[Konoha]
Early in the morning, quite a lot of villagers and ninja had already gathered in the plaza in front of the Hokage Tower.
Today was Aoba's Hokage succession ceremony.
The result of the villagers' vote came as no surprise, and the succession ceremony naturally proceeded smoothly.
[Inside the Hokage Office]
Aoba was already wearing the ceremonial robe that represented the Sixth Hokage.
Tsunade had also come. For something like this, she, as the former Hokage, naturally had to show up.
She walked around Aoba twice, then helped him straighten his collar, and nodded in satisfaction.
"Not bad, you look a lot more handsome in this."
"Aoba."
At this time, Shizune also smiled sweetly as she handed him the Hokage hat.
The one who was jealous was yesterday's her. Today she had returned to her gentle big sister mode.
"Thanks, Shizune-nee."
Aoba smiled as he thanked her and put the Hokage hat on his head.
Tsunade helped adjust it for him, then asked, "Have you thought about what you're going to say later?"
"I feel like there's nothing much to say. Just say a couple of simple lines like you did, sensei," Aoba replied with a smile.
"That's true. As long as you know what you're doing," Tsunade had never been someone who cared much about formalities.
But being Hokage was no small matter, so in the end she still seriously reminded him, "Being Hokage is not child's play. I think you should have understood that long ago, right?"
"I understand," Aoba answered seriously.
"Mm," Tsunade showed a gratified smile, "Maybe taking you as my student was the most correct decision I ever made in my life."
"I don't think so," After thinking for a moment, Aoba said so.
"Huh?", Tsunade's smile froze at once.
Aoba smiled again and said, "I think the most correct decision you ever made was deciding to become my girlfriend."
"You brat!"
Tsunade flicked his forehead angrily, "Be serious. Now that you've become Hokage, you should act like one!"
As she spoke, she glanced at the obediently standing Shizune beside them.
She could not help but complain inwardly.
Was that really her own decision?
She had completely fallen into the trap set by this rebellious disciple of hers.
Shizune had really done her in.
Even though she was still a little tsundere in her heart, she did not refute Aoba's words out loud.
Shizune noticed Tsunade's malicious glance and tilted her head.
Not understanding what she had done to make the other unhappy again.
The three of them walked out of the office one after another and went up to the rooftop of the Hokage Tower.
At this time, the plaza in front of the building was already packed with people.
But Aoba still noticed many familiar figures right away.
Hinata, Hanabi, Ino, Sakura, and others he knew were all standing at the front of the crowd, easy for him to see at a glance.
Looking at the dark mass of people below, Aoba felt a bit dazed for a moment.
"Go!"
Tsunade gently gave him a push from behind.
Aoba followed the push forward and stood in front of everyone.
"From today on, I will lead Konoha!"
The plaza instantly erupted with cheers.
"Sis! Sis! Did you see? Aoba-nii looks so handsome wearing the Hokage outfit!"
Hanabi kept tugging on Hinata's clothes.
"Mm, I know."
Hinata only nodded calmly, but when she raised her head to look at the figure standing above everyone else, her eyes were shining just the same.
Not just her. The other girls also got a little starry eyed when they saw Aoba.
They were already used to his handsome face in daily life, but today, seeing him in the Hokage robe, full of spirit, they could not help swooning again.
Being greedy for your own boyfriend's good looks was perfectly normal.
But some people's thoughts were not so proper.
For example Yakumo and Karin felt a bit regretful, thinking why they had not let Aoba wear this outfit yesterday.
Compared to the girls' swooning, the boys' reactions were much more normal.
"Who would have thought Aoba would really become Hokage."
Choji looked up at the figure on top of the Hokage Tower wearing the Hokage ceremonial robe and even forgot to eat his chips.
"Becoming Hokage at such a young age, even Akamaru wouldn't dare to imagine something like that," Kiba nodded seriously.
"Woof! Woof!"
Akamaru on his head barked twice as if in agreement.
"That's normal, because that's Aoba after all," Naruto was more happy than surprised when he saw Aoba.
Aoba being Hokage was only natural.
"Hokage…", But Sasuke frowned slightly, his fist unconsciously clenching.
Even though he was not that interested in being Hokage, Aoba becoming Hokage so early still made him feel frustrated.
After all, that was Hokage.
The true number one of Konoha Village.
Only Shikamaru off to the side scratched the back of his head, looking complicated and a bit sad, "A classmate becoming Hokage somehow makes me feel like I've already become an old man."
Just as Aoba had said, he did not waste much time.
After shouting that he was the new Hokage, and listening to the villagers' cheers for a bit, he went back to the Hokage office.
Altogether it did not even take twenty minutes.
"Sensei, are you leaving already?"
Aoba had just taken off the Hokage robe when he saw Tsunade already preparing to leave.
"Everything's done. I'm not Hokage anymore, so of course I'm going to the casino to have some fun."
Tsunade did not hide her plans at all and said them outright.
"This…"
"All right, I'll be back before dinner. Today is a good day, so I might come back loaded!"
Without giving Aoba any chance to speak, Tsunade waved her hand and confidently left the office.
"Hope sensei doesn't lose all her savings from these years in one go," Aoba sighed helplessly.
Shizune also sighed, saying in a faint tone, "Maybe in two weeks she'll be coming to borrow money from you."
"..."
The corner of Aoba's mouth twitched. Then he suddenly thought that now that he was Hokage, he did not need to worry about a lot of things anymore, and said directly to Shizune,
"Shizune-nee, have Konan-nii go talk to the casino owners in Konoha about buying out the casinos."
"Buying the casinos?", Shizune was stunned. She did not expect Aoba's first task as Hokage to be this.
Aoba nodded seriously, "The existence of casinos has always been a hidden danger for Konoha, but we cannot ban them. We might as well have the village officially take control. That way we can both keep the internal chaos under control and improve Konoha's finances."
Once he had the casinos in hand, no matter how much Tsunade lost, would it not just be money going from one hand to the other?
And if he became Tsunade's creditor, then later—
"This… but buying out the casinos probably won't be easy."
Shizune knew how big the profits of Konoha's casinos were. The casino owners definitely would not agree.
But Aoba could not help showing a mischievous smile, "Shizune-nee, we're ninja. Naturally, we use ninja methods to solve problems."
"Though we can also first have the Police Force investigate thoroughly. With such big casinos, there is no way they have not violated village rules somewhere."
"Then I'll go make the arrangements now."
After receiving the order, Shizune did not hesitate and immediately went to take care of it.
But Aoba added one last thing, "Oh right, Shizune-nee, you absolutely must not let sensei know about this."
After a brief pause, Shizune immediately understood something and asked suspiciously, "Aoba, you're not planning to use the casinos to set Lady Tsunade up, are you?"
Aoba naturally did not admit it and immediately put on a serious face.
"Shizune-nee, I'm the Hokage now!"
Shizune rolled her eyes, "If Lady Tsunade finds out someday, you will definitely regret it."
After saying that, she also left the Hokage office.
Aoba frowned and scratched his head, 'Why does this scene feel kind of familiar?'
'Huh?"
Before he could think further, he suddenly sensed someone contacting him through the Magic Lantern Body Technique.
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