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Chapter 345 Tsunade: How utterly bizarre!

After defeating Orochimaru, Tsunade decided to succeed him as the Fifth Hokage.

She understood the importance of the belief upheld by her grandfather's generation—the Will of Fire.

Although this will was distorted by the Third Hokage at one point, she was confident that she could reverse this important will.

[Tsunade's confidence is a good thing, but Naruto is very worried.]

[Naruto: He's clearly over fifty, but he insists on pretending to be twenty. Can a conman become Hokage?]

Faced with Naruto's provocation, Tsunade challenged him.

[Tsunade: I can still take you down with just one finger.]

This time, Tsunade didn't flick Naruto's forehead; instead, she gave him a kiss.

"Hmm"

Once again, she was accused of being a fraudster. It would be a lie to say that Tsunade wasn't angry.

She had just turned to look at Naruto, wanting to vent her anger, when she saw Naruto quickly point at the light screen and say, "This isn't what I said, it's what he said. If you're so capable, go find him. What kind of skill is it to bully a kid like me here?"

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Naruto with strange expressions. Even Tsunade was somewhat surprised. Could these words really come from Naruto's mouth?

Isn't this a blatant attempt to shift blame?

"Uh, sorry everyone, I hope you can all see this."

Seeing everyone's gaze shift away from Naruto and towards her and Minato, Kushina had no choice but to step in with an awkward smile and smooth things over.

"You guys are just too nervous. Don't worry, I won't give the necklace to Naruto, nor will I kiss him."

Kushina's reaction confirmed to everyone that what Naruto had just said was something she had told him beforehand, so that she wouldn't take her anger out on her son.

Having never experienced the battle of the three Sannin on the screen, Tsunade decided to return the necklace to Nawaki, and she herself would never kiss him again.

Tsunade: Not just anyone can let me kiss them, hmph!

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Upon returning to Konoha, when Tsunade ascended the Hokage Building, appearing before everyone wearing the Hokage hat, it announced that the invincible scalpel of the Ninja War had returned.

After becoming Hokage, Tsunade did not actually sell out Konoha as Hashirama had intended.

She suppressed Danzo and Root internally, and showed no mercy in her campaign against the Akatsuki organization externally.

At the same time, she also focused on nurturing and training the younger generation, the Konoha Twelve.

"See that, you stinky grandpa? Konoha wasn't sold out by my future self."

When Tsunade saw this part, she felt incredibly satisfied.

Both Hashirama and Tobirama were worried that she would sell Konoha, and no matter how she explained that it was impossible, those two old men didn't really believe her, which made her very angry.

However, she also had some concerns in private.

He was afraid that he might actually sell Konoha because of gambling.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have secretly resolved to quit gambling.

Now that's settled, the matter has been definitively concluded by the light screen. Even if she doesn't quit gambling, she'll never sell Konoha in the future.

Furthermore, it's uncertain whether she will become the Fifth Hokage like in the original Trails series. At least the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, certainly won't die young like in the original Trails series, so the Fifth Hokage's future seems uncertain.

"So, am I stupid? I'm not even sure if I'll become Hokage, why am I arguing with those two old geezers?"

Thinking about this, Tsunade felt like crying.

This is just making yourself angry; it's incredibly stupid.

Leaving aside Tsunade, who was so embarrassed by her own stupidity, the Tsunade in the Third Hokage's timeline looked at Jiraiya in surprise when she heard the light screen mention the Twelve Konoha Genin and asked, "The Twelve Konoha Genin? Who are they?"

In the ninja's mind, Xiaoqiang is not a cockroach, but a small but powerful young ninja with great potential.

"You're asking me? I don't know either."

Upon hearing this, Tsunade immediately revealed a disdainful look. "If you could spend the time you spend spying on the women's bathhouse even a little bit caring about the next generation of the village, you wouldn't be saying you don't know."

Jiraiya couldn't hold back any longer.

He's exhausted every day, like a dog, so he doesn't have time to peep at the women's bathhouse.

At most, he would just use the old man's crystal ball to look around.

But this was for the safety of the village, definitely not for seeing beautiful women.

"I don't know the exact list of the twelve main characters, but I can roughly guess."

"Then why don't you tell me? Why are you keeping me in suspense?"

Jiraiya took a deep breath and said, "You, me, and Orochimaru's disciple, those three are definitely the most outstanding. In addition, the Ino-Shika-Cho trio of this generation, namely Yamanaka Ino, Nara Shikamaru, and Akimichi Choji, as well as Hyuga Hinata, Inuzuka Kiba, and Aburame Shino, are also included. These nine are the most outstanding of their generation."

As for the other three, Naruto will have to choose from the previous or next cohort.

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Comparing the two, I think the three from the previous generation, Neji Hyuga, Lee, and Tenten, are the most likely.

"Yes, the final roster of the 'Twelve Little Strongmen' will most likely consist of these twelve people."

Of the twelve names on the list, besides the disciples of the three legendary Sannin, Tsunade was most familiar with Rock Lee.

There was no other way, so the first thing she did after returning to the village was to help Xiao Li, whose injuries were being kept in place by Yakushi-dou to prevent them from worsening.

After learning that Rock Lee had opened five of the Eight Gates to get himself into this state, Tsunade immediately became curious about him.

She certainly knew about the Eight Gates Formation, that forbidden technique.

Back then, it was Lee's father, Might Guy, who opened all eight gates and turned the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist into a bunch of hapless characters.

Keep in mind that Might Guy was only a genin at that time.

If a genin could defeat the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist with just one secret technique, what would happen if more people learned this technique and became stronger? Wouldn't Konoha then unify the ninja world?

It wasn't until she learned about it that she realized how demanding the training of the Eight Gates was, and that opening each gate was a form of exploitation and torture for one's body.

After opening all eight gates, one gains immense power but loses one's life in the process.

It was only after learning this that Konoha recognized the Eight Gates as a forbidden technique.

Lee, a child with neither bloodline nor family, managed to learn this powerful forbidden technique, which even Tsunade admired.

Speaking of Rock Lee, Jiraiya casually asked, "By the way, how's Rock Lee doing these days? Is he still able to be a ninja?"

"Kabuto's medical skills are quite good. Although he didn't cure the child, he also didn't let the injury worsen. As long as Lee cooperates with my treatment, he can probably still be a ninja. It just might have some impact on his future strength."

"What impact?"

"As you know, that child practices the Eight Gates Formation, a forbidden technique that requires exceptional physical strength. Even if I completely heal him, he will most likely never be able to open all eight gates in the future."

"I see. The impact isn't that big."

"This isn't big enough?"

"It's not that big. If he's not satisfied with not being able to train to the point of opening all eight gates, then once he's saved up enough money, we can clone him a new, undamaged body."

Tsunade didn't quite understand at first, but after hearing Jiraiya say that, she suddenly realized.

"Oh right, it can also be cloned."

After she finished speaking, Tsunade felt something was off.

After thinking about it carefully, he complained, "So everything can really be solved with cloning and resurrection? This feels so weird."

(End of this chapter)