"Let me go! Let me go now! Hey! Do you know who I am? I'm from the Shimura clan!"
In the evening, just as the Sarutobi team returned to Konoha, they saw the Konoha Police Force arresting a drunkard who seemed to be arrested for causing trouble while drunk.
On the shoulders of the police force members there is a symbol of a flaming fan inside a shuriken, which is the symbol of the Konoha Police Force.
When Sarutobi Hiruzen heard the loud words of the drunkard from the Shimura clan, he frowned slightly and glanced at the disciples beside him.
(When Konoha was first established, the Sarutobi and Shimura clans were the first to join Konoha. I'm not making this up. Compared to the Sarutobi clan, who possessed the secret technique of Fire Release, the Shimura clan had zero presence. They were probably just a filler clan, so that Danzo Shimura could become someone with a family and a home. I thought he must be an orphan because he was so beastly.)
"Be honest and cooperate with our work."
The members of the police force had cold faces and didn't care at all which big family the person they were arresting belonged to. They acted in a businesslike manner, seriously and responsibly.
Although he really wanted to say to the Shimura clan at this moment, I am still a member of the Uchiha clan, and you Shimura clan are nothing!
How many Chunins and Jonins have emerged from families that rely on the village's top leaders to show off their power?
There is no one who can fight except Danzo Shimura!
The surrounding villagers watched as the police officers took away the troublesome drunkards. Instead of applauding, they seemed to be somewhat repulsed by the police officers.
Were the seeds planted at this time?
Orochimaru observed the expressions on the villagers' faces and understood why the Uchiha clan was eventually forced into a coup.
The decision to launch a coup was not as simple as suffering one or two injustices. The long-term oppression had caused the Uchiha clan to harbor deep resentment towards Konoha.
What's more, Konoha was jointly established by the Senju clan and the Uchiha clan. Not to mention being a Hokage, the Uchiha clan doesn't even have a high-level position.
After the death of the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, the Konoha high-ranking officials ostensibly continued Senju Tobirama's policies, but in fact they misunderstood his policies. He treated all families equally and everything he did was to protect the village.
If the Sarutobi clan posed a threat to Konoha, he would also formulate policies to target the Sarutobi clan.
Hashirama Senju is a very idealistic person, while Tobirama Senju is a very realistic person who considers things more comprehensively.
It can be said that almost half of Hashirama Senju's ideal was realized by Tobirama Senju, and the other half was that he persuaded Uchiha Madara by committing suicide.
Hokage Office
"Third generation, you are finally back!"
"It's too much to ask us to be the Hokage!"
Utane Koharu and Mitokado En were full of complaints as they looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen who had used the transformation technique to turn himself into a younger appearance.
"Hahaha! I'm setting an example. As the instructor of Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade, this is their first C-rank mission, so as a teacher, I need to personally supervise them."
Sarutobi Hiruzen laughed heartily and released his transformation technique. He was in a good mood when he saw that there were not too many reports and documents piled up on the table.
"Sarutobi, you're still like this."
The door opened and Danzo Shimura walked into the office. His head and right eye were wrapped in bandages. It was said that he was seriously injured while on a mission, but no one knew what exactly happened.
"Danzo, as the head of the Shimura clan, you need to rein in your clan members."
Sarutobi Hiruzen thought about what he had just seen. On normal days he would not have said much, but he had his disciples with him. What would they think if they knew that the top leaders of Konoha condoned his family members to abuse their power in the village?
"What?"
Danzo Shimura was stunned for a moment. He had originally come to the house to demand an explanation, but he didn't expect to be defeated by Sarutobi Hiruzen instead.
"When my disciples and I returned to Konoha after completing our mission, we witnessed the Konoha Police Force arresting a member of the Shimura clan for being drunk and causing trouble."
Sarutobi Hiruzen told what the Shimura clan member had done, looked at Shimura Danzo meaningfully and said: "Danzo, as the Hokage's assistant, you must lead by example."
"I see."
Danzo Shimura's face was gloomy. He originally came to the village to question Sarutobi Hiruzen because he led his disciples out of the village to do a mission. He never expected that he would be warned by Sarutobi Hiruzen for a trivial matter committed by his tribe members.
At this point, he could no longer righteously rebuke Sarutobi Hiruzen for leaving the village despite being the Hokage.
(Compared to the old and cunning Shimura Danzo who had no shame at all, the young Shimura Danzo still had some dignity.)
"Third generation, aren't you making a big deal out of nothing?"
Utane Koharu felt that Sarutobi Hiruzen had gone a bit too far.
"I just don't want the new generation of Konoha to see the family that the Hokage assists do evil in the village with the prestige of being the Hokage's assistant."
Sarutobi Hiruzen doesn't think he has gone too far, but what should he do if it has a negative impact on his disciples?
Both Jiraiya and Tsunade are very independent-minded children, not to mention Orochimaru who is more mature than his peers.
Sarutobi Hiruzen sincerely hopes that Orochimaru can inherit the will of fire.
