Konoha: Tsunade, I am the Hokage

Chapter 50 Yahiko: Master, I've come to seek your guidance!

"Phew! That was close, I almost died!"

Kyusuke wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

At that moment, the other person's knife was only an inch away from him, and he was just a hair's breadth away from dying!

"They held back; if they had gone all out, you would be dead already."

Xiao Nan also breathed a sigh of relief.

That slash was too fast; there was no way to dodge or avoid it.

That's terrifying speed!

Fortunately.

"Luckily, they didn't chase after me, otherwise, even I wouldn't be confident that I could escape without alerting too many people."

The young orange-haired ninja caught up from behind at this moment.

Thinking back to what had just happened, he couldn't help but let out a soft sigh: "The teacher's new student is truly terrifying. When he reaches our age, he'll probably be the next Konoha White Fang."

"I heard the teacher has a student, but unfortunately we arrived too late and missed the chance to meet him."

Xiao Nan sighed.

Yahiko nodded: "I heard he went to Iwagakure."

Then, he sighed.

"pity!"

Yahiko sighed and then sat down in the cave.

"It's a pity there were too many people at the time. If we had met privately, we could have asked the other party to help us contact the teacher."

"Why do you suddenly want to contact the teacher? You've always said that the problems of the Land of Rain need to be solved by the Land of Rain itself, and we shouldn't think about asking the teacher for help."

Xiao Nan was extremely puzzled.

Kyusuke also paused, looking at Yahiko.

In recent years, they have been working hard to protect civilians in the Land of Rain. Some ninjas who agree with their ideals have joined them, and Kyusuke is one of the companions who joined them.

However, some time ago, Yahiko suddenly said that he was coming to Yugakure to find Jiraiya.

Konan and Kyusuke didn't understand, but they still came along.

"Hmm."

After pondering for a long time, Yahiko continued, "I have a feeling that the teacher has changed."

Has it changed?

Xiao Nan is confused.

Yahiko said, "Since Konoha sent our teacher to Yugakure to take charge of the overall situation, it means that our teacher was behind this behind the scenes. Our teachers wouldn't have done this before."

He paused for a moment, then suddenly shook his head: "No, that's not right! To be precise, I feel that now is the true form of achieving peace through 'dialogue,' so I would like to ask the teacher for his thoughts and ideas now."

Yahiko's ideal is to achieve peace between the Land of Rain and its surrounding countries through dialogue and mutual understanding, thereby changing the Land of Rain, a pitiful nation.

The multinational dialogue that took place in Yugakure gave him hope!

Xiao Nan's expression changed after hearing this.

Yahiko, ever perceptive, asked, "Is there a problem?"

"No, it's just a feeling. Although what you said makes a lot of sense, I still feel that something is off, it's not like a teacher's style."

……

What a quick knife!

Yamashiro Aoba rubbed his eyes, then whispered, "Is this guy really not Kakashi?"

"No, Kyohiko is very fast, and his timing and target selection are excellent, but his swordsmanship, well, his fundamentals are very solid."

After thinking for a while, Bingzu Leitong finally came up with a more positive vocabulary.

The corner of Yuhi Hong's mouth twitched slightly.

"It must have been hard for you to think about it for so long. Jingyan has only been practicing swordsmanship for about two months now, so his skill level is indeed just at the level of having a solid foundation."

"Two, two months?"

Might Guy, Yamashiro Aoba, and Namiya Raido all suddenly looked towards the opposite side.

Good guy!

Is this effect only lasting two months?

Namiashi Raido unconsciously gripped the hilt of his sword, pursed his lips, and couldn't help but show an expression of envy on his face.

He wants that kind of talent too!

"What are you talking about? Aren't you going in?"

Jingyan instantly returned.

He just went to observe how Yahiko and the others left.

There were many traps on the road, making it difficult to catch up, so we decided to turn back.

"I'm waiting for you."

Kurenai's gaze held a hint of concern. "Are you alright?"

"No, they're all harmless traps. They probably don't want to make a big deal out of it."

Open the door and enter.

Everyone sat down and chatted for a few minutes.

