Was. His power had only increased too, as the village elders have grown so comfortable with their emotional sway on the Third Hokage that he was able to start chatting them up too. In order to have your son do missions and have the freedom to leave the village, I had to fight them tooth and nail and every step of the way.

When Konoha was invaded, instead of defending the people or do anything of value, the old fucker decided to stockhold his ROOT so he could become Hokage after I exerted myself. [ She has so many strong feelings about himself. ] He was right, but he was killed in action and I took the helm once more and then shut down his organization. [ Minato your hokageship is something she envies. She has more people jumping down her throat than Joey Chestnut at a hot dog eating contest. ]