With Orochimaru's talent, Sarutobi Hiruzen is confident that he can train her to become a ninja that surpasses himself, and it is not impossible for her to become the fourth Hokage of Konoha in the future.
"A-choo!"
Orochimaru sneezed and touched the goose bumps on his arm, feeling inexplicably like he was being plotted against.
"Orochimaru, are you okay?"
Tsunade looked at Orochimaru with concern.
"Yeah...I'm fine."
Orochimaru rubbed his nose and looked at Tsunade beside him, "Come to think of it, your home is in that direction, right?"
Could it be...
Orochimaru looked at the smile on Tsunade's face and had a bad feeling.
"whee!"
Tsunade smirked and held Orochimaru's arm, as if afraid she would run away. "Come with me and try your luck. There's a casino not far from here."
Tsunade said, pointing her finger in the direction of the casino.
"Tsunade, I suddenly remembered something very important, so I won't go with you."
Orochimaru said with a forced smile, and his heart sank when he felt the strength transmitted from Tsunade's hand.
Where is Jiraiya? Where is he at a time like this?
Orochimaru looked around to find the white-haired figure and realized something.
Could he be going to see his elder sister?
"We just returned to Konoha, what could have happened to you?"
Tsunade didn't believe that Orochimaru had anything very important to tell her, so she dragged Orochimaru towards the casino.
Damn it, places like casinos shouldn't exist!
Senju Hashirama, you are guilty of a heinous crime!
Orochimaru walked beside Tsunade with a depressed look on his face. This was not the first or second time that Tsunade had dragged him to the casino.
Dark side?
Orochimaru noticed a dark shadow that flashed by.
Soon after, it was completely dark and the street lights came on.
Tsunade walked out of the casino depressed. This time she didn't lose money but won money instead.
The key point is that the money won was not won by her, but won by Orochimaru using her money.
"Orochimaru, I doubt my gambling luck is so bad, it must be because you took it away from me!"
Tsunade scratched her head in frustration and took her anger out on Orochimaru beside her.
"Tsunade, stop dreaming. You've always had bad luck in gambling. If I take away your luck, I'll become unlucky too."
Orochimaru said seriously, how blind must she be to have taken away Tsunade's luck in the bet.
"What did you say!"
Tsunade's face turned red with anger, and she glared at Orochimaru fiercely with gritted teeth. These were the most vicious words she had ever heard.
"Anyway, you didn't lose money this time, isn't that good?"
Orochimaru looked at Tsunade calmly. She didn't care much about Tsunade's temper.
Compared to the more annoying brat, Tsunade is much better. Besides, this trip to the casino was not without gain.
"It's not bad."
Tsunade pointed at her fingers in confusion.
"It's getting late, I'm going home first!"
Tsunade made an excuse and turned to run.
Orochimaru looked at Tsunade who was fleeing in confusion, and without thinking much, planned what to do next.
Mastering new ninjutsu, practicing ninjutsu, exercising chakra control, and writing can all be done by the shadow clones, while the main body needs to increase the amount of chakra.
The attribute restraint between ninjutsu is based on the fact that the difference in strength is not big. If the strength is overwhelming, it is entirely possible to make bricks fly.
For example, Uchiha Madara's Fire Style is completely incomparable to other people's Fire Style.
With Uchiha Madara's strength, he can release the Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique with a power that exceeds that of S-level ninjutsu, and that is the difference in chakra amount.
Simply put, the level of ninjutsu is just the difficulty of learning, not the power.
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training ground
"Listen carefully, today I want to test whether you can accurately hit the target with your shuriken." Sarutobi Hiruzen held a kunai in his hand, "Come on, use me as your target, and let me see how much you have grown during this period."
"Orochimaru, you go first."
"Um."
Orochimaru walked forward, looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen who had almost no flaws on his body, waved his hand and threw a shuriken, and formed seals with his hands.
That is...
Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Orochimaru's hand seals and recognized it as the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique.
"Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
A shuriken transformed into several shadow clones that attacked from different directions.
Sarutobi Hiruzen used his kunai to knock down the shurikens one by one with ease, "Yes, Orochimaru, you learned the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique after I used it once."
"It's my turn, it's my turn!"
Jiraiya walked forward and suddenly realized that he didn't know the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique at all. At this point, he had no choice but to go ahead with it.
"Hand...Shuriken..."
Jiraiya threw out a shuriken and pretended to make hand seals. After making the seals, he put his hands into his clothes.
Just when the three of them thought he could use the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique...
"Throw them all out!"
Jiraiya threw out several shurikens like scattering flowers.
Sarutobi Hiruzen and Tsunade stared at Jiraiya and the shuriken he threw to the ground in amazement. Orochimaru turned around and tried hard to hold back his laughter, his shoulders shaking.
"This isn't even a ninjutsu!"
Tsunade punched Jiraiya on the head.
Jiraiya, who was punched by Tsunade, looked at Orochimaru who was covering his mouth and laughing, and showed an embarrassed smile.