During this period, the business of merchants in Konoha Village has obviously improved a lot.

The Chunin Exams, which are held twice a year, are a time to make a ton of money, and even after it’s over, you can still enjoy a few final benefits.

The BBQ Q business is particularly hot, and today may be the busiest day of the year.

Last year, Mizuki brought Team 8 here to celebrate Aburame Shino's promotion to Chunin. Today was the first day after all three of them were promoted to Chunin.

This barbecue restaurant is famous, but Mizuki doesn't come here often.

It’s not that I hate barbecue, but I don’t like it that much either. After eating it a few times to try it out for the first time, I’m no longer keen on it.

In addition to the taste, the slightly depressing and cramped space here is also one of the reasons why Shuimu doesn't like to visit.

The land in Konoha Village is not extremely expensive, but it is also relatively expensive. We cannot expect profit-making businesses to consider customer experience too much. Anyway, they have a good reputation and basically no competitors, so there is no need to worry about customers not coming.

Therefore, Mizuki was particularly envious of the Hyuga family's pleasant mansion, which was much more comfortable than the apartment he lived in.

Unfortunately, if you want to buy such a big house in Konoha Village, you need not only money but also power and influence.

"Mr. Mizuki seems to be in a good mood today!"

"Really? How did you figure that out?"

Shuimu felt that he was not a superficial person whose emotions were all written on his face, so how could he let his students read his mood?

"Isn't it? We have all been promoted to Chunin, aren't we happy?"

"I'm talking to you guys..."

Mizuki smiled and shook his head.

"It's not something that's worth boasting about for a Genin who only qualified for promotion after taking the Chunin Exam for the third time, right?"

"So how many times did Mr. Mizuki participate before he was promoted?"

"It's been so long, I don't remember!"

These guys are really asking about things that are not relevant to the topic. How can you ask about adults' past casually? When the elders are scolding the naughty children who failed the exam, how can you ask the elders how many points they got when they were young? Isn't this destroying the harmonious relationship between the two generations?

Watching Inuzuka Kiba and Akamaru devour the freshly grilled meat in no time, Mizuki suddenly felt that these guys had no reserve at all.

"Mizuki-sensei, what else do we need to do after becoming a Chunin?"

"That's up to you to decide. I've told you many times before that you should think of yourself as a ninja who can stand on your own feet, not a student who needs everything arranged for you."

Mizuki said righteously.

This was definitely not Shuimu's perfunctory attitude. They were a group of knowledgeable family members and did not need Shuimu to interfere too much in their future.

"Although I am still your team leader, I will be more like a teacher who answers questions and solves doubts, and no longer the captain of the ninja team. Unless there is a special mission assigned, you will go to the mission hall as a team to accept the commission on your own."

As for the arrangement of positions in the village, Aburame Shino didn't need Mizuki to worry about it, and Hyuga Hinata and Inuzuka Kiba were naturally arranged by their parents.

Being a teacher of Class 8 is indeed much easier than that of Class 7 and Class 10. There are no bitter and vengeful middle school boys, no lazy and unmotivated genius children, and no gluttons who eat a lot. It is really great.

…

Mizuki still underestimated the toxicity of the water polluted by the sacred tree. With the resistance of the summoning beast jellyfish, there was no way to get too close to Uchiha Obito's base. If more chakra was consumed to form a sealing barrier, it could be done, but the fluctuation of chakra would definitely alarm the enemy.

Lifeless water is not suitable for jellyfish to stay for a long time. Without small creatures, it cannot provide enough food, and the jellyfish will either be poisoned to death or starved to death.

Fortunately, strange creatures like Umibozu can sneak in without anyone noticing.

In the calm underground, roots thicker than humans extend deep into the water. There are traces of White Zetsu being cultivated everywhere. Fruit-like objects wrapped in white vines hang on the wooden roots. Some of them have already cracked, and it is obvious that something has broken out of its cocoon.

In the dim vision, a circle of ripples suddenly appeared on the calm water surface. Except for Bai Jue who had his eyes closed underwater, in the underground cave, there was no one else. A small black dot that looked like an eye appeared on the water surface, and it could see everything in the cave clearly. Through the contract connection of spiritualism, it transmitted what it saw to Shui Muzhi who was not far away.

"Is the Sharingan gone?"

I had the impression that the treasures that Uchiha Obito should have stored in the base were not seen, especially when the Uchiha clan was exterminated, the three-magatama Sharingan that Obito collected as consumables for using Izanami were all gone.

Mizuki was a little disappointed that he didn't find the most likely good thing to be stolen. It seemed that he had suffered many blows and became more cautious, so he just carried the Sharingan with him.

There was also a demon statue with half of its body embedded in the rock wall, and one of its eyes had opened, proving that the Five-Tails had indeed been sealed.

This big guy is a rare treasure, but unfortunately Shuimu has no way to get it. The outer demon statue is alive, not a lifeless dead object, and it is impossible to take samples without anyone noticing.

"Nothing?"

Although I understand that it is a bit unrealistic to expect to gain benefits so easily, it is still disappointing when there is really nothing to gain.

But soon, Shuimu calmed himself down again with the idea of ​​grabbing a handful of food.

Some soft soil in the corner of the cave suddenly cracked, and then a cave as high as a person appeared. A giant desert ant crawled out of it, and silently ran along the tangled wood to the tip. After cutting off a piece of root with its mandibles like giant scissors, it quickly retreated, camouflaged the cave, and left quietly.

Shuimu had no idea what the use of getting this batch of roots was.

The wooden roots are not part of the sacred tree, and the Little Ten-Tails cannot be created with them.

If we must make a comparison, this thing is like the remnants of the descent of the God Tree Realm, a derivative of the creation of White Zetsu, and it is what pollutes the water source.

Ordinary Wood Release, such as the dry wooden stake used by Tenzo, has basically no vitality; after injecting a huge amount of chakra, it becomes the powerful Wood Release used by Hashirama Senju; if you use the power of the sacred tree to use Wood Release, it will be the piece of root stolen by Mizuki, which is a strange thing between chakra release and life.

Because it is still active for a short period of time, it may still contain a trace of the power of the Ten-Tails.

Shuimu returned to the laboratory as quickly as possible, cut the root into slices, soaked some of it in various nutrient solutions and medicines, and sealed the rest as samples for future research.