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Chapter 117 Orochimaru Takes on Disciples

After school in the afternoon, Ningyuan, despite having thoroughly cleaned his father-in-law's clothes, still went to Xi Ri's house.

While preparing medicine for Yuhi Kaori, he pretended to doze off and communicated with Orochimaru.

To be honest, doing these things at the Yuhi family's place is much safer than at the Hyuga family's place. After all, the Yuhi family's place is right next to the Sarutobi family's place. Who would dare to risk taboos by investigating this place?

Ning Yuan: Is there an orphanage in the village?

Orochimaru: There is one, but if you're looking for test subjects here, I advise you to give up!

Ning Yuan: What do you mean?

Orochimaru: A new director has arrived at the orphanage; he has a very strong personality!

Ning Yuan: Is there anyone in Konoha you wouldn't dare to mess with?

Orochimaru: Do you think I'm the kind of person who causes trouble everywhere in Ningyuan-kun's eyes?

Well, that's true.

Ning Yuan thought for a moment and asked: Where is the orphanage located?

Orochimaru: Go east of the village, follow the main road to the end, and you will see a small path leading north. Keep walking until you reach a dilapidated house near the wall. That's it!

Ning Yuan: I understand.

Why is an orphanage located in such a remote place?

Because the gentry in the city can't stand orphans?

Having obtained the information he wanted, Ning Yuan was about to close the scroll when Orochimaru sent him a new message.

Orochimaru: My master wants me to take on a new disciple. What does that mean?

Ning Yuan was taken aback. Was this the time to take on Mitarashi Maruko as an apprentice? Oh no, it was Mitarashi Anko.

That's not right, the red beans these days aren't anything special!

Ning Yuan thought about Hongdou in his class. Hongdou's future appearance would be acceptable, but her current appearance was...

It's not that they're not cute, it's just that their personality leans more towards the masculine side.

Of course, you'll only think about being friends with her and won't have any romantic feelings for her at all.

Ning Yuan: What are your thoughts?

Orochimaru: His reason was that he wanted me to move on from the shadow of Nawaki's death and not let my feelings remain in the past, so I refused for the time being.

Ning Yuan: When it comes to the three generations, if you can't figure something out, try to connect it with the position of Hokage. You're probably right!

Orochimaru: Is taking on disciples related to the position of Hokage?

Ning Yuan: Of course, when choosing a Hokage, you need to look not only at the Hokage himself, but also at his successor. Jiraiya has already taken on a super genius as his disciple. If you just pick someone randomly, when it comes to the competition in the future, your master-disciple relationship may not be as significant as that of Jiraiya and his disciple!

Orochimaru was taken aback.

Konoha Village has a short history, so there aren't enough cases to make him think of this aspect, but Ning Yuan has seen five thousand years of history.

Zhu Di hesitated back then about whether to choose his eldest son or his second son, but ultimately decided on his eldest son, precisely because his eldest son had a good son.

Orochimaru also realized that the Hokage position isn't chosen now, but in the future.

In the future, Jiraiya's disciples will have all grown up. If another war breaks out, his reputation might also increase.

Jiraiya will definitely support his disciple then, especially if Hiruzen Sarutobi takes sides.

Orochimaru had heard Ning Yuan say that Minato was the Fourth Hokage, but now he realized that Minato had actually risen to power in this way.

Although Minato was now on his side, Orochimaru was still somewhat resentful about how he had lost, and asked, "So I have no hope of turning things around?"

"No, unless you take Kushina as your apprentice!"

Orochimaru shook his head. How could this be!

Orochimaru: Is there no one in the ninja academy whose talent can rival Minato's?

Ning Yuan: Kakashi is an option, but he's too young to compete for the Fourth Hokage position. However, if you take Kakashi as your student, you could win over Sakumo Hatake, but I don't think he'll agree!

He was referring to Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Sakumo Hatake or Kakashi Hatake would certainly have no objection.

Orochimaru remained silent. "So, my teacher's scheming is really deep!"

Even though I've been in the village the whole time, and Jiraiya has been outside the village the whole time, I insisted on waiting until Jiraiya returned to the village before letting Minato become his apprentice. Was I sure that Jiraiya didn't want to be Hokage and would support his own disciple?

