Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-34277398-20190309153341/@comment-32685487-20190316152639

Hiruzen was not one to give something that he feels wasn't earned, acknowledgement being something he won't just give somebody. Didn't he act this way with Asuma too and Asuma got pissed at him for being distant and not giving acknowledgement and all, and left Konoha for awhile?