Karin's past as a Kusa-nin was not difficult to verify.

It's no secret that he was driven away from the Kusagakure Village and then taken in by Mizuki.

Accepting a wandering ninja was not a problem for Konoha, but becoming the disciple of the Hokage was a bit troublesome.

Although it is not easy for outsiders with the imprint of other ninja villages to become a part of Konoha Village, there are at least a few examples every year.

But becoming a disciple of Hokage is different, they are natural candidates for Hokage, and they have a dazzling halo that symbolizes orthodox inheritance.

It’s like in the past, American citizens could run for members of parliament at all levels and other positions, but if you wanted to run for president of the United States, you had to be a documented native-born citizen of the United States, and immigrants couldn’t even think about it.

Karin is facing this kind of embarrassment now. If she was a commoner, it would be easy to explain. But she is a ninja from another country's ninja village and participated in the Chunin Exam held by Konoha Village on behalf of other forces. She has no room for maneuver.

Even though the possibility of Karin becoming Hokage is negligible, it is still a reason for criticism.

As the Hokage's disciple, she is equivalent to the whole village endorsing her.

It is inevitable that this situation will make some people dissatisfied.

But bringing up old issues at this time is obviously an attempt by someone to fan the flames and undermine Tsunade's reputation.

"What a boring argument!"

Mizuki threw the investigation information in his hand aside.

"He's just taking advantage of the situation. This is the level of tolerance that a guy who clings to tradition can have."

They even have the nerve to say such ridiculous remarks as unknown identity and possible spy.

"There's no way to stop this kind of thing. You can't stop people from talking about it!"

Kakashi Hatake had the same attitude and didn't want to deal with these trivial matters at all.

"Tsunade-sama is already the Hokage. No one can stop the Hokage from taking in a disciple, and no one has the ability to take the position of Hokage away from him."

"So, there's nothing to worry about!"

Mizuki said fearlessly.

"If they were really capable, the Sandaime-sama wouldn't have died in battle, and they wouldn't have gone to the trouble of bringing back Tsunade-sama to take over as the Godaime!"

"Their target could very well be the next Hokage!"

Mizuki couldn't help but smile when he heard Kakashi's judgment.

"Are you interested in the Sixth Hokage?"

“Please spare me!”

Kakashi quickly waved his hands in denial.

"It's not my turn to worry about such troubles."

"That's all right, isn't it? What does it matter to you who becomes Hokage?"

Instead of thinking about these things, you should think more about how to survive in two years.

Sure enough, a few days later, rumors about the successor to Hokage began to appear. All the well-known ninjas in the village were mentioned, and a bunch of reasons were made up to make comparisons. Hatake Kakashi and Mizuki were among them.

The final conclusion was not surprising, Danzo Shimura was the popular choice to take over as the Sixth Hokage.

Shuimu didn't take these boring tricks to heart. Apart from his daily life, he spent all his time practicing and observing experiments.

…

Haruno Sakura's distress has been going on for a long time.

The young female ninja had neither inheritance nor impressive talent. It was already very enviable for her to have a powerful master.

In recent months, practice has become increasingly difficult.

Sealing techniques, physical techniques and illusion techniques cannot be neglected, and now there is an additional training that is extremely time-consuming and energy-consuming - controlling a certain kind of dangerous chakra.

When Sakura first came into contact with this strange chakra, she suffered a lot. The extremely corrosive tailed beast chakra made her want to retreat.

After a period of practice, with his powerful chakra control ability, he was finally able to allow it to attach to the surface of his body without seriously damaging his skin.

And this is just the beginning. This chakra of unknown nature is far more violent and difficult to tame than ordinary chakra. If you want it to change its form freely like Master Mizuki, you still need to practice hard.

A few months later, Sakura, feeling that she had made some achievements, showed the results of her practice to Mizuki, but all she got was an evaluation that told her to keep working hard.

Sakura, who was a little disappointed, had no choice but to continue practicing on this road that seemed to have no end. Until one day, Sakura felt that some strange changes seemed to have taken place in herself.

…

Mizuki looked thoughtful as he checked the broken horn of the Five-tailed King Mu that Sakura handed over. Compared to when Mizuki handed it to Sakura, it was already a lot smaller overall.

The broken horn is formed by the chakra of the Five-Tails. As it is constantly consumed, it will eventually disappear.

Mizuki usually doesn't use the tailed beast chakra so extravagantly. When he practices and uses the Sage Mode, he only takes a little bit of sample and injects it into his body. He then uses it to sense natural energy and absorbs it to strengthen the tailed beast chakra.

If you don't do this, no matter how much chakra the tailed beasts have, it won't be enough to waste.

It is not surprising that the tailed beast chakra will absorb natural energy autonomously when it encounters natural energy in the body, because they are actually two sides of the same thing.

The chakra of the tailed beasts with will will absorb natural energy when activated, which is also the basis for the tailed beasts to replenish their strength to maintain themselves.

"You don't need to worry about the loss of training tools! You said you always have hallucinations, what's going on?"

"When practicing controlling this strange chakra, I occasionally feel inexplicable phantoms around my body, as if there are strange things floating in front of my eyes, but when I want to see them clearly, they disappear. This situation has become more and more frequent recently."

Sakura said, looking at Mizuki with a little worry.

“Is there something wrong with my practice?”

"Don't worry, this is a good thing!"

After being in contact with and manipulating the tailed beast's chakra for a long time, although not using it as a medium to sense and absorb natural energy, the principle of practice makes perfect is the same. After such a long time, it is normal to be able to initially feel the existence of natural energy.

"Anything else unusual?"

If it's just this little change, it's not worth making a fuss about.

"I can't really explain it, but I just feel like my proficiency in control is getting better and better."

"Then demonstrate it first!"

Sakura followed the instructions and picked up the broken horn of the Five-Tails again to activate the Tailed Beast's chakra. Then, scarlet chakra burst out violently, wrapping around Sakura's right arm, and under her control it constantly changed into claws, spears, swords, etc.

"Wait a minute, don't move."

Mizuki stretched out his right hand and reached into the tailed beast's chakra. Without encountering any resistance, he grabbed Sakura's wrist. The highly corrosive tailed beast's chakra was penetrated as if it didn't notice Mizuki.

"That's enough, stop! Take a break today and continue tomorrow!"

"yes!"

After Sakura left, Takuma quietly came to Mizuki and calmly described what he had just discovered...