Chapter 55: A New Arrangement
The investigation of Root shinobi was naturally led by the Yamanaka Clan, with cooperation from the Torture and Interrogation Force. Once Tsunade saw things proceeding smoothly, she left Yamanaka Inoichi in charge and left with the remaining clan heads.
The group made their way to the Hokage Tower, calling in the head of the finance department along the way.
"Hikari, bring out the military funds we received from the daimyo." Tsunade instructed calmly. Of course, she couldn't just say that Kamizuki Hikari kept the funds himself because he was worried she might blow it all at the casino.
As long as she didn't mention it, no one would ever suspect such a thing.
When the clan heads saw Kamizuki Hikari produce a scroll containing the sealed funds, their expressions shifted slightly.
"Hokage-sama, here are the documents that need approval. Shizune has already processed a batch of them, but there are still some that require your final decision." a subordinate reported.
Tsunade glanced at the mountain of paperwork stacked nearly a meter high on her desk and almost rolled her eyes into the back of her head.
[What the hell? How can a village as small as Konoha have this much paperwork?!]
[Does every single document in Konoha require the Hokage's personal approval? If that's the case, the Hokage is going to work themselves to death.]
[Honestly, what are the department heads even doing? Shouldn't they filter these documents first, handle the routine ones themselves, and only bring the complicated issues to the Hokage? Speaking of which, the Hokage's advisory council is still necessary—just needs a different approach.]
[Hmm... why not call it the General Staff Department?]