Morning sets in, as I'm forced to wake up early because of the old man's body clock. I go about the day according to how the man would go about it, doing all the small chores and going downstairs to the store.
Since there was a attack yesterday, Konoha's ninjas or what's left of them are all going to be on high alert, so I follow the old man's mannerisms to a T. Instead of opening the store, I go outside and ask around the neighbourhood about what happened yesterday and what all the commotion was about.
I get vague answers, which considering they're from the commoners who ran from the scene amidst the chaos is to be expected. One unexpected information which was clear was that the Third Hokage had taken lead of the village and had already informed the villagers of the sacrifice of the Forth and his wife to stop the Demon Fox. Along with this there was also going to be a massive funeral ceremony for all those who died in this tragic incident within three days.
I had the thought that it would have at least taken a week to recover the structure of Konoha, that is selecting the Hokage but it seems the Old Third had quite a bit of authority still left to come back into the Hokage Seat this early. It was practically the next day and boom, he's Hokage again. Poor Danzo's probably fuming right now. maybe even considering assassinating his best friend again.
Since I'm too old to help the rest of the villagers gather and clear the rubble from the Fox's destruction spree, I found that I couldn't really help with much of anything so I just went to check on the old lay next door. This was to keep up appearances, the last thing I need is to be taken away to the Anbu Torture Room as a suspected spy.
Turns out the old lady was visiting her sister's grandkids in the part of the village that was near the Demon Fox's attack. And since she isn't back by now, either she's with her sister's family in some relief area or the hospital or she's with them in the Pure Land. I'm hoping it's the later because the last thing I need is an old lady who knows the guy, I'll probably slip up and if she reports to Konoha which believe me she will as the entire village has an unhealthy amount of respect for the Hokage and ninjas almost to the point of it resembling a cult. Which it might as well be, the Will Of Fire Cult.
Aside from that, I went back to my store and hanged the open sign as my area was the least affected by the fox. Looking at the system progress, it seemed like the ninja world had bad multidimensional network connection or something since the bar was still at 20%. At this rate it might take three or four days more before the system finally gets back up.
Yup, the stupid bar was the only thing I could see, no profile, nothing, during the loading, I couldn't access anything or touch anything in the panel. It's just three more days, I don't need to be anxious about it, I'll just wait it out.
For the next three days I went about my day according to how the old man would and in my free time also went out to the relief area and hospital to ask about the old woman, which considering it had been three days, there's no hope of her being alive by now.
I don't really feel much about the news but I still had to pretend to be grief stricken and had to force tears upon hearing the news. Her and the old guys relationship was known to quite a few people in the neighbourhood and the last thing I needed was someone reporting to the cult leader of a spy.
On third day, I dressed in what formal wear I had and attended the funeral ceremony. I had to sit halfway through the Third's speech because he just wouldn't stop glazing the Forth and his great sacrifice to the village. I already knew where he was going with it and sure enough the last bits of the speech were him saying he would remain on the Hokage seat until a suitable candidate appeared and all the minions clapped. Got to hand it to him, he is the strongest Hoekagay in terms of politics.
Looking at the system progress which was 95% complete, It would most likely be done by the end of today. Maybe even tomorrow considering that the bar's speed fluctuated.
I can't wait to see what this OP sounding system is capable of.