The war had only been over for a few years, and most of the ninjas had already been promoted to Chunin, while those who had just graduated were mostly not strong enough.

For safety reasons, there are currently only the two teams.

"Anyway, there aren't many people, so you can rest here for a while and we'll make arrangements when Jiraiya-sensei arrives."

"it is good."

……

It was evening.

Kyohiko was waiting for Jiraiya to return, but—

He received a system notification first.

[Skilled personnel management and effective leadership!]

Under your strategic guidance, the village received compensation and considerable reputational benefits.

[Reward: Shadow Clone Technique upgraded by 1 level]

The ability to create clones?

Jingyan was surprised.

Immediately, he vaguely understood the reason.

For things that benefit the village, the reward is usually an improvement in one's own ninjutsu, but this incident actually doesn't bring much benefit to Konoha.

More importantly, Iwagakure's reputation suffered a great loss.

Furthermore—

Onoki probably doesn't care either.

Iwagakure recovered extremely quickly, and according to Jiraiya, the number of pro-war factions has been increasing in recent years.

War was inevitable.

Comparatively speaking, there are probably more people causing headaches in Kirigakure.

but.

For me, the reward is more important...

A master-level clone technique might one day achieve an effect similar to the ability to instantly teleport and stop the flow of water.

Inside the room, Kyohiko carefully comprehended the master-level clone technique.

He has been secretly working on the clone technique lately, but hasn't made much progress. If he wants to truly improve, he needs to learn more illusion techniques and understand and master more illusion knowledge and skills.

That would distract a lot of your energy.

Upgrading now will save some trouble.

"More refined control, using genjutsu techniques to guide chakra to influence the enemy..."

In this case.

Several plans came to mind.

At present, it is really difficult to achieve a level of stillness like water, and it is still possible to improve one's illusion skills to the level of a grandmaster.

The reasonable solution is—

Reduce the number of clones.

Secondly, it can be incorporated into shadow clones to create confusion.

"You can give it a try!"

Jingyan had a slight smile on his face.

"What are you thinking about that makes you laugh?"

At that moment, Jiraiya's voice came from outside.

Jingyan snapped out of his daze and immediately opened the window.

Jiraiya was squatting on the eaves outside, a smile on his face, looking like he was in a good mood.

The window opened, and he immediately jumped in.

Jingyan said, "Teacher, I just thought of using the Shadow Clone Technique and the Body Flicker Technique together to achieve a stronger deception effect."

"A combination of clones and teleportation..."

Jiraiya pondered for a moment and then understood Kyohiko's thoughts.

This tactic, when used properly, is indeed terrifying, but it requires an extremely high level of skill in creating clones.

"This requires an extremely high level of skill in creating clones."

"So, I wanted to ask the teacher to help me see if it's feasible. By the way—teacher, how many Amegakure ninjas are there today...?"

Kyohiko revealed his purpose, and then recounted his encounter with Kyusuke.

Jiraiya initially did not react.

but.

Hearing about paper ninjutsu...

He immediately stood up, his face showing undisguised surprise and astonishment.

"It's her. What are they doing in Yugakure?"

"The teacher knows them? No wonder. I felt they had an ulterior motive, but no ill intent. They were old acquaintances of the teacher, which makes sense."

"Yes, this is a story from after the war."

Jiraiya looked dazed, but still recounted the events of the past—

He believed that Kyohiko possessed sufficiently mature thinking and judgment.

"Hmm, what you're saying, teacher, makes me wonder if they might be here for the Land of Waves agreement?"

"what?"

"Using communication and mutual understanding as bridges to achieve peace—isn't that the ideal you speak of, the one Yahiko advocates?"

"this……"

Jiraiya realized that his recent actions had nothing to do with communication or mutual understanding.

but.

Upon closer reflection, there seems to be a connection, only the communication methods are more about using alliances and force to coerce the other party into agreeing.

and so.

Yahiko came to him for advice.

However, his actions were entirely due to Kyohiko's influence.

If I'm going to see Yahiko and Konan, should I bring Kyohiko with me?

Jiraiya looked at Kyohiko, his gaze gradually becoming strange.

(End of this chapter)