Hokage: I Traveled Through Time With The Tenseigan

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Moreover, the pharmaceutical sector is still excluded, leaving the village's medical system in an embarrassing situation.

Looking at the Third Hokage, who had already made up his mind, Mito Kaden finally had no choice but to accept the result.

"I understand. I will arrange manpower as soon as possible, prepare the equipment, and send it to Anbu."

The conditions had been negotiated, so there was no use in resisting any further.

Although the F4 team functioned as a whole, the Third Hokage was the leader. Once he made a decision, the others had no choice but to accept it, even if they weren't happy about it. After all, everything they had was granted by the Third Hokage.

Of course, they had also given the Third Hokage a great deal of support in return.

With the F4 team reaching an agreement—excluding Shimura Danzo, who was still in prison—the logistics department quickly took action.

Shigeru initially thought it would take several days to assemble the necessary equipment.

However, he underestimated the village's resources. By noon the next day, all the required equipment had been delivered to Anbu in full.

With the supplies in place, Shigeru had no reason to continue allowing Anbu's forces to surround the Shimura compound, so he had no choice but to withdraw them.

Fortunately, the effort had not been in vain. Anbu had suddenly gained more than 300 new members, which made its structure a bit overcrowded.

Luckily, Shigeru's puppets were not included in Anbu's official personnel count.

With the addition of over 300 puppets, many security posts were now directly managed by them.

As a result, Anbu's base defenses were entirely handed over to puppets, and even the team secretly assigned to protect Kushina was now composed of puppets.

People can lose control, but puppets can't.

Shigeru would not allow a situation where an enemy infiltrated Konoha and kidnapped Kushina.

The security forces at the pharmaceutical base and headquarters were also replaced with puppets. In fact, so many roles were taken over by them that even Anbu's own ninjas started feeling uneasy.

Before long, Anbu members realized that their workload was diminishing rapidly. Many tasks that Anbu traditionally handled in the village were now being taken over by puppets, leaving them with little to do.

Concerned about their future, Eagle and Tiger, two of Anbu's top operatives, decided to confront Shigeru directly.

They had no choice. If things continued this way, Anbu's members would soon be completely replaced, leaving them unemployed.

This was something none of them could accept.

Even administrative tasks were gradually being assigned to puppets.

Understandably, the Anbu ninjas were anxious.

Shigeru knew exactly why they had come, so he addressed their concerns directly:

"Puppets are useful, but they can never fully replace humans.

There are still many critical missions that only you can handle. Some tasks require complex decision-making and adaptability, which puppets lack.

Reassigning Anbu personnel is a complicated process, and adjustments haven't been made yet.

Go inform the others—tell them to take a break and be patient."

"You will not be replaced, you will not lose your jobs, and you will remain in Anbu."

Even though puppets had taken over many roles, Shigeru was carefully considering how to reorganize Anbu's existing personnel.

However, he had no intention of discarding his people.

He just needed time to restructure their assignments.

"Senior, where do you think these people should be placed?"

"How should I know?"

Nara Luxin responded irritably,

"Anbu has never had enough manpower before. Anbu squads were always being pulled in multiple directions to provide reinforcements.

Only you could manage to put Anbu in a situation where there's too much manpower!"

As he spoke, Nara Luxin gave Shigeru an incredulous look, as if he had just witnessed the impossible.

Anbu being short-staffed was a universal issue. It wasn't just Konoha—every other village faced the same problem.

Strict screening conditions, coupled with the sheer number of missions and security duties, meant there were never enough Anbu operatives.

Yet somehow, Shigeru had overloaded Anbu with personnel, to the point where some members were sitting idle, even fearing for their jobs.

If word of this got out, it would shock people across the ninja world.

It was like a knife scratching a bare butt—an eye-opening experience.

Despite his complaints, Nara Luxin still tried to help.

"Should we send some people to the front lines?"

"Tsunade already has at least three teams stationed around her, and several other teams are gathering enemy intelligence on the battlefield."

"What about Konoha Prison?"

"They have enough manpower as well."

"The Hokage's office?"

"Anbu is no longer needed there. The new Hokage Guard is responsible for the Hokage's security."

"..."

What the hell? No one wants them?

Where am I supposed to put them, then?!

Nara Luxin sighed and gave up.

She buried her face in her documents, unwilling to continue the discussion.

Fine. Let Shigeru figure it out himself.

With nothing else to do, many Anbu members simply went home to rest.

On his way home, Shigeru pondered the problem. No matter where he tried to reassign them, it just didn't feel right. He wasn't going to reduce them to mere laborers.

If that was the case, it would be better to disband them entirely.

As he approached his house, he noticed something unusual.

Guests?

Seeing the neatly arranged shoes at the entrance, Shigeru glanced toward the living room.

"Shigeru, you're back!"

Hearing the sound of shoes being changed at the door, Kushina ran out excitedly and grabbed his arm.

"Sister Mikoto is here as a guest, and she even brought someone with her."

"Where are Nawaki and Minato?"

Smiling, Shigeru ruffled Kushina's red hair before stepping inside.

Kushina pouted.

"That little yellow-haired brat got taken out by Nawaki. I don't know where they went, but they didn't take me with them!"

Kushina and Nawaki often bickered, and more often than not, Nawaki ended up on the losing end.

Many times, he would get so frustrated that he'd storm off, leaving Kushina behind when he went out to play.

It was his only form of revenge.

"If he didn't take you, then don't take him with you when you go out to play."

Shigeru chuckled.

Kids will be kids.

"Sir."

Uchiha Mikoto and Uchiha Fugaku, who were sitting on the sofa, quickly stood up and greeted him respectfully.

At the last high-level meeting, Shigeru had casually acknowledged Uchiha, which had greatly irritated the Third Hokage and his faction.

Now, Uchiha was left wondering—

Was Shigeru deliberately provoking the Hokage's camp, or was he subtly extending an olive branch to Uchiha?

If he was merely antagonizing the Hokage faction, Uchiha wanted to stay far away.

They already had enough problems and didn't want to get involved in political infighting.

Unless, of course, Tsunade's faction was willing to support them.