Actually, he had another way to turn things around: take Ning Yuan as his apprentice.

Unfortunately, he couldn't take it; he was afraid Tsunade would beat him to death.

"In that case, let's just forget about it!" Orochimaru shook his head. He had originally planned to just give his teacher a perfunctory answer, but now he didn't even want to do that anymore.

"Stop calculating!" Ning Yuan said, "Although Kakashi can't take on any more students, there are still quite a few talented ones in the class. And don't forget, you're still a member of the Ning Organization. Taking on apprentices in the village is also a way to strengthen the Ning Organization!"

Orochimaru thought about it and realized it made sense.

The Ning organization has too few members now, so there aren't many opportunities for them to openly interfere in the next generation.

"Then recommend a few people!" Orochimaru said.

He didn't have time to pay attention to the elementary school students at the ninja academy; he might as well ask Ning Yuan, who spent most of his time at the ninja academy.

"We can take on three apprentices, right? If we don't have enough talent, we can make up for it with numbers!" Ning Yuan said. "I recommend Yamashiro Aoba, Shiranui Genma, and Mitarashi Anko!"

Yamashiro Aoba's taijutsu was enough to force Kakuzu to retreat, but he only knew one elemental ninjutsu: the Great Fireball Jutsu. He was clearly a talented commoner who suffered greatly from the knowledge blockade, so much so that he was only a special jonin throughout the Third Hokage's era, and only began to stand out during Tsunade's time.

Genma Shiranui, however, showed his talent very early on. He was not only chosen as the Fourth Hokage's bodyguard, but also taught the Flying Thunder God Technique by Minato.

As a result of Minato's death, Genma Shiranui was immediately sidelined. He was a special jonin during Minato's time, and he was still a special jonin even 12 years after Minato's death.

If these two could receive Orochimaru's tutelage, they might reach the level of Kakashi and Asuma, if not Kage-level.

As for Mitarashi Anko, she was originally Orochimaru's disciple. We can't let Ning Yuan ruin her opportunity.

Orochimaru responded without asking why these three were chosen; since Ning Yuan made the selection, there must be a reason.

Moreover, being a ninja is a profession that requires a high degree of obedience. Although Orochimaru is one of the Legendary Sannin, Ningyuan is just a student at the Ninja Academy.

However, within the Ning organization, Ning Yuan was the founder, while Orochimaru was merely a member.

"Auntie, this herbal soup is a bit bitter, but it's good for your health. You should have felt it these past few days!" Ning Yuan said.

Hezi nodded. Although Xi Rihong and Ning Yuan went out to earn money in the past two days, the Xi Ri family was not yet starving, and they could still drink the medicine for a few more days.

After taking the medicine for the past few days, Hezi really felt much better. She had more energy, slept better, and her complexion started to look rosy.

Her transformation is visible to the naked eye!

"I won't complain about the hardship," Hezi said with a smile, ruffling Ningyuan's hair. "After all, this is Ningyuan-jun's sincere heart."

What do you mean by "sincere"? That's too ambiguous!

Ning Yuan was speechless. These older women really loved teasing children.

After watching Hezi drink the medicine, Ning Yuan bid farewell and left, returning to his own home.

Hyuga Keiko's eyes remained unchanged, filled with complaints and grievances.

Although I know my son is studying, he always feels like he's not part of my family when he runs to other people's houses as soon as he gets out of school, and even eats at other people's houses.

"Have you eaten yet?"

"No, I'll eat at home!"

"That's more like it!" Hyuga Keiko said, "Even though you're dating, you're not married yet. You should go home for dinner, you should still go home!"

Yes, yes, yes.

Despite the complaints, plenty of food was still prepared.

Ning Yuan felt a sudden urge to cry; his family had been like this in his past life too!

I wonder how far the path to immortality is, and if I ever reach the highest level, is it even possible to go back?

However, he had lived on Earth for decades and had never seen a single time traveler return to Earth.

"The road ahead is long and arduous, but I will persevere in my pursuit!"

Ning Yuan sighed deeply and started eating!

(End of this chapter)