed. No, I ended up picking smart. I don't know why but I like smart girls, not to say I don't like girls that aren't smart, but well, girls that can go and hold up their own against me in a conversation definitely have a place in my heart.
That's just one part of what happened though, these last three years have been relatively hectic for my love life. God where to start.