But Naoki was no longer worried about what happened after that. Even though he showed Senbonzakura to everyone, he wasn't worried that it would cause problems.
The ability he demonstrated with his Zanpakutō was simply turning into countless small blades and returning them to their original state. It certainly looks beautiful, but the power is still limited. The main reason why Date died was because he saw this for the first time.
Therefore, to people in the shinobi world, Senbonzakura is at best a tool with somewhat unusual abilities. Even if it is truly something of an artifact level, others will only covet it if it has some other, stronger abilities.
In the following days, Naoki lived his quiet, unhurried life. For his worthy service, the Third specifically granted him a month's leave.
During this month, Naoki simply relaxed and rested, occasionally reading up on some information on kenjutsu that he was entitled to review in order to improve his swordsmanship.
The leisurely routine of a lazy shinobi, beauty...
And the fact that he defeated an elite jonin from the Hidden Cloud Village and saved Konoha's face was also widely spread throughout the village.
At sixteen years old, he has the strength of an elite jonin, which is truly rare in the history of Konoha. Initially, everyone unanimously believed that Kakashi was the number one genius in Konoha. I'm afraid that the title of genius will now be given to Naoki.
Moreover, Naoki did not have a strong clan behind him, his parents were not incredibly strong shinobi, he achieved everything through his own efforts.
There were even people who wanted the Konoha education department to include Naoki's story in the textbooks so that he would become a role model for the academy's students.
…
A month later.
Naoki's vacation is over and he will need to report to the Hokage tomorrow to carry out a mission.
After dinner, Naoki waited in silence for his monthly lottery to start. The lottery was updated late at night as usual, but he didn't really want to sleep, so he waited quietly.
Let the lottery begin!
Watching the familiar roulette wheel spin, hope grew stronger in his heart, the same feeling he had experienced when playing a similar game in his previous life.
[Ding! The lottery was a success, congratulations to the owner for receiving the chakra-modified teleportation talisman!]
Chakra-modified teleportation talisman: It can be activated by inputting a small amount of chakra. Teleports the user to a random location within a distance of about 500 kilometers.
This time a teleportation talisman?!
Isn't this something you can only find in novels?
Naoki looked at the talisman that appeared in his hand. It looked vaguely like a normal explosive tag.
However, the value of this thing was neither great nor small. It could be considered a good thing that could save his life, but the value was still inferior to Senbonzakura, and even the fruit he had received before.
"Well, it's better than nothing, at least this thing is useful," Naoki put away the talisman, and the lottery went to recharge again, after which he fell asleep.
…
Early the next morning, Naoki arrived at the Hokage's residence.
This time, he was given an A-rank mission, but although an A-rank mission is full of dangers, it is not a big problem for an elite jonin like Naoki. He could easily complete it alone.
In fact, he had carried out A-rank missions back when he was a chunin, and even participated in an S-rank mission once. It was during that mission during the war that he was seriously injured, which required him to recover for almost a year.
And now Naoki's track record was truly impressive.
There is no point in even remembering the D and C rank missions. There are 198 B rank missions, 95 A rank missions and 3 S rank missions.
It's worth remembering that Naoki had only recently been promoted, he was only a chunin before, but he had already participated in many missions, especially A-rank missions, and there were almost 100 of them! Many shinobi of his level would not have even half of what he had done. And of course, Naoki had only done so many missions to get the rank of jonin.
But now that he has already become a jonin, he naturally does not want to work so hard, he just wanted to calmly remain in the rank of jonin, doing only the necessary minimum.
Three days later, the mission was successfully completed. After Naoki reported the mission's completion, he went home to rest. In the following days, Naoki was occasionally called upon by the Third to carry out missions.
In the blink of an eye, another month passed.
It's time to spin the roulette wheel!