The next morning, Lin Nian was caught red-handed by several secret agents at the orphanage as soon as she woke up. She couldn't understand what she had done wrong that was about to be silenced.

Before long, he was carried into the Hokage Building by several Jonin using the Body Flicker Technique.

Looking at the three old men—two men and one woman—who surrounded her, Lin Nian, whose identities were already clear just by their appearance, swallowed hard and asked tremblingly.

"Um, sirs, may I ask what brings you here?"

After saying that, he nervously swallowed again.

Only then did Hiruzen Sarutobi, Homura Mitokado, and Koharu Utatane nod to each other in confirmation.

“They are very resilient. Even though they are only three years old, they are already about the same age as six or seven-year-old children in ordinary families. And according to the previous household registration investigation, they are indeed members of the Senju clan who were dispersed from the area back then.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Mitokado Homura turned his gaze to Sarutobi Hiruzen, while Utatane Koharu, who looked somewhat strange, also silently shifted her gaze to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Unlike Danzo, who was always confused about his own role, Hiruzen Sarutobi was the true Hokage.

"Child, I heard you've awakened Wood Release. Show it to me quickly."

A kind and gentle smile appeared on his wrinkled face. Even though Lin Nian had always known that the current Hiruzen Sarutobi was no longer the Hokage he once was, and that he not only had problems, but big problems at that, she still felt a little relieved.

He silently walked to a blank wall with nothing on it, activated his Blue Silver King, and then, small grasses shimmering with a faint blue light instantly covered the entire wall.

He strode forward, casually plucked a Blue Silver Grass, and snapped it in two.

He gathered chakra in his hands and gently placed them on the Blue Silver Grass. After personally experiencing its energy-devouring power, Hiruzen Sarutobi let out a long sigh.

After taking a few steps back, he looked at the very obvious Blue Silver Grass and asked Lin Nian with some doubt.

"Child, can you put all this light away?"

I'll give it a try...

He spat slightly, and with a thought, the Blue Silver Grass activated its mimicry and camouflage talent, and in a short while, it shrank into the most ordinary weeds.

Just then, accompanied by the sound of rapid footsteps coming from outside the corridor, a man with bandages wrapped around one eye and arm, whose entire demeanor was gloomy and ruthless, like a rat that had never seen the sun for years, also opened the door and walked in.

"Hiruzen, I heard a child has awakened Wood Release. Entrust him to me, and in a few years, I can train him to become..."

"Alright, Danzo!"

"But…"

"I've said enough! Come and see for yourself if you don't believe me!"

As he spoke, Hiruzen Sarutobi moved aside a little, revealing the entire wall of ordinary weeds.

Driven by the incredible chemistry between his teammates and the lingering instincts of a Kage-level powerhouse, Danzo sensed something and quickly approached the wall of weeds, making the same probing move as Hiruzen Sarutobi.

But after everything was completed, he did not feel the same disappointment as Hiruzen Sarutobi. Instead, he looked at Lin Nian with fascination and said something indifferently.

"This child is only three years old..."

Three years old! He awakened Wood Release at just three years old. Although this Wood Release was ridiculously weak in their eyes, unable to even trap a genin, but…

"Sarutobi, leave him to me! You know I have experience in this! I'm confident I can train him into Konoha's sharpest blade, and from now on..."

"Enough, Danzo!"

Danzo Shimura's comment about having experience seemed to have touched a nerve with Hiruzen Sarutobi, and only then did Danzo realize that he might have said something he shouldn't have.

Instead of asking his friend Hiruzen Sarutobi for talent, he reached out to a child who was not yet six years old right in front of him.

Everyone in the same team knew that this was one of Hiruzen Sarutobi's many Achilles' heel.

"Then this child is now in your care. If you can't handle it, then I'll take over, after all, Konoha is in its current state..."

Before he could finish speaking, Shimura Danzo turned and left, leaving Lin Nian, who had swallowed hard, to let out a long sigh.

After all, everyone knows that Shimura Danzo raised Yamato, that is, Ka, almost like his own son. But after ruining Yamato, it was inevitable that he would cast a curse mark on him!

After all, he had no feelings for Konoha, and this was something that couldn't have escaped the observation of those ninjas.

With a long sigh, thinking about the current situation in Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi turned his gaze to Lin Nian and continued speaking gently.

"Child, I remember you lived in the Konoha Orphanage, right? Let's move next to the Hokage Building tomorrow."

"Find a room for him near the Hokage Building, and from now on, his daily living expenses will be the same as those for a Jinchuriki."

As soon as he finished speaking, an ANBU member appeared, bowed, and was about to leave the Hokage's office when Lin Nian spoke up.

"Lord Hokage, can I live in the forest? I can sense that they are happy there..."

As it spoke, the blue silver grass that grew from the palm of his hand began to sway in the wind.

In the forest?

He murmured the words with some doubt, a glint of light flashing in his eyes, and sighed silently in his heart.

"Hashirama-sensei, is this a new seed you brought to Konoha?"

Thinking of this, the last bit of softness in his heart was touched. He nodded to the ANBU who was looking at him, then squatted down again, stroked Lin Nian's head, and continued to ramble on about the strongest genjutsu in the Naruto world, the Will of Fire!

"Where the leaves dance, the fire burns eternally; its light illuminates the village, and new leaves sprout..."

At this moment, Hiruzen's eyes were like those of a pilgrim. Unfortunately, Lin Nian knew that his heart had long been corrupted by power, turning him into a politician, and he was no longer the Hokage.

Listening to this rambling about the Hokage that everyone looked up to, Lin Nian's eyes were also filled with longing, but she added a thought to her mind.

"Until the entire village is burned down!"

Perhaps it was because the Hokage spoke up, or perhaps because the land in the forest really wasn't worth much, but in just half an hour, Lin Nian, along with all her belongings, arrived in a very safe forest that could almost be a children's playground.

There, a small wooden house with no joints had been built, and Lin Nian knew at a glance that it must have been the work of her predecessor.

With a single palm strike, he caused the Blue Silver Grass to grow throughout the small house and courtyard, modifying it to suit his cultivation style and his current aesthetic preferences.

Lin Nian also began to save money and start his journey of discovering new products, and this journey lasted for three whole years.