It was a rare occasion to return to the Ninja School. Mizuki, holding the hand of little Miyuki, stood among a group of parents without any difference, watching the graduating kids perform nervously.

With Mizuki's strength, it would be too easy for him to make these people, most of whom are not even ninjas, ignore his existence.

Because of her height, Xiao Miyuki, who couldn't see in front of her, was a little anxious and kept pulling Mizuki's hand to squeeze forward.

Mizuki smiled, picked up Xiao Meixing, put her on his neck, and after holding her steady, he began to walk forward slowly.

"Now you can see clearly!"

"Um!"

Xiao Meixing nodded happily. Today, not only did her father accompany her after a long time, but he also brought her out to watch the fun. She was very happy.

"Those brothers and sisters in front are also ninjas? How come they are so much worse than our father and mother!"

Nothing compared to Mizuki's high-flying ninjutsu, even the dazzling sounds and lights brought by Kotsubaki's ninjutsu were more attractive, not to mention the various summoning beasts.

The sand scorpion that climbs over mountains and ridges as if walking on flat ground, the giant desert ant that is very skilled in cutting soil and building sand castles, the powerful Hata-kun...

As if she had thought of something, Xiao Meixing reached out and took out a crystal clear little water ball from her arms.

"Father, look, none of them have a pet like Umibozu. Am I more powerful than them?"

"Don't be proud..."

Mizuki waved his hand to cover up the chakra aura on Kaibouzu.

"Don't bully your friends in the future. You never know when they will help you. If you don't treat them well, they will be so pitiful..."

"I know!"

Xiao Meixing answered in a baby voice.

"I want to be a ninja in the future!"

"Oh... why do you want to be a ninja? Whatever you want, father and mother will get it for you, so you don't have to do it yourself!"

"Those were given to me by my father. I want to find my own spirit beast and play with my friends!"

"What belongs to your father is yours. You can use it as you like and play with your friends."

"But……"

As if she remembered something difficult, Xiao Meixing hesitated.

"A few days ago, Nagi said that she wanted to make a beautiful sword when she grows up. I also want to find a summoning beast that I like!"

"Then you better work harder!"

Mizuki glanced at Uzuki Yugao, who was standing in the distance with Nagi and observing from the periphery. Compared to when she was in the Anbu, she was no longer as thin and capable as before, and had a more worldly air.

At this moment, the female ninja was also visiting here with her daughter. As for Gekko Hayate, who Mizuki had seen less and less recently, Mizuki just saw him and Iruka busy together.

There are naughty kids every year, even the little brats who are about to become ninjas are no exception.

"Huh?"

Mizuki, who was observing casually, suddenly fixed his eyes...

An old man, along with a few kind-looking middle-aged women and a dozen chattering little kids, were watching the students of the Ninja School taking the exam.

"Are the people from the orphanage here today?"

Shuimu sighed. In his vague memory, he seemed to have had such an experience.

The welfare institution funded by Konoha Village would naturally not miss the opportunity to win people's hearts.

At this moment, a silver-haired boy who was about three years old, about the same age as Komiyuki, was timidly standing among a group of children who were obviously one or two years older than him. Although he was not chatting and laughing, nor was he deliberately excluded, his status as a passerby was still so obvious.

"Is it already this big?"

I originally thought that I would never have any contact with Qian Shuimu again, but I didn't expect to meet him at this time.

If there is anyone who is familiar with Mizuki's childhood appearance, he will definitely be able to see how similar this little guy is to the former Mizuki.

If Shuimu hadn't made some minor adjustments and differences with Shuimu in order to restore a little more vitality to the former Shuimu, some people might have suspected that Shuimu had an illegitimate child.

Mizuki has changed a lot now. His shoulder-length hair is quite different from before. His temperament due to being in a high position for a long time, coupled with the subtle influence of the Sage Mode on his body, means that even if someone knows about it, they probably won't associate it with Mizuki.

Even if the secret could no longer be concealed, Shuimu would simply claim that it was a clone that leaked out accidentally.

Just as Shuimu was looking at the young former Shuimu, the little guy seemed to realize that someone was watching him and actually looked towards Shuimu.

"Are strong intuition and perception the advantages of a powerful innate soul?"

Even a completely emptied residual soul is much stronger than the consciousness of an infant.

The starting point of Mizuki's spiritual power before he was placed by Mizuki was simply incomparable to that of ordinary people in the ninja world.

Maybe this guy will have a great talent in illusion in the future.

More than three years of growth are enough to heal the soul damage caused during reincarnation. The growth in these years is also quite amazing. At least his mental strength is many times stronger than the children around him who are older than him. Moreover, this power contrast will become greater and greater with the passage of time.

The fact that the director of the orphanage brought the child here at such a young age must have been because he discovered the child's unique talent.

It seems that in this life, this supporting villain who failed at the beginning will have a good start compared to his previous mediocre qualifications.

"It's fate that we met, so I'll give you a little benefit!"

The chakra in Mizuki's body gathered in his eyes, and a wave emerged. The white-haired child who had just made eye contact with Mizuki was in a trance for a moment, and when he came to his senses, he found that the white-haired uncle opposite him was not even looking at him.

"Is this an illusion? Something seems to have happened to me, but I can't remember where it is."

Putting these aside in confusion, Mae Mizuki once again turned his gaze to the students who were testing shuriken throwing.

It was the first time I saw so many people and the magical little ninja guys, and I was more interested in these.

This ended the last bit of obsession in Shuimu's heart, and Shuimu and the white-haired child had no more contact.

…

In the Land of Waves, Mizuki hasn't come to visit Yukimura for a long time because he had too many things to do. Finally, he has time to come and take a look.

Unexpectedly, this guy who has grown into a young man would give himself such a big surprise.

"You still don't want to tell me the truth?"

In the first state of the Curse Seal, Mizuki knows everything about it, and it is completely different from the Curse Seal chakra on Yukimura that is so dense that it is almost insoluble. It looks even purer than the Heaven's Curse Seal that Uchiha Sasuke unlocked in the second state of the Seal. This is definitely not a level that Yukimura can achieve through his own efforts.