The idea of ​​graduating early ultimately came to nothing. Looking at Senju Rin and Uzumaki Naruto, whom he had practically raised himself, and seeing a better future for Konoha and the Sarutobi clan in his eyes, Sarutobi Hiruzen finally let go of some of his ulterior motives.

However, there might also be a reason why their strength has become formidable.

When the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, led his Anbu back to their posts, he saw Rock Lee looking unwilling and heartbroken because he couldn't graduate early and become a ninja.

Knowing all too well that the ninja world was treacherous and that without the strength of an elite Jonin, one would surely die a violent death upon stepping outside, the four exchanged a glance and, rubbing their hands together, surrounded him, eager for a fight.

Finally, after being brutally beaten four times, Xiao Li finally came to his senses and realized that he was still a good-for-nothing.

After all, for Rock Lee, who can only be considered an elite Chunin even after opening three gates, it would be much easier for Lin Nian and his group of four to beat him than to beat Akamaru.

As for opening three gates in a row, and then fighting Tsunade to a standstill in a short period of time?

Are you sure Tsunade only used 10% of her strength?

Moreover, the result after the fight was that Tsunade had finished warming up, while Rock Lee had fractures all over his body—it was absolutely brutal!

As a full moon descended from the sky, the five people who had trained all day began to go home and find their mothers.

Lin Nian, who had only a slight idea of ​​what would happen tonight, created a clone on her way back, and then her main body turned around and headed towards Uchiha Sasuke.

Sure enough, when the clone walked back to his own door, before he even pushed open the door of his small house, he smelled a very strong smell of alcohol.

Upon entering, one finds Tsunade passed out drunk on the table, which is covered with various bottles of alcohol.

Quietly open the windows and doors to let the air out and dissipate the smell of alcohol.

Feeling that it would be better to have a clone outside tonight, he went straight into the forest and began to cultivate silently, surrounded by countless blue silver grasses.

Not long after, Tsunade, who was pretending to be drunk, slowly arrived at the scene. Looking at Senju Ryoun, who was only one step away from the legendary Sage Mode, she felt a mix of emotions.

In the end, only a few books and scrolls were left on the table in the hut.

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"You guys are supposed to be very busy tonight, why did you suddenly come here?"

In the medicinal bath that was being used directly as a hot spring to relax his body, Uchiha Sasuke slowly opened his eyes and looked at Lin Nian and Uzumaki Naruto, who had also come in to soak.

After channeling some life force into the medicinal bath to stimulate its effects, Lin Nian lazily said something, feeling that everything was just right.

"Nothing much, I just felt sorry for you being the only Uchiha in such a big Uchiha clan territory, so I came to see you make a fool of yourself. But tsk, you're only a little smaller than me, but much more robust than Naruto. Naruto, are you really a Sage Body?"

Naruto Uzumaki, who was innocently caught in the crossfire, suddenly widened his eyes upon hearing this. Just as he was about to get angry, he saw Lin Nian and Sasuke Uchiha looking at him with great interest.

Looking down through the slightly cloudy medicine at his brother, who was within the normal range, a sudden feeling of sadness welled up inside him, but he had no way to express it.

Because in his perception, a Blue Silver Grass had already grown in the medicinal pool. If he didn't want Lin Nian to drain him dry instantly and then hang him up for a photo, he'd better behave himself.

In response, Naruto Uzumaki, determined to surpass them in another aspect, unleashed a transformation jutsu.

In a wisp of white smoke that blended with the water vapor, a graceful body, appearing and disappearing, stirred the boy's heartstrings. Her waist-length yellow twin ponytails always aroused a desire to control her, making the two of them stare intently.

only………

"Damn it! You beast, where did you get Chiyo from?!"

"Sasuke, stop using your electric shocks!"

"Hey, stop hitting me! Waaaaah..."

After giving a good beating to a certain bastard, Lin Nian and Uchiha Sasuke, feeling their minds were polluted, simultaneously unleashed Water Release and began frantically washing their eyes, leaving only a bruised and battered Naruto Uzumaki cowering in a corner, trembling.

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Location: Underground base at the root.

The dim candlelight could not illuminate the most filthy place in Konoha. At the very bottom, where the Root ninjas, like walking corpses, were guarding the most desolate place, a figure with his right eye covered by bandages and his right arm sealed by a special ninja tool, who was clearly not a good person, slowly turned around.

"You mean that brat can now hold his own against Tsunade for a short time? And if he seizes an opportunity, he could kill an elite Jonin?"

His single exposed eye was filled with greed as he looked up at the deep rock wall below, as if he could already see the Hokage throne he had long awaited through it.

"Yes, Lord Danzo. According to the information from the Root ninjas and the exploration of the destroyed terrain, Senju Ryoun has already become a Jonin, while the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and the Uchiha orphan are already at the level of elite Chunin."

"Moreover, based on Gen's long-term observation, Senju Ryoun has always been the leader among the three."

"A Jonin? An eight-year-old Wood Release Jonin, hahahahaha... Hiruzen, so what if you bring Tsunade back? With Senju Ryoun, the Hokage position will definitely be mine!"

"Copy all the Wood Release techniques from the Book of Seals, and give them to Senju Ryoun tomorrow in my name. He knows what to do..."

"Understood, Lord Danzo."

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"So this is what Lord Danzo asked you to teach me?"

Not long after the Third Hokage's telescope technique had moved away, Lin Nian walked to a corner, where a Root ninja appeared beside him in a flash, kneeling down and holding a scroll in his hands.

After picking up the scroll and understanding what it was about, Lin Nian put it away and quietly walked away.

"System, how long can the 'brain-dead aura' I gave Danzo last?"

"Don't worry, he's just a piece of trash who has fallen from Kage level. It won't take much effort to keep him immersed in his fantasies every day. However, as his trusted subordinate and the best weapon for him to fight for the Fifth Hokage, you might be implicated before he dies."

Listening to the system's explanation and looking at the daily turnover of 3 points, which was exactly the same, he suddenly felt that 1,100 points of turnover per year was far too much for Shimura Danzo. But, without this white glove, what if Sarutobi Hinata personally intervened?

"It's tough! Oh well, I guess I'll just have to suffer some divine retribution first! At least I can save up some money. I thought I could pay off the loan this year, sigh..."

"But Tongzi, have you noticed that ever since Danzo got that brainless aura, his actions haven't been so brainless anymore?"

"Perhaps, two negatives make a positive?"