Canceled a lesson with Sakura today in observation of a last-minute council meeting. The bigwigs were expressing growing concern over Akatsuki activity. Representatives from the Earth country have reported several nin who disappeared while tracking alleged Akatsuki agents. I urged patience on the matter but other chairpersons demanded some sort of contingency—especially Danzo.
Danzo...gung-ho as usual. The idiot proposed that we immediately send ANBU teams to investigate the incident, a suggestion I labeled as counter-intuitive. The tactic does not bode well with the Konoha image, I told him, for whom the rest of the United Countries already dislike. I presented that Konoha cannot police the world when the village can barely stand on its own legs. Danzo continued to argue his case and so I, in my first defiant act as Hokage, vetoed him. The room fell silent, as did Danzo. I didn't care, though. We don't need this tension now.
Ugh. Learn your place, old fool. I don't know what era you're living in but now is a time of peace—don't ruin it.
