Tsunade looked at the "5th Hokage".

Since she agreed to join the Konoha Council (although only after Jiraiya, Homura and Koharu repeatedly did their best to convince her), she was now at the Hokage Office with Homura and Koharu to help Eiji with the formalities of the upcoming inauguration.

Of course like a shadow, Danzo stood next to Eiji.

With one gaze, Tsunade could see many details: 'They sure didn't lie when they called him a puppet...'

She sighed internally.

Not long ago, she told Naruto that the title of Hokage is a joke and only an idiot would want to be Hokage.

But Naruto made her change her opinion, which made her decide to become the 5th Hokage.

Ironically when they fought Orochimaru, Orochimaru said the same words: That the title of Hokage is a joke.

At that point, she already changed her opinion and disagreed, but now seeing a "Puppet Hokage" was practically a slap in her face.

It was a huge insult to the legacy of all the previous Hokage.

For that reason, she held a huge grudge against Danzo.

Before coming here, she was briefed on Eiji's profile, but seeing him in person, she could only think: 'Even though learning Sage Mode at this age is impressive, other than that there is nothing noteworthy which would make him qualified to be Hokage...'

In her eyes, he was only outstanding compared to his peers, but compared to true geniuses like Itachi or Minato, he didn't even come close.

From what she could see, other than Eiji having battle strength, his other aspects like intelligence were mediocre.

So when someone becomes Hokage, just because he makes a good puppet, she couldn't help to leak some disdain through her gaze.

But funnily enough, even though she looked down on him, she felt an indescribable feeling of uneasiness looking at Eiji

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'No...I'm probably still tired from all that happened and just imagining things...' - with that her mind started to wander off, thinking about how she treated Kakashi and Sasuke, the situation of Lee and other things since the "meeting" was really unproductive.

It was mostly Eiji bitching about all kinds of things and Danzo sending him glares of death.

"...do I really have to give a speech to the whole village? You know, I hate giving speeches in public and to not mess up I would need some beer...oh right I'm not old enough, techee" - Eiji made a pose like a cheeky schoolgirl when he said that.

"..."

Danzo would love to remind Eiji that his parent's lives were in his hands, but because currently, they weren't alone, he needed to bear with his antics.

When he decided that Eiji would be his puppet, he would never have dreamed how annoying a child can be!

And Homura and Koharu didn't say anything, but it was clearly written on their faces how much they enjoyed that his "puppet" was messing with him.

Normally no sane person in Eiji's situation would dare to something like that, but Eiji had his reasons.

The most obvious reason was, that he wanted to probe if Danzo is considering using Kotoamatsukami on him.

Danzo's reaction could tell a lot, but unfortunately, Danzo was an old experienced schemer with a perfect poker-face and didn't show anything.

But Eiji believed that everyone has a limit and he was certain that if someone is able to break Danzo, it would be him.

Of course, doing this is a double-edged sword and could end up pretty badly for him or his parents, but in his eyes, they were in danger anyway even if he was the completely obedient puppet, and doing that, the potential reward was higher than the risk.

"Sigh, okay fine...stop bothering me. As the new Hokage I hereby declare Shimura Danzo to be part of the Konoha Council...are you happy now?" - Eiji looked with a grumpy face at Danzo while saying that.

"...you heard him, so now to the next topi-" Danzo was interrupted by someone blasting the door open while the guards tried their best to not let him enter.

"I-I'm sorry, we couldn't hold this crazy...-"

"EIJI!!!!" - Eiji's father was shouting with bloodshot eyes at him.

"Oh, what's up, Dad?"

"EIJI, STOP THIS NONSENSE!! AS YOUR FATHER I KNOW YOU AREN'T FIT TO BE HOKAGE!!! YOU NEED TO BE SMART FOR THAT LIKE ME, BUT YOU TOOK AFTER YOUR MOTHER...SO PLEASE RECONSIDER!!"

Currently, it still wasn't made public that Eiji would the next Hokage, so only a handful of people knew, but as his parents of course they were told about it.

His mother sensed that there was something wrong and that it makes no sense to choose Eiji, so she tried to convince Eiji to decline.

But after seeing his face, she knew he had his reasons to not decline and that he carries some sort of burden he can't share, so she had no choice but to let him.

And his father....well.

"Sorry, but it was already decided, and declining now would be awkward..." - Eiji

"I-I understand. But at least take those brain-enhancement pills!!" - he suddenly pulled a huge amount of pills out.

"..."

Tsunade looked at Danzo with a look that said: 'Our village is doomed because of you!'