Naruto: By lying low and hiding, he eventually became the leader of the Legendary Sannin.

He loosely clenched his left hand into a fist and placed it over his mouth.

Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!

A huge fireball appeared in front of Kagura.

However, just a moment before the fireball appeared, Hiruzen Sarutobi had already released the shuriken in his hand.

After taking a step back, he slapped his hands on the ground, and a huge stone wall appeared in front of him.

Earth escape. Earth flow wall.

Orochimaru was clearly even more surprised to see this.

Determined to study all ninjutsu, he naturally understood what it meant to be able to perform hand seals with one hand.

If chakra is like mana, then hand seals are the way to help ninjas quickly channel their chakra into ninjutsu.

Only after having a profound understanding of ninjutsu can one successfully activate ninjutsu by forming hand seals with one hand or by reducing the number of hand seals.

Clearly, Kagura's mastery of ninjutsu far exceeded their expectations.

(This part is obviously made up by me.)

However, I also want to complain about the Naruto setting. In the early stages, Kakashi had to spend half a minute forming hand seals to steal a B-rank Water Dragon Bullet Technique.

Later on, A-rank Lightning Blade and Rasengan were actually cast instantly...

On the battlefield, before Hiruzen Sarutobi could even catch his breath, two Kaguras suddenly appeared on his back.

One of them leaped into the air, quickly formed hand seals, and then spat out fireballs from his mouth.

Fire Release: Phoenix Flower!

Another person threw several shuriken at him, which suddenly multiplied into dozens in mid-air.

It was the ninjutsu that had just been copied from Orochimaru—Shadow Shuriken.

With a loud explosion, dozens of attacks landed on the spot where Hiruzen Sarutobi was standing.

The massive explosion also stirred up a cloud of gray smoke, obscuring the view inside.

Even Tsunade and the other two, who had been watching from the sidelines, unconsciously craned their necks, eager to know the outcome.

Did you make it?

Just as this question flashed through everyone's minds, a voice rang out from the gray mist.

"Water Release·Water Dragon Bullet!"

A water dragon suddenly emerged from the dust and mist, sweeping towards the two Kaguras who had just launched their attack.

The water dragon swept across the entire half of the field, and the two Kaguras vanished in a puff of smoke the instant they were attacked.

Kagura, who was standing in front of the stone wall, seemed to have just realized what was happening. Just as he was about to back away, the voice appeared behind him again.

Earth Release: Decapitation Technique of the Heart

Then another unexpected event occurred. Just as Hiruzen Sarutobi grabbed Kagura's ankle, Kagura suddenly turned into a wisp of smoke and disappeared.

"This is also a shadow clone!"

The moment the thought crossed Hiruzen Sarutobi's mind, the ground beneath his feet suddenly cracked open.

The real Kagura emerged from the collapsed ground, his hands forming a hand seal.

"Yinyin?

He still wants to use Fire Release?

When Hiruzen Sarutobi saw the handprint clearly, a judgment quickly flashed through his mind.

Kagura looked serious and shouted:

"Konoha's Secret Taijutsu Technique: Thousand Years of Death!!!"

After saying that, he forcefully thrust his weapon into the chrysanthemum in front of him!

......

Tsunade: (⊙o⊙) Huh?

Jiraiya: (#‵′) Damn!

Orochimaru: O__O"…

silence.

The scene was deathly silent.

As it turns out, even a powerful figure like the Hokage will temporarily lose his fighting ability after being struck in the rear.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was lying face down on the ground with his head on the ground and his buttocks sticking up high.

He was foaming at the mouth and was clearly unconscious.

After searching his body, Kagura finally found the three bells.

He excitedly raised the bell high, savoring the thrill of victory.

The three people outside the arena looked at each other and finally spoke:

"So, he beat Sarutobi-sensei, right?"

"I guess so, considering Sarutobi-sensei was already in that position..."

"But why do I always feel something's off?"

"Yes, although he seems very enthusiastic right now."

But I just can't get fired up at all...

Ignoring the three's conversation, Kagura excitedly looked at the system notification that the task was completed.

Yes, the ninjutsu he drew that night was the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.

Just to clarify, this is somewhat different from the Shadow Clone Technique.

Its true purpose is to suddenly create thousands of shadow clones to attack the enemy.

However, achieving this effect requires an extremely high level of chakra, which is why it was included in the forbidden ninjutsu manual.

For Kagura at this point, he can only create a maximum of three shadow clones.

He knew very well that he couldn't defeat Hiruzen Sarutobi, the "Professor of Ninjutsu," with ordinary ninjutsu at this stage.

After much thought, only a bizarre ninjutsu like the Thousand Years of Death has a sliver of a chance.

So he buried himself underground early on and used three shadow clones to attract Hiruzen Sarutobi's attention.

Then, at the last moment, he would deliver the fatal blow.

As it turns out, he succeeded.

Only then did he belatedly glance at Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was lying to the side.

Yeah, there might be some trouble later on...

Chapter 7 Teacher, you're such a pervert!

As the sun sets, its last rays paint the mountains and forests in a reddish-orange hue.

On a clearing in the woods, two people were tied to wooden stakes and hung their heads dejectedly.

It was Jiraiya's failure and Kagura's success.

Hiruzen Sarutobi kept rubbing his buttocks with one hand while lecturing Kagura with a pained expression:

"Is this all you learned at the Ninja Academy?"

what?

Why don't you learn all those ninjutsu techniques properly? What are you learning instead?

Even if you want to learn physical skills, there are plenty of options.

Tell me, did you create this yourself, or did some jerk of a teacher teach you?

Faced with Sarutobi-sensei's anger, Kagura couldn't help but shrink back.

Upon hearing the question, he tried hard to recall, then stammered a reply:

"It was...it was Sakumo Hatake who taught me."

Nani?

Hiruzen Sarutobi tried hard to recall the owner of the name, and a silver-haired boy with a resolute face appeared in his mind.

Who would have thought that a seemingly upright young man would develop such a vicious ninjutsu?

Poor Sakumo Hatake had no idea that, because of someone's slander, his reputation in the Third Hokage's eyes had plummeted.

In fact, to some extent it is not slander.

Kagura remembered very clearly that the original storyline did mention that the Thousand Years of Death was invented by Sakumo Hatake.

He passed it on to Kakashi, and then Kakashi and Naruto popularized it.

Feeling a faint pain in his groin, Hiruzen Sarutobi rubbed his temples in exasperation.

Tying Kagura to the stake as well was an act he made in a fit of anger.

Thinking about it carefully now, Kagura wasn't wrong.

After all, he himself said at the beginning that no matter what method he used, as long as he could defeat him and obtain the bell, he would be victorious.

I just never expected that I would fail in such a shameful way.

Thinking of this, he put on a stern face and untied Kagura.

Kagura breathed a sigh of relief as she finally freed herself from the wooden stake.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's anger was within his expectations, so this brief binding was the lightest punishment he could imagine.

Although he ultimately won, it doesn't mean he's capable of fighting against a Kage-level powerhouse.

Hiruzen Sarutobi never took this battle seriously from the beginning, as evidenced by the fact that he was still preoccupied with other things even while defeating Tsunade and the others.